The macro-texture and micro-orientation distribution of grain in the surface layer and center of oriented Si steels
were determined by using X ray diffraction and electron back scattering diffration techniques. The grain structure was also
observed. It was shown that some small grains in the surface layer with non- {110} 001 orientaion would survive if sec-
ondary recrystallization had not be conducted completely, which would influences the soft magnetic property of the sheets.
The grain orientation distribution in the surface of orientated Si steel sheet could indicate the sheet quality in certain extent,
therefore industrial on-line detecting technique on the steel surface can be developed based on non-destructive X ray measur-
ing technique.


Superconducting YBaCuO films have recently been formed using both Ag/Cu/BaO/Y2O3/MgO and Au/Cu/BaO/Y2O3/MgO structures, where MgO is the substrate. The addition of a silver layer in the starting structure improves the film resistances from those using the Cu/BaO/Y2 O3 /MgO structure, especially at lower annealing temperatures. This allows the formation of superconducting films between annealing temperatures of 750 and 900 °C, all with an onset above 85 K. The transition into full superconductive state, however, broadens with decreasing annealing temperatures, with zero resistance between 80 and 60 K. This dependence on annealing temperatures is studied by x‐ray diffraction, which shows the diminishing signals of the superconducting YBa2 Cu3 O7 phase at reduced annealing temperatures. A study of the surface morphology provides further information regarding the roles of silver and gold on the superconducting films formed.


Ischemic heart disease and stroke are the World's major cause of deaths, accounting for a combined 15.2 million deaths in 2016 as per WHO. Following Cardiac Ischemia, we are often faced with a bigger problem of damage induced by myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. It has been observed that reperfused myocardium displays more severe injury than myocardium subjected to the same ischemic duration that had not been reperfused. This observation has led to deduce that reperfusion could result in Myocardial injury more severe than one that could have occurred by Ischemia alone. However certain mediators like melatonin, berberine and curcumin have shown to induce JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway and have shown a protective effect against myocardial ischemia reperfusion. In the present work we will be mainly focusing on the correlation between Melatonin, Berberine & Curcumin and cardiac JAK2/STAT3 receptors in cardioprotection against myocardial ischemic reperfusion.


Inferior vena cava thrombosis(IVCT)is a rare condition.The etiological factors of IVCT are triad of stasis,injury and hypercoagulability.Signs and symptoms are related to etiology and range from no symptoms to cardiovascular collapse.Etiology directs treatment,which ranges from anticoagulation to open surgery and endovascular interventional therapies.The progresses of etiology,clinical presentation,diagnosis and interventional treatment of IVCT were review in this article.


The massive growth of digital technology along with use of internet has increased the use of audio-visual data such as images and videos in many domains like digital museums, commercial use, crime prevention, medical images, remote sensing and so on. With increasing volume of digital data, search and retrieval of relevant images from large data sets in accurate and efficient way is a challenging problem. CBIR combines the contents or features of image like color, texture, edges rather than keywords, labels related to an imaie. This paper presents systematic literature review of various image retrieval techniques presenting the basic concepts and available methods with their research gaps. In this study, retrieval techniques based on features like HSV, Color Moment, HSV and Color Moment, Gabor Wavelet and Wavelet Transform, Edge Gradient are studied and implemented. An approach is proposed for retrieval based on combination of color, texture and edge features of image. Performance evaluation of studied image retrieval techniques and proposed technique is done using parameters like Sensitivity, Specificity, Retrieval score, Error rate and Accuracy. Experimental results of performance evaluation demonstrate that proposed technique outperforms other techniques.


The paper is dedicated to parallel parking maneuver description. Parking maneuver is based on movement along two circles. Maneuver is experimentally verified on physical model of vehicle.


499 C has helped to increase the cure rate for osteosarcoma from 20% to 70% and, although impressive, that rate has not budged over the past 3 decades and treatments remain grueling, says Richard Gorlick, MD, division chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. Osteosarcoma is the most common type of cancer that develops in the bone, striking between 400 and 600 children annually. It is most commonly diagnosed during the teenaged years, Dr. Gorlick says. "It's clearly believed that finding new drugs for the disease is key for further advancement," he says. "But osteosarcoma is very challenging because it's so genetically complex—it's hard to figure out what we should target." An additional major challenge in developing new treatments for osteosarcoma and other pediatric cancers is the fact that they are relatively rare compared with many adult cancers. For that reason, pharmaceutical companies do not have an incentive to invest money and time into researching them. That is where the new National Cancer Institute (NCI) initiative known as the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium (PPTC) steps in. The newly created consortium, which announced 5-year grant awards to 5 research teams in September 2015, is designed to address a major barrier to the development of new drugs for childhood cancers: producing reliable data from studies involving laboratory and animal models (preclinical models) that can help to prioritize which agents to pursue in clinical trials. "There are hundreds of anticancer agents being developed, and most will not be effective in children's cancers, but some are," says Malcolm Smith, MD, PhD, associate branch chief of pediatrics in the NCI's Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program. "Using preclinical testing to identify agents that are effective and have a chance against these cancers and then bringing those drugs to clinic is what the PPTC is all about." The research teams will test agents provided by collaborating pharmaceutical companies that are believed to show promise in treating pediatric cancers. "Many of the models we use for testing have a comprehensive molecular characterization, and we can use that to identify models that are relevant to specific targeted agents," Dr. Smith says. The PPTC is actually a restructuring of a previous, decadelong NCI initiative known as the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program (PPTP). Through that program, the NCI worked with greater than 50 pharmaceutical companies to test novel agents in PPTP-provided preclinical models. A major finding from that effort was that many agents that have demonstrated efficacy against adult cancers were not effective in pediatric preclinical models. Nevertheless, some investigational drugs were, and they have led to clinical trials. One of the main differences between the programs is the funding mechanism. Whereas the PPTP was funded through a contract, the PPTC is funded through a cooperative agreement grant. The advantage of the latter, Dr. Smith notes, is that it has been created to build on the expertise of the various research programs to enhance their ability to be innovative and bring their best ideas forward. The research teams were selected not only for their expertise regarding specific childhood cancers but also for the previous preclinical models they developed. Each model has undergone comprehensive genomic analyses to show that they closely resemble the genetic alterations observed in the specific human cancers they proposed to research. The principal investigators for each team are: Dr. Gorlick (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Bronx, NY): osteosarcoma; Peter Houghton, PhD (Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas): sarcoma and renal cancers; Xiao-Nan Li, MD, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas): brain cancers; Richard Lock, PhD (Children's Cancer Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia): leukemia. Oncology Issues in Focus | BY CARRIE PRINTZ


Stabilizing and localizing the positioning systems autonomously in the areas without GPS accessibility is a difficult task. In this paper we describe a methodology called Most Reliable Straight Line (MRSL) for stabilizing and positioning camera-based objects in 3-D space. The camera-captured images are used to identify easy-to-track points "interesting points" and track them on two consecutive images. The distance between each of interesting points on the two consecutive images are compared and one with the maximum length is assigned to MRSL, which is used to indicate the deviation from the original position. To correct this our trained algorithm is deployed to reduce the deviation by issuing relevant commands, this action is repeated until MRSL converges to zero. To test the accuracy and robustness, the algorithm was deployed to control positioning of a Quadcopter. It was demonstrated that the Quadcopter (a) was highly robust to any external forces, (b) can fly even if the Quadcopter experiences loss of engine, (c) can fly smoothly and positions itself on a desired location.


Continuous integration is widely adopted in software projects to reduce the time it takes to deliver the changes to the market. To ensure software quality, developers also run regression test cases in a continuous fashion. The CI practice generates commit-by-commit software evolution data that provides great opportunities for future testing research. However, such data is often unavailable due to space limitation (e.g., developers only keep the data for a certain period) and the significant effort involved in re-running the test cases on a per-commit basis. In this paper, we present T-Evos, a dataset on test result and coverage evolution, covering 8,093 commits across 12 open-source Java projects. Our dataset includes the evolution of statement-level code coverage for every test case (either passed and failed), test result, all the builds information, code changes, and the corresponding bug reports. We conduct an initial analysis to demonstrate the overall dataset. In addition, we conduct an empirical study using T-Evos to study the characteristics of test failures in CI settings. We find that test failures are frequent, and while most failures are resolved within a day, some failures require several weeks to resolve. We highlight the relationship between code changes and test failure, and provide insights for future automated testing research. Our dataset may be used for future testing research and benchmarking in CI. Our findings provide an important first step in understanding code coverage evolution and test failures in a continuous environment.


PART ONE: THE SELF AND ITS INDIVIDUATION PART TWO: CONSCIOUSNESS, ACTION AWARENESS AND THEIR ROLE IN SELF-KNOWLEDGE PART THREE: SELF-KNOWLEDGE. ROBUST OR FRAGILE?


Neoliberal globalization policy brings many negative consequences for the whole of humanity, reflected in increased environmental destruction, increasing levels of poverty, deteriorating working conditions, the implications of different forms of cultural violence, expansion unfounded inequality, deepening democratic deficit, etc. In the last few decades, civilization has not experienced a deepening crisis in the financial, energy and food, than it is now happening. Financial crises have a permanent effect on potential economic growth, which means that the rate of potential economic growth after the crisis is permanently lower, compared with growth rates before the crisis. In other words, after the crisis is not followed by periods in which high economic growth rates, which compensates for the loss in output during the recession are recorded. The reasons for the change in trend of potential economic growth after the crisis have not been completely clarified. It is possible that the crisis permanently reduced productivity and the rate of savings, which is why the economy loses part of its ability to produce goods and services. Long-term consequences of the global financial crisis are reflected in the reduction of living standards, greater concern for the social security of each individual, the escalation of global poverty, deepening the problem of malnutrition, a flood of dangerous genetically modified products GMO, and environmental pollution. It will be the subject of analysis in the sequel. In researching these topics it will be necessary to use multiple methods and techniques required by such research. First, it will be necessary to process all available secondary sources of data and information. According to elaborating specific theoretical and methodological problems of the origin of the observed and the application of certain considerations, we will use the methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, and statistical methods which also have a wide application in international economics.


Scania CV AB is one of the world's leading companies within heavy vehicles. The company have a broad selection of trucks, which all are equipped with gas, or fuel tanks, depending on the fuel type ...


This Policy note gives an account of organization structure, functions, functionaries financial and physical performance of the department. The document aims to provide safe, reliable, affordable and accessible transport facilities to the public.


By definition, a Type Ic supernova (SN Ic) does not have conspicuous lines of hydrogen or helium in its optical spectrum. SNe Ic are usually modeled in terms of the gravitational collapse of bare carbon‐oxygen cores. We consider the possibility that the spectra of ordinary (SN 1994I–like) SNe Ic have been misinterpreted, and that SNe Ic eject hydrogen. An absorption feature usually attributed to a blend of Si ii λ6355 and C ii λ6580 may be produced by Hα. If SN 1994I–like SNe Ic eject hydrogen, the possibility that hypernova (SN 1998bw–like) SNe Ic, some of which are associated with gamma‐ray bursts, also eject hydrogen should be considered. The implications of hydrogen for SN Ic progenitors and explosion models are briefly discussed.


. We use factorization homology over manifolds with boundaries in order to con- struct operations on Hochschild cohomology and Hochschild homology. These operations are parametrized by a colored operad involving disks on the surface of a cylinder defined by Kontsevich and Soibleman. The formalism of the proof extends without difficulties to a higher dimensional situation. More precisely, we can replace associative algebras by algebras over the little disks operad of any dimensions, Hochschild homology by factorization (also called topological chiral) homology and Hochschild cohomology by higher Hochschild coho- mology. Note that our result works in categories of chain complexes but also in categories of modules over a commutative ring spectrum giving interesting operations on topological Hochschild homology and cohomology.


This survey was performed in order to Factors affecting religious beliefs in physical education students with sub-purpose of the impact of family, university environment, instructors' educational method, university teachers' performance, and community. The survey method was a cross-sectional survey type, and the statistical population included all university teachers of Islamic Azad University, Sama unit, the number of which was 1316 people, and the statistical sample volume was 297 people which were determined based on various educational bases by stratified random sampling by using table of Morgan. The tool of survey was questionnaire depending on response surveyor made, based on Likert's design. Its validity and reliability was obtained (α=0.82) by using Cronbach Alpha test. The results showed that the impact of family, University environment, instructors' educational method, University teachers' performance, and community may greatly affect the internalization of religious values in students.


A structure of a miniature insert analyzer for the quadrupole mass spectrometer array (QMSA) based on the present situation of the machinable ceramics and the ceramic precision machining in china was developed and designed. The machining precision of the rods was required on the basis of the relation of mass range and mass resolution of QMSA. The total configuration and the key components of the inset analyzer were signed and mun-ufactured. The key componts were checked and measured. The size and weight of a miniature insert analyzer is 15. 4 cm3 and 50. 3 g. The mass range and mass resolution of analyzer is 50 aum and 1 amu, respectively. Finally, the application prospect of the miniature quadrupole mass spectrometer array was expected.


This dissertation concerns itself with tourist postcards and their use in contemporary art projects. These art projects are classified into categories and introduced within individual chapters, each of which considers picture postcards from a different perspective. Postcards are analyzed as a product that accompanied tourism from its beginning and that influenced the perception of visited venues. Postcards are also analyzed as a means of personal and mass communication. In addition to viewing postcards as a medium of communication, their physical and aesthetic characteristics are taken into account. These characteristics influence the perception of the photographed images. Emotions that are evoked can refer either to the aesthetic features of the postcard or to its referential function. Circumstances under which a postcard can be classified as ?kitsch? are considered. Postcards collections are likened to photographic archives. A separate chapter is devoted to the use of postcards in artistic projects during the past century.


Indonesia as the world's third-largest paddy producer generates abundant agricultural wastes. Approximately, 20% of those wastes obtained in the rice milling process are rice husks that have not been fully utilized. Rice husks contain cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Therefore, it can be used as an alternative source of energy. In addition, an increase in the cattle population has increased the waste produced. Disposal of livestock manure, that has not been handled properly, has caused environmental pollution. The abundance of cow dung is an energy potential which is very beneficial for the community. Therefore, rice husk, cow dung, and bio-activator EM-4 were used as the main material in this study. The objectives of this study were to analyze the volume of biogas produced from (1) each composition of rice husk and cow dung, (2) addition of bio-activator EM-4, and (3) the amount of stirring in the digester. The ratio of rice husk and cow dung waste is 70%: 30% with a solid and water ratio of 10%: 90% and 20%:80%. The addition of EM-4 and stirring frequency is made with various composition aimed to accelerate the rate of increase in biogas, which can be used as alternative energy in society.


A library is the documentation and information center in a university.With the increasing popularity of electronic documentations,the library holdings have extended from traditional print books,newspapers to a variety of carriers,such as e-books,e-newspapers,electronic acoustic image and software reading materials.Faced with the new requirements and challenges,a university library should take modern measures to guarantee the security of library holdings.


The purpose of this article is to examine household saving behavior in urban and rural areas of Pakistan. The study obtained microdata from the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2018-19 and Pakistan Social Living Standards Measurements Survey (PSLM) 2018-19 conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). A nationally representative sample of 5499 households is selected, 3155 from rural areas and 2344 from urban areas by using systematic sampling. The impact of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics on household saving behavior is investigated by applying a multiple linear regression model through Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation method. A strong relationship between household saving behavior and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics is observed. Income has a positive impact on household savings, but age, dependency ratio, and family size have a negative effect. Furthermore, it is found that as the household income rises, their savings rise as well. Although, people residing in rural areas tend to save more amount contrary to urban households. However, saving rates of household with large families exhibited a decline in saving. Government should introduce new saving schemes in banks and reduce non-development expenditures for productive plans. It will provide motivation for domestic saving and an upsurge in employment opportunities.


In the publication the problem situation in a mismatch of activity of police and Institutes of a civil society reveals; position on which the police is specific institute of the public relations, called to provide observance and respect of the rights and provides freedom of citizens. Principles of construction of the social mechanism of interaction of Institutes of police and a civil society are defined


The extent of involuntary childlessness in the United States is examined using data from secondary sources. The author notes that of the seven percent of women who are childless at the end of their reproductive years about half are involuntarily childless. It is also noted that between 1965 and 1976 the proportion of married women under 30 years of age who were infertile increased significantly primarily as a result of infections. The major cause of increased infection is identified as pelvic inflammatory disease. Other factors considered include increased age at childbearing environmental pollution psychic stress and drug and alcohol abuse. (summary in FRE GER)


Contamination in drinking water from heavy metals like Pb2þ has severe effects on health. In this study, potato peel (PP) was used as the substrate and magnetic iron nanoparticles (MI) were deposited on PP using a co-precipitated method. Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the deposition of MI on PP. The L16 (4^4) method of Taguchi design of experiment (DOE) was used for the optimization of adsorption condition, i.e., at 6 pH, 10 min of contact time, and a dose of 15 g/L can give more than 90% removal efficiency of Pb2þ using PP-MI. Contour maps, Taguchi response analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) suggested that pH has a dominant contribution in the removal of Pb2þ. The adsorption process was favorable, spontaneous, and exothermic in nature and was followed by pseudo second order kinetics. A comparison of the sorption capacity of PP-MI for Pb2þ with literature values suggested that PP-MI has good potential for the removal of Pb2þ. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits copying, adaptation and redistribution, provided the original work is properly cited (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). doi: 10.2166/washdev.2020.097 om http://iwaponline.com/washdev/article-pdf/10/1/56/723695/washdev0100056.pdf er 2020 Muhammad Irfan Jalees Institute of Environmental Engineering and Research, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com This article has been made Open Access thanks to the generous support of a global network of libraries as part of the Knowledge Unlatched Select initiative.


CONTENTS ix PREFACE President Franklin Roosevelt established the March of Dimes Foundation in 1938 to defeat polio. He created a partnership of volunteers and researchers that led to the development of the polio vaccines. Today the March of Dimes mission is improving infant health by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. A birth defect is defined as any abnormality affecting body structure or function that is present from birth. The March of Dimes mission is carried out through research, community services, education and advocacy. In 1998, the March of Dimes broadened its mission beyond the United States and established its office of Global Programs. Global Programs conducts its work through mission alliances—close working partnerships with private and public organizations in countries—to improve perinatal health and prevent birth defects. In the past six years, March of Dimes has helped implement effective, affordable and feasible programs on four continents. In 2000, Global Programs initiated a process to document the global toll of birth defects and provide policy makers, funding organizations and health care providers with feasible, cost-effective recommendations for reducing this toll. In 2004, it commissioned the current report from Professors Professor Modell compiled the data presented in Appendix B. The methods she used are detailed in Appendix A. The data in this report represent the culmination of work that Professor Modell began in the early 1980s for the World Health Organization on hemoglobin disorders, which ultimately expanded to encompass all serious birth defects of genetic or partially genetic origin. This work draws on data from a range of existing databases and the authors would like to express their appreciation of those experts whose meticulous work and scientific dedication have contributed so much to the development of this global overview. Professor Chris-tianson provided a first draft of the report based on his expertise as a clinical geneticist, experience in implementing medical services for the care and prevention of birth defects in South Africa and years of consulting on this topic with experts from other middle-and low-income countries. Dr. Christopher Howson of the March of Dimes drafted additional sections of the report and contributed his analytic and programmatic perspective as an epidemiologist and program manager with many years of experience in conducting joint programs with international partners to improve newborn health in middle-and low-income countries. There is a paucity of data on the birth prevalence of birth defects in middle-and low-income …


Burial history calculations available to the petroleum geologist include plots of burial history and geohistory, porosity, and conductivity as a function of depth and lithology, as well as the results obtained from algorithms to handle unconformities and backstripped crustal subsidence, calculations that predict the breakdown of kerogen to hydrocarbons in terms of time and temperature, and methods for determining heat flow from geologic models and vitrinite reflectance. Data inputs required for these calculations include depths of formation tops, ages of formation tops, lithologies of formations, depths of water at deposition of the different formations, porosities of the formations as a function of depth, bottom-hole temperatures and/or formation temperatures, and any ke ogen content and vitrinite reflectance values as functions of depth. Sources of many of these data may be well logs, well reports, geologic papers, and/or seismic sections. The paper considers how parameters can be extracted from burial-history calculations to construct maps that can be compared to the current locations of oil and gas fields, and so used to locate and rank prospective acreage. These parameters include the potential source rock maturity of a formation plotted as a function of time and depth, the thermal history of any hydrocarbons associated with the potential source rock, the rate of sediment accumulation of a formation as a function of time, and subsidence rate of a formation as a function of time. Subsidence rate includes total subsidence, compaction-induced subsidence, isostatic response to sediment load, and backstripped crustal subsidence (total subsidence minus the effects of compaction and isostatic response).


The karyotype of Monodelphis americana has a 2n=18 and a NA=22 as other known species of Monodelphis. Karyometrics and G-bands showed differences between M. americana and other species of the genus, suggesting that the karyotype uniformity described in Didelphidae may not be so rigid as assumed in the literature.


Mein Thema verheist eine Prognose. Dies ist, in der Medienpolitik zumal, ein kuhnes Unterfangen. Hektisch verandern sich die Dinge von Woche zu Woche, von Monat zu Monat. Mit Prognosen, so lautet eine englische Weisheit, ist es uberhaupt so eine Sache, besonders, wenn sie in die Zukunft gerichtet sind. Andererseits ist diese Zukunft sehr nahe; sie drangt schon heute, denn im Grunde hat sie langst begonnen. (...)  English SUMMARY: The European landscape of media in the year 2000 n a retrospective on the introduction of private television in Germany ten years ago, the su.Perintendent of the ,Bayeriscber Rundfunk' questioned the profile and perspectives of the future development of the media. The author complains about the underdeveloped state of ethical and philosophical evaluation of the massive technological progress of recent years. In his point of view the future media user is going to be a socially isolated man in front of a multifunctional television screen. As a result of the ,,liberalisation" of social communication, he asks for the limits of a general liberty of competition and free r.rofit orientation. The social task of broadcasting is a &?Od too prescious to distnbute it only among financial and economical interests. Broadcasting has to create a public o_einion, which by means of approF'riate, tolerant and fair communication contnbutes to inform people and giVe them orientation for their lives.


This paper presents an implementation method of bandwidth allocation scheme on Profibus which is operated on the basis of cyclic-service discipline. In order to implement bandwidth allocation scheme on Profibus, this study supplements the following functions on the FDL (Fieldbus Datalink Layer) protocol: (i) separation of medium bandwidth into periodic and time-available intervals, (ii) synchronization of node timers over a local link. In order to examine the validity of bandwidth allocation scheme, this paper develops an experimental model of a network system. The results obtained from the experimental model show that the bandwidth allocation scheme satisfies the performance requirement of time-critical, periodic and time-available traffic.


The garbage that washes up on our beaches today is the result of human activity. The majority of this marine debris is plastic, with approximately 46,000 pieces of plastic found per km in the world's oceans. These plastics are detrimental to marine life killing a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year. Not only does marine debris affect these animals, it also has significant impacts and harmful consequences on human health. This project aims to examine seven polluted beaches on the East Side of American Samoa in order to determine villagers' perceptions of where trash converges from villages upstream to the beaches downstream, and how waste can be prevented from entering the ocean. Compiling these different methods will provide solutions to minimize marine pollution in the Territory. Moreover, the knowledge gained from this project can benefit the people of American Samoa and its future generations. A survey was carried out in the villages of: Aua, Lauli'i, Auto, Alofau, Alao, Aunu'u and Tula to gain perspective on how people perceive marine pollution in their surrounding environment. Preliminary results show that in the village of Lauli'i, 85% of people surveyed, indicate that most of the trash enters the ocean because of littering. Litter is found on beaches, sidewalks and places close to the ocean. Additionally, 71% indicate that the most effective means of pollution prevention is through stream booms or filters. These pollution prevention tools will enable future generations to enhance their living conditions and promote a healthy environment.


Medical adverse event reporting reduces medical errors and improves patient safety through the collection and analysis of medical adverse events,and the medical staff agree with this statement.But the current status of medical adverse event reporting is unsatisfactory.This paper describes the basic situation of the domestic and foreign medical adverse event reporting system,as well as the factors that affect the medical personnel to report medical adverse events,including management factors,individual factors and technical factors,and summarizes the measures to promote the medical staff to report medical adverse events.


Lighting engineers' best contribution to the energy conservation movement will be to optimize the application of new and highly efficient lighting sources in an esthetic way. In order to achieve this goal, creativity is the key. This could bring lighting esthetics and energy conservation into coexistence. This paper outlines some creative lighting systems which use highly efficient light sources to achieve energy conservation as well as esthetic appearances.


The current study sought to replicate and extend an earlier investigation on mid- to late-adolescent delinquent males to a school-based sample of mixed-gender early- to midadolescents. Two pathways—one running from parental knowledge to peer deviance to participant delinquency and the other running from peer deviance to parental knowledge to participant delinquency—were tested in a group of 597 children (290 boys, 307 girls) from the Illinois Study of Bullying and Sexual Violence (ISBSV). The results of a comparison mediation analysis revealed that consistent with prior research, the knowledge-initiated pathway achieved significance but the peer-initiated pathway did not. These findings suggest that perceived parental knowledge has its greatest impact on delinquency indirectly by way of its effect on peer associations.


We have studied radiative B meson decays into higher kaonic resonances decaying into a two-body or three-body final state, using a data sample of 21.3 fb recorded at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB. For the two-body final state, we extract the B → K∗ 2 (1430)γ component from an analysis of the helicity angle distribution, and obtain B(B0 → K∗ 2 (1430) 0γ) = (1.26± 0.66± 0.10)× 10−5. For the three-body final state, we observe a B → Kππγ signal that is consistent with a mixture of B → K∗πγ and B → Kργ. This is the first time that B → K∗πγ and B → Kργ have been observed separately. We find their branching fractions to be B(B → K∗πγ;MK∗π < 2.0 GeV/c2) = (5.6±1.1±0.9)×10−5 and B(B → Kργ;MKρ < 2.0 GeV/c 2) = (6.5 ± 1.7 +1.1 −1.2) × 10 −5, respectively. Typeset using REVTEX


IT IS APPAt1RENT that interpretation of the significanice of bacterial analyses obtained dcuring surveys of se,wage pollution of sea water must be tempered with the realization that maniy factors influence their reliability. Not the least of these factors is the effect of bacterial die-away or regrowtth during the period between sample collection and laboratory analysis. Stanidarcd procedures for the bacteiiological analysis of water samples usually recommend that inoculation be cairied out as soon after collection as practical anid that if storage is necessary the temperatture shouild be kept betweeni the limits of 00 C. anid 100 C. Unfortu-


Evaluation is intrinsic to the pedagogical process and it is related to the use of particular instruments, models and interpretations of the political and social impacts of Education in the Brazilian context. Teacher training is presented here as a focal point in achieving better learning outcomes among pupils. Understanding the importance of these themes in current discussions and based on related legal documents and studies, the article aims to discuss the demands, gaps and contributions of evaluation and assessment in the initial and continuing education of teachers in the context of Brazilian education. In order to accomplish this 654 BWETENGA, T. R.; ABREU, M. C. A.; PONTES JUNIOR, J. A. F. Rev. Diálogo Educ., Curitiba, v. 20, n. 65, p. 653-669, abr./jun. 2020 objective, a documental research of national and international legal frameworks was conducted. We identified the demands, disparities and lacunae in the educational assessment, first in the initial and then in the continuing education of teachers, as well as considering that the assessment can contribute to Education in several facets of the Brazilian reality.


HPLC method has been described for simultaneous estimation of Rabeprazole sodium (RAB) and Levosulpiride (LEV) in formulation. This method is based on a HPLC separation of the two drugs on the Thermo Hypersil BDS.C18 (250 mm , 4.6 mm, 5.0 µm) with isocratic conditions and a mobile phase containing acetonitrile:phosphate buffer pH7.4 (60:40) at a flow rate of 0.7 mL/min using PDA detector. This method has been applied to a marketed formulation without interference of excipients. The linear regression analysis data for the calibration plots showed a good linear relationship over the concentration range of 4-24 µg/mL for RAB and 5-45µg/mL for LEV, respectively. The method was validated for precision, robustness and recovery. Statistical analysis showed that the method is repeatable and selective for the estimation of RAB and LEV.


One important aspect of seismic design of buildings with a dual reinforced concrete structural system is the lateral stability of structural walls, when they face this danger basically due to flexural overstrain. The deep excursion in the yield region of the boundary parts of bearing walls increases dramatically their flexibility and since at the same time they are liable, because of the earthquake vibration, to a reversing axial loading (tension compression), their lateral stability is at stake. The possibility of failure because of lateral instability is limited significantly with the proper choice of an adequate thickness, which is specified by (most) modern seismic codes as a percentage of the height of the bottom storey. The current work investigates one of the most basic parameters affecting the stability of structural walls, which is (apart from the wall thickness) the degree of tension strain of the longitudinal reinforcements of the boundary edges of load-bearing walls. The present work is experimental. It has to be noted that in order to examine experimentally the influence of tension strain, 5 test specimens of scale 1:3 simulating the boundary edges of structural walls were used. These specimens were reinforced with low longitudinal reinforcement ratio (2,68%) and they all had the same reinforcement ratio. The degree of tension strain which was applied was different for each specimen and it took values equal to 0‰, 10‰, 20‰, 30‰ and 50‰. The present article tries to investigate the influence of the degree of tension strain to the ultimate bearing capacity of test specimens.


Experimental study for such was carried out on established test rig with flat, converging and converging diverging nozzles of different throat diameter, shape and diverging angle. The experimental results show that the throat profile shape has strong influence to vapor fraction and velocity of the exit flow.


The technologies of savings for water,cultivated land,fertilizer,seeds and pesticide were promoted according to the problems in rice production such as wasting of irrigation water,low efficiency of dam,low replanting areas for rice-vegetable,low fertilizer efficiency and paddy field pollution.The models for rice mechanization and economically ecological agriculture were put forward and some policies for pollution-free,green and organic rice production were also promoted.


Competing bidders always have toehold pre-takeover,which has important impact on timing of competing bidding.Allowing for the incomplete information on rival's bidding,we develop an optimal stopping model with the toehold effect under dual-stochastic between the bidder and the target.By solving the model we get the threshold function and obtain some results by inference.By numerical analysis,we show the correctness of the method.


The object of this paper is to give the readers some insight into the problem of the effects of impact on packages. The paper discusses different types of packages and impacts. The effect of the waveshape, amplitude and duration of the impacts on packaged products is discussed. The need to know the impacts in the environment is illustrated.


Flawless glass cutting is traditional important task for related applications ranged from large scale window application to small scale mobile display device assembly. Recently, the cutting of strengthened glass becomes critical due to their residual tensile stress. This paper describes a novel technique for dealing cutting inner holes and separation of strengthened ultrathin glass for the display unit of mobile communication and computational devices. This method integrates the picosecond laser ablation with quenching induced thermo-shock for accomplishing such a task. Experimental results indicate that the proposed method could achieve successful separations for various enclosed shapes with the surface roughness satisfying the requirement. However, temperature control is critical. Currently, the associated thermo- mechanical finite element analyses are conducted for optimizing the process design.


Bacterial Foraging Optimization (BFO) is a population-based numerical optimization algorithm. This technique is proposed by K.M. Passino in 2002 to handle complex problems of the real world. Case-based reasoning is a unique platform of concepts and techniques that touch upon some of the basic issues concerning to knowledge representation, reasoning and learning from experience. In this work, we have integrated Bacteria Foraging Optimization with Case Based Reasoning to detect ground water possibility in a given area. An algorithm has been proposed in this work. A problem case whose ground water possibility is to be determined is input to the system, BFO retrieves the best matching case from the Case Base and the ground water possibility of that Case is proposed as a solution to the problem case.


This paper presents a design and a contrast test of an ultra-low power wireless health monitoring system capable of measuring a subject's ECG (Electrocardiography), respiration, and body temperature. The system is based on the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) technology which is most valued for its ultra-low power consumption. Compared to our former design using MSP430 MCU and Bluetooth 2.1, this new design is much more highly integrated and can reduce power consumption significantly, which is generally a vital problem should be considered in WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) issues. The new system can save as much as nearly 75% power consumption than the former design when working in the same mode with the sampling rate at 250 Hz, which means that the battery life can extend to 107 hours compared to 26 hours of the former one, both using a 3.7 V lithium polymer battery with the capacity of 1100 mAh. Meanwhile, the new design can connect 3 nodes simultaneously with a single PC or smart phone wirelessly; this number may increase with the new BLE stack will be released in the future.


Disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrates (Na2HPO4×12H2O) is a candidate phase change material with a heat of fusion 260~280 J/g. But its melting process is incongruent which leads to continuous lowering of heat storage capacity during thermal cycling. Adding thickening agent or in-situ synthesizing polyelectrolyte, e.g. polyacrylate, to its melt can help to prevent the phase separation to some extent. Heat of fusion of pure Na2HPO4×12H2O decreased from ~200 J/g to ~25 J/g in a four-time freeze-thaw cycling. A rubbery mixture containing sodium alginate 3-5%(w/w), Na2HPO4×12H2O and a certain amount of water shows constant heat storage capacity in five times thermal cycles. A gel was obtained through polymerizing of sodium acrylate in the melt of Na2HPO4×12H2O and water at 50℃. Solid dodecahydrates salt with the in-vivo synthesized polyacrylate sodium exhibited stable heat of fusion. Optimum components for the synthesis of polyacrylate sodium to obtain the gel-like product composed of sodium acrylate 3-5%(w/w) with pH=7, N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide 0.1-0.2%(w/w), K2S2O8 and Na2SO3(mass ratio 1:1) 0.06-0.12%(w/w). Solid gelled hydrate with crystal size less than 0.2mm possesses stable thermal storage property. TG analysis of pure and gelled Na2HPO4×12H2O presented a different thermal stability.


The crucial points during cladding plate pressure vessel fabrication are asbelow.The assembly and welding between shell and skirt.The assembly,welding and machining between the head and the relavant flange.The machining,overlaying and final machning of flange.The product quality can be assured by proper control of deformation caused by overlaying stress,reasonable assembly order,welding order,inspection measures and reinspection for stress concentrated parts.


This article examines specifically Bulgarian pronominal composita with possessive meaning made up of a full possessive pronoun and the clitic si (e.g., moya si, svoya si). The analysis highlights the positioning of such composita in the system of possessive pronouns, establishes their types, and accounts for their rivalry with simple forms of possessive pronouns. The semantic input of the clitic si is discussed, and techniques are proposed for adequate translation of such structures into Russian. Of typological significance are their delimitation from double pronouns, as well as morphological treatment of si as a particle rather than a pronoun, which contributes to the study of the multifunctionality of Slavic clitics and their linear syntactic characteristics.


The effects of different crop stubbles on grain yield and agronomic characters of soybean continuous cropping was studied in the Longzhen Farm of Farm Bureau Directly Under Shenyang Military Area in 2004.The results showed that the soybean grain yield of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in alfalfa stubble,that for 2 years in maize stubble and that for 2 years in soybean stubble were 2 359.5,2 247.0 and 2 052.0 kg/hm~2,respectively.The grain yield of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in alfalfa stubble was more than 112.5 kg/ hm~2,an insignificant increase of 5% than that of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in maize stubble,and more than 307.5 kg/hm~2,a significant increase of 14.99% than that of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in soybean stubble.The grain yields of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in maize stubble was more than 195.0 kg/hm~2,an insignificant increase of 9.5% than that of soybean continuous cropping for 2 years in soybean stubble.


A novel finite element formulation for elastic unshearable rods in three‐dimensional space is presented. Looking forward to future implementations of axially moving belts, we use a mixed Eulerian‐Lagrangian kinematic formulation, which has the advantage that the element nodes are fixed in one spatial coordinate and the material points are flowing through the mesh, hence it is possible to discretize the elements in the free spans coarser than the ones in contact with the pulleys. Here, we present the solution of hanging rods with a flat cross‐section including a natural curvature, which causes an out‐of‐plane bending as well as torsion of the rod. For validation purposes we limit ourselves to equilibrium solutions (for which purely Lagrangian elements would be also applicable) with clamped boundary conditions. The results are compared with a shell model of the hanging strip. Preliminary results concerning the frictionless contact problem for a steel belt hanging on two pulleys are discussed.


European economic recovery has made progress since the Banking and the Euro Crises, respectively, however there is still need for broader strategic growth progress in the EU. Following the BREXIT referendum result, medium term output forecasts for many European countries have seen a downward revision by the IMF WEO Update of July 19th, 2016. Europe could raise economic growth through a quintuple package: namely, a first element of growth-enhancing policy focusing on the Eurozone, a second element with emphasis on Eastern European EU countries and a third element with a broad emphasis on European infrastructure investment and digital modernization that would include the UK and other non-EU countries in Europe. The list of 11 growth drivers identified by MGI could largely be implemented at the national policy layer. Moreover, the Eurozone countries could adopt a virtual fiscal policy fund for part of both infrastructure and military expenditures so that a better policy mix and more efficient stabilization will be achieved. The UK and the EU27 countries should agree to set up a joint climate R&D funding agency in which the UK and the EU27 would jointly contribute funds so that sustained green innovation and growth projects could be financed in Europe. Beyond new institutions, other growth-enhancing measures which have a clear analytical basis should be adopted. A growth-enhancing G20 element as a follow-up to the Brisbane summit approach would be useful. A decisive focus of a success-promising plan for a dynamic EU27 and Europe, respectively, should be on understanding that the 21st century will be largely digital, shaped by Asian countries and Schumpeterian dynamics. Thus, securing FTAs between the EU and ASEAN, Japan and India are key challenges. A special joint fund for training/retraining in Eastern Europe would also be useful for economic convergence and reduced inequality.


Nowadays the respiratory diseases morbidity increase among children of young age is one of serious problems of modern pediatrics. The possibility to carry out preventive measures with application of adaptogens of vegetable origin (eleutherococcus, hypericum, rhodiola rosea) is proved by the data of experimental investigations, showing decrease of poor attendance of nursery by children of young age in autumn-and-winter seasons, and the decrease of content of lipid peroxidation products of biologic membranes in blood plasma in case of application of investigated adaptogens.


Let ℱ be a set of connected graphs. An ℱ‐factor of a graph is its spanning subgraph such that each component is isomorphic to one of the members in ℱ. Let Pk denote the path of order k. Akiyama and Kano have conjectured that every 3‐connected cubic graph of order divisible by 3 has a {P3}‐factor. Recently, Kaneko gave a necessary and sufficient condition for a graph to have a {P3, P4, P5}‐factor. As a corollary, he proved that every cubic graph has a {P3, P4, P5}‐factor. In this paper, we prove that every 2‐connected cubic graph of order at least six has a {Pk ∣ k ≥ , 6}‐factor, and hence has a {P3, P4}‐factor. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 39: 188–193, 2002; DOI 10.1002/jgt.10022


Some unconventional thinking may be needed to tackle the pressures facing general practice in the UK, Richard Fieldhouse argues in BMJ Careers this week http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/GP\_chambers\_can\_help\_practices\_to\_stem\_the\_flow\_of\_demand. He describes the potential of GP chambers—a new way for GPs to work modelled on the shared support structures used by other professional …


Because the concept of bisimulations has emerged almost at the same time in computer science,modal logic and set theory,this paper attempts to give a general definition on this concept.The paper firstly briefs its origin and function;secondly,it defines the bisimulation between two labeled transition systems,and then explains how this definition produces the definition of the bisimulations in computer science,modal logic and set theory;finally,this paper proves some properties of bisimulation based on this definition.


The present invention includes the steps of forming a first conductivity type silicon carbide substrate relates to a method for producing a field effect transistor element; Forming a first conductivity type silicon carbide epitaxial thin film on an upper surface of the silicon carbide substrate; Forming a gate insulating film by the oxidation process to the first conductivity type silicon carbide epitaxial thin film layer in the upper 50 ~ 100nm and a thickness; Comprising the steps of: electroless plating and define the ion implantation area of the well (Well) on the gate dielectric surface to form a first metal mask by patterning after depositing a metal mask material for a catalyst of gold; Each of the ion-implanted region of the well (Well) defined by the first metal mask, a second conductivity type impurity is boron or aluminum in the ion implantation depth and the concentration of the impurity is 1E17 ~ 5E18 / ㎤, 0.5 ~ 1㎛ second forming a conductive type well (well) area; Step of the first conductivity type by coating an insulating material on the silicon carbide epitaxial thin film layer surface and planarized to be lower than the first metal mask, the height of the insulating material expose the first metal mask; Forming as to define the first metal mask and the upper side to the source region, electroless plating a second metal mask, the thickness and width of 0.2 ~ 1.0㎛ and; Removing the insulating material; The two forming a first conductivity type impurity is nitrogen or phosphorus ion implantation to the concentration and depth of the impurity each 1E19 ~ 1E20 / ㎤ and 0.1 ~ 0.3㎛ a first conductivity type source region to the source region to be defined by the second metal mask and the step of; Removing the first metal mask and the second mask and the metal; A step of patterning the gate insulating film to remove the gate insulating film except for the region to be the gate electrode is located; Depositing a field (field) oxide film to insulate the gate electrode to the source electrode and the electrical and etching the field (field) oxide to define the position where the source electrode deposition; And a method of manufacturing a silicon carbide field effect transistor devices using magnetic jeongryeolbeop characterized in that the configuration including a technical aspect, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode in order to connecting the source region and the drain region and the outer electrode . The alignment by reducing the number of masks used to reduce the process cost compared to the conventional fine pattern implementations can be adjusted to channel length through the self-aligned (Self-align) process using a plating electroless plating without the use of expensive equipment by reduce errors, there is an advantage that can save money and time.


1.ABSTRACT Background : For critically ill patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, blood transfusions are frequently necessary to correct anemia or replace significant blood loss from related trauma or surgical operations. Ensuring the safety of blood transfusion procedures is the role of critical care nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aim : The current study aimed to investigate critical care nurses' compliance with blood transfusion guidelines in Gastrointestinal ICUs. Method : A descriptive observational research design was used to conduct this study with a convenience sample of 49 critical care nurses working in three ICUs affiliated with a university hospital in Egypt. Critical care nurses' compliance with the blood transfusion practice tool was used to collect data for this investigation. Results : Most of the participant nurses (81.6%) had satisfactory practice levels regarding their compliance with blood transfusion guidelines with a total mean practice score of 86.5±2.1. All participant nurses showed a satisfactory level of practice regarding patient identification, and collection, delivery, and administration of blood components. However, 91.8% of the participant nurses had unsatisfactory practice levels regarding checking blood requests and documentation. Conclusion and Recommendations : The study highlights the need for periodic refresher training sessions for critical care nurses on updated blood transfusion guidelines with a specific focus on checking blood requests and documentation of blood transfusion. This will enhance nurses' practice, optimize patient safety and reduce blood transfusion-related complications in ICUs.


We introduce the basic concept of minimalism-based User Created Robots (UCRs). The key principles are Minimum Intricacy (MI), Minimum Cost (MC), and Minimum Development Time (MD). We define the target UCR and differentiate its service points from the current status of educational robotics. The objectives of using UCRs are explained from the viewpoint of education and business. We also specify educational UCR categories: User Created Task Robotics (UC-TR), Art Robotics (UC-TR), CR (Cyber Robotics) with an Input Device (ID) and an Output Device (OD). These categories cover almost all possible UCR areas. The categories for UCR realization are presented from both hardware and software perspectives. The categorization gives us a clear insight for standardization rules. A standardization strategy is proposed with the realization categories and with the UCR principal agents, the Committee and the Makers. The importance of maintaining compatibility is explained in that it can exponentially increase the UCR candidates. The key issues of strategy for standardization are a systematic procedure and fluent communication between the UCR principal agents.


Abstract This paper attempts to trace the influences, interactions, conflations and developmental trajectories that link the ancient art of oral chants, poetry, minstrelsy, and the contemporary and modernist spoken word versifications in practice today in Nigeria. Audience, form, content, and intent have been pivotal factors in the different epochs that separate the ancient precursors and the present forms in this performance matrix. Through ethnographic and qualitative approaches, and textual analyses, select spoken word poets in contemporaneity have been studied and their verses analyzed for such influences from established traditional forms; validating credence that the ancient forms have built a formidable bulwark of elements and standards that give rise to spoken word poetry fitting for the malaise of the post colony. There has been a dearth of such research scope. Two contemporary spoken word poets with Yoruba (oriki and ijala elements) and Igbo (abu and mbem factors) nationalities are studied in this paper and a nexus has been established that oral tradition has through adequate metamorphoses, augmented a postcolonial tenor and relevance. This study has elicited the use of the spoken word poet as its theoretical anchor.


The latent variable "δ" (for "dementia") provides an etiologically "agnostic" omnibus dementia severity metric capable of recognizing the dementing potential of any condition. Depressive symptoms are independent predictors of δ and are thereby implicated as "dementing". Serum resistin levels partially mediate the association between depressive symptoms and δ. We use a novel "off-diagonal" CHI SQ algorithm to demonstrate our ability to select individuals demented solely by depression's effect in both the Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) (N ≌ 3,500), and the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI (N ≌ 1,750), and demonstrate the higher resistin levels of such cases in TARCC. This approach can be adapted to any δ-related dementia risk factor or biomarker and used identify individuals who might revert back to non-demented states after its successful treatment.


Taking Castanopsis fargesii and Castanopsis sclerophylla seedings as the study target,the dominant species of typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in the mid-subtropical zone,through MSR-2420 infrared radiation warming devices and artificial nitrogen fertilizer(control,0.125% NH4NO3 solution and 0.25% NH4NO3 solution),a sequential interaction of air temperature warming and soil nitrogen application was set up.The effects of air temperature warming and soil nitrogen application to the growth of Castanopsis fargesii and Castanopsis sclerophylla seedings are illustrated in this paper.The results showed that:MSR-2420 infrared radiation warming device treatment caused a significant change of microclimate environment.With the increase of growth time under the artificial control conditions,the seeding height and ground diameter of Castanopsis fargesii and Castanopsis sclerophylla increased significantly(P0.01).Under the same measurement time and other conditions,the seedling height and ground diameter of Castanopsis sclerophylla were significantly higher than that of Castanopsis fargesii(P0.01).Compared with the control,warming and nitrogen fertilization significantly improved the biomass of Castanopsis sclerophylla seedlings;however there was no significant change in the ratio of the aboveground biomass to the underground biomass.


School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Dear editor We read with great interest, the study by Abdulghani et al regarding the level of perceived stress and the coping strategies adopted by medical students at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being fourth year medical students, we can closely relate to the respondents in this study as online learning has become the norm. The authors successfully elucidated the academic and psychological struggles that medical students experience in the face of COVID19. We appreciate the authors' timely efforts in shedding some light on this matter; however, we would like to address a few issues. With a larger proportion of male participants, this study was exposed to gender bias, which might have impeded the generalization of the results. We think that a more equal gender distribution of participants would be essential to validate the conclusions drawn from the study, especially when higher stress levels in females were reported by the authors. We applaud the authors' decision to include both acceptance and denial of COVID-19 as coping methods in the questionnaire. However, we found the items on the coping strategies questionnaire to be rather limiting. Whilst modern recreational activities such as playing games and watching movies were included, it would be better to cover a wider array of activities, eg, reading, crafting, playing music, etc., as suggested by Steiner-Hofbauer and Holzinger. Moreover, we noted the lack of "unhealthy" coping strategies such as illicit drug use. The inclusion of tobacco use in the questionnaire would have also been informative because smoking was identified as one of the coping strategies adopted by a proportion of medical students in the same region, according to a study by Al-Haqwi et al. Additionally, we would like to suggest further clarification on some of the terminologies used in the questionnaire, including "mental pressure", "pleasure in study" and "anxiety" because these terms can be construed differently by different individuals. Furthermore, we echo the authors' acknowledgement that "anxiety" is commonly perceived in a negative light. As such, it would be helpful to substitute "anxiety" with a description of anxiety-related symptoms such as "a sense of unease or nervousness" to reduce ambiguity and to avoid response bias. In summary, the authors have provided an astute insight on how the COVID-19 pandemic has induced stress among medical students and have laid out the foundation for further studies into alleviating these problems. In view of the physical and Correspondence: Jie Man Low; Muhammad Zakwan Zakariya School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Email firstname.lastname@example.com. uk; muhammad.zakariya-2@student. manchester.ac.uk


In a recent paper Saini et al. have reported evidence for a pseudogap around (pi,0) at room temperature in the optimally doped superconductor Bi2212. This result is in contradiction with previous ARPES measurements. Furthermore they observed at certain points on the Fermi surface hot spots of high spectral intensity which they relate to the existence of stripes in the CuO planes. They also claim to have identified a new electronic band along Gamma-M1 whose one dimensional character provides further evidence for stripes. We demonstrate in this Comment that all the measured features can be simply understood by correctly considering the superstructure (umklapp) and shadow bands which occur in Bi2212.


We consider a simple random walk on the T-fractal and we calculate the exact mean time taug to first reach the central node i0. The mean is performed over the set of possible walks from a given origin and over the set of starting points uniformly distributed throughout the sites of the graph, except i0. By means of analytic techniques based on decimation procedures, we find the explicit expression for taug as a function of the generation g and of the volume V of the underlying fractal. Our results agree with the asymptotic ones already known for diffusion on the T-fractal and, more generally, they are consistent with the standard laws describing diffusion on low-dimensional structures.


The object of this study was to investigate the interrelationship between yield, its components, base temperature and drought resistance of grain sorghum. Seven commercial cultivars and 27 F1 progenies were compared in two separate randomized block trials. A total of 24 characteristics were evaluated and their association was determined by simple correlation and path coefficient techniques. The results suggested that simultaneous selection for more than one characteristic is possible. Drought resistance and base temperature were indicated to have an important bearing on grain yield and its components.


Some measures to strengthen quality management in No.1 rolling mill since 2000 are introduced,including practicing"126.96.36.199.4"project;fining process control,actualizing inspection mechanism of process quality;relying on technology progress to promote management advancement and exploring "three-five" new management pattern.


The frequency wave-number relations of the lattice vibrations in germanium which propagate in the symmeiric STA100! and STAlll! directions were obtained by studying energy distributions of neutrons scattered by a germanium single crystal. The characters of the phonons were ascertained from the intensities and positions of the neutron groups in the reciprocal lattice. The methods are discussed. The results cannot be fitted by simple models using the Born-von Karman theory, but explain satisfatorily the specific heat. The far- infrared spectrum of germanium can be interpreted as combination bands in terms of the results. (auth.)


The article examines an expert survey as the effective way to obtain information which is necessary to form a unified statistical information base of industrial facilities in terms of their energy efficiency. The conceptual model for developing a methodology for the expert survey of leading Russian and world experts in the field of energy efficiency and energy saving is presented. The model reflects the main elements which should be taken into account when conducting it. The toolkit for conducting the survey is proposed, which determines the basis for the classification of industrial facilities according to their level of energy efficiency. The analysis of expert opinions will make it possible to draw unambiguous conclusions to the overall opinion issues of the study and reach a consensus on its key problems. Funding: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-010-00754


In this paper, we propose a User-Spread Interleave Division Multiple Access (US-IDMA) system that employs two way user separation using interleavers and spreading sequences to improve the performance of the system with more secure and reliable communications compared with the conventional IDMA system.These spreading sequences are not only as random as user data and independent of current symbols, but also dynamically changes from one symbol to another according to the user data.Therefore, this system offers enhanced security and privacy, due to the fact that the sequences make unwanted detection of the data by unintended receivers practically impossible.Also, simulation results show that the proposed system improves the bit error rate performance of the system in flat fading channel.


Therapy is a brain research strategy used to study the mental aspects of character in scientific work, and religiosity is a perspective related to religion. The question in this research is how is the psychoanalysis and religiosity of the characters in the novel When God Falls in Cherish by Wahyu Sujani.The investigative method used can be a definite strategy and the approach used can be a spiritual approach. The source of this research is the 442-page novel When God Falls in Adore by Wahyu Sujani which was first published in 2011. t 20cm x 14cm and distributed wildly by Diva Press, Yogyakarta. It can be concluded based on the results of research and discourse that the identity of the characters in the novel includes the desire to eventually become successful, the desire to study at state universities, and the desire not to skip classes. Opportunity, desire to mindfully shape Iruru, Fikri's desire to become an evangelist, etc., wanting to take Angrayan, welcoming friends home, and so on. en Trustees, acting as trustees, providing support, dealing with religion, etc. It's in God's book. About caregivers, requests and forgiveness, kindness to caregivers, welcome and response, patient comfort.


Neutrinos have been proved to be unique messengers in the understanding of fundamental physics processes, and in astrophysical data sets they may provide hints of physics beyond the Standard Model. For example, neutrinos could be the key to discerning between various dark matter models that are based on Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). WIMPs can scatter off standard matter nuclei in the vicinity of massive bodies such as the Sun or the Earth, lose velocity, and be gravitationally trapped in the center of the body. Self-annihilation of dark matter into Standard Model particles may produce an observable flux of neutrinos. For the case of the Earth, an excess of neutrinos coming from the center of the planet could indicate WIMP capture and annihilation at the Earth's core. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the geographical South Pole, is sensitive to these excess neutrinos. A search has been conducted on 8 years of IceCube data, probing multiple dark matter channels and masses. With this analysis, we show that IceCube has world-leading sensitivity to the spin-independent dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section above a WIMP mass of 100 GeV.


This research work aimed to project and analyse climatic variability in the Hathmati River Basin that happens to be one of the most important tributaries of Western India using GCMs and RCMs. The analysis included a baseline period from 1980 to 2014 and future scenario (2050 s) under a representative concentration pathway (RCP4.5). Following the evaluation of bias correction methods, the distribution mapping and power transformation were used for temperature and precipitation projection, respectively. The 2050 s RCP4.5 simulations showed an increase in precipitation to 1,015.54 mm from 936.91 mm giving around 8.45% of increase in average precipitation. For temperature, the maximum temperature shows around 7.05% increase taking the average temperature to 34.21 from 33.97. The minimum temperature goes to 20.24 from 20.41 showing positive change of around 8.4%. The future precipitation and temperature change projected might worsen the water stress and probability of the occurrence severe events, and hence mitigation strategies and management options to reduce this negative impact should be encouraged.


Objective To compare the management of CAP in Emergency Department between Paris and Beijing. Methods The data of CAP patients was collected from the Emergency Department of Htel-Dieu hospital in the center of Paris and of People's Hospital Beijing University from October 1,2003 to September 30,2004.Severity of the patients was evaluated by Fine's stratification,and the treatments were compared.Results(1)There was no significant difference in patients distribution of five strata of Fine in two groups(P>0.05),so we could compare the management.(2)The administration of third-generation cephalosporins and imipenem were more frequently used in Beijing group than in Paris group,while penicillin and macrolides were less used in Beijing group than in Paris group(P<0.01).The most patients of Beijing group were intravenously administrated with antibiotics,whereas more patients in Paris group were treated by oral antibiotic(P<0.01).The antibiotic treatment in Beijing group was less consistent with guidlines than that in Paris group (59.6% vs.88.6%,P<0.01).(3)Antibiotics were administrated within 4 hours in the all patients of Beijing group and 52.2 percent(92 patients)in Paris group.The difference was significant.(4)The emergency room stay was longer in Beijing group than in Paris group.Conclusion There were many differences in the CAP management of Emergency Department between Beijing and Paris.We should learn from each other and improve our strategy of treating patients suffering from CAP.


The theme for Space Technology Applications International Forum II in 2013 was: when will it be possible to build craft capable of reaching the stars in reasonable lengths of time? "Reasonable" was understood to be significantly less than a human lifetime. That can only be done by implementing "exotic" technologies that are presently thought to be the stuff of science fiction. But there is at least one proposal may make such technologies practicable. It rests on "MachÂÂ's principle" as Einstein called it. This paper, which captures the contents of the keynote talk at that conference, recapitulates how we have reached our present pass, and tells of recent experimental developments in the "Mach effects" project. Though a small-scale, table top project, steady progress has been made. For example, switching transients that may have propulsive applications are reported here. Post conference comments on claims that the quantum vacuum can be exploited for propulsive purposes are included. It is shown that such speculations are without merit.


Background: The dementia condition is a growing global challenge in both developed and developing countries. The profound negative effect of dementia; progressive deterioration in memory, thinking and behavior, affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities including the ability to adhere to treatment or clinical appointment regime. In developed countries, elaborate programs that include carehomes and the use of technologies tailored to the needs of demented persons have been successfully implemented. The rising cases of dementia in developing countries, makes caring for persons with dementia an energy and timeconsuming exercise for the care givers, who in most cases are family. Previous studies have largely focused on evaluating the potential of technology to enhance adherence to clinical instructions for demented persons. Methods: This study focused on designing, implementing and evaluating the outcome of use of SMS based automated reminders for dementia care givers, towards enhancing adherence to clinical instruction for demented persons under their care. Statistical Analysis: Comparison of degree of adherence to clinical appointments before and after introduction of mHealth solution. Results: The outcome the study showed that the use of mobile technology has a positive outcome towards enhancing adherence to clinical instruction for persons with dementia. Conclusion: mHealth technology should be explored through design and implementation of custom-tailored solutions to aid care givers and improve quality of life of persons with dementia.


A two-gradient model is proposed for regulation and regeneration of the head end of hydra in terms of positional information. One gradient is set up by a diffusible substance made at the head end, which may be regarded as a positional signal, and the other is a more stable cellular parameter which is the positional value. The rule for head end formation is that the concentration of the diffusible substance falls a threshold amount below the positional value. A variety of instantaneous axial grafts have been carried out which are discussed in terms of this model. Some simple computer simulations of diffusion are provided. There is some evidence that the source of the positional signal is localized at the head end. Some experiments on changes in polarity are given. It also seems that the positional signal from the head end inhibits foot end formation.


The THEIA data and services center has been created with the objective of increasing the use of space data by both the science community and the public actors. THEIA is structuring the French science community through 1) a mutualized Service and Data Infrastructure (SDI) distributed between several centers, allowing access to a variety of products; 2) the setup of Regional Animation Networks (RAN) to federate users (scientists and public / private actors) and 3) Scientific Expertise Centres (SEC) clustering virtual research groups on a thematic domain. A strong relationship between SECs and RANs is being developed to both disseminate the outputs to the user communities and aggregate the user needs. The research works carried out for urban studies in three SECs are presented. The works are organized around the design and development of value-added products and services.


Polycystic ovary syndrome affects up to 10% of adolescent girls and is accompanied by devastating physical symptoms and mental health issues (Ehrmann, 2005). This article reviews current literature on the nature of polycystic ovary syndrome including the physical symptoms and risk factors, mental health risks, and counseling programs targeting the special needs of affected adolescent girls. Benefits of the program's components (walk/talk, Adlerian social interest, and solution-focused brief therapy) are discussed along with specific techniques involved.


Light emitting systems are disclosed. The light emitting system includes an electroluminescent device that emits light at a first wavelength. The light emitting system further includes an optical cavity that enhances emission of light from a top surface of the light emitting system and suppresses emission of light from one or more sides of the light emitting system. The optical cavity includes a semiconductor multilayer stack that receives the emitted first wavelength light and converts at least a portion of the received light to light of a second wavelength. The semiconductor multilayer stack includes a II-VI potential well. The integrated emission intensity of all light at the second wavelength that exit the light emitting system is at least 10 times the integrated emission intensity of all light at the first wavelength that exit the light emitting system.


court and with Malik Ayaz. In ' Les rois de Kotte au debut du xvi sieele ' Genevieve Bouchon has attempted to solve an extremely complicated problem of dynastic succession with the help of the important report on Ceylon addressed by Cristovao Louren^o Caracao to King Manoel, which is printed among the documents. In ' Cojeatar et Albuquerque ' Jean Aubin is concerned with the first expedition of Albuquerque to Hurmuz in 1507-8; a footnote promises that an examination of his next attempt to gain control will be included in the second volume of this publication. The episodes narrated here were not spectacular or even specially important, but the way in which they have been investigated should commend this book to all students of this period of Asian history. The available European and Oriental sources have been collated with meticulous care. The latter are relatively sparse; the former are, of course, principally Portuguese. The authors, especially M. Aubin, have been confronted with the frequent discrepancies in detail that characterize the chronicles. These have been recorded, discussed, and sometimes explained with superb patience and discrimination. The following judgement by a scholar of his authority deserves the particular attention of historians: ' Ce serait une erreur de croire que la superiority navale des Portugais et leur avance dans I'emploi des armes a feu leur a rendu facile la creation d'un empire asiatique. Presque partout ils se sont heurtes a des resistances opiniatres, souvent bien organisees, et chaque fois que le hasard a mis en face d'eux des adversaires eminents, le sort des armes n'a rien regie du premier coup. C'est en fin de compte l'energie morale qui fut garante des triomphes portugais '.


Dear Editor and Reviewers, We would like to thank you very much for the very constructive and motivating review concerning our manuscript entitled "Rock glaciers in the Daxue Shan, southeastern Tibetan Plateau: an inventory, their distribution, and their environmental controls". These comments are all valuable and very helpful for revising and improving our paper, as well as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied comments carefully and have made corrections which we hope meet with approval. The responds to the reviewer's comments show in C1


Satellite telemetry of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding on the Crozet Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean, revealed two distinct foraging strategies during successive stages of the breeding season: systematic foraging over extensive distances; and use of specific areas close to the colony. During early incubation, Wandering Albatrosses foraged over pelagic waters at an average range of 1,284 kin. The length of the foraging trips decreased towards the end of the incubation period. During the first month of chick rearing when parents brood alternately for short periods, the foraging range, distance covered, and area prospected were further reduced. Males tended to return to an individual foraging area, located at the edge of the continental shelf, that had previously been visited during the long trips of the incubation period. Females mostly prospected pelagic waters just off the shelf. After the chick had been left alone on the nest, birds exhibited a two-fold strategy, combining long foraging trips over pelagic waters with short trips over the shelf. Generally, both sexes headed for and foraged over an extensive pelagic sector. Some males also foraged over the Kerguelen shelf. Females tended to forage over more northerly waters than males. The duration of the foraging trips was most closely related to the total distance covered, but also to the maximum range during the long trips of the chick-rearing period and to a lesser extent during the incubation period. There were no such significant relationships in the case of short trips. During long pelagic foraging trips, the birds had a looping course that was determined by the wind direction, suggesting random foraging with respect to prey distri- bution. We were able to show that Wandering Albatrosses use two foraging strategies to cope with the constraints imposed by the different stages of the breeding cycle, the availability of prey, and the distribution of the prey. Use by Wandering Albatrosses of two foraging strategies may be a compromise based on the simultaneous need to satisfy the different food requirements of chicks and parents. Received 20 February 1992, accepted 23 October 1992. DURING THE breeding season, pelagic seabirds forage from a central place (often an island) and travel outward to feeding areas, where their foraging behavior is impossible to observe by island-based researchers. Heretofore, the only easily measurable feature of their foraging has been durations of foraging trips, determined from incubation bouts and chick feeding fre- quencies. Usually, it has been assumed that the duration of foraging trips depends on the dis- tance an adult has to travel from its nest to find food (Lack 1968, Pearson 1968, Croxall and


Summary

1. Available evidence on butterfly family-level relationships is re-examined according to the principles of phylogenetic (cladistic) systematics.

2. The assumption of a sister-group relationship between the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea seems a reasonably substantiated working hypothesis.

3. The Papilionoid families Papilionidae, Pieridae and Lycaenidae sensu Ehrlich (1958) are definable as monophyletic entities; of Ehrlich's two remaining families, Nymphalidae and Libytheidae, the former is paraphyletic in terms of the latter.

4. The interrelationships between the Papilionoid families may be presented as Papilionidae + (Pieridae + [Lycanidae + Nymphalidae]).

5. In a phylogenetic system any given arrangement of taxa is either correct or not: Contrary to the pheneticists' view (Ehrlich and Ehrlich 1967) phylogenetic systematists cannot accept the existence of a multitude of valid classifications.


Pure and magnesium-doped TiO_2 nanoparticles (NPs) of three different concentrations (3, 6, and 9 mol%) were synthesized by a simple, cost effective solvothermal microwave irradiation method and characterized by XRD, EDAX, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and UV-Vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction studies performed on synthesized NPs have shown that the anatase phase is preserved after doping and the dopant does not change the crystalline phase (anatase) of the parent material (TiO_2). TEM results revealed that the particle size was significantly reduced with increasing dopant concentration and are spherical in shape. For the J - V measurements, the devices were subjected to the simulated sun light of 100 mW/cm^2 irradiation with a working electrode area of 0.25 cm^2 (0.5 × 0.5 cm). The results show that the dye-sensitized solar cell based on a 3 mol% Mg-doped TiO_2 electrode achieved a photoelectrical conversion efficiency of 7.36% which is perceptibly increased by 17.6% than undoped TiO_2 (6.26%).


High level ab initio calculations have been carried out to characterize the structure, bonding and energetics of Ag(I)–DNA base complexes, including adenine or cytosine, as well as Ag(I)–adenine–cytosine mispairs. The interactions of the Ag cation in all binding sites of all adenine and cytosine tautomers have been considered. The calculations show that in gas phase the canonical form of cytosine is stabilized upon metalation, whereas the lowest energy structure of Ag–adenine correspond to a rare tautomer. Interestingly, the theoretical inspection of metalated adenine–cytosine mispair reveals that the most stable structures are formed from the canonical cytosine and adenine tautomers. The lowest energy structure is planar with adenine and cytosine hydrogen‐bonded. Within few kcal/mol nonplanar, conformationally very flexible structures are found, in which the Ag(I) crosslinks an endocyclic nitrogen of adenine and the oxygen of cytosine. Metalated reverse‐Wobble type of structures, on the contrary, are predicted much higher in energy.


The preference of the female plants of fluted pumpk in for leaves and fruits production necessitated th e investigation into the effect of cytokinins in the proliferation of fluted pumpkin nodal explants. In two consecutive trials, nodal cuttings of fluted pumpki n were first cultured in-vitro on MS – Murashige and Skoog (1962) basal medium supplemented with seven c oncentrations of BA [Nbenzyladenine] (0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mg l ) and Kin [Kinetin] (0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mgl ) separately. The result of the first trial indicated that BA and Kin concentration higher than 1 and 2 mg l -1 respectively resulted in high callus formation. Consequently, in the second trial, BA at (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 mg l ) and Kin at (0, 0.5 and 1 mg l ) were combined in a factorial design. At 21 days a fter culture (DAC), it was observed that BA and Kin at 0.5 and 1.0 mg l -1 respectively gave the highest number of shoots with the least callus formation.


Human-generated information has been the main interest of the wireless communication technologies designs for decades. However, we are currently witnessing the emerge of an entirely different paradigm of communication introduced by machines, and hence, the name machine type communication (MTC). Such paradigm arises as a result of the new applications included in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) framework. Among the enabling technologies of the IoT, cellular-based communication is the most promising and more efficient. This is justified by the currently well-developed and mature radio access networks, along with the large capacities and flexibility of the offered data rates to support a large variety of applications. On the other hand, several radio-access-network groups put efforts to optimize the 3GPP LTE standard to accommodate for the new challenges by introducing new communication categories paving the way to support the machine-to-machine communication within the IoT framework. In this paper, we provide a step-by-step tutorial discussing the development of MTC design across different releases of LTE and the newly introduced user equipment categories, namely, MTC category (CAT-M) and narrowband IoT category (CAT-N). We start by briefly discussing the different physical channels of the legacy LTE. Then we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date background for the most recent standard activities to specify CAT-M and CAT-N technologies. We also emphasize on some of necessary concepts used in the new specifications, such as the narrowband concept used in CAT-M and the frequency hopping. Finally, we identify and discuss some of the open research challenges related to the implementation of the new technologies in real life scenarios.


The present disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for electro-mechanical systems. In one embodiment, electromechanical interferometric modulator system includes a substrate, a plurality of interferometric modulators and (IMOD). At least two different IMOD types correspond to different reflection colors. Each IMOD has an optical stack, and the absorbent layer, a movable reflective layer having at least an open state and collapsed condition, and an air gap defined between the movable reflective layer and the optical stack in the open state. Optical stack, by a different transparent layer thickness and / or a transparent layer material, defines a different optical path lengths for each of the different IMOD types, the air gap has the same size when in the open state. IMOD reflects different colors in a closed state, reflects a common appearance in the open state. The use of two absorber helps to define a common appearance in the open state, also can improve the color saturation.


Abstract: Background: Traffic accidents are one of the main causes of mortality in the world. They are currently estimated to be the ninth leading cause of death across all age-groups globally and are predicted to become the seventh leading cause of death by 2030. Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death among young people, and the main cause among those aged 15–29 years worldwide. The number of road traffic deaths continues to rise steadily, reaching 1.35 million in 2016, from 1.15 million in 2000. The purpose of the present study is to investigate epidemiologic pattern, and trend of deaths due to accidents in East Azerbaijan province, Iran, from 2012 to 2016, in order to identify its effective determinants to conduct prevention programs. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using mortality data of province health center from 2012 to 2016. The data of deaths due to traffic accidents were analyzed using descriptive statistics by means of Microsoft Excel 2013 and SPSS 16. Results: A number of 4529 deaths due to traffic accidents occurred during five years of the study period, which were 4.95% of total deaths of all causes, and the third leading cause of mortality. Of all accident deaths, 79.5% were male and 69.7% took place in urban residents. Most accidents occurred in the summer (30.1%), and in August (10.9%). The highest (20.8%) and the lowest (18.2%) deaths occurred in 2016 and 2014, respectively. However, the highest incidence was in 2012 with 26.28 per 100000, and the lowest incidence in 2014 with 23.15 per 100000. The mean age and SD for males and females were 41.15±20.27 and 41.45±23.73 respectively, and the highest percentage of deaths happened in the age-group 20-29 (18.4%), followed by age-group 30-39 (18.3%). One hundred and seventy-eight (3.9%) accident victims were children under five years of age, one of the most important causes of death for this age group. Conclusions: Regarding the high incidence of mortality due to accidents, identification and correction of high-risk areas, and strict enforcement of traffic rules are necessary in order to prevent accidents and related deaths. Keywords: Epidemiology, Death, Traffic Accidents, East Azerbaijan


www.NursingMadeIncrediblyEasy.com July/August 2019 Nursing made Incredibly Easy! 21 An arteriovenous (AV) access is a surgically created connection between an artery and vein that allows the blood of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to travel through a dialysis machine to filter, cleanse, and remove excess fluids from it. AV dysfunction or impairment is the leading cause of morbidity in ESRD patients, responsible for over 20% of yearly hospital admissions. Complications from poor cannulation (needle insertion) or an inability to cannulate an AV access can result in the increased use of central venous catheters, increasing the risk of systemic infections. Accurately cannulating an AV access to avoid trauma or injury is a required skill for hemodialysis staff. In addition, patients undergoing hemodialysis treatments must have their vital signs and weight obtained and their lungs, fluid status, and heart assessed before cannulation. In this article, you'll learn proper AV access needle insertion techniques for patients who require hemodialysis treatment.


This is an experimental analytical study. This study aims to determine the effect of consumption of Oil Palm Hybrid (APH) and Olive Oil Extra-Virgin (OOE) on the levels of HDL-cholesterol (HDL-c), in subjects over 50 years. For that, we compared the HDL cholesterol levels of 117 individuals over 50 years, attending the Programa Adultos Mayores del Instituto Departamental de Recreacion y Deporte (IDRD), designado: Seres Saludables y Activos, located in Andrea, neighborhood of Usme, Bogota. HDL-c levels were taken before and during the three months of nutritional intervention with APH or OOE. Preserving food consumption was similar in both periods. As a result we found similarity in the behavior of c-HDL as the type of oil consumed and only statistically significant change in the first month of the oil consumption of nutritional intervention.


The main goal of the project was to better understand the impact to a nuclear power plant due to the unavailability of critical infrastructure. We evaluated the use of rare event analysis to establish rare event occurrences in the vicinity of the plant. For the purpose of this report, rare events were considered extreme scenarios of natural disasters. The initial data was acquired by viewing STP FSARs and topographical maps of the region. The two specific factors that were extracted by analyzing the initial data of the plant design and location were the road networks and the electrical grid system. These two variables were then analyzed in light of the rare event analysis model that was used as a building block for this project. The rare event analysis also provided information regarding the types of data and distributions that were likely to be seen as a result. For the road networks, the road layout around the plant was mapped and the relevant data was used to consider the possible routes to the plants in case of a rare event. Data regarding LOOP Events were gathered mainly from NRC Documents and Institutional Sources. These data were used to analyze how many events occurred per year and the downtime associated with the rare event.© 2012 ASME


Hyperprolactinaemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin level. Prolactin is a 198-amino acid protein (23-kd) produced in the lactotroph cells of the anterior pituitary gland. Its primary function is to enhance breast development during pregnancy and to induce lactation after child birth. The causes of hyperprolactinaemia are categorized broadly as physiological, pathological, drug induced and others (hypothyroidism, chronic renal failure etc.) Hyperprolactinaemia inhibits the secretion of GnRH from hypothalamus, thus FSH and LH secretion from pituitary gland are inhibited, leading to infertility. In this case report patient suffered from hyperprolactinaemia since 2 years. First she took allopathy medicine but was not benefited. Then she was treated with Ayurvedic medication- Arogyavaidhini Ras , Chandraprabha vati , Falghruta and Anutail-Pratimarsha Nasya . After 3 months of medication, improvement was noticed on Hb. (BT-10gms, AT-12gms), Serum Prolactin level (BT-83.66, AT-17.96), and Ovulation study (BT-anovulatory cycle and cyst formation, AT-ovulatory cycle). In the two follow up, ovulation study showed normal ovulatory cycle. The line of treatment was followed in this case was to treat the provoked Vata Dosha and vitiated Rasa Dhatu . There were no adverse effects found during the Ayurvedic medication.


Bioethanol is becoming attractive from the viewpoint of mitigating global warming. Here, it is proposed that bioethanol be produced from woody biomass using non-sulfuric acid saccharification. To estimate the economy and cost of ethanol production, an economic simulator was constructed. First, data such as experimental results and cost data were gathered and classified to construct the simulator. This simulator was used for sensitivity analysis, and factors that affect the economy were examined. Increasing plant capacity decreased the cost of ethanol production. Onsite enzyme cultivation drastically decreased the cost. Increasing feedstock cost increased the cost of ethanol at a ratio of 2.91 to 3.56 JPY/L per 1000JPY. Decreasing the cost of the enzyme drastically decreased the ethanol cost, and decreasing enzyme loading decreased the ethanol cost. In particular, the cost of bioethanol production was sensitive to enzyme cost.