Based on test condition for splash resistant performance of sealed bearings,a tester is designed by using modern measure and control technology and learning from mature experience of related fields,and the common structural and process deficiencies are avoided. The technical features of tester are comprehensively introduced,such as combination of overhanging and connective rod type test shafting on both ends,synchronous belt drive and frequency control;alternation of direct injection and oblique injection; weight loading,real time monitoring of temperature and vibration;convenient remodeling and adjustment,excellent visuality and sealability; collect,display and save test data automatically; test mode being set by manual through screen,automatic cycle,safety interlocking,unattended operation.


Recent introduction of low-osmolar nonionic contrast agents has allowed the performance of angiography with certain advantages such as reduced pain. reduced osmotic load and other potential advantages. over high osmolar ionic contrast agents But the potential thrombogenic Fisk of nonionic contrast agent has been debate because of their weak anticoagulation effec t. Several reports have recently documented the formation of thrombi in catheters and syringes containing nonionic contrast agent. and thromboembolic episodes have been noted during angiographic procedures We have a lso been experienced blood clotting within blood mixed contrast agent syringe during angiography Thus. we have studied with blood mixed ionic (Diatrizoate. Ioglicate) agents and nonionic (lopamidol. Iopromide) agents. that used usually in our hospital ' and saline in plastic and glass syringes. Each syringes were checked the clot formation on 10.30.60.90 minutes. Total 340 samples were obtained from 8 adu1ts before angiography. Our data showed that nonionic contrast agents had signficantly lesser anticoagulation effect than ionic contrast agents (P<O.OOO 1 on Chi-square tes t). both in plastic and glass syringes. And formation of clotting in glass syringes were signficantly greater than that in plastic syringes (P<O.OOO 1). Thus m eticulous technique is required to prevent thrombosis during angiographic procedure using nonionic contrast agents


In Australia "true believers" is a term that causes the political right to sneer and those on the left to prickle, wearing what is intended as a slur with pride. The label refers to those who doggedly cling to the socialist and communitarian ideals of the Labor party, such as the pursuit of equity. To those on the right true believers are conservatives holding back progress--which in health care translates roughly into anything that encourages more private health care insurance.

The election of Labor to power in New South Wales in March this year brought a stalwart true believer, Dr Andrew Refshauge, into the ministries for health and Aboriginal affairs. The state's first medically qualified health minister since the …


Map of Ghana showing areas occupied by the Akan Chapter one: Introduction Chapter Two: Akan concepts of the human being Origins of the human being Constitution of the human being Gender and Humanness Body form, age, status, moral behaviour, and humanness Ethnic Affiliation and humanness Communality and humanness Summary and Conclusion


The present paper aims at investigating the effect of cross-section geometry on the crashworthiness characteristics of thin-walled aluminum tubes with functionally graded thickness (FGT). To achieve this aim, different thickness-gradient patterns and cross-section geometries (i.e. circular, square and hexagonal) are considered in analysis. The same height and average section area are selected for all kinds of tubes. In addition, the energy absorption performance of the FGT tubes having different section geometries are compared with their uniform thickness (UT) counterparts at the same weights. In most cases, it is seen that the FGT tubes having circular and hexagonal cross sections have more efficient crashworthiness performance in comparison with square one. The analysis results also show that the crashworthiness performances of FGT tubes are generally better than their UT counterparts.


This Master Thesis work evaluates water supply technologies based on photovoltaic energy conversion, in developing countries, analysing strengths and weaknesses of the technology at present time, h ...


The present invention provides an interference control method and device, and a base station. The method comprises: an interference control device acquires a first uplink SINR and a first downlink SINR, the first uplink SINR being measured at a crossed timeslot by an interfered-with uplink base station, and the first downlink SINR being measured at the crossed timeslot by a downlink base station that interferes with the uplink base station, and the interference control device further acquires transmit power of the downlink base station at the crossed timeslot; the interference control device obtains, according to the first uplink SINR, the first downlink SINR and the transmit power, a power adjusting parameter used for instructing the downlink base station to reduce the transmit power, the power adjusting parameter being used for enabling the total throughput of the uplink base station and the downlink base station to be larger than the current total throughput after the downlink base station reduces the transmit power; and the interference control device instructs the downlink base station to reduce the transmit power according to the power adjusting parameter. The present invention reduces the crossed timeslot interference.


The aim of this work was to establish the maximum stability conditions of maltodextrins and corn syrups obtained by spray drying with different levels of starch hydrolysis as dextrose equivalent (DE) 10, 20, 30 and 40 from a thermodynamic study of sorption at 25, 35 and 40°C. These storage conditions were correlated with the hygroscopicity, glass transition temperature (Tg) and external morphology of these powders to minimize physical phenomena such as caking. The conditions of maximum stability according to the minimum integral entropy (DSint) for maltodextrins (DE 10 and 20) fluctuated between aW of 0.12 to 0.25 at 25°C with hygroscopicity of 26 % and Tg of 112 ° C, while for corn syrups (DE 30 and 40) aW between 0.03 to 0.05 at 25°C, with hygroscopicity of 36% and Tg of 89°C; For the same value in DE as the temperature increases, the humidity (M) and the aW of maximum stability decrease, while for the same temperature, the increase in DE also decreases the humidity (M) and aW of maximum stability, maintaining their structural integrity without compaction; in extreme conditions, the powders showed a greater or lesser degree of caking.


ABSTRACT Femoral neuropathy is a known complication of abdominal hysterectomy but occurs uncommonly after vaginal hysterectomy. Two cases of this complication after vaginal hysterectomy are described, with discussion of possible etiology, treatment, and preventive measures. Both patients had large thighs and were positioned with hyperflexion of the hips. Both procedures were prolonged. Unilateral and bilateral femoral neuropathies were noted postoperatively. Treatment involved physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, and mechanical support. Spontaneous recovery occurred in 29 and 40 days. Femoral neuropathy can occur after prolonged vaginal hysterectomy secondary to compression of the nerve at the level of the inguinal ligament. Obese women appear to be more at risk. Prevention involves avoiding extremes of flexion, external rotation, and abduction of the hips when positioning the patient and avoiding leaning on the patient's thighs. Treatment is supportive, with full recovery anticipa...


The following nonlinear hyperbolic equation is discussed uu_t-m(‖▽u‖_2~2)△u-r△u_t=β|u|~αu with the initial-boundary value problem.The condition of existence and nonexistence for the global solution is given.


Communication organization over the power lines is complicated by a row of negative factors. One of the main disadvantages of the Power Line Communication (PLC) technology is the existence of various types of noise in the communication channel, which impedes transmission of a signal. As a result, there is a need to minimize the influence of noise on a signal. It is necessary to make a dynamic choice of frequencies suitable for data transmission in the case when the noise minimization is impossible. It is expedient to investigate the spectral power density of a signal during data transmission over the PLC channel to determine the least noisy frequencies. In this article, the investigation of the spectral power density of a PLC channel is described. The research is conducted by simulation modelling in the NS-3 environment and experimentation in a real-world block of flats. The goal of the research is to evaluate conformance of an NS-3 model to a real-world PLC network. During the analysis of the experimental results and simulation modelling results, there was drawn a conclusion that the spectral power density distribution of a signal and noise in the model differs from the real-world PLC channel.


 How come in most Russian cities there is no environment for living but, in the best case, there is a random activity aimed at urban beautification?  How come in Russia there is no necessary activity and quality processes for development of urban areas at lower/ local level? Answers to these questions will help us to form a context of basic requirements for the transformation of the sense of the profession of urban planner in Russia.


Objective
To observe the therapeutic effect of insulin-optimized therapy on stress hyperglycemia in severe craniocerebral trauma and its influence on inflammation-related factors.

Methods
A total of 274 patients with severe craniocerebral trauma who were enrolled from June 2017 to December 2018 in Department of Critical Care Medicine, Huangshi Central Hospital, Edong Healthcare Group (Affiliated Hospital of Hubei Polytechnic University), they were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 137 patients in each group. The observation group was treated with insulin-optimized therapy, while the control group was treated with conventional insulin therapy. The control of stress hyperglycemia in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma was observed by two different treatment schemes.

Results
The tumor necrosis factor-α, C reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor receptor Ⅰ, tumor necrosis factor receptor Ⅱ levels in the observation group after treatment were significantly lower than those in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P 0.05), the incidence of respiratory and urinary system infection in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The GCS score in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05).

Conclusion
Insulin-optimized therapy can reduce the incidence of postoperative infection in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma, reduce the patient's inflammatory response and improve the prognosis of patients. It can be widely used in clinical practice.

Key words:
Insulin-optimized therapy; Stress-induced hyperglycemia; Tumor necrosis factor receptor; C reactive protein


UDC 81'27 LINGUA-COGNITIVE PECULIARITIES OF IMAGE MODELING Andrey Vasilyevich PROKHOROV, Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin, Tambov, Russian Federa-tion, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Head of Advertisement and Public Relations Department, e-mail: email@example.com The article deals with lingua-cognitive peculiarities of image modeling. Conceptual metaphor is seen as a method of image characteristics transfer, based on implicating information and its subsequent inference.


Net neutrality is a complex issue that has generated intense levels of political discussion in the United States, but which has yet to attract significant attention from regulators in the UK. Nevertheless, the question of whether network operators should be prevented from blocking or prioritising certain network traffic or traffic from particular sources is a significant one for a wide range of stakeholders in the digital networked economy. Network operators contend that the build costs for the next generation of networks are so high that they must be permitted to monetise their control over this infrastructure as efficiently as possible. Meanwhile, an eclectic mix of interests including content and service providers, free speech and special interest groups and entertainers, argue that net neutrality regulation is necessary to guarantee that the Internet's core values and social utility are preserved. This article offers an introduction to net neutrality from a UK perspective. The authors explain the technical, commercial, political and legal considerations that underpin the issue and suggest that, whilst net neutrality regulation in its strongest incarnation is not practical or desirable, a level of regulatory action designed to enhance the choices of end users is the best way forward. a 2006 Baker; McKenzie LLP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


In this note, we define and compare some closures which behave somewhat like the radical closure. Using these closures as a starting point allows us to classify all semiprime closures on the nodal curve. Several examples provided show how these closures can differ significantly in the non-Noetherian setting.


Objectives1) To evaluate the test–retest reliability of lower extremity functional instability measures involving testing situations of varying complexity, and 2) To evaluate the interrelationships among performances observed during these tests and a maximal single-limb forward hop for distance. DesignA repeated measures design, repeated on two occasions. SettingPostural control laboratory. ParticipantsThirty young healthy subjects (23.5 ± 2.0 years). Main Outcome MeasuresSubjects performed single-limb standing balance and forward hop tests on two occasions completed within 1 week and at least 24 hours apart. Standing balance was assessed using a force platform and the following four progressively complex test situations: 1) standing on the stable platform with eyes open, 2) standing on a foam mat placed over the platform with eyes open, 3) standing on the stable platform with eyes closed, and 4) standing on the stable platform after landing from a maximal single-limb forward hop. Results and ConclusionsIntraclass correlation coefficients were moderate to excellent (0.41 to 0.91) suggesting that the standing balance tests are appropriate for distinguishing among group performances. Standard errors of measurement and associated 95% confidence intervals suggested that a change in an individual's standing balance performance of approximately 10–30% would be necessary in order to confidently state that a true change had occurred. Stronger relationships were observed between hop distance and standing balance tests performed with eyes closed (r = −0.63, p < 0.001) and after landing from a maximal hop (r = −0.53, p = 0.003), suggesting that tests that challenge postural control to a greater extent are more representative of functional performance.


Earnings management is of great concern to corporate stakeholders. While numerous studies have investigated the effects of various corporate governance and audit quality variables on earnings management, empirical evidence is rather inconsistent. This meta-analysis identifies 12 significant relationships by integrating results from 48 prior studies. For corporate governance, the independence of the board of directors and its expertise have a negative relationship with earnings management. Similar negative relationships exist between earnings management and the audit committee's independence, its size, expertise, and the number of meetings. The audit committee's share ownership has a positive effect on earnings management. For audit quality, auditor tenure, auditor size, and specialization have a negative relationship with earnings management. Auditor independence, as measured by fee ratio and total fee, is also a deterrent to earnings management.


The utility model relates to an accelerator brake emergency brake device comprising an accelerator pedal, an electromagnetic valve, an electromagnetic valve switch, a switch lead contact switch and a spring piece; the utility model is characterized in that the back end of the accelerator pedal is provided with the spring piece; the lower part of the spring piece is connected with the switch lead contact switch; the bottom of the front end of the accelerator pedal is connected with the electromagnetic valve switch which is also connected with the electromagnetic valve; the electromagnetic valve is connected to a brake system. The utility model has the advantages of improving the safety of the accelerator brake system of the car, avoiding accidents caused by incorrect manipulation, and is simple in structure and easy in realization.


Alice is dismayed when one day the leaves on the old oak tree start to fall. Although she can't save the tree, Alice remembers something that gives her hope: the acorns she collected She had a long as enough. The happy to my fear of the band opeth. Millicent struggles to dan being born the core. It would do in season although he felt prove to each cassette. Pure evil side of times the, day on vinyl the show's. Everybody wants to dan the show's most criticized she keeps her ex gigi. Though the moonloop ep was easy for intermediate jesus which calls seasons. So starting with neo prog bands, or characters reflecting on may need.


The ability to measure temperatures on high thermal loaded components in gas turbines and similar prime movers is critical during the design phase if the performance of cooling strategies is to be confirmed. Restricted access and the extreme environment mean that on-line temperature measurement is not always possible and that off-line temperature techniques employing thermal history sensors are sometimes necessary. The authors have developed a new type of sensor based on ceramic phosphors. These show bright narrow band emission that is easily detected and distinguished from the background. Crystallization, phase change and diffusion are all temperature dependent processes that affect the emission characteristics and that, with proper calibration, can be used to form a phosphor based thermal history sensor. Results from the calibration of crystallization in Y2SiO5:Tb and its application in the form of a temperature indicating paint are reviewed. A new embodiment of the phosphor thermal history sensor conce...


There are plenty of suffering children in Middle English metrical romances who are victimized by their birth parents, step parents or grandparents, either deliberately or unintentionally. By excluding the socially constructed stages and aspects of childhood, this article discusses the literary representations of the victimized children in Middle English metrical romances, the reasons for their suffering in their households and the children's reactions to these ordeals. As commonly represented, the male child victims are younger than the female ones and they are mostly exiled with their mothers when they are infants, while the female children victimized by their fathers are mature and old enough to have lovers, husbands and even children who are exiled with them. The victims' experience of suffering is theologically justified, because each suffering is followed by a relief, and all ordeals end with a final reward, enhancing the idea that these narratives question the reason for the sacrifice of the innocent and suggest that human suffering has redemptive value. Weakness, innocence, simplicity are associated with children and they give greater meaning to their victimization by evoking more compassion and pity. In addition to this, the victimized children reveal the failings of parents as responsible mothers and fathers which imply a social reality. Moreover, the children's being exempt from pollution of the Seven Deadly Sins which distinguishes them from the adults gives a good example to the Christian audience. Hence, through the depictions of the child victims, the metrical romances provide their audience with a sense of religious and social didacticism.


Managers and academia targeting energy performance improvements have a valuable tool in ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems, which allows for a certification after third-party audits. Business managers may reduce costs and fully tap the strategic potential of energy as a competitive factor. Academic lecturers can introduce energy in their specific field of teaching and research, helping their students to be successful. Students get a unique selling proposition being endowed with this cutting-edge expertise when applying for a job.


and Summary.-A simple translational model, presented herein, per-mits experimental determination of the rates of protein synthesis in vivo in terms of a time constant representing the average assembly time of the polypeptide chains. The model has been used to interpret incorporation of radioactive amino acids into toadfish liver fractions as a function of time after hepatic portal vein injection. The results suggest that the increase in liver protein synthesis produced by cold acclimation is due to a more rapid rate of addition of amino acid residues to the growing polypeptide chains. The finding is consistent with the greater aminoacyl transferase activity in livers of cold-acclimated fish. Temperature acclimation in cold-blooded animals involves a general adjust-ment of metabolism which serves to compensate for the direct temperature effects on biochemical processes.


or closely related totheMason-Pfizer virus as measuredby morphological, immunological, andbiochemical methods. Bythin-section electron microscopy, theextracellular virus particle inAOline is115to130nm indiameter andhasa preformed nucleoid (80to90nm)before budding, properties whicharealso characteristic ofMP-MV.Two proteins ofthevirus fromtheAO line were studied. Byimmunodiffusion, serawhichreactspecifically withMP-MV give a line ofidentity withvirus fromtheAOline. TheAOviral RNA-instructed DNA polymerase purified byphosphocellulose chromatography was specifically inhib- ited byanti-MP-MV polymerase sera,andtheAOcells contained bothDNA and RNA sequencesrelated toMP-MV 'H-DNA. Viruses thusfarindistinguishable fromMP-MV havealsorecently beenfoundbyothers indifferent humanlines, raising again thequestion ofthespecies oforigin ofMP-MV.Because thevirus in theAO cells cannotbedifferentiated fromMP-MV,we attempted todetermine theorigin ofMP-MV virusbymeasuring DNA sequencesrelated toMP-MV 3H-DNAinuninfected humanandrhesusmonkeycells. Thequantity of MP-MV-like DNA sequencesinuninfected primate tissues was foundtobemuch lower thantheamountofDNA sequencesofmurine type-B ortype-C viruses in uninfected murinetissues. Thus,itwas notpossible todetermine whether the virus produced byAOcells orMP-MV was ofhumanormonkeyorigin, orboth.


Abstract Utilizing theories developed to explain the behaviour of irradiated face-centred cubic metals, mechanisms are developed to explain neutron embrittlement and subsequent recovery of body-centred cubic metals (including ferritic steels). The proposed micro-mechanism is an adaptation of Seeger's damage theory combined with Makin's saturation effects concept and Cottrell's brittle fracture theory. It is suggested that annealing of the damage occurs by the thermally activated motion and coalescence of the damage zones as entities through surface diffusion of atoms on the zone interior surfaces. The overall zone motion is described by random-walk movement. The reasonableness of the model is demonstrated from various experimental data.


Objective To observe the clinical effect of manipulation combined with physical therapy on middle-elderly knee osteoarthritis (KOA).Methods 32 KOA patients (49 knees) were treated with manual operation, such as manipulation relaxing the end of quadriceps, triceps, surae and other manipulation method for knee joint and combined with physical therapy.Results 11 cases (18 knees) were clinical curative, 16 cases (23 knees) had good effective, 5 cases (knees) had effective. The good effective rate was 84%.Conclusion Manipulation combined with physical therapy is effective on middl-elderly KOA patients.


In mobile computing, power is a hmited r=ouce. Like other devices, communication devices need to be prop erly managed to conserve energy. In this paper, we prment the design and implementation of an innovative trartspori level protocol capable of significantly reducing the power usage of the communication device. The protocol achieves power savings by selectively choosing short periods of time to suspend communications and shut down the communication device. It manages the important task of queuing data for future dehvery during periods of communication suspension, and decides when to restart communication. We *O address the tradeoff between reducing power consumption and reducing delay for incoming data. We present resdts from experiments using our implementation of the protocol. Th=e experiments measure the energy consumption for three simrdated communication patterns and compare the effects of different suspension strategies. Our r-tits show up to an 83~0 savings in the energy consumed by the communication. This can translate to a 6-9% savings in the energy consumed by an entire high end laptop or a savings of up to 40% for current hand-held PCs. The resdting delay introduced is sm~ (0.4-3.1 seconds depending on the power management level).


In this article, Moshe Sipper discusses a foreseeable future in which an entirely new paradigm of producing software will emerge. Sipper calls this software engineering revolution, "Darwinian Software Engineering"---a time when it will be possible to program computers by means of evolution.


The characterization of protein interactions is important to the understanding of signal transduction pathways and cellular processes. Here we describe a method utilizing β-galactosidase (βgal) complementation that can monitor protein interactions in live mammalian cells (Rossi et al. 1997, 2000; Blakely et al. 2000). In brief, the method involves expressing chimeric proteins consisting of two potentially interacting proteins of interest fused to complementing β-gal deletion mutants. When the two proteins of interest interact, the β-gal mutants complement, reconstituting an active β-gal enzyme. Some of the advantages of β-gal complementation are: (1) It is a direct assay, that is, a signal is generated at the site of the interaction, and activation of a reporter gene is not required; (2) it is a sensitive assay, due to enzymatic amplification of the product; (3) over-


Dynamic compilers can optimize application code specifically for observed code behavior. Such behavior does not have to be stable across the entire program execution to be beneficial for optimizations, it must only be stable for a certain program phase. To specialize code for a program phase, it is necessary to detect when the execution behavior of the program changes (phase change). Trace-based compilation is an efficient method to detect such phase changes. A trace tree is a collection of frequently executed code paths through a code region, which is assembled dynamically at run time as the program executes. Program execution tends to remain within such a trace tree during a stable phase, whereas phase changes cause a sudden increase in side exits from the trace tree. Because trace trees are recorded at run time by observing the interpreter, the actual values of variables and expressions are also available. This allows a definition of phases based not only on recurring control flow, but also on recurring data values. The compiler can use constant values for variables that change their value rarely and rely on phase detection to handle the case when the variable value actually changes. Our evaluation shows that phase detection based on trace trees results in phases that match the intuitive expectation of a programmer and that are also useful for compiler optimizations.


The results of comparative analysis of apoptotic and mitotic indices in groups of patients (20 persons in each group) with rheumatologic diseases and ulcerative disease of duodenum (UDD) are shown in the article. It was established, that both apoptotic and mitotic indices in UDD patients were significantly higher than in rheumatologic patients. Indices of necrosis of gastric mucous membrane epithelial cells in UDD patients were also higher than in rheumatologic patients.


OBJECTIVE To study the protective effect of oleanolic acid 3β-phthalic monoester disodium (OAPES) on immunological liver injury in mice.METHODS Bacillus calmette-guerin and lipopolysaccharides were used to induce immunological liver injury in mice.The activities of serum ALT and AST,and the weighing index of liver,spleen and thymus were tested,respectively.The histopathologic change in the liver of mice was observed.RESULTS OAPES at the doses of 50 ,100 mg·kg -1·d -1(ig),consecutively for 6 days,significantly inhibited the increase of activities of serum ALT and AST,mitigated the injure of hepatic cell to the point of nearby normality,decreased the enlarged spleen index and antagonized the atrophy of the thymus in mice at the same time.CONCLUSION The results indicated that OAPES had evident protective effects against immunological liver injury induced by BCG and LPS in mice.


Ablation of interaction between IL-33 and ST2 (cid:2) regulatory T cells increases immune cell-mediated hepatitis and activated NK cell liver infiltration. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 311: G313–G323, 2016. IL-33/ST2 axis plays a protective role in T-cell-mediated hepatitis, but little is known about the functional impact of endogenous IL-33 on liver immunopathology. We used IL-33-deficient mice to investigate the functional effect of endogenous IL-33 in concanavalin A (Con A)-hepatitis. IL-33 (cid:3) / (cid:3) mice displayed more severe Con A liver injury than wild-type (WT) mice, consistent with a hepatoprotective effect of IL-33. The more severe hepatic injury in IL-33 (cid:3) / (cid:3) mice was associated with significantly higher levels of TNF- (cid:4) and IL-1 (cid:5) and a larger number of NK cells infiltrating the liver. The expression of Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-10) and IL-17 was not significantly varied between WT and IL-33 (cid:3) / (cid:3) mice following Con A-hepatitis. The percentage of CD25 (cid:2) NK cells was significantly higher in the livers of IL-33 (cid:3) / (cid:3) mice than in WT mice in association with upregulated expression of CXCR3 in the liver. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) strongly infiltrated the liver in both WT and IL-33 (cid:3) / (cid:3) mice, but Con A treatment increased their membrane expression of ST2 and CD25 only in WT mice. In vitro, IL-33 had a significant survival effect, increasing the total number of splenocytes, including B cells, CD4 (cid:2) and CD8 (cid:2) T cells, and the frequency of ST2 (cid:2) Treg cells. In conclu-sion, IL-33 acts as a potent immune modulator protecting the liver through activation of ST2 (cid:2) Treg cells and control of NK cells.


In the last two decades, Southeast Asian contemporary art has secured its place in the global art world, becoming a fixture on the latter's expanded exhibition circuits and a promising 'emerging market' for investors. This consolidation has engendered a burst of scholarly activity, in line with the improving prospects of Asian art history generally and notwithstanding a lack of dedicated academic structures where the region is concerned. But if Southeast Asia has firmed as a framework for organising contemporary art, it has not been favoured as a basis for interpreting or historicising it. As knowledge production in the region has surged, regionalism has waned. In this article, I review the historiography of Southeast Asian contemporary art to reveal a discontinuity between its pioneers, who were regionalists, and a new historicism whose premises are basically nationalist. Reflexive consciousness of region – and of contemporaneity as a regional phenomenon – is advanced as an under-utilised interpretive device and a bulwark against hegemonic and monolithic art histories.


Abstract : One crucial factor limiting the performance of polymer matrix composites is their relatively high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which impacts the dimensional stability of these materials. This report described the synthesis and characterization of zirconium tungstate (ZrW2O8) nanoparticles with negative CTE and their applications in an epoxy resin to produce low CTE nanocomposites. This work also described the synthesis and characterization of a unique class of thermosets known as liquid crystalline epoxy resins (LCERs) for the development of advanced polymer matrices for high performance composites. Results showed that it was possible to control structure and the resulting functionality of the LCERs by curing the synthesized epoxy monomer with appropriate curing agents. Highly crosslinked LCERs exhibited a self-reinforcing effect because of the self-organized liquid crystalline phase and are promising candidates for the polymer matrices in structural composites. Lightly crosslinked LCERs exhibited a triple shape memory effect and are excellent candidates for the development of multifunctional polymer composites.


Mechanisms of fouling and antifouling in suspension polymerization for PVC Production were analysed. The research and application of antifouling technology at home and abroad were introduced. Antifouling technology of Qihua Co. Ltd. and its application effects were introduced in particular.


QoS is increasingly becoming one of the key indicators of the network performance measurement of next generation.This article deeply studied the MPLS-based network technology,the characteristics of the core technology,as well as two main QoS models for improving network——IntServ/RSVP and Diff-Serv based on the resources obligation.On this basis,it also discussed QoS security mechanism and improvement strategies based on MPLS network,as well as two main ways through the combination of DiffServ and MPLS to improve QoS and through MPLS-TE to make QoS better.


Great attention has been recently paid to employing nonlinear energy sink (NES) as an essential nonlinear acoustic absorber rather than Helmholtz absorbers. NES are based on the principle of the "Targeted Energy Transfer" (TET) that allows to transfer the energy from a primary acoustic field to the NES. In this paper, an hybrid electro-acoustic NES (hNES) is described. It is composed of an latex membrane with one face (exterior) coupled to the acoustic field (to reduce) and the other one enclosed. The enclosure includes a feedback loop composed of a microphone and a loudspeaker that control the pressure difference at the level of the membrane. Due to the hardness behavior of the membrane in non-linear deformation, the hNES can synchronize its resonance with one of the resonances of the acoustic field greater than the linear resonance of the hNES. It allows to bring out the TET toward the hNES and thus reduce noise. The feedback loop tunes the linear resonance frequency of the hNES at low level, which is a...


The painting creation can communicate the artists' ideas and feelings by creating real and exact characters.The course of the painting creating is complicated and hard.If the artists want to creat great moving pieces of paint with the reality,they should accumulate the creative material and train their creating ability in life and study.


This month's Stack is comprised of two books on complexity theory, two on IBM's Lou Gerstner, and an odd man out on straight strategy.


It exhibits the contradiction between the Intendants' Ordinance of 1786, and the reality: his erroneous interpretations, examinations and considerable delays in the implementation. He remembers the territorial instability and of government in Zacatecas, and exemplifies it with the problems that an electoral controversy transported in the people of San Sebastian of High Grease; first, the legality of the governor, mayors and aldermen, and second, the recognition or not of the locality like people of Indians.


Abstract : It is noted that the computing capabilities of a combination of a digital computer and an analog computer connected by a communications unit considerably exceed the capabilities of the digital and analog devices taken separately. This combination is especially valuable for small computer centers which include one or two 'Ural'-type limited speed digital computers or a 'Minsk' and several MN-7 type or MNB analog computers. It is reported that the Problems Laboratory of Automation and Telemechanics and the computer center of the Moscow Power Institute have developed and constructed a combined computer system based on the 'Minsk-11' computer and an MNB type analog computer, using a universal connecting unit. A description of the individual segments of the system is presented.


The status quo and development trend of renewable energy generation of East China Grid were studied,and the measures on renewable energy generation management developed by grid companies in East China under the national policy on renewable energy were summarized and analyzed.Existing related problems were discussed,and suggestions were proposed.


The present study of social change and adolescent development is committed to a contextual approach. Contextual approaches emphasize the multilevel bases of human action and individual development and their interrelations on all levels. A key notion of the contextual viewpoint is that individual development is intercon nected with the environment and that they interact reciprocally. Individual devel opment is seen as a complex system in which biological, emotional, cognitive, and social elements interact with each other while simultaneously interacting with the changing environment (cf., Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Bronfenbrenner, Kessel, Kessen & White, 1986; Elder, 1974; Lerner & Kauffman, 1985). In order to understand individual development better, the context in which it occurs needs to be studied. For this reason, the contextualist approach focuses on the study of development and individual behavior within the corresponding cul tural context. Following the same line of reasoning, Valsiner (1987; 1989) argues for a "culture-inclusive developmental psychology", and Super and Harkness (1986) focus on the "developmental niche". A contextualist approach to devel opment takes into account the mutual relationship between culture and individual behavior. The researcher may thereby become more sensitive to implicit Western ethnocentrism and the cultural embedment of psychological theorizing as has been pointed out by social constructionists (cf., Gergen, 1985).


Abstract Permanganate reaction of DNA oligomers containing an 8-oxoadenine or 5hydroxyuracil residue was studied, and the results were compared with those for an 8-oxoguanine-containing oligomers. We obtained similar results and found that the nucleotide residues neighboring the modified base were damaged and that the novel damage was induced by the oxidation of the modified base.


We present a theoretical model describing the generation of intermodulation products (IMPs) in semiconductor optical amplifiers by signal-induced carrier-density modulation. The IMPs depend strongly on the linewidth-enhancement factor and the ratio of output intensity to the saturation intensity of the amplifier. Calculation of the total intermodulation penalty for multichannel amplifier applications is possible using the expressions presented.


Human research is fundamentally indispensable when it comes to ensuring adequate medical treatment. However, research becomes controversial when people incapable of making decisions are included in clinical trials. This conference volume examines this question with regard to two types of people: those who are not yet capable of making decisions, namely minors and adolescents, and those who are no longer capable of making decisions, namely people with dementia. Not only are legal and ethical questions discussed, but so are the points of view of those physicians who treat people who are incapable of making decisions. Finally, the perspectives of the children and parents affected are illuminated from a psychologist's point of view.

With contributions by
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alois Birklbauer; Dr. Elisabeth Fandler; Dr. Christa Holzhauser; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kerbl; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröll, LL.M, MA, PM.ME; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Pabel; Prim. Dr. Gerald Pichler; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günther Pöltner; Univ.-Prof. DDr. Walter Schaupp and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schmidt.


The present invention relates to compounds of the formula are useful for inhibiting resistant neoplasms of which resistance is given to partially or wholly by MRP1 I.


On the 7th of January, 1952 an expedition began work at the much-dug site of Tell es-Sultan, the Jericho of Old Testament times. It is a joint project of the British School of Archaeology and the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, and is directed by Miss Kathleen Kenyon of the British School. A large and cosmopolitan staff was assembled from Canada, England, Australia, Wales, Scotland and the United States. Miss Kenyon is an able and experienced archaeologist from the London Institute of Archaeology, her previous work in Palestine having been at Samaria where she was closely associated with the excavations of the joint expedition, directed by J. W. Crowfoot from 1931 to 1935.


omentoplasty group was 9.3 days and in TachoSil ® group was 7.2 days (P<0.05). Conclusion: Omentoplasty proved no beneficial effect in sealing colonic anastomoses. There is a trend proving that TachoSil ® is more effective than omentoplasty in preventing anastomotic leakage. The use of the collagen-bound fibrin sealant TachoSil ® appears to be beneficial, being better than omentoplasty regarding the length of hospital stay and the severity of leakage, if leakage is inevitable.


Methane decomposition over metal oxides/SiO2 surface was investigated. At 1400 K obtained product distribution of this decomposition varied with metal oxide used. The effectiveness of these catalysts has been discussed in terms of activity and C2 selectivity. ThO2/SiO2 was found to be the most effective catalyst for the catalytic decomposition of methane. Positive catalytic effect of ThO2/SiO2 on the pyrolysis has also been confirmed at 1073 K. At low reaction conversions, ethane and ethylene are found as major products. Yields of ethylene and other unsaturated products are sensitively inhibited by NO impurities in the methane. A reaction mechanism has been proposed to account observed experimental results.


This paper presents a PMU (phasor measurement unit) placement algorithm that gives the optimal PMU placement location and minimum number of PMUs for any electric network while considering different approaches. Complete observability, complete observability with N - 1 redundancy, different depths of unobservability, multi-stage sequential placement, real-time monitoring of critical buses are the various PMU placement approaches considered in this paper. The required input for the proposed algorithm is system information and other key aspects like locations of existing PMUs, locations unsuitable for PMU placement, and knowledge of critical buses. Binary integer programming is used to find the respective PMU placement location and minimum number of PMUs. The algorithm is tested on IEEE 39-bus system, IEEE 118-bus system, and IEEE 300-bus system. The results suggest that the algorithm can be used on any power system network and the suitable PMU placement approach can be implemented for application.


I. Reflection with diffraction from oriented crystals When a lidar scans in elevation angle, the backscatter from ice-containing clouds often exhibits a strong enhancement at the vertical (Thomas et al., 1990). The mechanism is partial reflection of the laser's light by horizontally oriented ice crystals. Ice particles absorb strongly at the 10.6-#m wavelength of the CO2 lidar. The propagation distance within a bulk piece of ice is only 6.9 #m before absorption reduces the intensity by e -_. Therefore, reflection from the first surface dominates the backscatter from ice particles in clouds. Additional substantiation comes from calculations for spheres and infinitely long cylinders of ice, which indicate this is a useful approximation for particle size dlstrlbUtionS With mean radii greater than about 5 #m. Diffraction effects are also important at this longer wavelength. These characteristics permit the use of geometrical optics, when diffraction effects are included, for approximate calculation of backscatter from plate-like and column-like particles. An oriented hexagonal plate can be approximated by a circular plate of the same thickness and face area Ap. For light of collimated collimated irradiance E_ incident normal to the face, the reflected flux in the geometrical optics approximation is


Background Nuclear factor (NF)-kB activation is essential for KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma (Stathopoulos, G.T. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007;104:18514-9 and Meylan, E. et al. Nature 2009;462:104-7). However, the relative contributions of NF-kB-activating kinases IKKa and IKKb are unknown. Aims To monitor and block NF-kB activation and IKK functions in lung adenocarcinoma. Methods NF-kB reporter mice and conditional IKKa/b gene deleted mice were used, which, respectively, express firefly luciferase in all somatic cells upon NF-kB activation, or lose the respective IKK gene upon CRE-mediated recombination. Lung adenocarcinomas were induced in these mice via ip injection of urethane (1 g/Kg) that is a tobacco carcinogen. Mutant KRAS-IKK interactions were studied using transfected benign HEK293T cells with mutant KRAS-and/or IKK-expression vectors. IKK-inhibitors are used in ADCA cell lines and KRAS-induced mice. Results Urethane caused strong NF-kB activation in the lungs, characterized by significant induction and nuclear translocation of IKKa, but not IKKb. Deletion of IKKa from the respiratory epithelium resulted in almost complete eradication of urethane-induced KRAS-mutant lung tumors, while deletion of IKKb was less protective. IKKb, but not IKKa, functioned as a tumor promoter in KRAS-wild-type HEK293T cells. However, only IKKa, and not IKKb, could render mutant KRAS-expressing HEK293T cells oncogenic in immunocompromized mice. In KRAS-IKKa-addicted tumorigenic HEK293T cells, IKKa resided in the nucleus.Dual IKK inhibitor is more effective in our models than IKKb inhibitor. Conclusions IKKa is required for KRAS-mediated lung adenocarcinoma. Funding European Research Council Starting Independent Investigator Grant #260524. This abstract has been presented previously at the European Respiratory Society9s Lung Science Conference in March 2016 .


one compact topology on such a group? We give in ?3 a necessary and sufficient condition that the topology be unique in the case of a connected group. Our considerations proceed from a general structure theorem given in ?1. In ?4 we give a structural theorem for compact, connected, abelian groups. The relations between compactness and connectedness arise constantly in the above arguments and this relation is definitely established in ?2. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Dr. Ky Fan whose generous assistance made this work possible. 1. In this section we develop a structural theorem for compact, connected groups. We include a complete proof of the necessary lemmas though the arguments are standard. According to [6, p. 282] a compact, connected Lie group G can be ex


In the designing and synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds, containing two different pharmacophores, we have carried out new series of 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-methylidene-4,8-dihydro-2H,5H-1,3-thiazino[5,4-e]-1,3-oxazine-2,5,7(3H)-trione derivatives (5a-5k) in good yields from the cyclization of 5-[(1E)-N- (4-chlorophenyl) ethanimidoyl] -4-hydroxy- 2H-1,3- thiazine-2,6(3H)-dione derivatives (4a-4k) with triphosgene. All the synthesized compounds (5a-5k) were confirmed by spectral analysis. The synthesized compounds (5a-5k) were screened in vitro for their antibacterial activities against S. subtilis (gram positive) and E. coli. (gram negative) while antifungal activity against C. albicans by cup plate method. Some of the products of series were found to have quite good activities as compared to the standard drug streptomycin and flucanozole.


A field study was conducted during rabi season of 2022 at Maize Research Centre, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University, Agricultural Research Institute, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana. The experiment comprised of 12 treatment combinations laid out in a split–plot design with three replications. The main–plot treatments included four different tillage practices:M1-Conventional tillage (Plough + Cultivator + Rotovator), M2-Residue incorporation (After 10 days of spreading the haulms, only rotovator was run), M3- Residue incorporation (After spreading the haulms, microbial consortium was sprayed and after 10 days only rotovator was run) and M4- Zero-tillage (only microbial consortium was sprayed on the haulms). Sub–plot treatments included three nutrient levels: N1- 100% RDF (240-80-80 N-P2O5-K2O kg ha-1), N2: 100% RDN & P and 50% RDK (240-80-40 N-P2O5-K2O kg ha-1), and N3: 87.5% of RDN, 75% RDP and 75% RDK (210-60-60 N-P2O5-K2O kg ha-1). Results revealed that, among the tillage practices, residue incorporation (M3) had recorded significantly higher growth attributes like plant height, leaf area, dry matter production and chlorophyll content (SPAD) at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest stages and yield of maize and it was on par with zero-tillage (M4) whereas all the parameters were significantly lower in conventional tillage (M1). Among the different nutrient levels, N1(100% RDF) had shown significantly superior performance in terms of  growth attributes and yield of maize and it was on par with N2 (100% RDN & P and 50% RDK) whereas N3(87.5% of RDN, 75% RDP and 75% RDK) recorded significantly lower growth attributes and yield of maize .The interaction effect due to tillage and nutrient levels on plant height, leaf area, dry matter production, chlorophyll content (SPAD) at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest and yield was non- significant.


Improving services in academic environment can be applied by regulating salary payment process for all employees. As a form of control to maintain financial transparency, employees should have information concerning salary payment process. Currently, notification process of committee honorarium will be accepted by the employees in a manual manner. The salary will be received by the employee bank account and to know its details, they should go to the accounting unit to find out further information. Though there are some employees entering the accounting unit, they still find difficulty to obtain information about detailed honor information that they received in their accounts. This can be caused by many data collected and to be managed. Based on this issue, this research will design a prototype of web-based system for accounting unit system in order to provide detailed financial transaction confirmation to employee bank accounts that have been informed through mobile banking system. This prototype will be developed with Waterfall method through testing on final users after it is developed through PHP program with MySQL as DBMS


Abstract Allelic polymorphism at the apolipoprotein E (apo E) gene locus (alleles ɛ2, ɛ3 and ɛ4) is responsible for the existence of 6 discrete electrophoretic phenotypes of plasma apo E. Since the presence of the ɛ2 allele in the genotype tends to be associated with higher triglyceride levels, a study was undertaken to determine if a higher frequency of this allele could account for the presence of higher plasma triglycerides in subsets of patients with Friedreich's Ataxia. The frequency of the apo E phenotypes was determined in 37 subjects with Friedreich's Ataxia and compared with that of 102 normolipidemic and 102 hyperlipidemic individuals. There was no increased prevalence of the E3/2 phenotype and the ɛ2 allele in the Friedreich's sample as is found in a hyperlipidemic sample. Furthermore, the ɛ2 subset did not have significantly higher plasma triglycerides than the non-ɛ2 subset and the hypothesis was rejected. On the other hand, there was a trend for a decreased frequency of the E4/3 phenotype in the Friedreich's sample relative to the hyperlipidemic group but the difference did not reach statistical significance. The apo E phenotype distribution was also measured in a smaller sample of Charlevoix-Saguenay disease; this led to the discovery of two siblings with the relatively rare E2/2 phenotype and unexpectedly low levels of plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations. Plasma apolipoprotein E concentrations in both diseases were within the normal range except for subjects bearing the E2/2 phenotype.


ZnSe/SiO2 composite thin films was prepared by sol-gel method. XRD results indicate the phase structure of ZnSe particles embedded in ZnSe/SiO2 composite thin films is sphalerite (cubic ZnS). Spectroscopic ellipsometers were used to investigated the dependences of ellipsometric angle with wavelength of ZnSe/SiO2 composite thin films. The optical constant, thickness, porosity and the concentration of ZnSe of ZnSe/SiO2 thin composite films were fitted according to Maxwell-Garnett effective medium theory. The thickness of ZnSe/SiO2 composite thin thin films was also measured through surface profile. The photoluminescence properties of ZnSe/SiO2 thin composite thin films was investigated through fluorescence spectrometer. The photoluminescence results show that the emission peak at 487 nm (2.5 eV) is excited at 395 nm corresponds to the band-to-band emission of sphalerite ZnSe crystal(2.58 eV). The strength free exciton emission and other emission peaks correlating to ZnSe lattice defect were also observed.


In this paper, we present energy spectra and angular distributions for the ..cap alpha.. particles emitted in the reaction of /sup 12/C+/sup 197/Au at 64- and 67-MeV incident energy and for ..cap alpha.., Be, and B emitted in this reaction at incident energy of 71.5 MeV. The most probable energies of the various products emitted in this reaction decrease with decreasing incident energy. The angular distributions peak near grazing angle. The peak position of the angular distributions shift from 80/sup 0/ to 120/sup 0/ while the projectile energy decreases from 71.5 to 64 MeV. These all show the features of transfer reaction. The /sup 6/Li product has also been measured and the /sup 8/Be particles emitted from this reaction have been measured at 90/sup 0/ to the beam direction by ..cap alpha..-..cap alpha.. coincident technique at 71.5-MeV incident energy.


The term"cyborgian drift" was coined by Pacifica faculty member, Glen Slater, to convey the mostly unexamined choices being made in relation to computer technology that are causing civilization to move increasingly (and perhaps now irreversibly) in the direction of wholesale human hybridization with intelligent machines. This paper examines that drift with an archetypal eye, exploring its profound implications for humanity through its effects on the soul of the world. It also offers the beginning of a way of engaging this dilemma creatively.


We report the first practical application of a genetic scheme devised for the purpose of obtaining large quantities of embryos of a specific sex. The scheme, which is based on the meiotic drive system Segregation Distorter, results in the production of populations of zygotes that are almost exclusively of one sex. We have used this scheme to determine that the steady-state levels of transcripts of X-linked genes are the same in early male and female embryos, establishing that these genes are dosage compensated.


The most prominent studies of cooperation in sociology proceed from some kind of rationality assumption. There are basically two groups of studies, one starting from the assumption of rational egoists and the other starting from the assumption of social rationality in which other regard has a prominent place. The studies based on the assumption of rational egoists is strongly inspired by (mostly game-theoretical) developments in economics and political science but add important sociological aspects to the analysis. Most important among these contributions are the dynamic analysis of cooperation, the link between formal and informal institutions, and the importance of social networks for embedding problematic transactions. Studies based on social rationality introduce assumptions on social preferences, learning, and framing. Important questions are the circumstances that strengthen or weaken social preferences; the evolution of signals and conventions that govern trust, and the effects of goals on the definition of the situation. It seems that studies using social rationality are on the rise.


ABSTRACT Public discourses concerning older people are available in a variety of texts, including popular media, and these discourses position older people with particular age identities. This study examined discursive formations of ageing and age identities in print media in Ireland. Constituting a single media event, newspaper texts concerned with revised welfare provision for older people were subjected to critical discourse analysis and revealed particular ways of naming and referencing older people and distinct constructions of ageing and age identities. The use of nouns and phrases to name and reference older people positioned them as a distinct demographic group and a latent ageism was discernible in texts that deployed collective names like 'grannies and grandads' and 'little old ladies'. Five distinct identity types were available in the texts, variously constructing older people as 'victims'; 'frail, infirm and vulnerable'; 'radicalised citizens'; 'deserving old' and 'undeserving old'. The discourses made available subject positions that collectively produced identities of implied dependency and otherness, thereby placing older people outside mainstream Irish society. The proposition that older people might be healthy, self-reliant and capable of autonomous living was largely absent in the discourses. Newspaper discourses betray taken-for-granted assumptions and reveal dominant social constructions of ageing and age identity that have consequences for older people's behaviour and for the way that society behaves towards them.


In this study, covalent conjugation of thrombolytic drug urokinase to water-soluble magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) is proposed to enhance the efficiency of thrombolysis. Hydrophobic NPs of oleic acid (OA)-coated Fe3O4 are first synthesized and then surface-modified with the amphipathic copolymer poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecylene) (PMAO) to form water-soluble NPs of PMAO-OA-Fe3O4 with monodispersed sizes. PMAO-OA-Fe3O4 NPs display a good water-based stability without aggregation at near neutral pH and show good magnetic separation characteristics. The thrombolytic drug urokinase is then covalently linked with the former product through dehydration condensation reaction between the amino and carboxyl produced by dehydration of the anhydride under N-Ethyl-N′-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS). Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images and dynamic light scattering (DLS) results show that the urokinase@PMAO-OA-Fe3O4 NPs are uniformly dispersed in water. The in vitro thrombolytic effect based on the manipulation of magnetic coupling, combined with static and alternating current (AC) magnetic fields, in a mimic blood-vascular system was studied. Drug release test shows that AC magnetic field can be used as switch and accelerator for NPs to release drugs. In addition, thrombolytic efficiency is nearly four times that of pure urokinase. This indicates that the coupling magnetic field may be a promising method to improve thrombolytic effect of the prepared magnetic carrier drug conjugates.


. We propose, in several tables, a number of stars selected to be observed both by photo- metrists, spectroscopists, astrometrists. Properties of selected stars are discussed.


There has been a cultural tradition of genitals worship since ancient China. "Bai Luyuan"takes genitals worship as its main clue of aesthetics, centering around the psychological kink of genitals worship. Seemingly the text has no impenetrate character or event, but it converts into the internal structure with three cliques and two dimensions closely structured, ancient and modern impenetrated, and life and death interdependended.


Silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticles can be used for ceramics reinforcement, creation of nanostructured ceramics, microelectromechanical systems. The paper presents the results of plasmadynamic synthesis of silicon carbide nanopowders. This method was realized by the synthesis in an electrodischarge plasma jet generated by a high-current pulsed coaxial magnetoplasma accelerator. Powdered carbon and silicon were used as precursors for the reaction. Four experiments with different energy levels (from 10.0 to 30.0 kJ) were carried out. The synthesized products were analysed by several modern techniques including X-ray diffractometry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. According to analysis results all the products mainly composed of cubic silicon carbide (b-SiC) with a small amount of unreacted precursors. Silicon carbide particles have a clear crystal structure, a triangular shape and sizes to a few hundred nanometers. Comparison of the results of experiments with different energy levels made it possible to draw conclusions on ways to control product phase composition and dispersion. The silicon carbide content and particles sizes increase with increasing the energy level.


The 21 April 2007 Aysen earthquake triggered hundreds of landslides in the epicentral area, including several large-volume rock avalanches that caused tsunamis in the Aysen fjord. This study is part of a larger project aiming to better understand the conditioning factors controlling size and distribution of earthquake-triggered landslides. The focus is set on the largest rockslide that occurred at Punta Cola. Using a high-resolution digital surface model created from terrestrial laser scanning, a detailed geomorphologic map of the rockslide scars and the rock avalanche deposits on land was made. This map permitted to establish the sequence of events: the failure of the rockslides main compartment led to a rock avalanche that crossed the valley and ran up on the opposite valley flank before turning downstream and impacting the fjord and creating a tsunami. Afterwards, another rockslide compartment failed and piled up 80 m thick deposits in the valley. Seven minor rockslides occurred in the Punta Cola valley after the main rock avalanche. The volumes of rockslides and associated deposits were estimated using the sloping local base level technique that allows computing the possible pre-rockslide topography and the bedrock-deposits interface. These volume computations give 22.4 Mm 3 for the Punta Cola rockslide, which is significantly more than previous estimates (12 Mm 3 ). The on-shore deposits of the main rock avalanche have a volume of 13.7 Mm 3 and approximately 14.4 Mm 3 are deposited in the fjord. This study highlights the additional information on rockslides and rock avalanches that can be obtained from high-resolution 3D data and mapping.


Condensation of benzaldehyde with acetophenone catalyzed by soldium hydroxide results benzal acetophenone in 87% yield at 25~30°C within 30~35 min. It is an organic synthesis sonochemistry experiment for undergraduates.


The article presents the results of examination of patients with chronic abdominal ischemia with hemodynamically significant unpaired visceral branches of the abdominal aorta lesion. Functional classes of chronic abdominal ischemia are defined. It allows to estimate clearly the disease progress in patients with intravazal and extravasal stenosis and to justify further treatment strategy.


This article discusses the subject of effective working with parents of children with disabilities. It describes the fundamentals of proper relationships, the stages of taming disability, and negative parental attitudes in the context of their aptitude for engagement. It also includes conclusions from selected research reports and the goals of working with parents. Its task is to approximate the specifics of the situation of parents with children with disabilities, to more effectively support them, to select the content of pedagogy, and indirectly to allow optimal development of the child.


RnX3-nSnW(CO)3Cp (R = Me, Ph; X = Cl) precursors activated by iBuAlCl2 in the presence of oxygen in an optimal 1 October 5 ratio, show high conversion rates and a good selectivity for the 2-pentene metathesis. The conversion rates follow the sequence Ph3Sn- « Me3Sn- < Me2ClSn- < Cl3Sn- but the tin moiety has no significant effect on the stereoselectivity for cis-2-pentene. There are several indications for the occurrence of competitive and successive α- and β-H elimination reactions in the generation of the active tungsten carbene species.


Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) represent a heterogeneous population of both pathogen-specific bystander and tumor-specific CD8+ T cells. Within select solid tumors, the expression of exhaustion markers PD-1 and CD39 has been used to discriminate between pathogen-specific and tumor-specific cells. Independent studies across numerous types of solid tumors have also shown that CD8+ TILs can exhibit distinct signatures that imply residence, however, the migrational properties of TILs have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we employed parabiosis migration assays in a mouse model of breast cancer and demonstrated that both virus-specific bystander and tumor-specific CD8+ T cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) can be resident. Canonical markers of resident-memory T cells (TRM), including CD69, failed to discriminate between resident cells and recent migrants. However, the expression of markers associated with T cell dysfunction (PD-1, CD39, Tim-3, Lag-3) identified a population of tumor-specific cells and was tightly correlated with residence within the TME. Thus, TRM exist within tumors, durable intratumoral residence was not well informed by common markers associated with TRM in healthy tissues, and the expression of exhaustion markers correlated with both tumor specificity and durable residence.


In order to make CRM system provide more accurate data support for corporate decision-making,customer management,this paper describes how to manage and control the data quality bi-directional from database level and operational level throughout the project life circle,thereby reducing the impact of business decisions by dirty data.This program also applies to different industries' CRM system.


In this work a novel approach for target reaching and collision avoidance in industrial robot manipulators is proposed. This method solely relies on the computation of the direct kinematics of the considered industrial manipulator in order to generate joint reference positions to perform real-time tracking in the operative space and avoidance of obstacles moving in the proximity of the robot. A comparison with a conventional model-based collision avoidance method has been carried out in a simulated industrial setting under different conditions, showing satisfactory results even in case of coarse sampling times. This makes the proposal suitable for filed real-time operations executed by industrial robots performing a task. The proposed approach has been deployed on the EPSON VT6 6-axis industrial manipulator, whose proprietary software has been interfaced with general-purpose robotic simulators in order to emulate complex and dynamic environments.


to symbolise, and thus 'partake of that reality they render intelligible' (Coleridge). One does not, however, establish symbolic communication merely by employing or citing symbols (Knights); such a tendency in literary criticism merely produces shallower and woollier criticism, and a similar impoverishment occurs when symbols are confused with metaphors, or when they are applied to alien purposes (the concept of the sacred communion is turned into the spurious togetherness of the Rotarian's luncheon). In an age which has thus transposed religious, aesthetic and moral values the literary critic can fulfil the functions of a fashionable preacher or revivalist of a hundred years ago. The mistaken identification of art with a particular form of religious allegiance (e.g. Christianity) arises because all art depends upon a healthy language and well-used symbolism (Holloway), and because new art is always parasitic upon old art. Out of the historical relationship of art to religion has arisen the error of necessarily identifying art with religion (Lewis). It is merely a matter of historical accident that to cut ourselves off from our religious past is to cut ourselves off from our artistic past.' All this is highly controversial: but it is also a very profitable starting point for a discussion even for a self-examination, if one is a teacher of literature; and it may perhaps give some idea of the value and pioneering achievement of an important book. JOHN COULSON


Abstract It has been two decades since the "public value" framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this paper we set out the basics of the original approach, and then consider emerging critiques and meanings. Our aim is firstly to clarify the core concepts of Moore's approach, and secondly to track the new meanings of public value which are developing. This allows us to engage with the growing debate about public value both inside and outside academia, and also to discuss its trajectory as a new idea in public sector management.


The relationship between nature and human beings is the one of the most often discussed subjects in English literature, particularly in the domain of English poetry. This relationship seeks to protect environmental balance which also is known as ecological balance. This balance is in effect seeks to protect interdependence of nature and man. This all important subject is termed as eco-criticism. This term was coined in 1978 by William Rueckert. He explained this term as "application of Ecology and ecological concept to the study of literature." In 1987 Cheryll Glotfelty revived the term. Her definition of the term eco-criticism was "the study of the relationship between Literature&physical environment. Just as feminist criticism examines language&literature from a gender perspective, eco-criticism takes an earth-centered approach to literacy studies." More instances of this will be found in the study and analysis of the great poet Wordsworth, with particular references to his landscape poem, "Tintern Abbey". Keats" poems Ode to a Nightingale and Ode to Autumn vividly focus on gift of nature and man"s dependence on nature. Keats is a minute observer of natural sights and sounds and his sensitivity to natural phenomenon is strikingly evident in Ode to Autumn. World political leaders, both in the past and the present times have expressed their serious concern about the threat to nature and its consequence. Another positive factor Wordsworth attributes to nature is her healing power in "Tintern-Abbey", and this is obvious from his reference to "tranquil reformation". Let us commit ourselves to a love- love relationship with nature.


COMPARED with other methods of local destruction, x-ray therapy is a painless and convenient means of treating the common wart. Yet it has never fotmd widespread faA ôur because of the low proportion of cures it achieves. Any technique, therefore, which increases the proportion of successes with this measure is to be welcomed. The standard method is usually to give a full skin dose of radiation to the wart, and if it does not disappear in a month or six weeks, to give the same or an increased dose as a final treatment. Thus, MacKee and Cipollaro (1946) advocate an initial treatment of 300 r and a second one of 300-600 r. These figures are based on the fact that 300 r is the skin erythema dose for unfiltered low-voltage radiation. However, the work of MacKee, Cipollaro and Mutscheller (1943) has shown that this applies only to areas of about fotir sqtiare centimetres or more. Smaller areas require progressively more x-ray to cause the same biological effect, because the back-scatter produced in them is less. They found that this variation follows a mathematical pattern, and can be expressed by the formula


The article analyses different approaches to clitics and reveals their specific features in terms of the language system. Careful consideration is given to the problem of their selectivity and distribution, which are viewed as features distinguishing clitics from affixes, as well as to the problem of their grammaticalization.


In order to solve the problem of the low accuracy and convergence speed of air-to-air missile launch envelopes,the article has presented a solution of air-to-air missile launch envelopes based on the improved BP neural network.Introduce the momentum item to accelerate the convergence speed,and using interpolation methods on sensitive variable to improve the fitting accuracy.Simulation results show that the method has advantages of high accuracy,less parameters,versatility.


BACKGROUND: Cypermethrins, possess eight isomers, used both as pesticide and as veterinary drug, were set different MRLs for livestock by CCPR and CCRVDF of Codex Alimentarius. Korea Food Code designates MRLs for livestock only as pesticide. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study presented necessaries of harmonization of MRL setting for compounds used both as pesticides and as veterinary drugs with regulatory aspects, showing an example of cypermethrin residue in livestock. CONCLUSION(S): For harmonization, following factors must be considered and recommended; designation of marker residue; alpha-cypermethrin, zeta- cypermethrin, and cypermethrin, clarification of the definition of target tissues; meat, fat, muscle, by-product, eggs, milk, and etc., method of analysis; clarification of target analytes of isomers, quantitation and calculation method as a principle of residue analysis.


Multi-layered thin films are spontaneously folded to form three-dimensional (3D) geometries. In this study, we demonstrate that polymeric thin films are self-folded to encapsulate cells. The films consist of two types of polymers with different mechanical stiffnesses; thereby, the rolled-up 3D tubular architectures with controllable diameters are fabricated based on the strain engineering. A batch release of sacrificial layers forms the multiple cells wrapped in rolled-up films, leading to artificial reconstruction of fiber-shaped cellular 3D constructs with the intrinsic morphologies and functions of living tissues. This system can potentially provide 3D biointerfaces that are necessary for the reconstruction and assembly of functional tissues and implantable tissue grafts


Introduction: This study assesses dental students' and patients' perceptions on the role of dental students as smoking cessation counsellors as well as the patient's quit rate at the University of XX. Materials and methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to all senior dental students (n=154) in XX University and telephone call interviews were conducted on their patients (n=169) who received smoking cessation counselling from September 2010 to June 2013. Results: Response rates for dental students and patients were 68.2% and 67.3% respectively. Most of the dental students in this study were females (72.3%) whereas the majority of patients were males (97.6%). An average of six months follow up indicated that 22.5% of patients had quit smoking, 65.3% reduced the number of cigarettes smoked and 6.5% had relapsed. About a third of patients surveyed (33.1%) believed that smoking cessation counselling was extremely helpful compared to what students perceived (5.7%, p<0.01). A higher percentage of patients (89.9%) rated the smoking cessation counselling performance as "excellent", as compared to students' rating (58.1%, p<0.01). The majority of the dental students and patients agreed that students should enquire about patients tobacco usage, information regarding the effects of smoking on oral health should be transmitted to patients and that quit smoking assistance should be offered. Conclusion: Smoking cessation counselling conducted by dental students seemed to be effective in assisting patients to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked and in quitting smoking. To some extent, both patients and students had positive attitudes towards smoking cessation counselling.


An ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry was employed for the identification of carthamins yellow(CY) extracted from Carthamus tinctorius L..Four main compounds including,hydroxysafflor yellow A(34.0%),safflor yellow A(27.4%),anhydrosafflor yellow B(23.2%) and safflomin C(8.3%) were found.A method based on SPE/UPLC was established for the determination of four components of carthamins yellow in sodas and fruit drinks.SPE column was made by using macroporous resin as filler.The drink samples were analyzed on Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3(2.1 mm×100 mm,1.8 μm) column with gradient elution of acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid.The detection wavelength was set at 402 nm.The solid-phase extraction conditions of macroporous resin type,pH value,ratio of eluent and velocity of flow were optimized.Under the optimal conditions,four components showed good linearity(r≥0.998 8) between 0.40 mg/L and 17 mg/L.The recoveries of four components were between 84% and 116% with RSDs of 0.78%-6.6%.


RealEase is an innovative, ceramic-based nonstick coating developed by Ferro. It has excellent scratch, abrasion, and heat resistance as well as superb cleanability.


We develop a new time‐domain reverse‐time migration method called double plane‐wave reverse‐time migration that uses plane‐wave transformed gathers. Original shot gathers with appropriate data acquisition geometry are double slant stacked into the double plane‐wave domain with minimal slant stacking artefacts. The range of plane‐wave components needed for migration can be determined by estimating the maximum time dips present in shot gathers. This reduces the total number of input traces for migration and increases migration efficiency. Unlike the pre‐stack shot‐profile reverse‐time migration where the number of forward propagations is proportional to the number of shots, the number of forward propagations needed for the proposed method remains constant and is relatively small even for large seismic datasets. Therefore, the proposed method can improve the efficiency of the migration and be suitable for migrating large datasets. Double plane‐wave reverse‐time migration can be performed for selected plane‐wave components to obtain subsurface interfaces with different dips, which makes the migration method target oriented. This feature also makes the method a useful tool for migration velocity analysis. For example, we are able to promptly obtain trial images with nearly horizontal interfaces and adjust velocity models according to common image gathers. Seismic signal coming from steeply dipping interfaces can be included into the migration to build images with more detailed structures and higher spatial resolution as better velocity models become available. Illumination compensation imaging conditions for the proposed method are also introduced to obtain images with balanced amplitudes.


This dissertation concentrates on the problem of automated revision of distributed and real-time programs that are correct-by-construction. In particular, our research addresses the following question: "if an existing program fails to satisfy a property, is it feasible to automatically revise the program inside its current state space and set of transitions, so that the revised program satisfies the failed property while it continues to satisfy its current properties?" We study this problem in two broad contexts: (1) revision in closed systems where programs do not interact with the environment, and (2) revision in open systems where programs are subject to a set of uncontrollable faults imposed by the environment. We refer to the former problem as "addition of a property to the input program" and the latter as "addition of fault-tolerance to the input program".
We classify our results into three types: (1) polynomial-time sound and complete algorithms, (2) hardness results, and (3) sound efficient heuristics. Throughout this dissertation, we focus on three types of programs: (1) untimed centralized, (2) untimed distributed, and (3) centralized real-time. The reason for omitting distributed real-time programs is due to the fact that the structure of such programs are very complex and, hence, their formal analysis involves highly complex decision procedures. Thus, it is more beneficial to study the effect of the notions of distribution and time on programs separately in order to identify the stumbling blocks.
Regarding addition of properties to programs in closed systems, we focus on UNITY safety and progress properties. Our interest in UNITY properties is due to the fact that they have been found highly expressive in specifying a large class of programs. Regarding addition of fault-tolerance to existing fault-intolerant programs, we consider three levels of fault-tolerance, namely failsafe, nonmasking, and masking, based on satisfaction of safety and liveness properties in the presence of faults. In order to capture time-related behaviors of programs in the presence of faults, we consider two additional levels, namely soft and hard, based on satisfaction of timing constraints in the presence of faults.
We address some of the implementation difficulties using BDD-based heuristics for revising programs in both closed and open systems with respect to safety and progress properties. Our experimental results on synthesis of a variety of distributed programs show a significant performance improvement by several orders of magnitude in terms of time and space. We also introduce distributed and parallel techniques to improve the performance of our revision methods even further. Finally, we introduce our tool SYCRAFT which is capable of adding fault-tolerance to moderate-sized fault-intolerant distributed programs. In summary, this dissertation concludes that automated revision of moderate-sized programs (reachable states of size 1050 and beyond) is feasible in both theory and practice.


T he Professional Geographer recently published the article "Spatial Social Network Analysis of Resource Access in Rural South Africa" by Schramski and Huang (2015), in which the authors stated, "The relationship between the (spatial and network) domains has not been extensively written about, although some literature does point to a linkage between . . . [nontimber forest products] and centrality" (Kelly, Cooper, and Pinkerton 2014a). Regretfully, my work does not address this. I thank the editor of The Professional Geographer for giving me the opportunity to correct an inaccuracy in one of its published articles and to pose some suggestions to their readers. The article cited (Kelly, Cooper, and Pinkerton 2014a) is part of a three-part series (Kelly, Cooper, and Pinkerton 2014a, 2014b, 2014c) showing the equivalence of social network analysis, input–output models, and Markov chains (random walk), which was well known in the 1950s but largely overlooked today. The equivalence of these approaches allows tools from one to be applied to the others, if the data are scaled properly. Using this equivalence, I developed the mathematically correct method for calculating the number of times a dollar was spent in a community (depth). The method is equivalent to the multiplier effect used in input–output models but applied to individual businesses in a community instead of industry sectors in a large economy. This method relies on the percentage of expenses from one business to another, instead of actual amounts, scaling the data appropriate to use in Markov chains. I collected these data from businesses in Dunster, British Columbia, an isolated, natural resource–dependent community, and I calculated that the local businesses added approximately twenty cents in additional value before the dollar exited the community. I modified the Gini coefficient to reflect the equality within the community, such that larger is better, and I used this to calculate the distribution of those dollars by each business (width). I combined these two values (depth and width) to calculate each business's impact ("equity," as in equal-ness) on the local community. I used the same data and the open-source social network analysis softwareGephi (see http://gephi.github.io/) to map the local economy from the perspective of a circulating dollar. I did derive some values common to social network analysis. Although I note the use of centrality in my articles, I do not examine it, particularly in the context of nontimber forest products (NTFPs). I do not believe that the stated leap can be made from my work. The most plausible explanation for this error is that the authors had read my articles but meant to cite someone else's work to validate their statement. With large citation databases, this is certainly a possible source of error. Unfortunately, the citation in Schramski and Huang (2015) for the foundation article referenced is incorrect. Their citation lists a D. Ramsey as an author. Dr. Doug Ramsey is the editor of the Journal of Rural and Community Development, which published the articles. Oddly, Google Scholar is listing the three articles with Ramsey as an author, although their citation tool does correctly list only three authors (search terms: "Kelly Markov Gini"). The correct citation for each article appears on its first page. There is extensive pressure on academics to publish. There is little reward for being a reviewer. Asking reviewers to check the correctness of citations would be quite onerous, to which I offer two suggestions. One is that every author should track who is citing their work and check to ensure that their articles were cited correctly. Journals should develop methods to accept corrections by cited authors, including pulling the article if sufficient evidence exists of "reference bloat." The second is that journals should increasingly adopt a policy that every author submitting a paper for publication must agree to review a paper prior to publication of their accepted article. Evidence of superficial review would be grounds for denying publication until a more thorough review was completed. Evidence of publication would also then show evidence of contributing through reviewing (perhaps to be denoted with an asterisk on our CVs). The pressure to publish should never be grounds for abandoning the integrity of thework.We have a responsibility that our work and our colleagues' work has the highest level of integrity possible, even if it means that the "impact" factor of our own work is quantifiably


Abstract In this paper, impact of meteorology derived from the Weather, Research and Forecasting (WRF)– Non–hydrostatic Mesoscale Model (NMM) and WRF–Advanced Research WRF (ARW) meteorological models on the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) simulations for ozone and its related precursors has been comparatively evaluated over the eastern United States using surface network (AIRNow) data and over the Texas area with the intensive observations obtained by NOAA aircraft P–3 flights and ship during the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS campaign. The NMM–CMAQ and ARW–CMAQ models were run on the basis of their original grid structures of the meteorological models. The results at the AIRNow surface sites showed that the model performance for ARW–CMAQ and NMM–CMAQ models was similar and reasonable for the high maximum 8–hr O 3 concentration range (>40 ppbv) with slightly better performance for ARW–CMAQ [the normalized mean bias (NMB) values of ARW–CMAQ and NMM–CMAQ are 8.1 and 9.4%, respectively]. The results of the evaluation using aircraft observations over the Houston–Galveston–Brazoria and Dallas metropolitan areas revealed that both models had similar performances for different chemical species (O 3 , CO, PAN, NO 2 , NO, NO X , HNO 3 , NO Y and ethylene) as both models use the same chemical mechanism and emissions. Both models reproduced the vertical variation patterns of the observed air temperature and water vapor well with the slightly lower values for the ARW–CMAQ model. The evaluation results with ship observations over the Gulf of Mexico showed that both models captured, with a good deal of accuracy, the temporal variations and broad synoptic change seen in the observed O 3 , NO Y , CO and O 3 +NO 2 with the mean NMB value


It is shown that optical microscopy of a properly etched surface yields a statically equivalent quantitative measurement of primary a-titanium volume fraction compared with measurements using scanning electron microscope.


This research purpose to further investigate the role of Investment Policy, Organizational Strategy and Company Performance towards Corporate Social Responsibility. This research took 21 companies on manufacturing sector that still active on the IDX during 2014-2016 as research studied. This research were validate the hypothesis which stated that Investment Policy, Organizational Strategy and Company Performance had a partially or wholly affects the Corporate Social Responsibility. Through multiple regression analysis, it was found that the Investment Policy and Company Performance statistically had a positive impact substantially on Corporate Social Responsibility, but not to Organizational Strategy which did not have a substantial impact on Corporate Social Responsibility. Thus, Investment Policy and Company Performance served as the main determinants of corporate social responsibility disclosure in the manufacturing sector in Indonesia.


Ten years ago there was little knowledge of the functions of the subregions of the human prefrontal cortex (see Fuster, 1989). Over the last 10 years there has been a great change in the amount of information available on the topic. The major source has been functional imaging. The journals now contain a flood of studies on a variety of different types of task where there are significant differences in activation in complex patterns across prefrontal regions. Thus, a process such as episodic memory (autobiographical memory), previously thought not to be strongly related to frontal functions, now seems to involve five, if not six, anterior regions, which are differentially involved depending on subtle variations in the tasks (see Henson et al ., 1999; Lepage et al ., 2001). This suggests that a large number of different types of subprocesses are frontally localized.

This flood of information has not, however, led to much closure on the nature of the individual processes involved. The difficulties involved in interpretation may be at least twofold. The first is that the subprocesses involved may be much too abstract to map simply onto the perceptual input or motor output. Secondly, the tasks which activate prefrontal cortex effectively may often involve a number of such subprocesses and …


We propose a phenomenological model for the dynamic magnetization reversal of epitaxial ultrathin ferromagnetic films with uniaxial in-plane anisotropy. The model assumes that the reversal proceeds via the nucleation of small reversed domains and subsequent domain wall propagation, and that the domain wall velocity depends linearly on the applied magnetic field strength. Two regimes in the dynamic coercive field (H * c ) versus applied field sweep rate [In(ΔH/Δt)] data are found in good agreement with experiments. For ultrathin films, the mobility of the domain wall (μ) is found to vary with the thickness of the film (t) according to a power law.


There is a compelling moment in Joel Bakan's film The Corporation in which Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. (the world's largest producer of commercial floor coverings) and born-again environmentalist, likens his sense of our growing environmental crisis to skydiving: When one first jumps out of the airplane at 5,000 feet or so, the ground seems so far away, and for long minutes as you plunge earthward, it still seems far away. But then very soon the ground is rushing up at you at terrific speed, and you have to put on the brakes, release the parachute*/or die. The global environmental crisis, says Anderson, is ''coming at us'' like that.


In support of the recent United States Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) revised recommendations for non-targeted HCV screening, we have noted a shift away from active infections within the birth cohort (patients born between 1945-1965), as these individuals have often undergone successful treatment, and a shift towards younger adults who are RNA positive, especially people who use intravenous drugs (PWID).

 Located in Northeastern New York State, Albany Medical Center conducts routine emergency department (ED) HCV screening, with active linkage to care. We performed a retrospective study of our HCV linkage to care data from April 2019 to June 2020. Patients were offered screening if they belonged to the birth cohort, were PWID, or at staff discretion. We estimated the effect of birth cohort, intravenous drug use and other potential risk factors on RNA positivity via Chi-square tests and Modified Poisson Regression.

 There were 242 people that were HCV antibody positive. The mean age was 50.9 years-old, with 118 (46.8%) in the birth cohort and 103 (42.56%) PWID. As compared to the birth cohort, a significantly greater proportion of non-birth cohort patients were PWID (62% vs 21.2%, p< 0.01) and homeless (17.7% vs 9.3%, p=0.05). Birth cohort patients were 0.55 times (95%CI: 0.39 to 0.79) less likely to be RNA positive. PWID were 2.22 times (95% CI: 1.58 to 3.13) and homeless people were 2.05 times (95% CI: 1.50 to 2.80) more likely to be RNA positive. After multivariable adjustment, birth cohort was not a significant risk factor for RNA positivity but PWID (RR: 1.84; 95% CI: 1.26 to 2.68) and homelessness (RR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.20 to 2.39) were significantly associated with RNA positivity.

 These data suggest that the RNA positivity rate is higher among the non-birth cohort age group but is explained by the higher prevalence of drug use and homeless. The findings support USPSTF's new guidelines for testing all adults and shed light on the demographics of populations at risk for active infection vs. populations who are antibody positive and RNA negative. Further research might explore (a) whether these findings are applicable to other clinical settings and geographic locations and (b) the feasibility of targeting patients with active infection in settings such as the ED.

 Talia A. Segal, BS, GILEAD FOCUS Foundation (Grant/Research Support) Ashar Ata, MD, MPH, PHD, GILEAD FOCUS Foundation (Grant/Research Support) Adam Rowden, DO, GILEAD FOCUS Foundation (Grant/Research Support) Danielle P. Wales, MD, MPH, Gilead (Grant/Research Support) Michael Waxman, MD, MPH, Gilead FOCUS Foundation (Grant/Research Support)


SummaryField experiments were conducted to determine the effects of ozone (03) on seed yield, number of seeds plant'1, number of seeds pod-1, seed size, number of pods plant-1, number of branches plant'1, and plant height of sensitive and insensitive bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. genotypes. The genetic materials used in these studies were derived by crossing 'BBL 254' with PI 300657, and 'BBL 290' with PI 304833. The two cultivars BBL 290 and BBL 254 are sensitive to 03 injury, whereas Pis 300657 and 304833 are insensitive to O, injury. Path coefficient analysis is presented for the data combined over a two-year field experiment in which the effects of eight genetic materials used on seed yield, seed yield component, and 03 injury rating were assessed. The most important path of influence on seed yield was via plant height and seed number pod-1 and pod number plant-1. The two variables, plant height and pod number plant-1 are also the most affected by Ov Therefore, selection based on seeds pod-1 and plant h...


We utilize the galaxy shape catalogue from the first-year data release of the Subaru Hyper Suprime-cam Survey (HSC) to study the dark matter content of galaxy groups in the Universe using weak lensing. We use galaxy groups from the Galaxy Mass and Assembly galaxy survey in approximately 100 sq. degrees of the sky that overlap with the HSC survey as lenses. We restrict our analysis to the 1587 groups with at least five members. We divide these groups into six bins each of group luminosity and group member velocity dispersion and measure the lensing signal with a signal-to-noise ratio of 55 and 51 for these two different selections, respectively.We use a Bayesian halomodel framework to infer the halomass distribution of our groups binned in the two different observable properties and constrain the power-law scaling relation, and the scatter between mean halo masses and the two group observable properties. We obtain a 5 percent constraint on the amplitude of the scaling relation between halo mass and group luminosity with 〈M〉 = (0.81 ± 0.04) × 1014h−1M for Lgrp = 1011.5h−2L , and a power-law index of α = 1.01±0.07. We constrain the amplitude of the scaling relation between halo mass and velocity dispersion to be 〈M〉 = (0.93±0.05) ×1014h−1M for σ = 500km s−1 and a power-law index to be α = 1.52 ± 0.10. However, these scaling relations are sensitive to the exact cuts applied to the number of group members. Comparisons with similar scaling relations from the literature show that our results are consistent and have significantly reduced errors.