With the fast-evolving technologies humans have become accustomed to getting everything at the ease of touch and hence it becomes necessary to revise and revamp the existing technologies. In this paper, an idea of traffic management system using image processing and fuzzy logic is proposed. Traffic surveillance is become a necessity and for this very reason there are closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at various sites on the road sides as an effective method for traffic monitoring. This is from where the basic idea of linking the cameras to the traffic signal comes. Thereby not just making it simpler for effective traffic management but also aiding to its utility of surveillance.


In last few years, lots of researchers have proposed different methods to solve the constrained matrix games with fuzzy payoffs. In this paper, it has been shown that the mathematical programming problem of constrained matrix games with fuzzy payoffs, considered by researchers, is mathematically invalid and hence the method, proposed by researchers to obtain the complete solution (minimum expected gain of Player I, maximum expected loss of Player II and their corresponding optimal strategies) of constrained matrix games with fuzzy payoffs by solving the mathematical programming problem with fuzzy payoffs, are also invalid. Further, in the present paper, a new method has been proposed to find the complete solution of matrix games with fuzzy payoffs. To illustrate the proposed method, some existing numerical problems of constrained matrix games with fuzzy payoffs have been solved by the proposed method.


Objective
The factors influencing work and life quality of the nurses in a tumor hospital were explored and their interaction was analyzed.

Methods
From March to July in 2015, 1 003 nurses were surveyed with the general information questionnaire, the quality of nursing work life scale, the work engagement scale, the general self-efficacy scale and the nursing work environment scale. Path analysis of the investigation result was made.

Results
The mean score for work life quality of nurses in a tumor hospital was (152.48±20.05). Self-efficacy and nursing work environment could directly affect work life quality of nurses in a tumor hospital(Path analysis coefficient respectively were 0.34, 0.29); they could also indirectly influenced work life quality via work engagement(Path analysis coefficient respectively were 0.17, 0.23). Work engagement could directly affect work life quality of nurses in a tumor hospital(Path analysis coefficient was 0.66).

Conclusions
Work life quality of nurses in tumor hospitals needs improving. Nurses′ work environment, work engagement, and self-efficacy are the factors influencing work life quality of nurses in tumor hospitals.

Key words:
Nurses; Occupation satisfaction; Tumor hospital; Path analysis


A rare case of malignant lymphoma of the adrenal gland In a 68‐year‐old male is reported. Autopsy revealed bilateral and symmetrical adrenal tumors (lt: 54 g, rt: 39 g) and almost complete effacement of both adrenal glands, while no tumors were present in other organs or systemic lymph nodes. Both adrenal tumors histologically presented a picture of diffuse malignant lymphoma of mixed cell type. Microscopic involvement in both lungs, spleen, liver, lymph node, bone marrow and both kidneys was found. Immunohistochemically, the positive reactions shown by the lymphoma cells were of B cell type, i.e., observed using antibodies to the leukocyte common antigens, MB‐1, LN‐1, LN‐2 and LN‐3, but not by anti‐factor VIH‐related antigen or MT‐1. Examination of peripheral blood obtained just before the patient died showed the presence of 18% atypical cells. This lymphoma was considered to have transformed to a leukemic phase, at least at the end stage. To the authors'knowledge, this is the second case of primary adrenal lymphoma to be reported in Japan, and the first case showing formation of bilateral and symmetrical tumors. ACTA PATHOL JPN 38: 929∼939, 1988.


Considerable attention has been paid to the most blatant barriers that public charter schools face. By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding (see Figure 1), financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an "air war" against charters. But there is also evidence of a perhaps more damaging "ground war." Interviews with more than 400 charter school operators from coast to coast have revealed widespread localized combat--what one administrator called "bureaucratic sand" that is often hurled in the faces of charter schools. Indeed, as a 2005 editorial in the Washington Post described charter school obstruction in Maryland, "It's guerilla turf war, with children caught in the middle. Attempts to establish public charter schools in Maryland have been thwarted at almost every turn by entrenched school boards, teachers unions and principals resistant to any competition." The goal appears to be to stop charter schools any way possible. A decade after Massachusetts passed its charter school law as part of the Education Reform Act of 1993, city officials in North Adams, Massachusetts, sued the state Department of Education, challenging the constitutionality of charter schools. Citing a 150-year-old clause in the state constitution, the city claimed all public school money had to go to schools that are controlled by "public agents." The suit was later dismissed but shows the lengths to which local interests will go to stop the schools or at least slow them down. Today, more than 1 million students are enrolled in public charter schools in the 41 states (and the District of Columbia) that have charter laws, with almost 4,000 charter schools in all. Most, if not all, of these schools have encountered some form of bureaucratic resistance at the local level. That resistance may take place at the school's inception, when it first looks to purchase a building and comply with municipal zoning laws. It may come when opponents play games with a school's transportation or funding, or when legal barriers are tossed in the way, or when false information about charter schools is widely disseminated. Despite the obstacles, many charter schools are thriving. It's worth taking a look at the forces on the ground that would have it otherwise and the myriad ways they attempt to stymie the charter school movement. No-School Zone Often the most painstaking and difficult parts of launching a charter school are locating, purchasing, and maintaining the school building. Many charter opponents believe that if they can sufficiently complicate this nascent stage of a charter school's life, they will have dealt a major blow to its future success. In Albany, New York, opponents have used the city's zoning commission to halt charter school growth. When Albany Preparatory Charter School requested a variance on property it was eyeing, opponents appeared before a public hearing about the proposed school building and used the opportunity to argue against charter schools in general. Both the city and the board of zoning appeals denied the variance request in February 2005 on grounds that the proposed building was in a location that was not suitable for a school. It wasn't difficult for the charter school to prove that the decision was unfairly "arbitrary and capricious," however. The building that Albany had deemed unsuitable for a school had been, for more than 70 years, Albany's very own Public School 3. In December 2005, State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Spargo gave the city 60 days to approve the variance request. That same month, the Albany school system discussed ways to prevent another school, the Green Tech Charter High School, from opening. The school board voted to have Superintendent Eva Joseph review possibilities for taking the property by eminent domain so the district could seize the land before the charter school could be built. …


Created in 1993, the European Software Institute (ESI) is a foundation launched by the initiative of the European Commission and with the support of leading European companies and the Basque government. The primary objective of ESI is to contribute to the development of the competitiveness of the European industry through the promotion, continuous improvement, and knowledge in information and communication technologies. To this end, ESI identifies, validates, packages, and disseminates good software development and management practices.

ESI is situated in the Technology Park of Zamudio, close to Bilbao in northern Spain.

ESI works close to the market to identify current needs and to anticipate future needs in the constantly changing sector of information and communication technologies. ESI develops innovative products and services that ease the transfer of technology and contribute to improve industry competitiveness. Product and service development puts the emphasis on the validation of the approaches by performing experimental trials that ensure its effectiveness. The result is a portfolio of packaged products and services.

Keywords:

services;
consulting;
start-up;
collaborative RD
training courses;
reuse;
standards


After explicitly observing the design criteria of two popular block ciphers, namely PRESENT and GIFT, we have proposed a new S-box that would be useful for designing a new light-weight block cipher, we name it as ULBC. The primary goal of the S-Box is to reduce the implementation cost, and make it cheaper than the two block ciphers GIFT and PRESENT. In this design, we have also developed a new property like BOGI which would be extremely helpful in building light-weight block ciphers. Depending on this property we can appropriately design permutation layer, such that no bad output will go bad input. ULBC is composed of a S-box, associated bit wiring and key schedule. Also, we have produced some of cryptanalytic attacks to assure certain security level. We have used two different methods to calculate differential characteristics and linear approximation. By using *-DDT method we have produced tight bounds of them. We find that 24 rounds are sufficient to resist some cryptanalytic attack. It is also found that by using this cipher64-bits plain-text can be encrypted into 64-bits cipher-text.


This paper provides an overview of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) closure work of the 183-H Solar Evaporation Basins, at the Hanford Site for the Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL), Richland, Washington. A detailed description of how the hazardous wastes and radioactive wastes (mixed wastes) were treated (i.e., sludge removal methods, liquid solidification process, and decontamination efforts) is provided. 7 refs., 5 figs.


The construction of diaphragm wall panels inevitably changes the initial stress condition and causes movements in the surrounding soil mass. The ground response is affected by a number of aspects including the ground condition and construction procedure, thus creating complexities and uncertainties to explain the field observation and predict the potential influence on adjacent asserts. This paper analyzes observed data from filed and model tests, and identifies important aspects which may affect the ground response during the diaphragm wall panel installation process. These aspects mainly include (i) construction details in the trench excavation, (iii) concreting characteristics, (iii) initial ground conditions, and (iv) the panel width. Finite element analyses are then conducted to understand their impact on the ground response in a systematic manner. The analysis procedure follows some typical test programs reported in the literature, to reproduce the observed phenomenon and explain the mechanisms more consistently. This study demonstrates some key issues that should be considered carefully in practice to mitigate risks in the diaphragm wall installation process.


The p-Toluenesulfonate intercalation layered double hydrotalcites was synthesized by using co-precipitation method.The products were charactered with XRD、FT-IR、TG and DSC.The results indicated that LDH-PTS were pure and 2:1 type LDH-PTS have better crystallinity than 3:1 type LDH-PTS.And layered structure of 2:1 type LDH-PTS gradually destroyed between 450~500oC,but layered structure of 3:1 type LDH-PTS gradually destroyed between 400~460oC.The successful preparation of LDH-PTS implied the polymer/LDH composites had the wonderful research prospect.


Entropy generation due to combustion destroys as much as a third of the theoretical maximum work that could have been extracted from the fuel supplied to an engine. In this paper, an optimal control problem is set up to minimize the entropy generation in an adiabatic internal combustion engine, with the piston velocity profile serving as the control input function. The compression ratio of the engine is fixed, thereby imposing a constraint on the piston motion. The switching conditions for the optimal bang-off-bang control is determined based on Pontryagin's maximum principle. In thermodynamic terms, the optimal solution reduces to a strategy of equilibrium entropy minimization. This result is independent of the underlying combustion mechanism.© 2006 ASME


The shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7 3946 (G ) has been discovered in the ROSAT all-sky survey. It is one of the brightest Galactic X-ray SNRs and exhibits a typical shell morphology, but remarkably the X-ray spectrum is completely dominated by a non-thermal continuum without detectable line emission. Recent CO measurements suggest that the supernova blast wave is expanding at least on the western side into dense molecular clouds which makes this source an ideal site for the production of very-high-energy gamma rays by inelastic interactions of high-energy protons with matter. TeV emission was indeed confirmed in 2003 with the H.E.S.S. telescopes which were able to actually resolve for the first time ever high-energy gamma-ray emission from the shell of RX J1713.7 3946.


Linear polyurethanes (PUs) were prepared in solution in two steps. In the first step, toluene-diisocyanate (TDI) 80:20 (T) was reacted with a short-chain poly(oxypropylene) diol (V) to obtain prepolymers characterized by various ratios of R = [T]°/[V]°. In the second step, the prepolymers were reacted with the extender 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (E) with various extension ratios RE = (R − 1)[V]°/[E]°. The PU properties were analyzed by various techniques. In particular, the molecular weights determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), the thermal properties such as glass transition temperature Tg and specific heat variation ΔCp measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the chemical composition of the PUs and the various types of hydrogen bonds present in the polymers evidenced by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, the monophasic structure evidenced by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and the existence of only one Tg confirmed that these PUs were linear, amorphous and monophasic. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) analysis showed that the mean volume of the nanoholes increased with increasing temperature, but was not dependent on the composition, as expected for a monophasic system. A stoichiometric semi-empirical model was proposed that relates the PU blocks' micro-composition to the R and RE macro-parameters, chosen for the synthesis. The polymer assumes various expressions of the general formula X[(TV)k(TE)n]mX for different values of the R and RE ratios. The micro-parameters k and m have a direct connection with the experimental mean molecular weights of the prepolymer and the polymer, respectively: n depends only on R. The model could foresee the density of hydrogen bonds and distinguished the bonds connected to either V or E, which could be shown by FTIR analysis. This paper shows that, when using stereo-irregular diols and blends of 2,4- and 2,6-TDI, non-stereoregular PUs are obtained. If low-molecular-weight diols are used and R < 3.3, it is quite improbable that the PU blocks separate into macrophases and therefore monophasic amorphous PUs are obtained. Monophasic PUs can be useful for applications such as in the field of membrane gas and vapour separation. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry


When working or exercising, the human body is coordinated by its movement feedback system, which always coordinates various parts of the body to a high level as much as possible. Research on posture comfort degree based on biomechanics can make the results of adjustment intuitive and make the description of posture comfort degree objective. In this paper, the author will expound three research methods of posture comfort degree based on biomechanics, that is, subjective evaluation method, simulation experiment method and entity experiment method, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the above three methods, find the problems in research period, and suggest to apply the research results to products design in other fields to improve the competitiveness of other products in the market.


Johnsongrass populations that are resistant to 5-enolpyruvyl-3-shikimate synthase (EPSPS)–, acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase)–, or acetolactate synthase (ALS)–inhibiting herbicides are increasingly common throughout the midsouth. Three trials were conducted in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in Fayetteville, AR and Alexandria, LA to evaluate strategies with and without ALS- and ACCase inhibitors for management of rhizomatous johnsongrass in the absence of glyphosate. Fluometuron or fluometuron plus pyrithiobac applied PRE followed by (fb) EPOST, MPOST, and LAYBY tank mixtures containing multiple effective mechanisms of action (MOA) controlled johnsongrass at least 90%. Simplifying the program by removing a herbicide or eliminating an application timing reduced control, and increased vegetative and sexual reproduction of johnsongrass. To manage severe infestations or escapes glufosinate plus clethodim fb glufosinate plus clethodim or clethodim plus pyrithiobac fb clethodim) effectively controlled 15-cm johnsongrass. However, johnsongrass control was reduced when ALS and ACCase inhibitors were tank mixed, especially for the second POST application, compared to ACCase inhibitors alone. Effective herbicide programs are available to growers to control johnsongrass in the absence of glyphosate, but the use of PRE herbicides followed by multiple applications of POST herbicides is critical for successful management. Nomenclature: Clethodim, fluometuron, glufosinate, pyrithiobac, johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense L.; cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. Las poblaciones de Sorghum halepense que son resistentes a herbicidas inhibidores de 5-enolpyruvyl-3-shikimate synthase (EPSPS), acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase), o acetolactate synthase (ALS) están aumentando a lo largo del sur medio de los Estados Unidos. Se realizaron tres ensayos en 2012, 2013, y 2014 en Fayetteville, Arkansas y en Alexandria, Louisiana, para evaluar estrategias con y sin inhibidores de ALS y ACCase para el manejo de S. halepense con rizomas en ausencia de glyphosate. Fluometuron o fluometuron más pyrithiobac aplicados PRE seguidos de (fb) aplicaciones EPOST, MPOST, y a la base del cultivo antes del cierre del dosel (LAYBY) con mezclas en tanque conteniendo múltiples mecanismos de acción (MOA) controlaron S. halepense al menos 90%. El simplificar el programa removiendo un herbicida o eliminando un momento de aplicación redujo el control e incrementó la reproducción vegetativa y sexual de S. halepense. Para manejar infestaciones severas o escapes, glufosinate más clethodim fb glufosinate más clethodim o clethodim más pyrithiobac fb clethodim controlaron efectivamente S. halepense de 15 cm de altura. Sin embargo, el control de S. halepense se redujo cuando los inhibidores ALS y ACCase fueron mezclados en tanque, especialmente en la segunda aplicación POST, al compararse con inhibidores de ACCase solos. Los productores cuentas con programas efectivos de herbicidas para el control de S. halepense en ausencia de glyphosate, pero el uso de herbicidas PRE seguido de múltiples aplicaciones de herbicidas POST es crítico para un manejo exitoso.


Stage actors are included in the category of heavy occupational voice users. Literature suggests that they are at a high risk of developing a voice disorder. Impact on occupational and social life was reported among people with voice problems. Actors showed insufficient knowledge on vocal care and the role of speech language therapist. This study was carried out to determine the frequency of self-reporting voice symptoms, to perceive its impact on occupational and social life, to assess the level of knowledge on vocal hygiene techniques, habits and treatment options among stage actors. This cross sectional analytical study consisted of 88 stage drama actors who had been engaged in stage drama acting for minimum 01 year and who practice and/or perform at least 10 days per month. Subjective data; obtained using a self-administered questionnaire and was analyzed quantitatively utilizing descriptive statistics. Sixty three (71.6%) actors reported with voice symptoms and the most frequent self-reported symptom was hoarseness (33%). Affect for stage drama acting (N=45) and complaints of voice changes during stage drama practices and/or performances (N=43) were the reported highly affected occupational items. Complaints of voice changes of actors, by family and/or friends (N=34) was the reported most affected social item. More than half of the participants had some knowledge about 8/14 items that were tested in vocal hygiene techniques and habits section. Knowledge about surgeries as a relevant treatment and speech language therapist as a relevant professional was less. Majority of actors reported an impact on occupational life (83.9%) and social life (68.9%) due to voice problems. Though actors showed knowledge on vocal hygiene techniques, habits and treatment options for voice problems; there were some areas which demonstrated limited knowledge. Higher levels of impact and less knowledge on vocal care strongly suggest vocal hygiene education for stage drama actors. Keywords— Voice, Occupational, Actors


With the SO 2 pollution becoming charged,NO x form the main source of air pollution. It was reported that TWO-STEP-PROCESS is one economical and effective ways to eliminate nitrogen oxide in plant discharge air.This article offer a way to select one most reasonable zeolite,which are supported by some explanations.Through the analyse and mathematical treatment,the equation of the adsorption capacity and the apparent mass transfer coefficient are obtained.


Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has been expediting the Biological Equivalence Examination (BEE) project to encourage generic substitution without expense of inappropriate therapeutic outcome. However, little is known about which considerations are most important in making the decision to prescribe a drug among many generic drugs. The purpose of this survey was to identify how strongly the KFDA certification of BEE influenced doctors when they make a choice between brand and generics of glimepiride preparations. Telephone survey was performed towards doctors working at local clinics by using a questionnaire. Most influential factor to doctors' decision was drug cost followed by pharmaceutical representatives, therapeutic efficacy, and review guideline for reimbursement. Advertisement of the drug was the least influential followed by KFDA certification of BEE. The meaning of BEE was best understood by relatively young doctors with specialty in surgical parts. This survey result further indicated that the doctors considered the therapeutic equivalence examination a preferred measure to expedite generic substitution.


In simulations of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), the numerical dissipation generated from discretization of governing equations can rarely be ignored. Estimating numerical dissipation rate and numerical viscosity is not only pressing for subgrid scale (SGS) modelling in Large Eddy Simulations (LES) and low order methods such as Finite Volume Method (FVM) in commerical codes, but also helpful for higher order methods in Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) to assess the necessity of mesh refinement in specific regions. Following the recent work of Schranner et al. [1], we develop a parallel algorithm to evaluate numerical dissipation for existing CFD data, which allows to compute numerical dissipation rate and numerical viscosity in physical space for arbitrary sub-domains. The method will be tested for wallbounded turbulent flows, numerical dissipation of this postprocessing tool are compared with results computed directly inside the solver, the self-consistency can be verified using an accurate, pseudo-spectral solver for different mesh resolutions. The information computed by this post-processing step will enable us to determine the accuracy of simulations efficiently without time consuming trial and error validation process. Keywords-numerical dissipation; turbulent flow; parallel computing;


Abstract : As part of the Chemical Sensing in the Marine Environment (CSME) program, a series of field experiments were carried out to investigate the dispersion and mixing of chemical plumes in the near-shore environment in order to assist the design and application of biosensors for identifying and locating chemical sources like unexploded ordinance in the marine environment. Measurements of concentration field structure made in the littoral zone of the coastal ocean show that stratification effects and scale-dependent dispersion can be important. The data we obtained can be used to help make predictions of biosensor sensitivity requirements, as well as to help develop strategies for source location.


It intends to install a transmission line called "Arroyo del Coyote Country", in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Social diagnosis was performed in order to provide the elements for a decision to allow the selection of a career that involves the least amount of impact to the environment, cultural heritage and the interests of the people living in the area of influence. The L.T. have a length of 13 km with a width of right of way of 18 m, corresponding to a total area of 46.8 hectares. For social diagnosis identified urbanized areas, populated areas, depopulated and social importance from official sources and then made field trips for verification and exact location. The construction of the L.T. Arroyo del Coyote-Country is an important contribution to the electrical system because of the 308.828 inhabitants of the municipality of Nuevo Laredo 73.194 residing in private homes in 2.986 households are still lacking electrical service. The trajectory is selected environmental and socio-economically the most viable because it would only upgrade the existing infrastructure, without impacting new areas.


Fullerene is the 3rd Carbon crystal state discovered after Potlead and diamond.Its structure and properties are unique,so in the last decade,its properties are investigating focus and hotspot of the scientists all over the world.This article introduces the process of the discovery of C60,C70 and closely states scientists'investigations on its physical and chemical properties.


"Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline."--'Speculum.'


This qualitative research aims to describe religious activities and reveal the values of character education in the religious activities of the Kadolokatapi community. The research approach uses normative, pedagogical, sociological theological data. Data were collected through instruments used by the researchers themselves as key instruments, observations, interviews, and documentation of the religious activities of the Kadolokatapi community in 2020. The data were then analyzed based on a deductive and inductive analysis framework. data management techniques through data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Testing the validity of the data is done by triangulation of data based on data sources, techniques, and time. The results of the study indicate that there are several community religious activities, namely Yasinan routine Friday nights, in its implementation it is divided into two times and locations. Tahlilan, its implementation is not bound by time, anytime and anywhere but is often done when a community dies. Commemorating Islamic holidays (PHBI), such as the Maulid of the Prophet Muhammad, welcoming the Islamic new year, and Halal bilhalal. The values of character education are religious values, hard work values, friendly/communicative values, social care values, curiosity values, and love for the homeland and discipline values.


Under the background of social and economic development, people's living standard and life quality have improved significantly, and people's spiritual and cultural demands are rising constantly, especially people's desire for reading books is constantly reinforced. Based on analyzing the current status of public library's free opening, this paper expounds the realistic significance of public library's free opening, probes into some problems existing in public library's free opening, and puts forward some corresponding solutions.


To investigate the formation mechanism and guide for treatment of blood stasis of ascites due to cirrhosis.Cirrhosis stasis causes:stagnation of Qi and blood stasis,stasis with water,toxicity and blood stasis causing blood stasis,because of the deficiency of causing blood stasis,interelation between phlegm and stasis,stagnation because of aeipathia.In addition to activating blood circulation to remove blood stasis,the mwthod of promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis also has the effect of promoting the circulation of Qi,tonic,detoxification,diuresis.The law of treatment will be better when come up with detoxification,diuresis,tonic agents.


In this work morphological evolution of brass surface ablated by nanosecond laser is investigated in various ambient environments. Micro level spaced permanent ring structures are perceived for different ambient gas pressures at a fixed number of laser shots and fluences. In case of low background pressure, the generation of concentric ring patterns is observed, and the ring spacing shows a decreasing tendency from the center to the edge. With increase in ambient pressure, the fringe pattern of the rings are found to decrease. Again, in air medium at atmospheric pressure, the concentric ring formation within the laser spot is found to have evidence of molten signature and show increased ring spacing along the radial direction. Initiation of crater formation is observed in air at the center of the laser spot. The cause and possibility to control the morphological transitions among different types of ring structures is discussed.


Objective To observe the clinical effect of immediate replantation of traumatically dislocated anteroir teeth.Methods Immediate replantation was performed in 25 traumatically dislocated anteroir teeth of 18 cases and then the clinical effect was observed.Results After replantation,there was better effect in 15 teeth(60 %) , good effect in 7 teeth(28.0 %) and poor effect in 3 teeth(12.0 %).Conclusion The careful protection and treatment of periodontal membranes in traumatically dislocated anteroir teeth is a key to the success of replantation while the postoperative infection prevention and prompt treatment of root canal can increase the long term success rate of replantation.


In the interest of photoconductivy in the visible region, optical activity, and large values for the acoustooptic and electrooptic coefficients, the authors discuss methods of dtermining chromium in Bi/sub 12/SiO/sub 20/ and Bi/sub 12/TiO/sub 20/ crystals as well as in the raw material for making them. The photometric diphenylcarazide method is used to determine chromium in materials having the sillenite structure by the use of perchlorate solutions. A method hahs been devised for determining 5 X 10/sup -2/ percent chromium in bismuth (III) oxide, charges for growing bismuth silicate and titanate, and single crystals, which does not involve separating the matrix (bismuth).


In this paper, we establish a sequential characterisation of Lebesgue fuzzy metric and explore the relationship between Lebesgue, weak G-complete and compact fuzzy metric spaces. We also discuss the Lebesgue property of several well-known fuzzy metric spaces.


The present invention relates to contrast agents containing ferritin for magnetic resonance imaging and methods related thereto. In certain aspects, the present invention provides methods and compositions related to ferritin contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. In certain variations, ferritin contrast agents provided herein are generated in situ via genetic instructions and become potent upon sequestering available metal atoms.


This paper presents a small scale autonomous ground vehicle which is configured using sensors. The autonomous small scaled vehicle has been engineered to have dynamic behaviours equivalent with real ground vehicle. The main objective of the using sensors configuration is to obtain the dynamic behaviour of scaled vehicle. Sensors configuration are equipped with electronic instruments, Arduino Duemilanove, wireless communication system, data acquisition system, and numerous sensors. This study is conducted by simulation and experiment.


Schult.) Barkworth [Poaceae]) has beenreleased for use in rangeland seedings. This plant materialtraces from a seed morph collected in northwestern Coloradoin Rio Blanco County, near the White River. White RiverGermplasm displays good germinability in a speciescharacterized by high levelsof seeddormancy. We anticipate this material will be used in the Upper Colorado Plateauof eastern Utahand western Colorado and the Basin Province of southernWyoming.


A quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) study of 2-substituted 2,3-dihydro-1H-naphtho[1,8,de]-1,3,2-diazaphosphorine 2-oxides and sulphides (DND), examines the extent of the contribution by various physicochemical parameters with respect to their antimicrobial activity. Simple bivariant regression analysis, based on the least squares method, is applied in order to predict models. The predicted models reveal that the steric factor, MR, is the major contributor influencing antimicrobial activity. Bulky groups at the C-19 (C=0 group) position positively influence the potency of the compounds


Abstract Length-of-day (LOD) change, i.e., variations in Earth's rotation rate, includes the long-term slowdown trend, as well as periodic and irregular fluctuations. The current continuous sequence of the LOD change covers a time span of <400 years. Using astronomical records in ancient historical documents, combined with a modern astronomical ephemeris, it is possible to obtain ancient LOD change. Some scholars have given a discontinuous LOD data series for the past 4000 years. In this paper, the author uses the Lomb–Scargle periodogram to study the LOD series and finds a significant quasi-1500-year-cycle signal. Furthermore, with weighted wavelet Z-transform, time-varying characteristics of the cycle in the LOD change are obtained.


ABSTRACT The reputation of the suffragettes and the Pankhurst family in France was often considered to be too militant for the French journal La Française. This feminist journal praised the suffragettes whilst keeping a distance from such 'trouble-makers'. This was a complex acceptance. In particular, from 1912, when some suffragettes engaged in violent tactics, the journal began calling for non-violent actions. After the Representation of the People Act was passed in 1918, La Francaise waited ten months to rejoice in this news. Now it began to suggest that British women were showing French women how to win their own enfranchisement, which was not granted until 1944. A few weeks before the 1928 Equal Franchise Act, the journal praised more and more Emmeline Pankhurst's radical spirit. This article suggests that the British suffragette movement had an influence on the women's suffrage campaign in France although often in complex and contradictory ways.


Airport Management nowadays is based on scattered information. The flow of such important information as an unattended piece of luggage from security officers to airline personnel is tenacious. A collaborative airport management culture can speed up the flow provided that appropriate data are available. We introduce the notion of a Level of Security comprising of a number, which sums all security facts to make the overall security situation easily accessible, and a management structure. With the help of this notion, decisions handling security situations are not only based on intuition and experience, but also on an indicator, which mines all internal and external sources. Determining the Level of Security involves opinions and is subjective. With the help of Fuzzy Logic, such subjective arguments can be addressed in a systematic fashion.


Image acquisition and display technology have greatly developed over the past few years, which make it easy to recapture high-quality images from various display media, such as liquid crystal display screen or printed paper. This operation can be utilized to hide image tampering traces and eliminate image watermarking, which poses serious threat to image security. In order to solve this problem, we proposed a recaptured image detection approach based on constrained convolutional neural network. Firstly, a deep residual module is designed to extract a set of prediction error maps. This module has three identical branches, in which a $1\times 1$ convolution layer is used to learn the correlations between color channels and a following constrained convolutional layer is used to extract prediction error maps. Then we feed the output of this module into consecutive convolution modules to further learn the hierarchical representation to make final decision. Ablation experiments verify the effectiveness of our proposed deep residual module. Comparison experiments on three public databases demonstrate the superiority of our proposed method on detection accuracy.


A T-matrix formalism for plane-wave scattering from a fluid-loaded elastic spherical shell near a rough fluid–elastic boundary that includes target–boundary scattering effects [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 767–788 (1997)] is specialized to scattering from a planar boundary and generalized to include scattering from rigid and soft spheres and finite cylinders with hemispherical endcaps and rigid, soft, fluid, viscoelastic, and fluid-saturated poroelastic sediments. Scattering from a variety of target and sediment combinations is considered, and numerical results are shown that indicate some of the effects of target–boundary scattering and the dependence of target–boundary scattering on target and sediment parameters.


The high-affinity muscarinic receptor antagonist (R,R) I-QNB(1) [(R)-(-)-1-Azabicyclo [2.2.2]oct-3-yl- (R) - (+) - α-hydroxy-α-(4-[127I]iodophenyl)-α-phenyl Acetate (6a)] has been labeled with iodine-123 to give a suitable ligand for SPECT (Single photon emission computed tomography) imaging of the human brain. The radiolabeling is achieved using a copper(I) assisted nucleophilic exchange mechanism(2) to give high specific activity (R,R)123I-QNB in reasonable overall yield (36%). The radiolabeling reaction is carried out in the presence of excess reducing agent and the product (R,R)123I-QNB purified on a Sep-Pak cartridge eliminating the need for h.p.l.c. purification the synthesis of the precursor (127I-QNB) for the radiolabeling step is a modification of the procedure reported by Rzeszotarski et. al(3) (R)-α-Hydroxy-α-(4-nitrophenyl)-α-phenylacetic acid was produced from 4-nitrobenzophenone and resolved as reported. The methyl ester of the acid was synthesised then the nitro group converted to an amino group to give Methyl, (R) -α-hydroxy-α- (4-aminophenyl) -a- phenyl acetate. The iodo compound Methyl, (R) -α-hydroxy-α- (4-iodophenyl)-α-phenyl acetate was produced from the amino compound via the diazonium salt. Transesterification of the iodo compound with (R) -3-quinuclidinof gave (R, R) -f271-QNB.

The (R,R) 123I-QNB produced has been successfully used to image muscarinic receptors in patients suffering from Alzheimers disease.


Experiences in establishing and maintaining a regional call-in information-exchange radio show (Chautauqua) on energy conservation, appropriate technology, renewable energy sources, and self-reliance are discussed. Information is presented on: appropriate technology; the Chautauquaa concept; topics discussed; research performed; guests; interviewing tips; types of listeners; program features; where to find help; promotion and publicity; the technical and engineering aspects; the budget and funding; and station policies. (MCW)


This paper briefly reviews recent research on CMOS gigahertz-rate communication circuits and design innovations for overcoming device performance limitations. A multi-channel transmitter and receiver chip set operating at 5 Gb/s has been developed using 0.25-μm CMOS technology. To achieve high-speed operation, the chip set features: (1) a tree-type demultiplexer and frequency conversion architecture, (2) a self-aligning phase detector for clock and data recovery circuit, and (3) a fully pipelined 8-bit to 10-bit encoder. The features contributing to the achievement of high-data bandwidth for multi-channel transmission include circuits for compensating for the phase difference between multiple receiver chips and for the frequency difference between the system clocks of the transmitter and receiver chips. These techniques for high-speed operation and multi-channel transmission are supported by the high level of integration possible with CMOS technology compared with non-CMOS technology.


We used a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) to study the microwave-assisted switching (MAS) of a perpendicular magnetic nanodot. Because the sample structure enables the direct observation of fast magnetization dynamics through MTJ signals, the switching behavior is examined in relation with the induced magnetization excitation. By utilizing the MTJ signals, we observe several ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) modes and identify the lowest FMR mode as the cause of switching field reduction. The switching field decreases as the microwave frequency increases, and this frequency–magnetic field relationship coincides with that of the lowest FMR mode near a critical frequency. We also investigate the size dependence of MAS.


Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies are increasingly being adopted in the healthcare field. Their use not only involves physicians as end users, but also the patients themselves. VR is "consumer ready" and ubiquitous, making it easy for patients to find and use self-management AR/VR tools for conditions such as non-pharmacological pain management. The limited dimensions and wearability of the VR/AR devices make it possible to benefit from them not just in healthcare facilities, but nearly everywhere, making it particularly relevant for people who are forced to stay home due to significant illness. This paper explores the possibilities of social inclusion, psychological benefits and non-pharmacological pain management derived from the routine use of VR and AR, opportunely integrated with other 6G technologies, by isolated individuals that suffer from chronic and acute conditions.


An anomaly is observed in the dc I-V curves of Pb alloy tunnel junctions with the microwave radiation of 9.4 GHz. The anomaly depends on the magnitude of radiation power and magnetic field. Most of the properties of the anomaly are explained with a model in which the microwave current traces the dc I-V characteristics just as a very low frequency current. The analysis of this phenomenon provides a simple method for the estimation of the microwave current amplitude.


1 The pharmacokinetics and the dromotropic action (increased PQ interval) of intravenously administered adjmaline (2 mg kg−1) were studied in hyperthyroid rats with sinus tachycardia. The hyperthyroidism was induced by intraperitonal injection of 3,5,3′‐triiodo‐l‐thyronine (0.5 mg kg−1) for 4 days. 2 The change in the ajmaline concentration in whole blood could be described by a biexponential equation. The steady state distribution volume of ajmaline decreased from 4.811 kg−1 in control rats to 3.801 kg−1 in hyperthyroid rats and the total body blood clearance was slightly higher in hyperthyroid rats than in control rats. 3 Ajmaline exhibited a saturable binding to rat plasma proteins, and one kind of binding site was found in the observed range of concentrations. The binding capacity was 2 fold higher in hyperthyroid rats than in control rats. 4 On the basis of the plasma unbound concentration, ajmaline exhibited an increased negative dromotropic activity in hyperthyroid rats compared with control rats. 5 A positive correlation was found between the pacing rate and the dromotropic action of ajmaline on atrioventricular conduction in isolated perfused hearts. There was no significant difference in the rate‐dependence of the effect of ajmaline on the heart between control and hyperthyroid rats. 6 Our findings suggest that the increased dromotropic activity of ajmaline is mainly due to the increased heart rate in hyperthyroid rats.


present their collective ex-perience with percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) from a single center over a 12 year period. Thiseffort is commendable as it provides a snapshot ofreal-world practice not subject to inclusion or exclusioncriteria or selection bias that invariably occurs withprospective clinical trials and multicenter registries.Two thirds of the patient's treated had complex typeB2/C lesions and more than half of the patients pre-sented with unstable angina or acute myocardialinfarction. In this unselected consecutive series, theprocedural success was a remarkable 97.1% with earlystent thrombosis rate of only 0.39%. The 30-dayoutcomes are in line or better than the results in themost recently published large-scale multicenterobservational registries of coronary PCI


Abstract The carbonyl out-of-plane deformation frequency of over 300 simple R′R″CO molecules can be estimated by means of the relation γ CO = γ (R′) · γ (R″) where γ (R′) and γ (R″) are values dependent upon the nature of the R′ and R″ substituents. The order of γ (R) indicates that γ CO is a more mass-sensitive vibration than is ν CO.


Aim. To define the motivational and gender differences in patients with limb loss. Methods. 318 patients [male - 267 (83.3%), female - 51 (16.7%)] with lower limbs structural and functional deficiencies admitted for prosthetics surgery to prosthetic and orthopedics center «Reabilitaciya invalidov», Kazan, Russia, from 2008 to 2010 were included in the study. Empiric data on motivational features were gained using questionnaires and test examinations of 191 patients aged form 18 to 66 years. Quality of life, personality traits, emotional and motivational health, natural, and social and cultural environment were assessed. Results. Marked need for affiliation was typical for patients with high anxiety levels (r=0.15, p <0.05) and emotive (r=0.17, p <0.01) personalities and is decreased in rigid personalities (r=-0.26, p <0.01). There was a negative correlation between the urge of being accepted by others and the need for success (r=-0.19, p <0.05). Affiliate need in women was relevantly higher compared to men (t=2.87, p <0.05). The strong negative correlation of the need to be accepted by others and motivation for achievement was noticed in women (r=-0.46, p <0.01), in men the difference was not significant (r=-0.11). Demonstrative (r=0.21, p <0.05) and hyperthymic (r=0.24, p <0.01) personalities were more often focused on achievement and success. Pedantic (r=-0.23, p <0.01), anxious (r=-0.28, p <0.01) and cyclothymic (r=-0.28, p <0.01) traits were associated with the motivation for tranquility. Motivation for achievement was relevantly higher in men (t=-2.82, p <0.05). High personal anxiety (r=-0.38, p <0.05) and depression (r=-0.36, p <0.05) were characteristic for women with predominant tranquility motivation. A negative correlation of degree of motivation for achievement and situational (r=-0.23, p <0.01) and personal (r=-0.19, p <0.05) anxiety, as well as depression (r=-0.36, p <0.001) was found in men. This concludes that depression and anxiety decrease the willingness to success in patients of both genders. Conclusion. When planning a rehabilitation program for disabled, gender differences should be taken into account, because connection between motivation for achievement, affiliation, personal traits, emotional traits and physical activity parameters are different in men and women.


The present invention, photovoltaic devices, photovoltaic power generation module, and a method of assembling a photovoltaic device. The solar power generation, at least one photovoltaic module, a lower support for receiving the at least one photovoltaic module, includes a pair of support members, the support member is a first support together they contain member and the second support member are a pair of support members to be at least partially pluggable to one another, at least two guiding members in the first support member to its first It engages the second support member, one of the support members one while being arranged on the back side of the photovoltaic module is disposed on the lower support.


Intellectual property rights or abbreviated IPR is a legal instrument that is very strategic in protecting the products of SMEs. In fact, IPR not only has the function of protecting the products of SMEs, but it can also encourage the business development activities of SMEs. However, there are some problems that arise and need right solution in practice. For this, the settlement through SMEs and the government should be the focus of attention in the implementation of IPR for the development of SMEs.


The objectives of this study were to establish the impact of Fusarium culmorum infection and fungicide treatment on the occurrence of deoxynivalenol (DON), 3-acetyl deoxynivalenol, T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, nivalenol, fusarenon-X, diacetoxyscirpenol and zearalenone in wheat, wheat malt and wort (beer). The concentrations of these compounds were also measured in the germ/rootlets, spent grains and spent yeast because these are the most important by-products and are further used as food or feed additives. Two wheat genotypes were obtained from the Agricultural Institute in Osijek, Croatia. The Osk.110/09 genotype, the genotype more susceptible to Fusarium infections, and Lucija, the genotype less susceptible to Fusarium, were analysed in this research. Each genotype was treated in four different ways at the field: (A) control, (B) treated with fungicide Prosaro® 250, (C) inoculated with F. culmorum spores and treated with fungicide Prosaro® 250, and (D) inoculated with F. culmorum spores. All samples were malted and brewed according to standard procedures, products and by-products were analysed for the mycotoxins by using LC-MS/MS. Since the majority of trichothecenes are polar molecules, the water after steeping was also analysed with LC-MS/MS. Mycotoxin concentrations were lower in malt samples treated with the fungicide. Elevated mycotoxin concentrations were observed in samples of both genotypes exposed to F. culmorum. Fungicide treatment was observed to suppress mycotoxin production and accumulation. However, samples with notably high mycotoxin concentrations, especially DON, retained elevated mycotoxin concentrations throughout the entire beer production process, even after a six-month storage period. DON proved to be the most frequently occurring mycotoxin in all of the by-products. The highest concentration of this compound was found in the steeping water from sample D (Osk.110/09), at 20,326 μg/l, leaving the spent grains of this sample with no detectable levels of DON.


SUMMARYContrary to previous reports of chromosome number variation from 2n = 12 to 2n = 15 in Eleutherine plicata, we have found regularly 2n = 12 in somatic cells and in the PMC's. Further, our plants showed a sharp centromeric heteromorphism (AC/M type) in the first chromosome pair due to inversion heterozygosity. The heterotypic or bimodal karyotype, with chromosomes ranging in length from 1.26 to 5.28 μm shows a regular bivalent formation with a mean chiasma frequency of 1.93 (± 0.03) chiasmata per bivalent and 75% pollen stainability. Thus, Eleutherine plicata appears to be a disomic with x = 6 chromosomes.


This paper describes a technique for the construction of 2D mosaics and which integrates feature tracking with a direct registration procedure. An initial alignment computed from a set of feature point correspondences supplied by the tracker is subsequently refined by means of a second registering step directly based on image contents. The direct registration technique is implemented as a two-step process in order to obtain an enhanced toleration of possible inaccuracies in the feature-based estimation – without increasing computational cost. This approach enables the avoidance of more computationally expensive techniques such as pyramidal registration. Some mosaic examples are constructed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.


They all require you to pay a monthly fee, called a premium. Most of them also require you to pay either a flat fee for doctor's office visits and other services (called a co-pay), or a percentage of the cost (called co-insurance). Some services require you to pay both a co-pay and co-insurance. Each year, most people also have to pay a certain dollar amount of their medical costs, known as the deductible, before insurance will start to pay at all. After you have met your deductible, your insurance will pay a set percentage of your bills for medical care for the rest of the year.


One of the most successful applications of GIS technology is in the field of land management. A lot of corporate GIS databases are in development ; they support the legal management and distribution of geospatial data. The representation of time within GIS is still an important and expected development to make these systems more suited to the temporal analysis of cadastral objects. Time integration within GIS requires a comprehensive analysis of spatio-temporal phenomena. The traditional short transaction-based concurrency control and locking techniques have proved insufficient for applications requiring long transaction management. This is especially true when multiple users must access the same database. Data edits or updates of the map database in cadastre may take hours or days. During such long term edits or database updates, users want to be assured that others do not inadvertently edit the same rows of data or feature instances that have been included in a long transaction. Cadastre needs the capability to version data and requires that the different versions of a row or feature instance be persisted for very long periods of time, and users should have a possibility to be able to view data as it existed at any specific moment in time. This translates into the need to have the capability to manage the temporal properties and aspects of feature instances/rows in a database management system. Modern temporal GIS for cadastre should implement a complete long transaction event that maintains atomicity and concurrency. Data changes are made through revision sets which can be exclusive for one user or shared among several database users. Users are permitted to create new versions of data to update, while maintaining a copy of the old data. The ongoing results of the long transaction are stored persistently, assuring concurrency and consistency.


The volumetric changes of clayey subgrade soils can be very significant due to their sensitivity to moisture variation and for some, strength is also affected. The latter may cause instability of the pavement and early deterioration or failure. Chemical stabilisation of such soils with lime or cement has proven to be more economically and environmentally sustainable than other methods. They are cheaper than removal and replacement in addition to avoiding dumping useful natural resources in landfills. Combined two-stage lime and cement (lime-cement) stabilisation of clayey soils, with all plasticity levels, have been used successfully for many years, however, there are no existing guidelines or specifications for the optimum design mixtures and construction process. To address this, a comprehensive laboratory testing program has been developed to establish the optimum lime-cement combinations for different soils. Reported herein are the experimental program and testing results for a medium plasticity clayey soil stabilised with lime, cement and lime-cement. For the soil tested herein, the results have shown that lime stabilisation using minimum lime demand helps to increase compressive strength, bearing capacity and hydraulic conductivity of the soil, while decreasing its plasticity. Additionally, it has been found that low cement contents produce enough strength for the subgrade soil. Further, modifying soil's workability with lime before stabilising it with cement has proved very effective in producing favourable improvements in physical and mechanical properties of the testing soil.


Problem statement: The Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Systems provided situational awareness about operational environment and supported in decision making and directed to operative environment. These systems had been used by various agencies like defense, police, investigation, road, rail, airports, oil and gas related department. However, the increase use of C4I system had made it more important and attractive. Consequently interest in design and development of C4I system had increased among the researchers. Many defense industry frameworks were available but the problem was a suitable selection of a framework in design and development of C4I system. Approach: This study described the concepts, tool and methodology being used for evaluation analysis of different frameworks by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Results: We had compared different defense industry frameworks like Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF), Ministry of Defense Architecture Framework (MODAF) and NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) and found that AHP is fairly good tool in terms of analysis. Conclusion: Different defense industry frameworks such as DODAF, MODAF and NAF had been evaluated and compared using AHP.


This study examines the financial performance of maize farms in Egba division of Ogun State, Nigeria, using primary data obtained, by use of simple random procedure, from 150 maize farm operators. A regression analysis was used to measure maize farmers' financial performance given farm and farmer's characteristics, production and marketing, and risk management strategies. Results indicate that income from off-farm sources, having production and marketing contracts, and having a written farm records lead to higher financial performance while participation in government price support programme lowered financial performance in maize farms.


The genetic diversity of four indigenous Cameroonian cattle breeds was assessed using the Kenyan Boran breed as a reference breed. The Cameroonian cattle breeds were, Arab Shuwa, Ngaoundere Gudali, Namchi and White Fulani. A panel of 13 autosomal microsatellite loci was used. A total of 127 animals were genotyped, revealing 139 different alleles and 31 private alleles (21.3%). All the private alleles but two, allele 286 bp at ILSTS006 in the Arab Shuwa breed and allele 201 bp at ETH152 in the Ngaoundere Gudali- showed frequencies lower than 6 %. All the loci were polymorphic with a mean Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) of 0.75. Expected mean heterozygosity (Hex) ranged from 0.65-0.76. The mean observed heterozygosity (Ho) was higher in the Namchi. Only 6% of the total genetic variation could be attributed to the differences among the breeds. In all the populations, 80% of the overall loci do not deviate from the Hardy-Weinberg law. A high value of Number of effective migrants (Nem) (3.816) was found, combined to a low Fixation Index among individuals within populations (FST) (7%), which indicates high migration. No close genetic relationship was found between the Kenyan Boran cattle and the Cameroonian indigenous cattle breeds. This study demonstrates that the genetic diversity of Cameroonian indigenous cattle seems to have been affected by gene flow between breeds. Therefore, adopting effective breeding management practices will facilitate the conservation of those breeds and preserve their special characteristics.


Categorization helps organizing our world knowledge by classifying exemplar concepts into categories. The degree to which an exemplar is representative of its category is called typicality (Rosch and Mervis, 1975). Passeri et al. (2015) made the first attempt to assess its effect on semantic representations in Wernicke's area (lW) and its right homolog (rW) by interfering on their online activity with repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) while participants categorized typical and atypical exemplars. Responses to typical and atypical concepts were delayed, respectively, by rTMS over both areas and rW only, supporting the "coarse activation hypothesis" (Jung-Beeman, 2005), according to which semantic processing is coarser in right (RH) than left (LH) hemisphere. Despite the authors' effort to clarify hemispheric contribution to semantic categorization, their contribution is hindered by some theoretical/methodological limitations that are worth discussing.

Firstly, the authors interchangeably referred to contrasting semantic memory (SM) theories, making it difficult to conciliate their hypothesis with them. For example, in saying that "Typicality effect can be due to […] features shared or cooccuring between members of a category" (p. 319), they relied on feature-based semantic theories (e.g., McRae et al., 1997; Montefinese et al., 2014), which suppose a distributed network of featural representations in which typicality reflects featural intercorrelation (McRae et al., 1999; Montefinese et al., 2015). Contrastingly, in saying that "Typicality effect can be due to the number, proximity or binding of features" (p. 319), they relied on the spreading activation theory (Collins and Loftus, 1975), which supposes a somewhat hierarchical SM structure in which typicality -so-called criteriality- reflects the weight of links between basic-level and superordinate nodes. However, the authors left this dilemma open by seeking support in the Beeman's coarse activation hypothesis and sustaining that hemispheric differences "can be more simply traced to the different characteristics of the semantic fields and such an explanation lends itself to account for the effects regardless of any theoretical approach to the concepts organization" (p. 323). Besides, we would underline that, as far as we know, the original biological model (Jung-Beeman, 2005) was not integrated with connectionist models of the SM structure. Regrettably, thus, the authors missed the opportunity to clarify the cognitive processes implicated and did not provide the reader with adequate information to understand their (implicit) assumption that the semantic field is comparable to the SM structure and how to integrate the typicality (not to say the criteriality or feature correlation) within Beeman's theory. More importantly, Passeri and colleagues hypothesized that "processing of atypical members, whose features are more weakly or remotely correlated with other category members and that are more distant from the category, specifically involves the RH" (p. 320). However, they did not manipulate either criteriality or feature correlation but adopted concept-related typicality ratings and production frequency. Moving from the Passeri et al.'s findings, future works should try to overcome this limitation by assessing the effect of these fine-grained measures, as well as that of concept familiarity, which is known to affect several semantic tasks –including categorization tasks (Glass and Meany, 1978)– and shares variance with typicality (Montefinese et al., 2013).

Another critical point concerns the authors' hypotheses about RH role in categorization. Indeed, it is unclear how they infer that rW-rTMS should cause a response times (RTs) slowdown in atypical concepts categorization (p. 320). Rather, as suggested by the literature cited (Harpaz et al., 2009), one could make different predictions. Indeed, Harpaz et al. (2009), which also aimed to verify the Beeman's theory (Jung-Beeman, 2005), found more accurate responses and higher sensitivity to subordinate meaning blocks following RH-rTMS in a semantic decision task. Thus, even if Passeri and colleagues derived the trial timeline and rTMS protocol from Harpaz et al. (2009), they found quite different results. Nonetheless, the interpretation provided by the authors for this apparent incongruence was not fully satisfactory. Indeed, by relying on the fact that Harpaz et al. used a block design, they called into question putative "expectation effects on the task that increased the accuracy but nullified difference in RTs" (p. 324). However, Harpaz et al. found hemisphere-dependent effects on accuracy/sensitivity, with a clear double dissociation of the rTMS effect, and thus it is unclear how the rTMS could have modulated an unspecific expectation effect in a hemisphere-dependent way. Furthermore, another rTMS study showed that, in a picture-word matching task, only lW-rTMS delayed participants' response times for artifactual compared to natural categories (Fuggetta et al., 2009).

More importantly, the conclusion drawn by the authors seems to be not supported by the presented results. Indeed, given their analytical approach (i.e., the use of four-way ANOVAs), to claim that the rTMS over rW selectively delayed responses to atypical member names, as compared to both typical and non-member names, the crucial TMS-Condition × Typicality × Membership interaction should have been significant, but this was not the case in both by-subjects and by-items full-factorial ANOVAs. Rather, this conclusion is only supported by a TMS-Condition × Typicality interaction. However, it makes little sense to speak about typicality for non-member names, as typicality is a category-specific measure. Consequently, the authors made "a statistical error that is common in the neuroscience literature" (Nieuwenhuis et al., 2011, p. 1105; see also Gelman and Stern, 2006). Indeed, albeit the crucial TMS-Condition × Typicality × Membership interaction was non-significant, and without further justifications, Passeri et al. inappropriately performed separate ANOVAs. More importantly, in doing so they eliminated the sham (control) condition without justifications. Therefore, the Passeri et al.'s results should be taken with cautious and interpreted in light of the fact that their TMS-dependent effects were not modulated by the exemplar membership and were not related to an appropriate control condition for non-specific TMS effects.

To resume, Passeri et al.'s study does not permit disentangling among competing SM theories for the lack of control over some semantic/lexical dimensions of conceptual representation (Montefinese and Vinson, 2015) and of a clear semantic theoretical framework, impeding to fully appreciate their innovative contribution. However, it represents a valuable step toward creating a bridge between semantic and language theories that could resolve some of the vexing issues in both domains (Vinson et al., 2014), stimulating further research in this direction.


In this modern era, implants have outmatched fixed and removable partial dentures for replacing missing teeth. Implants are now in currently use because of their long term survival rate. Still, problems exist with these implants as they lack periodontal ligament. Any inflammation around these implants may cause bone loss than does the inflammation around the natural tooth with periodontal ligament. This can be solved if implants with PDL (periodontal ligament) are developed and can be achieved by Ligaplants which are nothing but a combination of PDL cells with implant biomaterial. Hence this review article aimed to discuss the benefits of periodontiointegrated implants over osseointegrated implants.


Saha, Mukherjee, and Tripathi [1] present and analyze an ATM cell scheduling algorithm called carry-over round robin. Unfortunately, one of the basic lemmas in their paper, related to the performance of this algorithm, does not hold. This adversely affects the delay and fairness properties that they subsequently derive. To substantiate this, we briefly describe carry-over round robin and present a counterexample to the lemma. We end with some concluding remarks.


Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as one of the new hot topics in wireless communications. WMNs have been suggested for use in situations in which some or all of the users are mobile or are located in inaccessible environments. Unconstrained transmission in a WMN may lead to the time overlap of two or more packet receptions, called collisions or interferences, resulting in damaged useless packets at the destination. There are two types of collisions; primary collision, due to the transmission of the stations which can hear each other, and hidden terminal collision, when stations outside the hearing range of each other transmit to the same receiving stations. For a WMN, direct collisions can be minimized by short propagation and carrier sense times. Thus, in this paper we only consider hidden terminal collision while neglecting direct collisions. To reduce or eliminate hidden terminal collision, code division multiple access (CDMA) protocols have been introduced. The collision-free property is guaranteed by the use of spread spectrum communication techniques and the proper assignment of orthogonal codes. Such codes share the fixed channel capacity allocated to the network in the design stage. Thus, it is very important to minimize the number of codes while achieving a proper transmission quality level in CDMA WMNs. In this paper, an efficient heuristic code assignment algorithm for eliminating hidden terminal collision in CDMA WMNs with general topology.


Introduction: Two metrics are commonly used to quantify tumor-specific variants in cell-free DNA (cfDNA): the variant allele frequency (VAF), defined as the ratio of the number of variant alleles to wild-type alleles, and mean tumor molecules (MTM)/mL of plasma. The main difference between the two metrics is that molecular disease levels expressed in MTMs account for the total amount of cfDNA. Changes in cfDNA levels, which occur in response to cytotoxic therapies, surgery, and inflammation, have shown to impact the detection and quantification of tumor variants in plasma, leading to misinterpretation of the test results. Here we sought to explore the relationship between VAF and MTM and evaluate the performance of each metric in monitoring molecular residual disease. Methods: We have analyzed 6569 plasma samples from 3389 patients including patients with primary diagnosis of colorectal cancer (n = 2413), breast (n = 170), pancreatic (n = 132), esophageal (n = 86), lung (n = 60), liver (n = 54), other cancers (n = 474) across multiple settings. ctDNA was quantified using a personalized and tumor-informed (bespoke mPCR NGS) assay. We examined the correlation between MTM and VAF for all ctDNA positive plasma samples (n = 1970) from 1283 patients using log-log regression. For patients with longitudinal plasma time points, further analyses on dynamic changes in MTM and VAF was performed to assess the sample-level discrepancy between the two metrics. Furthermore, the absolute values and the dynamic changes in MTM and VAF levels were plotted and compared against clinical truth based on imaging results and patient outcomes. Results: Across all samples median cfDNA concentrations were 7.9 ng/mL (range: 1.3-381.6 ng/mL). Analysis of all ctDNA positive samples revealed a positive correlation between VAF and MTM, with R2 = 0.91 (slope: 0.86). From 3180 longitudinal plasma samples, we found 2.4% (76/3180) of samples, where changes relative to the previous time point were discordant between MTM and VAF. Interestingly, cfDNA concentrations in these samples were significantly altered. In general, cfDNA levels are representative of intrinsic cell turnover. While VAF is directly related to ctDNA, it is inversely related to cfDNA levels. Increased cfDNA levels were seen in the setting of active cytotoxic therapy, perioperatively, and in the setting of advanced disease, suggesting these settings may be prone for VAF to underestimate the true ctDNA burden. Here we provide evidence that failure of VAF to account for the dynamic changes in cfDNA concentration in plasma may result in misinterpretation of the patient9s disease burden. This suggests that in certain indications MTM would be more clinically relevant than VAF. Conclusion: Although both VAF and MTM are highly correlated, our analysis shows when cfDNA levels are significantly altered, MTM/mL provides a more accurate measure of molecular disease burden. Citation Format: Antony Tin, Vasily Aushev, Ekaterina Kalashnikova, Raheleh Salari, Svetalana Shchegrova, Gordon Fehringer, Meenakshi Malhotra, Harini Ravi, Himanshu Sethi, Maxim Brevnov, Bernhard Zimmermann, Angel Rodriguez, Paul R. Billings, Alexey Aleshin. Correlation of variant allele frequency and mean tumor molecules with tumor burden in patients with solid tumors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 569.


Video synthetic aperture radar (VideoSAR) possesses the capability of imaging and continuously monitoring the scenario from a wide-aspect interval for enhancing the performance of information interpretation. In this paper, we propose a complete imaging scheme to achieve the unified video coordinate system in high-resolution airborne VideoSAR configuration. Comprehensive postprocessing video imaging (PPVI) framework built on range Doppler algorithm and range migration algorithm is elaborated especially in terms of complex measured data, which is divided into three parts for ensuring the stability of video background: full-aperture imaging, 2-D autofocus technique, and Doppler spectrum segmentation. Experimental results utilizing the measured airborne data have demonstrated the effectiveness of PPVI scheme for sequential VideoSAR formation.


In the physical world a visible object has color and shape features synchronously. Numerous color harmony principles and measure models were presented on the basis of psychological experiments, typical color solids, Birkhoff's aesthetic measure, or information theory. However, none of them integrally took account of shape information in measuring color harmony. Based on Lewin's psychological field and general physical force field theory, this paper introduces a new concept called shape-color field to express the interactions between elements of an image. According to finite element analysis (FEA) theory, the harmony score of an image can be calculated with the pixel color and topology information in an image matrix on the basis of harmony model of two-color combinations. The color harmony measure model proposed in this paper was applied to a set of paintings, and the results were compared with previous researches.


In industries, whether large, small or medium, need video marketing as a marketing strategy in this 5.0 era. The video marketing strategy plays a very big role in efforts to reach potential customers and campaigns for a brand or brand that will have an impact on increasing product sales. PT Wahana Investasindo Salatiga is an industry engaged in the automotive sector with the Nissan Mobil brand. The sales agents who are members of the industry so far only carry out promotional activities and product sales using direct sales, canvassing and word of mouth methods. Therefore, this community service activity is intended to provide solutions in the form of training to create video marketing content to improve marketing so that it has an impact on increasing product sales. There are 10 training participants. The evaluation of this training is based on the understanding of the training participants in the given sessions and the video content that the participants have successfully created. In addition, a questionnaire was also given to be filled out by participants to assess the quality of the training at the end of the session.


Two reviews of a software program that allows users to display and construct ball-and-stick models of organic and inorganic molecules.


Modern U.S. banks engage into activities traditionally considered as non-core for the banking sector. Consistent with extant models of financial intermediation, which suggest banks diversify to lower risk and improve profitability, we document that banks with higher probability of financial distress and deadweight financial costs diversify more aggressively. Diversified banks appear to benefit from "coinsurance", are more profitable, less financially constrained, and supply more credit. However, diversification does not lead to real reductions in risk as its benefits are limited to "good" times. Diversified banks are more exposed to systematic risk and their lending is more sensitive to macroeconomic conditions. They are also more prone to correlation risk, the risk that diversification benefits provided by non-core activities may unexpectedly change especially when they are most needed. Our study contributes to the current debate on the optimal scope of bank activities, and highlights novel channels through which diversification impacts banks' credit supply and therefore the real economy.


Computational procedures for kinematic and dynamic analysis of three-dimensional multibody dynamic (MBD) systems are developed from the differential-algebraic equations (DAE's) viewpoint. Constraint violations during the time integration process are minimized and penalty constraint stabilization techniques and partitioning schemes are developed. The governing equations of motion, a two-stage staggered explicit-implicit numerical algorithm, are treated which takes advantage of a partitioned solution procedure. A robust and parallelizable integration algorithm is developed. This algorithm uses a two-stage staggered central difference algorithm to integrate the translational coordinates and the angular velocities. The angular orientations of bodies in MBD systems are then obtained by using an implicit algorithm via the kinematic relationship between Euler parameters and angular velocities. It is shown that the combination of the present solution procedures yields a computationally more accurate solution. To speed up the computational procedures, parallel implementation of the present constraint treatment techniques, the two-stage staggered explicit-implicit numerical algorithm was efficiently carried out. The DAE's and the constraint treatment techniques were transformed into arrowhead matrices to which Schur complement form was derived. By fully exploiting the sparse matrix structural analysis techniques, a parallel preconditioned conjugate gradient numerical algorithm is used to solve the systems equations written in Schur complement form. A software testbed was designed and implemented in both sequential and parallel computers. This testbed was used to demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of the constraint treatment techniques, the accuracy of the two-stage staggered explicit-implicit numerical algorithm, and the speed up of the Schur-complement-based parallel preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm on a parallel computer.


This article introduces the characteristics of the global herbicide market,new developed herbicides and some products suggested to development in China.


Evaluating the implications of an architecture design early in the software development cycle is important in order to reduce costs of development. Reliability is an important concern with regard to the correct delivery of software system service. Recently, the UML Profile for Modeling Quality of Service has defined a set of UML extensions to represent dependability concerns (including reliability) and other non-functional requirements in early stages of the software development life cycle. These extensions are not comprehensive enough to support reliability analysis for model-driven software engineering, because the description of reliability characteristics in the UML profile for QoS lacks support for certain dynamic aspects that are essential in modeling reliability. In this work, we define a profile for reliability analysis by extending the UML 2.0 specification to support reliability prediction based on scenario specifications. A UML model specified using the profile is translated to a labelled transition system (LTS) model, which is used for automated reliability prediction and identification of implied scenarios; the results of this analysis are then fed back to the UML model. The result is a comprehensive framework for addressing software reliability modeling, including analysis and evolution of reliability predictions. We exemplify our approach using the Boiler System used in previous work and demonstrating how reliability analysis results can be integrated into UML models.


Introduction: In minimal access surgery, the technique of first entry in the human body with the telescope and instruments is called the access technique. Laparoscopic access is of two types: closed and open access. 1,2 Here we are analyzing the merits and demerits of two entry techniques and the incidence of complications in both techniques. Comparison is between the blind technique by using the Veress needle and the undervision technique by using Visiport. Aim of study: To assess, evaluate, and compare the incidence of complications in blind and clear view access techniques in laparoscopic surgery. Materials and methods: A total of 150 cases of laparoscopic surgeries using the Veress needle and 150 cases of laparoscopic surgeries done by Visiport have been reported. (All laparoscopic surgeries were done in the General Surgery Department in Rashid Hospital from January 1, 2015 to December 12, 2015.) Result: In this study of comparison, both techniques were seen to have been associated with their own complications. But Visiport is a safe and faster method of creating pneumoperitoneum, though there was a statistically insignificant major vascular injury. It happened with an inexperienced surgeon. Conclusion: Visiport is a safe and faster method of creating pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic surgery.


In the process of fabric defect image classification based on dictionary learning, due to the com-plexity of the background structure of complex texture fabric image, the morphological diversity of defect information and the concealment of defect information, the fabric defect classification method based on dictionary learning cannot effectively extract the characteristics of fabric defects. In order to solve this problem, this paper proposes a category constrained dictionary learning classification method based on LDA (linear discriminant analysis) for the characteristics of fabric defects. Firstly, the sparse representation model is reconstructed. Based on the discrimination oriented dictionary learning advantage of suppressing intra class differences and inter class fuz-ziness, the sparse coefficients are linearly discriminated and constrained, and the effective information of fabric images is obtained and analyzed adaptively, so that the sparse coefficients of different fabric images in dictionary learning have better discrimination ability. A fabric dictionary with fabric discrimination characteristics is obtained. Then, the fabric dictionary is used to sparse representation of the test samples, and the reconstructed error vector is used to construct a clas-sifier for classification. Finally, the effectiveness of this method is verified on Alibaba cloud Tianchi fabric defect detection database, fabric data sets collected by real-time factories and a small number of defective fabric images collected by our research group. The experimental results on different fabric data sets show that the fabric feature dictionary extracted in this paper has better classification effect.


The economy of Vietnam in the first half of 2008 develops unstably,and the speed of economic development slows down.The whole economic situation of Vietnam works well,but some hidden dangers exist.Vietnam government has taken a series of countermeasures to solve the problems,such as the increasing inflation rate,great depreciation of Vietnam Dong,sharply down of the stock market,and the deterioration of trade deficit,and some good results have shown.The economic change of Vietnam brings great trade decline between Yunnan province and Vietnam.


The present research had like objective design a Marketing Plan to improve the positioning of the industry "San Luis Mill" located in the Cotopaxi Province – Saquisili Canton in the period 2015-2016", which was developed with the purpose of help to increase the sales level and the income that possess actually, for that reason this industry has the necessity to look for solutions to improve the situation in the future and guarantee the stay in the market, in other words the Marketing Plan is established like a possible solution that permits do an analysis of the actual situation of the industry in order to detect the lack and set up corrections taking advantage of the strengths and opportunities of the industrial's environment.


Several factors, including the number of milkers and desired milk quality, interact to determine parlor efficiency. One of the most important efficiency factors is maximizing total pounds of milk produced. The best method to evaluate this is to calculate milk production based as a per stall, per hour of operation number. This number can be calculated in any parlor or stall barn system, whether or not meters or milk-monitoring devices are installed. The information needed is the time in hours and tenths of an hour, the total amount of milk produced during the milking, and the number of units. The calculation is made by dividing the total milk produced by the number of milking units, and the resulting milk weight is then divided by the total time. On many dairies, total cows milked per day or per hour is commonly used as a proxy for pounds of milk output, but too often is used as the only measure. When cows are not prepped properly, throughput can increase even though less milk is produced! This is not the desired goal for any herd.


Diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems typically employ the traditional delay and sum (DAS) beamforming for image reconstruction because of its reduced complexity. But the limited contrast and resolution of DAS beamformed images makes it difficult for the detection of small lesions with a single non-steered plane wave insonification. To address these limitations, this paper demonstrates a novel beamforming technique named as beam multiply and sum (BMAS) for enhancement of contrast and lesion detectability with a non-steered plane wave insonification. The intensity linearity of BMAS is evaluated in-silico and the contrast is evaluated in-vitro and in-vivo. When compared to DAS, BMAS images for in-vitro datasets showed an improvement of 33%, 16.78% and 6.3% in lateral resolution, contrast ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio, respectively.


Chapter 1: Amphiphilic self-assembled systems as nanocarriers Nanocarriers are the nanometric size molecular assemblies that are used for the transport of small molecules into their non-solvating environments. These systems find major applications as drug delivery systems (DDS) in pharmacological research. These drug delivery systems improves solubility and stability of the drug molecules through encapsulation and also offer additional advantages like target specificity and stimuli responsive release of the drug molecules. Several types of DDS are reported in the literature, which can be prepared by a variety of processing techniques. Of these, molecular self-


This paper presents a novel architecture for enhancing the banking experience by combining microservices and a mobile application. The use of microservices provides scalability and flexibility in the development process, making it easier to add new features or modify existing ones. The results of the study shows that the proposed architecture is capable of handling high volume of transactions and requests while providing high quality of service. The mobile application provides a user-friendly interface for accessing financial information, and the use of microservices ensures efficient management of data and transactions. The architecture also has the potential to improve security through the use of security measures to protect sensitive data. As a future research direction, the proposed architecture can be evaluated in real-world settings and its security can be further tested. The field of technology in the banking sector is constantly evolving, and it is important to stay updated with new advancements that can potentially improve the proposed architecture.


In the last 7 months, COVID-19 has swept through the world. It is caused by SARSCoV2-virus, a member of coronaviridae that includes MERS-CoV2 which is responsible for severe respiratory illness and causes acute respiratory distress syndrome [1]. Many patients infected with COVID-19 develop a hyper inflammatory response due to cytokine storm syndrome which associates with high mortality [2]. Recent emerging reports show that coronavirus disease 2019 can serve as a trigger for autoimmunity and lead to autoimmune and auto inflammatory disease [3]. It has also been stated that several patients have developed lung fibrosis following SARSCoV2 infection, due to autopsy reports [4].


The invention relates to a preparation method of hydroxyfluorosilicone oil. The preparation method comprises the following steps of 1, a ring-opening condensation reaction process comprising that trifluoropropylmethylcyclotrisiloxane, water and tetrahydrofuran undergo a ring-opening condensation reaction in the presence of emathlite and hydrochloric acid as double catalysts with stirring; after the ring-opening condensation reaction is finished, the stirring process is stopped; the tetrahydrofuran in the reaction solution is removed; and a standing process is carried out for layering so that a water layer and an oil layer are obtained; 2, a separation and washing process comprising that the water layer and the oil layer are separated; the oil layer is filtered so that the emathlite is removed; and then the oil layer is washed until a pH value is 7; and 3, a purification process comprising that water in the oil layer subjected to washing is removed so that the hydroxyfluorosilicone oil is obtained. Compared with the prior art, the preparation method has the advantages that reaction conditions are mild; heating or cooling processes are avoided in a reaction; reaction time is short; and the hydroxyfluorosilicone oil obtained by the preparation method has stable viscosity which is not changed in three months.


Substance use disorders are frequently comorbid with anxiety disorders, which can be explained by the self-medication model.1 The self-medication model, and the substance-induced model 1. General population epidemiological studies provide strong evidence of the frequency of the association for the most used substances: tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and to a lesser extent sedatives, opiates, and cocaine. For substances that are less commonly used in the general population, the frequency of the co-occurrence can more precisely be studied in clinical samples. We provide the most recent literature results on the association of SUDs and anxiety, and evidence for one explicative model or the other when available. For substances with sedative properties (alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opioids The treatment modalities for anxiety disorders include psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, with a better evidence for the combination treatment.2 Though the mainstay of pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders involve monoaminergic psychotropics, anxiolytics such as beta-blockers and benzodiazepines are also prescribed and procured over the counter (OTC). respectively.3 There is a dearth of evidence regarding the abuse of beta-blockers and its consequences, probably because they are not considered as drugs with abuse potential. Hence, we report a case of propranolol abuse in a patient with generalized anxiety disorder.


Self-consistent calculations of the energy bandstructure of LaB6, which has attracted interest as an electron beam source, are carried out using the usual nonrelativistic, symmetrized APW method. A one-electron potential is constructed on the basis of the X alpha method. The calculation is repeated for two special values of the exchange parameter, i.e. alpha =1.0 and 2/3. The two calculated bandstructures do not differ significantly in their essential features. They are characterized by wide B sp bands and La sd bands. The La d bands appear near the Fermi energy, EF, and a strong hybridization of the La d and B sp bands occurs. The strong hybridization causes a large wavevector dependence of the d bands, and EF cuts one such d band. These results account well for various small effective masses observed in LaB6. The calculated density of states for the valence bands agrees well with a recent X-ray photoemission measurement.


We propose a classification algorithm that extends linear classifiers for binary classification problems by looking for possible later splits to deal with remote clusters. These additional splits are searched for in directions given by several eigen transformations. The resulting structure is a tree that possesses unique properties that allow, during the construction of the classifier, the use of criteria that are more directly related to classification power than is the case with traditional classification trees. We show that the algorithm produces classifiers equivalent to linear classifiers where these latter are optimal, and otherwise offer higher flexibility while being more robust than traditional classification trees. It is shown how the classification algorithm can outperform traditional classification algorithms on a real life example. The new classifiers retain the level of interpretability of linear classifiers and traditional classification trees unavailable with more complex classifiers. Additionally, they not only allow to easily identify the main properties of the separate classes, but also to identify properties of potential subclasses.


We study the superconducting transition in a two-dimensional electron gas with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We assume low electron density, such that only the majority spin band participates in the transition. We show that the superconducting transition follows either the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), or the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) scenarios, depending on the position of the chemical potential with respect to the bottom of the majority band, and the strength of the Coulomb repulsion between electrons. Hence, the BEC-BCS crossover in this system can be driven either by the change in the chemical potential, or the distance to a gate.


In the system of communication of road signs and signals with Vehicles, RF transmitter and microcontroller, which are placed into road signs and signals, produce and send radio waves to receiver and microcontroller which are placed into vehicles. Then vehicles receive the information coming from road signs and signals. In this study, communication is provided between road signals and vehicles with the help of transmitter and receiver at a certain distance. The inputs coming from road signals are being monitored by means of a screen in the vehicle in suitable format.


Overloaded vehicle is a challenging issue in public transport systems and is one of the major causes of road accidents. Vehicle which carry heavy load pose threat to human life expectancy and also cause excessive wear and damage to road, bridges, pavements and make the vehicle less stable. According to Motor Vehicle's Act, overloading vehicle is an illegal offence which carries with fine and prison sentence. Even then, our community is least bothered about the same. Hence the need to address this problem is relevant in the present scenario. The large volume of vehicle on roads has been a challenge to authorities and manually monitoring them is practically not possible. There arises the need for an entirely automated surveillance system. In Intelligent transportation systems, automated vehicle detection plays an important role in detecting overloaded vehicle, identifying abnormal or suspicious behavior of vehicle, traffic congestion, and counting the number of vehicles for traffic analysis and security. Video surveillance technologies are being improved to provide information about vehicle velocity, traffic counting, presence detection, headway measurement, vehicle classification and weigh-in-motion data. Surveillance systems also help in extracting information about the vehicle such as vehicle body type, tire size and trajectory dynamically. Many researchers have contributed towards the automatic detection of overloaded vehicle. This paper reviews various techniques to detect overloaded vehicle in video surveillance systems.


According to the growth characteristics of algae and based on the non-autonomous growth model with saturated reaction increasing rate, this paper constructs the impulsive control model of cyanobacteria using the method of separately impulsive spraying,and then transforms the model into the impulsive differential system.Furthermore,this paper presents the method of determining the maximum pulse period of the system,and makes use of the numerical simulations to illustrate how to select the algaecide and the times of impulsive spraying in a finite time for controlling the density of the cyanobacteria population to be lower than the economic threshold.


There are several advantages to the simple addition of a French eye to the ordinary Jamison muscle hook for use in retinal surgery.