Background and Aims: Preeclampsia is one of the causes of maternal mortality whose leading cause is still unknown. This study was conducted to investigate the relation between blood group and pre-eclampsia in primipara women. Materials and Methods : This case-control study was performed on 100 pirmipara women in Gonabad city. The samples were assigned, by census, sampling method, into two groups of case (with pre-eclampsia) and control (without pre-eclampsia). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square through SPSS software version 16. Results and Conclusions: The incidence of preeclampsia in the blood group of A, B, AB, and O were 36%, 34%, 22%, and 8%, respectively. Also, there was a significant difference between blood group O and blood group non-O to preeclampsia (p<0.001). The findings showed that the women with A and B blood types require special care with an emphasis on controlling and preventing the factors which cause hypertension/preeclampsia during pregnancy.


The authors have derived new laws and correlation dependences for change in the deformation and strength characteristics of specimens made of artificial heterogeneous geomaterials with preset parameters of two-component structure of 2 types (mineral particles + binder with varied ratio of ultimate strengths) and assessed influence of loading type at the following temperatures: -20, 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 90, 95, 100, 105, 120 °C.


[Problem] To provide a tool which will assist when a forwarder is relatively positioned so that it is at an optimum for loading work by a loading machine position and direction. [Solution] To a dump truck (2) quickly and smoothly to move to a position where the target load shall be performed with respect to a mining machine (1), the dump truck (2) is placed on a charging-target position relative to the mining machine (1), a current position of GPS satellites (30) of a GPS receiver (32) of the dump truck (2) detects the position and direction of the geographical position as a target position image (P1) to the mining machine (1) is sent, the target position image (P1) and a leading to the location Driving directions (R) in a display (36) of the dump truck (2) are displayed when the dump truck (2) then drives up to the position, and drives the dump truck (2) then the position zoom, and the dump truck (2) is operated so that an image of the current position (P2) along the access route (R) to the target position image (P1) moves, so that the dump truck (2) on the charge -Zielpositions image, which has been set, is placed.


Many practitioners in the field of learning disabilities use training programs designed to improve the general language abilities in children. Two of the more frequently used language programs are the MWM Program for Developing Language Abilities and the GOAL Program: Language Development. This study assesses the effectiveness of the MWM and GOAL programs on the linguistic skills of high-risk kindergarten children. The article underscores the importance of distinguishing between general and specific language abilities when determining the effectiveness of a language training program.


Beijiao Sag lies in the deepwater of Qiongdongnan Basin.It is surrounded by some uplifts and deserves researching in order to find a new exploration area.Using comparative analysis method,by dissecting Yacheng Formation in Yabei Sag carefully,we can know sedimentation and source rock characteristics of Yacheng Formation in Beijiao Sag.Combined with drilling wells′ geochemical index,geothermal characteristics,reservoir-caprock assemblage,we evaluated the exploration potential of Beijiao Sag and obtained the following conclusions.During rifting stage,Beijiao Sag was a half graben.The sub-sag of Yacheng Formation has an area of 1 400km2 and maximum thickness of 2 150m.Compared to the Yacheng Formation of the Yabei Sag,it has similar ancient landform,seismic reflection and sedimentation characteristics.The deposition environment belongs to marine-terrestrial transitional lagoon-tidal flat facies.Coal measure from tidal flat is the dominant source rock,and the lagoon mudstone is important source rock as well.Drilling wells have proved Beijiao Sag can form highly mature coal-derived gas and there are many sets of reservoir-caprock assemblages around the sag.This sag has good exploration potential.


Background: The association of diabetes mellitus and the lung tuberculosis (TBP) has been known for more than 2000 years, tuberculosis incidence in diabetic patients is reported of 1.6-2.8%; this illness is ten times more common in diabetic patients. In diabetes mellitus immunologic system is one of the most affected ones. The function of the lymphocytes T can be determined by means of the cutaneous test of slowed hypersensitivity using different antigens in front of those most of people are sensitized, one of these is PPD, which probably shows a smaller reactivity to the same one for smaller immunologic capacity when evolving the diabetes mellitus. Objectives: To know the response to purified protein derivative in diabetic patients second to the time of diagnosis, and to identify if according to the time of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus there is a lesser reactivity to intradermorea ction. Material and methods: 140 patients were evaluated, who were applied in the forearm 0.1 mL of PPD (5 UT) marking the place of the intradermoreaccion, and carrying out reading at the 72 h and 96 h of the application with a rule graduated in mm. Results: In the 140 diabetic patients the mean age was of 52.7 years and in control group it was of 48.5 years. The general mean of reaction to the PPD in diabetes patients was of 6.6 (IC = 5.4-7.7) and for the controls 11.92 (IC = 10.5-13.3). The T student 5.84 (p = <0.05). Conclusions: A frank decrease was observed from the reactivity to the PPD in diabetic patients according to time of evolution of the illness, indicating that a gradual deterioration exists in the immunologic response of cellular type. When being applied this cutaneous test in all the diabetic patients it is possible to detect the beginning of the immunologic deterioration.


We review how advances in computational techniques are improving our understanding of the biomechanical behavior of the healthy and diseased cardiovascular system. Numerical modeling of biomechanics is being used in a wide variety of ways, including assessment of effects of mural and hemodynamically induced stresses on atherogenesis, development of risk measures for aneurysm rupture, improvement in interpretation of medical images, and quantification of oxygen transport in diseased and healthy arteries. Although not amenable to routine clinical use, numerical modeling of cardiovascular biomechanics is a powerful research tool.


OBJECTIVE:
Evaluate the predictors of hematoma expansion(HE) and in-hospital mortality in warfarin-related intracerebral hemorrhage(wr-ICH), and their relationship to INR reversal.
 BACKGROUND:
Wr-ICH is a devastating disease with case-fatality of 55[percnt]. Therapy entails INR reversal, however whether this improves outcomes is not well established.
 DESIGN/METHODS:
Consecutive cases of ICH admitted between 11/2008-04/2014,(n=287) were reviewed for patients with wr-ICH and INR values >1.4. HE was defined as more than 6ml or 33[percnt] growth between baseline and follow-up CT scans. We compared baseline characteristics and time-to-INR reversal between patients with HE, as well as in-hospital mortality, and those without.
 RESULTS:
In 37 patients with wr-ICH, median baseline ICH volume was 21ml and median time from CT to INR reversal was 471 minutes. Patients with larger ICH volumes had shorter time-to-INR reversal (Spearman's correlation coefficient: -0.46,p<0.01), higher NIHSS (0.56,p=0.001) and lower Glasgow coma scale(GCS, -0.42,p=0.02). HE and in-hospital mortality occurred in 65[percnt] and 30[percnt] of cases. In comparison to patients without HE, those with HE had overrepresentation of lobar ICH (59[percnt] vs. 11[percnt],p=0.04) and in-hospital mortality (41[percnt] vs. 0[percnt],p=0.06), and underrepresentation of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH, 30[percnt] vs. 86[percnt],p=0.05). Patients with in-hospital mortality had higher baseline ICH volumes (median: 61 ml vs. 19 ml,p=0.10), lower GCS (median: 11 vs. 14,p=0.08), and less LVH (0[percnt] vs. 62[percnt],p=0.06). The improved outcomes observed with LVH were not explained by medication use, hematoma volume or ICH topography. When analyzing patients with baseline volumes <30ml, in-hospital mortality was associated with higher time-to-INR reversal (median: 826 vs. 535 minutes,p=0.07).
 CONCLUSIONS:
Our results suggest that patients with larger wr-ICH volumes receive more urgent INR reversal, whereas it is those with smaller volumes that are most likely to benefit. LVH may be protective against HE possibly via accompanying cerebral vascular changes that are resistant to hematoma expansive forces.
 Study Supported by:
None Disclosure: Dr. Patel has nothing to disclose. Dr. Masoud has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lau has nothing to disclose. Dr. Romero has nothing to disclose. Dr. Babikian has nothing to disclose. Dr. Burns has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kase has nothing to disclose. Dr. Shoamanesh has nothing to disclose.


Magnesium ethoxide complex Mg(OEt)_2-x(acac)_x was synthesized by means of the electrochemical method. Its ethanol solution was hydrolyzed to give nano-sized xerogel Mg(OEt)_2-x-y(OH)_y(acac)_x. The latter was then heated at 500 ℃ for 2 h to give nano-sized MgO powder. The precursor, xerogel and MgO powder were characterized by FT-IR, TG-DTA, XRD and TEM. The precursor and xerogel contain acac - group. The latter should be calcinated beween 470~500 ℃. The MgO powder is of mono disperse structure with the size of 15~20 nm.


Real-time monitoring of pavement conditions is beneficial not only to more accurate predictions of airport pavement performance but also to more efficient pavement management activities. Although wireless-based sensing system have shown some advantages compared to wired sensing system, there are just few studies that describe instrumenting wireless sensors in the field for pavement condition monitoring. To bridge this gap, this paper presents case studies describing use of advanced wireless sensing system for airport pavement conditions monitoring at three test sites: the Des Moines International Airport (DSM), the Ohio State University (OSU) Airport, and the Texas A&M University (TAMU) Airport. The wireless sensors communicate through a gateway to collect sensor data and then upload it to the cloud. The wireless sensor instrumentation strategy and design plans, based on the field instrumentation experience, are summarized. The key requirements and potential restrictions for implementing wireless sensing systems in airfield pavement are also discussed.


In this paper, we introduce technology for MPEG-2 video (video data compressed with MPEG-2 method) communication over ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network, and describe issues for the communication and summary of ATM interface board developed for MPEG-2 Codec VisuaLink7000EX. We have developed two kinds of ATM interface boards; one is 150 M ATM board that can be applied to SDH STM-1 UNI interface, and the other is 6 M ATM board that can be applied to UNI interface for NTT 6 M Cell Relay service network. In the case of 150 M ATM, we have realized absorption of CDV (Cell Delay Variation) ranging from 0 to 20 ms by using NEC DSP. In addition, by implementation of adaptive clock recovery, we have achieved recovery of TS (Transport Stream) service clock that did not depend on network clock. Finally, using the newly developed ATM interface boards, we have confirmed the mutual connectivity (interconnectivity) of the VisuaLink7000EX to the other MPEG-2 terminals.


In this paper,steady-state temperature field and heat flux field of block are obtained through heat transfer simulation of concrete block filling with compressed blocks of straw with numerical calculation method and the average thermal conductivity coefficient is calculated.Comparing with the experimental test results,the difference between the simulation value and the experimental value is only 5.6%.The simulation result shows that the thermal bridge of the block ribbing parts is an important factor in the impact of thermal insulation and a suggestion to improve the block's heat preservation performance is put forward.


This article studies the possibility of reducing the high initial moisture content of wet rough rice using a small-scale low-cost pneumatic conveying dryer as a first stage dryer. The parameters investigated are final moisture content, surface temperature of rough rice, head rice yield, drying rate, power consumption per unit mass of evaporated water, and physical characteristics of rice. Parametric effects of the following variables are examined: velocity of drying air from 20 to 30 m/s, feed rate of rough rice from 150 to 350 kg/h, initial moisture content from 22 to 26% (wet basis), and drying air temperature from 35 to 70°C. From the experimental results, it is found that this drying method can be used for fresh rough rice with an initial moisture content of over 24% (wet basis). The drying process is able to lead to very rapid drying without any grain quality problems such as cracks in the rice kernel. The moisture content can be reduced to approximately 18% (wet basis) or about 5–6% of the initial moisture content within 3–4 s. The optimal drying air temperature is in the range of 50 to 60°C. A comparison of pneumatic conveying drying data obtained from the present study with fluidized bed drying data reported in the open literature is also discussed.


This paper describes the design and the error evaluation of a low-cost vibration monitoring instrument based on the MEMS acceleration sensor, which can be applied to various applications for the building structure monitoring. The developed instrument can be utilized to monitor five measuring points simultaneously and remotely on twisted pair conductors up to 100 meters. The design focuses strongly on the instrument mobility, easy to install on the measuring site, real-time processing, and accuracy. The current-loop technique is used in the design of the signal conditioner to enhance the ability of data transmission in a longer distance without noise. The instrument is intended to use with the frequency up to 20 Hz. The sensitivity of the sensor head and monitoring station were calibrated with the standard shaker. The calibration method conforms to ISO16063-21. The accuracy of the overall instrument is at ±0.3 m/s2 at the frequency range of 1 Hz to 20 Hz.


Title Turnover intention in new graduate nurses: a multivariate analysis Aim This paper is a report of a study to determine the relationship of new nurse turnover intent with individual characteristics, work environment variables and organizational factors and to compare new nurse turnover with actual turnover in the 18 months of employment following completion of a residency. Background Because of their influence on patient safety and health outcomes nurse turnover and turnover intent have received considerable attention worldwide. When nurse staffing is inadequate, especially during nursing shortages, unfavourable clinical outcomes have been documented. Method Prospective data collection took place from 1999 to 2006 with 889 new paediatric nurses who completed the same residency. Scores on study instruments were related to likelihood of turnover intent using logistic regression analysis models. Relationships between turnover intent and actual turnover were compared using Kaplan–Meier survivorship. Results The final model demonstrated that older respondents were more likely to have turnover intent if they did not get their ward choice. Also higher scores on work environment and organizational characteristics contributed to likelihood that the new nurse would not be in the turnover intent group. These factors distinguish a new nurse with turnover intent from one without 79% of the time. Increased seeking of social support was related to turnover intent and older new graduates were more likely to be in the turnover intent group if they did not get their ward choice. Conclusion When new graduate nurses are satisfied with their jobs and pay and feel committed to the organization, the odds against turnover intent decrease. What is already known about this topic There is concern in many countries about nurse turnover and the resulting effects on patient safety and quality of care. Decreasing ability to recruit experienced nurses has increased the emphasis on recruitment of new graduate nurses, particularly in the United States of America. Historically, new graduate nurses have a high turnover rate within the first year of employment. What this paper adds When new graduate nurses are satisfied with their jobs and pay and feel committed to the organization, the odds of turnover intent decrease. Increased seeking social support to cope with the transition from student to competent Registered Nurse is related to turnover intent. Older graduates (>30) are 4·5 times more likely to have turnover intent if they do not get their ward of choice.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it reviews the background to, and development of the special issue call for papers on the topic of "Visual arts marketing in East Asia"; second, it introduces the four papers and commentary in the issue; and third, it considers some of the key areas with a rich potential for future directions of research.

Design/methodology/approach
The papers in this special issue comprise of both qualitative (e.g. interviews, observation, case studies) and quantitative (surveys) as well as conceptual issues for policy and artists. Moreover, the articles are interdisciplinary, drawing from art history, cultural studies, philosophy and international relations as well as marketing.

Findings
Findings and insights relate to topics such as the structure of the visual arts markets of East Asia, political influences on these arts markets, alternative spaces such as art festivals, ambiance and audience experience in museums and new media initiatives.

Research limitations/implications
The authors believe that all of the papers have implications for future thinking, research, scholarship and practice in the area of arts marketing, particularly for scholars, cultural institutions and artists working in Asia.

Originality/value
As far as the editors are aware, this is the first ever journal special issue on arts marketing in East Asia. In particular, the authors offer some new ideas in thinking about visual arts marketing in Asia as part of this editorial essay, particularly in considering the difficulties for both artists, arts organisations and academics in creating from the "periphery".


In domains that deal with physical space and geometry, programmers need to track the coordinate systems that underpin a computation. We identify a class of geometry bugs that arise from confusing w...


A new 7,8-secolignan, as well as seven known compounds; were isolated from Nectandra turbacensis (Kunth) Nees (Lauraceae) (leaves and root bark). These compounds were identified as, one secolignan, turbacenlignan A (1); four diaryldimethylbutane lignans: meso-monomethyl dihydroguaiaretic acid (2), threo-dihydroguaiaretic acid (3), schineolignin B (4), and austrobailignan-5 (5); and three 7,7'-epoxylignans: henricine (6) and the identifiable mixture of veraguensin (7) and galgravin (8). Compounds 1-8, were first isolated from Nectandra turbacensis (Kunth) Nees (Lauraceae) (leaves and root bark) and compounds 1, 6-8, were isolated for the first time from Nectandra genus.


A test has been devised whereby explosives can be graded visually according to their relative merit for blasting under high water pressures. Representative explosives for seismic prospecting are compared and analyzed by means of this test. One of the newest developments in explosives for deep‐hole shooting is described, and its superiority for this work is clearly demonstrated.


The results are given of an experimental study of changes in the shape of the surface and value of the refractive index of glass as a result of action of continuous CO2 laser radiation. The nature of these changes is such that a plane-parallel plate acquires the properties of a lens. The optical characteristics of lenses induced in this way are considered.


This report is the result of the author spending three months as a visiting scholar at Nanjing Arts Institute in the People's Republic of China. The first section was published in the Art Libraries Journal vol. 25 no. 4 2000 and gave general background information about a number of art libraries in China, their collections, and the resources available for acquisitions and staffing. In this concluding part the author documents the cataloguing and classification systems being used by the same libraries, their computer applications and networking, the public services they offer, and their physical layout.


The traumatic event has this peculiar faculty to activate a strong memory experience. The people can exactly know what they did a day when a terror attack happened. There is a collective memory pro ...


Several studies have shown that mitral valve replacement with total chordal preservation (MVR-TCP) improves left ventricular function when compared with total chordal transection. Few clinical studies, however, have compared this technique to that involving only posterior chordal preservation (MVR-PCP). This study was intended to cover this aspect. A total of 36 consecutive patients with chronic rheumatic mitral incompetence were operated upon by one surgeon and benefited from MVR-TCP (group I). During the same period and along similar selection criteria. 60 patients underwent MVR-PCP (group 11) in our department. With the exception of a statistically significant higher preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) percentage and lower fractional shortening (LVFS) percentage in group 11 patients; both groups were comparable as regarding age, sex distribution New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class (FC). preoperative left atrial diameter (LAD), left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD), left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESD) as well as aortic crossclamp and cardiopulmonary bypass times. The means of the differences, between the preand postoperative values of NYHA FC and echocardiographic data were compared between both groups. As compared with group 11. group I patients showed lower: hospital mortality rate (0 versus 8.3%: P > 0.0s): need for positive inotropic support (1 1 .I versus 20.8%; p > 0.05) and total ICU stay (2.9 f 0.17 Versus 2.2 f 0.13 days: P < 0.01). In addition, group 1 patients showed a better NYHA FC improvement (-2.08 f 0. IS versus 1.93 rt 0.1 1 ; p > 0.05) as well as a statistically significant (P < 0.00001) higher decrease in the LAD (-18.19 f 0.97 versus I i .S9 f 0.58 mm), LVEDD (14.44 f 0.91 versus -6.17 f 0.05 rnm). LVESD (-6.1 7 f 0.77 versus -3.23 k 0.01 mm), LVFS percentage (-0.06 f 0.01 versus -0.01 f 0.001%) and a higher increase in the LVEF percentage (8.1 f 0.9 versus 1.48 f 0.02%). The smaller mean diameter of the implanted St Jude prosthesis, in group I patients (26.77 f 0.22 versus 27.43 f 0.21 mm: P = 0.046). was neither associated with the use of a smaller prosthesis than that predicted for the patient size nor a significantly higher mean transprosthetic pressure gradient. These data suggest that in rheumatic patients with chronic mitral incompetence, MVR-TCP is always feasible: it is associated with lower hospltal mortality and morbidity rates and better preservation of the postoperative left ventricular systolic functions when compared with MVR-PCP. 01998 The International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. o 1998 The lnternational Society of Cardiovascular Surgey. Published by Elsevier Science ~ t d . All rights reserved


The utility model relates to a numerical-control machine tool, in particular to a numerical-control vertical combined gantry machine tool. The utility model mainly solves the problems existing in the prior art that devices such as a milling and boring head and a grinding head arranged on the transverse beam of the machine tool cannot be fed precisely up and down and the structure of the machine tool cannot satisfy the high-efficiency precise machining need. The numerical-control vertical combined gantry machine tool comprises a base (1), a workbench (2) and stand columns (3), and is characterized in that the stand columns (3) are movably connected with a combined transverse beam (4) through stand column guide rails or are fixedly connected with the combined transverse beam (4) through fastening pieces, the combined transverse beam (4) is movably connected with more than two sliding saddles (503) through transverse beam guide rails or is fixedly connected with more than two sliding saddles (503) through fastening pieces, and the sliding saddles are movably connected with a main shaft device (5) through ram guide rails; and screw driving devices are arranged on the base, the stand columns, the combined transverse beam and the main shaft device and are connected with an electrical numerical-control device.


ABSTRACTION This study aims to review of legislation governing the time limit for filing the petition cassation an learn about the process and procedures for revocation request in the resolution of civil cases Cassation. As is well known, if the parties are litigating civil felt  dissatisfied with a decision of the High Court does not accept the ruling, then he can apply Cassation, the Supreme Court as stipulated in Law no.4 of 2004 on the Supreme Court. As for the right to nominate Cassation is the litigants themselves, because it was he who acts as the material, which is directly involved in the conflict were sued. The results showed that when the cassation has exceeded the time limit of 14 days, then it can not be accepted back, while the day in requestion, including weekdays and does not include holiday or official grand and revocation of cassation by the applicant, in principle, allowed for his case yet decided by the Supreme Court, in case of revocation of the applicant's appeal of his case in the Supreme Court examination not be performed or stopped. However, if only one party who revoke cassation, where as the other parties who filed an appeal does not withdraw the application, then the examination of the case on appleal is still being done. In this case the lifting of cassation should be set firmly and clearly and clearly in the National Civil Procedures Law to come, so it does not harm either party


In Sheridan County we have a leafy spurge fieldman and when I first met him several years ago, he was taking me around and showing me some spurge. One day we were out by his place and we stopped in. He was showing me some weeds he had and his horse, now Chuck was quite a cowboy and roper, and he explained to me that "Bob, when I retire, me and that horse are gonna grow old together". Well I thought that was pretty nice.


Since the end of World War II, Great Britain has provided a happy hunting ground for students of politics, whose chief prey has been the British Labour movement. Perhaps it is because some considered the Labour Government of 1945–51 to be an "experiment," and experiments of any sort ought to be watched closely. Or it may be that here was a party with a mass backing which, at the same time, had a corpus of theory which it professed to be implementing; hence the consistency between the words of the ideologues and the actions of the politicians could be measured. Yet for all the consideration of Socialist theory, Labour ideology, and Transport House practice, scholars have tended to neglect the psychological and metaphysical bases of the movement's approach to politics. An examination of the presuppositions regarding the nature of man is vital to the understanding of any political theory—or, for that matter, any practical program of action. While studies of nationalized industries, foreign policy, the bureaucracy, and the internecine warfare of party factions are desirable and of interest, if we are to put our observations in philosophical perspective we must base our investigation of British Socialism and the British Labour movement on its views of human nature.


Objective: the aim of this work was to evaluate
possible anti-diabetic effects of drinking sulphurous
water on rats.
Materials and Methods: rats were separated in
control group, sulphurous water group, alloxan-induced
diabetes mellitus with or without sulphorous water
drinking. Glycemia and blood superoxide dismutase
(SOD) values were determined.
Results: alloxan-induced diabetic rats had increased
glycemic values and massive oxidative stress
evidenced by decreased SOD values. Sulphurous water
drinking reversed the diabetic effects of alloxan.
Conclusion: sulphurous water reversed the hyperglycemic
state of rats and improved SOD synthesis, offering
beneficial effects for diabetics.


One of the most important assets of the organizations is human resources, one of the factors that is important to personnel today, is organizational justice. Most direct relationship in the hypotheses test of this study, related to procedural justice and then interactional and finally distributive justice which suggests that personnel consider greater importance to the accurate implementation procedures and processes and correct division of tasks and responsibilities and also interactions and exchanges full of reverence and respect to personnel. Also the highest intensity of the relationship related to the relationship between distributive justice and the administrative health human resources improvement subsystem which shows the more effect of distributive justice to motivate the personnel to learn efficiently.


Abstract : An advanced evaluation of the various solution algorithms available in the 1977 ADINA was made. The main objective of the evaluation work is to assess the inherent characteristics of the nonlinear static, dynamic and eigenvalue solution branches of the program. Several benchmark problems were run to establish the numerical characteristics of the solution algorithms adopted by ADINA. (Author)


utritional considerations form an integral part n the care of a patient with kidney disease ecause of the kidney's central role in dietary etabolism. Not only can dietary manipulations meliorate the signs and symptoms of kidney isease, but they also form an important adjunct f therapy regardless of the degree of decrease in idney function. Whether the patient has chronic idney disease (CKD) not yet requiring dialysis herapy, is undergoing renal replacement therapy, r has received a kidney transplant, timely and ppropriate nutritional intervention can optimize atient care and outcomes. Last, nutritional markrs, such as serum albumin, are highly predictive f morbidity and mortality and further emphaize the importance of nutritional concerns in the anagement of patients with kidney disease.


For many decades, the importance of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (mHE) has been a source of controversy within the hepatologic community. Two questions have been discussed intensively: 1) Does mHE impair our patients lives? 2) If it does, how can mHE be truly diagnosed ? Evidence has been gathered to answer the first question. The majority of physicians caring for cirrhotic patients believes that mHE impairs a patient's daily life and should be treated. As a result, the term "minimal HE" was recommended instead of the formerly used "latent" or "subclinical" HE.1 The acceptance of mHE is based on clinical experience and scientific data: There is some evidence—although not undisputed—that patients with mHE are unfit to drive a car.2-4 In addition, it has been shown that blue-collar workers suffering from cirrhosis and mHE are unlikely to earn their wages; skills needed for their professions, such as fine-motor performance or motor speed, are impaired in mHE.5 Moreover, it has been shown that mHE impairs the patient's quality of life,6 that it predicts the occurrence of overt HE,7 and that it can be successfully treated.8 Finally, positron emission tomographic studies have shown that even in this early stage of HE, there is a significant decrease of the glucose utilization of various cortical regions that correlate with the patient's cognitive function.9 The answer to the second question, how to diagnose mHE, remains controversial. The diagnosis of mHE is made in cirrhotic patients who do not demonstrate clinically overt symptoms of HE, but present with abnormal neuropsychologic and/or neurophysiologic findings indicative of cerebral dysfunction. During the last 30 years, numerous studies have been performed aimed at the neuropsychologic characterization of mHE.10 These studies delineated a precise profile of the cognitive deficits characterized by psychomotor slowing and deficits in attention, visual perception, and visuo-constructive abilities. They also unequivocally proved that mHE cannot be reliably diagnosed by the application of one single psychometric test. Because of methodologic shortcomings—such as deficits in the validation of the tests applied, neglect of confounding factors in the evaluation of the test results, or the comparison of patient data to small, unrepresentative control groups—most of the test batteries used in the past did not receive widespread acceptance as a "gold standard" for the diagnosis of mHE. In addition, intrinsic features of psychometric test results like age dependence, education, or training effects have raised questions as to the diagnostic utility of psychometric measures, although it is well known that these factors can be controlled through professional expertise and parallel test versions. Neurophysiologic measures like visual and automatic electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis, checkerboard and flash visualevoked potentials (VEP), brainstem auditory-evoked potentials, somatosensory-evoked potentials, the P300 wave in acoustic and visual paradigms, and even magnetic resonance spectroscopy have been used to assess mHE.11-13 They are thought to provide more objective results than psychometric measures. Indeed, the EEG or VEP latency can be easily and reliably examined, whereas they do not depend on age or education and do not reveal any learning effects in repetitive studies; however, they exhibit less diagnostic sensitivity than adequate psychometric measures.12,14 The use of more sophisticated measures like the P300-latency, the most sensitive neurophysiologic parameter for the diagnosis of HE, remains limited because of the requirements for special equipment and the need to elaborate normal data in each lab.12,14,15 In this issue of HEPATOLOGY, Kircheis et al. present a study on the use of critical flicker frequency (CFF) analysis for the diagnosis of mHE. CFF analysis has been extensively used by neuropsychologists to study disturbances of vigilance.16 The study presented by Kircheis et al. was carefully planned and executed, using data on the interand intraindividual variability of CFF, interobserver variability, and influence of day-time on CFF results. Considering the data of the control group and the patients with grade I HE, the authors defined a cut-off between normal and pathologic CFF of 39 Hz. Using this cut-off, 30% of the patients without clinical signs of HE (15 of 50) were classified as mHE patients. This closely corresponds to the results of more recent neuropsychologic studies using well-standardized psychometric measures.10,17,18 In longitudinal studies, Kircheis et al. were able to demonstrate that CFF covariates with the HE severity and thus may be used as a reliable means for repeated measures. The authors also compared the diagnostic sensitivity of the CFF measurement to psychometric measures. The patients underwent 5 computerized psychometric tests serving 22 parameters for quantification of the test performance and 4 paper-pencil tests serving an additional 5 parameters. Patients without clinically overt HE, who tested beyond 1 SD from the mean of a healthy control group in two or more computerized tests, were classified as mHE. Thus, 50% (25 of 50) of the patients without clinical signs of HE were regarded as suffering from mHE. The paper-pencil test results were graded abnormal if they were outside the 1 SD range given in the Abbreviations: mHE, minimal hepatic encephalopathy; EEG, electroencephalogram; VEP, visual-evoked potential; CFF, critical flicker frequency. From the Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany. Received November 30, 2001; accepted December 11, 2001. Address reprint requests to: Prof. Dr. med. Karin Weissenborn, Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30623 Hannover, Germany. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; fax: (49) 511-532-3115. Copyright © 2002 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. 0270-9139/02/3502-0033$35.00/0 doi:10.1053/jhep.2002.31552


Abstract : The phases Sc5Ga3 and Y5Ga3 were synthesized in an investigation of the occurrence of compounds with D8 sub 8 structure. Induction melting of the metals mixed in proper weight proportions in a boron nitride crucible under argon produced homogeneous samples of Se5Ga3 and Y5Ga3. (Author)


This paper studies a class of boundary value problems of singularly perturbed partial differential equations with impulsive conditions. The method of small intervals is applied to solve these problems, its solution procedure is give and a test problem is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the suggested method.


Background: Family is one of the main factors forming children's personality. Objectives: The present study examines the role of different parenting styles in the manifestation of children's shyness based on Seifer's (1965) pattern (including authoritarian, authoritative, easy parenting, and insensitive parenting styles). Patients and Methods: Sample of the study consisted of 205 children (105 boys and 100 girls). They were randomly selected from the first grade high school students of Shahrood Province that completed Seifer's parenting style questionnaire and Cheek and Buss shyness scale. The data were analyzed by t-test and SPSS 21 software and ANOVA were used at the significant level of P < 0.05. Results: Results demonstrated that there is a significant difference in shyness construct among children regarding various parenting styles. Amongst these styles, firstly authoritarian style and then insensitive style had maximum effect on children's shyness (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Parenting styles and family atmosphere have important effect on children shyness at school. But educational styles can also affect students and peer group must not be ignored. Finally, we recommended parents to care about their behavior with their child as much as impossible. We recommended parents to pay attention about their behavior with their children more carefully.


Introduction: Prostatic cancer is one of the most common malignancies among males. Perineural invasion (PNI) is a common finding of prostate cancer associated with more aggressive malignancies. Objectives: The current study was conducted to assess the association of PNI with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) and Gleason score. Patients and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study conducted on 354 known cases of prostatic cancer (2015 until 2017). Patients' last PSA and Gleason score wit h presence/lack of PNI in their prostate biopsies were recorded. The association of PNI with PSA and Gleason score was assessed. Results: Serum level of PSA and Gleason core were significantly higher in patients with PNI (P< 0.001 for both). Gleason score was independently a predictor of PNI (odds ratio [OR]: 3.05, 95% CI:2.32- 4.001; P=0.001). Serum PSA level of 17 ng/mL had specificity of 90.3% and sensitivity of 42.7% for prediction of PNI. Conclusion: In this study we found, Gleason score is independently a prognostic factor of PNI among cases undergone prostate biopsy. In addition, serum PSA level of 17 ng/mL was 90.3% specific and 42.7% sensitive for PNI occurrence. However, our findings require further evaluations by larger studies.


The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and educators are well known. However, there is a paucity of literature available on its impact on educational institutions in the context of their abilities to develop global competence in the middle of an ongoing pandemic. The virtual communication and remote delivery of educational content have been a popular trend for many universities to adapt to the pandemic challenges and re-think their internationalization strategies. The limited travel opportunities because of the pandemic have highlighted a big need for the domestic internationalization mechanism at educational institutions. In this paper, the authors discuss how the Globally Responsive Education and Teaching (GREAT) program at Missouri State University is promoting globally responsive and inclusive teaching and learning among faculty and internationalization of the curriculum. It provides an overview of the activities and program structure of the GREAT program. In addition, it covers how culturally responsive teaching and global learning are being promoted for global competence by increased domestic Internationalization efforts. The importance of exploring global teaching and learning models and the significance of faculty engagement are emphasized in this paper. It also discusses how international virtual exchange learning gained popularity because of COVID-19 and how the GREAT program plans to integrate it by offering a grant to support faculty with an aim to promote the internationalization of the curriculum and global learning for all. This paper also discusses how lessons learned from teaching abroad and international education are being incorporated for domestic internationalization to provide similar international learning experiences for both domestic and international students. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021


Abstract BACKGROUND Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is malignant infiltration of the pia mater and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space. LMD carries a poor prognosis with median survival of a few months. Annually, 110,000 patients in the United States are diagnosed with LMD. The incidence is rising because of improvements in control of primary cancers and recognizing that LMD is a late sequelae of some malignancies. Definitive diagnosis of LMD is made by CSF cytology and/or spine MRI, although neither tool shows robust sensitivity. The diagnostic challenges for LMD have led to a lack of uniformity in the diagnostic approach. METHODS A systematic chart review of brain metastasis patients was conducted at Froedtert Hospital between 2019-2021. Information on primary cancer, LMD suspicion, work up, confirmation, treatment, and survival were collected and analyzed. RESULTS Among 151 patients with brain metastasis, 86 were suspected and 29 were confirmed to have LMD. Of the confirmed patients, the most common primary cancers were lung (n=8, 27.6%) and breast (n=8, 27.6%). Most patients (n=24, 82.8%) underwent both LP and MRI. LMD was confirmed by positive cytology in a minority of cases (n=9, 31%), with most patients being confirmed by positive MRI or clinical findings alone (n=20, 69%). All LPs had over 10 mL of CSF sent to analysis. A median of 2 LPs were required before a positive cytology confirmed the diagnosis. Due to small sample size, no statistical analysis was made to correlate positive LP with primary cancer sites. CONCLUSION Less than one third of cancer patients with confirmed LMD have positive cytology, despite the majority (>80%) of them undergoing LP. The dissonance between diagnostic strategies and confirmatory results is expected considering the low sensitivity of LPs; however, it highlights the need for more precise diagnostic tools, and development of a data-based strategy for LMD confirmation.


The invention relates to an oscillating displacement pump, preferably a diaphragm pump with at least one mobile part (20) which is arranged relative to a fixed part (30) is movable, wherein the mobile part (20) is driven and even a displacement element (40) of the positive displacement pump (1) drives being provided as drive an electrodynamic drive (10), a plurality of coils of the (10) (41) and permanent magnets (42) are provided and each said plurality of coils (41) or the plurality of permanent magnets (42) are arranged at the mobile part (20) of the drive (10), and wherein on the drive (10) at least one guide member (50a, 50b) is provided, which the mobile part (20) movement along only one translational degree of freedom allowed. For the inventive displacement pump is characterized in that the displacement pump is designed as a diaphragm pump (1) which (1) a measuring and control unit (45) is associated with data storage and data processing device, a positional signal of the mobile part (20) and the strength of the drive current processed as measurement and / or control variable. The present invention also deals with an arrangement of a plurality of such positive displacement pumps and a method for operating at least one such oscillating displacement pump.


The reaction of [AuCl{C(NEt2)NHtBu}] with Tl(acac)] (1:1) gives [Au(C-acac){C(NEt2)NHtBu}] (1). Complex 1 reacts with 2-pyridinethiol (HSpy-2), C6H4(C⋮CH)2−1,3 (2:1), [Ph3PCH2CO2Me]ClO4, [Me3S(O)]ClO4, or [Me3NH]ClO4 to give, respectively, [Au(Spy-2){C(NEt2)NHtBu}] (2), [{AuC(NEt2)NHtBu}2(μ−C⋮CC6H4C⋮C-3)] (3), [Au{C(NEt2)NHtBu}{CH(PPh3)CO2Me}]ClO4 (4), [Au{C(NEt2)NHtBu}{CH2S(O)Me2}]ClO4 (5), or [Au{C(NEt2)NHtBu}(NMe3)]ClO4 (6). The crystal structures of 1, 3, and 5 have been determined.


Monoclonal antibodies which have been utilized in the field of early diagnosis for cancer were reviewed. Monoclonal antibodies to ras oncogene product and to very high-molecular-weight MUSE 11 antigen were found to be useful for diagnosing some of the early carcinomas.


This paper describes an empirical study devoted to the individual characteristics of the father and the fathers' orientation at building emotional relationships with their children. The article presents the results of studying the relationship of parenthood of fathers to their value orientations. The data represents the study of parental attitudes of fathers. The author gives a description of such attitudes of fathers to children as excessive emotional distance, excessive focus on the child and optimal emotional contact. The author considers the terminal and instrumental values of fathers, which are also characterized by a hierarchy of terminal and instrumental values of fathers with different emotional contact with their children. The author reveals the ratio of values and attitudes of fathers with excessive emotional distance towards children with excessive concentration on the child, and fathers are in an optimal emotional contact with their children.


The Grade 5 Unit awarded the NGSS Design Badge highlights students using models throughout a unit to refine their explana�on of a phenomenon. Developing and Using Models Diagrams, drawings, physical objects, mathema�cal representa�ons, or computer simula�ons are representa�ons of models. Models in science are not of things in the world; rather models are tools students use to engage in sense making, to reason about phenomenon. A model may represent how parts of a system act in rela�onship to one another in explaining phenomenon.


For nearly two years, in treating various stages of gonorrhea in the male, I have used a combination of suction and irrigation. To facilitate this method of cleansing and irrigating the urethra I have designed a catheter (Fig. 1), differing from the many styles of recurrent catheters only in that it is well grooved on two sides and that the lumen is continuous at the tip. To one arm of the catheter is attached hydrostatic pressure; to the other arm is attached a suction apparatus—none so efficient as the little suction apparatus known as the saliva evacuator, which dentists employ to keep the mouth free of saliva during long dental operations. The disadvantage of the suction apparatus is that it is expensive, as it requires extra plumbing. This disadvantage may be overcome, however, by using the suction end of an ordinary air-pump (Chapman's) coupled to an ordinary water faucet. By


Matrix-MCE (MMCE) based fuzzy neural network (FNN) for speech recognition is proposed in this paper. The environment noises usually degrade the performance of speech recognition. To reduce the effect of noises, MMCE is applied to minimize the classification error of two-dimension-cepstrum (TDC). Then the template matching employs FNN. To evaluate the performance, the speech data used for our experiments are a set of isolated Mandarin digits. Experimental results indicate that MMCE-based FNN works better than the other methods.


Serial cytological smears taken from both normal mucosa and oral carcinomas of 40 patients were studied for the presence of cancer cells and for radiation response IRR) of the normal-appearing cells. In 30 patients, the presence or absence of exfoliated cancer cells correlated with the clinical appraisal of the lesion. in 1, negative cytological findings were supported by examination of the surgical specimen even though clinically the lesion appeared active. Sik patients with superficially healed lesions but palpable deeper masses showed no exfoliated malignant cells. Another patient had negitive cytological findings and had a sloughing ulcerated lesion. Of 2 patients with positive cytological findings but clinically healed lesions, 1 developed obvious recurrence after 2.5 months. The other patient died after 6 months without evidence of recurrence. Of 17 patients in whom the cytological and clinical findings became negative and for whom follow-up data are available, there was definite clinical recurrence in 7; in 6, this was preceeded by reappearance of exfoliated cancer cells. Smears from the seventh patient remained negative. Observation of the disappearance and reappearance of exfoliated malignant cells appears to be a useful supplement to clinical examination. In assessing the lesion after therapy, it may provide evidence ofmore » recurrence not yet clinically apparent. In the present study, examination of individual cells showed no correlation between RR values or any specific cytological changes and either the radiation dose delivered or the clinical result of treatment. (auth)« less


The paper examines the current provision for ethical review within the social sciences and considers how existent structures could be improved to protect human research subjects in accordance with international guidelines and regulation. This paper examines the current regulation of social science in the form of professional guidelines, peer review, funding application procedures and steering/advisory groups, and compares these processes with the independent ethical review currently required for health research. This paper also addresses the concepts of 'risk' and regulation by comparing the provision of review processes for health and non-health based research. The authors question the distinctions made between different types of medical research which represent epidemiological research, for example, as non-intrusive thus creating a hierarchy of research which results in social science researchers slipping through the ethical review net.


The ship detection field faces many challenges due to the large-scale and high complexity of optical remote sensing images. Therefore, an innovative ship detection method that is simple, accurate, and stable is proposed in this paper. The algorithm consists of the following two steps: 1) the AdaBoost classifier, combined with Haar-like features, is used to rapidly extract candidate area slices, and 2) according to the characteristics of ships, a periphery-cropped network is designed for ship verification. Furthermore, we analyze the characteristics of ocean images to improve the contrast between the target and the background. Thus, an RGB spectrum-stretching method is proposed. Finally, we evaluate our method using spaceborne optical images from the Jilin-1 satellite, Google satellites, and the public dataset NWPU VHR-10. Our experimental results indicate that the proposed algorithm achieves a high detection rate.


This paper seeks to understand how insolvency practitioners attempt to build trust with a heterogeneous creditor body during the crisis of formal insolvency and the role accounting information and processes play. Accounting information is mobilized in different ways according to how insolvency practitioners believe the information will be interpreted and valued. This paper suggests specific qualitative characteristics, accounting principles and processes which appear to enhance trust building in a crisis context. These include perceived objectivity, comparability, cash flow accounting, 'matching' of secured liabilities with secured assets and 'crisis' audit. The value ascribed by insolvency practitioners to maintaining specific creditor relationships also appears relevant to trust‐building activities. A 'tit for tat' strategy emerges with secured creditors, whereby insolvency practitioners engage in demonstrable fee write‐offs, but on the implicit understanding that future, lucrative work will come their way. This study points to the importance for researchers and policy makers of understanding the 'desirable' properties of accounting through informed understandings of how and why that information is mobilized and received in specific relationships between people.


Glaciers in the source region of the Yangtze River are not only water resources but also important energy and environmental resources. Glacial fluctuation is an important component of the study of changes in the natural environment, including climate change. We investigated the glaciers in the source region of the Yangtze River, and analyzed the fluctuations using multi-temporal remote sensing data. The trend in glacial fluctuation and the factors that influence it were determined. The results have implications for water resource management and environmental conservation in the Yangtze River region.


In all species of crocodilians, sex is determined not by genetic mechanisms alone, but also by the temperature at which the egg is incubated. In the American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) the thermosensitive period (TSP) for sex determination is a 7-to 10-day window within stages 21-24 of development. Treating embryos with estrogen during the TSP produces female offspring, even at male incubation temperatures. Therefore, it has been suggested that estrogens play a role in determining sex in the alligator. However, the mechanisms of estrogen action on sex determination in the alligator are still uncertain. Further, studies of contaminant-exposed alligators have shown alterations in steroid action. Whether these abnormalities are due, in part, to alterations in steroid receptor expression is unknown. To begin to understand the mechanism of steroid action in alligators, we isolated cDNA encoding the estrogen receptors (ER) and the progesterone receptor (PR). Degenerated primers specific to ER were designed according to a comparison of nucleotide sequences of ERs from other species. Partial DNA fragments were amplified by PCR using alligator ovary RNA. Two DNA fragments (ER α and ER β ) were obtained, and the RACE technique was utilized to clone full-length alligator ER α cDNA in the 5' and 3' directions. Comparison of the amino acid sequence from the alligator ER α with that of human, chicken and zebrafish ER shows that alligator ER is very similar to chicken ER (91 %). We also isolated a DNA fragment encoding a partial progesterone receptor (PR) of the alligator. We examined the expression levels of three steroid receptors (ER α , ER β and PR) in the ovary of juvenile alligators. Thirty hours after a single E 2 (270 mg/kg) injection, total RNA was extracted from the ovary. cDNA was synthesized, and the expression levels of each of the above receptors were analyzed with quantitative RT-PCR. Intriguingly, ER α transcript decreased significantly with E 2 treatment. ER β and PR transcripts were not changed. These results suggest that the expression of ER α is sensitive to estrogen in the ovary of the juvenile alligator. However, in this study the expressions of ER β and PR were not affected by estrogen treatment. Further study are underway to examine the expression of these receptors during embryonic development and reproductive cyclicity.


THE problem of silencing test houses for turbo‐jet engines is, acoustically, analogous to that for test beds for piston engines1 and 2 but is more complicated owing to the working conditions of turbo‐jet engines.


Study is carried out at three locations in and around Shegaon. Totally there found 7 species belonging to 6 genera under 4 subfamilies at all three sites. All out search and baiting methods were used to observe ants. Ant species diversity mostly found in AnandSagar Garden. Garden area showed the maximum percentage (85.72%), since there found well maintained natural condition and verity of plantation with fewer disturbances. As the disturbance goesincreasing the diversity becomes decreasing. Index Term: Anand Sagar Garden, Ant, Crematogaster, Disturbance, India, Shegaon, Shriram. ————————————————————


The binding energy of A3C60, a conductor, is described well by an ionic solid type calculation. This succeeds because there is little overlap between molecular wave functions on neighbouring sites, so that electrons are practically localized on-shell. This leads one to believe that even in A4C60 and A6C60 systems such calculation may suffice. However the on shell Coulomb repulsion is large for the C60 molecule. So, for large charge on the anion, there is a possibility for some electrons to delocalize and go into the s-band. In the calculation of binding energy, we keep these delocalised electrons x, as a parameter and minimize the energy w.r.t. it. We take the intermolecular interaction to be arising out of a C-C potential of 6-exp form (Kitaigorodsky) and a screened Coulomb interaction between the anions and cations and among themselves. The screening is provided by the electrons delocalised from the anion which supposedly go into the s-band of the cations, and are modeled by a free electron fermi gas. The energy of the anion (to be added to the lattice sum) takes into account the on-site Coulomb energy, and is thus a quadratic function of anion charge. The delocalised electrons go into s-band whose position is estimated and corresponding energy added. Model calculations are presented for K1C60, K3C60, K4C60 and K6C60 for which the minimum energy state shows no delocalisation. Cohesive Energy dependence on Lattice constant is used to calculate Bulk Modulus for all systems. We have got a reasonably good resemblance with experimental values. Further, we observe that the cohesive energy shows poor resemblance with experimental values. This can be explained by invoking orientation in these calculations. Further, delocalisation of a fraction of electron at the centre of double bond show considerable increase in cohesive energy.


We present observations of high-amplitude rapid (2 s) variability toward two bright, compact extragalactic radio sources out of several hundred of the brightest radio sources in one of the 30 ° × 30 ° ?> Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Epoch of Reionization fields using the MWA at 155 MHz. After rejecting intrinsic, instrumental, and ionospheric origins we consider the most likely explanation for this variability to be interplanetary scintillation (IPS), likely the result of a large coronal mass ejection propagating from the Sun. This is confirmed by roughly contemporaneous observations with the Ooty Radio Telescope. We see evidence for structure on spatial scales ranging from <1000 to > 10 6 ?> km. The serendipitous night-time nature of these detections illustrates the new regime that the MWA has opened for IPS studies with sensitive night-time, wide-field, low-frequency observations. This regime complements traditional dedicated strategies for observing IPS and can be utilized in real-time to facilitate dedicated follow-up observations. At the same time, it allows large-scale surveys for compact (arcsec) structures in low-frequency radio sources despite the 2 ′ ?> resolution of the array.


Transmitting voice through IP data network can provide significant cost savings. However if not managed properly, voice quality can degrade due to data network congestion. This paper presents solutions to the IP/ATM QoS problems in the AARNet VoIP project. The network architecture is IP/VoIP at the edge and ATM carriers at the core. We propose solutions that can guarantee the quality of service (QoS) of voice traffic and at the same time maintain 100% bandwidth utilization for the combined traffic


We present a practical strategy for real-time path planning for articulated robot arms in changing environments by integrating PRM for Changing Environments with 3D sensor data. Our implementation on Care-O-Bot 3 identifies bottlenecks in the algorithm and introduces new methods that solve the overall task of detecting obstacles and planning a path around them in under 100 ms. A fast planner is necessary to enable the robot to react to quickly changing human environments. We have tested our implementation in real-world experiments where a human subject enters the manipulation area, is detected and safely avoided by the robot. This capability is critical for future applications in automation and service robotics where humans will work closely with robots to jointly perform tasks.


Logic-Labeled Finite State Machines (LLFSMs) offer model-driven software development (MDSD) while enabling correctness at a high level due to their well-defined semantics that enables testing as well as formal verification. While this combination of the three elements (MDSD, validation, and verification) results in more reliable behaviour of software components, semantics is severely constrained in several areas. Here, we offer a framework that allows flexibility in execution semantics to suit specific domains while maintaining rigour and the capability to generate Kripke structures for formal verification or to execute corresponding monitoring or testing LLFSMs for validation in a test-driven development framework. Through the use of modern constructs that extend the object-oriented paradigm, the framework is able to define a set of semantics that enables versatile approaches to LLFSM definition and execution, as well as enabling functional programming constructs. This vastly increases the versatility and usefulness of LLFSMs, making them more adaptable to different domains, without sacrificing the benefits of executable models and the ability to perform formal verification.


Over the years, promising returns have enticed the masses to invest in the stock markets. However, most people do not have the financial knowledge needed for making investment decisions. Even seasoned investors find it difficult to grasp all the available information. This is primarily due to the ever-changing market dynamics and information overload. Natural Language Processing based automated systems are the rescue to such problems. In this paper, we present the Financial Language Understandability Enhancement Toolkit (FLUEnT) for processing financial text. It consists of eight different tools for tasks like hypernym detection, numeral claim analysis, readability assessment, sustainability assessment, etc. The objective of the toolkit is to empower the masses and enable investors in making data-driven decisions. It is open-source under MIT license and is openly accessible from Colab and HuggingFace.1,


We propose a deep learning (DL)-based predictive model for NSCLC patients by devel-oping a combined 2D and 3D model to include all 3D tumour information in CT images without losing spatial information. We enrolled 363 histopathological proven patients from 5 different centres with 2 year overall survival. Tumour region with size of 128 × 128 × Z including background of tumors were extracted. 2D networks to construct 3D combina-tion CNNs network were implemented. Feature extraction was performed in each 2D slices separately and then final layer of network were averaged to train in 3D volume of tumor. Different architecture including Xception, VGG, ResNet, Inception, and DensNet were implemented in this approach. Data of three centre (257) were used for train/validation and two centres were hold for external test set (106 patients). Considering differnt parameters parameters, VGG had highest performance with precision, recall, AUC, and accuracy of 0.72, 0.83, 0.78, and 0.75, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between different models (delong test p -value < 0.05). Notwithstanding high variability across different datasets including geographic, ethnicity and CT scanner, image acquisition and image reconstruction, proposed models performed very well on different centres


We had been developing a current multiplier by inductive storage (CMIS). The CMIS consists of 24 storage copper coils, which soaked into the liquid nitrogen, demonstrates a 24 kA of output current and the continuous current pulses of 3 pulses per second. Switching performance of the IGBTs and diode were tested in the liquid nitrogen bath. These experimental data were used to design the mega-ampere class CMIS. The system consists of the superconductive magnet section with a temperature of 20 K and the IGBT control switch section with a temperature of 77 K.


This communication presents initial results into the use of chronoamperometry of acoustically agitated particulate suspensions at a dual electrode as a means of approximately sizing the suspended particles.


Palau's pelagic fishery sector is currently dominated by foreign-owned businesses Locally based, foreign-owned longline fleets provide 84–94% of pelagic fish in Palau's market, which is often low-quality fish. Conversely, a few Palauans currently operate small-scale, recreational vessels (i.e. day boats) using a variety of gear types (e.g., trolling, vertical longlines, jigging, live-bait handlining, and deep drop-stone (Ika-shibi)), and contribute the remaining 6–16% of pelagic fish in the market. Moreover, studies show there is a high unwillingness from Palauans to enter the fishery given its high operational costs and low returns.


Several causes may affect a Mini-Hydro generator to shut down whilst in operation. They can be the earth faults in the electricity lines (mainly way tree leaves touching the transmission lines), lightning, planned and unplanned interruptions in that particular area connecting to the load bus of the distribution network and for maintenance of the plant itself. To resume power export to the grid after each shutdown will require generator to synchronize with the grid supply. Since the generator Rotor-Turbine assembly is a heavy massed system and t he viscous damping is very low, stabilizing of rotor speed at the reference set point is a time taking exercise. The time taken for synchronization will typically be in the range of 2-10 minutes depending on the plant design. This paper describes the work of authors on the development of a speed stabilizer to minimize synchronization time of a chosen Mini-Hydro generator plant. This involves the modeling of the entire plant, identifying of damping strategies, designing of power electronic switching circuit and associated closed loop control, MATLAB simulation for parameter fine-tuning and final site testing. The designed system introduces a controlled resistive load on die generator during the synchronization transient to expedite settling. Test results confirmed the reduction of synchronization time as expected.


The fractal dimensions of DC trees in polymethylmethacrylate have been investigated using the self-correlation function. The fractal-established range is proportional to the tree length for both positive and negative polarities of the applied voltage. For positive polarity, the fractal dimension increases with increasing inception voltage and saturates at 1.5 to 1.6. For negative polarity, the fractal dimension is nearly constant, approximately=1.5, as a function of voltage. >


Based on the environment impact analysis in cutting process, synthesizes domestic and international relevant inventory analysis method of implementing, this paper points out that the inventory analysis is the effective method and means of the environment influence quantitative analysis. Then the inventory analysis method processed in a kind of cutting is discussed in detail. Case verification in cutting of crankshaft 6112 has been conducted.


The use of check dams is a common strategy to reduce soil erosion in the Mediterranean headwaters. However, the effects of these control works on water flow rates and sediment yields have been scarcely investigated under possible scenarios of climate and land-use changes. On this regard, the use of hydrological models, such as SWAT, provide reliable hydrological predictions under variable environmental conditions. To fill this gap, this study has evaluated the effectiveness of check dams on the hydrological response of a forest headwater in Calabria (Southern Italy) in comparison with an unregulated subcatchment with very similar environmental conditions. In this regard, the effects of different combined scenarios of climate change (through three GCMs and two RCPs applied to a time period of the next 80 years) and land use (forest, pasture, and cropland) on water flow rates and sediment yields in the two headwaters were analysed using the SWAT model. The SWAT model was first calibrated in a third headwater with very similar climatic, soil, and land-use conditions, and this verification showed a satisfactory prediction capacity of water flow rate. The water flow rate prediction capacity of the model was satisfactory (coefficients of determination and efficiency of Nash and Sutcliffe equal to 0.71 and 0.67, respectively, and percent bias of 14.9%). No significant differences were detected for the water flow rates and sediment yields between the two subcatchments (with or without check dams) among the different land-use and climate change scenarios. This was linked to the low hydrological response of both headwaters to the forcing actions, which influenced the low effectiveness of the control works. SWAT estimated higher values of both mean and maximum values of water flow rates and sediment yields under RCP2.6 compared with RCP8.5. Both water flow rates and sediment yields were predicted to be very low under all climate and land-use scenarios. The regulated headwater with check dams was predicted to always produce more runoff and erosion compared with the subcatchment without check dams. The increases were predicted to be up to 60% for the maximum flow rate and 30–35% for the sediment yield in forest land use under RCP2.6. Although there was a limitation in this study due to the lack of validation of the erosion data (due to unavailable records of sediment yield), this study demonstrated how the use of check dams in headwater catchments may be not effective for soil conservation purposes several decades after their installation in Mediterranean semiarid areas, where the water flow and erosion rate are limited.


The present study has aimed at identifying the impact of transformational leadership (idealized influence , inspirational motivation , intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration)  on organizational commitment (affective , normative and continuance)  at Jordan Ahli Bank from branches' employees view . The target population was  branches' employees of Jordan Ahli Bank, their numbers were 500 employees, 280 questionnaires were distributed, Only 273 were returned valid to statistically analysis, with a ratio of 97.5% . The present study has shown that transformational leadership dimensions (idealized influence , inspirational motivation , intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration) have significant impact on organizational commitment (affective , normative and continuance) at Jordan Ahli Bank. Keywords: Transformational leadership, Organizational commitment, Jordan Ahli Bank


This paper describes the work of our WUST group in NTCIR-8 on the subtask of English to Simplified Chinese and Simplified Chinese to Simplified Chinese information retrieval for question answering (EN-CS and CS-CS IR4QA). In order to enhance the precision and efficiency in question analysis, we employ a special question analysis method extracting more appropriate key terms and apply the query expansion technique gaining more relevant key terms based on Wikipedia article content related to the query.


In this article we present a case of Horner syndrome in a teenager occurring with thoracoscopic treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax. Horner's syndrome is a rare pathological condition caused by a lesion of the sympathetic nervous system responsible for the innervation of the eye. A brief review of the available literature data on the occurrence of this complication in spontaneous pneumothorax, its etiopathogenesis, and clinical manifestations is presented. The anamnesis, clinical picture, instrumental studies, stages of operation of this clinical case are described in detail. It is assumed that Horner's syndrome is associated with tissue damage near the stellate ganglion and nerve fibers during physical pleurodesis by argon-plasma coagulation. Key words: children, pleurodesis, Horner syndrome, spontaneous pneumothorax


To investigate the response of feeding Japanese quail chicks to propolis supplementation on growth performance, blood constituents, hormones, immunity, antioxidant, carcass characteristics and bacterial count, one hundred and twenty, oneweek-old Japanese quail chicks were divided to four dietary groups with three replicates (10 birds). The first group fed a basal diet, while the groups 2 nd ,3 rd and 4 th were fed with 200, 400 and 600 mg of propolis/kg diet until the age of six weeks. The results showed a significant improvement in feed intake, body weight, body weight gain and feed conversion with increasing of propolis supplementation. All treatments increased significantly (P<0.01) percentage of dressing and internal organs than the Control birds. Propolis supplementation significantly (P<0.01) increased blood components; Hb, RBC, PCV, WBCs, lymphocyte, total protein, globulin, albumin, glucose, high density lipoprotein, total antioxidant capacity, IgM, IgG, thyroid hormones (x10 3 ) as compared to control group and decreased total lipids, plasma cholesterol, LDL, ALT, AST. Moreover, propolis decreased the Intestinal total anaerobic, aerobic microflora counts and total coliform compared to control group. There was no effect on monocytes, eosinophils and neutrophils as compared to control group. The results showed that supplementation of propolis at levels of 200, 400 and 600 mg of propolis/kg feed improves growth performance, blood components, antioxidant indices, thyroid hormones, immune parameters and carcass characteristics.


Much of the current research on relational database systems focuses on increasing the functionality and flexibility of query processing. Query processing in relational databases is based on relational operators. There are a number of theoretical operations, however, tha t are typically not included in commercial systems. For example, most commercial systems provide the natural join operation but not all provide relational operators such as semi-join and outer join. We present an operator tha t exploits the similarity between binary relational operators. Binary operators are those tha t produce a single output relation from two input relations. The one-toone matcqoperator has the capability of computing a class of binary relational operations. The hash-based implementation of one-to-one match, currently used in the Volcano query processing system, is described in this paper. This implementation can compute the following binary relational operations: natural join, semi-join, outer join, anti-join, union, intersection, difference, anti-difference and Cartesian product. Furthermore, i t is able t o perform aggregate functions and duplicate elimination in conjunction with these binary operators. The implementation is based on the classical hash join algorithm. By enhancing the simple hash join algorithm, the functionality of the algorithm is increased without severely affecting execution time. In addition, user supplied arguments determine the operation one-to-one match performs, making i t very flexible.


Summary The skeletal muscle system can adapt to an external stimulus from either physiological or pathological conditions. This plasticity is measured by imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound. The anatomical crosssectional area of a muscle is one of the muscle architecture parameters that relates to the maximum muscle strength. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of anatomical cross-sectional area rectus femoris measurements, obtained by ultrasound, with two different protocols. Acquisition of four anatomical crosssectional area images of the right rectus femoris in two distinct regions (15 cm above the patella and 50% of the thigh length) was performed in 2 days, from a group of 15 young healthy subjects. The cross-sectional area of each image was measured five times. The reliability of the anatomical cross-sectional area measures was determined by the coefficient of variation (CV), intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and typical error of measurement (TEM). In each protocol, there were no significant differences between the means of anatomical cross-sectional area in measurements, images and days (P>0AE05). The CVs were 8AE53% and 8AE9%, the ICCs 0AE88 and 0AE87 and the TEMs 65AE59 and 94AE25 between the 2 days in the regions of 15 cm and 50% of the thigh length, respectively. The average values of the crosssectional area at 50% of the thigh length were significantly higher than those for at 15 cm above the patella (P<0AE001). The measurement of rectus femoris anatomical cross-sectional area by ultrasound proved reliable.


The genus Buglossoides Moench, a member of the family Boraginaceae. subfamily Boraginoideae. tribe Lithospermeae. is revised tor the Flora of southern Africa ( FSA ) region.  Buglossoides comprises about seven species of annual, biennial or perennial herbs and subshrubs native to Asia, southern Europe and northern Africa.  B. arvensis (L.) I.M Johnst.. a naturalized weed in many parts of the world, is the only member of the genus represented in the flora of southern Africa, presumably introduced with imported cereal seed. Although the similar polyaperturate pollen grains of  Buglossoides and Lithospermum support the view that they are congeneric, they are retained as separate entities here. Diagnostic characters, a full description, various illustrations and a distribution map of B. arvensis in southern Africa are given.


Probably no institution of higher education in the United States has contributed more through the publi cations of its faculty to the field of homiletics than The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The work of Broadus and Dargan from the past is still honored and consulted and names from the present like those of James Cox and Raymond Bailey are well known. Now Craig Loscalzo comes along to alert this field to what has been standard in the kindred discipline of public speaking for forty years, since Marie Nichols wrote her landmark article, "Kenneth Burke and the 'New Rhetoric'" for the Quarterly Journal of Speech.


Objective:To discuss the pepo and seed diversity,germplasm resources of Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.(TKM),and to provide references for germplasm classification and breeding.Methods:The pepos were achieved from the filed randomly,its weight,length,diameter,and the peel-weight,peel-thickness,length and diameter of fruit stalk,seeds weight of single fruit,seeds number of single fruit,full seeds number of single fruit,seed length,seed width,seed thickness,seed kernel weight were determined.The data were analyzed by SPSS 17 statistical software.Results:The index reflected the pepo and seed character of TKM showed wide diversity range,indicating the rich germplasm resources.Characteristic information of fruits and seeds concentrated in weight factor,seed appearance factor,number of seeds factor and length factor.Conclusion:The present germplasm can be clustered together in three groups,which providing important references for germplasm classification and breeding of TKM.


The design of beam-to-column joints for seismic applications is not properly addressed in current version of Eurocodes. EN 1998-1 allows using dissipative beam-to-column joints in seismic resistant steel frames. However, due to the lack of analytical tools able to predict the seismic performance of such connections the EN 1998-1 prescribes design supported by testing, resulting in an expensive and time-consuming approach. On the other hand, also for full-strength joints reliable design tools are necessary because, owing to the variability of steel strength, these connections could not have enough overstrength and the plastic rotation capacity of the joint assembly must be prequalified by relevant tests. In order to overcome such limitations, the aim of Equaljoints project was to develop a prequalification procedure for typical joints used in the EU practice, on the basis of experimental, numerical and analytical investigations. Design tools and prequalification charts are provided, including general requirements, limitations, step-by-step design procedure and qualification data.


When a pair of terms is presented, as in the title of this talk, there is a tendency to accept them as opposites. Perhaps the first thing to observe, if we are to discuss commitment and objectivity clearly, is that they are not, as it were, opposite ends of the see-saw. Not to be committed is not necessarily to be objective. Nor does a lack of objectivity necessarily imply commitment. May I first try to say what I mean by commitment? If we say that a person is committed to an opinion or a course of action, we are saying more, I think, than that he is intellectually convinced that the opinion is correct or the course of action appropriate; more even than that he is emotionally sympathetic to the opinion or course of action. He may be both convinced and sympathetic, and yet he may do nothing whatever about it. Many of us listen on Sunday evenings to the Week's Good Cause; we are probably without exception convinced and sympathetic, but mostly we do nothing about it. That attitude does not, as I understand it, constitute commitment. The committed person is one who is so far pledged to an enterprise or a way of life that he either has already done something that cannot be undone, or at least has placed himself in a position from which he must take such irrevocable action. He must, at least morally, have passed the point of no return. He must, so to speak, have signed the contract and paid the deposit, even if the purchase has not been completed. It would perhaps be difficult to say exactly at what point a couple contemplating marriage can be regarded as committed. But we can agree that they must have made it clear beyond doubt that they mean business, and there must be every reasonable ground for expecting that appropriate action will follow. I am, in short, saying that commitment means accepting-nay, embracing-the practical consequences of one's beliefs. It means going the whole hog, whatever the matter in hand may be. From the point of view of the plain meaning of commitment, it does not matter whether the object be noble or ignoble. We may be com-


The randomness and fluctuation of renewable energy bring significant difficulties for operation and control of power grids. The flywheel energy storage system (FESS) provides a new solution in dealing with high frequency power fluctuation of renewable energy generation, due to its unique characteristics of fast dynamic response, long service life, unlimited charge/discharge times, and high power density. To consider the capacity requirement for power grid control in practical application scenarios, multiple flywheel energy storage units are usually integrated in parallel into the power grid, and the flywheel energy storage matrix system (FESMS) is therefore formed. In order increase the controllability of the FESMS integrated into the wind farm for practical application, this paper proposed a coordinated control strategy of the FESMS based on a consensus algorithm. By taking charge/discharge ratio of each flywheel energy storage unit as the consensus index and also coordinating the operation power of each unit in the FESMS by a distribution algorithm, the power fluctuation of the wind farm is smoothed. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control method is verified by simulation.


Regrown quantum-dot distributed feedback lasers on Si demonstrate record performance, with a threshold current of 10 mA, an intrinsic linewidth of 41.2 kHz, a side-mode suppression ratio of 57.5 dB, and a maximum power of 11.7 mW.


Objective: To study changes in indicators of fibrinolytic activity and white cell trapping in response to raised venous pressure in the upper limbs of patients with chronic venous insufficiency. Design: Comparison of disease group versus control group study. Setting: Departments of Dermatology and Medicine, University of Freiburg. Patient: Thirty patients with chronic venous insufficiency and thirty control subjects of similar age with unrelated conditions. Interventions: The venous pressure was raised in one upper limb by application of a sphygmomanometer cuff around the upper arm for a period of 10 minutes. Main outcome measures: Red cell count, white cell count, plasminogen activator inhibitor, tissue plasminogen activator were measured in blood drawn from the arm subjected to raised venous pressure. Results: No significant changes were observed in the parameters of fibrinolytic activity. After 10 minutes of venous hypertension the white cell trapping in the disease group was 17.7% (interquartile range, 10.7–22), compared with 12.8% (interquartile range 4.9–16.1%) in the control group. Conclusion: The differences in white cell trapping parameters between healthy control subjects and patients with chronic venous insufficiency is probably attributable to systemic activation of white cells associated with their venous disease.


Two surface-grating distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers, one using a 1.55-µm-wavelength InP-based material system and one using a 0.98-µm-wavelength GaAs/AlGaAs material system, were made using the same reactive beam etching technique following single-step growth of the layer structure for the lasers. A 800-nm-deep grooved grating with a 240 nm period for 1.55-µm-wavelength first-order diffraction and one with a 150 nm period for 0.98-µm-wavelength first-order diffraction were formed using electron-beam lithography and Br2-N2 mixed-gas reactive beam etching. Single-longitudinal-mode operation with a side-mode suppression ratio of over 27 dB was obtained for both lasers; the output power was more than 15 mW for the 0.98-µm one. Between 15 and 55°C, the measured temperature dependence of the lasing wavelength for both lasers was about 0.1 nm/°C, which is one-fifth of the dependence of a Fabry-Perot-type laser. The performance of these lasers indicates the wide applicability of the present etching technique to the fabrication of various wavelength-selective devices.


To control the sensitive polishing process of silicon spheres with form deviations in the range of 20 nm and below, it is reasonable to characterise the variation of the diameter of the spheres in time intervals of some hours. A novel device is presented, which uses an interferometric non-contact sensor and a simple mechanical setup. A direct measurement reveals the variation of the actual diameter at three orthogonal equators on a silicon sphere, which can be acquired within a measurement time of some minutes. The compact and stable measurement loop of the setup enables a repeatability of a few nanometres. ultra precision, measuring instrument, production, interferometry


Given a number $r$, we consider the dynamical system generated by repeated exponentiations modulo $r$, that is, by the map $u \mapsto f_g(u)$, where $f_g(u) \equiv g^u \pmod r$ and $0 \le f_g(u) \le r-1$. The number of cycles of the defined above dynamical system is considered for $r=p^n$.


The investigation was conducted to know the decision making role of rural SHG and non-SHG farm women in some selected villages namely Koshigram, Nanagar, Khayerhat and Jagigram under Burdwan district. Data were collected through interview schedule for 200 rural women (100 SHGs and 100 non-SHG members) during March, 2014. Findings revealed that majority of respondents (59%) were young women in the age group between 20 to 35 years. The sample were collected predominantly on nuclear families type. Most women respondents (98.5%) were from Hindu Scheduled caste and tribe. Mostly literate women sampled in this study engaged in various activities such as agriculture farming and farm labour. Decision Making Index (DMI) was developed to measure each of the items regarding different aspects of role. In the case of SHGs, the DMI ranged from 85-170 and in the case of non-SHGs the DMI ranged from 35-110 against a possible range of 0-200. On the basis of DMI top aspects of decision making role were Employment status (170), Occupation of the women (160), Woman's capability of taking decision (160), Education (150), Age of the women (150), Access to family income (145), Land holding (140), Participation in Social organisations (130) and Participation in SHG's (120). Contrarily, in the case of non-SHG women social except family type (110), economic and institutional factors had no significant impact on the participation in decision making. The decision making power in relation social, economic and institutional factors was greatest among the women of SHG households than the women of non-SHG households. From this study, it is recommended here to take immediate steps for empowering the rural women by providing latest scientific knowledge and skill through effective and appropriate channel so that they can help, motivate and influence the male farmers in taking accurate decisions in farm activities. Moreover, women should be involved with SHGs to get loan to utilize in various income generating activities for earning more income. As a result, they could uplift themselves socioeconomically and decision making. Keywords : Participation, farm women, socio-economic and institutional factors,farm decision.


: In this paper, we continue our studies on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Residuated Lattices (IFRLs) defined in [11]. We investigate more properties of the implication operator of these symmetric residuated lattices. We observe that most axioms of the Basic Fuzzy Logic and Intuitionistic Logic hold in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Residuated Lattices (IFRLs). Accepting these axioms together with the basic properties of operators, we propose an axiomatic system for Atanassov Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic (A-IFL).


THE GLOBAL JUSTICE PROJECT at the University of Utah SJ. Quinney College of Law seeks to improve the human condition through collaborative service research and innovative training initiatives. The Project supports an integrated set of research and training programs in the diverse fields of conflict and security, climate change and water management, rule of law and institutional justice reform, democracy and religion, family and health law, technology and development, global philanthropy and mediation.


A total of 9 samples of individual dromedary raw milks from N'ajjer (3), Targui (3) and Reguibi (3) breeds were collected from 3 camels nomad herd in south Algeria and were analysed for bacterial load. A total of 23 strains of lactic acid bacteria were isolated, out of which 12 strains were cocci and 11 strains were facultatively heterofermentative lactobacilli. Lactic acid bacteria were identified on the basis of phenotypic characters as Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus durans, Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei, Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus rhamnosus. Whole cells of lactococci, enterococci and lactobacilli showed proteolytic activity and were found to differed in terms of their acidifying activities. Proteolytic and autolytic activity were generally higher for most lactobacilli compared to other isolates and none of the strains produced biogenic amines in the method applied. A wide variety of this 23 lactic acid bacteria strains isolated from Algerian dromedary milks that showed potentially important properties suggest that they are good candidate for camels milk processing or other dairy fermentation process.


Software license management system that has been configured for the payment business model after use is described. The front-end server controls the use of licensed software is distributed on a computer in a network including the front-end server generates an authentication notification of such use in accordance with the notification schedule specified by the vendor configured to securely transmit the authentication notification to the destination. Back-end server corresponding to the destination, the authentication notification reception, and generate processed information performs authentication and processing, processing information to the business processing software for other business process using post-payment business model and for software vendors configured to provide.


With the establishment of modern enterprise system, the management activity tends to be marketlizedand more and more people get involved into the stake of enterprise. Profit, an important index to evaluate the ability ofenterprise's survival and development, is the focus of statistics-reporter. The only satisfaction of profit will be mislead-ing. The right realization of the essence of profit can avoid risk and protect interest.


Tailoring the optoelectronic properties of semiconductor quantum dots is essential for designing functionalized nanoscale devices. In this work, we use first-principles calculations to study the optoelectronic properties of small penta-graphene quantum dots (PGQDs) with various edge-functionalized groups, including hydrogen, halogen (fluorine, chlorine, and bromine), and hydroxyl functional groups. It is evident that these quantum dots, especially those passivated by hydrogen atoms, are thermally stable in vacuum. Moreover, the larger the quantum dots, the more negative the formation energy on stability could reach, thus forming thermodynamically more stable quantum dots. All investigated PGQDs exhibit semiconductor properties. Their bandgaps decrease with an increase in the size of the quantum dots, resulting from the hybridization of sp2 and sp3 carbon atoms and from the charge depletion or accumulation between the passivated atoms and the principal components upon interactions. Concurrently, this study aims to explain the optical absorption anisotropy induced by the edge-functionalized groups of PGQDs under multiple incident light polarizations. These results highlight the use of edge-functionalized groups to develop the next generation of optoelectronic devices.


In this paper, an application of ANN for Osaka bay in Japan is presented. The human activities in the bay have an influence in the deterioration of regional seawater quality giving an importance to assess the behavior of water quality variables at three essential monitoring points. Those points are located in the northwest part of the bay and considered in this paper to be the locations of interest for operational forecasting. Moreover, in the presence of spatial and temporal variability of the dynamic state, the selection of appropriate set of input variables during the ANN development is important and rather difficult. In this study, a correlation analysis was used to help in defining the most important input variables and lag time in the recursive ANN here presented. Different ANN structures are presented to show that spatial and temporal correlations patters found in the correlation analysis have an impact in the performance of the ANN when choosing inputs and outputs. The results show that ANNs have great potential to simulate salinity, temperature and velocity field at locations of interest. Finally, a comparison with a numerical model (Osaka Bay Forecasting System) is presented to show the efficiency and accuracy of the ANN. The results were also compared to a simple data assimilation scheme that is also available for the area of interest. The accuracy of the ANN represent in some cases above 70 %.error reduction of the current Forecasting System while using a data assimilation technique can reduce the error nearly 30%.The accuracy of the ANN is decreasing while increasing forecasting time but until 12 hrs forecasting the ANN presents a good performance.


The ideological and political education course in local colleges and universities is the key course to implement the fundamental task of moral education. Setting up ideological and political education course in university stage is a core period for college students to cultivate qualified successors with historical responsibility, patriotism, national belief and socialist construction ability for socialist countries. "Military Theory Course" firmly grasps the educational function of Ideological and political education, always takes patriotism as the main line and enhances students' national defense concept as well as strengthens their awareness of danger in times of peace. This paper analyzes and explores the function of Ideological and political education of military theory course in local colleges and universities, as well as the status quo.