In this work, we present a Virtual Laboratory providing a simulation framework for discrete many-body systems. Programs defining the dynamics of the system and instruments measuring on the simulation can be easily implemented within its own programming language, and can be linked and edited at run time. The system class that can be covered within this framework reaches from discrete difference equations over classical many-body problems is physics to research problems in image processing, allowing us to apply this laboratory in education and research.


Predicting possible code-switching points can help develop more accurate methods for automatically processing mixed-language text, such as multilingual language models for speech recognition systems and syntactic analyzers. We present in this paper exploratory results on learning to predict potential code-switching points in Spanish-English. We trained different learning algorithms using a transcription of code-switched discourse. To evaluate the performance of the classifiers, we used two different criteria: 1) measuring precision, recall, and F-measure of the predictions against the reference in the transcription, and 2) rating the naturalness of artificially generated code-switched sentences. Average scores for the code-switched sentences generated by our machine learning approach were close to the scores of those generated by humans.


Supercapacitors (SCs) are promising for bridging the power/energy gap between conventional capacitors and batteries/fuel cells. However, challenges remain in the improvement of electrode materials toward high capacitive performance. Electrospun nanofibers, prepared via facile and low-cost electrospinning techniques, exhibit superior electrochemical performance in SCs due to their unique morphology and intriguing properties, demonstrating great potential for improving the performance of SCs. Herein, we review the recent progress in electrospun one-dimensional nanofibers as electrode materials for SCs. Three categories of electrospun electrode nanomaterials (i.e., carbon nanofibers, carbon nanofiber composites, and carbon-free transition metal oxides) are discussed with design and optimization strategies. Moreover, critical insights into the electronic conductivity, electrochemical response and durability of electrospun nanofibers are reviewed. Finally, we conclude with an outlook on how these discussions and insights open opportunities for electrospun nanofibers (as electrode materials) to expand their potential application in next-generation SCs.


The cheerleading teaching system in fifteen universities in China was analyzed through questionnaire and mathematical analysis.The teaching contents of cheerleading included 18 contents,a total of 54 points of knowledge,lasting 6semesters starting from the second semester.Different content and knowledge was of different importance.Six periods each week were the most reasonable.Theory,skill,professional ability,exam and ex-curricular learning accounted for30%,30%,20%,10% and 10% of the conten.


Many factors contribute to uniform electrochemical processing in industrial applications. The electrochemical cell provides the foundation for the process and as such an effective geometry is critical to obtain desired properties and to maximize process efficiency. A non-traditional cell geometry has been engineered to provide a uniform boundary layer thickness to dampen uneven localized current distributions and promote consequent plating uniformity for full size printed circuit board panels. This tank has been extensively characterized for thickness distribution under direct current plating conditions and compared with commercial plating cell geometries that utilize both educator flow and/or air sparging agitation. Compared to the conventional cells, the variation of copper deposit thickness across the panel in the non-traditional is significantly less, and meets the requirement of the printed circuit board industry. Cell geometry, panel features and operating parameters have been modeled and show good agreement with experimental data. The results of this study suggest that through hole patterns on a printed circuit board increase the non-uniformity of the boundary layer thickness. © The Author(s) 2016. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0491608jes] All rights reserved.


Motivated by the weighted Bounded Negativity Conjecture, we prove that all but finitely many reduced and irreducible curves $C$ on the blow-up of $\mathbb{P}^2$ at $n$ points satisfy the inequality $C^2 \ge \min \{-\frac{1}{12} n (C.L +27), -2 \}$, where $L$ is the pull-back of a line. This partially improves on some result by Laface and Pokora.


Clostridioides difficile and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) are commonly co-isolated from hospitalized patients. We sought to develop in vitro co-culture systems to identify interactions and study biofilm formation by these two opportunistic pathogens. We found that VRE quickly acidifies media containing glucose, fructose and trehalose to a pH that is not compatible with growth of C. difficile. Acidification was necessary and sufficient for VRE-mediated suppression of C. difficile and this mechanism is conserved among a panel of enterococci and Clostridia. Robust co-culture conditions and biofilm formation were achieved by managing the available carbon source. Importance The steady state pH of the colon in humans and mice is below the growth limiting pH for C. difficile found in this study and others. Following treatment with antibiotics, pH of the colon rises to neutral or slightly alkaline, which correlates with the loss of colonization resistance to C. difficile. These data suggest that manipulation of pH by managing the available carbon source may affect colonization by pathogenic and commensal Clostridioides.


In general,the project manager is responsible for the overall success of the project.In some companies,this person might be called a Project Coordinator,or a Team Leader,however,the key aspect is that the person is responsible for ensuring the success of the project.Now a day there is much project delay around Kuala Lumpur.The major factor of project delay is because of poor management of project manager.Project manager who is responsible to handle the entire construction project,to finding the right project manager is therefore a major task in project implementation.The aims of this study are to identify the selection factor to be a good project manager,to identify the success factor to be an excellent project manager and to analyze the success factor to be an excellent project manager.The major responsibility of the Project Manager will be to manage and deliver projects, as assigned.The individual will bring strong planning and process skills to the team and will have management accountability for the definition and execution of the project plans including project initiation, planning,execution,controlling,staffing, scheduling, monitoring and closing out the project.The project manager will manage project dependencies and team and stake holder relationships as it relates to the project and ensure timely and effective communication with the project team and with the project stakeholders. The questionnaires were distributed to the contractor, client and consultant by hand around Kuala Lumpur.The questionnaire consists of two sections;first section are identify the success factor to be an excellent project manager in construction project while for second section are rank all the entire success factor to be an excellent project manager.The data from the questionnaire was analyzed by using mean average index method.Finally from the research and questionnaires that have been done automatically can find factor to be an excellent project manager in construction project.


Abstract A new method for describing gallium (Ga) heterogeneity in plutonium–gallium (Pu–Ga) alloys in terms of two parameters, dx and m0, is presented in this paper. The parameters are derived from a modified Boltzmann function. The resulting sigmoidal curve function is fitted to a grain radius bearing curve, derived from quantitative Ga distribution map data. Describing the heterogeneity in terms of the derived parameters enables the effect of different parameters on the rate of homogenisation of the Ga to be quantitatively characterised. This quantification will allow us to determine the relationships that material properties and heat treatment conditions have on the rate of homogenisation of the Ga. Preliminary results presented here indicate a strong log–log correlation between the heat treatment time at a given temperature and the resulting heterogeneity, and also indicates that the combined iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) content in the alloy affects the homogenisation rate.


..............................................................................................................1 Chapter 1: General introduction..........................................................6 Chapter 2: Impacts of river discharge on larval temperate seabass recruitment towards coastal nursery grounds in the Tango Sea...............13 Chapter 3: Distributions and size ranges of juvenile temperate seabass in the Tango Sea.......................................................................................24 Chapter 4: River ascending mechanisms of juvenile temperate seabass in the stratified Yura River estuary..........................................................................42 Chapter 5: Feeding ecology of juvenile temperate seabass in the Yura River estuary..........................................................................................64 Chapter 6: Migration ecology of juvenile temperate seabass: a carbon stable isotope approach................................................................................94 Chapter 7: Growth and migration patterns of juvenile temperate seabass in the Yura River estuary combination of stable isotope ratio and otolith microstructure analyses..................................................................109 Chapter 8: Main factor of the mortality during the estuarine juvenile stage of temperate seabass...........................................................................126 Chapter 9: Relative contribution of the estuarine nursery areas to temperate seabass adult population in the Tango Sea revealed by otolith Sr:Ca ratio...............................................................................................139 Chapter 10: General discussion..........................................................166 Acknowledgements.........................................................................181 References....................................................................................183


Determination of accurate stage of malignant neoplasm is essential for instituting appropriate therapy. For this purpose percutaneous fine-needle aspiration cytology of retroperitoneal lymph nodes was performed in urogenital malignant tumors including 10 patients with carcinoma of the prostate, 9 patients with carcinoma of the bladder, 3 patients with testicular tumor and 2 patients with carcinoma of the ureter. Positive cytology was seen in 5 patients (21 per cent), all of whom had positive lymphangiograms. In 16 patients with normal lymphangiograms, aspirated materials were all negative. No significant complications were encountered This procedure has allowed us to determine the tumor stage more accurately in urogenital malignant tumor. Therefore, percutaneous fine-needle aspiration cytology is best recommended when conventional diagnostic procedures fail to determine the accurate stage in patients with urological malignancy.


Summary— The effects of chronic treatment with losartan on blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) variability responses during air‐jet stress were studied in WKY and SHR. In untreated animals, air‐jet stress induced an increase in systolic BP (SBP) (9 ± 2 mmHg for WKY and 8 ± 2 mmHg for SHR) and HR (56 ± 19 bpm for WKY and 76 ± 8 bpm for SHR). These changes were accompanied by an increase of the mid frequency (0.2–0.6 Hz, MF) component of HR in WKY (183%) and by an increase of the MF component of SBP in SHR (65%). Chronic suppression of the renin‐angiotensin system (RAS) by losartan reduced resting BP only in SHR (‐20 mmHg for SBP) without affecting HR and did not modify the resting MF components of BP and HR. This pretreatment did not alter the BP response in WKY to stress but impaired it in SHR. In both strains, treatment with losartan abolished all BP and HR variability changes, whereas the tachycardia response was unaltered. Losartan caused inhibition of BP and HR variability changes in response to stress in WKY and SHR. We provided evidence for the importance of the angiotensin II‐sympathetic interaction in the BP and HR variability responses to a stressful environment.


Objective To study the effects of parecoxib used at different time point on postoperative pain and the level of serum β-EP in craniotomy.Methods Ninety ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients undergoing selective craniotomy were randomly assigned to three groups (n =30):group A received parecoxib 40 mg 30 min before incision, group B received parecoxib 40 mg at the end of operation, group C did not receive analgesia. No patient received postoperative patient controlled analgesia (PCA). Serum β-EP and gastrin were detected at baseline, at the end of the surgery, 6h, 12 h and 24 h after surgery. Visual analog score, Ramsay sedative score, 24 h patient satisfaction and adverse effects were also recorded.Results The analgesic effects of group A and group B at different time points were better than those of group C (P 0. 05). The score of VAS were significantly lower than that of group B 12 h and 24 h postoperatively. The levels of serum β-EP were significantly higher in group B and group C after operation compared with group A. There was no significant difference in the level of gastrin among three groups.Conclusion Parecoxib can safely improve postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing craniotomy. It is related to decreased level of serum β-EP and inhibit stress.


Numerical solutions of nonlinear programming problems by the penalty function method are, in general, approximate solutions. An error in these solutions consists of two parts: one is the error between the approximate solution and the true extremal solution of the penalty function, and the other is the error between its true extremal solution and the true solution of the nonlinear programming problem. Urabe's theorem can give the error bound for the former error. In this paper, the error bound theorem for the latter error is given and a numerical technique and a numerical example are given.


We previously reported a new form of LCDD presenting as diffuse cystic lung disorder that differs from the usual systemic form, with respect to the age, the male/female ratio, the involved organs, and the hematologic characteristics. We also demonstrated that the light chains were produced by an intrapulmonary B-cell clone and, that this clone shared a stereotyped antigen receptor IGHV4-34/IGKV1. However, we analyzed only 3 patients. Herein, we conducted a retrospective study including lung tissue samples from 24 patients with pulmonary LCDD (pLCDD) matched with samples from 13 patients with pulmonary AL kappa amyloidosis used as controls. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics identified immunoglobulin kappa peptides as the main protein component of the tissue deposits in all patients. Interestingly, in pLCDD, IGKV1 was the most common kappa family detected (86.4%) and, IGKV1-8 was overrepresented compared with pulmonary AL kappa amyloidosis (75% vs 11.1%, p=0.0033). Furthermore, IGKV1-8 was predominantly associated with a diffuse cystic pattern (94%) in pLCDD. In conclusion, high frequency of IGKV1-8 usage in cystic pLCDD constitutes an additional feature arguing for a specific entity distinct from the systemic form that uses preferentially IGKV4-1.


This article contains an analysis of the relevant intellectual property rights concerning e-health projects using grid computing infrastructure within a clinical trial environment. There are two important issues at stake: which (intellectual) property rights arise during the course of such a project and which patient rights have to be regarded? This article aims to answer these questions. The answers shall contribute to the current discussion in this field. The case of study is the project Advancing Clinico Genomic Trials on Cancer (ACGT), a European integrated project funded by the European Union.


Measurements of 18 men and 19 women in physical activity courses show men generate more absolute muscle power than women and produce greater power per unit of time. If absolute power does not accurately reflect the power/weight ratio, it may not be a reliable predictor of certain athletic performance.


The utility model relates to a sheet metal part stamping die which comprises an upper die body and a lower die body, two guiding rods are arranged at the two ends of the bottom of the upper die body, a punch is arranged in the middle of the bottom of the upper die body, the punch is matched with a groove in the middle of the lower die body, and positioning holes matched with the guiding rods are formed in the two ends of the lower die body. The sheet metal part stamping die is simple in structure, reasonable in design, high in machining precision, convenient to operate, high in yield and capable of lowering production cost.


membership', which is an operational concept used in analyzing the relationships between the members' attitude and behavior and the function of the athletic group, Subjects are 419 in number, whom we selected from rnany athletic groups of coileges and high schools in the Kinki District. We asked thern to answer the questionnaires twice, in July and October, 1965. Using the data thus obtained, we were given the final  of the twenty items using the Likert Methed. We examined the final measure and reached the following conclusions. 1. The internal-consistency reliability of our group membership test is very high: rNx=.84, and accordingly we believe that the homogeneity of each item to the total score is also high. 2. By our group membership test, between the membership in the first test in July and that in the second test in October, we could not find a correlation. So we believe our


This paper describes an utterance classification method for combining multiple dialog systems. For reducing effort of developing spoken dialog systems, several dialog systems have been proposed that do not require complicated dialog description. However, these systems are so simple that only very limited type of dialogs are accepted by these systems. We propose a spoken dialog development by combining these simple dialog systems for developing a dialog system that accepts more flexible dialogs. Combination of dialog systems is based on utterance classification. We conducted an utterance classification experiment, and 77.1% of the utterances including out-of-task utterances were correctly classified.


News organizations starts using social media as news delivery channels and audience reach. The star is one of the leading newspapers in the country and utilize the social media to communicate with the readers with >200,000 likes. The present study aimed to test the perceptions on four factors of gratification (contribution, discovery, social interaction and entertainment) among the star online Facebook page likers. A total 92 Facebook users was selected randomly from list of personal liked the page. A set of web-based questionnaire was email to the respondent's Facebook personal messaging system. Results show that television and newspaper are still being utilized despite the emerging of online news media portals in the country. Furthermore, entertainment is the top most priority for an individual to assess to media. There were three uses and gratification factors extracted. Users acknowledged that they valued the star online Facebook page because it helped them to keep up with the unexpected stories around the world and provide entertaining news. While social interaction has always affected the dissemination of news, the study suggests that social media are becoming central to the way people experience news. The study contributes to our understanding of the evolving relationship between the organization's online media tool and the audience.


Quantum dot (QD) enhanced LCDs are among today's best‐in‐class displays exhibiting high brightness and large color gamut. In this presentation we focus on the underlying key mechanism of the embedded QD films, the down‐conversion of light, and explore the optical characteristics of a state‐of‐the‐art perovskite QD film by measuring its down‐converting properties as a function of the viewing angle. The good agreement of the experimental results with simulations of the QD film indicates that computer aided parameter optimization can be key tool for engineering QD displays.


10 months after her admission, the patient is free from any sequelae of HUS. Ito et al. recently reported the efficacy of IVIG for thrombotic microangiopathy of unknown aetiology. Our patient experienced a significant and rapid improvement, especially of severe CNS signs following IVIG as well as favourable MRI changes, although the precise mechanism of this therapy remains speculative. However, we believe that both supportive therapy and anti-pro-inflammatory cytokine therapy should be considered for selected patients with HUS and CNS involvement caused by endothelial microangiopathy.


Aircraft conceptual design is the first step toward the design and manufacturing of new types of vehicles. At this stage of the design process it is necessary to analyze the performance of many aircraft configurations for a given payload and mission profile. Many methods and tools are currently available to accomplish this task in an efficient way. This work focuses on the evaluation of two of these tools: the Flight Optimization System (FLOPS) developed by NASA and the Pacelab Aircraft Preliminary Design (APD) developed by PACE. In particular, the authors focus on the evaluation of the capabilities of each software to model particular aircraft configurations and on the quality of the performance estimated during the analysis. The following aspects are investigated: geometric modeling capabilities, aircraft weight estimation and breakdown, aerodynamic performance computation, mission definition, analysis capabilities and output types and format. The evaluation of the software is based on two aircraft configurations modeled using both FLOPS and Pacelab APD. The aircraft considered are a Boeing 737-800, and an ATR 72-500. For each aircraft a mission profile and additional operating performances are specified. Detailed results of the FLOPS and Pacelab APD analysis are presented.


Using Chinese Spring wheat, Heshang wheat, Sizi wheat as materials, effects of nitrogen deficiency on content of chlorophyll and soluble protein, root-shoot ratio, photosynthetic rate(Pn), stomatal conductance(Gs), intercellular CO2(Ci)and transpiration rate(E) were studied. The results showed that content of chlorophyll and soluble protein, Pn, Gs and E in wheats were lower than that of CK under nitrogen deficiency. The root-shoot ratio and Ci of wheat seedling were higher than that of CK. It is indicated that nitrogen deficiency had some effects on biosynthesis of chlorophyll. The net photosynthetic rate(Pn) of wheat decreased significantly. Dry matter accumulation was reduced and root top ratio was increased.


This article suggests that relational approaches and carer-centred practice in mental health and other services might alleviate some of the burden on the health - both physical and mental - experienced by informal carers.
Carer-centred practice requires professionals to identify and develop relationships with carers, appreciate interdependencies and the complexity of need, and involve family members and friends of the service user as expert partners in care.


Suppressing mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activity with MR antagonists is therapeutic for chronic skeletal muscle pathology in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) mouse models. Although mechanisms underlying clinical MR antagonist efficacy for DMD cardiomyopathy and other cardiac diseases are defined, mechanisms on skeletal muscles are not fully elucidated. Myofiber MR knockout improves skeletal muscle force and a subset of dystrophic pathology. However, MR signaling in myeloid cells is known to be a major contributor to cardiac efficacy. To define contributions of myeloid MR in skeletal muscle function and disease, we performed parallel assessments of muscle pathology, cytokine levels and myeloid cell populations resulting from myeloid MR genetic knockout in muscular dystrophy and in acute muscle injury. Myeloid MR knockout led to lower levels of immunosuppressive macrophages resulting in sustained myofiber damage and slowed regeneration and muscle repair after acute injury of normal muscle. In acute injury, myeloid MR knockout also led to increased local muscle levels of the enzyme that produces the endogenous MR agonist aldosterone, further supporting important contributions of MR signaling in normal muscle repair. In muscular dystrophy, myeloid MR knockout altered cytokine levels differentially between quadriceps and diaphragm muscles, which contain different myeloid populations. Myeloid MR knockout led to higher levels of fibrosis in dystrophic diaphragm where pro-inflammatory macrophages are more prevalent than in quadriceps. These results support important contributions of myeloid MR signaling to skeletal muscle repair in acute and chronic injuries and highlight the useful information gained from cell-specific genetic knockouts to delineate mechanisms of pharmacological efficacy.


Objective: To study the effect of ropivacaine on lymphocyte immunity. Method: 30 patients undergoing lumbar diskectomy suffer epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine. Venous blood samples were collected to measure the contents of CD_3, CD_4, CD_8, CD_ 20 , IL-2, and INF-γ. Result: After operation, the contents of CD_4, CD_ 20 , IL-2 and INF-γ were increased, that of CD_3 was constant and that of CD_8 was decreased. Conclusion: Ropivacatine has not marked influence on lymphocyte immunity.


This paper introduces the technologies and characteristics of the iron ore treatment by fluidized bed in several typical smelting reduction processes such as FINEX,FINMET,Circored and HIsmelt.The rules of fine iron ore treatmeat by fluidized bed in smelting reduction are summed up.Taking for reference foreign and domestic practice of fine iron ore treatment with fluidized beds,this paper proposes a new smelting reduction ironmaking process with fine iron ore treatment by fluidized bed.The process is divided,in accordance with its metallurgical features,into four systems,including the fluidizing preheating reduction system which uses reducing gas at about 800℃ to produce DRI at a reduction ratio of 80%; the iron-bath final reduction system which directly uses powdered coal,furnace burden at high temperature and high pre-reduction ratio and pure oxygen to control the post-combustion ratio at about 20%; the gas reforming system which adjusts and transforms the high temperature reducing gas and recycles the top gas;the comprehensive utilization system which makes use of the output gas.


Alonso de Castillo Solorzano, a writer of the generation of Baroque fiction writers after
Cervantes, shows in both his narrative and short drama an ideological aversion to the possibility that
his characters ascend in social rank. This fact is most evident in five of his own short dramatic pieces
inserted into his narrative. In the interlude The Female Chestnut Roaster published in The Adventures
of Bachelor Racket, Juana, a newcomer to the court, succeeds in deceiving different suitors who want
to marry her by disguising her real lineage. Finally exposed by one of the courtiers she was trying to
deceive, Juana gets a taste of her own medicine.


Nigel Grimmer works in photography and sculpture (assemblage in the Dada sense may be a more accurate description) to explore identity, glamour, kitsch and authenticity. Immediate qualities in the presentation which come through at first are defined by references to nostalgia, camp and kitsch, as well as a strong sense of irony, and the use of and exposition of media stereotypes. If this draws you in or impacts, then the subtle nuances of crisis, societal expectation, introspection and critique are there to add depth to the practice.


The social right of a secured income enough for subsistence in old age is an important aspect of social policy. Our objective has been to discuss public pension reform in New Zealand and Sweden. Through comparison we have revealed inherent forces fuelling as well as restricting pension reform. To better understand the political differences and counter forces an approach of "path dependency" derived from historical sociology, political science and new economic history was applied.


This article presents an interesting observation noticed in a research project on the development of reading proficiency as related to children's metalinguistic awareness and cognitive processing skills. One hundred eighty Oriya (an Indian language belonging to Indo-Aryan group) children belonging to Grades 1, 111 and V were administered two tests of reading achievemeht (oral reading and reading conprehension) and Raven's colored Progressive Matrices. The results showed that the oral reading performance and reading comprehension did not develop simultaneously, though they were positively related to each other in all the grades. The children, in their literacy acquisition process, seemed to follow two successive stages: Phonemic (syllabic) decoding alone and phonemic decoding plus comprehension, which are otherwise not considered as two distinct stages of the acquisition process. As an explanation, a possible interaction between the nature of orthography and instructional process is hypothesized.


Housing consumption keeps growing in spite of energy efficient devices. The problem seems to come from not only the lack of information about how to use these devices but also from the lack of willingness from inhabitants. This double assessment invites to think about support toward inhabitants' behaviors concerning to energy consumption, which is affected by both devices and values. The paper follows an interdisciplinary research between persuasive human computer interaction and sociological studies of domestic energy consumption. The scientific contribution is the integration of the sociological dimensions of energy consumption and behavior change into interactive system design principles. We present a proof of concept for the sustainable change of users' behavior in energy consumption that demonstrates the applicability of these principles.


This study aims to assess whether buyback activities in Malaysia are able to provide any economic benefits to shareholders both in the short-term and in the long-run. Specifically this study investigates the price effects on: (a) the announcement surrounding the repurchase intentions and implementation dates, (b) factors affecting the price effects on implementation dates and (c) long-run price effects subsequent to repurchase implementation. Using event study methodologies, this study finds no significant immediate price reactions surrounding repurchase intention dates. However, there is significant evidence of positive abnormal returns in days –5 to +5 surrounding the announcement of repurchase implementation. As for the factors affecting abnormal returns, this study finds that abnormal return responds positively to better prior price performance, dividend yield, directors' holdings, and fraction of shares repurchased. However, abnormal return responds negatively to the previous amount of cash held, reported earnings per share, and market-to-book value. Using a three year period as a measure of long-run, this study finds that there is no evidence that repurchasing firms experience superior or inferior price performance. This is one of the first studies in Malaysia to examine the long- run wealth effects of share repurchase.


It is difficult to assess the likelihood of perioperative cardiac events mainly because of complicated interrelationships between clinical risk and type of surgery. To overcome this problem, The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association(ACC/AHA)Task Force published guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for non-cardiac surgery. The guidelines offer the strategy of preoperative cardiac therapy, operative performance and perioperative management depending on the urgency of surgery, the patient$ s risk factors, findings of cardiac testing and specific surgical considerations. Non-invasive cardiac testing including myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography(SPECT)is recommended to be used mainly in patients with poor functional capacity, when the results will affect patient treatment and outcomes. In the current review, we summarized the use of stress myocardial perfusion SPECT referring to previous reports and our data, and provided the tips for indication of SPECT in preoperative risk stratification in non-cardiac surgery.


The present invention relates to a ceramic screen as possible production process of a green glass composition, an apparatus for carrying out such a method, and ceramic green glass screen available components that can be produced by this method. This method is a process to re-heating the preform up to the re-foot possible temperature of the glass in the deformation zone. The method is characterized in that the deformation zone is particularly small. This allows you to re-emit the green glass ceramic screen as possible while preventing the possession of a ceramic artist already for recognition to occur. In particular, the method may provide a plate-like or sheet-like green glass component which is characterized by a particularly smooth surface.


Foreword Organic radicals in solution Theoretical aspects of E.S.R. Spin labels: Biological membranes Free radical studies in biology and medicine E.S.R. of the conformation of 5- and 6-membered cyclic nitroxide (aminoxyl) radicals


Traditional transmitter identification method needs manual construction of fingerprint features, and it is difficult to get good results in the actual battlefield environment. Aimed at this problem, this paper proposes a fingerprint identification method for shortwave transmitter based on deep learning. The method extracts the signal fingerprint feature by convolution and pooling operation, and combines with Softmax classifier to realize the fingerprint feature recognition. Firstly, the signal data of the transmitter are collected, and divided into training data and test data, then the data are transformed by the rectangular integral bispectrum, and bispectrum feature is taken as the feature input vector of network training. Secondly, establish a convolutional neural network model, determine the network structure, parameters of each layer, learning rate and so on; Finally, input training data to train the network, use backpropagation to adjust network parameters and verify network performance with test data. The experimental results show that this method improves the accuracy of fingerprint feature recognition effectively, and the recognition performance is better than the traditional method.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the progression of radiographic changes of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) with reference to plasma levels of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), C-reactive protein (CRP) and disease duration.

METHODS
Twenty-one patients with chronic inflammatory joint disease and TMJ involvement were included. Individualized tomography of the TMJ was performed twice with an interval of at least 12 months. Blood samples were analysed for IL-1beta and CRP.

RESULTS
Significant progression of the overall grade of radiographic changes occurred during the observation period, whereas erosions showed great interindividual variability. Progression of TMJ bone loss was correlated to raised levels of CRP and, in patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, or with shorter duration, also to plasma IL-1beta.

CONCLUSION
Progression of overall grade of radiographic changes in the TMJ occurs in patients with chronic inflammatory joint disease. Raised levels of serum CRP are associated with progression of TMJ bone loss.


Applied to health field, Internet of Things (IoT) systems provides continuous and ubiquitous monitoring and assistance, allowing the creation of valuable tools for diagnosis, health empowerment, and personalized treatment, among others. Advances in these systems follow different approaches, such as the integration of new protocols and standards, combination with artificial intelligence algorithms, application of big data processing methodologies, among others. These new systems and applications also should face different challenges when applying this kind of technology into health areas, such as the management of personal data sensed, integration with electronic health records, make sensing devices comfortable to wear, and achieve an accurate acquisition of the sensed data. The objective of this chapter is to present the state of the art, indicating the most current IoT trends applied to the health field, their contributions, technologies applied, and challenges faced.


The present invention relates to a method for producing an alkali metal-based hybrid supercapacitor type battery, alkaline hybrid supercapacitor type battery, and a method of recycling a negative electrode of an alkaline-ion battery. Method for producing an alkaline hybrid supercapacitor type battery according to the present invention, the material of the electrode B obtained from at least part of the used alkali metal ion battery that has lost its initial volume, forming a negative electrode A characterized in that it comprises a a). The present invention is particularly applicable to the field of battery.


With certain qualifications it may be said that the neuroses of war are the neuroses of peace. Nervous disorders, so prevalent among soldiers in the last war, are again a prominent feature of the present conflict and thus attract special attention and study. A wide range of clinical conditions has been included in the term war neuroses. In the last war the very acute and dramatic neurotic patterns were called "shell shock." In the current war the more benign term "combat fatigue" has been applied to the manifestations which appear to be a direct result of war experience. Other terms such as exhaustion neurosis, concussion neurosis, fright neurosis, effort syndrome, and neurocirculatory asthenia have been found to be applicable, although some of them may be outright misnomers.


In a recent issue of Clinical Chemistry Janssen et al. (1) reported the development of a new spectrophotometric assay to determine complex I activity in a mitochondrial fraction of human skin fibroblasts, which is based on measuring the reduction of 2,6-dichloroindophenol by electrons accepted from decylubiquinol. This is a potentially important finding because the determination of complex I in fibroblasts is difficult owing to the high activity of contaminating rotenone-insensitive NADH dehydrogenases(2). In the reported method complex I was assayed by measuring the total NADH oxidase activity during a 4-min period, after which rotenone was added to measure the rotenone-insensitive NADH oxidase activity. By subtraction of the reaction rates, the complex I activity was calculated. Because it is well known that the accumulation of rotenone on its binding site is not instantaneous(3)(4), we questioned if the complex I assay might be affected by the delay in the inhibitory effect of rotenone.

We investigated the relationship between the amount of mitochondrial protein isolated from normal human skin fibroblasts exactly as described by Janssen et al. (1) and the time course of the NADH oxidase activity in the absence of rotenone. The duration of the first order …


A n+-indium–tin-oxide (ITO)/Sm-doped i-TiO2/p-NiO/p+-Si light-emitting diode (LED) was fabricated via laser ablation and post annealing treatment. The LED emitted red light at room temperature under a relatively low threshold voltage of 12 V. The electroluminescence and photoluminescence spectra of the LED were compared, and a stable and single-type Sm3+ luminescent center was observed to give rise to red emission under different excitation conditions. These results suggest that there is a strong possibility of realizing LEDs based on rare-earth-doped metal oxide semiconductors.


We investigated the formation of ground state donor/acceptor complexes between xanthene dyes (rose Bengal (RB) and fluorescein (FL)) and a diphenyl iodonium salt (DPI) which is dissolved in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomer. To characterize the association constant of the complex, we have suggested a new analysis model based upon the Benesi-Hildebrand model. Because the assumption of the original Benesi-Hildebrand model is that the absorption bands are due only to the presence of the complex and that the absorption by the free component is negligible; the model cannot be applied to our systems, which is a dye-based initiator system. For each dye, the molar absorptivity of the ground state complex was evaluated as a function of wavelength and this analysis confirmed the validity of the modified Benesi-Hildebrand model. In addition, we observed the RB/DPI photoinitiator system failed to produce a perceptible polymerization rate but the FL/DPI photoinitiator system provided very high rates of polymerization. Based upon the association constant for these complexes, we concluded that the observed kinetic differences arise from the different association constant values of the ground state dye-acceptor complex, resulting in back electron transfer reaction.


1Student,Dept. of Computer Engineering, VESIT, Maharashtra, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------------***-------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Deep Learning has come into existence as a new area for research in Machine Learning. It aims to act like a human brain, having the ability to learn and process from complex data and also tries solving intricate tasks as well. Due to this capability, its been used in various fields like text, sound, images etc. Natural language process has started to being impacted by the deep learning techniques. This research paper highlights Deep Learning's recent developments and applications in Natural Language Processing.


The service life of today's turbochargers is limited among other things by the mechanical load caused by blade vibrations. In this context, the precise determination of the resonance operating points and the estimation of the vibration magnitudes are essential for an accurate assessment of the service life of the turbocharger components. Forced blade vibrations in radial turbines are primarily flow induced. Flow induced blade vibrations are caused by the nonuniform flow field in the circumferential direction which acts on the blades as a cyclic pressure fluctuation. Previous studies identified the inlet guide vane (IGV) as well as the spiral turbine housing as the primary sources of the non-uniform flow field.
 In the present study a thorough experimental investigation of the synchronous blade vibrations of a radial turbine is performed. A detailed description of the experimental setup is given. In this setup the vibrations are captured with two redundant measurement systems during real turbocharger operation. Strain gauges, applied on certain blades, as well as optical tip-timing sensors distributed on the circumference of the turbine shroud are used. The advantages of the combined usage of these two measuring systems are shown in the paper.
 Initially, the blade vibration modes are determined experimentally in stand still tests and numerically calculated through FEM models. This served for the creation of a Campbell diagram, which determined the speed ranges that are examined. The mistuning, which is not taken into account in the numerics, is therefore determined via the experiment. In addition, the experimental results are compared with those of numerics and the frequencies from standstill test. The first part of this two-part paper is focused on the vibrations caused by the "nominal" IGV. This "nominal" IGV has twice the number of blades compared to the rotor. Part 2 will analyze the changes of the blade vibrations due to the application of two different IGVs.


The crankshaft is an important component of an engine. This paper presents results of strength analysis done on crankshaft of a single cylinder two stroke petrol engine, using PRO/E and ANSYS software. The three dimensional model of crankshaft was developed in PRO/E and imported to ANSYS for strength analysis. This work includes, in analysis, torsion stress which is generally ignored. A calculation method is used to validate the model. The paper also proposes a design modification in the crankshaft to reduce its mass. The analysis of modified design is also done.


The CPM (Critical Path Method)/LOB (Line of Balance) technique for planning and scheduling repetitive projects has been used since the 1994. The objective of this study is to propose faster and simple approach that can be used in the development of a computerized CPM/LOB scheduling system that overcomes the problems associated with existing systems. This study mainly examines the simplified CPM/LOB methodology, especially in construction scheduling planning and control, so as to achieve effective project schedule analysis without the complex procedure. The effectiveness of the proposed simplified CPM/LOB methodology will be investigated and validated by a case study. Finally, the suggestion and limitation are proposed and discussed for further related applications.


Evidence in the literature suggests a negative relationship between volume of medical procedures and mortality rates in the health care sector. In general, highvolume hospitals appear to achieve lower mortality rates, although considerable variation exists. However, most studies focus on US hospitals, which face different incentives than hospitals in a National Health Service (NHS). In order to add to the literature, this study aims to understand what happens in a NHS. Results reveal a statistically significant correlation between volume of procedures and better outcomes for the following medical procedures: cerebral infarction, respiratory infections, circulatory disorders with AMI, bowel procedures, cirrhosis, and hip and femur procedures. The effect is explained with the practice-makes-perfect hypothesis through static effects of scale with little evidence of learning-by-doing. The centralization of those medical procedures is recommended given that this policy would save a considerable number of lives (reduction of 12% in deaths for cerebral infarction).


Abstract In plastic injection molding, external defects such as flow marks are serious problems. These external defects are known to occur during cavity filling processes inside the mold, and are closely related to resin flow behavior in the flow front area. In this study, the authors propose a new method for visualizing in-mold resin flow behavior using a glass-inserted mold and rotary runner exchange system capable of instantaneously switching two types of melt at the runner just before the gate. This method is capable not only of dynamic visualization, but also static visualization by the observation of cross-sections of a sample, because colored resins switched multiple times at the gate spread in layers inside the sample and freeze. Using this method and general purpose polystyrene, visualization analysis of the flow behavior of inner layer resins near the flow front in simple rectangular cavities was carried out. As a result, it was found that resins reaching the flow front are not exposed at the molded product surface immediately after the fountain-flow process, but remain along the circumference of the flow front for a long period of time, and then stretch out into a thin film-like shape to form the surface of the molded product. In addition, the inner layer resins near the flow front form a converging flow just before reaching the flow front and then form a fountain flow. It was also confirmed that this is a general phenomenon in the fountain-flow process during injection molding regardless of whether the resin is crystalline or noncrystalline. Based on these results, we built a model on the flow of inner layer resins near the flow front of general resins.


Maffucci syndrome is a rare congenital non-inherited condition characterized by multiple enchondromas and cutaneous hemangiomas. It is associated with increased risk of malignancy, including chondrosarcomas, and because of generalized mesodermal dysplasia, aneurysms can develop. We present a case of Maffucci syndrome associated with intracranial chondrosarcoma and aneurysm.


A variety of cytokines have been implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary sarcoidosis, but the exact roles of IL‐6 and IL‐8 are not yet clear. We studied these cytokine levels in BALF from patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), systemic screlosis (SSc) with interstitial lung disease and control subjects. IL‐6 and IL‐8 levels were significantly elevated in sarcoidosis, IPF and SSc with interstitial lung disease compared with control subjects. Subjects with sarcoidosis had significantly increased levels of both cytokines compared with controls when the cytokine values were corrected by the total albumin content and the two cytokine levels correlated with each other (r=0.876). BALF IL‐6 levels correlated with percent lymphocytes and percent CD3+ cells. Moreover, when sarcoidosis patients were divided into three groups, those who needed steroid therapy or had progressive disease showed increased cytokine levels in BALF over stable or improved patients. These observations suggest that locally derived IL‐6 and IL‐8 were increased in sarcoidosis and correlated with activity of this granulomatous lung disease.


As the internalization of human practice manner,thinking mode is closely connected with human development.Different kinds of thinking mode have different effect on human development.The thinking mode of traditional ontology is a prior thinking mode that studies human development from exterior factors.So it can not really solve the problem of human development.The practical thinking mode studies human development based on practice and investigates it from the unification of ideality and realism and from the unification of certainty and practicability.Today the ecological thinking mode studies the human development under an overall point of view and opens a new path for the free and general development of human being.


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This paper performs a comprehensive survey on transmission schemes for the large-scale Internet of things (IoT) networks with nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA). By solving the interference among users, NOMA can significantly improve the frequency reuse efficiency and support multiple users to use the same frequency resources. It is considered to be one of the most effective technologies for the next-generation wireless communication. However, there are still many challenges on the transmission schemes for the large-scale NOMA system, including the short-data packet transmission, active user detection, channel estimation, and data detection. In order to meet these challenges, this paper first reviews the short-packet transmission in the large-scale NOMA systems and then reviews the active user detection and channel estimation technologies of the considered systems.


In this paper,bilinear level set method was used to represent the characterization of reservoir model.The permeability estimation can be solved by the augmented Lagrangian optimization method.After adding the constraint function to the augmented Lagrangian optimization functional,the saddle point can be found by operator splitting scheme based on the essence of binary level set method.Numerical Shows the algorithm stability and efficiency.


Aiming at the more and more serious traffic problem in large cities, this paper proposes a new architecture of urban traffic surveillance system based on the concept of sensor network. Since the speed and quality of communication system has a critical effect on the performance of the overall system, the optimal combination of duty cycle, one of the most important parameters, is introduced to optimize the system performance. This paper puts forward a duty cycle optimization model based on calculating n-times reachable matrix. Now that the parameter optimization model can be boiled down to a NP-hard problem, an improved genetic algorithm is introduced to solve the problem. The computational procedure and efficiency are discussed, and simulation study based on a practical road network is given to illustrate the validity of the proposed method.


The article substantiates the necessity and importance of the implementation of
 digital technologies in the control of public finances in the territorial community,
 which is a requirement of the time and a continuation of the state digitalization
 policy. Modern trends in the digital transformation of public finance control mechanisms
 have been identified and characterized. The need to use automated information systems
 and digital technologies to increase the effectiveness of public finance control is
 considered, which is due to the following factors: significant volumes of information
 that need to be processed; requirements for the speed and quality of inspections;
 laboriousness of control procedures; the specificity and diversity of inspection
 objects; cyclicality of the control technological process; the need for quick and
 complete error detection. The important elements of the implementation of digital
 technologies at the state level were analyzed and the problems of digitalization of
 control over the public finances of the territorial community were identified. The tasks
 of information systems of financial control and analysis are defined. The needs of
 digital development in the context of public finance control, features of domestic and
 foreign experience in software application in the field of public finance control are
 considered. The stages of establishing control over public finances of territorial
 communities are defined, they include: 1) informing; 2) error processing; 3)
 interaction; 4) innovative processing; 5) transformation. Important elements of IT tools
 and technologies affecting the development of control in the territorial community, such
 as artificial intelligence, Blockchain, cloud technologies, Dashboard, verification and
 validation of data, are studied. The advantages and benefits that can be obtained by
 implementing digital technologies in the work of control bodies are shown. The state is
 making a gradual transition from informatization and e-government to digitalization and
 digital management based on the use of Big Data with the transition to "deep machine
 learning" and the use of artificial intelligence (IoT). Conclusions are made about the
 need for digitalization of control over public finances in the territorial community,
 since it is the territorial community that can benefit the most from investments in
 digital technologies that will ensure the effectiveness of local self-government and
 socio-economic development of communities.


Methylation sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP)fingerprints of the Metschnikowia reukaufii strains used in this study obtained under control and experimental conditions in media differing in sugar composition and concentration.


Report discussing the use of legumes for green manuring to enhance the fertility of farm soil and for feeding livestock.


Abstract : This document reports that the group of opera tional programs contained on the IOS Buffer Master tape has essentially two purposes; the preparation of a prepass/preflight paper tape for a station, and the processing of a telemetry paper tape from a station. (Author)


Race, Remembering, and Jim Crow's Teachers by Hilton Kelly is an informative book that reads fast but raises numerous important questions, thus contributing to the discussions about African American educators in the context of Jim Crow's laws about racial segregation in the US south. Contrary to the popular belief that black segregated schools were inferior, Kelly offers a different view based on the oral histories of 44 former teachers of all-black schools in three counties of North Carolina. The book is based on dissertation research; yet it does not read as a traditional dissertation. Rather, the book is a well-constructed narrative about teachers and teaching that combines the data collected from the study participants with excerpts from other scholarly sources on the topic. Kelly's book is conveniently divided into three parts; each part is devoted to a specific aspect of the overall theme – remembering Jim Crow's teachers and understanding better their pedagogical practices and the context in which they had worked. The first part (Chapters 1–3) details the context of legally segregated black schools. The second part (Chapters 4 and 5) focuses on the participants' accounts of segregated schools that differ greatly from dominant educational discourse. The third part (Chapter 6) provides author's thoughts and reflections on the topic and serves as the book's conclusion. Although the book does not use citations to relevant works in the same way as literature reviews do, Kelly incorporates numerous references to support his assertions. The appendices provide greater insights into the research behind the book, detailing the methodology, interview questions and participant demographics. I discerned three major themes emerging from the participants' quotes and the author's narrative:


The study aimed to determine the characteristics of farmers and to calculate the allocation of family work time in the management of an integrated Bali cattle business in oil palm plantations to be carried out in October-December 2022 in Wiwirano District, North Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The research location was determined intentionally, and the respondents were determined by accidental sampling by taking 15 respondents in each village so that 60 respondents were obtained. The results of the survey and identification show that the characteristics of farmer-breeders in Wiwirano District, North Konawe Regency, are generally dominated by productive age (83%), a low education level (50%), main job as a farmer (98%), experience in farming livestock (57%), experience in oil palm plantations >20 years (73%), and the number of family dependents is 4-6 people (68%). The average time spent on family labor in the Bali cattle business is 3.65 HOK (11%), while the average time spent on family labor in the oil palm plantation business is 30.6 HOK (89%).


Now a day many Webapps are being developed which on the one hand are beneficial but on the same part contains a lot of vulnerabilities. Most of the work which remains untouched is web security. Online shopping and web services are increasing at rapid rate. Cross Site Request forgery(CSRF) and Cross side scripting(XSS) are some of the top vulnerabilities. Going through this paper, we will cover a lot of vulnerabilities that are present in webapps and will be presenting some real world threats to the web apps. The vulnerabilities will be found out by the help of penetration testing. Various threat models for the vulnerabilities are also mentioned to give a good understanding about them. KeywordsCross Site Scripting, Penetration testing, Cross Site Request Forgery.


1Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, UIET, KUK, India 2Student of Department of CSE, UIET, KUK, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract In this period of data explosion, parallel handling is essential to processing a vast size of data in a well-timed method. Mapreduce is a accessible and fault-tolerant data handling tool that allows to process a huge size of data in similar through several low-end computing nodes, which has been interpreted by Google. In big data main problem scheduling the jobs and utilize the resources in efficient manner, which reduce the cost and time of task computation or processing. In this paper use amount of task i form of work flow and optimize scheduling by metaheuristics like Ant colony optimization and FCFS algorithm.


The Abstract: Information technologies are used increasingly in modern facilities and have a significant impact on business practices. The success of the existence and development of the modern enterprises and bodies depends on successful management in the conditions of Informatization of activity. The subject of the work of managers is the information. In the process of professional training of future bachelors-managers, able to creatively use informative technologies in professional activity is an actual problem. To develop creativity in the sphere of information technologies is possible with the use of heuristic methods of training.


The main aims of the seminar are to introduce the participants to the concepts and the multiobjective design challenges of Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems in a comprehensive, easy-to-follow fashion, to generate an understanding of the performance limits and to finally present experimental results of optimized industry-type demonstrator systems. First, different application areas and IPT solutions existing in industry and academia are presented. The main components of an Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charging IPT system with three-phase power factor corrected mains interface are explained. Furthermore, the design challenges of an IPT system are discussed in immediate comparison to the design of a conventional isolated DC/DC converter, in order to bridge the knowledge gap between both areas and to allow practicing engineers in industry and researchers in academia to seamlessly extend and complete their understanding of the subject area based on knowledge of general power converter design. Subsequently, a multi-objective design and optimization approach for IPT transmission coils along with the required calculation models for the high-frequency power losses in the main IPT system power components are presented in detail. The method takes into account the required system performance (air gap, battery charging power), as well as the boundary conditions imposed by geometrical size limitations of the application, the electrical interface, the restrictions of the stray field as given by standards, and the thermal limitations of the components. Experimental results obtained from a 96.5% efficient 5 kW IPT system are presented to demonstrate the validity of the used calculation methods and the optimization process. In the last part of the seminar, the IPT system is discussed in the context of the complete power conversion chain from three phase mains via the IPT link to the vehicle battery. The feasibility of IPT systems for EV battery charging is discussed critically and requirements for implementation by industry are presented along with advantageous application areas. The intended audience is researchers and development engineers interested in an entry-level introduction into the concepts of IPT, and a thorough revision of the main operating principles and design challenges, as well as a critical discussion of the performance limits of this technology and the general potential in industry applications.


Visual Field (VF) tests and their corresponding data are commonly used in clinical practices to manage glaucoma. The data represents patient visual acuity, which determines whether the patient has good or impaired vision. Developing machine learning and data mining algorithms that explore the spatial and temporal aspects of visual filed data could vastly improve early diagnosis as well as assisting practitioners in providing appropriate treatments. The objective of this study is to explore the simultaneous modelling and clustering of VF data so that a better understanding of the relationship between VF points can be made, as well as the generation of models that can better predict glaucoma progression. The spatial clusters over the visual field are determined by using heuristic search techniques which are scored based upon the prediction accuracy of glaucoma deterioration. This is compared to methods using standard clusters that are based upon physiological traits (the six optic nerve fiber bundles). Our results demonstrate an improvement in prediction accuracy for some of the models.


HIV affects the Nervous System at different stages of disease ranging from central nervous system to peripheral nervous system. Nervous system manifestation of HIV is estimated to affect approximately 25-90% of the patients .In spite of wide range of the manifestations of neurological complications Central Pontine Myelinolysis (CPM) remains an uncommon presentation of HIV. A sixty year male presented with history of sub acute onset of fever, quadriparesis and dysarthria of two month duration. This case discusses the atypical neurological presentation in HIV patient. doi:10.4021/jnr92w


The aim of the research was to determine the degree of knowledge of the agricultural extension workers, the importance of their knowledge, the degree to which they instruct the breeders about methods of prevention and treatment of foot-and-mouth disease. The research was carried out on a comprehensive list of agricultural extension workers in Al-Gharbia Governorate, 170 agricultural supervisors, distributed among the eight governorate centers. Quantitative data processing, tabulation and analysis using frequency and frequency display, arithmetic mean, Pearson's simple correlation coefficient, and relative correlation coefficient (X2) using the Statistical Program of Social Sciences (SPSS). The most important results were as follows: About half of the respondents (47.6%) are in the age group 46 to 55 years old, the majority of whom are of rural origin (85.3%), 65.3% of them are university graduates, 52.9% (32.9%) worked in agricultural extension for a period of 1 to less than 8 years. The majority (71.8%) received training courses in the field of extension work, and 65% 3% of them received training courses in animal production, and nearly half (47.1%) did not receive training courses in the field of foot-and-mouth disease in particular.28.8% of the respondents are in the high and intermediate training needs category for the prevention of foot-and-mouth disease and 30.6% of the respondents are in the high and intermediate training needs category for the treatment of foot-and-mouth disease. In conclusion, there is a significant relationship between the academic qualification and the degree of the total training needs of the respondents in relation to methods of prevention and treatment of this disease.


Love has always played a central role in Arab cultures, whether idealized/Platonic (as in the story of Majnun and Laylâ) or earthly/carnal (as in the well-known Dove Ring. About Affinity and Friends by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi [993-1064]). Today love is still dealt with by many Arab philosophers and poets, especially Egyptian. This article intends to show the ways in which love has been represented in Egyptian cinema during the last fifty years, through four different categories of love: physical love, Platonic love, fatherly love and love between husband and wife. This essay demonstrates that contemporary Egypt's conceptions of love are still very much the same as in the classical era, though contemporary cinema adds the support of the moving image to our understanding of this feeling.


Anthropometric measures relating to body size, weight and composition are increasingly being associated with cancer risk and progression. Whilst practical in epidemiologic research, where population‐level associations with disease are revealed, it is important to be aware that such measures are imperfect markers of the internal physiological processes that are the actual correlates of cancer development. Body mass index (BMI), the most commonly used marker for adiposity, may mask differences between lean and adipose tissue, or fat distribution, which varies across individuals, ethnicities, and stage in the lifespan. Other measures, such as weight gain in adulthood, waist circumference and waist‐to‐hip ratio, contribute information on adipose tissue distribution and insulin sensitivity. Single anthropometric measures do not capture maturational events, including the presence of critical windows of susceptibility (i.e., age of menarche and menopause), which presents a challenge in epidemiologic work. Integration of experimental research on underlying dynamic genetic, hormonal, and other non‐nutritional mechanisms is necessary for a confident conclusion of the overall evidence in cancer development and progression. This article discusses the challenges confronted in evaluating and interpreting the current evidence linking anthropometric factors and cancer risk as a basis for issuing recommendations for cancer prevention.


Legal education reform is currently a hot topic. The most promising ideas involve elevating skills-based training from its current sideshow status (where it is taught by adjunct and clinical instructors) to a meaningful and integral part of the mainstream curriculum. This type of skills-based reform, however, not only faces some practical roadblocks, but also it glosses over legal education's deeper, more fundamental problem: the failure to adequately train students in the underlying substantive and procedural law. To address this more immediate issue, this Essay recommends three basic rules for reform. First, professors should teach an actual body of law, instead of a cobbled-together, multistate mishmash of cases from a casebook. Second, professors should teach the complete body of law, including the many topics they mistakenly view as too pedestrian to warrant classroom time. Third, professors should publish scholarship that benefits the bench and bar, rather than the academy, thereby strengthening their understanding of the important subjects they teach their students. This Essay explains the incredible benefits that would flow to students from this proposed, three-part reform, and further demonstrates how these three rules for educating tomorrow's lawyers can be implemented today, by the existing professoriate and without any structural changes to the existing legal education model.


Background and Objectives: Early detection of dental caries lesions at active stages of development can facilitate their monitoring and reduce needs for restorative dental care. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and caries treatment needs in first permanent molars of pre-school children, based on a caries lesion activity assessment, and in relation to participants' ages, dental plaque levels and toothbrushing habits. Materials and Methods: Large cross-sectional dental caries survey using multistage cluster sampling was conducted among Lithuanian 4–6-year-old children attending kindergartens. For the present study purpose, all individuals presenting erupted permanent molars were selected. Thus, only 5–6-year-olds (n = 453) took part in this study. They were examined for caries by one calibrated examiner using Nyvad clinical diagnostic criteria that differentiate between active and inactive caries lesions. Dental plaque was assessed by the Silness-Löe index, and parents' reports about toothbrushing frequency were collected. Results: Overall, 41% of permanent molars were affected by caries; 6-year-olds had more caries lesions than 5-year-olds (p < 0.05). Mean number of decayed and filled surfaces (DF-S) of all participants was 1.79 (SD 2.93), half of lesions were noncavitated, more than one-third were cavitated and fillings comprised less than one surface per child. Majority of lesions were active; prevalence of inactive lesions (all noncavitated) was 1% and 6% in 5- and 6-year-olds, respectively. Prevalence of active lesions increased with age; it correlated with plaque levels and with toothbrushing frequency (<0.001). Likelihood to detect active lesions was up to nine times higher in teeth with abundant plaque (odds ratio (OR) 8.73; confidence interval (CI) 5.35–14.25), and up to seven times higher in individuals brushing teeth irregularly (OR 6.88; CI 2.21–21.41). Conclusions: The obtained data indicate high treatment needs in the erupted permanent molars of the Lithuanian pre-school population and imply that caries management should primarily focus on improved biofilm removal, accompanied with regular use of fluoridated toothpaste.


The main purpose of this study is to analyse what are the key financial innovations in the euro area electronic payment systems. TARGET2 is the...


II. CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE 816 A. Economic Performance and Competitiveness 817 B. Ethical Performance and Responsibility 819 C. Stakeholder Theory 821 D. Legal Performance and Compliance with Laws and Regulations ........ 823 E. Political Performance and Legitimacy 823


Does the Resource-Based View (RBV) represent a case of scientific progress? And has it emerged as the dominant approach to the understanding of competitive advantage for this reason? Conventional criteria for scientific progress, notably those of the growth of knowledge literature, are not particularly helpful for understanding this. Instead, it is argued that in order to understand why the RBV is an instance of scientific progress, we should begin from the notion that reduction is at the heart of progress in science, and that many scientists implicitly or explicitly hold this view. The RBV is a case of scientific progress because it identified theoretical mechanisms at levels lower than those that were usually investigated in strategy research prior to the RBV. Unfortunately, the micro-emphasis of the RBV gave way during the 1990s to more aggregative modes of theorising (i.e., the capabilities approach). Thus, the RBV represents an 'unfinished revolution' as there is still considerable potential to dig deeper in the deep structure of competitive advantage.


 Abstract—Spontaneous intracranial hypotension can occur without preceding trauma or medical intervention. Patients often present with positional headaches but may be misdiagnosed with migraines/tension headaches due to a lack of clinical suspicion. Neuroimaging is likely to be the first step in diagnosis and is highly accurate. We present a 31-year old man with spontaneous intracranial hypotension who was admitted with positional headaches and concerning findings on a head CT. Additional imaging revealed classic findings of intracranial hypotension including separation of the superior cerebral veins from the sagittal sinus. A thoracic spine MRI showed an epidural fluid collection suggestive of a CSF leak. The patient was treated with an epidural blood patch and his symptoms improved.


In recent years a wide variety of V/STOL propulsion concepts has been advanced as a way to perform vertical takeoff and landing. This paper presents results of a recent Vought study which examines four supersonic V/STOL propulsion concepts. Aircraft sized to common design criteria and missions are compared for three lift/cruise concepts and one lift plus lift/cruise concept. Both fighter escort and deck-launched intercept mission requirements are considered. Sizing constraints include acceleration capability, sustained load factor, ceiling, maximum speed, specific excess power, vertical takeoff thrust-to-weight, and engine-out thrust-to-weight. Results emphasize the importance of well-founded operational requirements. An engine-out vertical landing requirement is shown to be an important design driver. Each propulsion system concept is sized by different critical constraints, and each concept demonstrates a different sensitivity to variations in these requirements.


Semantic annotation of multimedia data is needed for various tasks like content based indexing of databases and also for making inferences about the activities taking place in the environment. In this paper, we present a top level ontology which provides a framework for describing the semantic features in video. We do this in three steps - First, we identify the key components of semantic descriptions like objects and events and how domain specific ontologies can be developed from them. Second, we present a set of predicates for composing events and for describing various spatio-temporal relationships between events/entities. Third, we develop a scheme for reasoning with the developed ontologies to infer complex events from simple events using relational algebra. Finally, we have demonstrated the utility of our framework by developing an ontology for a specific domain. We conclude by analyzing the performance of the reasoning mechanism with simulated events in this domain.


COVID-19 has become a global pandemic which has affected millions of people worldwide. It has become a global issue for the people of the world. The current study aimed to find whether there is any relationship between spirituality, Occupational stress and work family conflict among COVID-19 rescue responders or not. A sample of 180 COVID-19 rescue responders was selected through purposive sampling by selecting 5 rescue responders from each district of Punjab Province. Co relational research design used for this study and Data was collected by administering Health Safety Executive Standard Indicator Tool for occupational stress, Work Family Conflict Self Efficacy scale for work family conflict and Multidimensional Measure for Islamic Spirituality to rescue responders. Data was analyzed though SPSS by using statistical processes of regression, correlation and moderation along with calculating Percentage and frequencies of responses. Results of the study showed that spirituality moderates the relationship between occupational stress and work family conflict among COVID-19 rescue responders. It also showed that there was no significant effect of demographic variables on occupational stress, work family conflict and spirituality. This study is the first study on COVID-19 rescue responders. More research work may be done by other researchers to fully explore different aspects of spirituality, occupational stress and work family conflict among Rescue responders and emergency responders. Keywords: Spirituality, Occupational stress, Work Family Conflict, COVID-19, Rescue Responders.


The work is devoted to the selection of a dielectric system (solid working dielectric liquid impregnating dielectric) for a high-voltage pulse capacitor, which is operated in a mode with a high repetition rate of charge-discharges. The choice of the optimal system for such a capacitor required an analytical review of dielectric materials used in high-voltage capacitor construction. Since a high-voltage pulse capacitor is designed for operation with a high repetition rate of charge-discharges, it was performed exclusively on non-polar dielectric materials, which have, compared to polar, more than order of magnitude lower dielectric losses and, at the same time, high electrical strength. As a solid working dielectric, a dielectric based on layers of only a polymer film is uniquely selected. A polypropylene film was selected from polymer films for the working dielectric, and its dielectric characteristics were also considered depending on the place and method of production. In our case, a polypropylene film of Ukrainian production was chosen, which in its electrophysical characteristics is not inferior to the films of leading manufacturing countries. When choosing a liquid impregnating dielectric for a film working dielectric, non-polar dielectric liquids with a low kinematic viscosity were considered. The properties of low-viscosity dielectric liquids from leading manufacturing countries are considered. The characteristics of liquid dielectrics based on mineral oils, which have been used for a long time in high-voltage technology, are considered, however, the combustibility, heterogeneity of characteristics, and insufficiently high electrical resistance in an electric field led to their replacement with synthetic liquids. The properties of organosilicon liquids (in particular polymethylsiloxanes), synthetic hydrocarbons (in particular, a mixture of monoand dibenzyltoluenes (JARILEC C101) and phenyl-xylene ethane (PXE)) are considered. A comparative assessment of their dielectric characteristics is carried out. Based on the analysis, recommendations are given on the use of dielectrics for a dielectric system of a high-voltage pulse capacitor, which is designed for operation in a mode with a high repetition rate of charge-discharges.


The application of some bootstrap type intervals for the scale parameter of the Burr type X distribution with grouped data is proposed. The general asymptotic confidence interval procedure (Chen & Mi, 2001) is studied. The performance of these intervals is investigated and compared. Some of the bootstrap intervals give better performance for situations of small sample size and heavy censoring.


The performance of InSb focal plane device becomes lowed because of mild nicks and damnification after thinning.A method that the damnification layer removed and ZnS film sputtered after polishing is used through working over the treatment echnology for InSb focal plane-arrays chip surface,and the good performance of FPAS is gained.


ABSTRACT In this paper, we consider an independent and identically distributed Nakagami- fading single-input multiple-output (SIMO) channel, where the transmitter sends some confidential message to the legitimate receiver in the presence of an eavesdropper. Both the receiver and the eavesdropper have multiple antennas. We formulated the probability of non-zero secrecy mutual information, secure outage probability, and ergodic secrecy mutual information for the SIMO wireless communication system. The calculations have been carried out using small limit argument approximation on zeroth-order modified Bessel function of first kind. This approximation provides decent results in the low signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) regime. In the low-SNR regime, either the transmission power is small or the bandwidth is large. In either case, it is difficult for an eavesdropper to detect the signals in this regime. We present that in the presence of fading, positive secrecy mutual information is achievable even when the eavesdropper has better SNR than the main channel. We also found in our work that at low-SNR regime, the effect of number of eavesdropper's channel on average secrecy mutual information is almost negligible.


The effect of wearing of an air conduction receiver on sound pressure in the ear canal was investigated in 22 ears of 11 normal male volunteers. When a bone conduction receiver (Rion BR-41) on the forehead was activated, sound pressure recorded in the ear canal was larger by about 20 dB in all test frequencies than in the auricular conchal cavity or at a place 10 cm from the canal opening. When an air conduction receiver (Rion AD-02) was worn over the auricle, sound pressures in the ear canal and in the auricular conchal cavity increased maximally at 0.8 kHz by 17.9±4.9 dB and 17.7±7.4 dB, respectively. At higher frequencies, however, they decreased in those wearing the receiver.


Aspartokinase (AK) gene was cloned with PCR from Croynebacterium glutamicum mutant strain Zl-9601 and compared with previously reported polymorphic AK gene sequences. The cloned AK gene sequence in this study is highly homologous with other AK gene sequences, ranging from 97.2 % to 99.7%. Most of the substituted nucleotide bases did not cause any changes to the amino acid sequence of the protein, which comes to the conclusion that polymorphism exists in the AK gene.


As part of a larger study of the role of seabed mapping techniques in environmental monitoring and management, acoustic surveys were made at a study site in the eastern English Channel with the aim of developing a strategy for mapping at different spatial scales. The site comprised a broad scale area (40 x 15 km) between Dungeness and Hastings, within which was nested a smaller study box (4 x 12 km), containing an area licensed for aggregate extraction. During a previous investigation, a basic (low resolution) interpretation was made of 100% sidescan coverage of the smaller study box, recognising four acoustically distinct areas, which were ground-truthed and classified as four distinct biotopes. The present study made a more detailed (high resolution) interpretation of the same sidescan mosaic, recognising nine different seabed facies and mapping the area into ~20 regions. Each of the original acoustically distinct areas contained multiple seabed facies, accounting for the high variability between replicate ground-truth samples noted during the initial study. Consequently, the site was re-visited to ground-truth the seabed facies map. Results of that ground-truthing are presented, and comparisons made between the lowand highresolution characterisations of the seabed. Within the broad scale study area, a foundation pattern of sidescan lines spaced at 2 km intervals has gradually been augmented with additional 'in-fill' lines to achieve progressively greater density of sidescan coverage. The relationship between density of acoustic coverage and confidence in interpreting broad scale patterns and features is explored. Strategies for mapping at different spatial scales are discussed.


ColorChip's unique approach to addressing datacenter requirement for increasing throughput, embraces a multilane Photonic Integrated Circuit, compatible with compact form factors. This is a groundbreaking integration and packaging technique, used in ColorChip's 100G QSFP28 Single Mode solutions and will be used in ColorChip's 400G roadmap, resulting in cost-effective, compact hyper-scale single-mode, pluggable transceivers and On Board Optics (OBO).


The Zambia National Cancer Registry (ZNCR) data of 1990 to 2009 was analyzed with the aim of determining the distribution of cancers in Zambia in the 1990/2000 decades. A total number of 12891 cases of cancers were notified to ZNCR of which 4586 (36.6%) were for males. Most cases of cancers that were notified were for patients in the 25 years or older age group (21.9% among males in the 64 years or older age group, and 25.6% among females in the 35 to 44 years age group). Most reported cancers in females were cervical cancer (48.5%) and breast cancer (11.4%). The predominant cancers in males were Kaposi's sarcoma (22.2%) and prostate cancer (16.2%). Prevention, treatment and control interventions should be focused on cervical and breast cancers, in females and prostate cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma in males.


The author comments that, in retrospect, one of the most frightening aspects of the Black Saturday bushfires was how precisely meteorologists and other experts predicted the behaviour of the weather on the day, and how it would impact upon the fires, which, by Friday 6 February, seemed nearly certain to occur. The Weather Channel documentary 'Forecast For Disaster' utilises footage of its own pre-fire forecasts, and interviews with key meteorologists and survivors, to examine the weather patterns during the months and days preceding, and on the day of, the fire. It also stands as a reminder of the need for ongoing support for the survivors as they rebuild. And it raises questions regarding the adequacy of individual, communal and government responses to the impending disaster, given the veracity of the warning signs - although the answers to such questions are for the Royal Commission to determine.


In this article, we present some simple and effective techniques for accurately calibrating a multi-camera acquisition system. The proposed methods were proven to be capable of accurate results even when using very simple calibration target sets and low-cost imaging devices, such as standard TV-resolution cameras connected to commercial frame-grabbers. In fact, the performance of our calibration approach yielded results that were about the same as that of other traditional calibration methods based on large 3D target sets. The proposed calibration strategy is based on a multi-view multi-camera approach. This was based on the analysis of a number of views of a simple calibration target-set placed in different (unknown) positions. Furthermore, the method is based on a self-calibration approach, which can refine the a priori knowledge of the world coordinates of the targets (even when such information is very poor) while estimating the parameters of the camera model. Finally we proposed a method, to make the calibration technique adaptive through the analysis of natural scene features, allowing the camera parameters to hold accurate throughout the acquisition session in the presence of parameter drift.


Study of transitional processes in electric power systems being one of the main factors determining their reliability, is one of the most important problems for researchers working in area of power electrical engineering. Rapid developing of software of engineering problems and hardware, taken place for the last few decades significantly widens numerical research capabilities. Presently numerical modeling and computer simulation are widely used as primary research tool for the most of engineering problems. Therefore, ensuring the adequacy of mathematical models requires a comprehensive study of the features of simulation tools in relation to the problems to be solved. The switching transitional processes in high-voltage systems are formalized in mathematical models as the system of first order "stiff" differential and algebraic-differential equations with nonlinearity and some logical conditions for setting current interruptions (current chopping) and arc's repeated restrikes and re-ignitions, that determines complexity of the problem. Some computational features in MATLAB set of the problem under consideration conditioned by the methods (ode solvers) and algorithms (fast and robust ones) used, impact of some physical phenomena and parameters and also influence of type of circuit-breaker (vacuum and SF6) on transitional voltages' behavior and stability of solutions are generalizes and presented in this paper. The classical and modern concepts of differential equations' stiffness being a priori criterion of stability are also briefly characterized in the paper. All the researches' results and conclusions were obtained by the working up of numerous acts of computer simulation carried out in wide ranges of initial step size and relative tolerance.


Aqueous solutions of L-tyrosine prepared with a wide range of concentrations from 3.0 M to 1.5 mMwere examined by UV-Visible spectroscopy and Z-scan analysis along with quantum mechanical calculation for its molecular structure for possible cause of linear and nonlinear optical activities. L-tyrosine has been found to absorb light at three regions around 193 nm, 224 nm and 275 nm in aqueous solution. These absorptions exhibit 1 La and 1 Lbtransitions in the side chain containing phenol ring structure. The aqueous solution of L-tyrosine also exhibits third order optical nonlinearity with negative refractive index of 3.1810 m 2 /W in the thermal regime as found by Z-scan technique. The HOMO-LUMO structure of L-tyrosine in solvated form calculated at DFT level using CAM-B3LYP parameters and aug-ccPVTZ /ccPVQZ basis sets give results consistent with observation of UV-Vis spectroscopy. Key Word: UV-Visible Spectroscopy, amino acids, aromatic chromophores, nonlinear refraction, zscan, DFT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 17-01-2020 Date of Acceptance: 04-02-2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Context. One of the mechanisms leading to the creation of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the so-called hierarchical merging scenario. Central SMBHs at the final phase of interacting and coalescing host-galaxies are observed as SMBH binary (SMBHB) candidates at different separations from hundreds of parsecs to megaparsecs.
Aims. Today one of the strongest SMBHB candidates is the ultraluminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 which was spatially and spectroscopically resolved in X-rays by Chandra. Dynamical calculation of central SMBHBs merging in a dense stellar environment allows us to retrace their evolution from kiloparsec to megaparsec scales. The main goal of our dynamical modeling was to reach the final, gravitational wave emission regime for the model BHs.
Methods. We present direct N-body simulations with up to one million particles and relativistic post-Newtonian corrections for the SMBH particles up to 3.5 post-Newtonian terms.
Results. Generally speaking, the set of initial physical conditions can strongly affect our merging time estimations. However, within a certain range of our parameters, we do not find any strong correlation between merging time and BH-to-BH mass or BH-to-bulge mass ratios. Varying the numerical parameters (like particle number – N) does not significantly change the merging time limits. From our 20 models, we find an upper limit on the merging time for central SMBHBs of less than ∼55 Myr. This precise number is only valid for our combination of initial mass ratios.
Conclusions. Further detailed research of rare dual and multiple BHs in dense stellar environments (based on observational data) could clarify the dynamical co-evolution of central BHs and their host-galaxies.


Distributed generators are usually connected to medium and low voltage distribution networks. The structure of distribution networks has changed from a single radial network to a two-terminal and multi-terminal network with multiple power sources. The characteristics of power flow and voltage distribution in power networks have become more complex. Aiming at the problem of voltage control of distributed generation in distribution network, this paper firstly theoretically analyses the coupling relationship between voltage and active/reactive power in distribution network, and then compares the reactive and active power control methods under different R/X conditions. Then, by dividing the operation of distribution network into three states: normal, early warning and emergency, coordination control strategy of multi-distributed photovoltaic power under different conditions are proposed, which is validated by the IEEE standard example. The coordinated control strategy proposed in this paper has important application value for ensuring reliable and stable operation of distribution network and distributed power supply.


Our article examines policies for Special Vocational Secondary Education in Greece. Emphasis is placed on the presentation of legislation with references to the organization and operation of schools and education structures. The aim is to highlight either the different policies for Special Education compared to previous periods, or the evolution of previous policies. As can be seen from our study, the period 2015 – 2019 is considered to be decisive in the evolution of policies for Special Secondary Education. Gradually, Greece is harmonizing with policies of the European Union and International Organizations for the performance of the policy of the rights of people with disabilities. Especially the organization of Secondary Vocational Education changes the model of Education of people with disabilities with emphasis on the acquisition of skills, in order to integrate into the labour market. Thus, in the expanded study framework, the policies of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (O.E.C.D.) are also examined in order to highlight the particular scientific – economic capital that is being formed and evolving on the role of education in the labour market. The increased attendance of people with disabilities in public educational structures is related to their right to education, quality of life and social integration, so that they can be integrated into social and professional life without discrimination, avoiding social exclusion and marginalization.


Holes are commonly associated with high-dimensional, non-parametric representations of potential energy surfaces (PESs). These are regions of the PES with large negative values. Typically these occur at highly distorted geometries of (in reality) high energy. Finding holes in a systematic and efficient way is thus an important aspect in the development of PESs. Here we propose using diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) with artificially reduced masses to automatically and robustly sample large regions of a fit, including those at very high energies. We demonstrate this for a recent PES of methane that was obtained using energies and gradients. The DMC software with the methane potential is available for download. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


We study the radiative heat transfer and the Casimir-Lifshitz force occurring between two bodies in a system out of thermal equilibrium. We consider bodies of arbitrary shape and dielectric properties, held at two different temperatures and immersed in environmental radiation at a third different temperature. We derive explicit closed-form analytic expressions for the correlations of the electromagnetic field and for the heat transfer and Casimir-Lifshitz force in terms of the bodies' scattering matrices. We then consider some particular cases which we investigate in detail: the atom-surface and the slab-slab configurations.