Abstract Collision avoidance is one of the most important capabilities for autonomous vehicles. During driving, collisions must be avoided in all situations. With the availability of 3d cameras which rely on the time-of-flight principle, it is possible to get a very rich perception of the environment. This paper shows, how obstacles can be detected in the vehicle's surrounding using a 3d PMD-camera (photonic mixing device). The obstacle detection is composed of two separated steps. First, a segmentation and a clustering of pixels takes place. Secondly, each group of pixels is analyzed in order to decide whether it is an obstacle or not. The result of the detection is a list of obstacles which is then used for behavior execution. The execution is done with a behavior network and it generates recommendations for path planning.


The ability of Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) to establish latent infection is associated with infectious mononucleosis and a number of malignancies. In EBV, the product of the BZLF1 gene (ZEBRA) acts as a master regulator of the transition from latency to the lytic replication cycle in latently infected cells. EBV latency is primarily maintained by hypoacetylation of histone proteins in the BZLF1 promoter by histone deacetylases. Although histone methylation is involved in the organization of chromatin domains and has a central epigenetic role in gene expression, its role in maintaining EBV latency is not well understood. Here we present evidence that the histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methyltransferase suppressor of variegation 3–9 homolog 1 (Suv39 h1) transcriptionally represses BZLF1 in B95–8 cells by promoting repressive trimethylation at H3K9 (H3K9me3). Suv39 h1 significantly inhibited basal expression and ZEBRA‐induced BZLF1 gene expression in B95–8 B cells. However, mutant Suv39 h1 lacks the SET domain responsible for catalytic activity of histone methyl transferase and thus had no such effect. BZLF1 transcription was augmented when Suv39 h1 expression was knocked down by siRNA in B95–8 cells, but not in Akata or Raji cells. In addition, treatment with a specific Suv39 h1 inhibitor, chaetocin, significantly enhanced BZLF1 transcription. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed the presence of Suv39 h1 and H3K9me3 on nucleosome histones near the BZLF1 promoter. Taken together, these results suggest that Suv39 h1–H3K9me3 epigenetic repression is involved in BZLF1 transcriptional silencing, providing a molecular basis for understanding the mechanism by which EBV latency is maintained.


Surface fatigue failure occurs in geared transmission systems due to factors such as high contact stress, and monitoring its progression is vital if the eventual failure of the tooth flank is to be prevented. Techniques involving the analysis of vibration, acoustic emission and oil debris have been used to successfully monitor the progression of the different phases of gear surface fatigue failure. However, during monitoring a suitable assessment method is required to correlate the characteristics of the signal with the condition of the gear surface. The most commonly used such methods are gear flank profile scanning, replica sample analysis and conventional image analysis, with each technique having both advantages and disadvantages. Responding to the demand for effective assessment methods, this study experimentally evaluates the development of micro-pitting in gears using a new image registration technique in an online health monitoring system. Given a set of captured images of gear surface degradation with different exposure times and geometric deformations, an image registration approach is proposed to cope with inter-image illumination changes of arbitrary shape. Then correlation between the resulting aligned images is compared to a reference one before testing obtained. The results validate the system's capabilities to detect early gear defects and reliably identify the gradual development of micro-pitting in gears, so that it could be used in predictive health monitoring (PHM) systems.


Vanadium Oxide clusters in a supported form or as part of a multiple phase system have recently become significant as catalytic active components in many selective oxidation reactions. The research on catalysts, which mainly contain VxOy as active components and which are applied in the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons concentrates on the systems Vanadium Titanium Oxide and Vanadyle Pyrophosphate. Therefore, VxOy clusters can serve as 2-dimensional model catalysts. The inert gas aggregation technique was used, which allowed the preparation of metal clusters under clean conditions. V2O5 was evaporated by direct heating of an open crucible into an Argon atmosphere of about 1 mbar partial pressure, which was cooled down by liquid Nitrogen in order to obtain a supersaturation for the creation of nuclei and for further cluster growth. The prepared clusters were deposited on amorphous carbon films after the Argon gas had been pumped off by means of a Helium cooled cryo-pump. By using a Gatan transfer holder, the samples were transferred under Nitrogen into the electron microscope (Philips CM200 FEG) for structural characterisation. In order to study the type of the chemical binding, electron energy loss (EELS) was performed. The main results can be summarised as follows: depending on the temperature of the substrate during the cluster deposition, partly crystalline particles could be observed, but also samples without atomic resolution. The clusters presented here with atomic resolution were not stable under the electron beam. Originally crystalline particles changed to amorphous structures. Therefore, low dose experiments were performed. However, structural characterisation turned out to be extremely difficult. By using the EELStechnique it could be shown that the originally as V2O5 evaporated material showed spectra different from the evaporated material. It could be shown that reduction occurred and the final structure was between V2O5 and VO. After larger irradiation times only VO was observed. It is not clear whether a reduction took place already prior to the deposition or due to the interaction with the electrons or also during the evaporation process. Furthermore, it could be observed that under the electron beam changes in the EELS-spectra occurred. Pure Vanadium was also evaporated which caused the nucleation of crystalline Vanadium clusters, which were later, after structural characterisation, oxidised. Typical examples of such particles are shown in the figures a-c together with the power spectra. Fig. a shows a Vanadium cluster of about 3 nm diameter with bcc structure in the [001] orientation. In fig. b also a Vanadium cluster is shown. The diameter is about 4 nm and the structure is bcc in the [110] orientation. Also amorphous parts are visible. Fig. c represents a particle after oxidation in air. The oxidation state is that of VO. The structure is cubic of NaCl-type and the orientation is [110]. The small deviations of the lattice parameters and the lattice angles from the bulk data are typical for distortions present in small nanoparticles.


The purposes of this study are 1) to extract the terminology in the nine text books of South Korea and North Korea such as a korean language, literature, technology, art, music, earth science, geography, universal geography, and Chinese writing, 2) to classify the terminologies morphologically and 3) to contrast the similar terminologies of South Korea and North Korea. In order to do these, we look the procedure as follows: first, we studied the lexicology, the morphological construction of the terminologies and the standards of classification of the correspondence pairs in the viewpoint of language heterogeneitization. Next we classified the 438 different pairs among 963 correspondence pairs into the differences of lexical identity, orthography, the origin of a loan word, the word form and the others(i.e. differences of expression). It was because the classification is a direct approach to the language attitudes of the South and North Korean language authorities in terms of language heterogeneitization. As a result, we got to know that there are no differences of grammatical rules concerning word-formation rules and phrase-formation rules between two Koreans. 11 was natural that the percentage of differences of expression ranked the highest. Differences of lexical identity, differences of orthography ranked lower in this order. We expected that differences of loan word origin and those of word form would rank very high. But it was not true.


A machine experiment was used to analyze the operating regimes of a two-component heterojunction laser in the range of unstable states under "hard" switching-on conditions. The dependences of the characteristics of a self-modulation process on the currents in the isolated parts of the laser were determined. Calculations and experiments revealed a region of "self-modulation bistability." The application of an external synchronizing signal resulted in generation of exactly periodic continuous trains of spikes of about 100 psec duration and 0.1–1.2 GHz repetition frequency. The promising nature of the use of such trains in determination of the pass band of fast-response photodetectors was demonstrated.


Binary mixtures of suspended hard-sphere colloidal particles, radius ratio R B /R A =0.58, were observed to undergo entropically driven freezing transitions into both the AB 2 and AB 13 superlattice structures at different relative proportions of the two species. The structures were identified by powder light crystalography and by electron microscopy of the dried solid phases. An approximate (constant volume) phase diagram containing three eutectics was determined. The results are compared with earlier work at size ratio 0.62


The role of database marketing (DBM) has become increasingly important for organisations that have large databases of information on customers with whom they deal directly. At the same time, DBM models used in practice have increased in sophistication. This paper examines a systemic view of DBM and the role of analytical techniques within DBM. It extends existing process models to develop a systemic model that encompasses the increased complexity of DBM in practice. The systemic model provides a framework to integrate data mining, experimental design and prioritisation decisions. This paper goes on to identify opportunities for research in DBM, including DBM process models used in practice, the use of evolutionary operations techniques in DBM, prioritisation decisions, and the factors that surround the uptake of DBM.


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Complex metal hydrides provide high‐density hydrogen storage, which is essential for vehicular applications. However, the practical application of these materials is limited by thermodynamic and kinetic barriers present during the dehydrogenation and rehydrogenation processes as new phases form inside parent phases. An improved understanding of the mixed‐phase mesostructures and their interfaces will assist in improving cyclability. In this work, the phase evolution during hydrogenation of lithium nitride and dehydrogenation of lithium amide with lithium hydride is probed with scanning transmission X‐ray microscopy at the nitrogen K edge. With this technique, core–shell structures are observed in particles of both partially hydrogenated Li3N and partially dehydrogenated LiNH2 + 2LiH. To generate these structures, the rate‐limiting step must shift from internal hydrogen diffusion during hydrogenation to the formation of hydrogen gas at the surface during desorption.


For a nonautonomous dynamics obtained by a sequence of linear operators acting on an arbitrary Hilbert space, we give a complete characterization of the notion of a uniform exponential trichotomy in terms of what can be considered to be a discrete version of the Lyapunov equation. We then use this characterization to study the stability of exponential trichotomies under small linear and nonlinear perturbations.


Objectives:Therapeutic hypothermia and pharmacological sedation may influence outcome prediction after cardiac arrest. The use of a multimodal approach, including clinical examination, electroencephalography, somatosensory-evoked potentials, and serum neuron-specific enolase, is recommended; however, no study examined the comparative performance of these predictors or addressed their optimal combination. Design:Prospective cohort study. Setting:Adult ICU of an academic hospital. Patients:One hundred thirty-four consecutive adults treated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Measurements and Main Results:Variables related to the cardiac arrest (cardiac rhythm, time to return of spontaneous circulation), clinical examination (brainstem reflexes and myoclonus), electroencephalography reactivity during therapeutic hypothermia, somatosensory-evoked potentials, and serum neuron-specific enolase. Models to predict clinical outcome at 3 months (assessed using the Cerebral Performance Categories: 5 = death; 3–5 = poor recovery) were evaluated using ordinal logistic regressions and receiving operator characteristic curves. Seventy-two patients (54%) had a poor outcome (of whom, 62 died), and 62 had a good outcome. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression identified absence of electroencephalography reactivity (p < 0.001), incomplete recovery of brainstem reflexes in normothermia (p = 0.013), and neuron-specific enolase higher than 33 &mgr;g/L (p = 0.029), but not somatosensory-evoked potentials, as independent predictors of poor outcome. The combination of clinical examination, electroencephalography reactivity, and neuron-specific enolase yielded the best predictive performance (receiving operator characteristic areas: 0.89 for mortality and 0.88 for poor outcome), with 100% positive predictive value. Addition of somatosensory-evoked potentials to this model did not improve prognostic accuracy. Conclusions:Combination of clinical examination, electroencephalography reactivity, and serum neuron-specific enolase offers the best outcome predictive performance for prognostication of early postanoxic coma, whereas somatosensory-evoked potentials do not add any complementary information. Although prognostication of poor outcome seems excellent, future studies are needed to further improve prediction of good prognosis, which still remains inaccurate.


At the Hanford site, radioactive waste stored in underground tanks is slated for vitrification for final disposal. A comprehensive knowledge of the glass batch melting process will be useful in optimizing the process, which could potentially reduce the cost and duration of this multi-billion dollar cleanup effort. We are developing a high-fidelity heat transfer model of a Joule-heated ceramic lined melter to improve the understanding of the complex, inter-related processes occurring with the melter. The glass conversion rates in the cold cap layer are dependent on promoting efficient heat transfer. In practice, heat transfer is augmented by inserting air bubblers into the molten glass. However, the computational simulations must be validated to provide confidence in the solutions. As part of a larger validation procedure, it is beneficial to split the physics of the melter into smaller systems to validate individually. The substitution of molten glass for a simulant liquid with similar density and viscosity at room temperature provides a way to study mixing through bubbling as an isolated effect without considering the heat transfer dynamics. The simulation results are compared to experimental data obtained by the Vitreous State Laboratory at the Catholic University of America using bubblers placed within amore » large acrylic tank that is similar in scale to a pilot glass waste melter. Comparisons are made for surface area of the rising air bubbles between experiments and CFD simulations for a variety of air flow rates and bubble injection depths. Also, computed bubble rise velocity is compared to a well-accepted expression for bubble terminal velocity.« less


Peter Jordan's map shows Lhe distribution of contemporary Khant-y people's sacred places in Siberia (NEIL PRlCE led.]. The archaeology of shamanism xii+239 pages, 82 f i g i n s . 200l. London: Routledge; 0-415-252555 paperbuckfl8.99jj; v urmane ore 'out1.ying hunting areas', doma is 'home' (p. 99). Dr PRICEintroduces this ond a dozen other papers which, other than J.D. Lewis-Williams' on rock art in southern Africa, concentrate, appropriately, on central Asin, Arcfic America, and northern Europe. Three consider the iconography of rock art and ancient and more recent bronzes in Siberia and Centrul Asia; and there is an ethnographic essay on the Chetri of Nepal. For North America, there is a review of the literature on multiple genders, consideration or the iconography of the prehistoric 'small sculptures' of the Arctic and sub-Arctic, and an interesting discussion of a Late Dorset longhouse. For Europe, there are contributions on Aurigiiacian art, Neolithic acoustics in Britain [A. Watson), a discussion of early Saxon cremation, and, yes, an account [pleasingly illustrated] of 'shamanism' at prehistoric monuments in Englund today [cf. BURL in 'Britain Li Ireland'). After so much bunkum on shamans recent1.K this book is an academic rescue mission.


An electrolyte solution, and a lithium secondary battery using the electrolyte solution are provided to improve the lifetime characteristics, high temperature capacity and high temperature stability of a secondary battery. An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery comprises a nonaqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; and 0.2-4 wt% of the 1,3-dicyclohexyl-1,1,3,3-tetrakis(dimethylsilyloxy)disiloxane represented by the formula I. Preferably the electrolyte solution comprises further 1.0-1.5 M of fluorobenzene. Preferably the nonaqueous organic solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonate, an ether, an ester and a ketone.


Livestock industry is the pillar industry in rural economics in Shandan county,and beef cattle industry is an important part of the livestock industry.In order to further develope the beef cattle industry in my county,optimize livestock the internal structure of livestock industry,realize industrial synergistic effect and increase the farmers' income,the paper seriously analyzed the developmental situation of beef cattle industry and put forward the countermeasures and direction of the development of beef cattle industry.


To the Editor I have read with great interest the recent review by Marleen AE van der Kaaij et al. [1]; the authors are congratulated for their fine review. There is, however, a small mistake in reporting the results of Waxman et al. [2] This old study, from 1987, has found that 4 of the 8 patients in the GnRH-a group suffered premature ovarian failure (POF) (50.0%) versus 6 of the 9 patients in the control group (66.7%), and not as erroneously reported by the authors, in table 5 [1]: ' 3/9 occurrence of amenorrhoea or POF'; this may change a little the final results. In addition, the study by Ismail-Khan et al. [3] has not been published as a peer reviewed manuscript, but only as a meeting abstract, therefore the validity of their results cannot be evaluated.


Aim: To study the efficacy and impact of the local pre-biopsy multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) pathway for prostate cancer diagnosis. Methods: In this tertiary centre, 570 patients had prostate mpMRI across a 6-month period in 2019. A total of 511 patients met inclusion criteria for retrospective analysis. MRI reporting used the Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) v2.1. These were assessed alongside histological outcomes and diagnostic times. PI-RADS ⩾ 3 were recommended for biopsy consideration. Gleason scoring ⩾ 3 + 4 and 3 + 3 were used to define clinically and non-clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa and nsPCa), respectively. Results: Overall prostate cancer prevalence was 40% (204/511, csPCa in 31.1%) with an overall biopsy avoidance of 32.1% (164/511). Around 69.7% (356/511) scored PI-RADS ⩾ 3 and 30.3% (155/511) scored PI-RADS 1–2. About 22.6% (35/155) of PI-RADS 1–2 patients proceeded to biopsy, demonstrating a negative predictive value of 91.43% for csPCa. For PI-RADS ⩾ 3 patients, 63.4% (197/312) of those biopsied had cancer (Gleason ⩾ 3 + 3), with 50% (156/312) demonstrating csPCa. Around 76.7% (102/133) of PI-RADS 5, 35.3% (48/136) of PI-RADS 4, 14.0% (6/43) of PI-RADS 3 and 8.6% (3/35) of PI-RADS 1–2 scores demonstrated csPCa. Overall median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density was 0.15 ng/mL2 (IQR: 0.10–0.27/mL2). PSA density were significantly different across PI-RADS cohorts (H = 118.8, p < 0.0001) and across all three biopsy outcomes (H = 99.72, p < 0.0001). Only 34.3% (119/347) of biopsied patients met the NHS 28-day standard. MRI acquisition and reporting met the 14-day local standard in 96.1% (491/511). The biopsy was the most delayed component with a median of 20 days (IQR: 8–43). Conclusion: Pre-biopsy mpMRI with PI-RADS scoring safely avoided biopsy in almost one-third (32.1%) of patients. The use of PSA-density in risk stratifying PI-RADS 3 lesions has informed local practice in the period 2020–2021, with implementation of a PSA-density threshold of 0.12 ng/mL2. Biopsy scheduling issues and anaesthetic requirements need to be overcome to improve diagnostic waiting times. Level of evidence: 2


The utility model discloses a structure of a motor stator, comprising a stator end cover, a stator iron core, a stator framework and a stator coil. The stator framework is connected with the stator iron core; the stator coil is wound round the stator framework; and the stator framework is provided with a pair of coil connecting terminals. Due to the adoption of the technical scheme, when a wire is wound round the motor stator, windings can be connected by the wire connecting terminals, and the head end and the tail end of each way of winding can be welded with the coil connecting terminals, thereby the problems of overlarge wire welding endpoint and difficult wire binding in the manufacturing process, which are caused by the traditional wire winding way, are solved, the mechanical automation is realized, the production efficiency is improved and the cost is greatly reduced.


A high impedance fault is an abnormal event that occurs in distribution feeders. Owing to its nature it cannot be detected by conventional protection. A technique for high impedance fault detection is presented in this work. The method consists in injecting an impulsive signal in the feeder followed by the monitoring of its response. High impedance faults are detected by comparisons between the feeder response operating in normal condition and that under fault condition. In the event of a high impedance fault the feeder response becomes different from that of normal switching operations. Although the difference in the feeder response for these cases can be very small, the presented technique recognizes them as different events. The validity of the method is supported by the results of tests performed on a 13.8 kV real feeder presented in the paper.<<ETX>>


The prevalence of insulinomas is 13 cases per million population per year of which 414% tumor is malignant. Weight gain is one of the symptoms of the disease, often resulting in morbid obesity with indications for surgical treatment. The presented clinical case demonstrates the successful treatment of malignant insulinoma with the manifestation of hypoglycemic syndrome after carrying out biliopancreatic bypass with longitudinal gastrectomy for morbid obesity.


OBJECTIVE
To compare the content of water, ethanol soluble extracts and tetrahydropalmatine in crude and processed Corydalis Rhizoma samples from different habitats.

METHODS
Corydalis Rhizoma was processed according to the optimum processing of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition), and then, the difference of the content of water,ethanol soluble extracts and tetrahydropalmatine in crude and processed Corydalis Rhizoma samples were analyzed and compared.

RESULTS
From 14 different batches of Corydalis Rhizoma studies, the content of water, ethanol soluble extracts and tetrahydropalmatine in crude Corydalis Rhizoma was 12.8%-14.8%, 16.5%-19.6% and 0.043%-0.075%, respectively; As for Corydalis Rhizoma after processing with vinegar,the content of water, ethanol soluble extracts and tetrahydropalmatine was 7.58%-11.7%, 17.8%-23.5% and 0.046%-0.079%, respectively.

CONCLUSION
The content of water, ethanol soluble extracts and tetrahydropalmatine varies slightly in the same type of samples from different habitats,which might be due to the difference in soil and climate in each habitat.


number of recognized cases and the lack of a sufficient number of cases at any one locale have precluded controlled trials to establish the antibiotic(s) of choice.' Long-term administration of tetracycline (for at least 12 consecutive months) with or without lincomycin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole has been favored by some authors as an initial approach, with indefinite treatment recommended if there is evidence of continued activity of the disease."14'5 Our patient in case 1 appeared to respond to short courses of tetracycline on two occasions, but because an allergic reaction developed to the tetracycline, she was maintained until her death from unrelated causes in January 1982 on treatment with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. The patient in case 2 was maintained on antibiotics for 21 months, during which time his bone marrow and liver function returned to normal and all signs and symptoms of active disease disappeared. Adiiinistration of antibiotics preoperatively and long-term postoperatively seems reasonable and should be done to prevent recurrence of the endocarditis from seeding from chronic infection of extravascular tissue, especially from the liver."15


Abstract This study aims to evaluate (1) context which includes the dissemination of information, government and community support, availability of human resources (2) Input includes the selection of athletes, coaches and assistant coaches, feasibility of facilities and infrastructure, financing the implementation of coaching programs (3) Process includes the implementation of training programs, promotion and degradation systems, coordination, welfare, and transportation, (4) Product includes the success of coaching programs, regional achievements, and regional achievements, national and international achievements. The approach used in this program evaluation research is the CIPP Model (Stufebeam's) in terms of the Context, Input, Process and Product stages. The evaluation research method uses a mixed or elective design. This research resulted in the findings (1) The context of the tennis field coaching program in Sekadau Regency is already in good condition (43%), (2) The input of the tennis field coaching program in Sekadau Regency is already good (58%). (3) The process of the tennis sport coaching program which was implemented in general has been going well (42.8%). (4) The product of the tennis sports coaching program is good (45%). It can be concluded that overall the coaching program is not good (52.8%). The conclusions from the results of the study are that the context, the quality of the inputs, processes and products of tennis sports coaching in Sekadau Regency are already in good condition.


The authors introduce the objects,methods,procedures and results of the exploring practice in Parent-school Double Subjectives relationship,and they discuss the factual situation of family-school cooperation and their causes in Wenzhou as well.Besides,they point out that this cooperation plays an important role in students′ growing up and quality education.In addition,they authors propose that how to guide parents for mental healthy education should be among the major contents of the family-school cooperation.


In this paper, we propose a New Artificial Bee Colony NABC algorithm to enhance the search ability of onlooker bees. In NABC, the employed bees and onlooker bees utilise different search strategies to generate new candidate solutions. Moreover, NABC does not use the roulette selection, and a new method is designed to select good solutions for the onlooker bees. Experiments on some famous test functions show that the NABC algorithm outperforms some similar ABC and swarm intelligence algorithms.


Objective. Past research on ballot order effects has typically focused on the average benefit a candidate receives if placed at the top of the ballot. This study addresses a gap in the literature by examining the possibility that a simple average may mask systematic differences in how the ballot order effect varies across candidates and voters. Methods. Using data from all Australian federal elections between 1984 and 2004, a sample that covers 1,187 separate electoral contests and 7,113 candidate election observations, this study estimates the effect of ballot order on a candidate's share of the primary vote. To determine whether ballot order effects differ across voters as well as candidates, the study also makes use of electorate-level demographic data from the 1996 and 2001 Australian censuses. Results. The results of these estimations indicate that being placed first on the ballot increases a candidate's vote share by about 1 percentage point. As a proportion of their total vote, this effect is much larger for independents and minor parties than for major parties. The ballot order effect appears to be similar for male and female candidates, and does not show strong trends upward or downward over the 20-year period covered by our study. Across electorates, the ballot order effect is higher in places where voters are younger and fluency in English is lower. Conclusions. A statistically significant ballot order effect was a consistent feature of Australian federal elections between 1984 and 2004. Moreover, this study challenges the assumption that ballot order effects are homogenous, and finds that the effect of being placed atop the ballot varies across both candidates and voters.


The present proportion of traffic congestion in metropolitan areas has resulted in a formidable amount of economic loss. This article discusses the causes of this problem and formulates a possible plan to alleviate traffic congestion in metropolitan areas.


The reaction between trans-[RuCl 2 (dmso-S)4] (dmso = dimethyl sulfoxide) and di-2-pyridylamine (Hdpa) in EtOH-H 2 O at ca. 273 K afforded trans(Cl),cis(S)-[RuCl 2 (Hdpa)(dmso-S) 2 ] (1) in moderate to high yield. When dissolved in DMSO, 1 rearranged to the more thermodynamically stable cis(Cl),cis (S)-[RuCl 2 (Hdpa)(dmso-S)2] (2), along with cis(Cl),trans(X)-[RuCl2(Hdpa)(dmso)2] (X = S- or 0-bonded dmso). The reaction of 2 with Ag(OTf) afforded cis(Cl,S),trans(O,S)-[RuCl(Hdpa)(dmso-0)(dmso-S)2](OTf) (3 · (OTf)) (OTf- = trifluoromethanesulfonate). X-ray crystal structures of 1, 2, and 3 · (OTf) revealed that the conformation of the six-membered chelate ring formed by the Hdpa ligand with the Ru ion varies according to interactions among the co-ligands (dmso and Cl - ) and the counter-anion (OTf - ). For 3 · (OTf), the structural parameters, apart from the dmso-0 ligand, were essentially comparable to those of 2, except for the axial Cl - ligand; the remaining axial site is occupied by the 0-donor of the dmso ligand instead of the S-donor. The solution structures (in DMSO solution) of 1, 2, and 3 · (OTf) are discussed on the basis of their 'HNMR spectra. In 3·(OTf), "flapping" of the Hdpa ligand causes the coordination modes (0- and S-bonded) of the two axial dmso ligands to undergo mutual alternation.


A tripartite authenticated key agreement protocol is generally designed to accommodate the need of three speci c entities in communicating over an open network with a shared secret key, which is used to preserve con dentiality and data integrity. Since Joux initiates the development of tripartite key agreement protocol, many prominent tripartite schemes have been proposed subsequently. In 2005, Tso et al. have proposed an ID-based non-interactive tripartite key agreement scheme with k-resilience. Based on this scheme, they have further proposed another one-round tripartite application scheme. Although they claimed that both schemes are e cient and secure, we discover that both schemes are in fact breakable. In this paper, we impose several impersonation attacks on Tso et al.s schemes in order to highlight their aws. Subsequently, we propose an enhanced scheme which will not only conquer their defects, but also preserve the desired security attributes of a key agreement protocol.


195. In the first 10 months of 2022, seven incidents involving precursors of new psychoactive substances were communicated through PICS. They included two incidents related to illicit laboratories in the Netherlands, involving 23 kg of a mephedrone precursor and 88 kg of a clephedrone precursor. In addition, seizures in the Russian Federation involving more than 8 tons of precursors of mephedrone and alpha-PVP were communicated during the same period. The internationally non-scheduled chemicals had allegedly originated in China and transited Kazakhstan before being seized in the Russian Federation.


In this study, we have investigated rates of complex dissociation and ligand exchange for copper under environmentally relevant conditions of pH and metal and ligand concentrations. We have determined the predominant mechanistic pathways for exchange reactions with model ligands under such conditions, focusing on the effects of the relative concentrations of the competing ligands and of the metal-to-ligand ratios. We then examined the kinetics of ligand-exchange reactions of humate-bound copper. These reactions can be described in terms of the mechanisms applicable to the model ligands.


Conversion of Athabasca bitumen to marketable products requires a significant degree of upgrading. For instance, for pipeline transportation the bitumen's viscosity has to be substantially reduced either by addition of a diluent or thermal conversion. Petroleum feedstocks are stable in nature, but if the fine balance in their chemical composition changes because of physical or thermal treatment, there is a possibility of solid formation due to asphaltenes precipitation. If the pipeline viscosity requirement is met by the addition of diluent, the diluted bitumen has to be not only stable compatible with other crudes entering the pipeline. On the other hand, if the viscosity reduction is accomplished by thermal treatment then the presence of asphaltenes and the formation of high molecular weight components usually lead to coke and this has severe implications for refinery processing. Significant coke formation can occur in heat exchangers, furnaces and fractionators during petroleum processing. It is important, then, to be able to predict the coking onset of different process streams and advise operators to avoid process conditions (temperatures and space velocity) resulting in coke formation.


The invention discloses a fan radiating device and a control method for the rotational speed of a fan. The fan radiating device comprises a temperature sensor, a temperature monitoring unit, a processing unit, a drive unit, a fan and the like, wherein, the temperature monitoring unit is used for comparing the sensing result of the temperature sensor with at least one critical value, and determining whether an interrupt event is sent out according to the comparison result; the processing unit executes an interrupt service according to the interrupt event, so as to set and output the rotational speed value of the fan; and the drive unit drives and controls the rotational speed of the fan according to the rotational speed value of the fan. The fan can provide wind flow to reduce the temperature of the interior of a computer system or a central processing unit.


Introduction: Type I Diabetes Mellitus is a common, chronic, metabolic syndrome characterized by hyperglycaemia as a cardinal biochemical feature. Patients with diabetes mellitus face an increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to micro and macrovascular complications caused by diabetes.  There is lack of Indian studies on diabetic children. Hence this study was undertaken to know glycaemic control and related complications in type I diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods: This is a Prospective study conducted in Diabetic Clinic at Indira Gandhi institute of Child Health, Bengaluru for 1 year. Study group had 34 diabetic children; they were followed up for period of one year to assess glycaemic control and complications of the disease. Results: 34 children were followed up for a period of one year to study glycaemic control and related complications. Glycaemic control was assessed using HbA1c. Seven children had good and 27 had poor glycaemic control. Factors associated with poor glycemic control were analyzed. Age at onset of the disease more than 12, duration of disease more than 5 years, female children in pre-pubertal age were associated with poor control. Children were followed up for development of complications. 4 children presented with DKA (11.76%), 12 had hypoglycaemia (35.29%). Conclusion: Poor glycaemic control was associated with longer duration of disease, female sex and disease being diagnosed in pubertal period.


Fibrin collected from the slaughter house in crude form was purified. The purified fibrin was graft copolymerised with poly-glycidylmethacrylate (PGMA) and characterised for the percentage of grafting. The infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric anlysis, of the composite were studied. This biomaterial could be used as a drug delivery system after coupling the suitable antibiotic through the epoxy functional groups introduced by PGMA.


The hydrolytic destruction of CF2Cl2 over Cr2O3 catalysts was investigated under varied reaction conditions with the CF2Cl2 partial pressure in the range 0.0112-0.0224 atm., the water vapor pressure between 0.042-0.38 atm. and the reaction temperature in the range 400-475oC. The effect of the preparation method and the modifying effect of sulfation with sulfuric acid on the catalytic behavior of Cr2O3 were systematically studied. Optimum Cr2O3 catalysts were obtained upon the sulfation of Cr2O3, prepared by the thermal decomposition of ammonium dichromate, with 0.20 M H2SO4 solution. Reaction temperatures ≥ 450oC are necessary to achieve high activities and high selectivities towards the hydrolysis reaction. Selectivities better than 90% and 100%-conversion could be obtained for dilute CF2Cl2 inputs with large excess of water (PCF2Cl2= 0.0112-0.0134 atm., PH2O = 0.246 atm.). The efficiency of the process is, however, disturbed by the occurrence of kinetic oscillations that may show amplitudes as large as 50%-conversion.


This report presents information from the ANS Criticality Alarm System Workshop relating to the consensus standard requirements and guidance. Topics presented include: definition; nomenclature; requirements and recommendations; purpose of criticality alarms; design criteria; signal characteristics; reliability, dependability and durability; tests; and emergency preparedness and planning.


Introduction: Use of medicinal plants to cure diseases has been practiced throughout the world. This is more common among the rural population as the reach of modern health-care facility is very little toward them. Rural population treats or manages different oral disease with the locally available herbs, which has been used traditionally. Among them, tulsi, neem, and Pochotia are most commonly used herbs in Assam. Aim: The aim of the study was to find out antibacterial and antifungal properties of Tulsi, Neem, and Posotia against few isolated oral microbes. Materials and Methods: Three commonly used plants – tulsi, neem, and Pochotia taken for antimicrobial study. Twigs dried and powdered and extract made with water and acetone. Microorganisms were isolated from the oral swab taken from the patient attending Out Patient Department of Regional Dental College, Guwahati. Antibacterial and antifungal potential of these plants was observed using agar well-diffusion method. Results: Tulsi and Pochotia showed antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus viridans, whereas neem extract showed inhibitory effect against Klebsiella species. Neem and Pochotia showed antifungal action against Candida albican in both aqueous and acetone extract. The positive control of ciprofloxacin and itraconazole produced significant size of the inhibition zone. Statistical analysis was done using Instat Software. For comparing means, F-test was applied and considered P < 0.05 to be significant. Conclusion: Antimicrobial essay showed the antibacterial and antifungal action of these plants against oral microbes. It is important to identify and isolate the proper constituent responsible for this mechanism.


The tutorial at CONCUR will provide a practical overview of work undertaken over the last six years in the Multicore Programming Group at Imperial College London, and with collaborators internationally, related to understanding and reasoning about concurrency in software designed for acceleration on GPUs. In this article we provide an overview of this work, which includes contributions to data race analysis, compiler testing, memory model understanding and formalisation, and most recently efforts to enable portable GPU implementations of algorithms that require forward progress guarantees.


【Objective】The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of alternate partial root zone irrigation on taproot crop growth and its water use. 【Method】Potted cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv Shaan 392) experiment was conducted in green house to investigate the response of growth and water use of three partial root zone irrigation patterns i. e., BRI (conventional irrigation, irrigated on both sides of the root system as the control), APRI (alternate partial root-zone irrigation, irrigated with 50% of the control, alternatively on the two sides of the root system during consecutive watering), FPRI (fixed partial root-zone irrigation, irrigated with 50% of the control, only and always on one side of the root system).【Result】The results showed that APRI reduced 'luxury' transpiration without much reduction in photosynthesis rate by slightly limiting stomatal opening. Leaf water potential showed that cotton under APRI had greater ability of osmotic regulation to maintain higher leaf turgor. 【Conclusion】It is suggested that APRI has a great potential to save water and also maintain the balance between vegetative and reproductive growth with reduced redundancy growth. It regulated the distribution of photosynthesis products and ratio between root and shoot. Meanwhile, the compensating effects of root growth and hydraulic conductivity were also observed.


It is known that femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) method suffers from the drawback of poor selectivity between neighboring Raman energy levels due to the large bandwidth of the pulses. Quantum coherent control based on the ultrashort pulse shaping technique is a promising solution. In this paper, we propose a simple approach to realize the selective excitation of CARS spectra by shaping both the probe and pump pulses with the π phase step. By phase step modulation of the probe pulse, we show that the CARS signals between neighboring Raman energy levels can be greatly narrowed and differentiated, and then selective excitation can be realized by modulating both the probe and pump pulses. Finally, the mechanism of the selective excitation by population transfer is briefly discussed.


Discovery and analysis of DNA sequence variations is an important part of genetic research (1). Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatog-raphy (DHPLC) fits the requirements in this area, addressing throughput issues by being compatible with automation while being robust, sensitive, and cost-effective. Multiplexing with fluores-cently labeled PCR products offers great hope for further improvements in sample throughput with compatible hydrophobic dye selection (2-5). However, purchasing fluorescently tagged primers for each PCR product may make its use cost-inhibitive. An added complexity is that maximum throughput involves the design of pools of four different PCR products that need to share a common melting temperature, which is not always possible.In an effort to utilize this option, we have investigated a universal fluorescent labeling (UFL) technique for its compatibility with DHPLC. This method involves a single PCR using three primers: a template-specific forward primer with a 20-bp extension at its 5′ end matching M13(-21), a template-specific reverse primer, and a fluorescently labeled M13(-21) primer (the universal primer). This technique, shown in Figure 1, involves the forward and reverse primer generating a PCR product and, when the forward primer is exhausted, the temperature is then lowered to allow the universal labeled primer to be used and to incorporate fluorescence into the accumulating PCR fragment (5). The significant advantage of this method is that the costs of project design for multiple genes or large genes are reduced considerably. Indeed, a set of only four fluorescent universal primers is required regardless of the number of PCR products to be analyzed. In addition, the same PCR product obtained from four different DNA samples that are labeled with different fluorophores can be easily pooled and run under the PCR product's optimal conditions. This improves the flexibility in the design of the study and makes the interpretation of the results substantially easier. The first test of this technique utilized a plasmid library known as the Universal Mismatch System™ (UMS™; Genera Biosystems Pty, Ltd., Bundoora, VIC, Australia). By concen-trating on a set four plasmids that differ only in the central base with a C, G, T, or A, we were able to mix two of these plasmids at an equimolar ratio, allowing us to analyze all possible forms of single base mismatches. In this way, we can mimic naturally occurring single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in diploid genomes, making it ideal for testing the robustness of the UFL technique. This study was undertaken on the plasmid combinations that yielded the eight possible forms of mismatched bases. Illustrated in Figure 2 is one representative of the four combinations where the plasmid selection creates a CC and GG physical base mismatch. The product was analyzed by UV detection (Figure 2A). This produced four distinct peaks that represented the four species of DNA present in the sample: the two heteroduplex forms (CC and GG) followed by the two homoduplex forms (CG and GC). These same mismatches were reana-lyzed using the UFL procedure, as detailed below.Four separate PCR amplifications using one of each of the four fluores-cently labeled universal primers were performed on one UMS plasmid


The invention discloses an extrusion device for a drainage tube. The extrusion device comprises two extruders arranged on the drainage tube. The two extruders are arranged in a spaced mode. The extruder far from a human body is used for making the drainage tube switch between a blocked state and a smooth state. The extruder close to the human body is used for extruding the drainage tube to prevent the situation that blood clots are formed and block the drainage tube. Each extruder comprises a body in the shape of pliers, wherein the body comprises two clamping arms, a fixed arm and an extrusion arm, a motor is arranged beside the extrusion arm, the output end of the motor is hinged to the extrusion arm through a crank-link mechanism, the crank-link mechanism is used for pushing the extrusion arm to conduct reciprocating motion relative to the fixed arm so as to drive the clamping arms to be closed or separated, and the motor is fixedly connected with the fixed arm through a connecting rod. The invention further discloses an extrusion method of the extrusion device for the drainage tube. According to the extrusion device and the extrusion method, the problems that in the prior art, by the adoption of the mode that the drainage tube is pinched or extruded manually to prevent a pipe orifice from being blocked, time and labor are wasted, and the extrusion strength can not be controlled are solved.


Objective : Family, twin, and adoption studies have demonstrated that genes play an important role in the development of alcoholism. In this study, we explored the genetic causes of alcohol dependence by comparing the frequency of the tryptophan hydroxylase(TPH) A218C between patients with alcohol dependence and control subjects in Korean population. We also explored the association between TPH A218C polymorphism and clinical characteristics in patients with alcohol dependence. Method : The genotype and allele frequencies of TPH were investigated in 182 normal control and 162 male hospitalized patients who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, (DSM-Ⅳ) criteria for alcohol dependence. We conducted clinical assessments using Alcohol Dependence Scale(ADS), Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale. Results : The frequency of AA genotype and A allele is higher in patients with alcohol dependence than in normal control. Alcoholics with the TPH CC or AC genotypes had a later age of disease onset(mean age of onset, 33.6 and 30.5 years, respectively) than those with the AA genotype(mean age of onset, 25.8 years ; p<0.001). Also we found the TPH AA genotype has a higher score on the Korean version of the ADS than those with CC genotypes(p=0.001). Conclusion : Our results suggest that TPH polymorphism may be a crucial factor in the development of alcohol dependence and may explain, in part, the biological basis for these typologies.


This paper addresses the development of electro-thermal models able to accurately predict the thermal behaviour of power modules in AC drives. The model would be implemented in the digital signal processor used to control the drive, operating therefore on line. FEM will be used for the design and calibration of the models. The performance of the proposed methods will be validated experimentally.


ABSTRACT In this paper, I examine the divide between 'analytic' and 'continental' approaches to metaphysics by reconstructing a three-cornered debate between naturalists, hermeneutists, and pragmatists on the issue of how to understand the relationship between ethics and ontology. Taking my cue from the dominant naturalistic debates in Anglo-American ethics, I continue to discuss in more detail the positions of Hilary Putnam and Charles Taylor in the light of these debates. More particularly, I investigate Putnam's wholesale rejection of (what he calls) Ontology with a capital 'O', while also exploring Taylor's retrieval of ontological thinking for (what he calls) Ethics with a capital 'E'. Drawing attention to the deep metaphysical uncertainties in all of these approaches, I ultimately seek to develop a well-defined perspective from which to evaluate the peculiar status of metaphysics in contemporary philosophy, reflecting on its fate beyond the analytic-continental split.


Indian companies are to move towards an International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)-adapted regime for accounting pension costs. The Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 19 on Employee Benefits has been adapted from International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19. As the new regime provides greater forbearance to the volatility of asset returns by including these as a balance sheet item in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI), we take stock of the investment practice of the defined benefit pension plans of leading Indian companies, namely, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) 50 companies. We present evidence on (i) investment risks, (ii) fund mandates and (iii) funding levels using information from the companies' financial statements for the financial years (FY) ending 2014 and 2015. We employ non-parametric statistical tests, namely, the Mann–Whitney U test (Mann and Whitney, 1947) and the chi-squared test, to evaluate the linkage between investment risks, fund mandates and funding levels of the NSE 50 companies' defined benefit pension plans.


Spurred on by Croatia's accession to the European Union on 1 July, six other regional countries are at various stages on the road to EU integration. Each of them face obstacles, but recent developments have been surprisingly positive.


Legal family ties in western legal cultures are usually based either on blood or on will (not on any will, but on a specific legal one: marriage or adoption). Recent Family Law developments are introducing a new factor in many countries founded on a simple fact: "living together and loving each other". Cohabitation (living together) and feelings (loving each other) seem to be the foundation of a renewed Family Law, and also of the so-called "new models of family", thus extending the legal notion of family. This paper deals with these ideas, and, therefore, with the foundations of Family Law. The main questions are why and for what purpose law is interested in family. The answer will enable us to find out the most appropriate legal response. This paper tries to answer these questions, setting the strategic functions of the family as a framework. Then, it analyzes and assesses the efficicacy of the different family models in achieving the law's purpose. Finally, some proposals are presented for the revitalization of Family Law.


The invention discloses a planetary gear reducer with an adjustable back lash; an inner gear ring in the reducer is fixed and cannot rotate; the teeth of the planetary gear are respectively meshed with the outer teeth of a sun gear and the inner teeth of the inner gear ring; the planetary gear reducer with the adjustable back lash is characterized in that: a first planetary gear group and a second planetary gear group are respectively arranged in a transmission level; and end surface teeth which are mutually occluded are respectively arranged on a contact surface between a first planetary gear frame component and a lower lock block and the contact surface between a second planetary gear frame component and an upper lock block. According to the invention, the back lash required by the reducer is obtained through differential gear adjustment by simultaneously eliminating gear side spacing as well as the spacing between a shaft and an inner hole of a planetary gear in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction.


is to experiment in group practice. Here, clearly, prolonged testing must be undertaken. But what is needed above all else is to bring the general practitioner back to his full status as a responsible clinician, having the complete care of the individual health of the members of the families who seek his advice. The rate of change of medical science suggests that the general practitioner of the future will do his work better in closer co-operation with professional colleagues, but whether in a health centre or not remains to be decided. Changes are bound to come, and indeed have been urged for years past by the B.M.A. The direction these changes will take is as much the concern of the medical profession as of the public, and a harmonious agreement will be reached only if both take into full account the obligations and the rights of each other: to insist on all right on one side and all obligation on the other will lead to an impasse. A broad and sober outlook is now required of the profession, and Dr. Anderson's address gives a statesmanlike lead. His exposition is so clear, and it will be read so widely, that no embroidery here can be needed.


With the declining state of Philippine coral reefs, the need for conservation and rehabilitation efforts are deemed crucial to sustaining ecological, biological and economic recovery in the reef system. However, there is yet a concrete and workable policy to be implemented in restoring and rehabilitating our reef areas aside from establishment of marine protected area (MPA). Here, we explored the prospects of coral restoration by demonstrating experiences in San Fernando, Masbate (Ticao Island) combined with the practices of the National Coral Restoration Program. In this project, some 20,000 coral nubbins utilizing 'corals of opportunities' were reared in 40 coral nursery units (CNUs) for six months and achieved 80% survival. They were then out-planted (c. 20,000 sq m) inside an MPA to ensure their protection and increase in live cover.  The fragments were attached to dead corals using epoxy or tied in concrete nails using cable ties. Four coral genera were used namely Acropora , Seriatopora, Pocillopora , and Stylophora . About 70% coral survival was achieved after two months of transplantation. Involvement of the LGU, community and the private sector is crucial to project success. Results of the transplantation indicated effectiveness and viability of the CNU system to complement coral transplantation.


Abstract. In this paper, we consider the explicit bound for the second-order approximation of the quadratic variation of a general fractional Gaussian process (Gt)t≥0. The second order mixed partial derivative of the covariance function R(t, s) = E[GtGs] can be decomposed into two parts, one of which coincides with that of fractional Brownian motion and the other of which is bounded by (ts) up to a constant factor. This condition is valid for a class of continuous Gaussian processes that fails to be self-similar or have stationary increments. Under this assumption, we obtain the optimal Berry-Esséen bounds when H ∈ (0, 2 3 ] and the upper Berry-Esséen bounds when H ∈ ( 3 , 3 4 ]. As a by-product, we also show the almost sure central limit theorem (ASCLT) for the quadratic variation when H ∈ (0, 3 4 ]. The results extend that of [10] to the case of general Gaussian processes, unify and improve the Berry-Esséen bounds in [14], [1] and [7] for respectively the sub-fractional Brownian motion, the bi-fractional Brownian motion and the sub-bifractional Brownian motion.


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As a part of computer network teaching,the routing and exchange technology teaching usually faced with many challenges.In order to improve the teaching quality of computer network experiment and the learning initiative of the students,based on the unique con ditions of network laboratory and the special teaching methods,the paper presents some teaching reform measures which include the guide method of the "problem driving teaching",the organization of the "group experimental",and the incentive mechanism of "competition as sessment".Then the paper gives some specific teaching cases and effect analysis.


Bolbelasmus (Bolbelasmus) unicornis (Schrank, 1789) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) is a rare and threatened beetle distributed mostly in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. As a species of special conservation significance it is included in Annexes II and IV of the Habitat Directive of the European Union. Several new records of this species documented using light traps and soil sampling were recently reported in Serbia (the central part of the Balkan Peninsula). In this paper we present and discuss the current distribution of this species in the region studied based on GIS occurrence data. The distribution is mapped and values of environmental variables within this beetle's range are quantified using GIS technology. In addition, we predict its potential range in Serbia using a model based on the current distribution of this beetle, environmental variables and distribution of its food source.


A new method of inhomogeneous media inversion by wavelet and the idea of inversion of singularities are described. This method is more efficient than the former linear approximation method. The theory and numerical simulation results of this method are presented.


Polycrystalline films were grown by physical vapor deposition using lead iodide purified by evaporation as starting material. Purity and stoichiometry of starting material were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma and wet procedures. Palladium film was thermal deposited as rear contact onto glass and alumina substrates 5x5 cm2 in size. Onto it, lead iodide films were grown by evaporation with source temperatures from 430 to 450 degree(s)C in a 500 mmHg Argon atmosphere. Substrate temperature were from 200 to 250 degree(s)C and deposition times from 2 to 10 days. Film thickness was measured by 59.5 keV (241Am) emission absorption, resulting values up to 50micrometers . The films were characterized by optical and atomic force microscopy, giving an average grain size up to 2micrometers . Film's low temperature photoluminescence confirmed the purity of the starting material. X-ray diffraction measurements of film's reflections show an intensity relation [(Sigma) I(0 0 l)] / [(Sigma) I(h k l)] from 0.2 to 0.9 that correlates to the film deposition temperature. For determining electrical and spectrometric properties, front palladium thermal deposition contacts and acrylic encapsulation were done onto the lead iodide films. Apparent resistivities from 1012 to 1015 (Omega) .cm and current densities in the order of 6 pA/cm2 (50 V) were determined. X-ray film response and uniformity was checked by irradiating with an X-ray medical equipment. Film properties and performance were correlated with starting material and substrate temperature, with previous results for lead iodide films grew by other methods and with similar results for mercuric iodide films.


Hazard and operability (HAZOP) analysis has been the best practice for hazard identification worldwide. Layers of protection analysis (LOPA) is a semiquantitatively analytical tool for assessing the adequacy of protection layers used to mitigate process hazards. Without performing LOPA, the HAZOP team might assume more risk reduction from the safeguards indentified in a HAZOP meeting. It might result in under-protected process risk. On the other hand, combining HAZOP and LOPA not only saves time and effort but also produces a safety integrity level (SIL) ready HAZOP. The advantages of HAZOP and LOPA integration have been widely recognized. However, the computer tool for facilitating the integration has hardly been reported. In this paper, a new intelligent software tool for assisting both HAZOP and LOPA is presented. Case based reasoning is used to prompt users with similar HAZOP and LOPA cases stored in the case base. Rules are developed for reducing human errors in determination of independent layer of protection. Main features of the tool are demonstrated through an industrial case study. http://process-safety.tamu.edu Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center 2009 International Symposium


Immunosuppressive strategies have evolved over the recent years, as characterized by the use of new and often costly immunosuppressive regimens. For example, antilymphocyte antibodies are increasingly used as induction immunosuppressive agents (1, 2) and various strategies are currently used to treat antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney transplantation and to minimize the risk of AMR in sensitized patients including intravenous immunoglobulin and rituximab (3Y7). The costs (or cost-effectiveness) associated with the use of new immunosuppressive agents may become an important endpoint in the current era of organ transplantation. In this study, we analyzed the trends in overall and specific costs associated with immunosuppressive drugs administered to kidney, lung, and heart transplant recipients in the surgical department of our transplantation center. From 2004 to 2008, the overall annual costs associated with inpatient immunosuppressive drugs (used during the initial hospitalization and during rehospitalization) more than doubled from 213,622 Swiss francs (CHF) in 2004 to 558,669 CHF in 2008 (i.e., an increase of 2.6-fold; 1 CHF corresponding to 1.0836 USD, as of October 18, 2012; Fig. 1). A striking increase was first noted in 2007 (455,931 CHF), which subsequently persisted in 2008. By comparing the three immunosuppressive drugs categories (induction and cellular rejection treatment, AMR treatment, and maintenance treatment), the striking increase in 2007 to 2008 was due to the higher costs associated with AMR treatment (from 22,220 CHF in 2004 to 272,804 CHF in 2007; Fig. 1). This 10-fold increase persisted in 2008 with costs of 272,044 CHF. During this period, the annual number of new solid organ transplants admitted to the department of surgery only slightly increased from 50 to 53 transplants per year, the total number of days of hospitalization per year from 2129 to 2541 days, and the average length of stay per year decreased from 8.4 to 6.2 days. Most (92%) acute steroid-resistant rejections treated in the period 2004 to 2006 were cellular rejection, whereas the number of cellular rejection decreased to 57% and AMR increased to 43% in the period 2007 to 2008. Considering only kidney transplant recipients (mean, 32T5 transplants per year), no AMR was treated in the period 2004 to 2006, whereas 10% experienced an AMR in 2007 to 2008. During this 5-year period, the national system of organ allocation changed in Switzerland in 2007. A total of 158 patients received a kidney transplant, including 101 before the change of the national organ allocation system (group A; January 2004YJune 2007) and 57 after the change of the organ allocation system (group B; July 2007Y December 2008). The number of patients who received a second or a third kidney transplants were 16 of 101 (16%) in the group A and 14 of 57 (25%) in the group B (P=0.17). The number of transplant patients with antiYhuman leukocyte antigen I/II antibodies was 15 of 101 (15%) in group A and 17 of 57 (30%) in group B (P=0.02). The number of kidney transplant recipients with panel reactive antibody (human leukocyte antigen I/II)910% was 10 of 101 (10%) in group A and 11 of 57 (19%) in group B (P=0.09). Thus, in our transplantation center, the striking increase noted in overall costs in 2007 to 2008 was mainly associated with the use of drugs to treat AMR. In particular, the trends observed in the different inpatient indicators could not explain the increase in costs in 2007 and 2008; however, the number of acute AMR episodes increased in 2007 to 2008. Of note, induction and maintenance immunosuppressive protocols and methods of AMR pathologic/ serologic diagnosis did not change over the 5-year period (8). The analysis of the sensitization of kidney transplant recipients revealed a trend for an increase in the number of sensitized patients who received a transplant during the most recent period, likely reflecting the introduction of the new allocation system.


Purpose To evaluate the incidence and type of microbial colonization of the pseudo-capsule (PC) that forms around sacral nerve stimulators (SNS) and consequently the significance of surgical excision of this PC at time of SNS revision or removal. Materials and Methods A cohort of 31 patients who underwent SNS revision or removal from January 2018 to June 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. The baseline demographics, rate and type of PC microbial colonization and development of SNS insertion site infection were reported. Results A cohort of 31 patients who underwent "InterStim device (Medtronic)" revision or removal were included. The majority were females (93.5%). The most common indication for SNS insertion was refractory overactive bladder (67.7%). Nine patients (29.0%) underwent SNS revision due to malfunctional device, and 9 patients had SNS removal for the need of MRI procedures. Four patients (12.9%) had positive tissue culture growing Coryneform bacillus (50.0%), Cutibacterium acnes (25.0%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (25.0%). Conclusions PC colonization was uncommon at the time of SNS explant. However, more research is needed to better understand the role of PC-positive culture in increasing the risk of SNS device infections if strict adherence to sterile techniques is adopted.


Vero cell line has been routinely used for isolation and propagation of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), but isolation rate of PEDV in Vero cells has been demonstrated low, and the virus may gradually lose host infectivity upon in vitro passages. Besides, the entry mechanism of PEDV into Vero cells is also known to be cellular receptor (porcine aminopeptidase N; pAPN; CD13)-independent, which suggests that Vero cells might not be a suitable cell line for studying the interaction of PEDV with its receptor. To explore alternatives, a HEK 293 cell line stably expressing pAPN (HEK 293-pAPN) was established, and its susceptibility to PEDV infection was compared with Vero, HEK 293, and PK-15 cells. Interestingly, cytopathic effects characterized by cell fusion and multinuclear syncytial cells were observed in HEK 293, HEK 293-pAPN, and Vero cells after 48 h of inoculation, but not in PK-15 cells. Moreover, evidence of PEDV replication in these cell lines was also confirmed by immunocytochemistry staining and real-time quantitative PCR analysis. In conclusion, we demonstrated that HEK 293 cells, regardless of overexpression of pAPN molecules, are permissive to PEDV. HEK 293 cell line with its highly transfectable characteristic might not only serve as an alternative tool for studying the entry mechanisms of PEDV, but also a replication permissive cell line for virus rescue such as from the infectious clone of PEDV. Furthermore, the identification of a cell line of human origin, HEK 293, permissive to PEDV raises the concern of possible interspecies transmission.


When airplanes meet clouds of volcanic ash thousands of feet above Earth's surface, the combination can be potentially deadly. Of the more than 80 jet aircraft that encountered volcanic ash clouds during the past 15 years, seven lost engine power as a result. The problem is also expensive. Repair costs from encounters with volcanic clouds through mid-1994 are estimated at more than $200 million [Casadevall, 1994]. Many pilots never know they are flying through volcanic ash because the radar onboard their planes cannot detect the small (1–15 μm in radius) particles that cause the hazard. With onboard radar systems unable to detect volcanic clouds, mitigating the hazard is a challenge.


Due to is unique characteristics, PET bottle can now be used replacing the glass bottle to pack a variety of foodstuffs, and in certain circumtances can be both reused and recycled. The principal positive features of PET bottle are being reviewed.


Existent problems in packaging carton design is designed,a solution of the CAD system based on web and multi-agents is put forward.The key function and design methods,architecture and design pattern based on MVC of this Web-BoxCAD software are introduced,the key technology for the implementation and demo of Web-BoxCAD is given,including use XML to encapsulation KQML messages and implement communications of MAS,adopt SVG to implement file conversion,RGB and CMYK color model conversion and use Java 3D technology to implement 3D view.A prototype system is successfully implemented.An sample of 2D packaging carton design and 3D view are given.Web-BoxCAD system has solved the problems and improved quality and efficiency of packaging carton design.Therefore,it is worthy of reference to implement in similar system.


set forth for the lexicon by Kurath in A Word Geography of the Eastern United States. The Northern area (New England and the NewEngland settlement area) is characterized by such forms as dove and hadn't ought to, both of which may be present in the speech of informants who are college-educated. In the Midland area (Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania settlement area, including parts of Virginia and of the Carolinas) is found such a form as dog-bit. although the Midland is often characterized by the absence of typical Northern or Southern forms. In the Southern area (the plantation South, extending as far north as Baltimore) are found such forms as might could and mought. Some verbs, such as come and eat as preterits, have primarily a social distribution, being found mainly in the speech of those with relatively little education. Certain regions, such as western North Carolina and northeastern New England, have more forms characteristic of the speech of the oldest and least educated, and it is here that akst as a preterit of ask and be for am, is, and are are most commonly found. Omitted from Atwood's work are such items from the questionnaire as shall-will, which was recorded only in New England, give out 'exhausted' which is typically South Midland, and the perfective done ('I done told you that yesterday.'), which is Southern and South Midland.


There are provided methods and systems in order to reduce the variability in the air-fuel control system due to variations in brake booster vacuum levels in an engine start. A throttle position is adjusted during an engine start on the basis of availability vacuum in the brake booster, to control a rate of the intake air charge flow. By allowing that the air charge entering at a uniform rate into the intake manifold, the air-fuel ratio control is improved and the exhaust emissions are reduced.


Beauty products is becoming a necessity for women throughout the world. The perception towards beauty products also enlarges with the immergence of skin care, hair care, fragrances and personal care. Beatific is one of beauty product player from France has the competitive advantage of maintaining its natural ingredients and prohibit the extensive use of chemical into their products. However, the sales data shows that Beatific sales has been stagnant in 2021 despite the recovery of beauty industry since the pandemic in 2020. In fact, they understand that their customer growth is the main factor that hinder them to recover and it is time for Beatific to target younger target market that has high chance to establish new customer loyalty, which is Generation Z. This research is designed to address Beatific issues by analyzing company's SWOT and current competition using Porter's 5 Forces. To propose new marketing solutions for Beatific in targeting Gen-Z, this research also use primary data collection using questionnaire and secondary by analyzing Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) and later Lastly, to fulfil this paper's objective, this paper would construct an in-depth analysis on the suitable new marketing communication strategy using RACE Planning Framework. As a result, Gen-Z seeks a more personalized and accentuated communication values- which in fact is opposite of Beatific's current marketing communication. Therefore, Beatific shall change its brand communication to be more friendly, personal, approachable and interesting for Gen-Z by not only utilizing Instagram, but also TikTok- a widely used social media by Gen-Z. Social media advertisement and KOL management are some of the tools that Beatific could take advantage of to expand their social media reach, and later, this marketing communication strategy would be converted to sales.


The unsuccessful implementation of national community empowerment program in urban areas (in Indonesia: PNPM) is due to many factors; both internal and external factors. This study aims to acquire insight and understanding a new concept of public policy implementation by applying qualitative descriptive methods. The implementation of PNPM program was involving many elements including: implementer, the program itself, the target groups and environment.  The results revealed that the unsuccessful implementation of PNPM in Pontianak was caused by the idealized policy (program), the target groups, the implementing organization (implementer) and environmental factors. The four factors mentioned before were interrelated and influenced each other to form a policy cycle. In implementing this program, the approach used was the empowerment of communities to establish independence of the community and local government agencies that were facilitated by community self-reliance organization. In reality it is very difficult to encourage the poor to participate in the planning and implementation of this empowerment program. For that reason, the community volunteers had to work hard to gain the aspirations of poor communities through Citizen Preparation Meeting (in Indonesia: Rembug Kesiapan Warga) and Development Planning Meeting (in Indonesia: Musyawarah Perencanaan Pembangunan). Keywords: Implementation, Empowerment, Independence, Voluntary


We proposed to participate in the Austrian Grid Phase 2 within the frame of the activity "Grid Research". Our goal is to develop a distributed software framework and an API for grid computing which shall empower applications to perform scheduling decisions on their own, utilizing the information about the grid environment in order to adapt the algorithmic structure to the particular situation. The planned solution will be able to eliminate some algorithmic challenges of nowadays grid programming. Since the last report we implemented a prototype version of the proposed API and successfully tested on some resources of the Austrian Grid. In this paper, we present the current state of the implementation and envisage the next development steps.


1564 Background: To determine risk factors of long-term decreased quality of life (QOL), altered sexual functioning, and increased anxiety and menopausal symptoms (MS) after PBSO. Methods: All wm with high-risk for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer who underwent PBSO during the past 15 years (yrs) were sent 5 questionnaires: i) general social and demographical questions ii) EORTC QLQ-C30; iii) sexual functioning (SAQ); iv) MS (FACT-ES) and v) anxiety (STAI-A). Logistic analyses were used to identify factors associated with altered results. Due to multiple testing, only p values ≤ 0.01 were considered significant. Results: Among 175 wm sent questionnaires in March 2009, 112 had completed and returned the questionnaires by 1/09/09 (64%). Mean delay since PBSO: 6 yrs. Mean age at PBSO: 48 yrs (35-74). Personal history of breast cancer (BC): 86 (77%), BRCA1/2 carrier: 92 (82%). High educational level (p=0.01), executive occupation (p=0.01) at PBSO positively influenced QOL. Younger age at PBSO was assoc...


To eliminate potential consalities of modal noise in telecommunication systems introduced by spatial filtering in micro-optic devices we have applied autocollimated imaging during assembly to increase accuracy. Mounting principles and facilities are discussed and the results of the first share manufactured by trained persons are given.


The paper proposes an improved Empirical Mode Decomposition method based on up-sampling, due to the energy leakage in traditional Empirical Mode Decomposition for insufficient sampling rate(digital domain frequency greater than 0.2). The method uses the signal interpolation to improve sampling rate before EMD, and then recovers the original scale by corresponding down-sampling and low pass filtering. The numerical results show that it can partly recover the accurate position of extreme points and effectively reduce the energy leakage. Three typical interpolations are also employed and the result shows that the effect of using cubic spline interpolation with 4 times is the best relatively.


We consider the two-stage stochastic linear programming model, in which the recourse function is a worst case expected value over a set of probabilistic distributions. These distributions share the same first- and second-order moments. By using duality of semi-infinite programming and assuming knowledge on extreme points of the dual polyhedron of the constraints, we show that a deterministic equivalence of the two-stage problem is a second-order cone optimization problem. Numerical examples are presented to show non-conservativeness and computational advantage of this approach.


A computational approach, which involves the combination of the OPLS force field and molecular orbital MNDO, AM1, and PM3 methods, has been developed to describe the effects of a large, molecular mechanically simulated environment on the Hamiltonian of a quantum chemical system. To test the validity of the combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) potential, a systematic study of the structures and energies of neutral and charged hydrogen-bonded complexes has been carried out, including comparisons with pure semiempirical calculations and available experimental and ab initio data. It is shown that, in many cases, the hybrid QM/MM potential behaves better than do related MNDO/M, AM1, and PM3 methods. As a case in point, the draw-back of AM1 favoring bifurcated H-bonded structures over single ones is not presented in the combined AM1/OPLS scheme. Possible ways of improvement of the combined QM/MM potential are discussed. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Adenovirus‐mediated transfection of mouse cardiac allografts with active human transforming growth factor‐beta 1 (TGF‐β1) prolongs transplant survival provided that recipients are initially depleted of CD8+ T cells. To test if graft survival was prolonged by persistent TGF‐β1 transgene expression, long‐term transfected allografts were re‐transplanted into naïve mice that were transiently depleted of CD8+ T cells. Re‐transplanted allografts were acutely rejected, indicating that TGF‐β1 transgene expression did not suppress effector cell function. We next asked whether TGF‐β1 gene transfer was associated with the development of regulatory cells. When splenocytes obtained from mice bearing long‐term TGF‐β1‐transfected allografts were adoptively transferred into recipients of non‐transfected cardiac allografts, prolonged allograft survival was observed, and increased levels of the regulatory T cell transcription factor Foxp3 were present. To further test for regulation, differentiated effector cells were obtained from mice that had rejected cardiac allografts and were adoptively transferred into mice bearing long‐term TGF‐β1 transfected cardiac allografts. The effector cells failed to mediate rejection in mice bearing TGF‐β1‐transfected allografts and we observed a significant increase in intra‐graft Foxp3 expression. These findings indicate that TGF‐β1 gene transfer allows for the development of regulatory cells that control graft‐reactive T cell responses once therapeutic levels of the transgene product are no longer produced.


The article presents a classification of volunteer organizations on which the following criteria: legal-organizational form, legal status, forms of organization, methods and level of education, level of activity, membership in any organization, the subject and object of activity, the direction of activity, methods of work, the quantitative composition of the duration of the implemented activities/ programs, the effectiveness of the activity, the degree of stability and the duration of the existence of organizations are based


A literature review shows that despite the recent proliferation of research on the drug using-behavior of minority youth, we do not adequately understand the nature of this problem among these youth. There is a need to conduct more research to understand the patterns, prevalence, causes, and consequences of licit and illicit drug use among minority youth populations. The authors propose the development of an etiologic model and data collection approach for future research on this population.


Abstract Previous investigators have yielded conflicting results in testing the hypothesis that the use of toe clips during bicycle ergometry produces a higher maximal oxygen uptake ([Vdot]O 2 max) than testing without toe clips. Eight men, four competitive cyclists and four competitive distance runners volunteered to participate in three randomized [Vdot]O 2 max tests: 1) a treadmill running lest, 2) a bicycle ergometer test using standard toe clips, and 3) a test on the same ergometer without toe clips. The highest mean [Vdot]O 2 max was observed in the treadmill condition as expected. However, no statistically significant difference in mean [Vdot]O 2 max or performance time was observed between the toe-clip and no toe-clip conditions. Based on these results, the research hypothesis was rejected and no favorable physiological effect may be attributed to the use of toe clips.


[1] We investigated seismic scaling relations of the 2005 west off Fukuoka seismic sequence in Japan using a coda-based methodology. Two independent methods such as coda source spectrum method and coda spectral ratio method were applied to seismic waveform data recorded at four broadband seismic stations located around the epicenter of the mainshock. The corner frequencies determined from both methods are consistent with each other, and the scaling relations between the corner frequencies and the corresponding seismic moments are clearly non-self-similar in both cases. Moreover, the scaled energy obtained from the coda source spectrum method shows that there is a transitional change in the scaled energy with seismic moment. The scaled energy is larger for events with Mw >5.0 than for events with Mw <4.0. For events larger than Mw 5.0, the scaled energy is almost constant and it means that they obey self-similar scaling. For events smaller than about Mw 4.0, the scaled energy is more or less constant, but it is difficult to decide whether it follows self-similar or non-self-similar scaling because of scatter and the limitation of the minimum moment magnitude (Mw 3.4). The most important observation is a linear increment of the scaled energy between about Mw 4.0 and 5.0. These observations imply that the rupture dynamics for larger and smaller earthquakes are different and that the change in dynamics may occur continuously between about Mw 4.0 and 5.0 in this seismic sequence.


This paper investigates whether using variations in proximity choices can improve outcomes of distributed, asynchronous collaborative writing (CW) teams that work on the Internet. This paper reports preliminary results of a field experiment on asynchronous collaborative writing using 550 participants over a month and a half. It is found that groups that met face-to-face for convergence processes had no advantages over groups that did all their work asynchronously and distributed. This supports the notion that with correct processes and tools, distributed groups can be just as effective as face-to-face groups.


Abstract This article concerns burial equipment found intact at Saqqara South in 1935. The owner, Anu, reused an annex of an Old Kingdom mastaba; his equipment included two inscribed coffins, one of which is no longer preserved. The case of this official is noteworthy, since it documents the mortuary traditions of the "spells of Nut", derived from the Pyramid Texts and further manipulated after the end of the Old Kingdom. The detailed study of this inscription on Sq20X, Anu's inner coffin, sheds light on the links with other Middle Kingdom sources (particularly S1C, Da1C, Da2–4X). Moreover, the archaeological, prosopographical and textual data have been integrated to propose a probable date for this official at the very end of the Eleventh or early Twelfth Dynasties.


Hydrological modeling is the representation of real hydrological system. The real hydrological system consists of numerous components. Hence it is difficult to convert the real system on hydrological model system. In this review paper, various elements or parameters are described that involves risk during and even after completion of the project. And uncertainties which are always embedded in all the stages of reservoir operation are considered in risk management process. The risk management process considered significant in managing the floods on the watersheds. Various types of hydrological models are explained and compared thoroughly that are applied to various basins. The comparison of various hydrological models is based on different types of inputs, parameters required, output and their methods or governing equations. The application of GIS and remote sensing in hydrological modeling for flood prediction in managing the floods is considered significant. The paper discusses all significant flood management models developed during last six decades with emphasize on input parameters, data processing, outputs and real time flood forecasting capabilities.


In geospatial information service application,single function service cannot meet the complex application demands of geospatial information.It needs different granularity services composition and coordination mechanism.This paper put emphasis upon a kind of geospatial information services composition model based on Petri Network theory,which was able to complete complex geospatial information application through services composition.Firstly,based on Petri Net theory,the formal definition and graphic description were proposed for services and their composition.The element mapping process was also illustrated.Then an algorithm was proposed to construct the Petri Net model for the services composition.Secondly,this paper gave an example of 3D geospatial analysis services composition.Finally,combined with the application of tobacco geospatial information services,the feasibility of services composition model based on Petri Network was further verified.


Introduction

The main purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of premonition in SIDS parents vs. Non-SIDS/Control Group parents and to test for a number of other anomalous "markers" noted anecdotally by decades of in the field observation. Evidence of premonition and these other "markers" as consistent elements of the SIDS phenomenon could serve as an "early warning system" for a future SIDS event if confirmed by larger studies.

Methodology

Both groups of SIDS parents and Control parent participants completed electronic questionnaires on the SurveyMonkey platform for statistical analysis.

Results

The results of this pilot study indicated statistically significant differences between the SIDS parent and Non-SIDS control study groups for premonition and a set of other anomalous markers.

Conclusion

The authors believe that this pilot study of premonition and other markers may provide an "early-warning" system for an impending SIDS event if confirmed with future larger studies.

Importance: This pilot study confirms results of the value of premonition as well as other anomalous observations by parents whose infants may be at risk for a SIDS event. This study deserves to be confirmed by larger studies and, if so, confirmed indicates a reliable "early warning system" for an impending SIDS event. We face the problem if this SIDS event represents the small percentage of infants who will die of SIDS, even if a diagnostic evaluation and management, including hospital admission and monitoring, may not prevent death from SIDS. However, if this premonition is predictive of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) secondary to a potentially preventable etiology, this infant death may be preventable.


Thefunctional integration between thedifferent parts ofthe brain isusually quantified through ameasure ofcoherence. Mostoftheexisting measures define coherence based onthe spectral energy distribution ofthesignals rather than thephase, andtherefore cannot bereliably usedasmeasures ofneural synchrony. Moreover, themostcommonmethods forquantifying coherence areformulated inthefrequency domain and thus, donottake into account thetime-varying nature ofbrain activity. Recently, coherence measures havebeenextended to account fortheenergy andthephase relationships between thegiven signals andthetime-varying nature ofthesignals using thewavelet transform. Inthis paper, weextend this idea byintroducing anewtime-varying phase coherence measure based onCohen's class oftime-frequency distributions. This newmeasure isapplied tobothsynthesized signals andelectroencephalogram (EEG)data toshowtheeffectiveness ofthe proposed measure inestimating phase changes andinquantifying theneural synchrony inthebrain.


Presently Research Center expresses that, 72% of public uses some sort of social media. More than 300 million individual experiences the depression and despondency, just a small amount of them get sufficient treatment. Discouragement is the main source of incapacity worldwide and almost 800,000 individuals consistently loss their life because of suicide. Suicide is the subsequent driving reason for death among teenagers. Our idea is to suggest solution for this problem. Social Media gives an extraordinary chance to change early depressions, especially in youngsters. Consistently, around 6,000 Tweets are tweeted per second, 350,000 tweets per minute, 500 million tweets each day and around 200 billion tweets each year. By using this rich source of data and information, can efficient model which provides report of person's depression symptoms will be designed. In this model an algorithm that can examine Tweets Expressing self-assessed negative features by analyzing linguistic markers in social media posts.


Cover Points. Foreword. Introduction. 1. The Global Positioning System. 2. Our Address on the Earth's Surface. 3. The Magnetic Compass. 4. Constructing a Route. 5. Tides. 6. Boat Speed. 7. Depth Sounders. 8. Finding Position. 9. Passage Planning. 10. Pilotage. 11. Automatic Identification System. 12. Radar. 13. Autopilots. 14. Personal Computers. Appendix A. Deduced Reckoning and Estimated Position. Appendix B. Course to Steer. Appendix C. Tidal Heights and Tidal Streams. Appendix D. Tidal Planning and Plotting. Credits.


Heavy flavor quarks are considered to be unique probes of the medium created in high energy heavy ion collisions. These proceedings report selected STAR results from various measurements of heavy flavor production, including J/ψ suppression and collectivity, Υ suppression, ratio of bottom-decay electrons to charm-decay electrons, D meson spectra and charm cross section.


Every business sets goals for itself in the course of its operations. One of them is to maintain financial liquidity and strive for profit optimization. It is worth noting, however, that in achieving these goals, taxes play a decisive role. One of the problems that arise in managing an enterprise is a considerable tax burden that affects the company's financial problems. However, in the Polish tax law system, there are ways that give the entrepreneur the opportunity to choose the place of running a business, how to settle taxes, and the possibility of deciding on the legal form of economic activity. Each of these choices affects the size of tax burdens and the financial situation of a given enterprise.