This paper focuses on how to efficiently run multiple parallel applications that have different communication patterns in a single High-performance computing (HPC) system. As parallel applications can be optimized for specific topologies, they cannot show full performance when a given physical topology is far from the logical topology the application assumed. This paper proposes to supplementally use optical circuit switches (OCSes) to patch the electrically-switched baseline network so that the proposed low-latency interconnection network can embed or emulate various network topologies. Experimental results show that the proposed topology achieves both high topology embeddability and the overall low latency compared to the conventional topologies.


The present invention can grow in tumor tissues under anaerobic environment, it is possible to express the cytosine deaminase (CD), and at least anti-tumor activity effective concentration of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resisting performance Preparation method of CD expression · 5-FU-resistant bacterium having there is provided a. Specifically, the CD expression bacteria can grow in tumor tissues under anaerobic environment, a method A passaging-conditioned culture in the presence of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), (1) anaerobic can grow in tumor tissue is under environmental and a step of passaged-conditioned culture the bacteria do not express CD in the presence of 5-FU, to produce a 5-FU-resistant bacteria, (2) the 5 the -FU resistant bacteria, a method B and a step of transforming by introducing CD gene. The present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition containing the CD expression · 5-FU-resistant bacteria and this.


Objective To construct the Foot-and-Mouth disease DNA vaccine with six different Kozak similar sequences,and to compare and analyze the effect of different nucleotides of Kozak.Sequences on expres- sion and immunizing efficiency of Foot-and-Mouth disease DNA vaccine.Methods Six different Kozak similar se- quences(KZ1-KZ6)were inserted into the initiation site of the antigenic gene coding VP1 within the FMD DNA vaccine and were connected with the vector pVAX1,FMD DNA vaccine were constructed to immunize female BALB/c mice aged 6-8 weeks.The anti-VP1 antibodies values in peripheral blood of the experimental animals were analyzed using indirect enzyme linked immunusorbent assay.After the antigenic gene coding VP1 had been rebuilt. Then the sequences were inserted into the fusion expression vector pEGFP-N1 of green fluorescent protein.The se- quences were inserted into the fusion expression vector pEGFP-N1,the in vitro expression plasmids containing GFP were constructed and transfected HeLa cells for transient expression.Results There was a significant difference of expression efficiency by HeLa cells between the pKG6 and other groups(P<0.05).The mice produced signifi- cantly higher anti-VP1 antibody level after DNA immunization with pKV6 than that of other recombinant plasmids (P<0.05).Conclusion FMD DNA vaccine inserted Kozak similar sequences of Triple codon AAA can specifi- cally increase the vaccine protein expression.


Some oriental medicine turned out to have a significant clinical effect on the cure for dementia. Therefore, thorough scientific tests for physiological effect of oriental medicne are needed. This study is aimed at doing experimental studies on the effects of two medicines, Jowiseungcheongtang and hyungbangjihwangtang, on the cure for dementia.For the demonstration of the effect of the two medicines on aged rats, we perfomed a radial arm medicines on aged rats, water maze task, known for their proper learning paradigm for behavior.Previous studies on aging and dementia show that aged rats displayed significant impariments in the learning of the radial arm maze task compared with younger rats. As in experiment 1, we found that the learning of the radial arm maze task compared with younger rats. As in experiment 1, we found that the learning deficits aged rats exhibit in radial arm maze task were improved with the application of each medicine. The resutls suggest that these two medicine can be effective to patients whose working or shortterm memory is impaired. In experiment 2 we studied the effect of the two medicines on the deficit of the aged rats with the Morris water maze task known for measuring long-tern memory. We did not find significant results between the performance of the ages rats and the younger ones. Considered the different results previous studies have reported, more thorough studies are needed to investigate the effect of the medicines on long-term memory.In conclusion, the results we found in experiment 1 and 2 suggest that Jowisengcheongtang and hyungbangjihwangtang can have useful effects for the cure of age-related memory (especially for short-term memory)deficits. Recent interests in dementia urges researchers concerned to explore the effect of oriental medicine on the disease. As there have been relatively few behavioral or scientific studies on dementia using oriental medicine to date, further studies are expected are expected to continue to elucidate 'what the wisdom of the oriental medicine tells about dementia'.


Midinfrared spectra of the OH –He/Ne open-shell ionic complexes have been recorded by photofragmentation spectroscopy in a tandem mass spectrometer. The n1 vibration~OH stretch! and its combination band with the intermolecular bending vibration ( n11nb) have been observed for both complexes at the level of rotational resolution. The analysis of the spectra shows that both complexes have a linear proton-bound structure in their S electronic ground states, with intermolecular center-of-mass separations of 2.60 and 2.65 Å for OH –He and OH–Ne, respectively. Then1 vibrational origins are redshifted by 66.3 and 169.9 cm 21 with respect to the corresponding monomer transition indicating that the intermolecular interaction increases upon n1 excitation. The fine structure of the n1 ( S←S) and n11nb (P←S) transitions arising from electron spin and vibrational angular momentum of nb have been analyzed in terms of a semirigid Hamiltonian including spin–spin, spin–rotation, and l-type doubling interaction terms. The molecular parameters extracted from the molecular constants provide valuable information on the radial and angular part of the intermolecular potential-energy surface in each considered vibrational state. The intermolecular interaction in OH –Ne is stronger than in OH –He, mainly due to the larger polarizability of the rare-gas atom. © 1998 American Institute of Physics. @S0021-9606 ~98!00434-6#


The evaluative organization of self-knowledge refers to the manner in which individuals organize selfrelevant knowledge (Showers, 1992). This model includes a continuum that ranges from perfect compartmentalization (i.e., organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into separate selfaspects) to perfect integration (i.e., organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into the same self-aspects). The results of current project extend the work on evaluative organization of self-knowledge in two ways. First, the results of Study 1 provide evidence that types of self-aspects are related to evaluative organizational styles. Second, the results of Study 2 suggest that evaluative organization is flexible. The second study also found that, as individuals become more compartmentalized under typical external conditions, changes in evaluative organization are linked to indices of psychological health. The evaluative organization of self-knowledge refers to the manner in which individuals organize selfrelevant knowledge (Showers, 1992). For almost two decades, Showers and others (e.g., Showers, Abramson, & Hogan, 1998; Showers & Kevlyn, 1998; Showers & Larson, 1999) examined the association between evaluative organizational styles and various emotional and relational consequences such as depression, self-esteem, disordered eating, and liking/loving of a romantic partner. More recently, Showers (2002) proposed that evaluative organization is flexible. Moreover, Showers, Limke, and Zeigler-Hill (2004) suggested that this flexibility (often a side-effect of cognitive behavioral therapy) is beneficial. These theoretical advances contain implicit questions. However, researchers and clinicians must first understand how types of naturally-used self-aspect categories are linked to styles of evaluative organization before they will be able to create instructions and tasks that can be used to teach this flexibility. Thus, the current study tests the ideas that (a) evaluative organization of self-knowledge is flexible (i.e., can change over time), and that (b) changes in evaluative organization of self-knowledge produce desirable consequences after linking self-structure to the types of self-aspects individuals use to describe themselves to types of evaluative organization. Multiple Self-Aspects Theorists have long proposed that the self is multidimensional or multifaceted (e.g., Baumeister, 1998; Epstein, 1973; Linville & Carlston, 1994; Markus & Wurf, 1987). As such, individuals create and maintain differentiated views of themselves to describe their different domains or to fit different contexts (e.g., Cantor, Markus, Niedenthal, & Nurius, 1986; Higgins, 1987; Kihlstrom & Cantor, 1984; Marsh, 1986; McConnell, 2011; Sedikides & Brewer, 2001). Data not relevant to the present project collected from the sample used in Study 1 has been analyzed and reported elsewhere (cf. Limke, 2012). Study 2 was funded in part through a faculty grant through the Office of Research and Grants at the University of Central Oklahoma. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Alicia Limke at the Department of Psychology, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, OK 73034. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


The chapters of this volume investigate the evolution of a range of features of language, including temporality, negation, noun combining, and functional categories. The authors adopt what is known as the "Windows Approach" to the study of language evolution. Two ideas are fundamental to this approach: the recognition that no direct evidence of the evolution of language has survived, and the working assumption that at least some facets of the evolution of language can be studied by investigating other – so-called window – phenomena about which there is direct evidence. In studying the evolution of the above-mentioned features of language, the authors adopt restricted linguistic systems as such "windows". These include incipient pidgins, homesign systems used by deaf children of non-signing parents, and the linguistic systems acquired naturally by second language learners, as represented by the Basic Variety. The volume, in addition, includes a discussion of the principles of the Windows Approach to the study of language evolution.

The volume will be of particular interest to linguists and advanced students who work on the evolution of language, language structure, semantics, pidgins and other contact varieties, homesign systems and sign languages, as well as the systems acquired naturally by adult second language learners. The discussion and use of the Windows Approach should be of interest to non-linguists working on language evolution too.


Ab initio calculations on doubly positively charged helium systems were performed in the adiabatic approximation by employing the MRDCI procedure and Gaussian base set of various sizes. The resulting potential energy surfaces are studied under the particular aspect of identifying structures that could lead to bound or resonance states. Although for none of the considered systems true bound states were found, there exist metastable resonance states for various configurations. For He++3, the metastable ground state occurs in a collinear symmetric configuration, and for He++4 in a planar geometry with D4h symmetry; in both cases, the binding has a covalent character. Metastable configurations of the larger systems He++5 and He++6 arise as the result of such He++3 or He++4 subsystems to which neutral He are attached by polarization forces. Our discussion of the dynamical implications of the calculated adiabatic potential surfaces includes in particular possibilities of eventual formation and dissociation reac...


This paper aims at the study of personality rights and possibility of its application in the protection of the legal entity name. Initially, it is intended to analyze the legal entity, its historical evolution and the theories that try to justify its juridical nature. After that, we shall treat the personality rights, its different terminologies, its juridical nature and specifications, besides the legislative treatment of the matter, especially for the legal entity, in what it is applicable. Finally, the paper focuses on the protection of the legal entity name in the personality rights, including the right for reparation for moral damage.


This paper summarized the application of modern biological technique on analyzing the reported species,Paragonimus spp.and sequence alignment of Paragonimus on the basis of morphologic taxonomy.


Existing event-triggering sampling techniques for state feedback controllers generally use full state information. This may be a source of important computational and communication costs, particularly if sensors are numerous and/or distributed, as the triggering condition needs to be continuously evaluated. We propose an approach to redesign triggering mechanisms for linear time-invariant systems based on limited sensors information, which we freely select, and an internal scalar dynamic variable. We prove that the resulting closed loop system ensures a uniform global exponential stability property and that a uniform minimal inter-execution time is guaranteed. Besides stabilizability, no additional assumption on the system is needed. Guidelines are provided to derive the redesigned triggering conditions using linear matrix inequalities. We show on an academic example that, using a suitable choice of sensors and parameters, inter-execution times using our approach are comparable to those using triggering mechanisms that monitor the full state of the system.


Problems in this study is: Is there a difference between the interest in learning and learning achievement in the field of economic studies based on gender X grade SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan Academic Year 2011/2012.
This study aims to determine the differences in interests and learning achievement of economic subjects by gender class X SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan Academic Year 2011/2012.
The population in this study is the class X SMA 1 Percut Sei Tuan consisting of three classes and totaled 120 people, and that a sample taken at random with the number 60 with a detailed, 30 girls and 30 boys . Data collection tool used in the study of objective tests which amounted to about 20 grains.
Techniques of data analysis to determine differences in interest in learning (X) and learning achievement (Y) is the Product Moment Correlation. From these calculations, the results obtained rhitung = 0.430 for girls and got the result rhitung = 0.367 for boys. Mean difference in interest in learning and learning achievement in the field of economic studies based on gender X grade SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan Academic Year 2011/2012 considered medium and low.
The results showed no differences in interests and learning achievement of economic subjects by gender. Based on the analysis of research data, it appears a significant difference between the interest in learning the girls interest in learning and interest in learning boys, girls interest in learning which is an average of 2.65 while the interest in learning that boys are mean of 2.64. The difference of the interest in learning, evidenced by the data questionnaire with a significant level of 95%, alpha 5% and n = 35 where tcount> TTable (0.513> 0.374) for girls and tcount> TTable (0.478> 0.374) for boys. While the difference in learning achievement is evidenced through hypothesis testing using t-test, confidence level α = 0.05, and n = 60 where tcount> TTable (2.94> 2.00) which means that this research dalama Ho is rejected at the same time accept Ha.
Therefore we can conclude that there are different interests and learning achievement of economic subjects by gender SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan Academic Year 2011/2012.


Abstract Bats in the eastern US face many significant threats, and more information on the distribution, natural history, and condition of multiple bat species is needed for conservation planning and management. To address this need for the northwestern mountain region of North Carolina, we conducted a large-scale, 3-day bat blitz in 2011 at 30 mist-net sites across 6 counties. We documented the presence of 8 species and obtained new county and summer records for 7 of those 8. Most notably, in McDowell County we documented Lasiurus seminolus (Seminole Bat), a species associated with Coastal Plain habitats and for which there were no previous records in the northwestern mountain region of North Carolina. "Bio-blitz" inventories have many benefits beyond scientific results, including opportunities to share research ideas, foster new collaborations, train students in techniques, and provide educational programs.


BWAG leader Taariq Hassan reports on two enjoyable hikes he led in the Alpine National Park in January and March this year.


ABSTRACT Current practice in accident simulation is to use homogenized cross-sections that are computed using a critical flux. It is shown, however, that using critically homogenized cross-sections in prompt kinetic calculations can induce large errors in the calculation (∼20% in Max Power). This work presents two alternative methods for homogenization that are shown to improve these errors (∼1% in Max Power). The first method uses a time-integrated flux from a multiphysics solution, while the second uses an asymptotic solution to the time-dependent transport equation to homogenize cross-sections. The new methods are applied to several reactivity insertions in an infinite homogeneous medium and are also shown to work well with different homogenized group structures having two, three, and six energy groups. The introduction of delayed neutron precursors is treated, including possible modifications to the asymptotic solution homogenization method. Additionally, it is observed that cross-sections computed using a critical flux may perform adequately for transients where the reactivity insertion is small (ρ < β).


Objective To investigate the effect of tamoxifen on the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA). Methods AAA model was established by perfusion of pancreas elasticity proteinase in 40 rats,which were divided into control team and Tam team. Tam teams were treated by tamoxifen, 15 mg/kg/d, to last a week. Results The treatment by tamoxifen inhibited AAA formation by 95%-99%. Infiltration of inflammatory cell and destruction of elastic fibers were evidently restrained. MMP-2,9 and macrophage activity were evidently restrained in the aortas of the tamoxifen-treated group. Conclusion Tamoxifen inhibit the development of AAAs in rats and reduce the expression of MMPs and the infiltration of inflammatory cell in aortic wall.

Key words:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Tamoxifen; Macrophage


The immune system "presents" peptides to other immune cells by displaying them on the surface of cells bound to a molecule called MHC class II. The process of making these peptides and putting them in this visible cellular spot requires the action of a class of protein-degrading enzymes called cathepsins. Cresswell discusses a report in this issue ([ Nakagawa et al ][1].), which shows that different cathepsins perform this duty in different tissues of the immune system and explains why this might be the case.

 [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/280/5362/450


This paper reports on the effect of buoyancy ratio due to both heat and mass transfer on natural convection in a porous enclosure between two isothermal concentric cylinders of rhombic cross sections. For negative values of the buoyancy ratio, buoyancy forces due to heat and mass transfer are in opposite directions (opposing mode), while for positive values they are in the same direction (aiding mode). Numerical results demonstrate that the flow strength increases as the absolute value of the buoyancy ratio increases. In the opposing mode, the eye of the vortex flow is located in the lower half of the enclosure, while in the aiding mode it is positioned in the upper part of the annulus. The average Nusselt and Sherwood number values increase as the absolute value of the buoyancy ratio moves away from 1, with values obtained in the aiding mode being higher than corresponding values achieved in the opposing mode. A comparison is also made between the computed average Nusselt and Sherwood number values and similar ones obtained in a circular annulus having the same inner and outer perimeters as the rhombic enclosure. Predictions indicate large percent difference in values, demonstrating that circular geometries cannot be exploited to accurately predict heat and mass transfer in complex geometries.


This paper pointed out the benefits as well as the security risk that is the result of inconsistencies of software applications from different manufacturers and the lack of standards in IoT devices networks. Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is now one of the most used open protocols in the Internet of Things. The term IoT is often followed by a great enthusiasm of researchers. End-users also share the same sentiment, ignoring the security risks that arise from dropping and reconnecting IoT devices that very often send passwords to server in plain text, while manufacturers often remain silently indifferent. They primary put focus on profitability, but not on safety. In other words, the door on smart homes remains wide open for hackers. This paper gives an overview of one potential solution of the Internet of Things security problem.


In recent years, it has been demonstrated that deep learning has great success in a variety of computer vision applications. Deep learning-based Faster R-CNN algorithm depends on region proposal network that provides state-of-the-art object detection performance. To date, a limited number of Faster R-CNN approaches have been attempted to detect seagrass from underwater digital images. This paper proposes an improved seagrass detector that enhances the detection performance by combining the Faster R-CNN framework with the NASNet-A backbone. This seagrass detector achieves a high mean average precision (mAP) of 0.412 on ECUHO-2 dataset, which is significantly better than state-of-the-art Halophila ovalis detection performance on this dataset.


Papules on the face and scalp, consisting of bizarre and anomalous proliferations of vascular tissue, occurred in two patients. Although the lesions had many cytological characteristics of malignant tissue, they were considered to be examples of pseudomalignancies because their biological behavior was benign. The relationship of these patients to the recently described entity of pseudopyogenic granuloma and to pseudomalignancies is discussed.


The field of bioacoustics is concerned with monitoring wild animals based on their vocalisations. Passive acoustic recorders are now commonly used to collect data of the soundscapes of our wild places. While the data they collect is extremely useful, the majority of the recorders use a single omnidirectional microphone, and thus cannot independently perform localisation of a calling animal. Localisation can be useful to differentiate between multiple calling animals, to improve statistical estimates of abundance, and to locate calling posts, which may be close to nests. In this paper, we consider the design of a low-cost, practical, passive directional acoustic recorder that will facilitate animal localisation, and present and evaluate a prototype system for this purpose.


How was knowledge passed on in traditional societies before printing made books and learning easily available? In this study of the people of the Indian state of Kerala, Ananda Wood describes in detail the traditional methods used to transmit knowledge by direct contact.


Metastatic tumors affecting the oral cavity are relatively uncommon. Isolated lesion of the mandible, especially those with soft tissue involvement, needs to be correctly differentiated from the benign lesion and primary malignant tumors of the oral cavity. Herein, we describe a patient who had presented with painful swelling of the jaw. On evaluation, she was diagnosed to have a metastatic tumor of the mandible with no other sites of metastasis. A high degree of suspicion is required to identify metastatic involvement of the mandible, especially in patients with a previous history of nonhead and neck malignancy.


The paper reports the development of biomimetic haircell sensors inspired by the neuromast sensors present in fish. Two different types of sensors are fabricated - the superficial haircell sensors which perform flow velocity sensing and the canal encapsulated haircell sensors which perform flow acceleration sensing. Flexible arrays of polymer MEMS haircell sensors are fabricated and encapsulated in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) canal structures. The superficial haircell sensors are calibrated in water tunnel for flow velocity sensing and the steady-state flow filtering ability of the canal encapsulated haircell sensors is experimentally investigated.


Seasonal dynamics of standing crop of nutrient for fine roots of Casuarina equisetifolia plantations of different ages was studied at Chihu forestry center of Hui′an County,Fujian Province.The results showed as follows: The standing crop of nutrients was higher in living fine roots than in dead fine roots for different aged C.equisetifolia plantations.The higher standing crop of nutrients in January,July and November than in other months responded to environmental conditions and the growth status of roots.The standing crop of nutrient increased and then decreased with forest ages.For living fine roots,standing crop of N,P,K and C reached the highest in 30-year-old plantation,while Ca and Mg in 18-year-old plantation.However,the standing crop of nutrients in dead fine roots increased gradually from 6 to 42-year-old plantations.So season and forest age would be responsible for the nutrient uptake.


Zonally averaged temperature and geostrophic zonal wind for each month and for latitudes from 80 S to 80 N with pressure scale height as a vertical coordinate are given tabular form. The pressure scale height is defined as -ln (p/P sub O) where p is pressure and P sub O is surface pressure. The height interval corresponding to one pressure scale height is proportional to absolute temperature, and is 7 km at 240 K. Values in are given at intervals of 0.5 pressure scale heights, i.e., approximately 3,5 km. The geopotential height fields for the principal seasons are given. Temperature, pressure and density with geometric height as the vertical coordinate at invervals of 5 km. The temperature values were obtained from a combination of satellite data above 30 mb with values supplied by the Berlin Free University at 30 mb and the climatology derived by OORT (1983) for 50 mb and below. The geopotential height fields were obtained from these temperature fields by integrating up and down from the 30 mb geopotential height supplied by Berlin Free University. The geostrophic winds were obtained by differentiating these geopotential height fields.


We consider a possible crystalline equation of state (EOS) that follows from nucleons that are chiral solitons with deep relativistic quark bound states. In this model conventional quark matter does not occur till a high density threshold at which the quark bound states in the nucleons get compressed and merge with the continuum. Once the barrier at this threshold is overcome, roughly when, $n_B \sim 1/fm^3$, we expect the crystalline nuclear matter to make a sudden transition into quark matter when the EOS becomes soft through a decompression. The sudden increase in density triggers a collapse releasing large amount of gravitational potential energy that can generate a spherical outburst (or kilonova) of ejected matter.


The invention relates to a novel, quick, high-sensitivity, qualitative and quantitative clinical test method which uses a chemically modified functional polymorphic substrate as media and combines inorganic fluorescent semiconductor nano materials (quantum dots) and immunology means. The multi-functional quick fluorescence immunoassay test method using a functional substrate as media and using single color and multi-color quantum dots as a mark is suitable for a single or compound qualitative and quantitative test of various hormone, protein, nucleic acid and pathogens. Compared with traditional enzyme-linked immunoassay and colloidal gold test paper, the multi-functional quick fluorescence immunoassay test method has the advantages of being simple, quick, high in sensitivity, long in storage time and the like. The multi-functional quick fluorescence immunoassay test method can meet requirements of different testing conditions and samples, can conduct the single or compound qualitative and quantitative test on different antigens on the same substrate media at the same time, and has great potential on aspects of clinical applications.


In connection with the coming revision of the Pharmacopeia, a special interest attaches to the circumstances that led to the preparation of the first Pharmacopeia of the United States of America, and to the life and works of its originator and principal author, Dr. Lyman Spalding, who in January, 1817, at a meeting of the New York County Medical Society took the first decisive action toward uniting the medical societies and colleges of the different states for the purpose of devising a national pharmacopeia. That Dr. Spalding had long had the idea in mind is evinced by the fact that on May 21, 1808, he expressed before the New Hampshire Medical Society a dissatisfaction that there were so many separate pharmacopeias for different states. The regret was uttered in presenting as secretary of the society a copy of the Massachusetts Pharmacopeia which had been sent to him by Dr. John


Menstrual cycle is the cyclical phenomenon characterized by periodic vaginal bleeding, influencing all the system of the body. The present study was taken up to study the variations in the leukocytes count during different phases of menstrual cycle in 1 st professional MBBS students Regional Institute of Medical sciences. 35 healthy female medical students in the age group of 18-28yrs with regular cycles of 28±2days duration participated in the study. Students with irregular cycles, gynaecological disorders, history of prolonged drug intake and history of fever were excluded from the study. Total leukocyte count and differential leukocyte count were examined during menstrual, proliferative and secretory phases during a single cycle. The data collected was statistically analyzed. There was statistically significant increase in total leukocyte count during secretory phase. In differential leukocyte count, there was a significant increase in the neutrophil count during secretory phase, lymphocytes was increased in menstrual and secretory phase, monocyte more on proliferative phase but shows no statistically significance, and eosinophil count, there was not much changes in all three phases. This study was attempted to determine the normal variations in the leukocyte count during the different phases of the menstrual cycle which may help in understanding various disorders.


This report presents results of a project to develop and deliver commercial marine emissions inventories for cargo traffic in shipping lanes serving U.S. continental coastlines. A regional scale methodology consistent with port-based inventory methods was applied for estimating commercial marine vessel (CMV) emissions in coastal waters. Geographically resolved inventories were produced for a 2002 baseline year. Several port-based inventories were evaluated to validate the regional inventory. Using average growth trends describing trade and energy requirements for North American cargo and passenger vessels, forecasts were developed. This work contributes to better regional inventories of commercial marine emissions for North America.


The American simulation model PHABSIM has been used both in the USA and some European countries to determine minimum flow requirements and to evaluate the ecological consequences of instream flow regulation on the basis of the hydraulic habitat availability for specific species. The model consists of a hydraulic part and a habitat simulation part which allows for preferences of the target species; these include local flow rates, water depths, substratum and cover. We describe a case study of the river Floeha in Saxony.


The relationship between the calculated charged-particle densities in positive corona, the rate of streamer production, and the photon count from the corona were investigated and found to be closely related. Both the densities of electrons and positive ions peaked at 11.8 kV, near the corona inception voltage; they then fell rapidly before slowly rising again. This behavior was exactly matched by the measured photon count. The calculation of the charged-particle density in a positive corona was achieved by means of a fluid model.


Abstract Considering a representative agent in the market, we study the long-term optimal investment problem in a discrete-time financial market, introducing a set of restrictions in the admissible strategies. The drawdown constraints limit the size of possible losses of the portfolio and impose a floor-based performance measure. The optimal growth rate is characterized, and under suitable hypotheses it is proved that an optimal strategy exists. The approach to solving this problem is based on dynamic programming techniques and a fixed point argument adapted from the theory of Markov decision processes.


Meta Learning Shared Hierarchies(MLSH) is a example of Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning.n Assuming some task distribution and reusing the knowledge learned on the preceding tasks, it aims to rapidly adjust to new tasks. It divides the policy into several sub-policies and master policy which choose one of the sub-policies, expecting each sub-policy is responsible for each sub-goal in the task. One of the drawbacks of this approach is that, in general, it is not possible know the number of sub-goals in unseen task distribution, hence, the number of sub-policies. With improper number of sub-policies, the performance of MLSH is degraded. To solve this problem, we propose a method to locate the proper number of sub-policies by pruning excessive sub-policies. The proposed method save resources and reduce the time the algorithm to converge. We test the method using 2D-bandit problem and demonstrate the effectiveness.


Geothermal energy, a highly ecologically and economically acceptable heating resource, has not been used on the Adriatic coastal area in Croatia up till now although its use has increased significantly worldwide.
This research will present some of the geological characteristics such as: soil temperature, tempeature gradients, heat flow and conduction as well as the influence of the sea and climate. These parameters are especially interesting for projecting and installing a heating system in buildings with the use of so-called "shallow" geothermal energy for use of which there are quite favorable conditions.


[Context] With the proliferation of desktop and mobile platforms the development and maintenance of identical or similar applications on multiple platforms is urgently needed. [Goal] We study a software product deployed to more than 25 software/hardware combinations over 10 years to understand multi-platform development practices. [Method] We use semi structured interviews, project wikis, VCSs and issue tracking systems to understand and quantify these practices. [Results] We find the projects using MR cloning, MR review meeting, cross platform coordinator's role as three primary means of coordination. We find that forking code temporarily relieves the coordination needs and is driven by divergent schedule, market needs, and organizational policy. Based on our qualitative findings we propose quantitative measures of coordination, redundant work, and parallel development. [Conclusions] A model of coordination intensity suggests that it is related to the amount of paralel and redundant work. We hope that this work will provide a basis for quantitative understanding of issues faced in multi-platform software development.


A Field of rings glistens in the pawnshop like cold wickets on grey lawns— like shackles fragile and under glass, locked boxes, pincushions of love and loss. Pawned white gold lifted, found—the old vows around the ring ground down, the tux and gown now dust, names polished away. Second hand, it fits your hand. Ecce homo . He is the man.


We recently developed a simplified bond‐hyperpolarizability model (SBHM) to describe the variation of second‐ and fourth‐harmonic‐generation (SHG, FHG) intensities as a function of sample azimuth angle, and applied it to various Si‐dielectric interfaces. The approach provides an efficient representation of these data with fewer parameters than required by Fourier or tensorial representations. In addition, these parameters have a direct physical meaning in microscopic terms. The model is simple enough to allow analytic expressions to be obtained for SHG and FHG intensities for (001) and (111) interfaces. SHG absorption is shown to result in easily recognized features in anisotropy data. Relative amplitudes of FHG intensities of the (001)Si–SiO2 interface among the three nonvanishing polarization combinations are shown to be consistent to a factor of about 2. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


The Italian Competition Authority's sector inquiry tackles the reasons behind constant increases in the cost of private motor insurance in Italy head on. In brief the Italian Competition…


ABSTRACT: Management of the nature reserve network in Jordan by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) requires information on the productivity and diversity of each reserve. Moreover, calculation of biomass is becoming increasingly important, not only for local firewood estimates, but also in a global context of determining carbon management options. Accordingly, we developed a 200-m grid for the systematic random selection of sample sites within the recently established 12 km2 Ajloun Reserve, in the evergreen oak zone of northern Jordan. The method applied can be used in a variety of ecosystems and is in accord with local resources of staffing and training. In order to develop a method to compare these ecosystems across broad areas, we used high resolution satellite imagery to make ocular estimates of tree volume (as a depiction of biomass) for all 167 grid points falling within the reserve. A subset of 57 grid points was randomly selected and field sampled for calibration of the ocular estimates. Diameter and species were recorded for all trees in each sample. Stem counts were made by species for all tree regeneration (stems < 2.0 cm diameter). Following the inventory, a correction coefficient was identified according to the disparity between ocular estimates and volume estimates generated from field data, and then applied to all remaining grid points. Volume averaged 2.5 m3/ha (12.4% sample error using a 95% confidence interval). Using this method, biomass estimates can be extrapolated across landscapes in order to compare them. The permanent sampling network we established is relatively easy to maintain over time, and also provides a monitoring framework for other studies, including wildlife and rare plants. Repeat sampling (n = 12 points) in 2008 showed results similar to those of 2007, except for a decrease in the proportion of oaks in the 2.0 to 4.9 cm class.


Abstract : How can the C-17 support the military objectives of rapid mobility? Should the aircraft be a strategic, or a tactical, airlifter, or can it fulfill a mixture of both strategic and tactical? This paper examines employment opportunities for rapid power projection from CONUS, and how the C-17 can be employed in a rapid and cost effective role in supporting the war fighting CINC. The direct delivery option can provide for rapid mobility in support of national objectives, but is direct delivery viable? Seams have developed in the transition from inter-theater to intra-theater movement of cargo, and what employment method of the C-17 can minimize this seam Using actual cargo hauled from Ramstein, Germany to Bosnia during December, 1995 and February 1996, a model was developed to optimize for the least cost of cargo movement with a fleet of C-17s and C-130s. The recommendation of this paper is the direct delivery sortie is efficient, and the C-17 can be utilized in a strategic and tactical role in a very cost effective method for rapid power projection.


Indigenous tillage systems are often undervalued in conservation agriculture (CA). In Ethiopia, since the 1970s there have been several attempts to develop and implement often major modifications to the marasha, the traditional ox-drawn ard plough, with the main aim of creating various types of surface depressions. The establishment of furrows and ridges increases soil moisture and grain yield and reduces soil loss. Dissemination of the modified tools, however, remains limited. Recent tendencies are towards testing relatively simple conservation agriculture tools. Major challenges remain, however; the need for capacity building and problems in marketing the tools. From experimental plots, often worked with exotic tools, there is a long road to real adoption by farmers. Rather than developing yet another CA tool, we investigate whether CA-based resource-conserving technologies might be achieved successfully with simple changes to the use of the marasha. On-farm observations on traditional conservation techniques were carried out throughout the northern Ethiopian highlands, and experiments were conducted involving resource-conserving technologies. Farmers traditionally use the marasha ard plough for various types of in situ soil and water conservation by creating surface depressions, either at the moment of sowing (terwah, derdero) or after crop emergence (shilshalo). Building upon this indigenous knowledge, we further developed resource-conserving technologies into a system named derdero+, whereby the traditional ard plough was found suitable for a "bed-and-furrow" system. From the socio-economic point of view, implementation of permanent beds and retention of stubble leads to decreased oxen (and straw) requirements, but also to an increased need for weeding in the first years. To overcome that problem, we introduced glyphosate herbicide into the tillage system. The decreased runoff (−51%) and soil loss (−81%) allow protection of the downslope areas from flooding, but soil nutrient build-up and soil structure improvement are slow processes, and hence the full benefit of the permanent bed system can only be expected after some years. Overall, this type of resource-conserving technology can be part of the ongoing intensification process which includes physical soil and water conservation, slope reforestation and irrigation development. It has, however, its own niche: the cropped land sensu stricto, i.e. the most important part of the land, both for the farmer and for a nation that is striving for long-term food security.


Different stages of somatic embryoids were obtained from suspension cultures of G. hirsutum after 3 weeks of culture in modified MS medium containing 15 mM glutamine. The embryoids had well developed root pole, though the shoot pole was not visibly distinct. 2,4-D and Kinetin, each of 0.1 mg/l, in the suspension medium were necessary for vigorous growth, maintenance and somatic embryogenesis in cotton.


The purpose of this study was to estimate the original-gas-in-place (OGIP) of a water-drive reservoir using optimization algorithm for Port Arthur field, Texas, US. The properties of the associate aquifer were also obtained. The good agreement, between the results from this study and those from simulation study, would be demonstrated in this paper. In this study, material balance equation for a gas reservoir and van Everdingen-Hurst model for an aquifer were solved simultaneously to calculate cumulative gas production. The result was then compared with cumulative gas production measured in the field that observed at each pressure. The following parameters were manually adjusted to obtain: OGIP, thickness of the aquifer, water encroachment angle, ratio of aquifer to reservoir radius, and aquifer`s permeability. The procedure was then applied with simplex technique, an optimization algorithm, to adjust parameters automatically. When the difference between cumulative gas production calculated and observed was minimal, the parameters used in the model would be the results obtained. A water-drive gas reservoir, ``C`` sand gas reservoir in Port Arthur field, which had produced for about 12 years, was analyzed successfully. The results showed that the OGIP of 60.6 BCF estimated in this study was favorably compared with 56.2 BCFmore » obtained by a numerical simulator in other study. In addition, the aquifer properties that were unavailable from the conventional plotting method can be estimated from this study. The estimated aquifer properties from this study were compared favorably with the core data.« less


For detection of the cyclone PHET, brightness temperature data (BT) of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) sensor at 19.35GHz over Arabian Sea (AS) was procured for the year 2010. In order to trace the cyclone PHET; study of the cyclone affected area before and after striking of the cyclone affected day is done. During analysis at 19.35GHz, the BT and rain rate data over cyclonic area was found to be exceptionally high when compared with the ordinary days. This behavior could be due to the presence of rain clouds during cyclone that emit more radiation at lower frequency (< 37GHz) than the background ocean and cloud free atmosphere. Surface roughness that is caused by high winds increases the BT. As a result at 19.35GHz the BT is found to be high at cyclonic areas as this frequency is greatly affected by rains and high winds. This result shows an insight to detect the natural hazards using passive microwave remote sensing.


Providing nanopore provided in the support structure, and a second connector having a second fluid communication between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet of the nanopore between the first fluid reservoir is connected with the inlet nanopore. A first buffer solution, a first ion concentration in the first reservoir, a second set different from the second ionic concentration of the buffer solution concentration of the first in the second reservoir, the nanopore provides a first and a second reservoir the only fluid communication path between the devices. In nanopore position sensor provided with an electrical connection, the potential of its displacement at least one electrical signal is generated site represented by nanopore between the two reservoirs to local nanopore sensor in the object.


Interaction studies of a Salmonella enteritidis O-antigen octasaccharide to Phage P22 tail spike protein by NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling


of the material or its local contours. Whether explicating Shakespeare's plays, outlining the historical details of seventeenth-century England and Bohemia, dissecting films by Soviet film director Grigorii Kozintsev or a Tom Stoppard play alluding to the Czechoslovak writer Pavel Kohout, Thomas offers detailed close reading and commentary, although even here he relies heavily on conjecture (the verbs could and might recur to excess in this text). The main issue that derails the book's alluring thesis, though, arises from Thomas's attempts to synthesize these atomized observations; whereas the introduction insists that "Cold War suspicion and intolerance derive from the rise of Protestant fundamentalism" (12) in Shakespeare's time, Thomas does not provide the kind of cultural or political genealogy that his wording implies. Rather, he tends to isolate details from the history and literature of his two chosen time periods and draw conclusions from their superficial similarities which are inconclusive at best, unprovable at worst. For example, in his opening chapter, Thomas shifts from a lengthy discussion of the veneration of relics associated with Jesuits martyred by England's Protestant rulers in the early seventeenth century to Nikolai (misidentified as "Genrikh" in the text) Ezhov's practice of making trophies out of the bullets with which he executed dissidents during the Great Terror. Thomas notes but does not comment on the glaring dissimilarity between the two situations—namely, that the material objects he singles out in these cases are esteemed by the victims of violence in the first instance and by the perpetrator of violence in the second. Furthermore, he never explains the relevance to the Cold War of events separated from it by more than a decade and a catastrophic world war. Thomas frequently juxtaposes details based on one or two correspondences and then implies the cultural "derivation" that he asserts above. In this instance and numerous others, his analogies feel as tenuous as claiming that the Japanese flag and the planet Jupiter are importantly akin to one another because both prominently feature a red dot. In fairness, not all of Thomas's comparisons are as messy as this one, but this study ultimately does not cohere to nearly the extent that A Blessed Shore: England and Bohemia from Chaucer to Shakespeare, his 2007 book comparing England and Bohemia during the Renaissance, did. Scholars of the Cold War will likely not find Thomas's ideas here as transformative as he intends them to be.


Seeds of two inter-specific subspecies of A. tortilis (mainly subspecies raddiana and spirocarpa) collected from three varied geographical sources (White Nile, Kassala and River Nile states) were evaluated in morphometric characters (weight, number of seed / kilogram, length, width) and germination behaviour. Different levels of concentrated sulphuric acid was used for seed pre-treatment; 0 (Untreated), 20, 30 and 40 minutes and germinated in the germination room under control environment. The study revealed highly significant differences between subspecies and among the three provenances in seed morphometric traits. Seeds of subspecies raddiana were longer, wider, heavier and hence less number of seeds/kg. In regard to provenances River Nile displayed heavier seeds followed by White Nile. In contrast to that Kassala seeds were relatively longer than the two other provenances, where the width showed no significant difference between provenances. The acid pre-treatment showed highly significant variation in se ed germination percentage, whereas the three sulphuric acid durations improved the germination percentage over the control untreated seeds. 30 and 40 minutes acid durations showed highest germination across the subspecies and provenances and with no signif icant difference between them, indicating that 30 minutes acid pre -treatment will be the choice. The study revealed that there was great variation between the provenances, subspecies and treatments. KEYWORD: Acacia tortilis, subspecies raddiana, subspecies spirocarpa, seed weight, number of seed/kg, thickness, width, treatment, germination percentage.


Anti-philosophy is the art of feeling, the art of creativity. All what regular philosophy has been doing through brain, reason and experience, Anti-Philosophy does it through heart, spirit and personality. Anti-philosophy does not believe in anything but in itself. No God, no country, no parents. No idols either. Born from nothing and for the sake of everything. Anti-philosophy is not an ideology. It is a response to what philosophy has become: atheistic, analytic and logical! For philosophy logic and reason exist, they must give us to role and meaning of the world. Anti-philosophy does not have a logic, nether a reason. Both, reason and logic have been the mortal tools for working in the construction of the undecipherable puzzle: the interpretation of the phenomenological world. Anti-philosophy considers noumena and phenoumena, but we remove the logical component of it. Thus, logic is not an enemy. Anti-philosophy does not have "enemies", but only barriers. The difference is here: the enemy must be fought and overcome, barriers must be jumped! We keep going . . . Logic is a barrier that needs to be jumped. It is necessary that somebody at this time raise his/her voice telling to current philosophy what they do and what they have done. Anti-philosophy is talking aloud about it: philosophy is dead! We do not try to make enemies and to fight their philosophies and theories, but to consider them and to raise our voices. We understand those creating enemies are some huge symptoms of weakness, a spirited weakness product of ignorance. We don't have enemies, just barriers! On the other hand, Anti-philosophy is not politics, not even ethics. Anti-philosophy does not want the political power. We have no king or kingdom! We believe in ourselves. Of course, Anti-philosophy is not a sect, is not a religion. In this sense, it is easier to define it in a negative way, I know what Antiphilosophy is not, but what really is it, that is the tricky question. The main purse of Anti-philosophy is to avoid the fundamentalism of analytic philosophy and science. Anti-philosophy thinks that current philosophy is rotten and it expired long time ago. Can you think of a "department of sorcery" in a current School of Medicine? Concepts like reality, experience, mind, soul, motion, etc., are words empties of meaning and significance. This is not an attempt to break the whole set of philosophical matters. That way in regular philosophy has been empty, non-productive, sterile and definitely boring. The matter of this fact is how people do not understand and does not like Philosophy, how Philosophy has become just a second-hand subject in universities. This has been thanked to the labor of analytic philosophy. The original aims of (Greek)-Philosophy was to help people in answering existential questions that normal religion could not apparently to solve. Nowadays, philosophy has become a pastime for neurotic and pathological shy persons without strong qualities for interpersonal relations. Physics has become the same . . . for same reason . . . . Hence, philosophy has become a non-wished daughter. Sadly, Philosophy has become a bastard daughter of science! The answer to why philosophy has become a dead matter and a bored subject must not be found within the area itself, but within the way how it has been taught. Anti-philosophy is not a wisdom, but a way of life. Anti-philosophy is not a teacher, but always a humble pupil! The relationship between student and professor must be revoked: this is a social fantasy created under a political system. The pupil and the teacher are the same . . . To teach Philosophy and its abject subjects must be an art. It is a virtue. It is a virtue like sculpting, painting, etc . . . Not everybody can paint as an artist, and not everybody can teach...as a Philosopher... Paideia is an art! In this sense, art has become too, a fake. It is now an abortive bunch of meat from the classical art. O, we can find many fakes who do art, modern art, making money and keeping a total ignorance about the original and essential meaning of creativity. Anti-philosophy is classic in many of its purposes, but not dogmatic. Thenceforth, Anti-philosophy sees philosophical education as currently taught, as an abortive


This paper gives two methods to publish web page by LabVIEW Web Server, it gives also two examples to explain them.


From the point of school physical education, based on advantages of school unique position, teacher resource and environment, this paper discusses the character and value of martial arts in school physical education, analyzes the current condition of martial arts in school physical education, put forwards corresponding suggestions and provides the reference for better developing martial arts in school physical education.


Abstract This article considers the works of Simone Weil and Marguerite Duras as witnesses and narrators of the events of the Second World War. Their two perspectives offer a first, original reflection by women intellectuals on war and violence based on direct involvement. Simone Weil construed her idea of 'force' from her first-hand experience of the Spanish Civil War and her participation in the French Resistance, in London. Marguerite Duras offered her personal testimony of war violence (in the French Resistance, in France) intertwining fiction and reality, wavering together autobiography and invention. Duras, in the contrary, tried to represent the unrepresentable by connecting her personal to a collective trauma.


Numerical Model for Steel Catenary Riser on Seafloor Support. (December 2005) Jung Hwan You, B.S., Yeungnam University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Charles Aubeny Realistic predictions of service life of steel catenary risers (SCR) require an accurate characterization of seafloor stiffness in the region where the riser contacts the seafloor, the so-called touchdown zone. This thesis presents the initial stage of development of a simplified seafloor support model. This model simulates the seafloorpipe interaction as a flexible pipe supported on a bed of springs. Constants for the soil springs were derived from finite element studies performed in a separate, parallel investigation. These supports are comprised of elasto-plastic springs with spring constants being a function of soil stiffness and strength, and the geometry of the trench within the touchdown zone. Deflections and bending stresses in the pipe are computed based on a finite element method and a finite difference formulation developed in this research project. The finite difference algorithm has capabilities for analyzing linear springs, non-linear springs, and springs having a tension cut-off. The latter feature simulates the effect of a pipe pulling out of contact with the soil. The model is used to perform parametric studies to assess the effects of soil


Abstract Context Recombinant human FSH (r-hFSH), given to prepubertal boys with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH), may induce Sertoli cell proliferation and thereby increase sperm-producing capacity later in life. Objective To evaluate the effects of r-hFSH, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and testosterone (T) in such patients. Design and Setting Retrospective review in three tertiary centers in Finland between 2006 and 2016. Patients Five boys: ANOS1 mutation in two, homozygous PROKR2 mutation in one, FGFR1 mutation in one, and homozygous GNRHR mutation in one. Prepubertal testicular volume (TV) varied between 0.3 and 2.3 mL; three boys had micropenis, three had undergone orchidopexy. Interventions Two boys received r-hFSH (6 to 7 months) followed by r-hFSH plus hCG (33 to 34 months); one received T (6 months), then r-hFSH plus T (29 months) followed by hCG (25 months); two received T (3 months) followed by r-hFSH (7 months) or r-hFSH plus T (8 months). Main Outcome Measures TV, inhibin B, anti-Müllerian hormone, T, puberty, sperm count. Results r-hFSH doubled TV (from a mean ± SD of 0.9 ± 0.9 mL to 1.9 ± 1.7 mL; P < 0.05) and increased serum inhibin B (from 15 ± 5 ng/L to 85 ± 40 ng/L; P < 0.05). hCG further increased TV (from 2.1 ± 2.3 mL to 8.6 ± 1.7 mL). Two boys with initially extremely small testis size (0.3 mL) developed sperm (maximal sperm count range, 2.8 to 13.8 million/mL), which was cryopreserved. Conclusions Spermatogenesis can be induced with gonadotropins even in boys with HH who have extremely small testes, and despite low-dose T treatment given in early puberty. Induction of puberty with gonadotropins allows preservation of fertility.


OF THESIS EVALUATION OF FLOW DYNAMICS THROUGH AN ADJUSTABLE SYSTEMIC-PULMONARY ARTERY SHUNT An adjustable systemic-pulmonary artery (SPA) shunt is being developed that consists of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft with a screw plunger mechanism. This device would allow full control of flow through SPA shunts used to augment pulmonary blood flow in neonates born with single ventricle physiology. The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes this mechanism has on flow fields for a 4 mm and 5 mm adjustable SPA shunt. Two in vitro models were examined; an idealized model with an axisymmetric constriction and a model developed from 3-D reconstruction of the actual shunt under asymmetric constriction. These models were used to measure the instantaneous velocity and vorticity fields using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) under both steady and pulsatile flow conditions. Recirculation regions and maximum values of velocity, vorticity, and shear stress are compared between the 4 mm and 5 mm models. The results indicate that for the idealized model of both shunts, separation regions are much smaller, persisting for approximately 0-1.75 diameters downstream of the constriction, while for the realistic models separation regions of 2.5 diameters downstream were observed. Additional models of a 4 mm and 5 mm shunt were tested under pulsatile conditions matching Re of 1061 and 849 and a Womersley number of 4.09 and 5.12, respectively, as seen in vivo. The maximum shear rates observed in both shunts are within an allowable range without inducing platelet aggregation or hemolysis. However, regions of reverse flow exist distal to the throat, leading to possible concerns of plaque formation. Further in vivo testing will be needed to address this concern. This work is part of an extensive effort in developing a completely implantable adjustable systemic-pulmonary artery shunt.


The current study examines the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. In particular, it investigated whether college hassles moderated or mediated the relationship. Participants included 194 African American students from a large, Midwestern, state university. Participants provided self-report of their experience of daily hassles related to racial discrimination and college life in addition to depressive symptoms and demographic information. Results indicated that the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms was mediated by college hassles. The results suggest that by decreasing the experience of generic college hassles, the indirect relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms might be minimized.


ZAMPELLA, R. A., K. J. LAIDIG (Pinelands Commission, P.O. Box 7, New Lisbon, NJ 08064), R. G. LATHROP, AND J. A. BOGNAR (Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Cook College, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). Size-class structure and hardwood recruitment in Atlantic white cedar swamps of the New Jersey Pinelands, J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 126:268-275. 1999.-We analyzed the size-class structure of Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) swamps established prior to 1930 to determine if there is any evidence that cedar-swamp succession is controlled through replacement by hardwood species such as red maple. The size-class distribution patterns that we observed for cedar in most stands were characteristic of even-aged stands undergoing density-dependent mortality or self-thinning. Hardwoods, including red maple, blackgum, sweetbay, and grey birch, contributed little to total basal area and occurred at low densities. Red maple was the most common hardwood. For this species, large-diameter (?10 cm) stems, relative density of small (<10 cm) and large (?10 cm) diameter stems, expressed as a percentage of total small-diameter and large-diameter cedar and maple stems, relative basal area, and canopy cover increased in relation to increasing cedar-stem size and decreasing cedar-stem density. Although these trends suggest that red maple abundance and recruitment may be related to cedar size-class structure, there was no significant difference in the absolute density of < 5 cm diameter maple and cedar stems, and the absolute density of 5-9.9 cm diameter cedar was greater than that of red maple. It is questionable whether red maple or any hardwood species occurred at densities sufficient to allow them to respond quickly to canopy gaps created by the death of overstory trees in the swamps that we studied. Our study indicates that hardwood replacement of cedar in swamps is not a certain outcome of cedar-swamp succession. If Atlantic white cedar is actually replaced by hardwoods as individual trees age and die, the replacement process may take centuries. Even then it may only result in conversion to mixed stands dominated by cedar rather than the complete loss of cedar.


The article is devoted to the philosophical consideration of anthropological crisis in the risk society in his historical transformation. The research is aimed to anthropological analysis of the risk society in order to identify its new features in the modern era. As a methodological principle of research, the author defines the distinction between anthropological and cosmological approaches in philosophy. It is about their complex relationships and contradictions in the development of the civilizational process. The anthropological crisis becomes apparent when society becomes a "society of risk" in the modern era. The article reveals the cause of the anthropological crisis in the risk society: the social production of wealth becomes the production of risks. In the XXI century there is a "world society of risk" (Ulrich Beck), which is associated with the process of globalization. The risk research methodology suggests the need to anticipate unpredictable. The main difficulty in risk analysis is that the risk is between certainty and uncertainty, between rational and irrational. Two main trends - the reflexivity of the unknown and the cosmopolitan moment - point to a global change in the society in the 21st century, whose priority is security. In the historical and social philosophical perspective, security is understood as a concept that encompasses integrity, inviolability, inviolability with respect to corporeality, life and property. In the context of the modern anthropological crisis, security has become the main value concept of the social political language. The logic of uniqueness gives way to the logic of ambiguity, which finds its expression in the connection of the risk society with the cosmopolitism. The "cosmopolitan moment" of the world risk society presupposes recognition of the uniqueness of the Other as an opportunity to overcome the anthropological crisis.


Master's degree, titled Mathematical Problem Solving Strategies among Year 5 Gifted
Students of the Primary School composes of theoretical and empirical part. In the
theoretical part gifted students are presented through different authors, how they are
recognised and characterised. Mathematically gifted students were discussed in further
detail and mathematical problems were introduced, broken into several types, and
different solving strategies were discussed. In the empirical part, through the analysis of
three different mathematical problems, solved by both mathematically gifted and nongifted
students, who have excellent grade in mathematics, we concluded that there was no
big difference between the groups, although gifted students tended to be more successful
at solving presented problems. With analysis of questionnaire we concluded that solving
mathematical problems seems interesting and fun (for majority) of gifted and non-gifted
students; although both groups considered the problems challenging. Presented
conclusions are presented with contextual analysis and are furthermore supported by
graphical material and with actual students examples.


Objective:To explore the relevance of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)pulmonary function in mild,moderate and severe changes and the Chinese sputum,stasis,Weakness.To play a guiding role in clinical diagnosis and treatment about three methods of expectoranting,dissolving and tonicing.Methods:To measure the patients pulmonary function with COPD,and observe the percentage of FEV1(forced expiratory volume in one second) and the predicted value,the ratio of FEV1 and FVC(forced vital capacity).All observed cases were recoreded according to the degree of severity of the symptoms,the symptoms were classified according to sputum,stasis weakness(lung,spleen,kidney).Data was analysesed by multiple regression analysis.Results:There was marked correalation between sputum,weakness,stasis and pulmonary function.weakness,stasis and pulmonary function were negative correlation,sputum and pulmonary function were positive correlation;but there was no significant correlation between age,sex and pulmonary function.Conclusion:Weakness,stasis more serious,pulmonary function worse;sputum more serious,pulmonary function better.The methods of expectoranting,dissolving and tonicing can delay the declining of pulmonary function.


It selected the indexes of air permeability and moisture content of the knitted fabrics,then the air and moisture permeability of knitted fabrics under different elongations were researched,and the influences of elongation rate on comfort of fabrics were analyzed and the best elongation range of clothing while wearing was obtained.


This paper is concerned with the null distribution of the likelihood ratio statistic for testing the equality of variances of q nonnormal populations. It is known that the null distribution of this statistic converges to w q 1 under normality. We extend this result by obtaining an asymptotic expansion under general conditions. Numerical accuracies are studied for some approximations of the percentage points and actual test sizes of this statistic based on the limiting distribution and the asymptotic expansion.


While immunisation is the primary public health strategy for prevention of influenza, antivirals are important complementary measures for controlling seasonal/epidemic human influenza, especially when there is a mismatch between circulating and vaccine strains and in at-risk population groups.


The common proper motion binary system L151-81A/B consists of two white dwarfs, the hottest (youngest) example of only 21 double degenerates in wide binaries known at present. The brighter of the two stars is a helium-rich white dwarf while its companion is hydrogen-rich. The system is particularly interesting because the cooler (older) hydrogen-atmosphere star has T eff =12,000±2000 K, nominally placing it within the ZZ Ceti instability strip


Bisphosphonates are commonly used as first-line agents in the treatment of postmenopausal bone fragility. Recently, concern has been raised regarding the risk of atypical fracture with long-term therapy. A potential solution to obtaining the benefits while minimizing the risks of bisphosphonate therapy is the use of a drug holiday, or temporary cessation of medication. For drug holidays to be an effective approach, patients must maintain fracture protection while off therapy. One way to optimize fracture protection during this time is to prevent falls. Risk of atypical fracture and bisphosphonate drug holiday will be discussed, along with a summary of the most effective fall prevention modalities.


This paper presents an overview of NHTSA's vehicle aggressivity and fleet compatibility research activities. This research program is being conducted in close cooperation with the International Harmonized Research Agenda (IHRA) compatibility research group. NHTSA is monitoring the changing vehicle mix in the U.S. fleet, analyzing crash statistics, and evaluating any implications that these changes may have for U.S. occupant safety. NHTSA is also continuing full scale crash testing to develop a better understanding of vehicle compatibility and to investigate test methods to assess vehicle compatibility.


Rapid strides are being made in the use of extensive craniofacial osteotomies and skeletal remodeling for congenital deformities such as those of Crouzon's disease, craniostenoses, and various forms of orbital hypertelorism. Enormous advantages to the child and parents result from performing these corrections in infancy and early childhood. We have been able to demonstrate the feasibility of these operations in a number of children (ranging from four months to five years of age). In several, cranioplasty, orbital repositioning, and midfacial advancement have been combined in a single procedure. Significantly different surgical techniques are used for the small child (as compared with adult patients). The principal new considerations involve: (1) new monitoring techniques to maintain level of anesthesia, electrolyte balance, thermal regulation through long operations, and appropriate blood gase levels: (2) modifications in osteotomies, to allow for bone growth and to prevent undesired growth arrests, in th...


Objective: To determine the value of the short and longaxis sections of left ventricle on the MRI diagnosis of myocardial infarction.Materials and Methods:Twentytwo patients with different stages of myocardial infarction (MI) including 1 acute MI, 5 subacute MI and 16 chronic MI were evaluated by SE and Cine MRI techniques using the short and longaxis sections perpendicular and parallel to interventricular septum. On acquired short and longaxis MRI images the distribution of the involved LV segments and their wall motion abnormalities were analyzed and compared with results of ECG and echocardiography.Results:The shortaxis images of LV could demonstrate the involved segments such as anterior, septum, latertal and the inferior wall very well, but the apical segment could not be shown clearly as on the longaxis images of LV on which the inferior, posterior, anterior and septum wall could be demonstrated. The MRI demonstration of the involved segments in 22 patients with MI was correlated closely with results suggested by ECG findings and among them were 14 involved the anterior wall with 5 involving the septum and 3 involving the inferior wall simultaneously, 4 involved the posterior wall and 2 involved the inferior and the lateral wall separately. The infarcted wall motion were depicted as 3 normal, 11 hypokinetic, 5 akinetic and 2 dyskinetic on the short and longaxis images of LV obtained by using Cine MRI techniques, which showed a high agreement on the evaluation of the involved segments by using multiplephase multipleplanar SE technique in 8 cases and by using echocardiography in 10 cases.Conclusion: The whole segments of LV wall could be demonstrated well on the short and longaxis sections of LV using SE and Cine MRI techniques and that could be beneficial to the showing of the morphology of LV and the evaluation of the wall motion abnormalities.


Research background of face detection and its development are briefly reviewed.The algorithms presented in this paper are classified as either featurebased or imagebased and are discussed in terms of their performances.Key factors of research difficulties are concluded and distilled as suggestion to future research.


Decoloration processes caused by the ozonation of sixteen water-soluble dyes were evaluated by several color measurement methods, and then, the characteristics and relationship between them were investigated. An attempt was made to propose a feasible color control method.Initial decoloration processes measured by absorbance method were represented as a pseudo-first order reaction. On the other hand, they were not represented by color difference method. The behavior of initial decoloration processes measured by dilution method was relatively similar to that measured by absorbance method. The values measured by both absorbance and dilution methods were correlated by an exponential regression line. Based on this correlation, a feasible color control method corresponding to an aesthetic sense was proposed.


Metal powder bed-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, such as Electron Beam-Melting (EBM) and Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), are established in several industries due to the large design freedom and mechanical properties. While EBM and LPBF have similar operating steps, process-specific characteristics influence the component design. The differences in the energy coupling lead to differing solidification conditions, microstructures, and, thus, mechanical properties. The surface finish and geometrical accuracy are also affected. As opposed to LPBF, EBM powder layers are preheated prior to selective melting. In this study, similar volume energy densities in LPBF and EBM were used to manufacture Ti6Al4V test geometries to assess the process transferability. Since the energy coupling of LPBF and EBM differ, heat source absorption was considered when calculating the volume energy density. Even when a similar volume energy density was used, significant differences in the component quality were found in this study due to specific respective process constraints. The extent of these constrains was investigated on voluminous samples and support-free overhanging structures. Overhang angles up to 90° were manufactured with LPBF and EBM, and characterized with regard to the relative density, surface roughness, and geometric compliance.


The DEFA1A3 locus on human chromosome 8p23.1 exhibits extensive copy number variation; individuals have between 3-16 copies of DEFA1A3. The region has additional complexity in that each repeat unit contains a gene locus that can be occupied by one of two different genes, DEFA1 or DEFA3. These encode the human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) 1-3, antimicrobial peptides involved in the innate immune response. In order to understand the mutational processes and evolutionary history of a complex locus like DEFA1A3, spatial information is essential. Whilst haplotype DEFA1A3 copy numbers and haplotype ratios of DEFA1 vs. DEFA3 have been determined, little is known about the features shared by, and the structures of, related haplotypes.

In this study, flanking sequence variation has been used to identify five classes of DEFA1A3 haplotype, which are tagged by four SNPs. Haplotypes within each class share similar features, such as DEFA1A3 copy number, but the associations differ between-class and between-population. Emulsion haplotype fusion-PCR has been used to determine the spatial arrangement of the DEFA1 and DEFA3 genes, as well as additional internal variants, across haplotypes of European ancestry. A comparison of the structures of related haplotypes suggests that the predominant mechanism of copy number change at the DEFA1A3 locus is intra-allelic rearrangements (i.e. between haplotypes from the same class), facilitated by the high sequence similarity of repeat units within each class. This explains the preservation of linkage disequilibrium across the DEFA1A3 locus.

The relationship between DEFA1A3 copy number and gene expression is unclear. A comparison between DEFA1A3 haplotype class and HNP1-3 expression in a UK cohort suggests that DEFA1A3 haplotype structure does not influence gene expression. However, the identification of four SNPs which tag DEFA1A3 haplotype class and, in turn, haplotype structure in haplotypes of European ancestry, will aid further studies in this area.


The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) provides an integrated resource for investigating the genetic, phenotypical and clinical characteristics of cancer. In this study, we aimed to define distinct subsets of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) through differential expression and principal component analyses.


The article emphasizes the importance of cultural and social context and how gender and sexuality are conceptualized in response to HIV. It is necessary to elaborate human rights in relation to sexual citizenship, uphold the rights and responsibilities of people to have control over the sexual health not only in Papua New Guinea but throughout the world.


The operation experience of DC auxiliary installations in power plants and substations testifies about periodically occurred failures, [1], [2]. According to statistics, [3], 70% of failures of relay protection operation occur as a result of overvoltage caused by: working of lightning rod, and internal switching in DC circuits, for example, short circuit clearing or switching of circuit breakers electromagnetic drives or DC motors. Previously, relay protection based on electromechanical relays and pole-to-pole overvoltage didn't cause such negative effects. With implementation of microprocessor technics, more sensitive to overvoltage, risk of failures and false tripping of relay protection and supervisory control devices in power plants and substations [4], [5] grew significantly.


The asynchronous performance of a polyphase reluctance machine with rotor provided with axial slits is investigated for the first time on the basis of conductor boundary treated as a flux line. Theoretical and experimental investigations are presented for rotors with 1) many values of pole arc/pole pitch ratio, 2) varying slot depths, 3) slots on either pole faces or slot portions or both of them, and 4) with and without terminating end rings. Their comparison with predictions leads to interesting conclusions.


Major depressive disorder (MDD) presents with extensive clinical heterogeneity. In particular, overlap with anxiety symptoms is common during depressive episodes and as a comorbid disorder. The aim of this study was to test for morphological brain differences between patients having a history of recurrent MDD with, and without, anxiety symptoms (MDD+A and MDD−A).


Physical and computer models of molecules are designed to embody chemical knowledge of the molecular world. Over the past forty years interactive molecular visualization software has transformed the way chemical scientists build and use molecular models. This chapter surveys interactive molecular visualiza- tion from the point of view of the molecular model, showing the convergence of its visual, haptic, and tangible instantiations, and their use to represent chemical structure and dynamics.


This work presents an experimental evaluation of a new design of a parabolic trough solar collector (PTC). To maximize the energy yield, a solar tracking system is implemented. The thermal performance of the PTC at three outdoor test methods is evaluated. The new design essentially affects the balloon, the trunk, the insulation, the inner reflector, the glass, the upper plane reflector, and the cover. The system performance with bi‐axial orientation and an absorber with a glass‐covered envelope is compared with two other designs of mono‐ and bi‐axial orientation without a glass‐covered envelope. The tests of the PTC with an aperture area of 2.88 m2 were conducted in Tunisian weather conditions, and the results are compared with similar systems already published data in the literature. A dynamic simulation with TRNSYS software is developed to evaluate the system performance based on experimental results. An economic study to evaluate the system's feasibility is conducted. The results showed that the new design achieved a maximum temperature of 179°C in comparison to 134 and 120°C for the mono‐ and bi‐axial orientation without a glass‐covered envelope, respectively. Furthermore, in the new PTC design, the useful daily energy gain increased by 33% and 15%, and the system thermal efficiency increased by 8.9% and 5.8% in summer and winter, respectively, in comparison to the case of mono‐axial orientation without a glass envelope. Besides, the maximum useful energy gain and the instantaneous thermal efficiency in the new design were 22.6 MJ and 73.45%, respectively, in comparison to 17.93 MJ and 67.41% for the mono‐axial orientation without a glass‐covered envelope. The gross payback period of the system was found to be 3.3 years with an NPV of €5257 over the lifetime of the system.


Background and aim: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common comorbid disease in lung cancer, estimated to affect 40–70% of lung cancer patients. As smoking exposure is found in 85–90% of those diagnosed with either COPD or lung cancer, coexisting disease could reflect a shared smoking exposure. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of COPD in patients diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: We analysed 1173 patients diagnosed with lung cancer in Internal Medicine Department between 2000 and 2010 for the presence of lung cancer risk factors. Results: A number of 1046 patients (89.17%; p Conclusions: Our study showes a high prevalence of COPD in lung cancer patients. COPD was the second most important risk factor for lung cancer, after smoking. The most important relationship of COPD was with the scuamos type lung cancer.


A finite element method of any order is applied on a Bakhvalov‐type mesh to solve a singularly perturbed convection–diffusion equation in 2D, whose solution exhibits exponential boundary layers. A uniform convergence of (almost) optimal order is proved by means of a carefully defined interpolant.


To identify whether a consistent definition of sexuality is used across research articles to describe sexuality in later life for heterosexual men and women.


A simple, selective, and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the simultaneous determination of amlodipine and valsartan combined tablets in rat plasma, using losartan as internal standard. The assay was based on protein precipitation with acetonitrile then reversed phase chromatography with fluorescence detection. In order to delay the rapid elution of amlodipine and to obtain acceptable relative retention value, sodium hexane sulfonate was used as ion pairing reagent and a gradient elution mode was applied. The separation was performed on an Agilent Zorbax Eclipse XDB C18 column, using gradient elution with aqueous 0.02% sodium hexane sulfonate–glacial acetic acid (500:1,v/v) (solvent A) and acetonitrile (solvent B). The fluorescence detector was on-line switched to measure each analyte and internal standard at their optimum excitation and emission wavelengths. The assay was linear over the concentration ranges 0.01–0.80 and 0.10–20 µg/mL for amlodipine and valsartan, respectively, with recoveries of 97.80 and 99.35%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study involving a single oral dose of combined (10/160 mg) tablet.


The Russian-Vietnamese international research presents the general principles of sociolinguistic typology, the definition of functional types of languages and functional dominants, with a special focus on minority languages. The main subject of the research is languages of Russia and Vietnam. The monograph presents a sociolinguistic classification of languages of these two polyethnic countries based on the volume of their social functions, analyses of the dynamics of language situations in polyethnic Russia and Vietnam. The legislative basis of the language life in both countries is considered in the research. The appendix includes the "Glossary of Sociolinguistic Terms" in Russian, English and Vietnamese.


The ovarian development of Musca domestica, was examined under light microscope. There are two ovaries in the adult female of fly. Each ovary was formed of about 60-70 polytrophic ovarioles. The ovariole in cross sections organized in several circles. From cytological observations, ovary development and oogenesis could be divided in to 6 stages; ovaries with no noticeable follicle cells existing were characterized as (stage1), the follicle-growing stages considered as (stage2, 3), the vitellogenen in stages (stages4, 5(and mature egg stage (stage6). The oocyte initiated development at first stages of oogenesis; the nurse cells and follicle epithelial cells were considered to fulfill important functions with regard to the growth of the oocyte.


Purpose: To find out the clinical outcome of Nd: YAG Laser iridotomy in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG)
Study Design: Experimental case series
Place and Duration of Study: Prevention of Blindness Eye Hospital Karachi, from January 2021 to June 2021.
Methods: Patients of 30 to 60 years of age, either gender and diagnosed with primary angle closure glaucoma were included. After taking informed consent, complete examination including pre and post laser intra ocular pressures (IOP) was performed. Follow up was at 2 hours, 1 day and 1week. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Effect modifiers like age, gender, pre-laser lOP were controlled through stratification. Post stratification Chi square test was applied for complications (raised IOP, iritis, hyphema, corneal damage, lens opacity and posterior synechie) and efficacy. P ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 44.48±7.28. Stratification of age and gender with efficacy of LPI and early complications showed that there was no effect of age and gender on the results of LPI (p>0.05). Mean pre laser IOP was 18.56±5.28 and post laser IOP was 15.28±4.62. Lens opacity was found in 10 (5.15%), followed by hyphema in 9(4.63%), corneal damage 8 (4.12%), posterior synechie 5 (2.57%), iritis 7(3.60%), raised IOP in 6 (3.069%) patients.
Conclusion: It is to be concluded that Laser iridotomy is an effective treatment for PACG even in thicker and more heavily pigmented irides with few reversible side effects.


A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) multisensing, which does not require imaging apparatus, has been proposed. The SPR signal from the different ligands can be separated by the control of the thicknesses of multichannel layers, which enhances the measurement resolution. The SPR signal is detected by the spectrometer or the photodetector. The proposed method is verified by the calculations based on Fresnel reflection model.


The 2014 Environmental Performance Index ranked India 174 out of 178 countries in air quality [1]. With such high levels of air pollution, public health monitoring and surveillance systems have become indispensable. India has been taking initiatives to monitor air pollutants like PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2 and CO [2]. However, air pollutants like benzene, lead, ammonia, dioxins and furans that are hazardous to health still remain untracked. In this paper, we present the relevance of tracking benzene based on its abundance in the Indian capital which is the world's second most populous city as per UN report of 2014 [3] and its harmful impact on human health. We then identify challenges in monitoring it and discuss possible implementation solutions. A 2010 report by WHO highlights the need to study benzene concentration in air by proclaiming that "benzene is carcinogenic to humans and no safe level of exposure can be recommended" [4].


Nekrasov's integral equation is a mathematical model for two-dimensional, periodic, symmetric and progressive waves on the surface of water. Although some iterative numerical methods have been developed for this type of integral equation, high dimensional approximation is required for the case of large wave height. This paper proposes the method of error estimate for this problem using a numerical verification technique based on a fixed point theorem and interval analysis. This method enables us to show existence of exact solutions in a neighborhood of an approximate solution.


Theoretical and experimental investigations of methods to obtain T‐ and Γ‐shaped sub‐100 nm gates using electron‐beam lithography, multilayer resist schemes and lift‐off are reported. A resist profile simulation tool, based on Monte Carlo electron scattering calculation and an adaptive string algorithm, is combined with an experimentally determined solubility database for various resist/developer pairs. This provides a very accurate description of the profile formation process for arbitrary resist/substrate stacks and excellent agreement between simulated and experimental resist profiles is achieved. Limitations due to forward scattering and the influence of development conditions are discussed. Using optimized exposure and development parameters, sub‐100 nm T and Γ gates with very low end‐to‐end resistances can be fabricated without sacrificing process latitudes.


The designers of transportation infrastructures are increasingly using the term "context-sensitive design" (CSD) or the broader term "context-sensitive solutions" (CSSs) to refer to a design process that strives to be more cognizant of its surrounding environment. Transportation infrastructures, especially in urban environments, are part of a much larger urban ecology that consists of a complex set of natural and human-made systems. As such, design guidelines that solely address engineering and safety considerations have proved themselves incapable of delivering street designs that respond to the functional requirements of the multitude of stakeholders within urban environments. Analysis of these requirements is a necessary first step for any successful CSD-CSS. In this regard, value engineering has been identified as a successful tool for product functional analysis. Several phases of value engineering overlap with the guiding principles of CSD-CSS. As such, this paper presents a value engineering framework that can be used for the analysis of the functional requirements of urban streets within a CSD-CSS approach. To place the proposed framework into context, a major transit improvement project in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was studied. Seven of the main design elements were analyzed against the primary and secondary objectives identified by the value engineering process. Almost all objectives were attained by the design elements selected. The proposed framework and analysis of the case study show that the value engineering methodology can be efficiently used to address the needs of CSD design of urban streets.


Pain accompanies many chronic diseases and malignant neoplasms. Analgesic therapy aims at achieving the maximal result at the minimum of adverse effects. The analgesic effect of opium has been known since the 19th century, its acetyl derivate, heroine came soon after. Scientists still search the drug which action is close to the ideal. It seams that oxycodone is the new alternative in Poland. In the paper, we present the case of 64 years old patient, who was treated with oxycodone effectively. The drug was apparently efficacious in controling receptive as well as nonreceptive pain, that may be helpful in reducing the amount of intaking medicines. In the presented case , the oxycodone resulted in satisfactory pain control at insignificant adverse effects accompanying.


Aims:  We evaluated echocardiography and electrocardiography (ECG) results in children with non‐specific mitochondrial disease (MD) in order to study early cardiac involvement, a well‐known complication of the disease.


The high-efficiency dispersant was synthesized with acrylic acid,monomer M and monomer N as copolymerization monomers,and ammonium persulfate and sodium bisulphite as initiator system.Effects of monomer molar ratio and mass ratio of ammonium persulfate to sodium bisulphate on viscosity of GCC slurry were studied in this paper.It was indicated that when the mass ratio of sodium bisulphate to ammonium persulfate was about 3,the molar ratio of acrylic acid and monomer M was 10∶1,and the addition of functional monomer N was 0.2%(based on total monomer addition),the relative molecular weight of copolymer was 3 000~5 000,which could be used in 98 grade GCC slurry grounding and gave it comparatively low viscosity and better fluidness.


APA Citation Toutounji, Y. (2017).The double-edged sword: Globalization and international Islamic terrorism [Master's thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/697 MLA Citation Toutounji, Yara. The double-edged sword: Globalization and international Islamic terrorism. 2017. American University in Cairo, Master's thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain. https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/697


Two fodders, insect (Tenebrio molitor L.) protein and common layer feed, were compared in the layer feeding experiment. The result showed that the layer rate increased 5.06%, the average weight of egg increased 12.4%,the ratio of fodder and egg decreased 6.9%,the net benefit improved 32.12%,and the economical effect was significant while using insect protein fodder.