The main cause is due to food intake that lacks nutrients that can increase blood Hb levels. Anemia in school children can cause fatigue, lethargy, sleepiness, decreased concentration in learning which results in decreased learning achievement. This study aims to determine the description of food intake, anemia status, and learning achievement in young women of SMP Negeri 1 Parangloe, Gowa in 2019. This type of research is a descriptive study with a sample of 97 people. To find out the food intake of students, the 24-hour recall method was used, while the Cyanmethemoglobin method was used to measure Hb levels, and to measure their learning achievement was done by recording the average results of report cards. The results showed that 30.9% of female students suffered from anemia, 43.3% of female students with less energy intake, 28.9% with less protein intake, 44.3% with less iron intake, 58.8% with vitamin A intake is lacking, 56.7% with less vitamin C intake, 45.4% with less zinc intake. Regarding learning achievement, there are 23.7% of adolescent students with poor learning achievement. Seeing that there are still students with low academic achievement in SMP Negeri 1 Parangloe Gowa, it is recommended for students in addition to improving their learning, also increasing the consumption of foods rich in iron, protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, and zinc to prevent anemia which affects the learning achievement.


Georgia Tech is one of only two Centers of Excellence in Photovoltaic Research and Education designated by the Department of Energy. Solarex has a long relationship with Georgia Tech in cooperative research in photovoltaics and recently has had the pleasure to return some of the fruits of that research to Georgia Tech in the form of almost 3000 large area PV modules to be installed on the roof of the new Aquatic Center. This system, located on a highly visible facility that will be the site of the 1996 Olympic swimming and diving events, is a showcase for the PV technology steadfastly developed by US industry with the support of DOE over the last 20 years. It is hoped that this system will serve as a model for sustainable energy to the nations of the world present at the Olympics and viewing it on their TV screens. This paper goes on to discuss the global implications and opportunities of photovoltaics and how this energy system fits into concerns about the environment.


In April 1995, a public sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in the northwest (NW) ward of the District of Columbia closed, leaving one public STD clinic in the southeast (SE) ward to provide public STD services for the entire city. This report summarizes an investigation by CDC following a request from the District of Columbia Department of Health's STD program to evaluate the impact of the NW STD clinic closure on STD case reports. The findings of this investigation indicate that the clinic closure resulted in a marked decrease in reported syphilis in the NW ward, and suggest that NW ward residents with syphilis and their partners may not have received proper diagnostic testing, therapy, and counseling.


High-resolution ac measurements of drain conductance at low temperatures have been made on silicon MOSFET's with channels as narrow as 0.1 µm. These devices show discrete switching events in the channel resistance associated with individual electrons being captured and emitted from single interface traps. The voltage and temperature dependence of this switching gives detailed information on the characteristics of the trap and its distance from the interface. This switching is a component of low-frequency noise in MOSFET's and may be an important limit to the performance of small transistors.


Purpose
This paper aims to examine the asymmetric impact of the oil price increase and decrease on stock returns at the firm level.

Design/methodology/approach
To ascertain the impact oil price can exert on the stock price at the firm level, this study uses panel structural vector auto regression with various linear and nonlinear measures of oil price shock on a data set, containing 1,168 firms listed in Indian stock markets. This study also considers stock index returns, Fama-French factors and inflation as control variables.

Findings
This paper finds evidence that at firm level, net oil price increase and decrease have an asymmetric impact on stock returns. Other oil price shock measures, namely, shock because of oil price increase and decrease, do not show any sign of asymmetric impact on stock returns.

Originality/value
The comparison of firm-level return on its response towards oil price fluctuation can give valuable insights into a firm's features.


The invention discloses a quick braking device of a rail locomotive. The quick braking device comprises friction blocks controlled by the locomotive and a loading platform which is in contact with the friction blocks and generates braking force for the locomotive; the loading platform is locomotive wheel rails or a special friction plate parallel with the wheel rails; when the loading platform is the special friction plate, the loading platform is arranged between the wheel rails; the friction blocks are arranged in pairs and tightly clamp two sides of the friction plate to make the locomotive brake quickly. Because the friction blocks controlled by the locomotive are arranged on the locomotive, and the locomotive is additionally provided with an independent braking system, so that in emergency braking, a braking effect is greatly improved, especially the friction between the friction blocks and the loading platform is sliding friction, rather than rolling friction between the traditional machine locomotive wheels and the rail, the service life of the wheels and the rail is greatly prolonged, and the reliability of the locomotive emergency braking technology is qualitatively improved.


We present a model for the formation of high-mass close binary systems in the context of forming massive stars through gas accretion in the centres of stellar clusters. A low-mass wide binary evolves under mass accretion towards a high-mass close binary, attaining system masses of the order of 30-50 M ○. at separations of the order of 1 au. The resulting high frequency of binary systems with two massive components is in agreement with observations. These systems are typically highly eccentric and may evolve to have periastron separations less than their stellar radii. Mergers of these binary systems are therefore likely and can lead to the formation of the most massive stars, circumventing the problem of radiation pressure stopping the accretion. The stellar density required to induce binary mergers is 10 6 stars pc -3 , or 0.01 that reauired for direct stellar collisions.


Introduction: The accurate identification of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates requires a series of tests. Morphological features and slide coagulase test are two criteria on which S. aureus are identified. Resort to tube coagulase test is sought when results of slide coagulase test are equivocal or doubtful. Both coagulase tests detect the enzymes that convert fibrinogen into fibrin. Human, rabbit or sheep pooled plasma is used as substrate for both tests. Slide coagulase test is simpler and faster as compared to tube coagulase test. The plasma could be carrier of many human and animal pathogens like HIV, HBV, HCV etc. Storage of plasma for longer duration is fraught with chances of contamination. Improperly stored plasma can lead to false positive or negative results. Citrated plasma may be unsuitable for this test if contaminated with citrate utilizing bacteria. Considering the role of S. aureus as a common etiological agent in nosocomial and community infections, there is a need of implementing rapid, easy and cost-effective phenotypic test. Objectives: Considering the disadvantages and risks associated with fresh plasma, this study aims to launch for safer, more reliable substitute with longer shelf life that may provide reliable results for prompt identification of S. aureus by slide coagulase test. Methods: The present work evaluates slide coagulase test (SCT), and urea fibrinogen slide coagulase test (UF-SCT) for S. aureus detection considering Tube coagulase test (TCT) as the reference method. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values of SCT and UF-SCT were calculated using TCT as gold standard . Results: A total of 150 staphylococcal isolates from different clinical specimens ere selected for the evaluation of coagulase tests. All the specimens were subjected to SCT, UF-SCT and TCT. The UF-SCT showed better sensitivity (95.04%), specificity (100%), PPV (100%), and NPV (82.85%) with reference to TCT. UF-SCT showed similar sensitivity and specificity to SCT. None of the isolates were negative in UF-SCT and positive in SCT. Since UF-SCT does not incorporate plasma directly and at the same time has a very good sensitivity and specificity, it is recommended that UF-SCT could replace SCT for identification of S. aureus . Conclusion: The findings of present study shall encourage laboratories to use the urea-fibrinogen slide coagulase test routinely for the rapid identification of S aureus . Journal of Gandaki Medical College Vol. 10, No. 1, 2017, Page: 5-10


Abstract Primary word stress is typologically diverse. In some languages, the metrical structure of a word predicts the location of primary stress, while in other languages it does not. This diversity is considered through the lens of Harmonic Serialism (HS), a serial constraint-based theory, and it is argued that HS must incorporate a limited degree of parallelism to capture the typology. Namely, primary-stress assignment is simultaneous with foot-building and also mobile, being (re)assessed throughout a metrical derivation. But incorporating this parallelism into HS is both possible and desirable: the positive typological consequences of HS are preserved, and the implied formal divergence between the prosodic word and the foot with respect to parallelism echoes a fundamental distinction that is visible in a wide range of extant theoretical and empirical findings.


The concept of preventable deaths1 has stimulated debate about the identification and best ways oi avoiding such undesirable outcomes. A constant feature of the debate has been the finding of unsus-pected and/or underestimated haemorrhage as a major contributor to such deaths.2-Why is the presence of occult bleeding so difficult to diagnose? In many undergraduate text books of physiology it can be read that an increase in heart rate (HR) is almost invariably an accompaniment of severe haemorrhage and a tachycardia is one of the most valuable indicators of concealed bleeding. The widely acclaimed Advance Trauma Life Support courses the importance of progressive HR and in arterial blood pressure the of hypovolaemic systolic blood pressure is in the Revised Trauma the basis of the physiological assessment the injured patient incorporated into TRISS


.he International Bauxite Association (IBA) was formed in the spring of 1974 by the major bauxite producers of the noncommunist world.1 Inspired by OPECs recent ascendance, the IBA declared that it would promote "the orderly and rational development of the bauxite industry and secure fair and reasonable profits for member countries . . . bearing in mind the interests of the consuming countries."2 The members agreed to ensure that the multinational companies, six of which controlled 70 percent of IBA bauxite production capacity,3 would not operate to the detriment of any one country. IBA member countries were to pursue "maximum national ownership of their natural resources." Such pronouncements sounded ominous to the developed countries. Henry Kissinger was moved to comment on the New International Economic Order advanced in the name of the Third World: "The objective, as with the oil price increases, is a massive redistribution of the world's wealth."4 September 1974 was a bad month for the Western world, then, when Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica announced his country's new system for the payment of bauxite royalties by the foreign companies mining in Jamaica. In 1974, Jamaica provided


The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing copolymer composition, which composition is a fluorine-containing copolymer having repeating units based on a fluoroolefin and a monomer having no fluorine atom in the repeating units (A), potassium carbonate, and an organic solvent thereof, wherein the amount of potassium carbonate with respect to the fluorinated copolymer (a) to a value calculated K2O 5 ~ 80ppm.


Differential migration and choice of denominator have been hypothesized to contribute to differences between period prevalence and birth prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of migration and choice of denominator on the prevalence of CP.


A kind of unicycle robot is studied,which is driven to keep longitude stability and lateral stability by a wheel and a motor driven disk respectively,and presents a grouping hierarchical sliding-model method.According to the dynamic characteristics of the unicycle robot,the system is seen as a combination of two single-input systems.For each single-input system,a hierarchical sliding-mode controller is then designed to achieve balance and the movement control of the system.The asymptotic stability of all sliding planes is also proved theoretically,and the results of the simulation confirm the controller's validity and robustness.


Abstract We analyze combinatorial properties of open covers of sets of real numbers by using filters on the natural numbers. In fact, the goal of this paper is to characterize known properties related to ω-covers of the space in terms of combinatorial properties of filters associated with these ω-covers. As an example, we show that all finite powers of a set of real numbers have the covering property of Menger if, and only if, each filter on ω associated with its countable ω-cover is a P+ filter.


The thesis of this paper, simply stated, is that forty years of critical study of Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," has failed to come to grips with the problem of its narrative focus or point of view. Furthermore, I will contend that this failure to fully explore the significance of the narrative voice has obscured several essential points of the story, chief of which is the underlying horror of Faulkner's real theme, a theme which he has kept successfully hidden through the years within his deliberate structural ambiguity and behind his anonymous narrator. As most readers are no doubt aware, the general view of critics regarding the anonymous, ubiquitous narrator is that he is a ldnd of innocuous, naive, passive citizen of Jefferson, who relates for the reader the story of Miss Emily's life and death. Or, in the words of one critic surnming up the prevailing view, he is "... a townsman, gifted in the art of storytale-telling, shifting his identity imaginatively as he moves through the story." Or, as another group of critics states, the narrator simply records "... the progress or advance in the . . . knowledge of Emily's townsmen ... a growth from bemused tolerance, to suspicion, to knowledge, to horror . . " at Emily's crime. From these more or less similar views of the narrator, the critics proceed to develop their interpretations of Miss Emily as the proud, unbending monument of the Old South who somehow triumphs over time and change, thereby evoking admiration conjoined with pity.1 On the surface, such explanation of both narrator and theme may suffice. But if one looks sharply and critically at the point of view chosen by Faulkner, remembering that the basic structural resource of a writer is point of view which becomes, in the words of Mark Schorer, a mode of thematic definition, and if one acknowledges the mastery of Faulkner in merging person, time, place, and events, the importance of his chosen point of view should not be


The automotive sector is a competitive environment that is fed by the neighbouring domains of technology, ergonomics and design. This study explores the relationship between types of music and activities typically performed by car passengers and emotional feeling and comfort perception. In collaboration with BMW group, an empirical study has been performed in within subject design. Results show a successful emotion induction by activity and music individually, but not as activity*music interaction. Comparing congruent and non-congruent situations it is concluded that difference lies in subjects' reported arousal level. Furthermore, are the results of the study used to hypothesize that comfort is related to valance factors, rather than arousal. Lastly, physiological measurements on pressure mat recordings and heart rate showed only a significant effect of activity on heart rate, showing the complexity of physiological measurements.


The article discusses the concept of periodization of the history of the formation of the heritage proposed in «Encyclopedic dictionary of Museology» (2011). Further, the author analyzes the opinion of French specialists in the history of heritage, conceptualized the first of the proposed stages 17901794 years. This is the time when the term in the modern sense is born and begins to be used frequently in French. It is alleged that French culture XVII-XVIII centuries replete with examples of the destruction of monuments of different eras, from antiquity to modern times. Separate initiatives linking the proposals to preserve monuments, relate primarily to the tasks of their descriptions and information about fixing them. Considerable attention is paid to issues of destruction and conservation in the era of the French Revolution. To solve the problems of preservation of evidence of the past in this period produced a new attitude towards them. From now on they cease to be realized as the era of the old regime and are intended to provide aesthetic pleasure and enlightening purposes. Two institutions, generate a new context for the monuments of the past to become a public museum and a list of national heritage. To make recommendations for drawing up a list of national heritage in France in 1790 established the Commission for historical monuments. Despite the difficulties of an objective nature, in the early revolutionary years were created lists of monuments of many old French cities. In parallel with the work on the creation of a list of national heritage was a process of formation of the Museum of French monuments, dedicated to national history. The initiator of its creation was the artist A. Lenoir. The collection of the museum is the monuments of the French medieval sculpture. At that time, the monuments of medieval art would be considered only in terms of their value as historical sources, their artistic value is not detected. In this regard, the Museum of French Monuments regarded as the first in France dedicated a historical museum. In the Restoration period the museum was closed, indicating, according to the researchers, that works of art and objects confiscated during the revolution in the royal family, aristocrats and the church had to find its original location and function. Thus, the revolutionary era, which brought a wave of destruction of monuments, first sharply raised the question of the need to protect the evidence of the past, which led to the beginning of understanding the concept of heritage in its modern interpretation.


The purpose of this small scale qualitative research was to respond to and enhance our understandings of the complex nature of sexting and the role of mobile technologies within peer teen networks. It was designed as a pilot study – to investigate a phenomenon whose nature, scale and dimensions were unknown. Thus the research itself also was small in scale and exploratory in nature and also culturally and geographically specific. We conducted focus group interviews with 35 young people years 8 and 10 in two inner city London schools. At the focus groups we asked participants to friend us on Facebook, with a research Facebook profile. We then mapped some of their activities online and returned for 22 individual interviews with selected case study young people. We also interviewed key teachers and staff at the schools. The study found that threats from peers in digital social networks were more problematic for young people that 'stranger danger' from adults. Digital technologies facilitated new visual cultures of surveillance, in which young women were pressured to send revealing body photos or asked to perform sexual services by text and through social networking sites. In this way, sexting aggravated peer hierarchies and forms of sexual harassment in schools, meaning that sexting was often coercive and was sometimes a form of cyberbullying. Girls were most negatively affected by 'sexting' in cultural contexts of increasing 'sexualisation' shaped by sexual double standards and boys had difficulty in challenging constructions of sexually aggressive masculinity. The research allowed for exploration of when pleasurable sexual flirtation through digital communication moved into sexual coercion and harassment, which was illustrated through narrative examples. Considering the relationship between online and offline risks it found sexual double standards in attitudes to digital sexual communication were linked to incidents of real playground sexual harassment and violence. Finally, it found that children at primary school age were being impacted by the coercive aspects of 'sexting' at an earlier age, than prior research indicated.


Summary Steady-state performance, integrated control system techniques, and inlet-engine compatibility were investigated with a low-bleed inlet. The inlet had minimum internal contraction, consistent with high total pressure recovery and low cowl drag. The inlet-engine combination displayed good performance with only about 2 percent of inlet performance bleed. At the match inlet-engine operating condition the inlet pressure recovery was 0.895 at a diffuser throat-exit mass flow ratio of 0.977. The inlet-engine combination had large-angle-of-attack capability with about 6 percent performance bleed. Angle of attack was limited to 5.58' by engine surge. The turbofan engine displayed a high tolerance to the generated inlet distortion.


Through the analysis of exploitation situation in domestic limestone mines and in combination with technical performances of surface strippers and their application in foreign hard-rocked mines, the paper carries out preliminary discussion on surface strippers about their application in hard-rocked mines and the mining technology with them, as well as summarizes the mining methods and equipment selection in mines where various hardness limestone are deposited.


Introduction. It is the recommendations for treatment of sepsis and septic shock combined with rheumatologists' recommendations for monoclonal antibodies therapy that guide severe COVID-19 management in ICU. However, those recommendations may not be fully applied to patients with acute respiratory distress-syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2, as there exists a difference in pathogenesis between sepsis and virus-associated pneumonias. Monoclonal antibodies therapy may contribute to cytokine cascade severity and promote lung injury. Cytokine storm aggravates the course of the disease. At present, there are two groups of methods described in literature for cytokine storm control and therapy: pharmacological and extracorporeal approaches.Materials and methods. We have performed a retrospective analysis of five COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory syndrome. Cytokine adsorption start criteria were respiratory insufficiency and IL-6 levels greater than 500 pg/ml. Adsorption therapy was initiated within 24 hours of ICU admission and continued for 48–120 hours in hemoperfusion mode on Multifiltrate machine (Fresenius Medical Care). The length of a single session of CytoSorb (Cytosorbents Inc.) therapy was 24 hours.Results. All patients demonstrated SpO2/FiO2 ratio growth and IL-6 concentration decrease by the end of hemoadsorption. We noted lymphocyte count rise as well as IgM и IgG SARS-CoV-2 antibodies titer substantial increase.Conclusions. Our observations suggest that the early start of hemoadsorption associates with gas-exchange stabilization and hinders respiratory distress progression. Hemoadsorption allows for pro-inflammatory cytokines concentrations decrease and prevents secondary lung injury. According to our data, hemoadsorption is beneficial to form a coronavirus infection specific immune response. Further research is needed for a detailed study of the results we here describe.


A theory of replicating tessellation of R is developed that simultaneously generalizes radix representation of integers and hexagonal addressing in computer science. The tiling aggregates tesselate Euclidean space so that the (m + 1)st aggregate is, in turn, tiled by translates of the ruth aggregate, for each m in exactly the same way. This induces a discrete hierarchical addressing systsem on R'. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of replicating tessellations are given, and an efficient algorithm is provided to determine whether or not a replicating tessellation is induced. It is shown that the generalized balanced ternary is replicating in all dimensions. Each replicating tessellation yields an associated self-replicating tiling with the following properties: (1) a single tile T tesselates R periodically and (2) there is a linear map A, such that A(T) is tiled by translates of T. The boundary of T is often a fractal curve. Key words, tiling, self-replicating, radix representation AMS(MOS) subject classifications. 52C22, 52C07, 05B45, 11A63


A multilayer film having a weight less than 15g/sq m. for use in packaging malodorous waste such as decayed food, kid nappies or cat litter, comprises at least a layer comprising polypropylene and a layer comprising an oxygen barrier material such as polyamide, EVOH or polyvinylidene chloride._The film may comprise outer layer/intermediate layer/barrier layer/intermediate layer/inner layer. Abuse layers may be between the intermediate layers and either the inner or outer layers. The outer layer may comprise polypropylene, propylene copolymers, LDPE, HDPE, ethylene alha olefin or ethylene ester copolymer such as EVA and the inner layer may comprise a polyolefin such as an ethylene alpha olefin copolymer, LDPE, HDPE, ethylene ester copolymer, polypropylene, ionomers or styrene copolymers, or a substantially non-resilient material comprising at least 40 wt.% inorganics such as calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, wollastonite, mica, glass fibres or dolomite, the rest being polyethylene, polypropylene, styrene polymer or other thermoplastic material.


The increase of nature reserve areas in the country is Insufficient to conserve biodiversity. The study aims to evaluate the management effectiveness of seven nature reserves in the Sultanate of Oman. The study used the Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management Methodology (RAPPAM) tool. The tool examines the management cycle elements of the nature reserve includes; context, planning, input, process, and outputs. Also, the tool is used to evaluate the pressures and threats that nature reserves suffer from. The data gathered from different recourses include workshops, nature reserves data, and stakeholders meetings. The results indicate that hunting is significant pressure for terrestrial reserves and fishing nets are the main pressure. these pressures will continue affecting reserves in the future. the management effectiveness of the seven nature reserves was at the basic level of management requirements. The reserve has long-term legal security, clear conservation goals and policies, and stable government funding. The management challenges were design planning, financial management, quantitative and qualitative of human resources, standards and guidelines, monitoring, and data availability. Oman nature reserves require improvement in management plans, establish capacity building programs, sustainable funding, set standards and clear procedures in nature reserve operations


Single-crystal neutron-diffraction data with full-matrix least-squares refinements have yielded precise locations for all atoms (for the H atoms in particular), in both compounds. Hydrogen bonding with H atom sites disordered with equal occupancy, as previously postulated to be the source of zero-point entropy in the sulfate, is quantitatively verified. A thermally excited librational mode of the sulfate ion involving a rearrangement of hydrogen bonding has been found. The two structures, which have closely similar chains of Na ions with coordinated water molecules, are compared in detail. Measures of disagreement are: for the sulfate, R(F 2) = 0.082 for 1750 F 2 > a(F2); for the borate, R(F 2) = 0.060 for 1837 F 2 > o(F2).


These pages provide an example of the layout and style for 100% reproduction, which is required for the preparation of the six-page papers for the UbiCNS 2005 proceedings. Please study the enclosed materials before beginning the final preparation of your paper or poster. Proofread your paper or paper carefully before submitting (as it will appear in the published volume in exactly the same form). The PDF file of the manuscripts is due at the conference secretariat by May 6th, 2005. You can upload your paper from UbiCNS 2005 'Camera-ready' at http://www.ajou.ac.kr/ ~ubicns. 1 Begin your paper or paper with an Abstract of no more than 20 lines. Please thoroughly summarize your article in this section since this text will be used for on-line listing and classification of the publication.


The Public Relationships is a practice-based science,so practical instruction becomes one of its indispensable teaching contents.In the University,students'associations,especially those discipline-related,have provided an important premises for the practical teaching of Public Relationships,owing to the fact that their flexible operations are in consistency with the course's teaching objectives.Thus,it is necessary to better integrate students' associations with the practical teaching ofPublic Relationships.


The forces and stresses set up in transformer windings and their clamping structures, as the result of external or internal short-circuits or of switching operations, are considered in detail. Various arrangements of windings and tappings in large power transformers are described. Points at which particularly high mechanical stresses occur in concentric windings are discussed in detail. Axial forces between the top and bottom halves of each winding or between different windings are responsible for bending stresses in turns near the ends or adjacent to gaps in the windings, for compressive stresses in the body of the winding, and for tensile and compressive stresses in the clamping gear. Radial forces produce tensile stresses in the outer and buckling stresses in the inner winding. Such stresses are more pronounced in coils adjacent to the main leakage duct. The excessive mechanical stresses which can be caused by internal electrical breakdowns are discussed. The mechanism of cumulative shrinkage, the loss in clamping pressure due to switching stresses and thermal cycles, and the danger of subsequent movement of the windings causing abrasion of the insulation and final electrical breakdown, are considered in detail. A rule is given for the minimum clamping pressure that should be maintained within the windings. Readers interested in the mathematical treatment of the subject-matter are referred to E.R.A. Reports, Refs. Q/T101, 103, 105 and 106, in which quantitative expressions are derived for the maximum values of currents, forces and stresses which can occur in the windings. Certain statements made in this paper on the merits of various forms of design represent the personal opinion of the author. They do not necessarily express the official opinion of the E.R.A.


Meig's syndrome has been characterized by ascites and pleural effusion along with benign ovarian fibroma while Pseudo-Meigs syndrome develops in pelvic tumors other than benign ovarian fibroma. Fibroid uterus is the most common pelvic tumors usually present as abnormal uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea, infertility, and pressure symptoms. However, very few cases of fibroids with Pseudo-Meigs syndrome have been reported. Here, we are presenting a case of young female with multiple uterine fibroids with absence of any fibroid related symptoms; however other symptoms were suspicious of malignancy.


Coastal zone is a special zone of sea-land interaction,where economy develops briskly,but at the same time,ecological environment is vulnerable.We try to understand characteristics of the geologic environments and laws of evolution of Qingdao City and the related coastal zone and to reasonably plan the development,utilization,protection and comprehensive controls,in order to effectively prevent the further deterioration of the living environment and to make a sustainable development. In the paper,the authors have expounded the application of marine geology to the transition from the marine science city to the marine industry city and how the municipal geology can have a sustainable development.


A general birth-and-death queueing model is considered with N waiting positions (0 ≦ N ≦ ∞), s servers (1 ≦ s ≦ ∞) and a first-come-first-served queueing discipline. The first and second order moments of the steady-state waiting-time (excluding service) for a non-lost arriving customer are given. By setting the busy period equal to the time where at least one service is in progress, we obtain the first and second order moments of the length of a busy period and also the distribution of the number served during it, given an arbitrary number of customers present originally. Using a direct approach all expressions are given in explicit forms which, although being far from elegant, are suitable for evaluation on a computer.


Background and purpose:For esophageal cancer, the tumor cells frequently spread to upper mediastinal and cervical lymph nodes, and the lymphatic recurrence was the most important death cause after surgical treatment, which made the extent of lymphadenectomy controversial in esophageal cancers, especially in middle third thoracic esophageal carcinomas. The controversy mainly focused on which of 2-field or 3-field lymphadenectomy was better. We described the distribution of lymph node metastases using 2-field or 3-field lymphadenectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinomas and evaluated the impact of these two types of lymphadenectomy based on N classification. Methods:We retrospectively reviewed 96 patients who were treated surgically with middle third thoracic esophageal carcinoma from January 2005 to June 2006. The tumor length ranged from 3 to 5 cm. 55 patients were treated by 2-fi eld lymphadenectomy combined with Ivor Lewis' esophagectomy, and the remain 41 patients were treated by 3-fi eld lymphadenectomy combined with Akiyama's esophagectomy. The metastases rates of each station lymph node were calculated, the numbers of each station lymph nodes dissected were analyzed. The difference of metastases rate was tested with two-tailed χ2 test, and difference of mean was tested with independent t test. Results: The lymph node metastases (LNM) of different stations occurred concurrently or solitarily in many patients. The highestlymph node metastasis sites were superaclavicular nodes, midddle paraesophagus nodes, paracardiac nodes, and recurrent nerve lymphatic chains. The number of dissected nodes in 3-fi eld group was much higher than that in 2-fi eld group. The LNM rate was 49.1% in 2-fi eld group, and 70.7% in 3-fi eld group(χ2=4.526,P=0.033), respectively. The LNM rate limited to the cervical area in 3-fi eld group was 24.3%. The upper mediastinal LNM rate in 3-fi eld group was much higher than that in 2-fi eld group; it was 26.8% to 10.9%(χ2=4.085,P=0.043). The number of dissected nodes accompanying left recurrent laryngeal nerve in thoracic cavity in 3-f ield group was much more higher than that in 2-f ield group, it was 1 to 0.5(F=5.771,P=0.04). Conclusions:For middle third thoracic esophageal carcinomas, patients verifi ed as N1 classifi caton after 2-fi eld lymphadenectomy cannot be included into M classifi cation because of positive cervical nodes. It also cannot be determined whether the cervical and upper mediastinal nodes were metastases in N0 patients after 2-fi eld lymphadenectomy. 3-fi eld lymphadenectomy was recommended if there is no evidence excluding metastases of cervical or upper mediastinal nodes.


Robotic arms are becoming increasingly popular in industrial applications. However, improving the response and accuracy of robotic arms while reducing their cost has become challenging. The Kalman Filter (KF) has attracted a significant amount of research as it improves the control quality by filtering the feedback signal. On the other hand, KF solution becomes very challenging when the system under study is nonlinear. This work proposes a new online state estimation algorithm that combines the Smooth Variable Structure Filter (SVSF) with the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF). The proposed method overcomes the limitations of SVSF and UKF in terms of stability and sensitivity to noise. A simulation study is conducted in this paper to demonstrate the results of the proposed method when applied to estimate the states of a PRRR industrial robotic arm.Copyright © 2014 by ASME


The topic of the knowledge-based society and its implications on management is highly debated nowadays. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the logical connections between the knowledge-based society and the managerial revolution. The findings of this study reveal that the knowledge- based society and, more specifically, the knowledge-based economy, along with their main features and requirements regarding people's competences and skills, have a major influence on management, whether in private or public companies. In this society, the central resource of management is knowledge and the leading social groups are knowledge workers.


Barium titanate-silver particulate composites were prepared by attrition milling BaTiO3 and silver nitrate, followed by conventional processing. After manufacture, microstructural, mechanical and electrical characterisation was undertaken to examine the influence of silver addition on properties. The effect of the addition of conductive inclusions in a capacitive matrix on properties, such as permittivity, was simulated using a random network of resistors and capacitors. Model results were compared with experimental results.


The present research project called "Incidence of burnout syndrome in pedagogical management in educational institutions of the district of Nepeña 2018", aimed to determine the incidence of burnout syndrome in pedagogical management in educational institutions of the district of Nepeña 2018 ", The type of research was descriptive correlational, the sample was 120 teachers of the district under study, for the data collection the survey technique was used, and the instrument was the questionnaire, which were validated by the expert judgment and proven reliability with the coefficient of Cronbach's alpha of o.938 for burnout syndrome and 0.951 for pedagogical management. The results indicate that 30.86% of the respondents presented a low level of Burnout Syndrome, 50.62% presented a level medium, while the 18.52% presents a high level, likewise, it is observed that 30.86% of the respondents pr It has a low level of pedagogical management, 34.57% presents a medium level, while 34.57% presents a high level, reaching the conclusion that there is an inverse incidence of burnout syndrome in pedagogical management in educational institutions of Nepeña district. 2018, (sig = 0.000; value B = 0.893), this indicates that at a lower level of burnout syndrome, a higher level of pedagogical management.


Newspaper is one of the frequently used means of information society. One of the newspapers of interest by people in Semarang with prices that are not too expensive and with a good quality of product is the newspaper Suara Merdeka. But with the advent of many competitors, the Suara Merdeka newspaper sales decline. Becouse of that, this research aim to determine the influence of quality product to purchasing decisions and the influence of  price to purchasing decisions. The sampling technique used is Non-Probability Sampling and the sampling type used is Accidental Sampling. Sample in this research is 100 respondents consisting of Suara Merdeka consumers. Data analysis using analysis qualitative and quantitative with validity and reliability , simple regression analysis, double regression analysis, t test and f test with program spss 16.0 for windows. The results of research shows that there is a positive effect and significant between the product quality to purchasing decision amount 22,9 % and the price have positive effect and significant to purchasing decision amount 5.6 %. The price of Suara Merdeka worthy maintained becouse it is already adequate and not into consideration important for cunsumers to made the purchase.  The quality of product needs to be considered balance is the aspect of the news, neatness as well as clarity mold.


Production of composites was done by mixing the filler and matrix. The common matrix used to produce composite is plastic ore with types of poly propylene, poly ethylene and others. To know the characteristics of composite boards made from recycled plastic type poly ethylene so this research was conducted. This research aims to create a composite board made of solid waste sawdust and straw as a filler and recycled plastics as the matrix and to find out more details of the influence of variable solid waste types and ratio of solid waste weight and plastic toward the quality of the composite board product. Composite board manufacturing process was carried out by hot press method at a temperature of 145 oC for 20 minutes. The composite board products are tested on value of hardness, tensile strength, and thermal value. The results showed that the use of sawdust as a filler resulted the composite hardness value that is better (R79,5) compared with straw (R67) at a ratio of filler composition: matrix of 80:20 respectively. The use of sawdust also gives the value of tensile strength of 6.86 MPa that is better than the using a straw that valued of 3.62 MPa at composition ratio of filler: to matrix (60:40). Largest amount of heat needed to melt the composite boards are 31.19 J/g and 14.02 J/g at composition ratio sawdust: recycled plastics of 80:20 and at composition ratio straw: recycled plastics of 80:20, respectively. Visually composite board with a composition of sawdust:plastic HDPE 50:50 looks better with bright colors and shiny. Keywords: Composite, Solid waste, Plastic, Matrix, Filler,  Poly ethylene


In a work published in 1 752, Thomas Birch reported that Hales's sermons 'are scarce ever read by the most zealous admirers of his other writing' (Life of the Most Reverend Dr John Tillotson, p. 20). Today, Hales has fewer 'zealous admirers', and comment on the scope and technique of his sermons has been correspondingly perfunctory.1 This is unfortunate, because the sermons reveal an intense and subtle awareness of the communicative possibilities of a particular understanding of the nature of faith. The Great Tew theologians, Lucius Cary, William Chillingworth, and John Hales, have been regarded as important because of their contribution to the development of religious toleration, and because of their 'rationalist' and 'sceptical' attitudes to knowledge. This account certainly fits Chillingworth well enough, although a term like 'rationalism' proves to be an inadequate instrument of analysis, as Robert R. Orr has shown.2 The general tendency, most fully represented by Elson's John Hales of Eton, has been to cast Hales also in the 'progressive' mould; a tendency which seriously distorts his basic traditionalism. A brief discussion of the 'Letter to an Honourable


The most commonly used lighting system includes fluorescent lamps, incandescent lamps, Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). Lighting systems using has become popular because of their attractive properties like long lifetime, less power consumption, more brightness and so on making them good enough to replace the most commonly used lighting systems. Having a way to reduce the brightness with respect to the daylight illumination will help in reducing the power consumption furthermore. This is done in the proposed system in which the brightness of the lighting system using LEDs as light source gets adjusted by using PWM, buck converter and arduino where PWM technique is used to reduce the consumption of power to a noticeable level. The consumption of the power is considerable more during the peak hours than normal hours mainly because of the usage of the consumer electronics by the consumers for various purposes. So that the proposed system helps in maintaining the stability of the network.


Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs) are designed to rapidly respond to changing market requirements. RMSs operate on various products grouped into families according to their operational requirements. Therefore, an RMS may require different layout configurations while switching from one product to the other. This paper investigates the criteria, which can influence on choosing layout configurations. It then develops an AHP model to structure the criteria for the selection of the most appropriate layout for each configuration stage. The criteria are defined based on the layout reconfigurability, cost, quality and reliability. The alternatives are identified based on the serial / parallel configurations of the given machines.


In 1961 work was initiated to develop methods and equipment for rearing the navel orangeworm, Paramyelois transitella (Walker), in large numbers preparatory to the laboratory rearing of imported parasites to be used in the field against this pest. Methods and equipment that were developed are described and operational procedures involved in the successful rearing of this host insect are given.


Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have unique properties which have made them widely applicable in medicine and biology. Due to their responsiveness to external magnetic force, they are easy to work with. Functionalization of nanoparticles(NPs) effectively improves performance, increases stability in the body and acidic environment, and prevents the agglomeration of the particles. One of the important applications of these NPs is in the separation of materials as solid-phase extracting agents. On the other hand, functionalizing these NPs can increase the efficiency, stability, specificity, and sensitivity of the structure to separate the target. In this paper, various material separation studies have been collected and classified into several main groups based on material types. Study groups included functional MNPs for separating pathogen, organic and inorganic substances of environmental resources, removal of heavy metal ions, separation of biomolecules, isolation of cells, especially tumor cells, harvesting the microalgae. The results showed that this method has advantages such as high sensitivity and specificity, ease of use without needing an operator, requiring low costs, and is a time-saving technique not requiring sample preparation and concentration.


The utility model relates to an auxiliary electrode of a capacity-type level sensor, which comprises at least one flexible conducting steel rope with length being equal to the length of a main pole of the sensor, and a plurality of insulation brackets that are made of non-conducting material, wherein, at least one of both ends of the insulation bracket is fixed to the flexible conducting steel rope or the main pole. The electrode is also provided with a plurality of cylindrical or annular electrode units; the cylindrical or annular electrode units with insulation bracket or without insulation bracket are electrically connected with each other through the flexible conducting steel rope, to integrally form a flexible auxiliary electrode. The auxiliary electrode has reasonable structure and convenient installation and transportation, and greatly improves the signal for measuring the capacity, and increases the level measurement stability and accuracy. The auxiliary electrode is particularly applicable to different flexible level measurement sensors adopting the capacity or the transmittance as the measuring parameter.


This report documents results from flow field measurements at the new DLR cascade test rig which was designed and built up for experimental investigations within work package 3 of the framework V project AITEB. The cascade represents the tip region of shrouded nozzle guide vanes with the additional presence of leakage effects. Results from surface pressure measurements, oil flow visualization, probe traverses and particle image velocimetry with varying leakage gap geometries, leakage blowing rates and low and high inlet turbulence intensities are described and discussed in detail.


Abstract Stable vulcanizates of copolymers of propylene oxide and butadiene monoxide have been prepared and some physical properties studied. The cohesive energy density of a copolymer containing 84 per cent propylene oxide is determined from swelling measurements to be 83 cal cm−. The dynamic properties of the copolymer are similar to those of natural rubber. From a thermodynamic point of view the copolymer is more ideal in its rubbery behavior than natural rubber.


of research problems. Instead of being merely a cookbook for statisticians the text serves to develop for the reader a not inconsiderable degree of understanding of the fundamental concepts of inference: both hypothesis testing and estimation. In the five chapters subsequent to the introduction that are titled &dquo;Reduction and Description of Data,&dquo; &dquo;Sampling Theory and Statistical Inference,&dquo; &dquo;Inference from a Single Sample,&dquo; &dquo;Inference from Two Samples,&dquo; and &dquo;Inference from k Samples,&dquo; the reader finds numerous illustrative examples, helpful graphical reproductions employed in the description of statistical procedures, and several exercises with outlines of solutions furnished. Particularly valuable are the numerous tables and charts for evaluation of the significance levels associated with various statistics and for the estimation of confidence limits for various parameters. It would appear to the reviewer that the graduate student and research worker in the behavioral sciences would find this volume a useful supplement to, but not a substitute for, one of the better standard texts such as those by Guilford, McNemar, Edwards, or Diamond. There is little doubt, however, that the volume will serve in many instances to clarify explanations found in other texts. Moreover, certain types of designs are treated that will not be found in most standard introductory texts-for example, a problem in Chi square involving a three way classification. In short the volume by Tate and Clelland will be useful to both the student and practitioner of statistics, although for a well rounded understanding of the field the research worker will need to study and to consult other books.


The manuscript describes a simplified methodology with which to assess the economic level of apparent losses (ELAL) in a water utility. This economic point corresponds to the break-even point for which the marginal benefit of increasing the frequency of the apparent losses' reduction activities equalizes the marginal cost of their implementation. For this calculation, each apparent loss component, as defined by the International Water Association, has been subdivided into two additional categories. These categories have been established depending on how periodic activities conducted by the water utility to reduce apparent losses—namely water meter replacement and customers' connection inspections—may affect their magnitude. It has been found that the ELAL is influenced by intervention costs, the degradation rate of the accuracy of water meters and water tariffs. In addition, this work defines a set of performance indicators to benchmark the apparent loss's performance relative to the minimum achievable and optimum levels of the losses. Finally, two case studies on how the proposed calculation should be applied have been added to the appendices.


It is not the purpose of this paper to go very deeply into the subject of labyrinthine structure and function. It is purely a discussion in a general way, from our researches, of some of the most perplexing labyrinthine problems. In the last few years new facts concerning the labyrinth have been brought forth, which have further shaken the already weak foundations upon which our theories of labyrinthine function have rested. The scientific study of the labyrinth is an especially difficult one. It is at once apparent that we cannot experiment on humans directly. We must wait for our material in the autopsy room. Many autopsies are unobtainable, and often when consent is granted hours and often days pass before the autopsy is performed and the temporal bones obtained. By this time postmortal tissue changes have destroyed in large measure the delicate tissues we wish to examine. Thus we can come much closer to our goal when we take the longer way of animal experimentation. For this purpose mammals are the best suited, in as far as the routes for aural infection are the same as in humans. That is, they have not only an inner ear but a middle and outer ear as well. However, since pathology is based on a knowledge of the normal structure and function of an organ even experimentation on mammals is in many ways poor because: 1. The membranous labyrinth is relatively small and embedded in very compact bone, making operative experimentation extremely difficult; 2. Many fine histologic details are poorly recognizable.


The NASA/JPL aircrft program has been in existence for more than a decade. However, during the past two years, there has been a dramatic increase in the capability and scientific utility of this system as an L-band, 4-polarization synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system has become operational. The system is capable of simultaneously and coherently acquiring four independent complex polarization measurements for every pixel in the image. This capability has been exploited by a number of experimenters to generate several new data types that appear to contain significantly more information than was previously available from single or dual polarized SAR systems. The system will ultimately be capable of estimating the entire complex scattering matrix for every pixel on the ground. Within the next year the system will be extended to C-band so that it will be possible to simultaneously acquire 4-polarization imagery at L-band and C-band. This system will be the prototype for the SIR-C experiment that will have similar capabilities and be flown on the Space Shuttle in 1989.


Aims: The present study aims to evaluate the morphological diversity of Detarium microcarpum populations in Benin for the conservation purpose. Methodology: Twelve quantitative and two qualitative variables were used in the phenotypic diversity based on the phytodistrict and soils groups of 78 D. microcarpum trees sampled in six phytodistrict of Benin. In order to access the phenotypic variability of the trees, the morphological variables were subjected to ANOVA one-way. Hierarchical ascending classification was also performed to group D. microcarpum populations based on the degree of similarity. Results: Results showed that the leaves and fruits of D. microcarpum trees were highly polymorphic. The phytodistrict and soil group significantly influence the variability of the Original Research Article Agbo et al.; AJRAF, 1(2): 1-12, 2018; Article no.AJRAF.41234 2 morphological descriptors used. Three morphotypes were obtained from D. microcarpum population used, with an important inter-groups variability for the descriptors. Conclusion: The phenotypic variability observed suggested a fairly large genetic diversity of Detarium microcarpum. Trees belonging to subpopulation I (trees from Bassila and North Borgou phytodistricts) had the best fruit characteristics and could be used for varietal selection in Benin.


This paper examines so-called a-prefixing in the speech of dialect speakers living in Appalachia. Building on existing empirical work, and leveraging results from a GoldVarb analysis, I posit the a-prefix realizes a morpho-pragmatic feature which expresses a range of related meanings, including surprise, unexpectedness, and newsworthiness. This range of meanings is encompassed in the linguistic category mirativity. The prefix is therefore suggested to spell out the feature [MIRATIVE]. Variable insertion of the aprefix is blocked when the base does not meet certain phonological requirements. In particular, prefixing is blocked with forms beginning with a lax vowel (*'a-ask-ing'), and with forms possessing non-initial stress (*'a-discover-ing' ). A formal, Optimality-Theoretic (OT) analysis of the interaction of morpheme insertion and phonological markedness is provided. This working paper is available in University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: https://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol23/iss1/18


In order to stugy the different stress state between AC Layers of two structures of asphalt pavement and AC+RCC combined pavement,the paper makes anylysis of ANSYS numerical simulation.By emulation calculating,the load stress under identical load is solved,and the regurarity conclusions are reached,which might provide reference for design of AC layers of pavement structure.


A Relation between flow structure and local skin friction on the wall surface of the clustered linear aerospike nozzle models was investigated by conducting cold flow experiments using a skin friction sensor which has been developed in this study. The skin friction sensor is capable of measuring the local skin friction value on the wall. Measured skin friction value was compared to some existing prediction model and results found that the local skin friction value becomes drastically different from the one predicted by existing models. In cases of over-expansion condition skin friction was drastically increased by oblique shock wave. In cases of under-expansion condition skin friction was increased which was caused by interference of jet boundary of cell-nozzle flows jetted from adjoined cellnozzle.


T HIS account is concerned with the period before 1900, by which time the fundamental nature of the problem of venous thrombosis had been established. The following headings will be used: (a) Fibrin formation (blood coagulation). (b) Early clinical and pathological descriptions ofvenous thrombosis and embolism. (c) 'Virchow's' triad changes in-the vessel wall -flow -the blood constituents. (It should be recognised that these concepts were defined ahead of and after Virchow, who never described very succinctly 'his' triad.) (d) Discovery of platelets.


In this paper, a novel approach to high resolution underwater acoustic imaging is proposed for limited aperture. The proposed imaging approach is based on cross-correlation and high resolution is achieved by using ultra-wideband (UWB) signals in combination with cross-correlation processing. The idea of the proposed imaging approach is that cross-correlation of a pair of the received UWB signals can produce extremely short impulse with the benefit of large relative bandwidth of UWB signals. The obtained extremely short impulses of all pairs of receivers are delayed and summed for high resolution image formation. The cross-correlation-based approach is suitable for the case of limited aperture by using UWB signals. A number of numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Compared with the conventional narrowband imaging approach, the proposed approach gives better image resolution.


The shortage of natural gas and utilization problems of low rank coal resources make the development of new,efficient and environmentally friendly technology for methane production from low rank coal become the hot topic of research. The issues discussed and analyzed include effects of temperature,pressure,catalyst,coal type and gasification agent on the process of methane production by hydrogenation of coal; reaction kinetics and mechanism of methane production by hydrogenation of coal; merits and drawbacks of three typical techniques for methane production by hydrogenation of coal; and a new technique under development by the authors,that is,methane production from highly activated semi-coke made by carbonation and deoxygenation of low rank coal. In conclusion,production of substitute natural gas through hydromethanation of biomass and low rank coal has become a new research focus,in which research of new and cheap catalyst and development of new methanation reactor and technology for hydromethanation of coal play a vital role.


Haibao, demonstrated at World Expo 2010, has dense LED lights all over its body for flexible changes of its facial expressions, clothes and display of other graphic information. Its visual capability is performed by a Where-What Network (WWN), modeling the dorsal and ventral streams of the biological visual cortex. It is adapted from WWN-3 [8], the first series of visual detection and recognition algorithms that are capable of detecting and recognizing a general object or pattern from complex backgrounds. In this paper, key issues in the architecture, detection and recognition algorithm, and the robot body are discussed with some results of experiments.


Objective It is to approach the therapeutic effect and safety of Jieyu Anshen broth combined with Risperidone in treatment of the chronic schizophrenia.Methods 100 patients with chronic schizophrenia were randomly assigned to study group(treated with Jieyu Anshen broth combined with Risperidone) and control group(treated with Risperidone alone),each had 50 cases,and all treated for 12 weeks.The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS) and Treatment Emergent Side effect Scale(TESS) were used to evaluate the effect and safety respectively.Results After 12 weeks,the clinical effect in the study group was significantly better than that in the control group.The scores of PANSS in the study group were lower significantly than those in the control group and after 4 weeks,so as before treatment.But the scores of TESS had no significant difference between the two groups.Conclusion P Jieyu Anshen broth combined with Risperidone is more effective than Risperidone alone in treatment of the chronic schizophrenia.It is the same safe as Risperidone.


In Madagascar, over 75% of the population is impoverished and 50% of children experience stunted growth with lifelong health and developmental implications. Beyond inadequate energy intake, diet homogeneity contributes to macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies underlying underdeveloped organ and skeletal system. Research measuring diet diversity of the rural Malagasy population is lacking. A pilot diet-diversity study was conducted in the rural village of Andasibe to identify specific dietary components missing from the Malagasy diet.

 Diet diversity data were obtained using guidelines established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Over a 6-week period, 24-hour dietary recalls were collected of 150 representative adult household members- typically the mother or father of the household. Subjects provided verbal accounts of food and beverages consumed the day prior. Researchers then guided participants through a list of foods to capture any forgotten items. Foods recorded in the dietary recalls were assigned to categories based on nutrients of interest related to malnutrition and other diseases of nutrition inadequacy. Diet diversity scores (DDS) were assigned corresponding to food categories included in the 24-hour recall.

 The average DDS of all surveys was 4 of a possible 9, corresponding to "medium" diet diversity. 37% of subjects received a "low" DDS and consumed between 1–3 food categories per day. 15% of participants received a "high" DDS and consumed between 6–8 categories per day. Categories unreported in the average recall were "legumes, nuts, and seeds"; "vitamin A-rich fruit and vegetable"; and "milk and milk products". Animal protein from sources such as meat or fish, dairy products, or eggs was not reported in most recalls.

 Low consumption of protein, vitamin A, and iron-containing items on a given day may be indicative of dietary inadequacies related to stunting and morbidity. Diet diversity data allows for basic quantification of the extent of dietary homogeneity in Andasibe, which likely mimics that of other Malagasy villages and identifies priority areas for future nutrition intervention.

 Funding was provided by Auburn University's Office of Undergraduate Research and the College of Human Sciences.


The invention discloses a method for selecting a cell with a double-mode terminal, which comprises the following steps: the trial resident is performed in the cell with the double-mode terminal UE with the best quality of selection signal; the method detects whether the UE can normally reside in the cell with the best signal quality; if the UE can not normally reside in the cell with the best signal quality, the trial resident is performed in other cells with the same mode of the cell with the best signal quality selected until the cell in which UE can normally reside is found. In addition, the invention further discloses a double-mode terminal. By implementing the technical scheme of the invention, the switching frequency of the double-mode terminal UE between a TDD mode and a GSM mode can be reduced, and the efficiency of achieving cell selection and cell reselection is enhanced.


Nano porous SiO 2 aerogel insulation were prepared via sol gel process using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as the precursor and followed by ethanol supercritical drying TEM, SEM and pore size distribution techniques were used to characterize the morphology and pore structure of the silica aerogels The thermal conductivity measurement of the silica aerogels was determined using the transient hot wire technique The results show that the pore size is 5~70 nm, the average pore size (BJH) is about 20 nm, the size of the particles is 5~10nm while the thermal conductivity of the silica aerogel (100kgm -3 ) is 0 0125 Wm -1 K -1 at room temperature and 1 atm


Two new complexes, [(p-cymene)RuCl(CH2OHCHNH2 (COO))] (1) and [(p-cymene)RuCl(CH3CH(OH)CHNH2(COO))] (2), respectively, have been synthesized and characterized with IR, NMR, ESI-MS, elemental analysis, and X-ray crystallographic analysis. Their crystal structures show that these new half-sandwich ruthenium (II) complexes have three-legged "piano-stool" geometry, and intermolecular hydrogen bonds were observed.


myocardial infarction in the anteroseptal region. Severe narrowing of the proximal left coronary artery and almost complete occlusion of the proximal anterior descending branch were also noted. The right ventricular midseptum displayed a slight dent that had been caused by the cryoablation (Figure 1). The interventricular septum was 7 mm thick and the cryolesion transmural. No aneurysms were found in the area of this lesion. Histologic examination of the long-term cryolesion revealed a homogeneous fibrous scar with surrounding sinusoid capillary proliferation (Figure 2). The border between the fibrosis and the normal myocardium was sharply defined.


ABSTRACT Various animals use tree cavities in the northern forest of Okinawajima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago. However, the cavity characteristics and forest types used by cavity users are not well known. The aim of this study was to reveal the cavity users in natural forests of different ages in northern Okinawajima Island. Camera trap surveys were conducted to identify the utilization of cavities in four Castanopsis sieboldii dominated forests; one 40-year-old, one 70-year-old, and two mature forests. Only a few cavities were recorded in the 40-year-old forest and these locations were limited to the lower part of the trees. Consequently, cavity users were limited to two ground-foraging bird species. In contrast, cavities of various sizes were located at various heights above the ground in the other three types of forests, although endangered mammals such as Ryukyu long-furred rat (Diplothrix legata) and Ryukyu tube-nosed bat (Murina ryukyuana) only used cavities in mature forests. The greatest number of cavity-using bird species were recorded in the 70-year-old forest, and a Ryukyu robin (Larvivora komadori) built a nest in a cavity. These results show that mature forests provide various types of cavities with various functions which are important for diverse animal taxa, and that cavity users differ among forests of different ages. Furthermore, it was observed that cavity availability and use does not recover in 70 years. Cavity users should be considered in forest management not only in the core area, but also in the buffer zone of the protected areas in the future.


Objective To explore the clinical features of ear,nose and throat neuroendocrine carcinoma,and to diagnose and treat the disease.Methods The clinical data of 5 patients with ear,nose and throat neuroendocrine carcinoma were analyzed retrospectively.The analysis was also made on the diagnosis and treatment methods for the disease.Results All the 5 cases underwent surgery and postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy,and there were 2 cases with atypical carcinoid,1 case with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma,and 2 cases with small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas.After the treatment,patients' cancer cells,such as cytokeratin(CK),neuron specific enolase(NSE),epithelial membrane antigen(EMA),chromogranin(Cg A),and synapsin(Syn),were all positive.The follow-up lasted for 2~4 years after treatment.Conclusion Surgery treatment is a suitable method for patients with ear,nose and throat neuroendocrine carcinoma.The Early accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment are the keys to improve the survival rate of the disease.


In this paper, we propose an improved scheme of adaptive flux observer for the direct field-oriented control of induction motor based on a new fast Lyapunov optimization method to make the estimation of rotor resistance estimation. The improved adaptive flux observer is already presented in other work and based by adding the estimation of the estimation of load torque to the conventional adaptive observer scheme.The fast Lyapunov optimization method is based on using a new concept of Lyapunov function that not based only to guaranty the stability but also the accelerate the convergence of estimation of rotor resistance of induction motor.The performances of the proposed adaptive observer were verified with numerical simulation. The obtained results show the effectiveness of the new fast Lyapunov method


1. The roots of regeneration: communist practices and elite resources 2. Breaking with the past, reorganizing for the future 3. Developing programmatic responsiveness 4. Convincing the voters: campaigns and elections 5. Parliamentary effectiveness and coalitions Conclusions: succeeding in democracy.


The observed regularities in the distribution of the deposits of hydrocarbons reflect the influence of a whole complex of factors; one of the principal ones is the temperature in the interior of the earth. Because deposits of oil and gas are formed under specific thermodynamic conditions, both changes in the physiochemical properties and the phase compositions of the fluids occurring in the depths of the earth will depend on the geothermal activity of the interior. This paper discusses the zonation of hydrocarbons within the Russian Platform and the interpretation of the geologic history, thermodynamic properties, and geothermal activity associated with the formation of these deposits.


Health[1] Health[1]alcohol consumption [2]Brain [3]Genes [4]Sweden [5]Forskning.no [6] Do you have a parent or grandparent who is or has been an alcoholic? If so, you should stay away from alcohol when you are stressed. A Swedish researcher has found that people who have alcoholics in their close family get a much bigger kick out of alcohol than others. She believes the reason is that they have a more sensitive reward system. The part of the brain focused on rewards reacts particularly strongly when people are stressed. "If you get a kick out of drinking and experience euphoria from intoxication, you are at risk," says Anna Söderpalm-Gordh, a researcher in experimental psychiatry at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg.


The traditional lecture-based classroom which is passive direction without any interaction between learners and learners or between learners and instructor. From this problem, blended learning is adopted widely in educational settings. The blended courses have increased in higher education (HE) over the past decade. This practical action research aims to implementation of blend learning to engineering classroom to gain both learning efficient and positive classroom atmosphere. The population was bachelor students at the school of Telecommunication Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT). The main classroom activities are the integration of a face-to-face lecture, simulated laboratory and self-studying via computer and electronic mediated. To evaluate the effectiveness of blended learning, we consider statistical analyzation of assessment. Furthermore, students' satisfaction was evaluated for improvement of the next class. The research found that pretest and posttest assessment results of the blend learning classroom are significantly developed. The statistical relation indicated the high opportunities for students to get pass level of the course. Furthermore, the students' satisfaction was significantly higher than the much level.


Our standard procedure of 14C concentration measurements is reported in Riga I. We report here data on samples from the Latvian SSR and Eastern Siberia.


The disease of a majority of patients with esophageal cancer is not curable because of an advanced stage of tumor or development of recurrence after curative therapy. Palliation of dysphagia with endoscopic stent placement offers a rapid and usually long-lasting relief. Endoscopic stent placement is the treatment of choice for occlusion of esophagorespiratory fistulas. Conventional endoprostheses have some limitations, such as a high perforation rate with insertion in 6% to 8% and obstruction in 5% to 10%. Self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) have overcome the drawbacks of plastic endoprostheses because of easier insertion resulting in a perforation rate approximating 1% to 2%. The major disadvantages of SEMS include high cost, tendency for tumor ingrowth, and stent migration. The choice between a plastic and metallic endoprosthesis must be individualized contingent on tightness, angulation, and location of the tumor, although realistically over 90% of stents placed in the Western world are now metallic. The future for endoscopic stenting appears promising with the development of different alloys and mechanical designs to facilitate placement and reduce the incidence of complications.


Objective To explore the role of K-ras gene mutation in pancreati c juice in the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma.Methods The pancreatic juice w as collected 100 minutes after injection of 100 U secretin during the procedure of ERCP.PCR-RFLP method was used to detect K-ras gene mutation in the superna te and cells from the pancreatic juice in malignant and benign pancreatic diseas es.Results K-ras gene mutation in the supernate and cells from the pancreatic juice was confirmed in 60.0%and 76.7%of the patients with pancreatic carcinoma,respectively.Only 15.4%of K-ras gene mutation in cells from the pancreatic j uice were detected in the patients with benign pancreatic diseases and no K-ras mutation in the supernate was found in those patients and the patients without pancreatic diseases.The K-ras mutation rate in the patients with pancreatic ca rcinoma was significantly higher than that in the patients with benign pancreati c diseases and the patients without pancreatic diseases(P 0.001)and it had li ttle correlation with the location and size of the tumor.Conclusion Detection o f K-ras gene mutation plays a role in the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma.


Field tests of vehicular communication systems should be done with easy, accurate and fast evaluation tools. In this paper, the authors propose a performance evaluation tool for vehicular-to-X (V2X) communication, so-called VPET (V2X communication performance evaluation tool) following the IEEE 802.11p/WAVE standard. The composition, functions and protocol of messages for VPET are described.


Targeting of PD-L1 checkpoint has shown clinical efficacy in multiple solid tumor indications. Currently approved PD-L1 targeted approaches rely on the blocking activity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) which sterically inhibit PD-L1 thus preventing PD-1 mediated immune checkpoint activity. Although these mAbs have shown activity in the clinic, the need for pre-existing tumor specific immunity and tumor immune infiltration precludes responses in some patients and leads to resistance in others. Therefore, there remains a need for new modalities and treatment paradigms. Molecular Templates has developed MT-6402, an engineered toxin body (ETB) targeting PD-L1 designed to overcome the challenges of current PD-L1 targeting approaches by 1) directly depleting PD-L1 positive tumor or immunosuppressive immune cells displaying PD-L1 and 2) alteration of the tumor immunophenotype through the cytoplasmic delivery of an HLA:A*02 restricted cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen. Delivery of this antigen is meant to leverage recruitment of existing CMV-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) for cell-mediated cytotoxic depletion (antigen seeding technology, AST) of CMV antigen presenting tumor cells. MT-6402 is currently in a phase I open-label, dose escalation and expansion study in subjects with advanced solid cancers that express PD-L1 (NCT04795713). Initial assessment of pharmacodynamic markers for PD-L1 and CMV-mediated ETB activity in a subject with confirmed PD-L1+ tumor cells, CMV positivity, and HLA:A*02 restriction has shown serum phenotypes associated with robust checkpoint inhibitor activity and full extravasation of circulating CMV-specific T cells. In addition to assessing early clinical data from the HLA: A*02 restricted MT-6402 trials, expansion of ETB AST to a broader patient population requires testing of ETBs engineered with the ability to deliver CMV antigens across a broad range of HLA restriction, including HLA:A*01, HLA:A*03, and HLA:A*24. To this end, ETBs were benchmarked against MT-6402 to identify candidates that retain comparable specificity, selectivity, and activity. Substitution of peptide antigens did not alter specificity or selectivity of ETBs compared to MT-6402. Candidate ETB binding profiles and potency were comparable to MT-6402. ETBs delivered an antigen seeding response in a PD-L1 dependent and HLA specific manner. In vivo efficacy of candidate ETBs was comparable in a murine efficacy xenograft model with MT-6402. An ex vivo cytokine release assay in a co-culture setting using HLA matched CTLs and PD-L1+ target cells, treatment with AST capable ETBs resulted in secretion of antigen specific T cell mediated immune cytokines compared to AST null controls. These cytokines overlap with cytokine signatures observed after dosing MT-6402 in HLA:A*02 patients. Preclinical assessment of the safety profile of candidates is ongoing and further development is slated for 2021.
 Citation Format: Swati Khanna, Elizabeth M. Kapeel, Lauren R. Byrne, Elizabeth Saputra, Steven Rivera, Lindsey Aschenbach, Lilia A. Rabia, Garrett L. Cornelison, Rachael M. Orlandella, Brigitte Brieschke, Michaela Sousares, Jay Zhao, Garrett L. Robinson, Chris Moore, Joseph D. Dekker. Altering tumor immunophenotypes with PD-L1 engineered toxin bodies [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 3543.


THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY OF THE MERCHANT OF Venice there would have been little or no motive to attend to the line I take here as my title. If the stage is crowded, with Shylock skulking somewhere in the background and Antonio indistinguishable from the other well-dressed gentiles, then the question is merely instrumental: where are the litigants? Perhaps it works also to establish the legal propriety of what is about to happen: plaintiff and defendant are bidden to stand forth before their judge, rendering the assembly both formal and performative. But there would probably be only one Jew, so the incident might be played as a joke; for how is it possible that Portia could possibly not see the difference between the engaging albeit anxious young man on one side of the stage and the bearded, spooky old figure in the black cape and yarmulke on the other? In recent times we have had a more serious curiosity about Portia's predicament, and more and more occasions to reflect on the similarity in difference that marks Shakespeare's apparent attempt to preserve intact a binary distinction between the Christian and the Jew, the friend and the enemy, the self and the other. In particular, the relation of posited difference that recent and contemporary global-political alliances in the west have sought to maintain between the Jew and the Arab, with the Christian interpellating itself as the author and arbitrator of that difference (between democratic and terrorist/absolutist, friend and enemy, modern and primitive, civilized and barbaric) have been brilliantly investigated by Derrida and (in the spirit of Derrida) by Gil Anidjar, whose work underpins much of what I shall have to say here, and who has resolutely insisted on the west's formative role in creating and exploiting notions of the Arab and the Jew as interchangeable instances of the enemy and therefore structurally identical and interchangeable in the imagination of the west. (1) Walter Scott knew something of this syndrome. He might also have known something about the interdependence and arguable identity of Shylock and Antonio. In his 1790 edition of Shakespeare, Edmund Malone had noted an English translation of the seventeenth-century Italian historian Gregorio Leti's anecdote of the life of Pope Sixtus v, in which the Pope himself played Portia's role as the judge, and where the threatened debtor was a Jew and the cruel creditor determined on full payment was a Christian. (2) In this version of the story Antonio was the Shylock figure, implacable in his desire for the pound of flesh. There is no evidence that Shakespeare knew of this variant (whose first known publication came well after his death), or that it was true, but it appealed to Maria Edgeworth, who used it in her fascinating philosemitic novel Harrington published in 1817--in other words before Ivanhoe (1819) and Scott's later Crusader tales, The Betrothed and The Talisman (published together in 1825). The debate about the so-called Jew Bill of 1753 and the very public conversion of Lord George Gordon to Judaism, along with a few notorious criminal trials involving Jews, kept the issue of Jewishness very much alive in public and political circles before the French Revolution; thereafter they were inevitably implicated in the "loyalty test" mentality that was directed at all persons who could be associated with the foreign. (3) For the most part they passed it, and somewhat sympathetic literary portraits of Jews were put abroad by Thomas Dibdin and Richard Cumberland, as well as by Byron in his Hebrew Melodies, the product of his cooperation with Isaac Nathan, who had first offered the job to Scott, who declined. (4) Scott was indeed no avowed philosemite, but the popular success of Ivanhoe was significantly owing to its portrait of a complex romantic heroine in the Jewess Rebecca. Michael Ragussis has argued persuasively that both Harrington and Ivanhoe were careful and conscious responses to and rewrites of the plot of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, which had previously functioned in the literary tradition as the embodiment of conventional antisemitism. …


Supported bimetallic FeIr/SiOz catalyst have been chacterized by in situ Mossbauer spectroscopy, temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) and XPS. The reduction of iron in freshly prepared FeIr/SiOz catalysts is greatly facilitated by the noble metal iridium. Reduced catalysts consist of Ir-rich fcc FeIr alloys, possibly some isolated Ir metal, and significant amounts of iron (111) oxide. The Mossbauer parameters of the latter change when the catalyst is exposed to CO gas at room temperature, indicating that the iron (111) oxide is present in a highly dispersed phase. Evacuation of reduced samples at 475 or at 775 K leads to significant oxidation of the iron in the catalyst, most likely by OH groups on the Si02 support.


Starzl, a transplant surgeon, welcomes a reassessment of the ethical issues surrounding the solicitation of organs from living donors in light of improved success rates for cadaver organ transplantation resulting from advances such as the use of antirejection drugs. He summarizes the risks and benefits of live organ donation and reviews some of the criticisms that have been leveled against a procedure that can subject a donor to physical and emotional stress. While counseling against the premature cessation of living donor transplants, he questions whether physicians should encourage living relatives to donate their organs when families of brain-dead patients are not being asked to donate.


Introduction:
 Whether the association of blood pressure levels and risk of dementia differed by sex remains unclear.

 Hypothesis:
 We hypothesized that there might be a sex difference in the association between blood pressure levels and dementia.

 Methods:
 We used cohort data from UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective cohort study that recruited 502 649 individuals ages 40-69, between 2006 and 2010. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate sex-specific hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between blood pressure levels and incident dementia (including all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), vascular dementia). We conducted subgroup analyses to divide people into two categories of baseline age < 60 years and ≥60 years. Restricted cubic spline models were used to estimate the association between blood pressure levels and all-cause dementia.

 Results:
 Overall, 425504 (53.9% women) people with no prevalent dementia were included. After 11.4 (median) years follow-up, 5114 participants (46.2% women) developed dementia. The crude incidence rates were 10.3 for women and 14.0 for men, per 10,000 person-years. The relationship between diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and dementia was U-shaped in both men and women. Women with higher SBP levels were associated with higher risk of all-cause dementia, with an SBP threshold of 110mmhg. Also, women with SBP levels greater than a threshold of 120mmhg and 150mmhg was linked to higher risk of AD and VD, respectively. No relationship between SBP and dementia was observed in men. After the analyses were stratified by age when the SBP was measured (<60 years or ≥60 years), we found that in women younger than 60 years, a nonlinear relationship was observed, i.e., high SBP level greater than 120mmhg was linked to higher risk of all-cause dementia.

 Conclusions:
 Women with a threshold of SBP level greater the 110mmhg was associated with higher risk of all-cause dementia, while no such relationship was observed in men.


AbstractThis study was conducted using descriptive qualitative research methods researchtype, to know the teacher's perparation bold learning media in history learning, theprocess of implementing teachers in using bold learn the media in the history oflearning, and the obstacles that teachers feel in learning to use learning media thatare bold in history. This search location is in SMAN 7 Pontianak which is locatedon road Sulawesi Dalam No. 10. Data collection techniques used are observation,interviews tools are observation guidelines, interviewguidelines, and studydocuments. The researcher's data analysis technique used data reduction, datadisplay, and levers. Researchers test the validity of the data using triangulation.From the results of the data, the researcgers know that: (1) To prepare the media asa bold lesson in history learning, the teacher must also prepare the steps forpreparing the implementation of learning (RPP) to adjust to the learning materialthat will later be delivered to raised. (2) Implementation of learning utilizinglearning media does not know all students do understand the material that theteaching conveys because the delivery of the material is too simple and there is nomore in-depth explanation. (3) The use of learning media that has been conveyed bythe teacher is almost the same as what the participants said, use of your learningsupporthistory learning is less effective. (4) In the use of learning means, we oftenfind several sbstacles that become a problem in a learning process, both teahnicallyand non-technically. The usage of google class media under learning is taking intoaccount quite effective, although it has several obstacles. However, this media canhelp teachers stay connected with students and they get lessons that they can learnon their own anywhere and anytime.Keywords: Google Class, Learning History, Media Learning


Objective. To determine Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), Leishmania mexicana (L.mexicana) and Leishmania braziliensis (L.braziliensis) circulating antibodies in dogs from Chontalpa region in Tabasco, Mexico using ELISA diagnostic techniques Fe-SOD and Western blot. Materials and methods. For this study, 119 serums were obtained from domiciled dogs. Serums were tested for antibodies against T. cruzi, L. mexicana and L. braziliensis, using ELISA and Western Blot sod as diagnostic test. The antigenic fraction used in both tests was the Fe-SOD excreted by the species of Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Results. The obtained frequency in this study was 3.36% for T. cruzi, 9.24% for L. mexicana and 10.08% for L. braziliensis. Conclusions. The present study has demonstrated the presence of antibodies to these parasites in Chontalpa region from Tabasco, Mexico.


A vertical piston pump (1) for pumping waste material (3) containing a mixture of at least liquid and gaseous materials (3a,3b), the piston pump (1) including a vertical cylinder (5), a piston (7), pair of inlet and outlet ports (11a,11b), a gas release channel (15), a floating assembly (23) and a one-way gas relief assembly (29), the floating assembly (23) being cooperable with the first end (17) of the gas release channel (15) for allowing gaseous materials (3b) from waste material (3) being pumped in a lower pumping chamber (9) to evacuate into an upper release chamber (21), and the one-way gas relief assembly (29) coooperable with the second end (19) of the gas release channel (15) for allowing gaseous material (3b) originating from the lower pumping chamber (9) to be evacuated into the upper release chamber (21), and further configured for preventing gaseous material (3b) from the upper release chamber (21) from entering back into the lower chamber (9).


Abstract Zn–Ni alloy coatings were electroplated on steel after an appropriate pretreatment from tartrate cyanide free alkaline bath. Zn–Ni coatings were obtained with a derivative of imidazol as a brightener agent to form fine grain particles. The Zn–Ni alloy coatings were analysed for phase structure by X-ray diffraction. A cerium based chemical conversion process was developed as an alternative to the chromate process. The cerium conversion coatings improved the corrosion performance. The corrosion behaviour of bare and treated Zn–Ni alloy coatings on steel was evaluated during exposure to 0·5 N NaCl using Tafel polarisation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. The morphology and corrosion performance of conversion coatings generated on Zn–Ni alloy coatings in Cr(VI) and Ce(III) treatments were studied and compared. This process may be useful as primer for paints and polymer coatings on steel.


The utility model discloses a control device for a tension roll on a plate-strip processing line, and belongs to the field of tension control to tension rolls on plate-strip processing lines in metallurgical industries. The device comprises a tension roll set, an auxiliary roll frequency converter and a main roll frequency converter, and further comprises an auxiliary roll speed encoder, a main roll speed encoder, a load distributor, a tension regulator, a feedforward compensation unit and a tensiometer, wherein two ends of the load distributor are respectively connected with the auxiliary roll frequency converter and the main roll frequency converter; the auxiliary roll frequency converter comprises an auxiliary roll rotational speed control unit and an auxiliary roll torque control unit; and the main roll frequency converter comprises a main roll rotational speed control unit and a main roll torque control unit. The device has the advantages of high control response speed and high control precision.


A novel image watermarking algorithms robust against rotation, scaling and translation was proposed. The periodical and symmetric watermark embedded directly in the spatial domain of the image, could be used as the template for estimation of the geometric transform parameters because the peaks in the Auto-correlation Function (ACF) had regular lattice structure. The rotation angle could be estimated accurately from the main axes direction estimated by Hough Transform (HT) because the noise peaks could be suppressed statistically at the same time. The scaling factors could be estimated from the distance between the two neighboring lines parallel to the main axes in the peaks lattice. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is very robust against the common signal processing and can resist the small rotation, scaling flipping, cropping and translation.


Magnomechanical devices, in which magnetic excitations couple to mechanical vibrations, have been discussed as efficient and broadband microwave signal transducers in the classical and quantum limit. We experimentally investigate the magnetoelastic coupling between the ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) modes in a metallic Co$_{25}$Fe$_{75}$ thin film, featuring ultra-low magnetic damping as well as sizable magnetostriction, and standing transverse elastic phonon modes in sapphire, silicon and gadolinium gallium garnet by performing broadband FMR spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures. For all these substrate materials, we observe an interaction between the resonant acoustic and magnetic modes, which can be tailored by the propagation direction of the acoustic mode with respect to the crystallographic axes. We identify these phonon modes as transverse shear waves propagating with slightly different velocities with relative magnitudes of $\Delta v/v\simeq10^{-5}$, i.e., all substrates show phononic birefringence. Upon appropriately choosing the phononic mode, the hybrid magnomechanical system enters the Purcell enhanced coupling regime.


Tissue penetrating neural probes implementing high-density microelectrode arrays constitute a key tool of modern neuroscience. One of the main limitations of current probes to achieve chronically stable intracortical neural interfacing, is the biological reaction that they onset in the brain. Such foreign body reaction (FBR) is initiated by the mechanical tissue damage that the probes cause during their insertion, which is expected to be correlated with the force required to perform the implantation. One potential strategy to improve the integration of tissue penetrating high-density neural probes within brain tissue is to optimize their size and geometry in order to minimize acute tissue damage and Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) disruption. This strategy is foreseen to yield a more favorable postsurgical environment, reducing the extent of FBR in a chronic setting. In this context, the force required for the insertion of tissue penetrating neural probes can be used as an objective metric to assess the extent of acute tissue damage they induce. This paper reports preliminary findings on the impact of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) probe geometrical parameters on insertion force, with a particular focus on the importance of tip size and shape on the dimpling of brain tissue before penetration.


We report on a lithium niobate photonic crystal (PC) superprism device designed for double demultiplexer applications. In fact, the strong angular beam steering cannot only be reached by passively tuning the wavelength but it can also be actively controlled by the Pockels effect enhanced due to the slow light phenomenon. The performance of the passive device is demonstrated by measuring its transmission properties. Optical far field and near-field experiments, corroborated by two-dimensional finite difference time domain (2D-FDTD) calculations, exhibit an angular dispersion of 1.5°/nm. A value as high as 4.3°/nm is expected by improving the PC design as supported by 2D-FDTD simulation.


This article describes the basic concept of fractal analysis with relation to printed structures and introduces intensity fractal function as a tool of practical factor analysis of printed images. The properties of the intensity fractal function are demonstrated on samples of printed images.


This article examines the three most prominent movements of alternative education in Israel: Democratic education, Waldorf education, and the Montessori method of education. By comparing the educational approaches according to specific criteria, the goal is to provide the reader with as broad a picture as possible of their similarities and differences. The discussion focuses on the philosophical approach and general principles of each movement and does not aim to provide information or characteristics of specific educational institutions. One of the goals of the article is to bring before parents, educators, and policy makers knowledge of the different approaches so that they can understand and judge them with greater clarity.

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