In this paper we propose a new hybrid (logic+I/sub DDQ/) testing strategy for efficient bridging fault (BF) detection. In our strategy, logic and I/sub DDQ/ testings are applied in sequence so that BFs that can be detected by the logic testing need not be targeted by the I/sub DDQ/ testing. The logic test generation is done via an iterative BF filtering in which fault coverage is maximized through test set augmentation. As a result only a small number of BFs need to be targeted by the I/sub DDQ/ test generator. Experiments show that this approach is capable of reaching very high BF coverage with a composite (logic+I/sub DDQ/) test set with very few I/sub DDQ/ vectors.


The paper explores the ways of using elimination method to get inverse matrix of an inverse rotation matrix,which is convenient and practical.


We dynamically optimize the transponders launch powers with iterative closed control loops. We close the loop after an adaptable number of algorithm's intermediate calculations, to monitor and retrain the QoT estimator with the real world.


The spin Seebeck effect is defined as the generation of a pure spin current (J<inf>s</inf>) when a magnetised material is subjected to a temperature gradient (ΔT).


A nonlinear full waveform inverse algorithm and examples of its application have been given by Tarantola (1984) and Lailly (1983). This scheme attempts to recover density and compressibillity as a function of spatial coordinates from seismic pressure recordings. The recorded (incoming) pressure wavefield is extrapolated backwards in time and used together with forward modelling to update estimates of density and compressibility in an iterative manner. The algorithm will not give correct results when using marine seismic data recorded along a horizontal array at a single depth. This is due to the fact that it is not possible to reconstruct the amplitude and direction of the incoming wavefleld uniqely, since reflected waves conunlng from the free surface above the receiver array will give the same pressure as the reflections comming from the subsurface below the receivers. Their inverse algorithm can however be modlfied by taking the direction of the incoming wavefield properly into account. One way of doing this is to use measurments of both pressure and the normal component of particle velocity, since these two measurments will deiine both amplitude and direction of the incoming wavefield. This work gives the details of a modified algorithm taking these measurments properly into account. It is shown by numerical examples that the modified inverse algorithm gives better results than Tarantola and Lailly's algorithm.


Modern aspects of innovative management in transport system are based on strategic priorities in branch development and the project management approach. This approach can solve the problem of justification of the system of criteria for selecting technical and technological innovations and assessing their competitiveness. The result of this approach is determination of the balance level of the aggregate economic and technological potential of transport complex with the quantitative and qualitative requirements (needs) of users.


This study examines the relation between the HRQOL-20, (a Japanese 20-item generic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire, with acceptable reproducibility, internal consistency and discriminant validity), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 (a valid, reliable measure of generic HRQOL in lung cancer patients in multicultural clinical research settings). Lung cancer patients (n=172) completed the HRQOL-20 and QLQ-C30. The response structures to * Corresponding author. Kazue Yamaoka, PhD, Department of Technology Assessment and Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama 3510197, Japan, Tel: +81-48-458-6228; Fax: +81-48-469-3875; Email: email@example.com. Received 09/30/03; accepted 10/14/03.


Turbulent flow inside the urban roughness sublayer, despite its complexities, plays a crucial role in the microclimate of the built environment. The parameterization of flow in the urban roughness sublayer provides a better understanding of turbulent exchange process leading to accurate weather forecasting. This study focused on developing relationships between turbulent quantities, including momentum and heat fluxes, and mean quantities such as mean wind speeds. Field data, including wind directions, wind speeds, and thermal stability conditions, were collected from an urban canopy in Guelph, Ontario, Canada during the summer 2017. Comparative data was obtained from a nearby rural station. A systematic scaling analysis was performed to identify a range of quantities highly related to turbulent fluxes. All combinations of quantities leading to dimensionless groups were evaluated. Linear and nonlinear correlation coefficients between different groups of variables identified when mean and turbulent quantities were related. Significant improvement in correlation coefficients was observed using high order polynomial regression, revealing the challenge of developing a robust model for predicting nonlinear behavior of turbulence. This study also used artificial neural networks (ANNs) to find nonlinear relationships between turbulent and mean quantities. As used here, an ANN is a multivariable function which attempts to approach the exact value of turbulent flux based on independent variables, properly chosen from dimensionless groups. Results showed that these approaches can successfully relate most, but not all, turbulent quantities to mean quantities. Keywords-component; microclimate, urban canopy; turbulence; artificial neural network; scaling


Abstract : The main objectives of the proposal are to measure the molecular changes induced by androgen ablation and radiotherapy, to relate these changes to the supra-additive apoptotic response of androgen ablation plus radiation, and to use these data to develop a gene therapy strategy. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, yet our understanding of the interaction of androgen ablation and radiation at the molecular level is severely lacking. The proposed project will define the role of the key proteins in the apoptotic pathway, p53, bax, and bcl-2. Considerable progress has been made on two fronts: first, characterization of pretreatment biomarker levels in human prostate cancers and second, the development of a gene therapy strategy using adenoviral-p53 and adenoviral E2F. In the latter studies, these vectors have been found to sensitize both LNCaP and PC3 cells to radiation, and preliminary data with Ad5-p53 suggest an added benefit when androgen ablation is added. Some delays have been encountered in measurement of biomarker level changes in LNCaP cells cultured in androgen deprived medium. The problems with the system have been resolved and this analysis is now underway. The immediate significance of these studies is that two gene therapy strategies have been developed and a clinical trial written to test the feasibility, morbidity and efficacy of this approach. The significance of the androgen ablation mechanism/biomarker studies will be manifest at the end of next year.


The very idea of sustainable urban development implies the undermining of reference frameworks for implementing public policy, individual and collective practices, and of urban engineering. This becomes obvious when considering the issues of adapting to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the recommended goals established in locally based climate projects. Indeed, their success is related not only with improving energy performance, but also with shaping transportation...


man measles. During the next two decades, great emphasis was placed on the teratogenic role of the rubella virus. A plethora of papers published between 1942 and 1962 identified the "rubella syndrome," which consisted of structural malformations of the heart, eyes, and ears. In 1962, the rubella virus was isolated in the United States, and laboratory techniques for the diagnosis of rubella were soon established. These discoveries were made just before the pandemic appearance of rubella between 1962 and 1965 and its epidemic appearance in the United States in 1964 and 1965. The epidemic not only provided the opportunity for virologic studies that have led to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of congenital rubella but also acted as a catalyst for the development of a vaccine. In addition, many new clinical manifestations were observed and added to the existing description of congenital rubella.' The rubella virus is an enveloped ribonucleic acid virus in the togavirus family. It occurs worldwide, infects humans exclusively, and is transmitted through respiratory droplets. Before the vaccine was available, epidemics occurred in 6to 9-year intervals. Since vaccine licensure in 1969, the incidence of rubella in the United States has declined by more than 99%.2 Only 12 cases of congenital rubella syndrome were reported between 1994 and 1996.3 This report describes a patient who had chronic interstitial pneumonitis that we believe was caused by congenital rubella infection.


In the Working Group Report (19, 411) a mistake in the figure quoted (page 415 , paragraph 5) for the number of collisions analysed in Appendix I (2648 not 2748) results in minor corrections to a number of the figures quoted in the first two pages of Appendix I. These in no way affect the arguments put forward. On page 415 of the Journal (page 5 of the separately published version) paragraph 5 , lines 1 and 2, should now read: 'An analysis of some 2648 collisions selected randomly (Appendix I) showed that 70 per cent occurred in port areas and 30 per cent at sea.'


Currently, the electrochemical method as one of the fast, accurate, and reliable techniques for detecting heavy metals such as Co and Ni has been widely developed. Cyclic voltammetry methodology was successfully employed for determination of trace cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni). Co and Ni levels are studied because they can cause water pollution and can be toxic, and non-biodegradable which influences the health of living things. To obtain results with high accuracy, this study tested several electrochemical parameters. Based on the results processed, the CoNi level in the solution can be measured well in the voltage range, scan rate, and pH of the solution, respectively, at -1.00 V to 0.75 V, 250 mV/s, and pH 3 (Ni) and pH 7 (Co). This work have been validated and showed good results with correlation coefficients of Co and Ni. The detection limit and quantity limit for Co and Ni were 510.2 ppm and 723.5 ppm, respectively, with 274.99 ppm and 916.66 ppm. Co and Ni metal RSDs also showed good values (<5%). In this study, Co and Ni levels in lab waste obtained by the cyclic voltammetry method were 510.2 ppm and 1666.47 ppm, and the results obtained from atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) measurements of 510.7 ppm and 1676 ppm. The developed electrochemical systems based are giving new inputs to the existing devices or leading to the development of novel heavy metal detection tools with interest for applications in fields such as environmental, safety, security controls or other industries.


The Yoneda(ABWY) group contribution method was used to estimate the standard entropy of diethyl oxalate(DEO),the standard formation enthalpy and the standard entropy of ethyl glycolate(EG).The constant pressure heat capacity of DEO and EG were estimated through the data of the different temperatures in the handbook.Together with the basis of the thermodynamic data obtained from the chemical handbooks,the enthalpy of reaction,entropy change,reaction Gibbs free energy and the equilibrium constant of the relevant reactions occurred in the reaction system were calculated and analyzed.The results provided basic information for the design of the reaction process.


Today, electronic processes of various types, including tenders and bidding, gain more relevance in the era of digital economy and informational technologies. Tender is a relatively recent procedure, though it is already undergoing changes. New ways to conduct tenders and bidding procedures are driven by urge for efficiency. The authors try to elicit the efficiency element for developers that participate in bidding auctions for development of built-up areas, integrated urban development and construction of standard housing. The paper pinpoints the possible risks, which may occur if procedure rules, including electronic tenders, are failed to comply with. The authors attempt to protect and maintain regulations for tenders that are to be held according to the law. Underdeveloped and haphazard regulatory framework may place national security in jeopardy. Thus, the work considers options to prevent and curb possible threats.


Performance and Media: Taxonomies for a Changing Field presents three different taxonomic models that aim to categorize theatre and new media performance practices.


Design and operating principle of device for moisture removal from manure mass are considered. Basic parts, modifications and fragments of the device are defined.


Creative Tourism is a new tourism opportunity that emphasizes the engagement between host and guests who are interested in actively participating in and learning from an authentic experience. It is the future of cultural tourism. Although it is considered as an escape route from the reproduction of cultural assets of tourism destination, contributing the preserve of original cultures and intangible heritage. A simple evaluation of the performance of the Nigerian Tourism industry reveals the absence of a tourism spirit among industry players and the lack of adequate visitor ready tourism products. Despite the low contribution of tourism to the national GDP of the Country, the Nigerian government has made several efforts and attempts to boost the industry with sporadic developments in some states of the country of which Akwa Ibom State is one of them. It is with this view that this study seeks to investigate Creative tourism and business development in Akwa Ibom State. Using a quantitative analysis, a total sample of 192 entrepreneurs were investigated. Findings revealed that Creative Tourism relates positively with business development in Akwa Ibom State.


In computer aided geometric design and computer graphics, high quality fair surfaces with G2 smoothness are sometimes required. In this paper we derive a general sixth order geometric partial differential equation from minimizing a curvature integral functional. The obtained equation is used to solve several surface modeling problems such as free-form surface design, surface blending and N-side hole filling, with G2 boundary constraints. We solve the equation numerically using a generalized divided difference method, where a quadratic fitting scheme is adopted to discretize several used geometric differential operators consistently. The experiments show that the proposed method is efficient and yields high quality surfaces.


A building is a boundary between an outdoor climate and indoor conditions. The building energy consumption, notably the energy used for air-conditioning is closely related to outdoor climate. The Solar Radiation, Dry-bulb Temperature and Relative Humidity are the important climatic parameters which affect building's thermal and visual conditions. The energy codes development analyses and evaluation of new technologies with respect to energy savings and financial viability have been carried out for selected cities that are supposed to represent any particular climate zone. There is a significant change in thermal loads in different cities of a climate zone. Selection of a representative city for a climatic zone is important because it needs to reflect average climatic conditions for a particular climate zone accurately. This study presents a new method that has been developed for the selection of a representative city in any climate zone, using the principle of Euclidean distance approach having a dry-bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature and solar radiation as three axes. The city having minimum Euclidean distance with respect to remaining cities of the same climatic zone is proposed to be taken as a representative city. The proposed method has been applied on each of the five existing climatic zones of India according to National Building Code (NBC) of India and eight climate zones according to ASHRAE Standard 169-2013. The results show representative city according to NBC climate zone classification: Ahmedabad (hot and dry), Lucknow (composite), Kolkata (warm and humid), Bengaluru (temperate) and Srinagar (cold); and according to ASHRAE Standard 1692013: Ratnagiri (0 A), Ahmedabad (0 B), Kolkata (1 A), Varanasi (1 B), Tezpur (2 A), Amritsar (2 B), Shillong (3C) and Srinagar (4 B). Fullpaper: https://www.ashrae.org/File%20Library/Conferences/Specialty%20Conferences/2018%20Buildi ng%20Performance%20Analysis%20Conference%20and%20SimBuild/Papers/C070.pdf IT in Building Science


The invention discloses a glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC) preparation method. The method comprises the following steps: 1, adding water to an intermediate PC-Ca to dissolve the intermediate, adding sodium carbonate to displace calcium ions, centrifuging after the replacement to obtain a solution, and carrying out reduced pressure distillation on the solution until dryness in order to obtain PC-Na; 2, putting PC-Na and R-glycerin chlorohydrin in anhydrous ethanol, and carrying out a refluxing reaction to obtain a GPC ethanol solution containing impurities; and 3, pumping the GPC ethanol solution containing impurities into resin, eluting with ethanol to remove the impurities, eluting with pure water, and concentrating the obtained filtrate to obtain finished GPC. The preparation method has the advantages of simplicity, convenient operation, high total yield and low production cost.


No modern institution can survive exclusively on status-based authority. It is criticism that generates and maintains the self-reflection that enables adaptation and initiative. The European Court of Human Rights ('ECtHR' or 'the Court') certainly needs and often deserves criticism. Only self-reflection – generated by honest criticism – enables performance improvement both in terms of intellectual integrity and functional efficiency. The Court has to be grateful for criticism and for the efforts of the human rights, academic and political communities dedicated to 'Court-watching'. This term is derived from 'bird-watching', which is based on conservationist principles and aims to protect and assist the life of birds. The methods used in bird-watching are praiseworthy and to be emulated, particularly in contemporary times, as it appears that some of the Court's critics are more interested in 'Court-watching' for the purposes of hunting rather than conserving. This chapter addresses select points related to the current problems facing the Court and some of the potential remedies to those problems. The issues dealt with are:


There has been a continuous migration into the Seoul Metropolitan Area(SMA) in Korea over the last few decades. There may be many reasons for the migration, but previous research argued that economic incentive is one of the major factors that play an important role in determining the migration decision. The purpose of this study is to examine the economic effects of migration to the SMA. In this study, people who moved to the SMA after being born and raised outside the SMA were distinguished from the people who had not made a move. The economic differences between the two selected groups were analyzed using the Korean Labor & Income Panel Study (KLIPS). The empirical analyses showed that people who moved to the SMA have higher income and assets than people who did not. It was found that the income gap between the two groups has been constant, in contrast, there has been a increasing asset gap over time. Random effects models were applied to investigate the pure economic effects of relocation after controlling the socio-demographic characteristics of people. The evidence from the panel models demonstrated that the main variable of the research which is related to the relocation showed statistical significance for both differences of income and asset.


Islamic intellectual tradition in Indonesia , among others, enriched by literature dars ( textbooks ) that classical Arabic is still maintained boarding school until today . Literature known as the Kitab Kuning ( KK ) it marks an important phase that arises from contact archipelago - Middle East more intensive and institutionalized in the scientific world of Islam in Indonesia since the early 16th century until the late 18th century . Until now in the Islamic tradition , the books became major elements that distinguish it from the modern education system . He is transmitted from one generation to the next as if not to appreciate the development and changes in society . But the question ; justified in boarding schools of Islamic scholarship so static ? If not , why KK used as the main reference for generations ? Is not Islam supposed al - Quran and al - Hadith which they referenced ? Copyright (c) 2014 by SDI. All right reserved. DOI:  10.15408/sdi.v3i2.809


Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distributed long term over south India, Rouletted ware is made in at least two regional centres for coastal communities using a new ceramic language, one appropriate to an emerging international merchant class.


Effects of plasma density nonuniformity on the surface wave propagation along plasma-plasma and plasma-dielectric interfaces are investigated. Plasma inhomogeneities in longitudinal and transverse directions with respect to the direction of wave propagation are considered. The influence of the inhomogeneity on the propagation properties (dispersion, absorption) of the surface waves and the space distribution of the wave fields is analyzed. The wave behavior in the region of the quasi-static surface wave resonance is also studied.


Rare earth poisoning is becoming a more and more serious problem for the people, even worse there were no effective early diagnosis, prevention and treatments for that. In this study, the confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy was success used to monitor the variations of Raman spectra from the erythrocytes during the rare earth poisoning in mice, and the intensity heavily depended on the concentration, especially peaks at 756 cm-1(tryptophan), 1224 cm-1 and 1344 cm-1(CH2/CH3 stretch), 1548 cm-1(amide II) and 1566 cm-1(amide II) which can be as the diagnostic biomarkers.


The vibration of rotating cylindrical shells is examined with relation to a thin roatating ring. The results of the experiment and the theoretical analyses for four kinds of boundary conditions (i. e., (A) both ends clamped ; (B)simply supported without axial constraint ; (C) simply supported with axial constraint ; and (D) a clamped end at one end, a free end at the other end) are presented. Consequently, it is found that the dependence of the frequencies upon the rotating speeds is hardly subjected to boundary conditions, and is represented by the simple relation for a thin rotating ring, provided that the frequencies and rotating speeds are normalized by the natural frequencies of a non-rotating cylindrical shell.


High power IGBT devices have improved their performances more and more over the last decade. However, the maximum supported voltage by available high-voltage IGBTs does not allow the employment of standard voltage source inverters in some high power applications, such as high-speed traction drives. A reduction of the maximum drop voltage on the switches devices can be achieved by a neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter. The paper proposes two different solutions to obtain a current control of NPC inverter drives. Both the solutions are based on a new hysteresis modulation technique, easily implementable on a programmable logic device. Moreover, a performances comparison is presented.


The switching characteristics of simple mixed linear–nonlinear configurations of directional couplers for single‐mode operation are investigated. For negative interaction coefficients, faster switching can be achieved at lower input power levels than in all‐nonlinear coupler configurations.


Abstract We followed the abundance and changes of aphid species flying over (migrating and/or swarming) and feeding on broad bean for 20 years (1982 – 2001). Data were collected in Mosonmagyaróvár and the results are relevant to the region of Kisalföld. The ranges of data confirm that aphids fly over and feed on plants over the entire vegetation period. Changes of abundance should be considered every year and within the breeding period. Based on the data of 20 years, peaks can be observed between the first decades of May and July, showing different values every year. A total of 24 aphid species were caught with the traps. Among them aphids living on broad bean had the following rates but with certain differences every year: Acyrthosiphon pisum Harr., 1.9 – 50.8%, Aphis fabae Scop., 4.8 – 77.4%, A. craccivora Koch., 0.0 – 26.3%, Myzus persicae Sulz., 0.3 – 32.1%. The rate of aphids (listed according to the order of the above species) feeding on broad bean developed between the following extreme values: 0 – 99, 1 – 92, 0 – 33, 0 – 4% every year. Dominance of aphid species calculated according to the data collected for 20 years: A. pisum 10%, A. fabae 83%, A. craccivora 6%, M. persicae 1%. Based on our data, A. fabae proved to be the dominant among the species that damaged broad bean in the region of Kisalföld. Linear regression analyses of data ranges revealed a significant relationship between the relative number of species caught and those living on the plants per decade R2 = 0.8283 proving a possible and reliable forecast. Data upon traps and on surveying the plants as well as mid temperature values per decade produced a strong relationship of R2 = 0.6953 and 0.6688 was due to continuous temperature fluctuation. There was a strong relationship between the effective heat sum, calculated according to the temperature data between 1 May and 31 July, and the number of aphids caught in traps. R2 = 0.9353 featured the relationship between the effective heat sum and the number of aphids trapped, and a relationship of R2 = 0.9117 according to aphids feeding on the plants. Heat sum is a reference to the development of peaks and makes prediction more reliable.


In this paper, we deal with the ridge-type estimator for fuzzy nonlinear regression models using fuzzy numbers and Gaussian basis functions. Shrinkage regularization methods are used in linear and nonlinear regression models to yield consistent estimators. Here, we propose a weighted ridge penalty on a fuzzy nonlinear regression model, then select the number of basis functions and smoothing parameter. In order to select tuning parameters in the regularization method, we use the Hausdorff distance for fuzzy numbers which was first suggested by Dubois and Prade [8]. The cross-validation procedure for selecting the optimal value of the smoothing parameter and the number of basis functions are fuzzified to fit the presented model. The simulation results show that our fuzzy nonlinear modelling performs well in various situations. Mathematical subject classification: Primary: 62J86; Secondary: 62J07.


The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella sp. isolated from African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). A total of 30 catfish were harvested from four different farms and four different wet markets. A total of 60 samples (30 catfish skins and 30 catfish intestines) were used for Salmonella sp. isolation (pellet-method), its biochemical and serological test. Confirmation of Salmonella sp. were determined by polyvalent O antisera and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using genus specific primers for invA genes (DNA amplification showed one distinct band with molecular weight of 389 bp) and the species of isolated Salmonella sp. were identified by serotyping. The result showed 6/30 (20%) of fish or 6/60 (10%) of organ samples were positive for Salmonella sp. Among those positive for Salmonella sp., 4/6 were from intestine samples and 2/6 were from skin samples. No significant difference was found in the prevalence of Salmonella sp. isolates between fish harvested from farms and wet markets (p-value= 0.406). The Salmonella serovars identified were Salmonella corvallis (n=3), Salmonella mbandaka (n=2) and Salmonella typhmurium (n=1). Salmonella sp. isolates were resistance to Penicillin (P 10, 100%), Clindamycin (DA 2, 100%), Tetracycline (TE 30, 100%) and Rifampicin (RD 5, 100%) and all of the isolates were susceptible or intermediate resistance to Ceftazidime (CAZ 30) and Trimethopin (W 5). Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index of all Salmonella sp. isolates in current study was 0.67 indicating that fish sampled in the present study was under high risk of been exposed to the tested antibiotics.


Hyaluronan (HA) is a kind of non-immunogenic glycosaminoglycans in extracellular matrix, and has wonderful biocompatibility, which is promising to be developed as drug carriers to realize controlled release. However,the hydrophilicity of HA confines its application as drug carriers, HA should be chemical modified to advance its physical properties and simultaneously remaining its biocompatibility. Furthermore, HA and some other polymers can retrieve and promote the characteristics of each other, and thereby the compound shows better properties. In this review, we summarize the preparation technique, the current application fields and the development of the microspheres/microcapsules of HA, HA derivatives and the compounds.


Amount of slag which is a recycled aggregate that be produced as a industrial by-product from steel production process is increasing. But there is few suggestions for usage of slag except for shaft furnace slag and studies for utilizing this are lacked. In this study, it reviews flow characteristics according to replacement ratio of rapid cooling steelmaking slag from the perspective of rheology. Replacement ratio of ps ball is used by replacing 40, 45, 50% for each binder mass.


The cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus is the largest bird of the western Palaearctic, and is threatened over its entire range of distribution. Considering explicitly the influence of human interference, we studied breeding habitat selection in seven breeding colonies using a geographic information system and multivariate statistical models. Steep areas far from human disturbance constituted the preferential breeding sites in all the colonies. The nesting substrate and climatic conditions varied between colonies, but always corresponded to non‐extreme climates, and included tree species of adequate size. Since human activities influenced the breeding habitat choice, there is a potential for management policies that can clearly be of benefit for the conservation of this vulture. These would fundamentally be as follows: (1) forestry activity should be oriented to protecting oak (Quercus spp.) and pine (Pinus ssp.) stands, especially individual trees of great height, and to replacing eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) with autochthonous species; (2) activities (recreational, economic, etc.) around the breeding areas should be scheduled and spatially organized to avoid disturbance, particularly those deriving from the proximity of roads and tracks; (3) the expected effects of global warming should be compensated, identifying future sites where the habitat can be managed, supplementary food can be provided and reserves can be designed.


206 Abstract Background: Itch can be defined subjectively as a poorly localized, non-adapting, usually unpleasant sensation which elicits a desire to scratch . Although specialized nerve endings have been identified for a wide range of stimuli no specific receptor has been identified for itch and it is generally agreed that itch (and pain) are received by unspecialized free nerve endings located close to the dermo-epidermal junction. Generalized severe pruritus occurs in about (30-50 %) of renal failure cases, its one of the dermatological diseases that is difficult to control. Unfortunately, haemodialysis can initiate the symptom as well as improve it. Up to 85% of patients on haemodialysis suffer from itching. Many modalities of treatment are found for those patients, as topical emollients, phototherapy, antihistamine. Aim of study: To assess the effectiveness and safety of gabapentin in treatment of pruritus induced by dialysis. Method: This study was conducted in Merjan teaching hospital Haemodialysis unite .23 patients were included in this study (13 male and 10 female , age more than 18 years) . Haemodialysis was performed twice times per week. All patients had histories of pruritus of more than 6 weeks duration that does not respond to antihistamines and other topical treatments . Any medication with presumed antipruritic effects was discontinued one week before the study. The patients were asked to record the severity of their pruritus on a visual analogue scale twice weekly (at dialysis time). The scale consisted of a 10 cm horizontal line marked from 0 (denoting no itch ) to 10 (denoting worst possible imaginable itch). Patients were assigned to receive 4 weeks of gabapentine therapy followed by 4 weeks of placebo and there was a 2 weeks of washout period between the sequential treatment phases. Gabapentine 100mg or placebo was administered orally twice weekly at the end of haemodialysis sessions. Result: The mean pruritus score before the treatment was 8.43 ± 0.99 with a range from (7-10), after gabapentin therapy the score decreased to 1.26 ± 1 (range : 0-3 ; p-value < 0.0001) while after the end of the resting two weeks (interval period) the score increased to 7.56± 1.55 , increment continued to the end of placebo period (after one month) reached to 8.1 ± 1.01 (range : 6-10 ; p-value = 0.1686). Conclusion: Gabapentin is a safe and effective drug in treatment of pruritus induced by dialysis with little side effects. يولكلا لشفلا ىضرمل يومدلا لسغلا نم ةجتانلا ةكحلا جلاع يف نیتنباباكلا ءاود


Under the power master-slave chain architecture, due to the autonomous operation and non-tampering characteristics of the blockchain, there is currently a lack of credible and efficient reliable supervision and governance mechanisms for the slave chain business. This article proposes a solution to this problem. The cross-chain supervision mechanism of the master and slave chains with the concept of "Governing the chain by chain ", realizes the precise conversion of blockchain supervision and governance from system, theory to technology, and effectively prevents the operating risks of related power blockchain businesses.


We present a Spiking Neural Network (SNN) based Sparse Distributed Memory (SDM) implemented on the Nengo framework. We have based our work on previous work by Furber et al, 2004, implementing SDM using N-of-M codes. As an integral part of the SDM design, we have implemented Correlation Matrix Memory (CMM) using SNN on Nengo. Our SNN implementation uses Leaky Integrate and Fire (LIF) spiking neuron models on Nengo. Our objective is to understand how well SNN-based SDMs perform in comparison to conventional SDMs. Towards this, we have simulated both conventional and SNN-based SDM and CMM on Nengo. We observe that SNN-based models perform similarly as the conventional ones. In order to evaluate the performance of different SNNs, we repeated the experiment using Adaptive-LIF, Spiking Rectified Linear Unit, and Izhikevich models and obtained similar results. We conclude that it is indeed feasible to develop some types of associative memories using spiking neurons whose memory capacity and other features are similar to the performance without SNNs. Finally we have implemented an application where MNIST images, encoded with N-of-M codes, are associated with their labels and stored in the SNN-based SDM.


Organisations often face the challenges of migration from legacy systems to new target systems. Such migration efforts represent a complex engineering problem. This paper describes migration planning, identifies influencing factors, outlines a set of migration planning activities and offers a set of guidelines for the migration planning.


The present research work has been conducted to remove gangue contents from rejects slime of iron ore, having particle size < 20 µm by circulating leaching with aqueous hydrofluoric acid (HF) followed by nitric acid (HNO3) washing. Effects of acid concentration, slurry ratio, reaction time, stirring speed and temperature on gangue removal have been examined. The gangue contents (alumina and silica) are reduced from 13 weight percentage (wt.%) to around 1 wt.%. The iron value has also been increased from 58.74 wt.% to 68.47 wt.% with more than 95% iron recovery. The gangue matter remaining after leaching consists mainly of aluminium and silicon, which is most likely encapsulated in the goethite phase. The leaching kinetics has also been studied to establish an overall leach-rate equation. The shrinking core model is very suitable to describe the kinetics of gangue removal.


Osteopetrosis is a rare bone disease with a high fracture incidence and a risk for recurrent fractures. We describe a case report of an adult female with a refracture of her right tibia 6 years after routine bilateral tibia nail removal. The patient and 3 of her family members had a history of multiple (stress) fractures. Later we diagnosed autosomal dominant osteopetrosis in our patient and her family. In addition we give an overview of osteopetrosis and our considerations regarding routine removal of intramedullary implants in these patients.


- Romantic love is dangerous for many women. Violence against them (VAW) and femicides increase and are mostly perpetrated by their (ex) partners. The Objective of the present study was to describe the personal interpretations of Romantic Love and VAW of men and women who go to the University in La Paz; the study has a qualitative approach of the explanatory descriptive type, based on focus groups and a scale. Despite sharing some indicators, men and women interpret them differently


In the present study, I investigate the effects of shaft vibration on asymmetric cavitation, which is one of the instability phenomena on cavitating 3-bladed inducers. Inducer tests under various unbalance conditions are performed to clarify the effects of shaft vibration. The following results are obtained. (1) The amplitude of shaft vibration has a strong effect on the occurrence of asymmetric cavitation, and in an inducer with a large vibration amplitude, asymmetric cavitation easily occurs. (2) The phase of the small-tip clearance caused by shaft vibration coincides with the position of the small cavity. In this study, it is shown that suppression of shaft vibration amplitude is extremely important in preventing harmful asymmetric cavitation.


For human beings sexually reproduced by fertilization/conception (as distinct from asexually reproduced by cloning, etc.), the international Carnegie Stages document: "Embryonic life commences with fertilization, and hence the beginning of that process may be taken as the point de depart of stage 1." ... Thus Stage One begins when the sperm penetrates the oocyte, and continues until syngamy, defined as when the zygote begins its first cleavage division. These objective facts - much of which have been well-known, documented and published for over a hundred years - have been mutilated over the last few decades for various reasons.


From the decade of 1980 the studies about Nursing and its insertion in the historical process began in Brazil in a critical perspective, revealing assumed postures by profession through the years. This historical knowledge built has grown and revealed itself as a way of perception and profession analysis through the time. The Nursing incursion in this area was possible in consequence of historical studies enlarging in the general context, from the paradigm "New History", that extended History farther on their antique limits, and started to give emphasis to all human activity in the history's construction process, demarking the individual's memory as a spring to the construction of historical knowing. The preservation of the Nursing memory is intrinsically related to the documentation work, whereas in the springs is found the presence of the past. They are important because they permit that the events don't get lost, become possible to the realization of the historical studies. In Nursing it is needed to value the documentation work to the memory preservation of the profession, so it is still common the document discarding without its meaning be identified and registered. The inexistence of documents that difficult too much the work of the researchers that most of time at developing their studies has to realize the organization work of the documental springs. The production of knowledge about the Nursing history is growing and currently develops itself in the research nuclei , in the programs of post-graduation, in Bachelor courses and every time strengths with publications of books and indexed magazines, configuring as an area of Nursing knowledge. Thus, sluggishly Nursing uncovers its past and show, for instance, the fight Pioneer nurses to make feasible its political projects, the profession in the interface of social context in which acts and the social strengths that in the different historical contexts made possible the Nursing advance or goes back, become or not, subject of the profession transformations. These studies are important, because they help to elaborate new synthesis about the profession, in the member's perspective of


The present invention discloses a method of blowing low silicon, belonging to the field of smelting technology, the present method is particularly suitable for smelting 150t. When the converter into the furnace temperature above 1350 deg.] C hot metal, hot metal after the converter, addition of an appropriate amount of blowing before the opening of high SiO2 iron ore, the ore is added below the lance was not added to the iron ore smelting furnace blowing opening times; blow after refining the start, when the added amount of slag is not sufficiently high SiO2 iron ore into the furnace; blowing is performed until after about 300S, was added an appropriate amount of high-SiO2 iron ore into the furnace when added to the ore, the converter has slopping when the trend to reduce gun position. The present invention provides a method for improving the early effects can be obtained slag efficiency, reduce mid-back dry, sticky probability gun while improving dephosphorization effect.


The present study was aimed to investigate the antihyperglcemic activity of ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Grewia Serrulata DC (EEGS) on high fat diet (HFD) - streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Male wistar albino rats were fed with a high fat diet for a period of two weeks prior to the administration of streptozotocin (50mg/kg) intraperitonially. The long term effect of the extract was studied by treating diabetic rats with vehicle (0.5% CMC) and EEGS (200 and 400 mg/kg b wt) for a period of 28 days. The effects of EEGS on fasting blood glucose and serum insulin levels were studied. In addition, body weight changes, lipid profile and serum biomarkers of liver and kidney function were also studied. Results revealed that EEGS-400mg shows excellent antihyperglycemic activity when compared to lower dose of the extract 200mg and also shows better antihyperlipidemic activity. The elevated serum urea and creatinine levels also decreased by the treatment with extract. Hence the results justify that Grewia serrulata DC possess antidiabetic activity.


An Introduction to the Finite Element Method for Differential EquationsNumerical Methods for Ordinary Differential EquationsHandbook of Ordinary Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential Equations and Special FunctionsOrdinary Differential Equations with ApplicationsOrdinary Differential Equations and Dynamical SystemsA Second Course in Elementary Differential EquationsElements of Partial Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsElements of Partial Differential EquationsOrdinary and Partial Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsTheory of Ordinary Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsNumerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations by the Finite Element MethodElements of Partial Differential EquationsHandbook of Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsOrdinary Differential Equations with ApplicationsElements Of Ordinary Differential Equations And Special FunctionsOrdinary Differential EquationsThe Numerical Solution of Ordinary and Partial Differential EquationsAn Introduction to Ordinary Differential EquationsA Textbook on Ordinary Differential EquationsA Course in Ordinary Differential EquationsIntroduction to Ordinary Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsELEMENTS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. VON LOUIS L. PENNISI.Thinking about Ordinary Differential EquationsOrdinary Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential EquationsIntroduction to Ordinary Differential EquationsNumerical Differential EquationsOrdinary Differential EquationsAn Introduction to Ordinary Differential EquationsPartial Differential Equations and the Finite Element MethodThe Qualitative Theory of Ordinary Differential EquationsElements of Ordinary Differential Equations and Special FunctionsTheory of Ordinary Differential EquationsLinear Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations, with Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Coefficients


The present invention provides the eye's anterior chamber scaffold for placement in the eye. Structure-iridocorneal angle of the anterior chamber helps the stent for the treatment of structural changes caused by the aging eye. The holder includes an annular body, iridocorneal angle which matches the size of the eye. The body comprising: a front portion which is arranged in contact with the surface of the transitional zone between the web and trabecular corneal endothelium of the eye; the rear portion, which is arranged in contact with the periphery of the iris of the eye; and a center portion, which connecting front and rear portions of the body. The present invention also discloses a method of using the stent stable iridocorneal angle of the anterior chamber.


Agro tourism is complimentary to traditional agricultural activities. It is an opportunity for farmers to use the available resources in a diversified and innovative way. It creates a win –win situation to farmers as well as tourists. Farmers earn better from innovative use of available resources and the tourist can enjoy village life and nature in an affordable prices. Not only are those, the villages also benefited due to the development of agro-tourism. Some cases of agro-tourism in Maharashtra dist. Raigad; Pune and Satara have proved that agro-tourism not only bring development of farmers but to the village as a whole from social and economic angle. Maharashtra is the third largest state in India, both in area and population. It is bestowed with 720 km long coastline. It is nestled in the Western Ghats and Sahyadri mountain ranges and with semievergreen and deciduous forests. Maharashtra is one of the major tourist centres in the India and there is large scope and great potential to develop agro-tourism. The scope of the study is limited to identify the satisfaction level and motivating factors for visiting agro-tourism. The present study was conducted on the Parasher agro-tourism at post Rajuri Taluka Junner district Pune is based on primary data. A sample of 60 visitors is selected at random to know their preferences to Parasher Agro- tourism. The primary data were collected through a direct interview schedule through a well designed questionnaire. In addition to this, Garrett's ranking technique was used to provide a rank order with respect to the important factors to participate agro-tourism. The result of the study showed that majority of respondents visited the agro-tourism to taste local cuisine, mental and physical relaxation, close to nature, escape from stress, to be together with family and friends, to experiencing agricultural life and an escape from city life. Being closer to nature factor received the highest mean score of 57.13. It proves that the being closer to nature factor was considered as the most important factor influencing the respondents' decision to visit an agro-tourism. Experiencing rural culture got the second rank with a mean score of 51.61, which proves that the urban people be in love with rural culture; farm stay got the third rank with mean score of 50.06. Other important factors are natural greenery, participating in farm activities and authentic rural hospitality in agro-tourism.


The interfacial properties (dynamic and equilibrium surface tension, viscosity and elasticity moduli) of chitosan lactate have been studied at the liquid/air interface by the oscillating drop shape method. Isotherms of dynamic surface tension of chitosan lactate are similar to dependences for other polyelectrolyte solutions, in particular for proteins. Chitosan is a weak cationic polyelectrolyte which can change its conformation from a linear rod to a chaotic and compacted coil. Therefore, the experimental dependence of the equilibrium surface tension on concentration of chitosan lactate was analyzed with the adsorption model proposed earlier for proteins. This model accounts the possibility of polyelectrolyte molecules existence in surface layer in n states with different molar surface varying from the maximum value at very low surface coverage by polyelectrolyte molecules to a minimum value at high surface coverage. Good agreement between the calculated and experimental values of surface tension was observed. The dependences of the elasticity and viscosity moduli of chitosan lactate solutions on the drop oscillations frequency are conditioned by the influence of exchange processes both between the surface layer and the bulk solution and in the surface layer itself. An increase of the solution concentration intensifies the exchange processes, and an increase of the oscillation frequency suppresses them. It is shown that the dependence of the surface viscoelasticity modulus of chitosan lactate is extreme in nature with a pronounced maximum. The reason for such behavior is the possibility of changing the molar surface area of the polyelectrolyte at the interface dependent on the amount of adsorption and its structural properties. Attempt of theoretical description of the viscoelasticity modulus within the framework of model accounting mono- or bilayer adsorption did not lead to a satisfactory result, possibly due to barrier adsorption mechanism of chitosan. But bilayer model provide qualitative description of extreme behavior of surface viscoelasticity on concentration. The values of the surface viscoelasticity modulus of chitosan lactate occupy an intermediate position in comparison with the data available in the literature for globular and flexible-chain proteins, that is consistent with their molecular structure. In addition, the work shows the applicability of the adsorption model, developed earlier for proteins in the framework of a nonideal two-dimensional solution theory, for describing the surface properties of other polyelectrolytes. This makes it possible to obtain qualitative and quantitative information about the processes occurring in the systems under study.


A genetic optimized approach, targeting the complexity of parameter selection in a line-of-sight (LOS) optical wireless channel, is presented. The algorithm produced is an application-specific algorithm that utilizes the concept of evolutionary algorithms to present an optimized solution for external parameter selection that leads an optimum bit-error-rate at the receiver photodiode. The algorithm can accomplish the task of showing instantaneous status of the channel with acceptable complexity and reliability. The analysis shows that the proposed algorithm might be of benefit for tackling similar problems by adapting the upper and lower bounds of parameters, and the fitness function governing the generated population.


In this paper, we employ the exp( '( ))-expansion method to find the exact traveling wave solutions involving parameters of nonlinear evolution equations Fitzhugh-Nagumo (FN) equation and Modified Liouville equation. When these parameters are taken to be special values, the solitary wave solutions are derived from the exact traveling wave solutions. It is shown that the proposed method provides a more powerful mathematical tool for constructing exact traveling wave solutions for many other nonlinear evolution equations.


Compact, single-frequency and low-noise integrated photonic laser diodes emitting in the violet (~412 nm) and blue (461 nm) regime are demonstrated. Hybrid-integration of the III-Nitride edge-type laser diodes to a butt-coupled on-chip high-Q resonator was used to achieved ultra-low phase-noise laser operation with ~36 dB side-mode suppression ratio. Both a CMOS-compatible PIC chip with SiN core as well as a new class of PIC platform with crystalline III-Nitride heterostructures was developed and evaluated. Successful demonstration of laser self-injection locking with ultra-narrow emission linewidth was demonstrated for both material platforms. Emission linewidth of only ~ 1 MHz was determined with an external-cavity reference laser implying state-of-the-art phase noise performance and offering a vastly improved form factor. The performance metrics of this novel type of laser suggest the potential implementation of this new technology in next generation, portable quantum systems.


A study has been made over a range of temperatures at 20 MHz and 35 MHz of the spin relaxation rates of water protons in aqueous solutions of ethylene glycol bis-(aminoethyl)-tetraacetic acid containing Gd(III) and Eu(II) ions. The results suggest that the dominant relaxation process arises from rotation of the solvated complexes. Relaxation enhancement has been observed for Gd(III) in the presence of lysozyme and values of ɛ*, Kd and τc have been determined. An application of these results to obtain distances of substrate analogues from the active site of this and other enzymes is discussed.


Critical micelle concentrations have been measured precisely and conveniently by pumping a laminar stream of surfactant solution into a long capillary tube filled with solvent: the break in the refractive-index profile across the eluted boundary indicates the critical micelle concentration.


Mica composite powder is provided to improve adhesive strength of mica powder, and spreadibility and lasting properties of formulation by enhancing water repellency through coating the mica powder with trimethylsiloxysilicate, so that the mica composite powder is useful for conferring long lash effects on mascara composition. The mica composite powder having the aspect ratio of 90-120 and average particle size of 3-40 mum is coated with 1.0-5.0 wt.% of a resin selected from trimethylsiloxysilicate/cyclotetrasiloxane, trimethylsiloxysilicate/cyclopentasiloxane, trimethylsiloxysilicate/dimethicone and trimethylsiloxysilicate/isododecane having MQ ratio of 0.7-1.3 through heat treatment at 120-350 deg. C. A long lash type mascara composition comprises 0.1-4.0 wt.% of the mica composite powder coated with trimethylsiloxysilicate.


Introduction: in the article questions of creation of a modern digital environment of management of educational programs in high school are considered. The implementation of a new model for the management of educational programs in the university requires the creation of a single electronic platform for the management of educational programs, integrated into the electronic information and educational environment of the university, which includes components for managing the content, process, resources, contingent, finances and quality of basic professional educational programs. Under the single electronic platform for the management of educational programs, we will understand the aggregate of information, educational, organizational, managerial solutions that provide interactive interaction between participants in the educational process, aimed at the effective management of educational programs in the university. Materials and methods: when writing the article, the following methods were used: theoretical and methodological analysis and synthesis of existing special domestic and foreign scientific and methodological literature, a conceptual analysis of scientific articles and publications on the topic; study and synthesis of both domestic and foreign developments and the implementation of projects to create digital environments in the management of education; application of methods of generalization, comparison, forecasting Results: he principles of building a single electronic platform for the management of educational programs in the university, required for electronic services and necessary for their integration into the IOS: openness, integration, interactivity, personification, nonlinearity are formulated. A system of services for a single electronic platform for managing educational programs has been developed, which includes: the Personal Office of the Head of OPOP, the Profile of the Scientific and Pedagogical «Вестник Мининского университета» 2017 – № 4 Worker, the Card for the Personal and Professional Development of Students, the Assessment of the Profitability of OPOP, and the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of OPOP. Discussion and Conclusions: the creation of a single electronic platform for the management of educational programs in the university will allow to optimize the processes of administering educational programs and improve the quality of service functions for students, scientific and pedagogical staff and university staff.


The paper elaborates the problem of using recognize software .In view of the problem that the digital book is difficult to be recognized when the scanning pictures has distortion, the method of word recognition using picture rectification is proposed .Using whole rectification and part rectification by visual C++ when recognizing the picture, then it has good effect when recognizing digital books that have been rectified.


In this paper the determinants of the long term yield spread between Italian and German government bonds are studied using daily observations for a period 1 January 1995–28 October 1997. Total spread is split into two main factors: an exchange rate factor, that is approximated by a differential on swap contracts (same maturity) and a default risk factor, that is considered as a residual. Cointegration analysis is used to test if the interest rates parity condition holds in the period considered and also the dynamic adjustment of total spread and its components is studied using impulse response analysis. The main result is that an uncovered parity condition cannot be rejected in the sample only if the relationship is augmented by the German short term interest rate. Impulse response analysis shows that this latter variable permanently affects the default risk. The main conclusion is that the reduction of the total spread in the period studied was due both to credibility gains and to favourable dynamics in the German interest rate.


To engage in recreational appreciation is to choose one kind of leisure activity over the variety available in modern society. While this choice may be justified by a variety of reasons, two are frequently given by aesthetic educators: the enjoyment of aesthetic experience and the gaining of knowledge. Both reasons need to be equally stressed in an arts education program, however, if it is to direct students toward a broad engagement with works of art. An excessive emphasis on aesthetic experience may turn students into aesthetes-those who value art over everything else. Because of its narrowness, the cult of aestheticism has been an easy target for satirists, and the absurdity of the aesthete is illustrated by such characters in novels as Mr. Rose in W. H. Mallock's The New Republic and Mr. Amarinth in Robert S. Hichens' The Green Carnation. On the other hand, an overemphasis on knowledge may produce students who reduce each work they encounter to a "message," showing little interest in its individual attributes. For these students the message is more important than the work itself.


Adults with brain damage may have acquired it from three principal causes: from developmental disability or in very early life as a result of illness; in early adult life mainly from trauma, usually road accidents; and in late life due to dementia but also stroke and tumour. Whilst the resulting disabilities can be very similar, requiring comparable management strategies and causing similar stresses for their caters, there are very diverse avenues for service provision for these three categories, the only common feature perhaps being under-provision. There may be a case for "brain damaged persons unite!" with the prospect of more rational provision of support. Brain damage in one form or another is an ever-increasing cause of long-term disability in Western societies. In the case of the aged, where the incidence of Alzheimer's disease increases steeply with each decade after the age of 70, the extension of life expectancy has led to large increases in the prevalence of dementia. Other neuro-degenerative diseases accompanying old age further contribute to this, as does stroke. At the other extreme of life, the improvements in perinatal medicine and neonatal intensive care contribute to the survival, in even larger numbers, of children and, eventually, adults, with severe impairments. Up to 3% of the population has some developmental disability and 3 to 4 individuals per 1,000 are moderately to severely affected, with IQs below 50. Acquired brain damage is an increasing problem accompanying increasing road trauma throughout the world. Particularly vulnerable are younger men, often at the beginning of their driving career, reflecting inexperience and impulsivity or aggression. When accompanied by substance abuse and its attendant impaired judgment, the combination becomes dangerous, and major head trauma is a frequent consequence. Whilst the incidence of developmental disability and traumatic brain damage is much less than that of the dementias of late life onset, their longer life expectancy swells their numbers to comparable prevalences.


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The question of the total measure of invariant tori in analytic, nearly--integrable Hamiltonian systems is considered. In 1985, Arnol'd, Kozlov and Neishtadt, in the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences \cite{AKN1}, and in subsequent editions, conjectured that in $n=2$ degrees of freedom the measure of the non torus set of general analytic nearly--integrable systems away from critical points is exponentially small with the size $\e$ of the perturbation, and that for $n\ge 3$ the measure is, in general, of order $\e$ (rather than $\sqrt\e$ as predicted by classical KAM Theory). In the case of generic natural Hamiltonian systems, we prove lower bounds on the measure of primary and secondary invariant tori, which are in agreement, up to a logarithmic correction, with the above conjectures. The proof is based on a new {\sl singular} KAM theory, particularly designed to study analytic properties in neighborhoods of the secular separatrices generated by the perturbation at simple resonances.


The pace is an essential component of all biological activities and is represented by a physical manifestation that is repeated regurarly along same or different timing intervals. Because of the complexity and many of its components, the concept of rhythm comes interpreted in different ways and diversity of its meanings creates a terminological mess. In fact, rhythmic can be connected to any organized human expression (architectural rhythms, color rhythms, musical rhythms etc.), or with natural biological events (circadian rhythms, evolutionary rhythms respiratory rhythms, Peristalsis rhythms etc.) In general rate is linked to the concept of time, but in musical theory two terms are represented in different meanings. With long term implication is thought to be the Partial symbol (3/4, 4/4, 6/8 etc.) Placed at the beginning of each section, which shows the number and amount of time and the principal grades. Time is a sequence of musical sounds of the same duration and time constitutes the base structure, called by some authors as superior hierarchical structure of rhythm (1). While the pace comes defined as a set of tones of varying length pause; This is the division or the amount of times indicated from time base part (2), and thus is characterized by different ratios of time between grades. The pace is characterized by an alternation of strong and weak accents , composed of sounds with greater intensity or length falling at intervals more or less regular.


The planar laser induced hydroxyl fluorescence (OH-PLIF) technique was used to study three kinds of swirling flame, namely flames I, II, and III, by changing swirl conditions. According to the PLIF results, double structure exists in flames I and II. The inner flame burns in the inner shear layer and is anchored by vortex breakdown, which is similar to the M- or V-shaped flame. The unique outer flame is attached to the inner wall of the air annular nozzle and burns in the outer shear layer. The lean blowout (LBO) equivalent ratio of swirling flame with outer flame is lower than that without outer flame. It is interesting to compare the LBO mechanisms among the three types and the traditional swirling flame, and investigate their unsteady characteristics. Firstly, the flameout process of flames I and II starts from the local extinguishing at the root of the outer flame. However, the LBO process of flame III is consistent with that of traditional swirling flame, that is, it starts with repeated extinguishing and reigniting at the root of the inner recirculation zone (IRZ). Secondly, the unsteady characteristics of the three flames are analyzed by spectral proper orthogonal decomposition. It is found that flame oscillations, asymmetric disturbances, and longitudinal disturbances of different frequencies exist in different combinations under near-LBO conditions. In particular, asymmetric and P-wave disturbances mainly exist in the inner shear layer and jet breaking down, which further indicates the stability and anti-LBO potential of the outer flame.


Relatively high decolourisation of bleach plant effluent (41%–48%) could be attained in short treatment times using biomass of Rhizomucor pusillus, a mucoralean fungus. Cell wall fractions (alkali-resistant, residual and chitosan fractions) extracted from the R pusillus biomass appeared to be mainly responsible for the adsorption of chromophores from bleach plant effluent by this fungus. The alkali-resistant fraction removed 34% of the colour from bleach plant effluent. Although the residual and chitosan fractions represented only about 12% of the total dry biomass, they removed more colour from bleach plant effluent (41%) than did the intact biomass (39%). The chitosan and residual cell wall fractions, mainly composed of chitin and/or chitosan, seem to be involved in the mechanism of colour removal from bleach plant effluent by R pusillus.

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.......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Simple sentences and simple wh-questions. ............................................................................................... 1 2. Points of Interest for the Linguist in WDH's System.................................................................................. 5 2.1. A small rich real-life fragment........................................................................................................ 5 2.2. "No Lexicon".................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3. Polysemy and Compositionality. .................................................................................................... 5 2.4. Where is the Grammar? .................................................................................................................. 5 3. Parsing into SPs and RPs; Lexicon, Compounds, Grammatical Morphemes. ............................................ 6 3.1. Parsing into SPs and RPs. ................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. Textbook NPs vs. Anatomical SPs. Grammaticality. Meaning composition in SPs........................... 8 4. Grammar and Processing. Differences between Production and Comprehension................................... 10 Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................................... 11 Appendix 2 Synonyms for Names of Anatomical Structures ....................................................................... 13 References ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Abstract: In this lecture, we continue our discussion of W.D. Hagamen's anatomy dialogue system, MUBS, concentrating on the linguistic side. We describe the range of interrogative and declarative sentences MUBS produces and understands and some properties of the implicit grammar and semantics that can be extracted from MUBS (which does not itself "use" an explicit grammar separate from its processing rules). Points of interest are MUBS's interpretation of Why-questions, the asymmetry between production and comprehension, the non-standard nature of the lexicon, and the ease and flexibility with which MUBS handles the wide (and open) range of compound expressions used in anatomy, some of them containing mixtures of English and Latin. We will emphasize the important role played by the richly structured domain knowledge incorporated in MUBS, as well as points of linguistic interest. In this lecture, we continue our discussion of W.D. Hagamen's anatomy dialogue system, MUBS, concentrating on the linguistic side. We describe the range of interrogative and declarative sentences MUBS produces and understands and some properties of the implicit grammar and semantics that can be extracted from MUBS (which does not itself "use" an explicit grammar separate from its processing rules). Points of interest are MUBS's interpretation of Why-questions, the asymmetry between production and comprehension, the non-standard nature of the lexicon, and the ease and flexibility with which MUBS handles the wide (and open) range of compound expressions used in anatomy, some of them containing mixtures of English and Latin. We will emphasize the important role played by the richly structured domain knowledge incorporated in MUBS, as well as points of linguistic interest. 1. Simple sentences and simple wh-questions. The canonical simple 'facts' in MUBS correspond to "triads": a binary relation with its two arguments. These basic facts can often be expressed with a simple Subject-Verb-Object sentence, active or passive, like those in (1-2). Sometimes the relation is not expressed with a simple transitive verb but with a construction involving a prepositional phrase, a relational noun or an adjective, as in (3-5). All relations come in converse pairs, analogous to the active-passive pairs in (1-2). In the case of a pair like (3), it is quite arbitrary which to think of as 'active' and which as 'passive'; but WDH has made a decision for each case in order to have a fixed correspondence of English expressions with the way the facts are stored in the data base. Often the same relation can be expressed in more than one way, sometimes grammatically different: for instance, (2a) is equivalent to (5), and (2b) is the "passive" of both. Barbara Partee and Vladimir Borschev Mathesius Series, Prague, March 2004, Lecture 4 AnatomyLecture2BB.doc 2 3/12/2004 (1) (a) The brachioradialis flexes the forearm. (b) The forearm is flexed by the brachioradialis. (2) (a) The superficial radial nerve innervates the brachioradialis. (b) The brachioradialis is innervated by the superficial radial nerve. (3) (a) The biceps is anterior to the brachialis. (b) The brachialis is posterior to the biceps. (4) (a) The biceps originates from the scapula. (b) The scapula is the origin of the biceps. (5) The superficial radial nerve is the innervation of the brachioradialis. The simplest Wh-questions question one term or the other of such binary relations. (6) What flexes the forearm? (7) The brachioradialis flexes what? (= What does the brachioradialis flex?) How are these simple sentences and simple questions handled by MUBS? We can illustrate some aspects of the way MUBS treats them with trees constructed by WDH (Hagamen et al. In progress): these trees are not produced by MUBS but accurately represent various properties of the way MUBS works with the sentences. (3-1) Input (= 1a): The brachioradialis (33) flexes (-5) the forearm (100). Output: True. (3-1a) A "linguist's tree" for (1a), annotated with MU's. S qp DP VP 3 ei D SP RP DP the brachioradialis flexes 3 (∅) (33) (-5) D SP the forearm (∅) (100) Note that the definite determiner has no associated MUs; this is shown as the null set: ∅. Such syntactic (non-anatomical) words are used in parsing, but are dropped from WDH's own tree diagrams that we will show below, e.g. (3-1b). WDH's trees are annotated with: rule numbers (See Appendix 1); semantic types; denotations at each node: these are either MUs, sets of MUs, or truth values; labels of semantic operations performed compositionally at the given node. There are actually two different trees for sentence (1a), according to MUBS: (3-1b) and (3-1c). 1 We will return to the denotation of forearm and the function Fc that cuts it down to the singleton {100}. Barbara Partee and Vladimir Borschev Mathesius Series, Prague, March 2004, Lecture 4 AnatomyLecture2BB.doc 3 3/12/2004 (3-1b) 6a St {1} qTfp 1a SPe[1] ∈ 4a VP<e,t> brachioradialise {32,33,87,111,112,113,148,195,250} {33} eDxi 2a RP<e,<e,t>> 1c SPe[3] {-5} {100} flexese Fc forearm<e,t> {100,132,167,252,320,321,322, 323,324,325,364.365.372} (3-1c) 6b St {1} qTfp 3a SV<e,t> ∈ 1c SPe[3]


views with leading practitioners in Part II. Taken as a group, these interviews offer exciting, contrapuntal conversations on the nature of live performance, the interdisciplinary nature of immersive practice, and the role of the individual audience member to the work. Although the artists often offer contradictory perspectives on immersive practice, they also echo one another, particularly when they offer their thoughts on why immersive theatre has become so popular. Repeatedly, artists note that people have a genuine desire for sentient human interaction, to make human contact in an age that is increasingly technologically driven. Although artists welcome this need, many of them spoke of the pressures they felt to surprise constantly their growing audiences with new experiences and ever more innovative and detailed designs. I especially enjoyed reading Felix Barrett's views on Punchdrunk's evolving dramaturgy but also appreciated hearing from other theatre artists with whose work I am less familiar. Immersive Theatres will be useful for students, scholars, and practitioners of theatre and performance studies. Its innovative structure, interdisciplinary methodology, provocative questions, and valuable descriptions of productions will make it a welcome addition to the growing body of work on reception theory, immersive practice, as well as alternative theatre spaces and staging.


Christopher Kushmerick,1* Gareth D. Price,1* Holger Taschenberger,2 Nagore Puente,4 Robert Renden,1 Jacques I. Wadiche,1 Robert M. Duvoisin,3 Pedro Grandes,4 and Henrique von Gersdorff1 1The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, 2Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany, 3The Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, and 4Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Basque Country University, 699-48080 Bilbao, Spain


Making a choice in selection of friction stir welding/processing (FSW/P) tool material has become an important task which determines the quality of the weld produced. The tool material selection depends on the tool material operational characteristics such as operational temperature, wear resistance and fracture toughness which therefore determine the type of materials which can be joined. In this research, several tool materials have been analysed and the materials which they could be used to join have also been outlined. Soft materials can be easily welded using tool steels while harder materials need harder tool materials such as carbide based materials and polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN).


Recently, a political shift has been observed, in that some political conservatives are now advocating, adjusting, or abandoning draconian drug laws, including mandatory minimums, and funding diversion, re-entry, and drug programs. Vocal proponents of this movement include Grover Norquist, Rand Paul, Edwin Meese, and Mark Levin, from the Texas Public Policy Council. Any movement away from the mass incarceration that has characterized the U.S. correctional policy for the last 30 years is welcomed; however, it is important to note carefully the philosophical foundation of the conservative's interest in shifting correctional policy. This paper explores the potential factors contributing to this philosophical shift.


In this paper, a hybrid-Trefftz four-node quadrilateral element model is formulated for Helmholtz problem. In this model, two Helmholtz approximations are defined. The first approximation is obtained by nodal interpolation, and the second approximation is truncated from a Trefftz solution set. A hybrid variational functional is employed to enforce the equality of and other necessary conditions on the two approximations. From the numerical tests, it can be seen that the hybrid model is markedly more accurate than the conventional finite element model. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Carleson measures and interpolating and sampling sequences for weighted Bergman spaces on the unit disk are described for weights that are radial and grow faster than the standard weights $(1-|z|)^{-\alpha}$, $0<\alpha<1$. These results make the Hardy space $H^2$ appear naturally as a"degenerate"endpoint case for the class of Bergman spaces under study.


Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care (NLC) for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods In a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the assessment of clinical effects followed a non-inferiority design, while patient satisfaction and cost assessments followed a superiority design. Participants were 181 adults with RA randomly assigned to either NLC or rheumatologist-led care (RLC), both arms carrying out their normal practice. The primary outcome was the disease activity score (DAS28) assessed at baseline, weeks 13, 26, 39 and 52; the non-inferiority margin being DAS28 change of 0.6. Mean differences between the groups were estimated controlling for covariates following per-protocol (PP) and intention-to-treat (ITT) strategies. The economic evaluation (NHS and healthcare perspectives) estimated cost relative to change in DAS28 and quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) derived from EQ5D. Results Demographics and baseline characteristics of patients under NLC (n=91) were comparable to those under RLC (n=90). Overall baseline-adjusted difference in DAS28 mean change (95% CI) for RLC minus NLC was −0.31 (−0.63 to 0.02) for PP and -0.15 (−0.45 to 0.14) for ITT analyses. Mean difference in healthcare cost (RLC minus NLC) was £710 (−£352, £1773) and −£128 (−£1263, £1006) for PP and ITT analyses, respectively. NLC was more cost-effective with respect to cost and DAS28, but not in relation to QALY utility scores. In all secondary outcomes, significance was met for non-inferiority of NLC. NLC had higher 'general satisfaction' scores than RLC in week 26. Conclusions The results provide robust evidence to support non-inferiority of NLC in the management of RA. Trial registration ISRCTN29803766


It is first shown that a certain class of regular factorable matrices is equivalent to C, the Cesaro matrix of order one. As a corollary it is shown that the matrix A of [1] is equivalent to C. Then most of the results of [1] and [3] are extended to regular factorable matrices.


Abstract This paper provides a decomposition of the projected change in the overall labour force into three parts. The first, called the "demographic component", shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age structure of the population. The second effect is the migration component. This part is due to the cumulative net inflow of migrants, but includes their reproductive behaviour as well. Changes in the participation rates give the third effect, the participation rate component. The decomposition was done by comparing different labour force scenarios up to 2050. The method can easily be extended for decomposition into more than three factors. According to our results, the negative impact of the demographic factor on the labour force is very clear and is caused by the projected ageing of population to a great extent. Neither a strong increase in labour participation nor high immigration flows can stop the downward trend in labour force. Keeping the labour force constant requires an annual n...


This paper reports a theory for the electromagnetic transduction properties of magnetostatic backward volume waves (MSBVW's). The basic problem treated is that the MSBVW excitation by the most basic electromagnetic transducer, viz., a line-current source. The excitation characteristics of a practical extended transducer in the form of a microstrip are synthesized from the line-current source results. The frequency variation of the radiation resistance and reactance of these transducers is calculated over the entire magnetostatic volume wave (MSVW) spectrum. At the high-frequency end of the spectrum, MSBVW excitation by a microstrip is the strongest and comparable to magnetostatic forward volume wave (MSFVW) excitation obtaining at the opposite (or low-frequency) end of the spectrum. While the line-current source yields significant excitation of higher-order MSBVW's, with a microstrip, because of the array effects associated with the extended geometry of a microstrip in relation to the line-current source, the higher-order modes are strongly suppressed.


........................................................................ 253 Introduction.................................................................... 254 Materials and Methods....................................................... 256 Results.......................................................................... 261 Discussion..................................................................... 263 Conclusion...................................................................... 274 References...................................................................... 275 CHAPTER 8. EFFECTS OF CARINATA Brassica carinata ON TRYPSIN ACTIVITY, PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID DIGESTIBILITY AND


In this short paper, the authors briefly discuss their preliminary thoughts on the coding of DNA and the hexagrams of I Ching based on the principle of existence. It is shown that one may mathematically generate the DNA codes from the principle of existence. It is further shown that one may also mathematically generate the hexagrams of Chinese I Ching from the principle of existence.


OBJECTIVE
This is a prospective pilot cohort study to evaluate the risk factors for the development of oral alterations in a group of ICU patients.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
During May-December 2019, 43 ICU patients in a tertiary hospital of Brazil were evaluated. Medical record reviews and oral examinations of each patient were made by 3 dentists in five distinct moments.

RESULTS
Among all patients, 53.5% (n = 23) were female, with a mean age of 59.8 years (± 17.4). The incidence of oral alterations was 51.2% (35.6%-66.8%) and among these (n = 22), hyposalivation (n = 9; 40.9%) and lingual biofilm accumulation (n = 9; 40.9%) were the most common. The mean age of the group with oral alterations (66.9 years) was higher compared to the group without alterations (52.3 years). Furthermore, male patients (p=0.02), older than 60 years (p=0.004) and treated with mechanical ventilator (p=0.03) had a higher risk of oral alterations.

CONCLUSIONS
Systemic parameters, as age and mechanical ventilator, could influence the oral environment of ICU patients.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE
This paper brings risk factors for the development of oral lesions and these could assist healthcare services to provide more individual approaches and early interventions to prevent these.


Public accountants are professionals who provide services to the general public, especially in the field of auditl of financial reports, which play a role in improving the quality of financial information. This study aims to determine the effect of integrity, organizational commitment and adversity intelligence on audit quality. This research was conducted in the Public Accountants Office in the Province of Balil which was registered at the Indonesian Institute of Public Accountants (IAPI), totaling eleven KAPl with a population of 92 auditors. The method used in this study is purposive sampling with an auditor's criterion who has had audit experience ≥ 1 year and an auditor who has a minimum educational history of Stratal 1 (S1) 1, so the number of samples in this study is 63 auditors. The data collection method was carried out by a survey method using the questionnaire technique which was measured using a likertl scale.
               The results of this study show that integrity has a positive effect on audit quality with a significant value of 0l, 001 <0l, 05l. Organizational commitment to results has a positive effect on audit qualityl with a significant value of 0.1003 <0.051. Adversity intelligence has a positive effect on audit qualityl with a significant value of 0l, 017 <0l, 05l. This hall indicates that the higher the variable, it means the higher the audit quality produced by the auditor.


The linear absorption spectra and absolute resonance Raman excitation profiles of the "push-pull" chromophore julolidinemalononitrile have been measured in cyclohexane, 1,4-dioxane, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, and methanol solution at excitation wavelengths spanning the strong visible charge-transfer absorption band. Numerical simulation of the spectra using time-dependent wave-packet propagation methods yields the excited-state geometry changes along the ∼15 strongly Raman-active vibrations as well as the solvent reorganization energies. The distribution of the total vibrational reorganization energy among the various normal modes is solvent dependent, indicating solvent polarity effects on the electronic structure. These results are compared with those previously obtained for two other push-pull chromophores, p-nitroaniline and julolidinyl-n-N,N′-diethylthiobarbituric acid. The frequency dispersion of the molecular first hyperpolarizability, β, is also calculated in each solvent using a time-domain f...


In this paper,the decision on household registration transfer and farmland relinquishment is expounded through the discussion of the features of different households' livelihoods.Rural households are classified into full farm households,dominant farm households,non-dominant farm households and non-farm households,based on a survey of 376 households in Yunyang County and Stalagnate Tujia Nationality Autonomous County of Chongqing.The data were collected in October and November,2010,using PRA(participatory rural appraisal) method.The results show that,(1) The level of concurrent business activities of the households is high in Chongqing,with non-farm income being the most important characteristics of the households' economic activities;Households' livelihood capital increases from full farm households to non-farm households in terms of labor,finance and social capital;Environmental capital is an important driving force of households' non-farm livelihood.(2) Households' livelihoods strategy has been diversified with the increase of the level of their concurrent business activities.Full farm households' livelihood is highly dependent on the land;dominant farm households begin to do some non-farm concurrent business activities;non-dominant farm households' livelihood is the most diversified;Non-farm households have set feet on construction,service and many other non-farm business.(3) Based on Efficient Market Hypothesis,the households are regarded as"rational people",and their livelihoods(availability of capital) are considered as a key factor impacting their decisions on farmland transfer or relinquishment.In details,the full farm households,as short of capital,make their decision under the obvious influence of the governmental' guidance and are considered not fully rational;Dominant farm households show little response to the policy,due to their dependence on economic benefit of the land;Non-dominant farm households show vague response to the policy because they would judge and weigh the gain and loss of household registration transfer and farmland relinquishment;Non-farm households,possessing the most capital,response to the policy actively as rational decision-makers.From the perspectives of household registration system reform and farmers livelihoods,this article proposes rational behaviors for the government.


Research has shown that in much of the Western Australian wheatbelt lupins can be grown in wide rows, 50 cm (20 inches) apart, without compromising yield. Sowing lupin in rows 50 cm apart provides additional benefits. Plants grown in wide rows are generally taller than those in narrower rows. They remain green later in the season allowing a longer period for seed filling. One aspect that needs careful consideration is weed control. Weeds germinating between wide rows grow with little competition from the crop. They are more difficult to control than in narrow row crops and can produce many seed. If sowing lupins in wide rows pick a paddock with a low weed burden or apply herbicides between rows using a shielded sprayer. YIELD AND ENVIRONMENT Wide rows are suitable for lupins grown in the north of the Western Australian agricultural region but not in the southern parts of the wheatbelt (Figure 1). In the warm northern environments crops grown in narrow rows develop quickly and utilise much of the available water early in the season. This leaves little water for grain fill at the end of the season. Crops sown in wide rows grow more slowly because they intercept less sunlight (Figure 2) and therefore use less water early in the year, leaving more water in the soil for grain fill. In southern environments winters are colder and longer. There is less need for conservation of soil moisture and more need for early crop vigour. In these environments drought conditions during grain fill are not often as severe as in northern regions. For these reasons crops grown with 50 cm rows can yield poorly compared to crops grown with 25 cm rows in these regions. 25 cm spacing 50 cm spacing 75 cm spacing 100 cm spacing Figure 1. Hatched area is recommended Figure 2. Cumulative radiation interception at for wide row sowing of lupin. various row spacings. Merredin 2004. 1 August 1 September 1 October 1 Novem 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 90


The importance of testability verification technology in PHM design of new equipments is described, the related military standards of testability verification are analyzed,the shortcomings of the related military standards in applicability are concluded,the dedicated testability verification standard should be established to guide the testability verification work.The application status of testability verification is surveyed,the problems of testability verification technology in application are analyzed both in testability test and in testability assessment and validation,the contents that should be provided in testability verification standard are confirmed, forming a good foundation for researching on testability verification technology as well as the standard setting.


Introduction BMI increases the risk of Philadelphia-chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) development. Patients with MPN often suffer from a severe symptom burden reduced quality of life. The aim of this study was to examine the association between BMI and symptom burden. Methods A comprehensive analysis of data from two large cross-sectional surveys of health-related quality of life in MPN patients was done by merging data from the Danish Population-based Study with data from the international Fatigue Study. Both surveys included the validated MPN-SAF questionnaire and questions addressing lifestyle. Results Comparing Danish patients with US patients, Danish patients were significantly older (69.2y vs 60.9y, P In both the US and the Danish (DK) dataset Normal Weight was most frequent (DK/US=52.4/46.3%), followed by Overweight (DK/US=31.7/30.5%), Obese (DK/US=13.2/21.7%) and least frequent Underweight (DK/US=2.7%/1.5%). Interestingly, we observed a U-shaped association between BMI and Symptom Burden in both datasets with significant higher values of total symptom score for underweight and obese patients relative to normal weight. Furthermore, significant higher scores for Underweight or Obese patients were observed for most individual symptoms (Table 1). Conclusion Despite significant differences in demographics, the U-shaped relation between BMI and symptom burden reflects a general pattern of many variables consistent across countries. Weight alteration might be considered as a therapeutic strategy to alter symptom burden in MPN patients, bearing in mind that unintentional weight loss has been demonstrated in some MPN subtypes to be predictive of worsened survival. Further analysis for possible confounders are planned. Citation Format: Sarah F. Christensen, Robyn M. Scherber, Martin Goros, Jonathan Gelfond, Nana Brochmann, Christen L. Andersen, Esben M. Flachs, Hans C. Hasselbalch, Ruben A. Mesa. Collaboration on quality of life in myeloproliferative neoplasms: Analysis of body mass index and symptom burden [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4911.


This note is based on F. Burghart's master thesis at Stuttgart university from July 2018, supervised by Prof. Freiberg.
We review the Einstein relation, which connects the Hausdorff, local walk and spectral dimensions on a space, in the abstract setting of a metric measure space equipped with a suitable operator. This requires some twists compared to the usual definitions from fractal geometry. The main result establishes the invariance of the three involved notions of fractal dimension under bi-Lipschitz continuous isomorphisms between mm-spaces and explains, more generally, how the transport of the analytic and stochastic structure behind the Einstein relation works. While any homeomorphism suffices for this transport of structure, non-Lipschitz maps distort the Hausdorff and the local walk dimension in different ways. To illustrate this, we take a look at Holder regular transformations and how they influence the local walk dimension and prove some partial results concerning the Einstein relation on graphs of fractional Brownian motions. We conclude by giving a short list of further questions that may help building a general theory of the Einstein relation.


We correct the proof of the main result of the paper, Theorem 5.7. Our corrected proof relies on weaker versions of a number of intermediate results from the paper. The original, more general, versions of these statements are not known to be true.


Abstract: One of the most significant strides forward toward broad implementation of modern earth building is the new ability of rammed earth to perform well in very wet and very cold climates. This paper explores the nuances of heat flow in insulated rammed earth for very hot climates as well as the very cold climates. Techniques to gain the required strength to withstand the forces of erosion (wet/dry and freeze/thaw) are examined. Finally, practical applications of insulated rammed earth in a variety of natural settings are presented to show the scope of what is now possible.


In order to observe the influence of stabilising agents (STA) based on starch and diutan gum, rheometric experiments and setting tests were conducted on cement pastes with and without PCE superplasticizers. The results show that with regard to yield stress both STAs show differing behaviours in systems without PCE. In presence of PCE, yield stress influences of the STAs retreat into the background. The Vicat results exhibit that STAs can reduce the retarding effect of PCE.


"Human trafficking" is a legal term — you won't hear people involved in this life say those words. It's a crime where vulnerable young boys and girls are taken away from home and forced to do unspeakable sexual acts. It's a crime where people are forced to do labor for little or no pay. Whether through force or coercion, thousands of people are affected by this crime every year. You've seen them but had no idea....