This paper introduces three systems ceramics of Pb(ZrTi) 1/2 O 3 and piezoelectric ceramics PZT(MNN) compound course. The ceramics has no kind of prescription and no kind of application. We discuss that row material is found to be the best one for the reaction and prescription, other relative producing technology and the optimized condition are established. Thus, the material has some parameter of function higher than general target, wide application, good property.


were observed. This indicates the presence of spin‐orbit coupling phenomena and we showed that the Rashba eect is the main mechanism responsible for this spin‐orbit coupling. Using the model developed by Iordanskii et al., we fitted the experimental curves and obtained the inelastic and spin‐orbit scattering times. Thus we could compare the zero field energy spin-splitting predicted by the Rashba theory with the energy spin-splitting obtained from the analysis of the experimental curves. The final result confirms the theoretical prediction of strong Rashba eect on IV‐VI based quantum wells.


In our study we are interested with the DC (Direct Current) electric corona discharge created between two wire electrodes. We present experimental results related to some electroaerodynamic actuators based on the DC corona discharge at the surface of a dielectric material. We used different geometrical forms of dielectric surface such as a plate, a cylinder and a wing of aircraft of type NACA 0015. We present the current density-electric filed characteristics for different cases in order to determine the discharge regimes. The corona discharge produces non-thermal plasma so that it is called plasma discharge. Plasma discharge creates a tangential ionic wind above the surface at the vicinity of the wall. We have measured the ionic wind induced by the corona discharge in absence of free external airflow, we give the ionic wind velocity profiles for different surface forms and we compare the actuators effect based on the span of the ionic wind velocity values. We notice that the maximum ionic wind velocity is obtained with the NACA profile, which shows the effectiveness of this actuator for the airflow control.


Social movements are great stinings that rattle and threaten the institutional order, attracting adherents whose motivations are diverse and producing manifold effects in society. The na'ive observer selects only certain of these motivations and effects and treats them as the significant, representative, or essential features of the movement. Commonsense explanations for the movement typically treat this highly selective picture as if it were a balanced or complete account of the movement. To a considerable extent the sophisticated observer and the social scientist follow a similar procedure, sorting adherent motivations and movement effects into figure and ground, and constructing a theory of movement dynamics to explain figure rather than ground. The assumptions underlying this separation between figure and ground are often not made explicit, and advocates of competing theories often debate their versions of movement dynamics as if they were competing explanations for the same phenomena, when this is not the case. In this article I wish to suggest that recent fashions in movement analysis incorporate to a large extent a revised image of what is figure and what is ground in movement effects. While debates have ranged explicitly about the utility of disproportionate or even exclusive attention to organization and the control of resources as explanatory variables, the reconceptualization of movement effects in terms of figure and ground has remained largely implicit. But the relevance of theory depends upon what it explains. So a clear statement of what is to be explained must preceed any assessment of the utility of competing approaches and theories. The body of recent work to which I refer consists of elaborations and applications of resource mobilization theory. In the earliest extended exposition of this approach, Oberschall ( 1973:27) suggests that social change and conflict be viewed as "mobilizing, converting, and transferring resources from one group and one arena of action to other groups and


Raulo Frear, AMCP president, discusses the upcoming AMCP conference and some of the top challenges and opportunities facing the managed care pharmacy industry. Read more.


Problem: The gold standard for prostate cancer diagnosis is B-mode transrectal ultrasound-guided systematic core needle biopsy. However, cancer is indistinguishable under ultrasound and thus additional costly imaging methods are necessary to perform targeted biopsies. Speed of sound is a potential biomarker for prostate cancer and has the potential to be measured using ultrasound tomography. Given the physical constraints of the prostate's anatomy, this work explores a simulation study using deep learning for limited-angle ultrasound tomography to reconstruct speed of sound. Methods: A deep learning-based image reconstruction framework is used to address the limited-angle ultrasound tomography problem. The training data is generated using the k-wave acoustic simulation package. The general network structure is composed of a series of dense fully-connected layers followed by an encoder and a decoder network. The basic idea behind this neural network is to encode a time of flight map into a lower dimension representation that can then be decoded into a speed of sound image. Results and Conclusions: We show that limited-angle UST is feasible in simulation using an auto-encoder-like DL framework. There was a mean absolute error of 7.5 ± 8.1 m/s with a maximum absolute error of 139.3 m/s. Future validation on experimental data will further assess their ability in improving limited-angle ultrasound tomography.


Ni3s, Ni3p and Ni2p x-ray photoelectron spectra of mono-and binuclear carboxylate complexes of nickel with various geometry of metal ions environment are obtained. The spectra are calculated in an isolated ion approximation. The dependence of the spectral profiles and the structure of the chargetransfer satellites on the structure of the immediate environment of nickel atoms is established. The data obtained support the results of X-ray diffraction and magnetic studies.


Abstract A comparative study of energy absorption characteristics and distortions between simple and multi-cell thin-walled tubes with various geometrics are examined. Energy has to disseminate to avoid damage and harm during collisions. To diminish the misfortunes from collision, thin-walled tubes are utilised to dissipate the kinetic energy by deformation. For this analysis, simple and multi-cell tubes with different sections were made from aluminium (Al 3003) sheet and then they are subjected to quasi-static axial crushing. From the results, the energy absorption capacity of various tubes were compared and it shows that multi-cell tubes have more noteworthy than that of simple tubes. Moreover, hexagonal multi-cell tubes were retained as most prominent for higher specific energy absorption. This type of columns was found to be effective one to improve the performance of crashworthiness.


New and challenging requirements arise for the dialogue processing component in the speech-to-speech translation system Verbmobilcomponent. It has to cope with both unexpected and vague input as well as gaps in the input. The design is based on a large corpus of transliterated dialogues which provide the data to start from. A careful analysis of this corpus and of the requirements from other components of verbmobil resulted in a hybrid approach consisting of both knowledge based as well as statistic based processing. In this paper, we present the design process and the resulting architecture. Using the corpus, we made various experiments to evaluate the rst design of the component. the framework of the verbmobil Project under Grant 01IV101K/1. The responsibility for the contents of this study lies with the authors.


In view of the problems in working practice management of accounting major,an analysis was made of some reasons in light of inadequate ideological education in the early time,the vague division of responsibilities between university and enterprise,no guarantee of student interest,and unreasonable choice of enterprises.Corresponding suggestions are put forward in ensuring the orientation education,careful choice of enterprises and good quality control.The research results help further normalize the working practice of accounting major.


Taking the road as an example,the decision-making mechanism,financing channel,supervisory mechanism and the infrastructure's effect of rural infrastructure were investigated and studied.The construction efficiency of rural infrastructure between different areas in Yangtze River Delta was compared.It provided the reference for the development of rural infrastructure construction investment policy,public finance policy and grass-roots government's administrative reform.


Learning from the concept of potential field in physics, the hybrid virtual potential field of the wireless sensor network was constructed based on the hop and the residual energy of nodes. Aimed at maximizing the network lifetime, we proposed an energy optimized routing algorithm for multi-sink wireless sensor networks, using virtual force of the virtual potential field as the routing decision criteria. Avoid strategy for low-energy nodes and load balancing strategy for multiple sinks were applied to dynamically adjust the potential value and achieve balanced energy consumption of nodes. Simulation results show that the routing algorithm balances the energy consumption of nodes effectively and extends the network lifetime, compared with similar algorithms.


This paper proposes an energy-efficient trajectory planning method for a wheeled robot in slope ascending scenario. This method basically exploits a power consumption model of the robot which is obtained from the following two phases: first, the values of the robot power consumption in different slope angle, robot velocity, and robot heading angle are numerically calculated using a dynamic simulation of the robot taking into account of an accurate wheel-soil interaction mechanics; and subsequently, an approximated model for the robot power consumption is elaborated by neural network. Using the power consumption model an energy-efficient trajectory for a slope traversal case can be generated. Here, a bezier curve is used to provide a smooth trajectory designed with an appropriate arrival time as well as the control points for the curve. The numerical simulation result of the trajectory planning based on the proposed method gives several insights for a feasible trajectory for slope ascending scenario.


The spraying of an impinging jet is an effective way to cool heated surfaces. The objective of this study is to develop a numerical model to predict the heat tr ansfer with phase change between a hot plate surfac e and a two-phase impinging jet. Different two-phase modeling approaches (Lagrangian and Eulerian methods) are compared. The influence of the spray nozzle operati ng conditions (pressure, flow rate, droplets size) and of the distance between the nozzle exit and the surface im pact is analyzed. The numerical results are compare d with measurements obtained on an experimental test bench. The confrontation numerical/experimental is carri ed out by comparing the distribution of temperature at the surface of the plate and the heat transfer coeffic ient. This comparison shows that it is the Eulerian model whic h seems most capable to take into account the evapo ration of the droplets in contact with the heated plate and c onsequently, which gives results more in agreement with the experiments. However, the simulation performed with this model show a strong dependence of the results to the turbulence model used.


RESISTANCE TRAINING AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONING STILL REMAIN THE FOCAL POINT IN BASEBALL ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT. WHEN DESIGNING ANY BASEBALL ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SPECIAL ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON ACQUIRING SPECIFIC ADAPTATIONS THROUGH DIVERSE MUSCLE STIMULATION AT MANY ANGLES AND SPEEDS, PERFORMED EFFICIENTLY AND APPLIED REPETITIVELY. CREATING LONG-LASTING DURABILITY FOR A BASEBALL PLAYER REQUIRES ADVANCED, STRATEGIC, AND INDIVIDUALIZED EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION CENTERING ON MOVEMENTS THAT INCORPORATE THE HIPS, SPINE, AND SCAPULA.


A latin square (4 x 4) this The experiment was carried out for four periods. Each period of collected feces and was carried out for 6 days and 10 days for prefeeding. The deers were kept in metabolism cage, divided into four group of treatments and conducted for a change of treatments in each period. Four treatments were ration sweetpotatoes (animal of this experiment ration II, III, and IV increased the protein and fat digestibility (p<O,OI) as compared to the control ration. Commercial pellet in ration I results in the decrease of crude fiber digestibility. Feeding ration III and IV increased N-balance (p<0,05).


Image applications rely on the fact that the dataset under investigation is correctly represented through features. Despite of the advances in this sense, the definition of a set of features which properly represents a dataset is still a challenging and usually an laborious task. The available techniques considere a large number of features, and mostly, they are based on purely quantitative statistical measures or artificial intelligence-based approaches, and normally are black-boxes to the user. The approach proposed here seeks to inspect this black-box using visual representations, enabling users to interactively change the parameters of the feature extraction algorithms and to visually evaluate the outcome, getting insights about the representativeness of such features. The experiments using this approach shows that as the quality of the visual representation increases, changing the employed features or considering different parameters, the precision of distance based-classifiers also increases. Therefore, experiments show this approach can be used as a good guide to understand and to define a set of features which properly represents image datasets when classification tasks are considered.


In this paper, an Adaptive n-Resolution scheme (AnR) is presented for RFID tag identification. The proposed protocol first divides target tags into two categories: staying tags and new arriving tags. Then two distinct identification processes are in-voked in sequence to recognize tags in the two tag groups. Based on our theoretical analyses and simulation experiments, AnR reduces at least 10% on communication overhead and 10% to 40% identification delay in comparison with Pair-Resolution Blocking algorithm [1-2].


Ethanol is a renewable resource as it can be produced from biomass without contributing to the greenhouse gas emissions. Reforming of ethanol to produce hydrogen is a potentially attractive process. The reactions involved include steam reforming followed by water-gas shift and selective oxidation of CO. The development of suitable catalysts for these reactions is crucial for the viability of the process. Recent studies suggest that the promising catalysts are supported Rh and Rh/Ni catalysts for steam reforming, Pt-ceria based catalysts for water-gas shift reaction and Pt-Rh or Cu-ceria catalysts for selective oxidation of CO. Microreactors are well-suited for fabricating microfuel processors for portable power applications. Further research on catalyst development and heat integration schemes is required to commercialize this process.


Pharmacy education in Indonesia mainly involves a four-year undergraduate degree, followed by a one-year professional pharmacy programme. The curriculum and learning outcomes of undergraduate and professional pharmacy programmes follow academic standards set by the Association of Indonesian Pharmacy Higher Education, based on the Seven Star Pharmacist concept developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Most pharmacy undergraduate programmes are focused on general pharmacy skills and knowledge, which includes pharmaceutical sciences and clinical pharmacy. Professional pharmacy programmes provide more pharmacy practice training and skills; thus, graduates have broader career opportunities than undergraduates because they are prepared for higher responsibilities within pharmacy practice. Although there have been significant improvements in pharmacy education, there remain challenges related to government policies, stakeholder agreements, educational offerings, competencies, and training. This requires considerable collective efforts from the government, educational systems, associations, and other stakeholders to improve the role of pharmacists in Indonesia.


A dimension splitting method (DSM) with Crank–Nicolson time discrete strategy for a three‐dimensional heat equation is proposed. The basic idea is to simulate the three‐Dimensional problem by numerically solving a series of two‐dimensional problems in parallel fashion. Convergence and error estimation for the DSM scheme are derived in the paper. Numerical experiments demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the DSM scheme. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


= AD : DO, (Construction) = FP :PC; (Eucl. VI. 4) BP = FP, and BEFP is a rhombus. But FC = FP, since AC = AD ; BE = EF = FC. Cor. 1. When triangle ABO is isosceles, EF is parallel to BC. Cor. 2. When P moves up to D, F moves up to A. In this case, which is the limiting one for the point P within the triangle, BD = DA = AC. The limiting case therefore occurs when one of the sides is double of the other. Cor. 3. When AB is greater than twice AC, the point P is outside the triangle, F is on CA produced, and, as before, BE = EF = FC.


Following the discovery of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in ultra cold atoms [E. Gosta, Nobel Lectures in Physics (2001-2005), World Scientific (2008)], there has been a huge experimental and theoretical push to try and illuminate a superfluid state of Wannier-Mott excitons. Excitons in quantum wells, generated by a laser pulse, typically diffuse only a few micrometers from the spot they are created. However, Butov et al. and Snoke et al. reported luminescence from indirect and direct excitons hundreds of micrometers away from the laser excitation spot in double and single quantum well (QW) structures at low temperatures. This luminescence appears as a ring around the laser spot with the dark region between the spot and the ring. Developing the theory of a free superflow of Bose-liquids we show that the macroscopic luminesce rings and the dark state are signatures of the coherent superflow of condensed excitons at temperatures below their Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition temperature. To further verify the dark excitonic superflow we propose several keystone experiments, including interference of superflows from two laser spots, vortex formation, scanning of moving dipole moments, and a giant increase of the luminescence distance by applying one-dimensional confinement potential. These experiments combined with our theory will open a new avenue for creating and controlling superflow of coherent excitons on nanoscale.


Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant drug used in patients with coronary artery disease, prosthetic heart valve replacement, peripheral vascular pathology, neurological diseases, and pulmonary embolism, usually requiring long-term use with a very narrow therapeutic index.1 It acts by inhibiting vitamin K-dependent clotting factors in the liver.1 In these patients, international normalized ratio (INR) (0.8–1.2) is used and maintained between two and three. It is known that at an INR value greater than three, the risk of bleeding increases significantly. The most important complication is spontaneous bleeding due to overdose. Overdose manifests itself in spongy hemorrhages in various tissues.2 Epistaxis (35%) was the most common form, but soft tissue (e.g., rectus sheath) (21%), gastrointestinal system (15%), urinary system (15%), intracranial (4%), intraocular (2%), retroperitoneal (1%), and intra-articular (0.5%) hemorrhages have also been observed.2, 3 Gastrointestinal bleeding can be seen as hematemesis, melena, or intramural and intramembranous hematomas.2, 3 It can mimic clinically acute abdomen. Spontaneous intramural small-bowel hematomas (SISBHs) are a rarely seen clinical entity and the frequency is 1:2500.3, 4 This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and treatment approaches of six patients diagnosed with intestinal hematoma due to warfarin overdose between 2014 and 2018 in our department of surgery. We retrospectively analyzed six patients with the diagnosis of SISBHs between October 2014 and December 2018. Four patients were followed up because of clinical findings and two patients underwent an operation due to physical examination and symptoms of acute abdomen. Patient demographic features, clinical symptoms, laboratory and imaging data, comorbidities, anticoagulant drugs, and treatment methods were evaluated. Voluntary informed consent was obtained from each of the six patients, and they were informed that their information would be used for publication. Four patients were female and two patients were male. The mean age was 66 (range, 49–89) years. The most common comorbidity was atrial fibrillation, which four patients had. Two patients had heart valve replacement, one of the patients had deep vein thrombosis, two patients had cerebral ischemic diseases, and three of the patients had a heart disease. The most common symptoms were abdominal pain, vomiting, and nausea. Laboratory tests were performed for all six patients. The INR value of two patients was too high to be measured, and all patients had high INR (7.22–13.6) and leukocytosis (12,000–18,400 mm). Imaging methods were performed in all patients in the emergency department. No pathology was detected in the abdominal and chest X-rays. Abdomen CT supported the diagnosis of SISBH in all patients. CT showed wall thickening of the ileal and jejunal loops (Figs. 1 and 2). During treatment, oral intake and warfarin sodium were stopped for all patients. INR decreased with the replacement of vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma. For all operated and follow-up patients, the mean of replaced fresh frozen plasma was 3.3 units (range, 2–4 units). Intravenous hydration and proton pump inhibitors were administered to all patients. Laboratory tests were performed daily for checking bleeding parameters and electrolytes. Four patients underwent conservative treatment, and the mean of follow-up days was five. Two patients were operated for acute abdomen. Segmental small bowel resection with end-to-end anastomosis was performed. One of the operated patients died on postoperative day 4 because of a sudden onset of pulmonary arrest. The other five patients were discharged without any complications. SISBHs are a rarely seen clinical entity. Bettler et al.2 described the frequency of the disease as 1:2500. Although Abbas Address correspondence and reprint requests to Semra Demirli Atıcı, M.D., Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, S.B.Ü. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi GüneyMahallesi, 1140/1. Sk. No:1, İzmir, Turkey 35180. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


The paper will list the main use of matrix representation of knowledge,the use of Netlogo the simulation,the numerical simulation graph building models of this study demonstrate the suitability of the fitting and reliability.Innovation Network to learn more about the complexity of the understanding of knowledge transfer,has been innovation knowledge transfer network measurement model,and draw system planning and guidance,help increase the knowledge of stocks and flows of the conclusions.


ENCRYPTION of data has become essential, for sending confidential information from one system to another system, especially in banking sector. NTRU labs have done pioneering work using a ring of truncated polynomials which was based on the impossibility (with proper choice of parameters) of finding the polynomial with knowledge of its inverse in modular arithmetic. Recently, Learning With Errors (LWE) has been studied extensively and its hardness can be linked to the near impossibility of finding the Shortest Vector on integer lattices. In this paper we have shown that a pre-processing of input before applying the LWE algorithm greatly reduces the time of encryption and decryption.


Elaborates the composition,accounting,influencing factors of the cost of coal washing,status of the cost of coal washing plant,the costs reduction and efficiency improvement,aiming to propose some directive opinions for the efficient operation of China's coal washery.


In this paper we proposed two new confidence intervals for the normal population mean with known coefficient of variation. This situation occurs normally in environment and agriculture experiments where the scientist knows the coefficient of variation of their experiments. We propose two new confidence intervals for this problem based on the recent work of Searls [5] and the new method proposed in this paper for the first time. We derive analytic expressions for the coverage probability and the expected length of each confidence interval. Monte Carlo simulation will be used to assess the performance of these intervals based on their expected lengths. Keywords—confidence interval, coverage probability, expected length, known coefficient of variation.


Complex influence of art on the personality is analyzed. Seven features of art emotion are marked out. The main feature of art emotion is investigated. Emotion of art is always intellectual. Direct scopes of art are feelings, and through feelings and mentality of the person art influences the personality as a whole. Art is a special world of the sensual images created by means of a certain form and a material.


Objective To contrast the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine practices of moxibustion and acupuncture on patients with cervical spondylosis,and to provide clinical evidence for optimizing the treatment schemes of cervical spondylopathy.Methods One hundred and twenty hospitalized patients and outpatients of department of acupuncture and moxibustion of the Affiliated Hospital of Gansu TCM College were randomly divided by registration order into moxibustion group and acupuncture group of 62 cases and 58 cases.The objective indices included the main symptoms of cervical neck,the classification and quantification score sheet of signs,and the neck pain NPQ scale.Then statistical analysis of efficacy was made after 5 days and 10 days' treatment.Results After one course of treatment,the recovery rate in moxibustion group was 20.97% and the apparent efficient rate was 56.45%.The recovery rate in the acupuncture group was 12.07% and the apparent efficient rate was 34.48%.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P0.05).After 2 courses of treatment,the recovery rate in moxibustion group was 55.74% and the apparent efficient rate was 90.16%.The recovery rate in the acupuncture group was 53.45% and the apparent efficient rate in it was 87.93%.There was no significant statistical difference between the two groups.Side effect rates and recurrence rates of the two groups were low.Conclusion The clinical efficacy of moxibustion is more positive,and the short-term outcome was better.The process of treatment is more relaxed and comfortable.


recordings of Shor-Russian bilinguals. The recordings were obtained during expeditions in the places of compact residence of Shors in the Kemerovo region. The types of lexical interference in Russian speech of Shor-Russian bilinguals are described.


This article discusses how alternative filtration technologies (AFTs) offer a number of advantages to small systems, the primary one being that they are often simpler to operate than filtration systems found in conventional treatment plants. In recent years, new regulations have been implemented and new AFTs have hit the market. This article looks at how these changes are affecting small water systems. Membrane filtration is discussed as a viable option, along with the absolute necessity of operator training, and the next set of regulation requirements that includes the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) and the Ground Water Rule (GWR).


Objectives
In low-income countries, where maternal undernutrition is endemic, data on women's dietary intake is lacking. Thus, the hypothesis that intakes of pregnant or lactating women is similar to that of non-pregnant, non-lactating women remains untested. We use novel quantitative approaches to evaluate whether the hypothesized similarity is statistically significant at a population level. Our study aimed to 1) compare nutrient intakes of non-pregnant, non-lactating (NPNL) women, pregnant women (PW), and lactating women (LW) to reproductive stage- specific recommendations, 2) assess whether exposure to pregnancy and lactation alters dietary intake compared to NPNL group, 3) Test whether nutrient intakes of PW and LW are statistically similar to those of NPNL women.

Methods
We used 24-hour recall data from the 2011-12 Bangladesh Integrated Household survey (n = 4044) to quantify dietary intake of energy, proteins, calcium, iron, vitamin A, and women's dietary diversity score (WDDS) for NPNL women, PW and LW. Multivariable regression models assessed the association between reproductive status and nutrient intakes. Equivalence test, that looks for proof of similarity, rather than proof of difference, assessed statistically significant similarity in nutrient intakes of PW vs. NPNL women, and LW vs. NPNL women at alpha equals 0.05 and a pre-specified equivalence margin or 'delta', defined as ± 60% of the additional nutrient intakes recommended for PW and LW. If the 95% CI of the difference between means lied completely within ± delta, then the null hypothesis of 'no equivalence' was rejected, and similarity between the two groups claimed.

Results
PW and LW had suboptimal intakes for all nutrients. Compared to NPNL group, mean energy intakes of PW and LW were greater by 100 Kcal/d and 80 Kcal/d, respectively. Mean WDDS was 3.7 ± 1 across all three groups. Significant and positive relationship was found only for lactation status and energy intake. In both group comparisons, the null of 'no equivalence' was rejected at alpha equals 0.05 for all nutrients.

Conclusions
Dietary intakes of PW and LW are similar to NPNL women in rural Bangladesh. There is a need to enhance women's diets, especially during pregnancy and lactation when demand for macronutrients and micronutrients is elevated.

Funding Sources
None.


"Touching Soap Films is a well-prepared video product, introducing the world of minimal surfaces to the general audience...It is recommended to every mathematics club and public library...Some topics such as building tunnels into minimal surfaces are under current mathematical research, which makes the tape also worth watching by experts in this field." Hong You Wu, Mathematical Reviews. VHS/NTSC video tape.


The credit hour is a universal translator that allows complicated institutions to translate disparate activities into a common language. It contributes to bad habits within the academy, particularly in relation to goals and assessment of student learning. Further, ways need to be sought to correct for the inequities in the student credit-hour system.


As for the BAK 18650 lithium iron phosphate battery, combining the standard GB/T31484-2015(China) and SAE J2288-1997(America), the lithium iron phosphate battery was subjected to 567 charge-discharge cycle experiments at room temperature of 25°C. The results show that the SOH of the battery is reduced to 80% after 240 cycle experiments, which meets the requirements of aging and decommissioning. Calendar aging has a side effect on the experiment. As for the aging process of the battery, it provides experimental support for improving the service life of the battery.


Objective To analysis the incidence of trisomy 11 in acute myeloblastic,leukemia(AML) and its correlation with the most relevant clinical,cytogenetic,and immunophenotypic characteristics in a total of 580 consecutive AML patients. Methods Cytogenetics analysis of bone marrow cells was performed by direct method and/or 24 h culture method. The aryotype was analyzed by G banding technique. Immunofluresence analysis by flow cytometry was performed to detect the immunophenotype of the leukemic cells in all cases. Meanwhile,clinical data of these cases were studied retrospectively. Results Trisomy 11 was found in 10 patients ( 1.7% ). Median age was 65.5 years ( range 45~78 ) ; 8 patients ere older than 60 years. Four patients displayed multilineage dysplasia. Cytogenetics had an association with trisomy 8 in four patients,and in three cases with a del(5q) ; six patients had complex karyotypes. Immunophenotypic analysis of blast cells showed a constant immature immunophenotypic profile with CD34 or CD117 expression ( or both) in all cases analyzed. The complete remission rate was 33.3%; median survival time was only 80.5 days. Conclusion AML with trisomy 11 could be considered a series of heterogeneous diseases,frequently associated with complex karyotypes and characterized by a morphology of blast cells showing myelodysplastic characteristics,immunophenotypic features that correspond to an early precursor myeloid cell and are associated with low complete remission,poor outcome.

Key words:
Trisomy 11 ;  Acute myeloblastic leukemia;  Cytogenetics ;  Immunophenotype


The invention discloses a bullet automatic dismantling production line. The bullet automatic dismantling production line comprises a bullet automatic shorting feeding mechanism, a separating mechanism of warhead and shell case, an ammunition recycle mechanism and a control unit. The bullet automatic shorting feeding mechanism, the separating mechanism of warhead and shell case and the ammunition recycle mechanism are connected in sequence, and the bullet automatic shorting feeding mechanism, the separating mechanism of warhead and shell case are in signal connection with the control unit respectively. According to the bullet automatic dismantling production line, the warhead separating efficiency is high, unmanned operation is achieved, the disaggregated cost is extremely low, the warhead, the shell case and the ammunition can be classified, personal injury is avoided more importantly, and the bullet cannot flow into the market.


Warrant,as aderivative production of distinct functions and innvative tool of finance,develops quickly and is well with global investors in latest 10 years.Our country restarted the warrant business in 2005.The article combines the stock market conditions and legal status to give some beneficial suggestions about the construction of the legal framework of the warrant and implementing legal system in China.


Polycrystalline samples of L4Sb3 (L = Yb, La, Ce, Sm) and Yb4-xL'xSb3 (L' = La, Sm) have been synthesized by high temperature reaction. These compounds crystallize in the anti-Th3P4 structure type (I-43d N°220). Powders have been characterized by X-ray diffraction and microscopic analysis, before being densified by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) in order to measure accurately their transport properties. Magnetic measurements show that Yb4Sb3 is a mixed valence system Yb/Yb. We partially substituted Yb by trivalent rare earths elements and successfully increased the Seebeck coefficient by a factor of 2.


In this paper the high-frequency asymptotics of the Neumann scattering phase s(?) in acoustic obstacle scattering is considered. Under certain conditions it is proved that if the boundary ?? of an obstacle ? has finite upper ?-Minkowski content ?*(?,??), then there is a positive constant Cn,?, depending only on n and ?, such that and as ???, where wn is the volume of the unit ball in n.


This paper presents a high-gain on-chip antenna using a sapphire substrate for implantable wireless medical systems. The antenna model is based on a dipole and the antenna elements are appropriately rolled for impedance matching. The center frequency of the fabricated on-chip antenna was measured as 360 MHz. The return loss was −3.58 dB and the input impedance was 190.5 − j74.7 Ω at 360 MHz. The maximum antenna gain of the fabricated on-chip antenna was −29.2 dBi. The on-chip antenna using a sapphire substrate achieved a 12.9 dB higher gain than that using a silicon substrate and successfully induced signal transmission at a distance of 10 cm with a transmitter chip. The implemented on-chip antenna can improve the power efficiency of implantable wireless medical systems by 95%.


The issuance of debt is a complicated and time-consuming task requiring governments to pay substantial fixed transaction costs. Conduit financings, where one entity issues debt on behalf of a government, including bond pools, where multiple governments issue debt together, are methods that offer the potential to reduce the burdens of participating governments, ideally lowering their costs. But conduit hosts have costs of their own to cover and may not be able to offer a cost advantage to their participants. In this paper we examine debt issued under the Marks Roos Act of 1985, a law created to facilitate pooling but actually used for conduit financing. We seek to determine how issuers fare using this mechanism rather than issuing by themselves. We examine issuance costs and borrowing costs (true interest cost) and find both to be significantly lower for those governments that issued by themselves.


FROM PAST PROCEEDINGS This abstract was prepared for the Minutes of the Meeting of the date given and the exhibitor mentioned is the authority for Pacts. FAMILY SCHIZOMIDAE I N AUSTRALIA December 8, 1952.-D~. T. E. WOODWARD exhibited a Schizomid, extracted by a Uerlese funnel from leaf mould from the Saniford Valley. The Scliizomidae belong to the Arachnid order Uropygi and this specimen is the first ineniber of' the order to be reported from Australia. The order is known from the tropical and subtropical parts of Anierica and the Ethiopian and Oriental regions, including the Indo-Malayan area; until recently i t was grouped with the Ainblypygi as the order Pedipalpi. The larger and better known members of tlie Uropygi are the whip-scorpions, family Thclyphoridae, not recorded from Australia. I n the Schizomidae, tlie telson is reduced and not whip-like. Schizomids live in moist situations under dead leaves, under rocks, and in the soil into which they retreat to some depth in dry weather and to ovipoait. They are harmless to man and reed on small arthropods such as Colleinbola and mites.


Distributed controllers connected through the shared wireless communication network are necessary in designing distributed flocking control schemes for Networked multi-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Network imperfections such as time delay, which has been considered as a challenging issue, commonly exists in the wireless network. Therefore, network imperfections should be taken into account in designing control algorithms for networked multi-UAS. Besides of network imperfections, the uncertainty from the complex environment and system dynamics is another critical challenge and cannot be ignored in advanced applicable control development. In this paper, a biologically-inspired distributed intelligent control methodology is proposed to overcome the challenges, i.e., networked imperfections and uncertainty from environment and system, in networked multi-UAS flocking. Considering the limited computational ability in the practical onboard controller, the proposed method is adopted based on the emotional learning phenomenon in the mammalian limbic system. The learning capability and low computational complexity of the proposed technique makes it a propitious tool for implementing in real-time networked multi-UAS flocking considering the network imperfection and uncertainty from environment and system. Computer-based numerical results of the implementation of the proposed methodology demonstrate the effectiveness of this algorithm for distributed intelligent flocking control of networked multi-UAS.


Purpose
This paper aims to test the effects of brand experience and brand love on brand loyalty and willingness to pay a premium price in streaming television services.

Design/methodology/approach
Structural equation modelling was used to assess the proposed theoretical model drawing on data from 220 subscribers of a well-known TV streaming brand services (Netflix).

Findings
The results revealed that brand experience and brand love have a significant direct impact on brand loyalty and willingness to pay a premium price in streaming TV services. Also, the impact brand experience has on brand loyalty and on willingness to pay a premium price is partially mediated by brand love.

Practical implications
In the streaming television industry, brand managers can create more meaningful experiences that create strong and emotional bonds with users, thereby increasing loyalty levels and intention to pay a premium price. Also, brand managers should consider focusing their efforts to young consumers, as they have a stronger attachment to technology than older generational groups.

Originality/value
This paper enriches the existing literature on brand experience in the entertainment television industry and provides evidence of the role of experience and brand love on brand loyalty and willingness to pay a premium price in services.


Lithium batteries are attractive to NASA in that they permit reduction in power system mass and increase in payload mass. For this reason a program is underway to develop advanced primary and secondary lithium cells. The primary cell effort is focused on the Li/SOC1/sub 2/ system and is in a relatively advanced state of development. The secondary cell effort is focused on the Li-TiS/sub 2/ system and is in the research stage of development. The paper also describes space applications of lithium cells and concerns in meeting program goals.


Summary The application of mechano-electronic transducers is described for the simultaneous recording of arterial pulse contours on central and peripheral arteries in man. The principal advantages of this device over air transmission sphygmographs are remote recording and greater freedom of movement for the subject. The instrument is not affected by changes in environmental temperature or barometric pressure.


This work is concerned with the mass spectrometric characterization of polyaryloxy- and polyaminophosphazenes 1a–e. The mass spectral data show that the pyrolytic breakdown of poly(di-β-naphthoxyphosphazene) (1a) leads to the formation of cyclic oligomers. The poly(di-arylaminophosphazenes) 1b–d decompose at low temperatures by a two-stage process involving amine evolution. Finally, in the case of poly(dipiperidinophosphazene) (1e) the thermal decomposition leads to the complete destruction of the polymer backbone, with formation of ammonia and elemental phosphorus. The wide range of thermal decomposition pathways observed are peculiar of the phosphazene structure and represent a remarkable difference between this class of inorganic polymers and the organic ones.


Modern day supply chain management (SCM) continues to influence the economic and political landscape while being shaped by the wide array of forces known collectively as globalization. Instead of the traditional mode of firms competing against firms, there now are supply chains competing against supply chains. What is in good currency today refers to a firm's ability to identify the right suppliers to execute a given activity in the value chain, to organize such activities, and to manage its relationship with these suppliers.


The ITEP-TWAC accelerator complex is now in progress for acceleration and accumulation of high current and high power ion beams. Modification of Non-Liouvillian multiple charge exchange injection technique has been employed for nuclei accumulation in storage ring by means of particles density increase in a small separatrix area of phase space that allows forming a beam bunch to be compressed before ejection and focusing to a target spot of minimal size and of maximal heavy ion plasma temperature. Activities are focused on development of new experimental tools for investigations into the physics of highbrightness beams generation that opening wide opportunities for variety of practical application.


Water vapor is critical to Arctic sea ice loss and surface air warming, particularly in winter. Whether the local process or poleward transport from lower latitudes can explain theArctic warming is still a controversial issue. In this work, a hydrological tool, a dynamical recycling model (DRM) based on time-backward Lagrangian moisture tracking, is applied to quantitatively evaluate the relative contributions of local evaporation and external sources to Barents–Kara Seas (BKS) moisture in winter during 1979–2015. On average, the local and external moistures explain 35.4% and 57.3% of BKS moisture, respectively. The BKS, Norwegian Sea, andmidlatitudeNorthAtlantic are the threemajor sources and show significant increasing trends of moisture contribution. The local moisture contribution correlates weakly to downward infrared radiation (IR) but significantly to sea ice variation, which suggests that the recent-decade increase of local moisture contribution is only a manifestation of sea ice melting. In contrast, the external moisture contribution significantly correlates to both downward IR and sea ice variation, thus suggesting that meridional moisture transport mainly explains the recent BKS warming. The moisture contributions due to different sources are governed by distinct circulation patterns. The negativeArctic Oscillation–like pattern suppresses external moisture but favors local evaporation. In the case of dominant external moisture, a well-organized wave train spanning from across the midlatitude Atlantic to mid–high-latitude Eurasia has the mid–high-latitude components similar to a positive-phase North Atlantic Oscillation with a Ural blocking to the east. Moreover, the meridional shift of the wave train pathway and the spatial scale of the wave train anomalies determine the transport passage and strength of the major external moisture sources.


Background: Computing semantic relatedness measures are extensively employed in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and play pivotal role in Geographic Information Science (GIS). Methods/Analysis: Noteworthy, despite the significance of semantic relatedness in geographic domain, its role has been almost ignored. While most of the proposed measures in this context are only able to compute semantic similarity, in this paper, the notion of geosemantic relatedness is discussed and from which a novel approach for computing semantic relatedness of geographic terms is proposed. The proposed method utilizes term's definition from geographic lexicon. Whereas lexical definition demarcates the boundaries of a term and provides valuable semantic space for deducting the meaning of a term, it can have prominent impact in the efficiency of the proposed approach. Furthermore, this approach exploits Wikipedia as semantic resource that has considerable performance in application of semantic relatedness. Finding: The cognitive plausibility of the proposed approach is evaluated on GeReSiD dataset. Compared to the previous state of the arts, using proposed approach results significant improvement in correlation of computed relatedness score with human judgment to 0.73. Conclusion: Additionally, the proposed approach not only prospers higher perception and adoption, but also it has greater applicability in real world problems and is confronted with fewer limitations. Moreover, the proposed method can perform disambiguation in geographic domain properly.


A newly developed whisker K_(2)O 6TiO_(2) reinforced 6061 Al composite was prepared by squeeze casting process. The flexural strength of the composite is 518MPa, and decreases to 490 M Pa after T6 treatment.The hardness of the composite also shows the similar change while T6 treating. The results of HRTEMobservation may explaine this property change. It was considered that there is a continuous TiO layer at the whisker-matrix interface, which is easily to react with the segregated Mg and to form MgTi_(2)O_(4), MgAl_(2)O_(4). The thickening of TiO layer after T6 treatment is the main reason resulting in strength degradation of composite.


Former consultant physician New Zealand (b Nayel near Medani, Sudan, 1946; q Khartoum 1968; FRCP), died from multi-organ failure on 2 May 2003.

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Musaad Ali Musaad began his career at the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan, and trained to become a gastroenterologist at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He later established the endoscopy department at the Jazeira Hospital, Abu Dhabi, and was actively involved in training students and doctors. In 1994 he emigrated to New Zealand, where he worked at Hawera Hospital, Taranaki, Palmerston North Hospital, and Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. He was a huge fan of Diana Ross, ABBA, and Ken Booth, and had complete collections of their music. He leaves a wife, Sana, and four children.


level of education, plays a decisive role in the modern world. To a large extent, it also determines the labour market situation and decides on the level and distribution of wages. As it is shown by the studies conducted in the paper, the size of salary and wage distribution strongly correlates with the level of education. The structural changes occurring in the Polish economy, especially the modernization of the economy, technological advances and a significant increase in enrolment ratio led to a significant increase in wage differentiation. Abstract The conducted empirical studies as well as the literature allowed us to verify the hypothesis concerning the possible mechanisms of wages disparity in Poland. The distribution of wages and the employment structure show that during the research period demand for highly skilled workers increased strongly. In the total employment the share of occupational groups requiring at least secondary education, vocational training or higher education rose, so there was a high demand for skilled workers, professionals, technicians and managers. The correlation of average salaries, depending on education and performed occupation changed clearly. The significant increase in educational level for the received remuneration is also shown by the results of the decomposition rate of wage inequality (the Gini index and Theil index) on the inequality within and among the groups. On the basis of WSP the share of intergroup inequalities between different levels of education in the general level of wage inequality nearly doubled (from 12% to 22%) also the share of inequality among occupational groups significantly increased (from 19% to 36%). It seems noteworthy that in groups with higher educational levels and professions requiring higher qualifications the inter-group wage differentiation rises. The results also show a marked increase in the return on education. The return on education, namely the percentage increase in wages resulting from each year of education, is the largest for highly skilled groups, but also for those groups the most dynamic growth can be observed.


New advances in embedded computing technology have opened up the potential for new era of consumer surveillance systems. This paper will explore and propose a new embedded modeling technique for the configuration of consumer video surveillance systems that can identify events of interest, especially on abandoned and stolen objects in indoor and outdoor environments. The proposed embedded system will focus on high level behavior understanding for object detection, tracking and classification. The experimental results illustrate the ability of the system to create complex spatiotemporal relations and to recognize the behavior of one or multiple objects in various video scenes.


Richter s transformation of indolent B-cell lymphoma to high-grade lymphoma is well documented. This phenomenon is usually suspected clinically and diagnosed on tissue biopsy. Rarely, this transformation manifests in the form of Reed–Sternberg (RS)-like cells. Exceptionally, this phenomenon may be detected on cytological samples, suggesting several possibilities: Hodgkin-type Richter s transformation, immunoblasts resembling RS cells or a true composite lymphoma. We illustrate one such rare case where the RS-like cells were detected on cytological material, and discuss the diagnostic approach.


By using fraction precipitation methods such as ammonium sulfate, ion exchanging, modified hydrorylapatite and gel filtration chromatography, a kind of phycoerythrin (R-PE) from Corallina officinalis was purified. The results of physical and chemical characteristics showed that the molecular mass of R-PE was 194 ku, which had been reported to be 240 ku; the molecular masses of α and β subunits were about 20 ku; the molecular mass of γ subunit was about 31 ku; subunit composition was not (αβ)_(6γ) (in other kinds of phycoerythrins) but (αβ)_(4γ) presumably.


Ways of construction and technical realisation of the adaptive antenna for control stations of radionavigation satellite systems are constructed on the basis of multichannel space processing of digital signals and microwaves and microelectronic technologies.


I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SAY GOODBYE, I SAY HELLO: CONCEPTS OF PLACE IN EUDORA WEL TY'S THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER AND ELIZABETH BOWEN'S THE DEA TH OF THE HEART by Emily Frances Cooley May 2011 The Optimist's Daughter and The Death of the Heart reveal that, for Eudora Welty and Elizabeth Bowen, place is· more than mere landscape. Place is both the scene upon which their novels unfold and the means by which they convey their abstract understandings of the world. Place provides the physical settings of their stories, but it also reveals something about their psyche or symbolic language. The settings used by Welty in The Optimist's Daughter reinforce traditional notions of place in Southern life and society whereas the settings employed by Bowen in The Death of the Heart exhibit a partial ity for mobility over rootedness. In The Optimist's Daughter, Welty's protagonist must confront a possible loss of heart and home, and in The Death of the Heart, Bowen's protagonist is faced with an actual loss of freedom and mobility. Thus, through a study of these two novels, Welty's focus on place as it relates to roots and tradition, and Bowen's fascination with place as it relates to continual movement and progress, become apparent.


This study aimed to determine the mediating effect of intellectual capital on the quality of higher education and financial wellness. It is a quantitative research that made use of descriptive-correlation design with 403 respondent institutions from public and private HEIs in the East Africa Community. Data were analyzed using descriptivE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS. Results showed that quality of higher education and intellectual capital was perceived to be high; the level of financial wellness was good, and intellectual capital partially mediated the relationship of quality higher education and financial wellness. The direct effect of quality higher education on financial wellness is 0.613 at p-value 0.05 and its indirect effect, which is the mediation effect of intellectual capital, is 0.266 (0.378 * 0.703). The total effect of quality higher education on financial wellness when mediated by intellectual capital is 0.879 (0.613+0.266). Higher Education Institutions need to create a system that will ensure the regular assessment of the quality of education that they offer and their intellectual capital to increase capital wellness.


Pointing to the production characteristics of the heavy plates using continuous casting slab,through controlling the steelmaking process strictly to improve the internal quality of continuous casting slab,using the rolling process with large deformation coefficient during hot rolling to ensure the deformation uniformity in the thickness direction and further grain refinement,and choosing the reasonable normalizing process,130 mm Q345EZ35 steel plate was developed successfully.The testing about microstructure and mechanical properties of the normalizing steel plate showed that the mechanical properties of the steel plate with good shape and high surface quality could meet the requirements of the standard and the demand of customers,and its industrial production was realized easily for its larger processing window.


The property of intermodulation distortion in a full-duplex radio-over-fibre system with Asymmetric Fabry-Perot Modulator/Detector was investigated. By employing the balanced RF input powers, intermodulation distortion was suppressed and a SFDR of 99dB. Hz2/3 has been achieved.


Palliative care, while still a relatively new component to modern healthcare, is increasingly recognised as an essential part of all healthcare systems. Despite this, it is widely acknowledged that there is still inadequate access to hospice and palliative care worldwide, and with an ageing population who are going to be living and dying with more complex conditions, the demand for care is only going to increase.


The study was conducted to determine the extent of application of Porters Value Chain Model at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and further to identify both areas of strengths which could be maximized and areas of weaknesses which require improvement and urgent attention in order for KRA to continue attaining its corporate targets. The study design was a case study conducted at KRA headquarters in Nairobi. Fifteen informers were interviewed, mainly senior managers at the grades of Senior Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Senior Deputy Commissioner. All the informers had attained graduate qualifications and the majority have served KRA for a period of between 10-15 years. This group was therefore well placed and familiar with the operations of their departments. The informers were drawn from four revenue departments namely Customs Services Department (CSD), Domestic Taxes -Large Taxpayers Office (LTO), Domestic Taxes -Domestic Revenue (DTD-DR) and Road Transport Department (RTD) which perform primary functions at KRA. In addition, eleven support departments participated namely, Human Resource Management, Procurement & Supplies Services, Finance, Research & Corporate Planning, Legal Services, Internal Audit & Risk Management, Investigation & Enforcement, General Management (Commissioner General's office), Administration, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Marketing & Communication. The findings of the study showed that Porters Value Chain Model is being applied at KRA; First there was evidence of departmentation where the revenue departments perform the core or primary activities while Porters secondary activities are performed by the support departments. Overally, the primary activities are performed to a large extent with a mean score of 3.4 on a 5-point rating scale, while individually, inbound logistics attained a mean score of 3.6, operations attained 3.5, outbound logistics attained 3.0, marketing & communication attained a mean score of 3.4 and Services at 3.3.The secondary activities were equally performed to a large extent with a mean score of 3.9.Individual departments attained mean scores of ; Human Resource Department 4.2, Procurement & Supplies Services 3.3, Finance 4.0, Research & Corporate Planning 3.9, Legal Services 4.7, Internal Audit & Risk Management 3.9, Investigation & Enforcement 3.5. General Management (Commissioner General's Office) 4.5, Administration 3.6, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) 3.3 and Marketing & Communication 3.6.


Experimental results of high-repetition-rate pseudospark switch testing are reported. Typical test parameters are hold-off voltage of about 20 kV, peak currents on the order of 10 kA, and pulse durations between 50 and 100 ns. The discharge circuit, with discrete ceramic capacitors up to 10.8 nF total, produced a ringing discharge with peak currents on the order of 10 kA. Current reversal under these conditions was up to 80% of the peak current. A sealed-off, ceramic-metal pseudospark switch with integral deuterium reservoir tested in this setup achieved repetition rates of up to 1.8 kHz without latching or triggering failures. Some 10/sup 7/ shots have been performed without degradation of the switch performance. >


The scientific research and practical use of all questions concerning life demands interdisciplinary cooperation. This is the result of neglection of death and dying and new social and medical developments as there are institutionalisation of dying and scientific-technical progress. The foundation of the working group "perimortal medicine" in 1983 in the Association for clinical medicine gives the possibility to discuss theoretical and practical questions concerning the end of life, death and dying. It seems to be important, that also bereavement and sympathy belongs to the topics. The results will help to develop the quality of care for the dying and the survivors.


The investigations of the crystal and magnetic structure by powder neutron diffractometry as well as the magnetic properties by vibration sample magnetometry for the BaFe12-xAlxO19 (x=0.1-1.2) solid solutions have been performed at different temperatures and magnetic fields. The atomic coordinates and lattice parameters have been Rietveld refined. The Invar effect has been observed in low temperature range (from 150 to 4.2 K). It was explained by the thermal oscillation anharmonicity of atoms. The increase of microstress value with decreasing temperature has been defined from Rietveld refinement. The Curie temperature and change of total magnetic moment per formula unit have been defined for all the compositions of the barium hexaferrites BaFe12-xAlxO19 (x=0.1-1.2) solid solutions. The magnetic structure model is proposed. The most likely reasons and the mechanism of magnetic structure formation are discussed.


Daily observed traffic flow can show different characteristics varying with the times of the day. They are caused by traffic incidents such as accidents, disabled cars, construction activities and other unusual events. Three different major traffic conditions can be occurred: "Flow," "Dense" and "Congested". Objective of this research is to identify the current traffic condition by examining the traffic measurement parameters. The earlier researches have dealt only with speed and volume by ignoring occupancy. In our study, the occupancy is another important parameter of classification. The previous works have used multiple sensors to classify traffic condition whereas our work uses only single microwave sensor. We have extended Multiple Linear Regression classification with our new approach of Estimating with Error Prediction. We present novel algorithms of Multiclassification with One-Against-All Method and Multiclassification with Binary Comparison for multiple SVM architecture. Finaly, a non-linear model of backpropagation neural network is introduced for classification. This combination has not been reported on previous studies. Training data are obtained from the Corsim based microscopic traffic simulator TSIS 5.1. All performances are compared using this data set. Our methods are currently installed and running at traffic management center of 2.Ring Road in Istanbul.


We present here the results of a measurement of the three semileptonic form factors involved in the decay B{sup 0} {yields} D*{ell}{nu}, where {ell} is one of the two light charged leptons (i.e. an electron or muon--though the final results in this work are determined only for {ell} = electron). This measurement uses the Babar 2000-2002 data set, which is altogether approximately 85 x 10{sup 6} B{bar B}-pairs in 78 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity. The D*{sup +} was reconstructed in the channel D*{sup +} {yields} D{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}, and the D{sup 0} in the channel D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup -}{pi}{sup +}. This analysis was based ultimately on {approx} 16,386 reconstructed events with an estimated background contamination of {approx} 15%. The method of the measurement was to perform a unbinned maximum likelihood fit in the four kinematic variables that describe the decay for the three form factor parameters R{sub 1}, R{sub 2}, and {rho}{sup 2}. The results obtained for the form factor ratios are R{sub 1} = 1.328 {+-} 0.055 {+-} 0.025 {+-} 0.025 and R{sub 2} = 0.920 {+-} 0.044 {+-} 0.020 {+-} 0.013 for the ratios and {rho}{sup 2} = 0.769 {+-} 0.039 {+-} 0.019 {+-} 0.032 formore » the form factor slope. The errors given are statistical, Monte Carlo statistical and systematic respectively.« less


The author considers such an important element of the impact on the convicts as the use of technical means. The paper analyzes the author's point of view on this issue. The application of induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis has allowed the author to formulate valid conclusions. The comparative legal method was used in identifying features and gaps in the legal regulation, as well as in the development of proposals for changes and additions to the Criminal Enforcement Code and departmental normative legal base. Receipt of the empirical data was carried out with the help of specific sociological survey method (questionnaires and interviews) of UIS Penal Enforcement System staff. The conducted analysis allows the author to assert that the use of technical means of protection and supervision is one of the most promising ways to improve the rules of penal law.


The paper studies the issue of coordination for a decentralized supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one retailer.Considering the allowance of the backorder at the retailer side,the credit option contract as an incentive scheme is pursued to encourage the retailer to participate in the coordination model.Order quantity,credit time and backordered demand as decision variables are determined jointly in order to encourage the chain's member to participate in the coordinating contract.The proposed model shows that the credit option contract in the case of backorder allowance is able to realize the coordination in the studied supply chain.


Electrical contact material (21, 31) is molybdenum 30% by weight to 0.1% by mass or less, tungsten and 70 wt% 10 wt% or more of at least one selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbide or less, wherein the balance There is an electrical contact material comprising at least one and inevitable impurities selected from the group consisting of silver and copper. For arbitrarily chosen 10 cross-section of the electrical contact material (21, 31), the maximum diameter of all the molybdenum particles which can be observed by 600 .mu.m × the dimensions of the rectangle of one field of view of 500μm is 20μm or less in each section it is.


In gilts, the period of early pregnancy occurring from the time of fertilization to the beginning of implantation is sensitive to any environmental disruptions, including an unbalanced diet of a future mother. Previously, we found that due to the undernutrition in gilts during this period, the endocrine intrauterine microenvironment and DNA methylation in the uterus have been changed. These distortions may diminish the success of pregnancy. In this study we focused on the influence of a restricted diet used in gilts during the first days of pregnancy on their biochemical and haematological parameters in peripheral blood. The applied restrictive diet vs. normal diet covered only 70% of the nutritional demands of early pregnant gilts. Normal (n = 4 gilts) or restrictive (n = 5 gilts) diets were used from the day of the first signs of the estrus until day 9 of pregnancy and biochemical and haematological parameters in blood plasma were determined during peri-implantation period, e.g. on days 15 to16 of pregnancy. In restrictive vs. normal fed gilts significantly lower plasma phosphorus, calcium and total cholesterol as well as the tendency to increasing concentrations of triglicerydes and asparate aminotranserase were found. Haematological parameters did not differ between the studied gilts. Thus, it seems that the availability of nutritional factors became suboptimal in restrictively fed early pregnant gilts. Even short-lasting undernutrition of females during the peri-conceptional period may cause a disruption of biochemical homeostasis during the peri-implantation period and probably affect the success of pregnancy.


Abstract Tryptophan is an essential amino acid with a variety of bioactive metabolites including serotonin, melatonin and nicotinamide. Dietary Trp restriction results in increased lifespan but with detrimental side effects. The initial catabolite in the Trp breakdown pathway, kynurenine, increases with aging and induces bone loss. Thus, we hypothesized that eliminating Trp in the diet of older mice might be osteoprotective. In an IACUC-approved protocol, we fed either 0, 0.2 (standard), 0.7 or 1.25% Trp-containing diets to aged (23-month-old) C57BL/6 mice for a planned eight weeks. There was a rapid decrease in body weight in the mice fed the 0% tryptophan diet and the mice had to be sacrificed at three weeks (25.2±1.4 vs 35.4±3.6 vs 33.9±2.4 vs 33.4±3.1 gm, (Means+SD, No Trp: 0%; Standard Trp 0.2%; High Trp: 0.7%; High Trp: 1.25%, p=0.0004, 0 vs 0.2%, n=9-10/group). Removal of Trp from the diet had a differential effect on bone mineral density (BMD). Total BMD was increased in the low Trp group: (0.0548±0.0017 vs 0.518±0.0021 vs 0.0526±0.0021 vs 0.0524±0.0022, Means+SD, No Trp: 0%; Standard Trp 0.2%; High Trp: 0.7%; High Trp: 1.25%, p=0.016, 0 vs 0.2%). Femoral BMD did not change; however, spinal BMD rose (0.0603±0.005 vs 0.0477±0.06 vs 0.0505±0.005 vs 0.0535±006; Means+SD, Trp 0% vs 0.2%, p=0.00009). The mice on the 0% Trp diet also had lower body fat (22.4±2.3% vs 26.7±3.3%; Means+SD, Trp 0 vs 0.2%, p=0.005). Thus, dietary Trp restriction resulted in a beneficial increase in spinal BMD, though at least in part related to weight loss.


This paper deals with the critical problem of solving both the traffic control and assignment problems simultaneously. The main purpose of this work is to assess two well-known local control policies - Equisaturation and P0 - in terms of network-wide performances. While local control policies are, indeed, key building blocks to network-wide approaches, little effort has been done to evaluate their performances for real-life scenarios. While Equisaturation has been regarded as the most popular local policy, it is also widely accepted that this policy is more `fair' than `efficient'. The main contribution of this paper is to test the properties of these two approaches on a real sized network. The local control policies are employed so to generate a starting point from which further optimization is then performed through a network-wide approach - explicitly maximizing network throughput. In order to ensure a reliable performance evaluation, different random initial points are tested. The contribution is twofold: first, authors compare the two control policies and assess their performances in approximating network-wide approaches. Subsequently, a centralized optimization is performed, to evaluate the impact of generating ad hoc initial points when optimizing multiple intersections.


Two popular methods for aggregating individual forecasts are prediction markets, where participants bet on the outcome of future events, and forecasting contests, where participants are ranked according to the accuracy of their forecasts. Can these methods be used in concert to produce more accurate forecasts? We analyse 1.79 million forecasts on oddsportal.com, a social network for sports tipsters. Tipsters are ranked according to the betting return on their tips. We find that an aggregation of these tips predicts sporting outcomes, after controlling for betting/prediction market prices. Rank-order forecasting contests, even without tangible prizes, are useful tools for eliciting crowd forecasts.


Hidden in the vegetal ornament of one of the pilasters of the "Camera Picta", Mantegna placed his self-portrait in the form of a leafy mask. In so doing, he introduced the sign of his authorship at the heart of a germinative process. This essay reconsiders the insertion of the self-portrait as an image of the generative power of the artist. Together with the room's dedicatory inscription (in particular the term "absoluvit"), the date 1465 inscribed in the marble, as well as several pictorical inventions signalling the porosity between art and nature, the secret, changing and subtle poietical programme in the "Camera Picta" can be revealed.


The seismic performance of lifeline components is a relatively new area of interest which has attracted an ever increasing number of researchers in the past few years. Lifelines are critical systems used to transport energy, water, power and to provide voice and data communications. This publication deals primarily with the seismic performance of buried pipelines and storage tanks. The purpose of this section of the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of the recent developments in lifeline earthquake engineering related to pipelines and storage used for water, chemicals, oil and gas. Papers are presented in the following topics: (i) Pipeline Response to Large Ground Movements; (ii) Seismic Performance of Lifeline Components; (iii) Lifeline Systems Response to Earthquake; (iv) Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction; (v) Seismic Response and Analysis of Pipelines.


This dissertation investigates the support of conceptual engineering design through the decomposition of multi-dimensional search spaces into regions of high performance. Such decomposition helps the designer identify optimal design directions by the elimination of infeasible or undesirable regions within the search space. Moreover, high levels of interaction between the designer and the model increases overall domain knowledge and significantly reduces uncertainty relating to the design task at hand. The aim of the research is to develop the archetypal Cluster Oriented Genetic Algorithm (COGA) which achieves search space decomposition by using variable mutation (vmCOGA) to promote diverse search and an Adaptive Filter (AF) to extract solutions of high performance [Parmee 1996a, 1996b]. Since COGAs are primarily used to decompose design domains of unknown nature within a real-time environment, the elimination of apriori knowledge, speed and robustness are paramount. Furthermore COGA should promote the in-depth exploration of the entire search space, sampling all optima and the surrounding areas. Finally any proposed system should allow for trouble free integration within a Graphical User Interface environment. The replacement of the variable mutation strategy with a number of algorithms which increase search space sampling are investigated. Utility is then increased by incorporating a control mechanism that maintains optimal performance by adapting each algorithm throughout search by means of a feedback measure based upon population convergence. Robustness is greatly improved by modifying the Adaptive Filter through the introduction of a process that ensures more accurate modelling of the evolving population. The performance of each prospective algorithm is assessed upon a suite of twodimensional test functions using a set of novel performance metrics. A six dimensional test function is also developed where the areas of high performance are explicitly known, thus allowing for evaluation under conditions of increased dimensionality. Further complexity is introduced by two real world models described by both continuous and discrete parameters. These relate to the design of conceptual airframes and cooling hole geometries within a gas turbine. Results are promising and indicate significant improvement over the vmCOGA in terms of all desired criteria. This further supports the utilisation of COGA as a decision support tool during the conceptual phase of design. I. I This ihesls# dedicate& to three:remarkable women: myNan :Nellie May:Hubball and 'her immortal'words, "Good,. better, be si"; Tarnya ,whoprov'ided the ·insp'iraiion and sacrificed1more than anyone. else and my mother, who:over,recentyear:s:has,sliown me "'haUtue:cout:ll8f! i.S. ChristopherR. Bonham Plymouth, England2006


In this work, the two-stage process for producing polyimide fiber from polyamic acid (PAA) by wet spinning was used. Polyimide fibers were obtained by thermal and chemical imidization. The effect of the imidization method (chemical and thermal) on morphology, chemical structure, thermal stability and mechanical properties of polyimide fibers was investigated. A number of research methods were used in the work, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calometry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and determination of strength characteristics.


The present study considers the influence of reducing the fat content of ovine milk on the sensory and instrumental texture characteristics of the resulting cheeses. Three manufacturing runs were performed. In each run three cheese batches were manufactured using milks with differing percentage fat contents (8%, 4%, and 2% fat). Analysis of cheese samples was performed at 60, 90, and 120 days of ripening. The instrumental method used to evaluate cheese texture was uniaxial compression at constant speed, taking readings of stress, strain, and modulus of elasticity (E). Statistical analysis revealed differences for both the different fat contents and the ripening times considered. Instrumental parameter values increased with lower cheese fat contents; with a 20% reduction in the fat to dry matter content from full-fat to reduced-fat cheeses, resulting in a 35% increase in maximum stress and in the slope of the stress-strain curve at the end of ripening. The greatest sensory differences between samples were recorded for firmness. L'influence d'une teneur reduite en matiere grasse du lait de brebis sur la qualite des fromages est etudiee. Les laits utilises sont a 8, 4 ou 2% de matiere grasse. les fromages sont analyses a 60, 90 ou 120 jours d'affinage. Les mesures de textures sont faites par compression uniaxiale a vitesse constante et par analyse sensorielle.


Beginning with the concept and application area of library's self-service,this article analyses some problems in the self-service,and puts forward the countermeasures that how to implement self-service actively.


The Hedgehog (HH) pathway is a key regulator of many important processes in vertebrate embryonic development including stem cell maintenance, cell differentiation, tissue polarity and cell proliferation. During pathway activation, Ptch no longer inhibits Smo and the full length Gli translocates to the nucleus resulting in the transcription of oncogenes. When constitutively activated, this leads to tumorigenesis in several human cancers. Cyclopamine acts as an antagonist of the HH signalling pathway by directly binding to the Smo heptahelical domain. The involvement of this pathway in metastasis, and its presence in cancer stem cells (CSCs), makes it a valid option for developing a targeted therapeutic against it.

 CSC were isolated from DLD1 and HT29 cell lines using magnetic cell separation labelling the CD133 receptor. The growth patterns of isolated CSCs (CD133 positive) in comparison to non-stem cells (CD133 negative) were analysed using real time cell impedance assays (RTCA). Thereafter, adhesion, invasion and migration assays were performed with the application of small molecule inhibitors. The expression levels of CD133 and SHH were evaluated using confocal microscopy following treatment with cyclopamine.

 Growth of CSCs appeared to be slower than non-CSCs. Adhesion, invasion and cell migration were inhibited when CSCs were pharmacologically treated either with cyclopamine or SANT-2 (synthetic analogue of cyclopamine), small molecule inhibitors of the HH pathway. Using confocal microscopy the cell surface expression of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) was significantly decreased following treatment with cyclopamine while the expression of CD133 remained unaffected.

 Considering these in vitro results small molecule inhibitors targeting the SHH pathway appear to be promising therapeutic tools for the treatment of metastatic colon CSCs.


ABSTRACT When optimizing webpages in order to achieve the best conversion rate, the traditional approach is to isolate and analyze them separately through a sequence of experiments. In this paper, we propose a new framework to study a system of webpages simultaneously through the use of directed graph, fractional factorial design and simple optimization algorithm. The illustrative example shows that such complicated web systems can be easily studied and optimized by using the proposed methodology.


The invention provides a leadless piezoelectric ceramics/polymer 1-3 structure composite material and processing method thereof, belonging to functional ceramic and manufacture technique field. The composite material is composed of (Na, K)NbO3 leadless piezoelectric ceramics and epoxy resin. The ceramics column is dispersed in the epoxy resin matrix and the piezoelectric ceramic micro column arrays obtained by mechanical treatment are arranged in the matrix of polymer wherein the cross sectional width of the piezoelectric ceramic micro column is 40-100 um, the aspect ratio is 3-10.The processed micro column arrays with cross sectional width of 40-100 um are arranged in the matrix of polymer. During cutting the piezoelectric ceramic, the resin is filled after first time parallelism cutting, so that the obdurability of the processed sample and integrity of micro column column is greatly enhanced, therefore the fine processing dimension of the piezoelectric ceramic micro column is increased by one order of magnitude. The 1-3 structure order composite piezoelectric material with fine structure can be used in high frequency medical ultrasound imaging technique.


The importance of knowledge for the success of modern organizations results in growing interest in the issue of the professional development and the employability of public sector employees. Constant development and professional training are necessary. This situation poses a serious challenge for many employees, affecting their job satisfaction and opportunities for career success. The paper attempted to answer the question of what are the relations between training and professional development, and employability, job satisfaction and the subjective career success of public sector employees? This goal was achieved by examining the results of surveys conducted in public sector organizations. The results indicate that employee training and development positively influence employability, as well as employee career success and job satisfaction. Moreover, the positive impact of job satisfaction on subjective career success was identified.


Comparison of the thermal spin crossover transition in solution of a Fe(II) dinuclear triple helicate with the analogous mononuclear complex shows that the helicate transition takes place over a wi...


Near infrared (NIR) upconverters only emit at a single visible wavelength; coating them with quantum dot multilayers allows the emission wavelength to be tuned across the visible spectrum.


The present paper reviews the research on the medicinal value of Amaryllidaceae plants. The medicinal value of Amaryllidaceae plants attracts much attention nowadays by By discovery the pharmaco-activity of alkaloid series within plants etc. Lycoris radiata, Crinum asiaticum L. Kafir Lily, Curculigo orchioides gaertn. This paper mainly discourses the mecicinal value on the pharmaco-activity of Amaryllidaceae plants. The study found that Amaryllidaceae plants have effects on anti-tumor, antiinflammatory, antibiosis, and antiviral, antimalarial and so on, and have some effects on the immune system, central nervous system, inhibition AcCHE.


G. C. Frison 2004. Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, xix + 266 pp. ISBN 0-520-23190-2, price (hardbound) $34.95.

This book is a personal accounting of the arc of one talented, inspired life. Woven with family and personal history as warp and zooarchaeology as weft, George Frison uses his experiences of 70-plus years to make the case that an intimate understanding of hunting and animal behavior is essential to understanding hunting by early humans. He builds this case based on his life spent pursuing this understanding in the western regions of North America.

Frison comes by his experience legitimately. His paternal grandparents established a ranch in 1901 in north-central Wyoming, where he was raised hunting and working livestock. He hunted for himself and as a guide and over 7 decades experimented with firearms, bows, and spears. While hunting and herding cattle, he developed a vocational interest in archaeology and explored sites where he found animal skulls left with human burials, weapons, human remains, arrowheads, and bison jumps. Frisson worked with professional fossil hunters and archaeologists and eventually decided to attend graduate school, where he found a gap between what the literature described as early human hunting and his personal experience with hunting and animal behavior. In particular he felt that these studies and their products such as paintings and museum dioramas did not incorporate any …


In conventional reservoir operations, energy and economic benefits are typically optimized, and ecosystem values are only addressed as constraints. To reduce the negative influence of reservoir operation on the downstream ecological environment, ecological targets should be incorporated into reservoir operations. The concept of environmental flow was developed to define the quantity, quality and timing of water flows that are required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. Based on the salinity requirements of the indicator species and the relationship between salinity and the freshwater inflows, environmental flows for the Yangtze Estuary were determined. Subsequently, an ecological reservoir operation model was established that incorporated the ecological target for the protection of the Qingcaosha water source; the Non‐dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II was applied to the model. Three typical periods of wet, normal and dry years were selected, and the operation results were analysed for the downstream Datong cross‐section and the environmental flows. The results showed that joint scheduling should be performed for the reservoirs upstream of the Yangtze Estuary. In June of wet and normal years, the current run‐off of the Datong should be reduced by 13.5% and 5%, respectively. In July and September of wet years, current run‐off should be reduced by 30.6% and 25.5%, respectively, as these reductions will not negatively affect the drinking‐water sources. The results of this study should provide guidance in decision‐making to improve the operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The weak point in the immunizing use of diphtheria antitoxin lies in the short duration of the passive immunity thus conferred. The injected antitoxin is rapidly broken down and eliminated until in the average case there is not sufficient antitoxin left at the end of ten days to afford further protection. (Von Behring, Park.) While this ten day period may be enough to protect the average individual who has been in contact with a case of diphtheria, it is not adapted to protect those who are constantly or repeatedly exposed to infection, as for example nurses or physicians on service in a diphtheria ward, or patients in the wards of a children's hospital. The rapid destruction and elimination of antitoxin is due in large part to the use of a serum obtained from an animal of a foreign species. Park found that if a guinea-pig received 10 units of diphtheria


In this study, the authors examine the innovation p erformance and the internal and external factors th at influence innovation in the local region of Zala Co unty (NUTS3). The aim of the empirical research is to determine the performance of companies with the hel p of variables of the innovation systems and as a r esult the categorization of companies can be carried out. F rther aims are to study the dynamics of the inte rnal factors of innovation in a company and also to inve stigate the demand and supply. According to the res arch results, the innovation performance of small and me ium sized businesses (SMBs KKV) strongly depend o the innovation activities of four areas (product-, process-, organizational and marketing innovation) nfluenced by the internal innovation system of a company and the quality of various innovation services. Kulcsszavak: innováció, lokális térség, kereslet és kínálat, KKV , belső innovációs rendszer


Aim:To study the influence of microenvironment created by dissoluble cytokines derived from highly metastatic colon carcinoma cell SW620 on the differentiation and function of human dendritic cell(DC)from peripheral blood monouclear cell(PBMC),and to provide the rationale for the clinical application of DC vaccine.Methods:PBMC was isolated by density gradient centrifugation and cultured with rhGM-CSF,rhIL-4.The tumour conditioned medium of SW620 cell was added on day 2 and the medium was half changed every other day.Antigen of SW620 was added on day 4 and lipopolysaccharide(LPS)was added on day 6.The DC and tumour-associated dendritic cell(TADC)were collected on day 8 for further study.The cells appearance,immunophenotype,CD1a mRNA,mixed lymphocyte reaction and CTL effects were detected.Results:The appearance of TADC was inhibited.There were significant differences on the positive rates of CD86,CD1a among PBMC,DC and TADC(F was 46.95,19.09,P0.001).Compared to DC,in TADC,the positive rates of CD86 decreased from(68.56±8.04)% to(42.41±10.87)%,CD1a from(55.71±12.12)% to(26.60±12.03)%,respectively(P0.05),the CD1a gene expression weakened.The proliferation[(112.53±7.16)% vs.(91.26±6.62)%] and killing[(62.42±0.57)% vs.(50.37±2.21)%] capacity of T cells activated by TADC was lower than those of DC(t was 6.17,17.41,P0.001).Conclusion:The tumour microenvionment stimulated by the tumour conditioned medium of SW620 cell has inhibitory effect on differentiation and function of DC,which may be one of the mechanisms on tumor immune escape.


5 It has been a good year for the Polish Archives of Internal Medicine (Pol Arch Med Wewn). The stand‐ ing of the journal has increased following the an‐ nouncement of our first impact factor (1.367) in June 2012.1 It is undoubtedly our great success. I greatly appreciate the major contribution of all reviewers who ensured high‐quality reviews despite increased peer‐review load. The names of our top reviewers in terms of the number of manuscripts evaluated in 2012 are provided in the TAbLE. What has changed in our journal in 2012? First of all, Professor Andrzej Szczeklik, the head of our Polish Scientific Board and an eminent in‐ ternist, mentor, and researcher in the field of aspirin‐induced asthma and atherothrombosis, passed away on February 3, 2012. A special is‐ sue of our journal devoted to him was published in April 2012. We are grateful for his consistent support for our journal. A new head of the Polish Scientific Board is Professor Franciszek Kokot, an outstanding cli‐ nician and expert in renal diseases and electro‐ lyte disturbances. Since January 2012, we can all enjoy our new user‐friendly journal website. In January 2012, we planned to shorten our time to the first ed‐ itorial decision to 25 days2; however, much to our surprise, the actual average time to first de‐ cision for the entire 2012 was 22.5 days, similarly to several high‐impact journals. This success re‐ sults largely from the work of a new Vice Editor‐ ‐in‐chief, Dr. Grzegorz Gajos supported by ex‐ cellent reviewers and our editorial team. As ex‐ pected, we observed a rising number of submis‐ sions by 64% in the second half of 2012 com‐ pared with the first 6 months. The acceptance rate dropped to 36% in 2012. We have decided not to recruit Section Editors, postponing this change to the year 2014. I am proud of the results of the first edition of the best student paper award, which were an‐ nounced in March 2012. The three best papers were published in the July–August issue of our journal.3‐5 The second edition has been announced and the submission deadline is March 15, 2013. A few changes are planned in 2013. First, we will further develop the section of "Letters to the Editor" not only to offer the readers an oppor‐ tunity to share their comments on the published papers but also to publish new findings from pre‐ liminary reports. The latter variant makes it pos‐ sible for us to publish the results in a fast‐track mode (within 4 weeks) without compromising our quality standards. Another new initiative is the "Clinical Image" section. Based on one im‐ age, ranging from a photograph depicting atyp‐ ical skin manifestations of the disease through unusual X‐rays or CT scans to laboratory findings confirming the diagnosis, a brief clinical presen‐ tation of an interesting case of up to 700 words with up to 5 references will be required. We hope that this new type of articles will be a substi‐ tute for the "Case reports" section, suspended in 2009, and will provide an opportunity to pres‐ ent the rapidly evolving new technologies used in the field of internal medicine. Correspondence to: Prof. Anetta Undas, MD, PhD, Instytut Kardiologii, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Collegium Medicum, ul. Prądnicka 80, 31-202 Kraków, Poland, phone: +48-12-614-30-04, fax: +48-12-423-39-00, e -mail: mmundas@cyf -kr.edu.pl Received: January 8, 2012. Accepted: January 8, 2012. Conflict of interest: none declared. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2013; 123 (1-2): 5-6 Copyright by Medycyna Praktyczna, Kraków 2013 EDITORIAL


Abstract Five different estimation procedures for micelle-water partition constants for organic solutes are discussed. The procedures are based on 1) knowledge of octanol-water partition constants for the solutes, 2) aqueous solubilities of the solutes, 3) normal boiling points of the solutes, 4) a bond contribution scheme, and 5) a group contribution scheme. Available data in the literature including our own are used in obtaining these correlations. Potential advantages and drawbacks of each of the methods are explored.


Background

Vascular access (VA) for hemodialysis (HD) is crucial for the course of treatment and a good prognosis for patients. There have been numerous investigations of the influence of homocysteine (Hcy) on VA complications, but to date the role of Hcy is controversial. The present study of HD patients was designed to investigate the relationship between previous VA failure (VAF) and the serum level of Hcy and other routinely measured biochemical parameters.

Patients and Methods

Eighty-five patients participated in the study. Their mean age was 62 years, and their mean duration on HD treatment was 33 months. Incidence of VAF over the preceding 18 months was analyzed retrospectively. VAF was defined as any dysfunction of VA that required a different surgical intervention. Serum levels of Hcy and several other biochemical parameters related to the adequacy of HD, osteodystrophy, nutrition status, and atherosclerosis were determined. In addition, body mass index, normalized protein catabolic rate, and mean blood pressure were calculated. Additionally, the serum level of Hcy was determined in a healthy control group (n=12).

Results

VAF, as venous or graft thrombosis (n=12) and stenosis of anastomosis (n=13), was observed in 25 of the HD patients (30%). Mean Hcy level was significantly higher in the HD patients than in the control group (26.8±9.5 vs. 11.8±2.9 μmol/L, p <.01). Mean Hcy level was significantly higher in patients with VAF than in the other HD patients (31.8±10.3 vs. 25.1±8.5 μmol/L, p <.005). There were no differences in age, duration of HD, and cause of renal failure, as well as in the other measured parameters, between these groups of patients.

Conclusion

Patients with extremely elevated Hcy levels had higher incidences of VAF, and needed surgical intervention more frequently.


Tactical Data Link is a military communication protocol to exchange tactical data between entities. PT Len Industri employs Multicast Tunnel as an alternative to VPN Multicast to enable multicast services on the Tactical Data Link Ground network. This paper will use RabbitMQ, Hazelcast, and Netty in the Multicast Tunnel connected to PT Len Industri's C2 and DLP products and deployed on a computer that meets the test environment's specifications. This research will compare and analyze the Quality of Services (QoS) parameters of RabbitMQ, Hazelcast, and Netty to determine which multicast tunnel system is superior in reliability, efficiency, and availability. This experiment is performed by sending data from each C2 in one of two ways: periodically every second or periodically every three seconds. The result of the experiment shows that Hazelcast is better than RabbitMQ and Netty regarding availability, reliability, and efficiency. The delay value in the one-second experiment, Hazelcast has good results, namely 999.865 ms and 361.502 ms. The obtained latency is also extremely low, with a value of less than 0.4 milliseconds for packet calculations only. The results of the availability test indicate that six out of nine Hazelcast experiments achieved better results than others.


Max Horkheimer (1895-1973), one of the founders of critical theory and a sometime colleague of Herbert Marcuse, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin, has become a subject of renewed attention and appreciation in Germany in the last decade. This collection of essays by German and American scholars will help familiarize English-speaking readers with the most important results of this recent work and, in conjunction with a companion volume of Horkheimer's essays, Between Philosophy and Social Science, should provide a much fuller and deeper picture of his role in the history of modern social theory.