The Laplacian on the rotation group is invariant by conjugation. Hence, it maps class functions to class functions. A maximal torus consists of block diagonal matrices whose blocks are planar rotations. Class functions are determined by their values of this maximal torus. Hence, the Laplacian induces a second order operator on the maximal torus called the radial Laplacian. In this paper, we derive the expression of the radial Laplacian. Then, we use it to find the eigenvalues of the Laplacian, using that characters are class functions whose expressions are given by the Weyl character formula. Although this material is familiar to Lie-group experts, we gather it here in a synthetic and accessible way which may be useful to non experts who need to work with these concepts.


Semiconducting oxides in one-dimensional shape have stimulated a great interest for applications in optics and sensor fields.One-dimensional nano-SnO2 with rutile structure,as an n-type semiconductor with a wide bandgap,is well known for its excellent photoelectric property,gas sensitivity and humid sensitivity.Recently,it has been reported that one-dimensional tin oxide materials,such as tin oxide nanobelts,can be synthesized by high-temperature oxidation method,a convenient and fast method with inexpensive experimental equipment.However,its synthesis mechanism and the growth process of tin oxide nanobelts in this method are still unclear.In this research,one dimensional nano-SnO2 is synthesized from metal-reactive assistant reaction system by high-temperature oxidation method,and their structure,morphology and composition are characterized by using X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscope(TEM) and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The affecting factors and mechanism of the nano-SnO2 formation are discussed.The results show that they are smooth and uniform along the fiber axis,and had a high crystalline;and they are formed by means of the fusion and coalescence between neighboring SnO2 nanoparticles.A new mold,liquid-solid pressure constraint rapid cooling oxidation model is built to describe the growth mechanism of the one dimensional nano-SnO2,which is different from the known typical nano-SnO2 growth mechanisms,such as vapor-liquid-solid mechanism,oxide-assisted growth mechanism,vapor-solid mechanism,solution liquid-solid mechanism and so on.This method also applies to synthesizing other metallic oxide nanomaterials.


In the present study, the effects of an isolated stationary spherical particle on the transition process in a flat-plate boundary layer are examined by a spatial direct numerical simulation. The full three-dimensional time-dependent incompressible Navier–Stokes equations are integrated by a time-splitting method and discretized spatially by a high-order finite difference/spectral method. A virtual boundary technique defining the no-slip boundary of a sphere is implemented within the Cartesian geometry of the computational grid. Two numerical simulations which consider the effects of the sphere on the boundary layer are presented. The subcritical Reynolds number case reveals the appearance of hairpin vortices shed into the sphere wake which decay as they are convected downstream. The initial interaction of the sphere and the boundary layer produces a three-dimensional isolated disturbance comprising a wave part and a transient part. The decaying transient part is convected downstream at the local mean velocity, while the wave part induces a decaying Tollmien–Schlichting wave in the flow field. In the second case, an increase in the Reynolds number results in a wedge of incipient turbulent flow downstream of the sphere. The development of the wake of the sphere is dominated by the appearance of an isolated disturbance which rapidly breaks down forming a structure resembling a turbulent spot. It is demonstrated that the transition induced by a sphere in the boundary layer is due to a mechanism related to bypass transition.


Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a type of active remote sensing whereby a satellite transmits electromagnetic radiation (microwaves) at the ground and measures the differential phase of the reflected signal over multiple images (or multiple antennas on a single satellite). InSAR has the potential to provide centimeter and even millimeter-scale measurements of displacement over time, but is sensitive to vegetation, topography, and atmospheric effects. We consider herein, the application of InSAR at two known landslides on the Enbridge pipeline system, and discuss the strengths, weaknesses, values, and limitations of its application in the Geohazard Management of landslides impacting pipeline ROW's. We compare information provided at each site by InSAR (both L-band and X-band) to data derived by mapping using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) or air photographs, to differential LiDAR techniques, and to data derived from subsurface measurements (slope inclinometers). In doing so we find that L-Band data can be an effective tool to establish the extent or footprint of movement (or lack of movement) at known landslide locations, extending the interpretive power of a specialist and the understanding of event magnitude, and potentially affecting the mitigation options. Further, L-Band InSAR can be used in a supporting role to pre-screen areas for active landslides along the right of way (ROW), however, data gaps, a lack of explanatory power, and considerable noise in the results mean that a user step that further considers the terrain, other sources of data, and the identified magnitude, is essential. X-Band InSAR appeared impractical for ROW monitoring where vegetation prevented coherence between images, however, X-Band InSAR was able to detect small displacements at above ground infrastructures.


Heihe River Basin(37°45′~42°40′N,96°42′~102°04′E),located in the middle of Qilianshan Mountain and Hexi corridor,is one of the largest inland river basins in the northwest arid land.It is arid with little rainfall and high evaporation in the Heihe River Basin.Oasis agriculture is the main activity based on irrigation.Because of climate change,population growth and fast economic development,the regional water environment has changed obviously,the water resource is decreasing nowadays,and the ecological environment is increasingly worsening in the Heihe River Basin.Therefore,it is very urgent to study the hydrology and the water resource problems in the environmental changes. This paper analyzed the climatic change characteristics of the Heihe River Basin using the temperature and the precipitation data in the last 50 years of 4 typical meteorological stations.During the last 50 years,the climate of the Heihe River Basin changed significantly;the temperature and the rainfall increased.Especially,the rate of temperature rise is much higher than the average level of the Northern Hemisphere.The annual mean temperature increased by 0.7℃~1.2℃ in the Heihe River Basin from 1960s to 1990s.The increase of precipitation was not so obvious,but still had an increasing trend;and the precipitation increased by 12.81% from 1960s to 1990s.On the basis of the analysis above,the impacts of climate change on the hydrology and the water resources in the Heihe River Basin were studied.The results(show: 1) Climate) change has led to the glacier shrinkage and the rising of the snow line.In the past years,the glacier has been characterized by strong negative mass balance.The observation shows that the mass balance of the Qiyi Glacier in the Qilianshan Mountain was-810 mm in 2001/2002 and-316 mm in 2002/2003;(2)Because) of the precipitation increase in summer and the climate change in winter,the annual mean discharge at the mountain-pass stations of the Heihe River Basin was increasing in the past 60 years;(3)The) temperature rising resulted in the increase of agricultural water consumption in the plain region of the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin.On an average,water consumption increases by 2.979×10~8m~3/a with 1℃ rise in temperature;4)Climate change led to the deterioration of the water quality of the lakes and the rivers continuously.The mineralization degree of the Heihe River and lake at the low reaches of the Heihe River Basin increased every year.


Colonoscopy is a frequently performed procedure in the current era for evaluation of colitis and large bowel diarrhea. As a preparation for colonoscopy the patients are prescribed an enema which is most commonly a polyethylene glycol (PEG). This is usually given in a solution of about 2 liters and repeated if necessary. Since End Stage Renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis are not advised to consume large quantities of fluids, a patient undergoing colonoscopy is usually given inadequate preparation and subsequently inadequate radiological data. Here we have studied clinical and biochemical parameters of 5 patients who had to undergone colonoscopy or Contrast enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and our results show that the usage of Polyethylene solutions do not cause any increase in weight gain or are associated with dyselectrolytemia.


2954 Robotic Kidney Transplantation With Regional Hypothermia: A Step-by-Step Description of the VUI-Medanta Technique (IDEAL Phase 2a). W. Jeong,1 R. Ahlawat,2 A. Sood,1 M. Bhandari,1 R. Abaza,3 K. Ghani,1 R. Kumar,1 V. Kher,2 P. Modi,4 M. Menon.1 1Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2Kidney and Urology Institute, Medanta Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India; 3Department of Urology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 4Institute of Kidney Disease and Research Center, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Objective: We recently reported preclinical and feasibility studies (IDEAL phase 0-1) of the development of the novel surgical procedure, robotic kidney transplantation (RKT) with regional hypothermia. Here, we report the IDEAL phase-2a studies of technique development. Specifi cally, we describe our technique of RKT with regional hypothermia in a step-by-step manner along with the safety profi le and early graft function in these patients. Methods: This is a prospective study of 50 consecutive patients who underwent live donor RKT at Medanta Hospital, following a 3 year planning/simulation phase at the Vattikuti Urology Institute. Demographic details and outcomes are reported for the initial 25 recipients, who have completed a minimum 6 months follow up. The primary outcome was post transplant graft function. Secondary outcomes included technical success/failures and complication rates. The accompanying video details the operative technique. Results: All fi fty patients underwent RKT successfully; 7 in the phase-1 and 43 in the phase-2 stages of the study. For the initial 25 patients; mean console, warm ischemia, arterial and venous anastomotic times were, 135 minutes, 2.4 minutes, 12 minutes and 13.4 minutes, respectively. All grafts were cooled to 18-20oC with no change in core temperature. All grafts functioned immediately post transplant and mean serum creatinine at discharge was 1.3 mg/dl (0.8-3.1 mg/dl). No patient developed anastomotic leaks, wound complications or wound infections. At 6 months follow up no patient had developed a lymphocele detected on CT scanning. Two patients underwent re-exploration, and 1 patient died 1.5 months post transplant of congestive heart failure. Conclusions: RKT with regional hypothermia is safe and reproducible when performed by a skilled robotic surgical team. Abstract# 2955 Human Uterus Transplantation Trial: Monitoring, Rejection Episodes and Immunosuppression During 1 Year. L. Johannesson,1 N. Kvarnstrom,2 J. Molne,3 M. Gabel,3 A. Tzakis,4 M. Olausson,3 M. Brannstrom.1 1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 2Transplantation, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 3Clinical Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 4Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL. Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel procedure that may provide a treatment of absolute uterine factor infertility (AUFI). AUFI, due to absence of, or presence of a non-functional, uterus, is today the only major untreatable group of female infertility and affects 1/500 of fertile aged women (around 85 000 women in the US). Nine human live donor UTx, were performed during 2012-2013. In two patients the uteri were removed within 4 months post transplantation. The remaining 7 are viable after 12 months. IS followed a protocol of induction with 500 mg methylprednisolone and either 2,5 mg/kg bw Thymoglobulin or 5 mg/kg bw ATG twice. Maintenance therapy was with tacrolimus (adjusted to trough levels of 10-15 ng/ml during week 1-5 and 5-10 ng/ml from week 6) and mycophenolate mofetil with trough levels of 40-60 mg×h/L. Additional oral glucocorticosteroids was given during the fi rst postop week. After 6-9 months we aimed to introduce monotherapy with tacrolimus. In 3 patients this was not possible due to rejection episodes, and mycophenolate mofetil was replaced with azathioprine. The recipients were monitored by clinical examination twice weekly during the fi rst month, once weekly during months 2955 Human Uterus Transplantation Trial: Monitoring, Rejection Episodes and Immunosuppression During 1 Year. L. Johannesson,1 N. Kvarnstrom,2 J. Molne,3 M. Gabel,3 A. Tzakis,4 M. Olausson,3 M. Brannstrom.1 1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 2Transplantation, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 3Clinical Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 4Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL. Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel procedure that may provide a treatment of absolute uterine factor infertility (AUFI). AUFI, due to absence of, or presence of a non-functional, uterus, is today the only major untreatable group of female infertility and affects 1/500 of fertile aged women (around 85 000 women in the US). Nine human live donor UTx, were performed during 2012-2013. In two patients the uteri were removed within 4 months post transplantation. The remaining 7 are viable after 12 months. IS followed a protocol of induction with 500 mg methylprednisolone and either 2,5 mg/kg bw Thymoglobulin or 5 mg/kg bw ATG twice. Maintenance therapy was with tacrolimus (adjusted to trough levels of 10-15 ng/ml during week 1-5 and 5-10 ng/ml from week 6) and mycophenolate mofetil with trough levels of 40-60 mg×h/L. Additional oral glucocorticosteroids was given during the fi rst postop week. After 6-9 months we aimed to introduce monotherapy with tacrolimus. In 3 patients this was not possible due to rejection episodes, and mycophenolate mofetil was replaced with azathioprine. The recipients were monitored by clinical examination twice weekly during the fi rst month, once weekly during months © The Authors. Compilation © The American Society of Transplant Surgeons, The Transplantation Society and the American Society of Transplantation 15 2-3, and thereafter every second week. The examinations comprised blood tests, ultrasound, visual inspection, bacterial culture and biopsies. Rejection was diagnosed based on cervical biopsies and severity of acute rejection was scored, from none to severe, according to a subjective 4-step-scale (based on rejection characteristics in other organs and uterine rejection in several animal species). In four patients mild rejection episodes occurred. The episodes were asymptomatic, with normal results on ultrasound and gynecological examination. Morphological analysis of the cervical tissue showed mild infi ltration of lymphocytes and neutrophils, mainly in the basal squamous epithelium of the ectocervix. All rejection episodes were successfully treated with a tapering corticosteroid protocol for 7-10 days with initial boluses. In conclusion, the trial demonstrate the feasibility of live donor UTx with a low dose immunosuppressive protocol. Rejection episodes were detected with cervical biopsies and resolvable when detected in time. Abstract# 2956 Transurethral Resection or Incision of the Prostate After Renal Transplantation: Is There a Safe Time for the Procedure? A. Piovesan, H. Andrade, H. Kanashiro, R. Falci, I. Antonopoulos, W. Nahas. Renal Transplantation Division, Clinicas Hospital of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2956 Transurethral Resection or Incision of the Prostate After Renal Transplantation: Is There a Safe Time for the Procedure? A. Piovesan, H. Andrade, H. Kanashiro, R. Falci, I. Antonopoulos, W. Nahas. Renal Transplantation Division, Clinicas Hospital of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Objective: The mean age of patients undergoing renal transplantation has increased in the past decades. As BPH is very prevalent in elderly men, urologists often have to address unexpectedly symptomatic patients after their kidneys recover function. The aim of this study is to compare urological outcomes and morbidity related to transurethral resection (TURP) or incision of the prostate (TUIP) performed in either the early or the late post-transplant period. Methods: Between 1998 and 2013, 2438 renal allograft transplantations were performed in our institution. Thirty-one patients developed severe prostatic symptoms with no response to drug treatment after recovery of renal function. The patients were divided into two groups in accordance with the time between transplantation and the prostate procedure and were prospectively studied: group 1 – 12 patients in which TURP/TUIP was performed less than 60 days after transplantation; and group 2 – 29 patients in which the prostate procedure was performed more than 60 days after transplantation. Urologic parameters analyzed were International Prostate Symptom Score, Prostate Specifi c Antigen, prostate measurements and post void residual urine before and 6 months after surgery. The morbidity was compared based on need of transfusion, presence of urinary tract infection (UTI), time to home discharge and loss of renal function (elevation of creatinine levels). Results: Both groups were comparable in terms of age (56.6 ± 8.4 vs. 58.2 ± 9.5, p=0.61) and prostate measurement (39.2 ± 15.2 vs. 36.2 ± 13.0, p=0.49). There was no difference in the effectiveness of the procedure between both groups in any of the parameters analyzed: IPSS in the 6 months (5.9 ± 4.3 vs. 5.1 ± 4.0, p=0.63), decreased PSA levels and prostate measurements (p=0.86 and p=0.81) or PVR in the 6 months (18 ± 40 ml vs. 24 ± 39 ml, p=0.76). There was no need for transfusions in any of the 31 procedures, and there was no difference between times of home discharge (p=0.586). However, there was signifi cantly higher morbidity in terms of UTI incidence (75% vs. 13.8%, p<0,001) and loss of renal function (elevation of creatinine levels) p<0,001 in group I. Conclusions: Despite the fact that there was no difference in effectiveness, TURP and TUIP should be avoided in the early post transplantation period due to the increasing risk of infection and the loss of graft function. Abstract# 2957 Experience i


Changes in autonomic nervous actiyity are induced by emotional stress. Determined whether power spectra1 analysis of heart rate vaiability (HRV) could detect changos in autonomic tone fo11owing relaxation smelling layender a oma Healthy young women subjects (n = 10, 23±3 yeais) underwent continuous electiocardiographic (ECG) monitoring befine and after the fiagrance was administered, HRV was exl"essed as low (O,04-O.15 HZ) and high (O,15-O.40 HZ) Itequency components (LE HF) and the LFIHF ratio. Increases of parasyrripatiietic tone were suggested after smelling lavender a oma as seen in increases in HF and degreases in LFfHE FDG-PETmeasurements revealed metabolic reductions in the right superior temporal gyms and right postcential gyrus and activations in the left posterior part of the cingu]ate gyrus. These results implied that smelling lavender a oma induced nct only relaxation but also increased arousal level in these sabiects,


Our paper summarizes the discussions from the public space on the new adminstrative organization of Romania. In this perspective, the existing counties may be dissolved , and, as a result of joining several counties into larger territorial divisions, they may constitute regions. Such large territorial units have existed before in the Romanian history, namely provinces during Charles II and regions, in the first stage of the communist regime (e.g. Stalin Region or the Autonomous Hungarian Mureş Region etc.). As they were not considered viable, county has been validated and acknowledged by our history as the most appropriate administrative territorial unit, both in size and name. For these reasons, we consider launching such discussions as being, at least, unfortunate.


A multirack switching system usually combines electronic and optical technology, using electronic buffers, optical fabric and interconnections. In this paper, we consider the design of a scalable hybrid packet switch which efficiently transmits multicast traffic. The switch is equipped with a passive optical fabric, and each of its racks operates individually and independently. Multiple multicast queues are used in input ports to partially resolve HOL problem. A simple priority fanout filling (PFF) algorithm is proposed to improve the bandwidth usage with the help of a local crossbar. PFF is shown to be fair, work-conserving and guarantees sequential delivery for multicast traffic. All these features make the switch scalable and achieve high-performance. Furthermore, from a practical point of view, the switch is easily to be implemented.


In this paper the general forms of the polarization tensors of Z→3γ decay and γ-γ scattering at one-loop level are discussed. The constrained equations for the tensors are deduced from the S_3 symmetry and gauge invariance. We give the procedures of our method and compare the results of W-boson-loop with those of fermion-loop.


: Grid is a collection of resources owned by multiple organizations. Grid has the ability to combine multiple, heterogeneous, distributed, and separately managed data resources. Due to complexity in a Grid arising from heterogeneous nature of these resources and the dynamically changing demand and supply of resources there is a strong need to manage Grid users, jobs, resources, Grid information and related updates, implementation of allocation policies, reservations and reservation related policies. In this paper, proposed an Advanced Dynamic Resource Reservation (ADRR) framework for grid computing. The imitation results establish that the proposed grid resources reservation technology performs better than existing techniques.


Incidence of coagulation abnormalities is high in patients with liver disease, but clinical hemorrhage is not common. When abnormal bleeding does occur, coagulation defects—although present—are not necessarily responsible. This discussion of extensive investigations of coagulation defects and disordered hemostasis in liver disease emphasizes the therapeutic implications of present knowledge.


This paper is concerned with the identification of the nonlinear restoring force characteristic of a rubber mounting that is part of an oscillator which is subjected to harmonic force excitation. A linearity test is successfully applied to the experimental data to detect the nonlinear behaviour of the system. It is shown that the results of linear system identification depend on the level of excitation force applied. Furthermore, the frequency response functions of the identified linear models only poorly match the measured ones. In consequence, a parametric nonlinear spring characteristic is introduced into the linear model. It is demonstrated that only one set of parameters is required to explain the system behaviour at different levels of excitation force. Also, each of the measured frequency response functions is matched more closely by the calculated frequency response of the nonlinear model.


The article discovers discourse-specific characteristics of metacommunication, typical of TV/radio broadcasts. It identifies that TV/radio discourse belongs to oral media discourse that uses audio (and visual) channel of information transfer. The study marks the realization of six main types of metacommunication that have been introduced by the corresponding groups of meta-means, called phatic, regulative, referential, reflective, cohesive and modal, in TV/radio discourse in order to establish its metacommunication discourse-specific characteristics and to indicate "regular meta-means of oral media discourse". Based on the quantitative analysis, the article confirms that metacommunication specifics of TV/radio discourse is in its regulative character, and, consequently, almost all possible patterns of accentuating (denoting appeals, intentions, intensifications, degree, as well as attracting or affecting) and commentating (denoting confirmations, disagreements, distancing, explanations, generalizations, comparatives and conditions, confessions etc.) means are realized there. It also proves that the second most important in TV/radio discourse is a phatic metacommunication due to the host's use of contact-establishing, contact-maintaining and contact-terminating meta-means. A special attention has been paid to the study of the same phatic means used in the beginning and at the end of the program. The research specifies that referential metacommunication is least typical of TV/radio discourse because the spontaneity of oral speech does not presuppose careful recollection of word-to-word citations, their authors etc.


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Macrolayer thickness at critical heat flux was measured for various liquids in the pressure range of 0.05MPa to 0.35MPa for upward and vertical disk heaters of 20mm diameter. Macrolayer thickness is determined based on the energy balance relation qCHF=ρlHfgδl·f, with measurements of the critical heat flux and the detachment frequency of vapor masses (coalesced bubbles) completely covering the heating surface. The correlation of macrolayer thickness proposed in the 4th report of this series by Kumada and Sakashita [Trans. JSME, 58-552 (1992), 2505] was modified with the data obtained in the present report. Macrolayer thickness in low heat fluxes for water and ethanol under atmospheric pressure was also measured by changing the orientation of the heating surface from a vertical direction to a downward direction. The data in low heat fluxes were thinner than the existing data measured by a probe method in the nucleate boiling region and agreed fairly well with the proposed correlation.


She has published research papers with a few reputed UGC listed journals and also contributed to a few edited peer reiewed ISBN volumes. Abstract Manjula Padmanabhan has been one of the most potent literary voices in contemporary India. An artist, cartoonist, playwright, short story writer, journalist, children's author, novelist, she has always pursued us to rethink what it means to be a woman in modern nation state and to interrogate women's relationship with technology and state power. My paper will do a textual analysis of one such work by her – Escape (2008), her first attempt at writing fiction for adults. The novel is a dark dystopian fable which introduces the reader to a post-apocalyptic scenario in which women have been almost completely eradicated by the phallogocentric state apparatus and human beings are substituted for a new, genetically-engineered, race. The protagonist Meiji is the only survivor of the near-complete femicide and the novel documents Meiji's and her uncle Youngest's quest to escape the tyranny of the state machinery. The paper will examine the feminist dystopia as Padmanabhan's veiled critique of the subordinated status of women in India, where fifty million girls went 'missing' from population according to the UN report. According to the 2011 census, India's current child sex-ratio is 914 females per 1000 males, which is the lowest since the 1961 census. Setting her novel in this setting, Padmanabhan has presented a protest against the marginal status of women in modern India.


The article examines the problems and prospects of the noospheric and co-evolutionary understanding of the problem of Man in the scientific picture of the world. This transformation the author analysed in the logic of changing historical general scientific images of the world. The author points out that a noticeable dissonance between the theoretical understanding of the essence of man in modern society and the actual existence of a human consumer is an obstacle to the formation of an information society. The author noted that the discrepancy in understanding the essence and existence of man is the next round in developing the philosophical problem of man. It is possible to hermeneutically overcome this discrepancy employing the categories of the concept of Russian cosmism and the modern co-evolutionary paradigm in the scientific picture of the world. The development of human capital and personnel training for reindustrialisation will contribute to the formation of a new economy in Russia and the state's sustainable development.


Screening Torture would have benefitted from more extensive consideration of this fascinating dimension. McCoy begins his essay by wondering why only 16 images from Abu Ghraib achieved wide circulation. Looking over the uncensored archive of 1600 digital photographs, he builds upon Susan Sontag's observation that the torture photographs were interspersed with the interrogators' pornographic photos of each other. For McCoy, this reveals 'the erotic dimensions in a distinctively American form of psychological torture that has been recently refined, under the exigencies of the war on terror, to exploit cultural and, above all, sexual sensitivities' (p. 111). He goes on to consider sexuality in onscreen torture, noting how representations in film, television, and video games sensualize the bodies involved and thus render the act alluring. By 'eroticizing the experience for both perpetrator and victim,' he argues, 'mass-media representations may have played a central albeit intangible role in fostering public support for abuse (p. 126). Despite the strengths these chapters accentuate, the book as a whole is perplexingly organized and diffuse in scope, with numerous typos also detracting from its overall quality. Furthermore, it suffers from unintentional reiteration of the same references—24, Alan Dershowitz, Foucault, The Battle of Algiers (1966), the ticking time-bomb scenario—and the same central conceit—the media now represents torture as heroic and effective, but it is immoral and ineffective—appearing in chapter after chapter. As the recent ethical and artistic debates surrounding Zero Dark Thirty (2012) made evident, representations of torture remain a deeply contentious issue with potentially grave global ramifications. While Screening Torture offers worthwhile points of entry, a subject of such relevance ultimately deserves more dynamic perspectives and distinctive approaches than this collection is able to provide.


Following Hawley's point of view regarding the definition and inclusiveness of human ecology, ecological data must include both a population and its characteristics and some measurements of the environment of this population. Following Hawley, an ecological investigation must select from available data and examine at least some of the relationships that may exist among these measurable population and environmental characteristics, in an effort to find and isolate the causes of mental disorders, particularly of those now called "functional."


As a measure of publication, registration rules play an essential part in the property law particularly in real estate. In fact, though lack of legislative grounds, registration antagonism and registration effectiveness coexist as to rules on title transfer of real property. The key to the issue lies in the coexistence of agreement and formality, while the former, which was reflected in registration antagonism, is not compatible with the civil law system with five chapters and separation of real property and obligation. Therefore, such coexistence is destined to be temporary and registration effectiveness will be implemented in future legislation since it is in compliance with the current civil law system.


The dielectric and electric polarization properties of the antiferromagnet Y2CrS4 were investigated. Near TN, the dielectric constant under an external magnetic field was sharply enhanced and the electric polarization cusp appeared. In addition, the investigation in external field revealed the occurrence of the magnetocapacitance up to 3 500%. Moreover, the great change of the electric hysteresis loops took place in the external fields. These results indicated that Y2CrS4 was a multiferroic material with strong magnetoelectric coupling.


Submitted for the MAR13 Meeting of The American Physical Society Add HOC?: dendritic nonlinearities shape higher-than-pairwise correlations and improve coding in noisy (spiking) neural populations1 JOEL ZYLBERBERG, ERIC SHEA-BROWN, University of Washington — Recent experiments with relatively large neural populations show significant higher-order correlations (HOC): the data are poorly fit by pair-wise maximum entropy models, but well-fit by higher-order models. We seek to understand how HOC are shaped by the properties of networks and of the neurons therein, and how these HOC affect population coding. In our presentation, we will demonstrate that dendritic non-linearities similar to those observed in physiology experiments are equivalent to beyond-pairwise interactions in a spin-glass-type statistical model: they can either increase, or decrease, the magnitude of the HOC relative to the pair-wise correlations. We will then discuss a population coding model with parameterized pairwiseand higher-order interactions, revealing the conditions under which the beyondpairwise interactions (dendritic nonlinearities) can increase the mutual information between a given set of stimuli, and the population responses. For jointly Gaussian stimuli, coding performance can be slightly improved by shaping the output HOC via dendritic nonlinearities, if the neural firing rates are low. For skewed stimulus distributions, like the distribution of luminance values in natural images, the performance gains are much larger. 1This work was supported by NSF grant DMS-1056125 and a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. Joel Zylberberg University of Washington Date submitted: 07 Nov 2012 Electronic form version 1.4


Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is often cultivated in unfavorable conditions and with minimal inputs. It is estimate that 60% of the bean crop is cultivated under risk of intermittent or terminal drought. The effects of drought on common bean are dependent on the intensity, type and duration of the stress. Due to the symbiotic nature of the legume-bacteria interaction for nitrogen fixation, effectiveness of the symbiosis to resist water deficit in the result of the combined capacity of both the plant and the specific rhizobial strain to cope with such stress. The existence of genetic variation in N2 fixation response to water deficit among legume cultivars opens a real possibility for enhancing N2 fixation tolerance to water deficit (TWD) through selection and breeding. The colonizing rhizobial bacteria also show marked variations in TWD. The objective of this work was coupling a selection of bean landraces that can be useful to improve TWD with the most efficient rhizobial strains. Ten common bean landraces and breeding lines from the MBG-CSIC bean collection were chosen and been inoculated each with ten different strains of Rhizobium sp. before planting in pots. Pots were subjected to two water regimes: more 90% field capacity (FC) and 60% FC. Two plants were harvested from each pot at the flowering stage, between 46 and 59 days after sowing, depending upon growth rate under greenhouse condition. Nodules were counted, and shoot and root separated. All components were dried at 70 oC for 48 h to determine their dry masses. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with ten cultivars, four strains (reference strain R. tropici CIAT899 and three local strains EG, APAFI and LTMF), two water regimes and two replications. In dry environment PMB-0244, PHA-0155 and PHA-0683 had the best results. Drought stress reduced biomass yield by a range between 2% and 64 %. PMB-0244 had the highest yield in drought conditions and the lowest percent reduction. The local strains had better performance in drought conditions than the reference strain. The LTMF strain showed, in general, a high biomass yield (BY) and high nodules mass. The APAFI strain was the most efficient strain in drought-stressed environment it had a little nodule mass and a high BY. And finally, the EG strain was the less efficient with little nodule mass and BY. The couples with best performance in drought-stressed environment were PHA-0155 with EG, PMB-0285 with APAFI and PHA-0483 with LTMF. These cultivars could be incorporated into programs of genetic improvement for resistance to water deficit. These programs have to include a selection of strains, compatible with these cultivars, as a crucial strategy to improve the efficiency of rhizobia-bean symbiosis in drought-stressed environment.


In Austria marriage is not open to couples of the same sex, though same-sex couples may officially register their partnership. In contrast to married couples, however, registered partners were ineligible to adopt a child jointly. The Austrian Constitutional Court could not find an objective justification for such unequal treatment, especially with regards to Article 1 Federal Constitutional Law on the Rights of the Child. Therefore, the Constitutional Court rescinded the exclusion of registered partners from adoption based on violation of Article 14 ECHR taken in conjunction with Article 8 ECHR and Article 7 B-VG.


Background and aims Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is chemoresistant in the majority of cases. The tumor-promoting biology of cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) make them a target for novel therapies. Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) have been shown to regulate the activated fibroblast phenotype in benign disease. We investigated the potential for CAF modulation in EAC using PDE5i to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. Methods EAC fibroblasts were treated with PDE5i and phenotypic effects examined using immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, gel contraction, transwell invasion, organotypics, single cell RNAseq and shotgun proteomics. The combination of PDE5i with standard-of-care chemotherapy (Epirubicin, 5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin) was tested for safety and efficacy in validated near-patient model systems (3D tumor growth assays (3D-TGAs) and patient derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models). Results PDE5i treatment reduced α–SMA expression in CAFs by 50% (p<0.05), associated with a significant reduction in the ability of CAFs to contract collagen-1 gels and induce cancer cell invasion, (p<0.05). RNAseq and proteomic analysis of CAF and EAC cell lines revealed PDE5i specific regulation of pathways related to fibroblast activation and tumor promotion. 3D-TGA assays confirmed the importance of stromal cells to chemoresistance in EAC, which could be attenuated by PDE5i. Chemotherapy+PDE5i in PDX-bearing mice was safe and significantly reduced PDX tumor volume (p<0.05). Conclusion PDE5 is a candidate for clinical trials to alter the fibroblast phenotype in esophageal cancer. We demonstrate the specificity of PDE5i for fibroblasts to prevent transdifferentiation and revert the CAF phenotype. Finally, we confirm the efficacy of PDE5i in combination with chemotherapy in close-to-patient in vitro and in vivo PDX-based model systems.


Aim. The aim of the work was to obtain polyploid lines of Miscanthus sinensis with enhanced biomass productivity using new dinitroaniline compounds. Methods. The work was carried out in in vitro conditions. Aseptic M. sinensis shoots were cultured on shoot multiplication medium containing various compounds of dinitroanilines class. Classic dinitroanilines (oryzalin and trifluralin) were used as a control. Results. When aseptic shoots were cultured on medium supplemented with oryzalin and trifluralin at concentration 10 mM, survival rate of explants was between 23.52 and 44.40%. However, when the medium was supplemented with tested dinitroanilines at the same concentration, survival rate of explants was in the range of 95.0–96.5%. Conclusions. Possibility of new compounds of dinitroanilines class utilization for M. sinensis polyploidization has been studied. In terms of explants survival rate, application of new compounds of dinitroanilines class appeared to be significantly effective than application of classic dinitroanilines.
Keywords: dinitroanilines, in vitro, polyploidization, Miscanthus sinensis.


A connected non-regular graph G with n vertices and m edges is called a mean graph, if there exists a p ≥ 2 integer for which p=[G]=2 m/n holds. The topological index p=p(G) is called the centrality parameter of graph G. It is obvious that, if G is a mean graph, then its centrality parameter p(G) is a uniquely defined positive integer. Mean graphs represent a particular subset of connected non-regular graphs. In this note, by presenting relevant examples, some structural irregularity properties of mean graphs are studied and characterized. Comparing the degree deviations S(G) and S(H) of mean graphs G and H having equal centrality parameter p(G)=p(H) it is proved that if the only difference in the corresponding degree sequences of G and H is that the number of vertices of degree p is different, then S(G)=S(H). The smallest mean graph is the 4-vertex unicyclic graph having a degree sequence (3, 2, 2, 1). This graph is isomorphic to the 4-vertex antiregular graph A4, for which S(A4)=2 holds. Using comparative tests on preselected connected graphs it has been shown that the degree deviation S(G) is poorly suited for discriminating among non-regular graphs.


Sir, Major depression is one of the most common psychiatric illnesses worldwide and leading cause of disability. Treatment-resistant depression is defined as inadequate response to at least one antidepressant trial of adequate dose and duration.[1] As depression is a heterogenous disorder no single reason for treatment-resistant depression can be identified. However, some of the factors could be variable nonresponse rates, genetic disposition; medical comorbidities, breakthrough episodes, and misdiagnosis of depression.[2]


Caveolins (CAVs) constitute a family of proteins that are principally responsible for the formation of caveolae, flaskshaped invaginations of the plasma membrane. Currently, there are three known caveolins: caveolin-1(CAV1), caveolin-2(CAV2), and caveolin-3 (CAV3). CAV1 was the first of the CAVs to be discovered (originally cloned as VIP21 in canines) [1]. CAV1 is an integral membrane protein that possesses a functional scaffolding domain used to collect, organize, and concentrate various signaling molecules. Through the use of a moncoclonal antibody [2], CAV1 was detected to be a structural component of caveolae, which had been the subject of many studies since their discovery by electron microscopy [3]. Caveolae are the flask shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane; they are about 50-100nm in diameter, and are a specific type of membrane lipid raft important in a variety of cellular functions. Lipid rafts are distinguished from the plasma membrane by their composition. Lipid rafts contain around 3-5 times the amount of cholesterols, as well as possessing around a 50% increase in the concentration of sphingolipids [4]. Important in signal transduction, these lipid rafts compartmentalize and concentrate signaling molecules that undergo endocytosis and are used to alter regulatory processes in the cell [5-7]. Caveolae are unique in that they are primarily formed due to the activity of the CAV proteins [2]. Approximately, 100-200 CAV proteins can be found in individual caveola [8].


A high order finite difference solver is implemented in order to test the accuracy and effectiveness of several numerical schemes for the aeroacoustic Large Eddy Simulations of compressible flows. The sharp gradients that are present in compressible flows and the low-dissipation required for aeroacoustics can impose contradictory requirements for the discretization of the convective terms. The present solver uses multiple discretization strategies for the convective terms such as the Roe scheme, the Kurganov-Tadmor scheme or the explicit 4-th order centered difference. Variable reconstruction is done via the 3-rd order MUSCL, with multiple limiters. A new model that blends the centered discretization with an upwind scheme tries to reconcile the contradictory requirements. The blending parameter is defined as a continuous function based on the variation of the gradient of the density field. The diffusive terms are discretized using the explicit 4-th order centered difference. The solver is parallelized for...


With economic development and increasing abundant agricultural products, consumers' demand for agricultural products has changed a lot, but attention to quality safety of agricultural products is also increased, while agricultural leading enterprise is the mainstream of agricultural product processing, and management level of food safety is related to agricultural products safety level as well as to consumers' health. Opportunism behavior occurs in the process of agricultural leading enterprise production due to bad management, and finally makes consumers' consumption behavior different consumption intention. The research adopts random sampling method from developed provinces of domestic agricultural leading enterprises to research on mutual relation and impact of food safety supervision method, opportunism behavior and consumer behavioral intention of agricultural leading enterprise in the method of regression analysis and correlation analysis. Research results have significant theoretical and realistic significance on improving food safety supervision level and consumers' health in China agricultural leading enterprises.


Araceae is one of the biggest families of monocotyledonous plants, and is diverse in both Old World and New World tropics and some are found in north temperate regions. The diversity of their species composition in the tropical Asian region is relatively rich and widely distributed in countries of South East Asia. In researching Araceae, the investigation and conservation of species are addressed accordingly. The survey of the distribution of Araceae along the lower section of Perak River, Malaysia was conducted from April to May, 2013 on several sites in each of four areas, namely Kuala Kangsar, Parit, Teluk Itan and Bagan Datuk which were selected based on the reviews about the main groups of Perak River's landscape. During the field assessments, 17 aroid species in 13 genera were detected in this region. From the data collected, Colocasia and Alocasia are most frequent in areas surveyed and Colocasia is the most common genus. From Teluk Itan, Colocasia esculenta is the most common species because it grows in lowlands, extending from sea level. Colocasia gigantea is also recorded but not abundant. Besides the dominant species found, other species are occasionally found in rice fields and canals in the region surveyed. Most of Araceae species obtain nutrient substances from the area close to the river. Other surveys about the social values of Araceae usages are also conducted to supplement this work about Araceae in the Perak River.


On February 11, 1997, we published interim final rules with a request for comments to implement the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) childhood disability provisions of sections 211 and 212 of Public Law (Pub. L.) 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. We are now publishing revised final rules in response to public comments. We are also conforming our rules to amendments to Public Law 104-193 made by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33. Finally, we are simplifying and clarifying some rules in keeping with the President's goal of using plain language in regulations.


Original Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is temporary, transitional. Special Provision of the State of J&K, This provision grants J&K an autonomous status. In contrast, Article 35A is incorporated into the constitution in 1954, grants special rights and privileges to state citizens. Since its inception, Article 370 has been considered a controversial provision in the constitution. It has been politicized in one or another way. The abrogation of Article 370 cannot be viewed in isolation, as it has proximity with historical, political, and constitutional dimensions. The abrogation of Article 370 is a key issue so far as the autonomy of the people of J&K is a concern. The mode and manner in which Article 370 has been abrogated and the procedure adopted for making Article 370 virtually ineffective is of great concern from the constitutional law point of view. The alarming terrorism in Kashmiris is a persistent threat to the unity and integrity of the nation and Indian democracy. Undoubtedly human rights violation of Kashmiri people through militant has always been an issue of great concern for Indian patriotism. In furtherance to the unity and integrity of the nation and to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir with intent to have uniform opportunities of development, all the states, including Jammu and Kashmir, the Article 370 has been abrogated. Even though this decision was a courageous attempt on the government's part, it is not free from wide controversies. This paper examines the constitutional and political dimensions of the abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The research paper examines the political, social, and legal intricacies, including the logical insight into how abrogation was politically judicious; however, the constitutionality is debatable. Paper squarely covers the historical, political, and constitutional dimensions of the abrogation of Article 370 and examines it from a constitutional point of view. The researchers have pertinently tried to analyze and evaluate the abrogation of Article 370 as a political necessity on the touchstone of constitutional principle and have correlated it with human rights.


of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science CHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC RESISTANT BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF AN ARSENIC HYPERACCUMULATOR Pteris vittata L. By Anhui Huang May 2009 Chair: Lena Q. Ma Cochair: Max Teplitski Major: Soil and Water Science The arsenic (As) hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata L. produces large amounts of root exudates, which are hypothesized to solubilize arsenic and maintain a unique rhizosphere microbial community. A group of rhizosphere arsenic resistant bacteria were isolated and identified from two arsenic-contaminated sites where P. vittata growed. Twelve aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacterial isolates (Naxibacter sp. AH4, Mesorhizobium sp. AH5, Methylobacterium sp. AH6, Enterobacter sp. AH10, Pseudomonas sp. AH21, AH34, AH43, AH45, Bacillus sp. AH22, Acinetobacter sp. AH23 and Caryophanon sp. AH28) were resistant to 400 mM arsenic, the highest level of arsenic resistance reported to date. Two levels of arsenic detoxifications were proposed and studied. General resistance mechanisms were investigated by studying microbial growth characteristics under osmotic /oxidative stresses induced by sodium arsenate, sodium chloride, polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG6000), or hydrogen peroxide. Arsenic specific resistant mechanisms were determined by identifying the two functional arsC or arrA genes based on PCR and Southern Hybridization method. Similar hydrogen peroxide inhibitions with broad-host pathogen Salmonella typhimurium were observed, and bacteria grew better


To improve the coalbed gas single well productivity,present idea of using U-shaped CBM well technology in CBM reservoir, and optimize the target area based on simple structure,large coal thickness and gas content,complete coal structure,and simple hydro-geological conditions. Meanwhile optimization includes horizontal well space,length,and location in coalbed. The results show that small well space effects on stable production stage and late-stage production potential because of small reserves. While large well space causes the interference between wells is so difficult that large scale of pressure drop does not happen and high production is not available. The optimal well space is 300 m based on 15 years cumulative production. The optimal value becomes larger as cleat permeability gets larger. The productive rate and cumulative production are the highest when the horizontal well locates in the middle of coalbed reservoir.


We study the pairs of projections $$ P_If=\chi_If ,\ \ Q_Jf= \left(\chi_J \hat{f}\right)\check{\ } , \ \ f\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n), $$ where $I, J\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ are sets of finite Lebesgue measure, $\chi_I, \chi_J$ denote the corresponding characteristic functions and $\hat{\ } , \check{\ }$ denote the Fourier-Plancherel transformation $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)\to L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and its inverse. These pairs of projections have been widely studied by several authors in connection with the mathematical formulation of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Our study is done from a differential geometric point of view. We apply known results on the Finsler geometry of the Grassmann manifold ${\cal P}({\cal H})$ of a Hilbert space ${\cal H}$ to establish that there exists a unique minimal geodesic of ${\cal P}({\cal H})$, which is a curve of the form $$ \delta(t)=e^{itX_{I,J}}P_Ie^{-itX_{I,J}} $$ which joins $P_I$ and $Q_J$ and has length $\pi/2$. As a consequence we obtain that if $H$ is the logarithm of the Fourier-Plancherel map, then $$ \|[H,P_I]\|\ge \pi/2. $$ The spectrum of $X_{I,J}$ is denumerable and symmetric with respect to the origin, it has a smallest positive eigenvalue $\gamma(X_{I,J})$ which satisfies $$ \cos(\gamma(X_{I,J}))=\|P_IQ_J\|. $$


This research paper inspected the role of Pakistani media to protect indigenous languages and culture in Pakistan. The study examined the situation; if Pakistani media outpours concern with the native languages or not. The article also checked the media landscape, its language-wise segregation and scenario of literacy in different areas of the country. The outcomes of the study showed that Pakistani media is neglecting the indigenous languages. The study results exhibited clearly that media houses' focus on protecting native languages, is not profound. The findings also showed that foreign ownership of Media houses plays a role in neglecting indigenous language promotions. The current study presented that Pakistani mainstream media is damaging the local and native languages. The study was the outcome of qualitative content analysis and in-depth interviews of senior communication experts.


Fig. 1. Overview of transgenic constructs. A: Myc-tagged Cdc42 and RhoA constructs are placed downstream of mCherry and the self-cleaving viral peptide f2a, enabling their bicistronic expression following activation of the 10xuas promoter. 10xuas activation leads to the bicistronic expression of egfp-f2a and Rac1. Each construct includes cmlc2:egfp oriented in reverse orientation B: Chart detailing each specific isoform of Rho GTPase, with its predicted activity and species of origin.


The current error correction layer of digital mobile TV is designed for worst case scenarios, which often do not apply. In this paper, we propose a new opportunistic error correction layer based on fountain codes and a resolution adaptive ADC, which has been integrated into the OFDM-based physical layer. The key element in the new proposed system is that only packets are processed by the receiver which have encountered high-energy channels. Others are discarded. With this new approach, around 84% of the energy consumption in ADCs can be saved compared with the conventional mobile TV system under the same channel conditions.


Proton shifts relative to internal benzene of pyridine hydrochloride, hydrobromide, and hydriodide in methylene chloride, acetonitrile, nitromethane, and formic acid are reported. A model involving a hydrogen-bonded ion pair between the pyridinium cation and the counterion is discussed. It is assumed that the counterion reduces considerably the π-electron polarization in the pyridinium ion calculated for the isolated ion by the V.E.S.C.F. method. If the electric fields arising from the π-electrons, the counterion, and the positive charge in the N—H+ sigma bond are taken into consideration, the observed order of the C—H proton shifts is predicted. The N—H+ proton shifts are sensitive to the counterion, the solvent, and traces of water. In formic acid the N—H+ proton shifts of the hydrochloride and hydrobromide are characteristic of the solvent only. In these two cases the N—H+ proton does not exchange rapidly and an 14N—H+ coupling constant of 67.6 ± 0.5 c/s is found.


Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of spermatogenesis – long process with many stages regulation are discussed. DNA code is the entirety of hereditary information, epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation act without altering primary nucleotide sequences. Epigenetic regulation is a complex process, in which components of different groups of epigenetic modifications (non-coding RNAs, DNA methylation and histone modification) work together. Mistakes in any of the components of the process may cause impaired spermatogenesis and/or infertility, and may cause epigenetic diseases.  Nowadays 90 imprinted genes and loci on 13 chromosomes are revealed. More then 10 human diseases involving genomic imprinting are known (Angelman syndrome, Prader–Willi syndrome, Russell–Silver syndrome, Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome etc.). DNA methylation is essential for normal development and is associated with a number of key processes including animal growth and development, transcription, DNA replication and reparation, cell differentiation, genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, suppression of repetitive elements and carcinogenesis.


The world is getting smaller every day due to technological advances and increased communication in every sphere of human life. English has become lingua-franca of business, science and technology and all kinds of communication in almost every part of the world. This implies that mastering the English language is an essential prerequisite for students and professionals of every field. Thus, after learning the first 2,000-3,000 most frequent words, the primary goal of ESP learners is the acquisition of technical vocabulary of the field they are specializing in. However, ESP courses are usually taught by ELT teachers who have not been trained to teach ESP in all possible specialized fields. Thus, teaching technical vocabulary may be a difficult task for teachers because of the lack of background knowledge of the particular field and lack of technical vocabulary. This paper argues that teachers can help their students acquire the technical vocabulary they need by devising activities that learners can do on their own or in cooperation with their peers. It describes an activity that has been tried out and proved successful.


ion, but a clamourous necessity for decent self-respecting living. It is true that many West Indians have studied at Universities in the Old and New Worlds, but their training has been carried out in situations quite remote from West Indian "facts of life" and on their return they have seldom found institutions in which the scholarly outlook has been embodied. They have therefore contributed little more than technical and professional skill to the community in which they have frequently felt themselves aliens. Our University has therefore unique obligations, which no other institution can be expected to fulfil: that of fostering and propagating free enquiry, objective discussion of ideas, and not merely the right of the individual to his opinions, but his duty, his obligation to make judgments. Extra-murally we can spread these habits by bringing University trained men and women into association with one another in an atmosphere where the objective discussion of live issues is not regarded as a betrayal of the cherished prejudices of one's caste and where criticism will not be taken as personal affront. A milieu can be nurtured in which thoughtful individuals can meet on common ground. This might counterbalance the present centrifugal force which drives many of the most gifted abroad, never to return; it would also ensure a welcome to scholars from outside. But we must go further than this. We must make demands on graduates so that they circulate among the people not only as people doing specialised jobs, with high social prestige, but as University trained individuals, carrying into classes, lectures, discussions and committees the spirit of their learning. In attempting to apply the principle outlined above, we encounter one most formidable obstacle, the conquest of which established a second task of great dimension. We have little reliable accessible knowledge of the West Indies. With certain exceptions the few studies which have been made are hidden away in journals, or else they have been made as touching some larger issue outside the scope of West Indian affairs. It is important that the University and its extramural arm should mobilise not only scholars, but curious laymen, collectors, writers, social workers, teachers, photographers, artists and technicians to document and study the West Indian world. The process of searching out and studying facts about the region* and disseminating knowledge so gained is not merely an invaluable service, but it involves those who do it in a career of eager self -education and creates a disinterested love of study far removed from the struggle for certificates. It reveals values and gives real content to political and cultural aspirations. As for the Extra-Mural Department, our problem consists first in bringing together in the several territories those who grasp the purpose and meaning of a University, on the common ground of devotion to it and realisation of the vital and unique nature of its contribution to the West Indies today. Secondly it consists in thinking out, after a careful scrutiny of the social process, ways in which the influence of the University can flow out from these men and women to others, and work like yeast in the community. The methods may be those of the lecture or •In Europe, great contributions have been made to knowledge and scholarship by laymen, especially in the fields of Natural History, Archaeology, Local History and Folklore.


The effect of hygrothermal aging on the free volume controlled diffusion of seawater in the epoxy/glass (E/ G) composite samples with E-glass fibers woven at 08 and 458 to the epoxy matrix has been studied using Positron lifetime technique. The equilibrium mass uptake of seawater is assessed by the gravimetric method. The positron results indicate that the free volume hole size increases with hygrothermal aging in the composite E/G (08) suggesting swelling while the hole size shows continuous decrease in the E/G (458) composite up to 458C. We also found that hygrothermal aging process in the present composites is an exothermic process. Although the equilibrium uptake of seawater decreases with the increasing temperature in both the cases, the magnitude of decrease is more in 08-oriented composite than in 458-oriented composite. The heat of absorption calculated from the temperature dependence of equilibrium mass uptake is found to be negative in both the cases. POLYM. COMPOS., 29:149‐155, 2008. a 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers


We have read this thesis and recommend that it be approved. iv DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my family. Thank you for supporting me through all these years and being a constant source of inspiration. v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Riera for giving me the opportunity to work in his laboratory, supervise my research thesis and having confidence in my abilities. He did not only guide me to complete a degree but also pushed me achieve it with excellence. I would also like to thank Dr. Jung for allowing me to collaborate with her laboratory to perform certain tasks required for this project and for her help during different stages of the project. I am also grateful to Dr. Lin for his time, patience, cooperation and valuable guidance about academic and research aspects. I also appreciate the cooperation of Yinchen Song, Jihye Bae and my all other lab mates in every step of my thesis. I have found my coursework throughout the Curriculum and Instruction program to be stimulating and very inter-disciplinary. This provided me with challenges as well as the tools to successfully complete my research project. Current clinical practice of resective surgery in focal epilepsy involves electroencephalogram (EEG) brain source imaging to localize irritative brain areas from where Inter-ictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) emerge, useful to localize the seizures-onset zones. Unfortunately, there are no previous systematic studies to characterize the pathophysiological mechanisms and abnormal cellular substrates in these irritative areas since histological data are available only from the final resective zones. To address this issue we applied a combination of EEG brain imaging described by Bae et al. (2015) using cutting-edge technology for high-density scalp EEG in rodents and histological analysis on a chronic rat model of focal cortical dysplasia. Post-mortem brain sections were stained for anatomical, functional and inflammatory biomarkers. Abnormal anatomical structures and increased expression of inflammatory biomarkers were found in the irritative regions. We conclude that IED-based brain source imaging can help to localize abnormal tissues highly prospective for epileptogenesis.


The primary purpose of the UP/IMCs Family Planning Communication Project is to assist the Philippine government in the execution of the national population program. Geared towards this goal is one of the projects specific objectives namely to evolve innovative and culturally indigenous approaches to family planning communication. The training program was based on 2 assumptions concerning the role of hilots traditional midwives in the community: 1) hilots are credible community leaders in their own right and 2) hilots maintain a close and personal relationship with rural women and their families that could make them effective interpersonal channels for family planning messages. The program was aimed at eliciting hilots involvement in motivating couples in their barrios to accept family planning. In cooperation with the Silliman University Medical Center UP/IMC project staff conducted a total of 3 hilot training courses in Negros Oriental. The choice of the training site was based primarily on the current existence of a hilot training program on safe delivery practices and maternal and child care. Hilot participants came to the clinic in the morning and returned to their respective barrios in the afternoon. Method of instruction consisted of lectures demonstrations group discussion role playing and field work with ample use of audiovisual aids such as models posters charts and films. The 1st follow-up survey of the hilots from the 1st training provided encouraging results. Of 9 hilots interviewed 5 had referred a total of 9 women to a family planning clinic within a period of 1 month. The hilots have talked to neighbors friends and relatives about the benefits of family planning. The UP/IMCs project on training hilots for family planning communication was implemented from January to March 1974 in 3 municipalities of Negros Oriental. A total of 56 hilots were trained to inform and motivate people in their barrios to accept family planning. On the basis of the project experience suggestions are outlined. An appendix provides a pretraining knowledge attitude practice survey of hilots in 3 municipalities of Negros Oriental.


Chapter 6 looks at the textile industry, the largest industry in the United States during the 1930s to 1950s, which failed to be organized in the South. The chapter takes aim at the highly popular cultural analysis that argues for the impact of southern culture as the reason for this failure. It emphasizes the economics of the industry, the historic militancy of southern textile workers, like that of their counterparts the world over, and the similarities of their struggles to those of other textile workers throughout the world with decidedly different cultures. For many analysts of U.S. labor, the question of why unions have been less successful in the South than in other regions revolves almost completely around the textile industry.


This paper deals with modeling mental states of a rational agent, in particular states based on agent¿s desires. It shows that the world the agent belongs to forces it to restrict its desires. More precisely, desires of a rational agent are restricted by the constraints that exist in the world and which express what is possible or necessary. Furthermore, if the agent is law-abiding, its desires are restricted by the regulations that are defined in the world and which express what is obligatory, permitted or forbidden. This paper characterizes how desires are restricted depending on the fact that the agent is law-abiding or not. This work considers the general case when the agent orders its own desires according to a preference order. The solution is based on modeling desires, regulations and constraints in an unique formal system which is a logic of conditional preferences.


This paper presents charts and tables that show record high activity for 1982 marine exploration while land activity continued to decline. Graph of mine years of marine seismic vessel activity in US waters reveals the cyclical nature of the industry. Undiscovered recoverable resources of the outer continental shelf and continental slope to 2,500-m water depths are estimated by the US Geological Survey to reach 43.5 billion bbls of oil, 4.7 billion bbls of natural gas liquids and 230.6 trillion ft./sup 3/ of natural gas. Technological advances include higher frequency and more powerful non-dynamite energy source exploration, satellite navigation, marine streamer tracking systems, high speed data transmission of digital data via satellite, fiber optic cables, and improved electronic data processing.


This qualitative analysis explored children's and adults' experiences with adoption. We used phenomenological methodology and individually interviewed 25 participants and included adoptive mothers and fathers, and their children, each adopted before 18 months of age. Two research questions guided the data analysis: (a) What are children's and parents' overall experiences with adoption? (b) What do children understand about the concept of adoption, and how do they construct that understanding? Three interactive themes resonated among all families: (a) parents' experiences and beliefs, (b) children's understanding of adoption, and (c) communication, including early telling, open and honest, and disclosure not previously revealed. We identified limitations, future research, policy implications, and implications for those who counsel, teach, research, and work with parents and children who have experienced adoption.


The proper performance of sinter plants is vital for efficient and uniformly blast furnace operations. For smooth sinter plants operation, changes to the operating conditions should be few and precise. This paper explains advisory platforms that supply control strategies and sinter quality estimations to the plant operators, developing mathematical model, which are able to advise them about the necessary decisions to improve sinter quality. These models, based on Fuzzy Logic sets, have been developed to supply control strategies and sinter quality estimations to the plant operators at a Spanish factory.


AIM: Angiogenesis plays a central role in the growth of a tumor. The hypoxiainducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) is a regulated subunit of HIF-1, a key factor that carries fundamental features in angiogenesis and tumor progression. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is highly vascularized with a variable clinical outcome, having specific genetic alterations in different RCC types. This study investigated HIF-1α mRNA and protein expression in relation to RCC type and clinicopathological variables including clinical stage and survival. METHODS: Quantitative analysis of HIF-1α mRNA expression in 202 patients including 168 clear cell (cRCC), 23 papillary (pRCC) and 11 chromophobe RCCs. Additionally, 49 samples from non-malignant corresponding kidney cortex were analysed. Comparative analysis of HIF-1α protein expression was performed by immunohistochemistry of tissue microarray. RESULTS: HIF-1α mRNA levels were significantly lower in cRCC compared with pRCC (P = 0.001) and kidney cortex (P < 0.001). In cRCC, HIF-1α mRNA was correlated to gender and age. For pRCC there was no correlation between HIF-1α mRNA and tumor stage, nuclear grade, age, tumor size or gender. HIF-1α mRNA expression was inversely related to HIF-1α protein levels in pRCC (P = 0.041) but not significantly in cRCC (P = 0.075). CONCLUSION: HIF-1α mRNA levels were significantly lower in cRCC copmpared with kidney cortex and the other RCC types. High HIF-1α protein expression appeared to suppress HIF-1α mRNA expression, distressing the HIF-1 pathway in RCC.


focuses on a key moment in anarchist history, a point of reflection following a period of intense action, of hope but ulti-mately defeat that began with the Russian Revolution and ended with the rise of fascism in Italy and authoritarian dictatorship in Spain. The


As the number of elderly persons increases, greater attention must be given to how they or their caregivers deal with emergency situations. This paper describes an automated tracking, fall detection, and emergency recovery system for elderly persons, and shows that efficient a Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) can resolve emergency situations and abnormal behaviors for at-risk populations. Our assistant robot uses position data provided by Ultra-WideBand (UWB) wireless network and motion sensor information to detect potentially dangerous situations for elderly persons. In this context, a deep neural network-based double-check method has been developed to detect and confirm fall situation with high accuracy using in-house developed sensory hardware. We then simulated four typical emergency scenarios using SILBOT-3 robot. Interaction scenarios were demonstrated to 28 caregivers, who were then invited to complete a short questionnaire regarding benefits and improvements for our system. Caregivers responded positively to our system's performance and stated that they would accept an assistant robot that could notify them quickly about a dangerous situation or possibly resolve the situation autonomously.


As the creator of Xia culture,Xia ethnic group is the general designation of the clan member in the Nei-fu who constitutes the national main body of the Xia Dynasty.It includes all the clans which have the same surname with the Xia -hou and its kin by marriage.At the beginning,they are always encircling the circumference of the Xia-hou,between the ancient Yellow River and Ji River and in their neighborhood.Even though the third culture layer of Erlitou site in the Yanshi,He'nan Province have the capital character,it only indicates that at the anaphase of the Xia Dynasty they extend their force to the Heluo region and set up a new political center.As a dynasty who has ingressed civilized period,its resident can not be composed of by a simple clan in the least,so the modus operandi that some archeological scholars equal Eriitou culture with Xia culture cannot be understood.


Tabuisaglobal optimization approach whichgen- erates andexploits lists ofalready visited points toefficiently traverse search spaces. A Tabu-based technique hasbeenrecently developed forsource localization andgeoacoustic inversion in oceanenvironments; themethodhasbeentested onsynthetic andrealdataandisfurther validated inthisworkthrough a successful application tobroadband datafromthe2001ASIAEX experiment bothforsource localization andgeoacoustic inversion. Thesuccess ofthemethodisfoundtobeintimately tiedto theexploitation ofthesensitivity ofthemeasured acoustic field totheunknownparameters. Eigenvalue decomposition ofthe covariance matrix oftheobjective function gradient determines howthesearch should bediversified forfast identification ofthe global maximum. 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 (a) time(s)


Scleroderma involves several physical changes in visible parts of the body, as face and hands. Scleroderma affects body image and is associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms and sexual dysfunction. These physical disfiguring changes are in visible and important interpersonal contact body parts. Scleroderma symptoms can be painful, such as digital ulcers, Raynaud's phenomenon, skin changes, joint contractures and gastroesophageal reflux, and the severity of these symptoms is associated with depression. This study aims mainly to characterize the most common symptoms of scleroderma, the impact felt by patients, assess satisfaction with medical care, psychological symptoms and illness perception. This study has 563 participants belonging to various European countries and Brazil. These participants are mostly woman. The instruments used in this study were the Canadian Scleroderma Patient Survey of Health Concerns and Research Priorities and The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire.


We show that the existence of an $A_2$--type subalgebra of $E_6$ which is dual to another one of $G_2$--type leads to a definition of the product of octonions on an $8$-dimensional subspace of $E_6$. Thisproduct is then only expressed in terms of the Lie bracket of $E_6$. The well knowntriality principle becomes an easy consequence of this definition and $G_2$ acting by the adjoint action isshown to be the algebra of derivations of the octonions. The real octonions are obtained from two specific real forms of $E_6$.


The article focuses on a shot analysis of one of the aspects of L.S.Vygotsky as a linguistic personality from a viewpoint of typology, ways and means of expressing critical remarks in his scientific texts.


The power injection method (PIM) has become widely accepted as a valuable technique to predict the statistical energy analysis (SEA) parameters of a structure in situ. PIM requires the measurement of the power input into every single subsystem and the measurement of the energy level of every subsystem. By inverting the appropriate measured energy matrix, the SEA parameters can be obtained. Conventional PIM suggests to use a more or less predefined number of excitation and response locations. Most often three excitation and five response locations are taken. Due to the spatial variation of the energy density in a subsystem, there will always be a substantial variability associated with the space‐averaged energy of vibration and hence associated with the SEA parameters. An accurate SEA model requires accurately measured space averaged energies of vibration and power input levels. The accuracy of the SEA parameters can be assessed by evaluating the confidence levels of the so‐called ''normalized energy levels'' and by converting these values into confidence levels of the SEA parameters. This paper aims at presenting the identification procedure of the statistics of the SEA parameters as a function of the number of excitation and response points taken into account during the PIM measurements. In the first place, emphasis will be given to the presentation of the equations dealing with the essential statistical properties of the SEA parameters. It will be shown that by applying straightforward formulas it is possible to assess the accuracy of the estimated SEA parameters and to assess the accuracy of the SEA applications, i.e., vibration prediction, source localization, power flow analysis, sensitivity analysis, etc. Some formulas which are given in this respect will be illustrated by means of SEA results on an irregular box‐type structure.


Central Connecticut State University has a well-developed First Year Experience (FYE) program. The university designates certain first-year courses as containing FYE elements. All incoming CCSU students are required to select one FYE course during their first two terms at the university. Prior to these course offerings, instructors select from a list of activities aimed at easing the assimilation of students to the university environment and ultimately increasing student retention and success. An engineering technology department typically offers very few of its own courses to students during their initial terms on campus. One candidate course has proven ideal for inclusion of such FYE activities at CCSU. Our "Introduction to Engineering Technology" course is an entree into developing problem-solving skills and applying those techniques to general engineering subject matter. Open to the entire university and void of any prerequisites, the introductory course has been popular and often served as a valuable recruitment vehicle for our program. Inclusion of this course into the FYE program even necessitated the opening of an additional FYE section, which was easily filled. New into three categories: and Informative elements included a general engineering review, a welcome and membership invitation by student leaders of the technical student organizations on campus, and a session with the Career Services organization. Instructional workshops were given on required academic integrity, proper time management, and the role of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in design team building and team dynamics. Several student and Prevention and Conclusions are based upon general assessment of the CCSU FYE program, and a review of results from initial class surveys.


The present invention relates to a developing method for flame retardant glass fiber reinforced (polybutylene terephthalate) PBT molding composition without halogen and red phosphorus. The technical problems of high CTI value flame retardant glass fiber reinforced PBT are solved by preparing new style alkyl phosphinic acid salt flame retardant and nitrogen and phosphorous compound contained synergist, and flame retardant efficiency and tracking performance are improved. The present invention has the characteristics that (corresponding tracking index) CTI is up to 550 V, combustibility is up to UL94V-0, GWFI960 DEG C and GWIT775 DEG C, and the mechanical performance and technological performance are good. The material is made by smelting and mixing talcum powder, no-alkali glass fiber and flame retardant and organophosphate which are prepared by PBT, phosphinic acid salt and melamine polyphosphate. The present invention can meet the requirements of dialysis prevention, no pollution, static electricity prevention, electric arc resistance, high CTI value, no halogen, no red phosphorus and flame resistance, and is broadly used in the fields, such as electron, electricity, information, automobile, office equipment, etc.


Mephedrone (MEPH), the most widely consumed synthetic cathinone, has been associated with acute toxicity episodes. The aim of this report was to study its metabolic disposition and the impact of genetic variation of CYP2D6 on MEPH metabolism, in a dose range compatible with its recreational use. A randomized, crossover, phase I clinical trial was performed. Subjects received 50 and 100 mg (n = 3) and 150 and 200 mg (n = 6) of mephedrone and were genetically and phenotypically characterized for the CYP2D6 allelic variation. Our results showed a linear kinetics of mephedrone at the dose range assayed: plasma concentrations, cardiovascular and subjective effects, and blood serotonin concentrations all correlated in a dose‐dependent manner. Mephedrone metabolic disposition is mediated by CYP2D6. Mephedrone pharmacology presented a linear dose‐dependence within the range of doses tested. The metabolism of mephedrone by CYP2D6 implies that recreational users with no or low CYP2D6 functionality are exposed to unwanted acute toxicity episodes.


An important problem in the indexing of natural language text is how to identify those words and phrases that reflect the content of the text. In general, automatic indexing has dealt with this problem by removing instances of a few hundred common words known as stop words, and treating the remaining words as though they were content bearing. This approach is acceptable for some applications such as statistical estimates of the similarity of queries and documents for the purpose of document retrieval. However, when the indexing terms are to be examined by a human as a means of accessing the literature, it greatly improves efficiency if most of the noncontent-bearing words and phrases can be eliminated from the indexing. Here we present three statistical techniques for identifying content-bearing phrases within a natural language database. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the methods on test data, and show how all three methods can be combined to produce a single improved method.


We are demonstrating that retirement age increase that started in Russia in 2019 was an inevitable implication of adverse demographic trends combined with the policy of keeping constant ratio of average pension to average wage, pursued by the government in 2010s. More general 'Pension Trilemma' is proposed which states that if number of pensioners per employee is rising there is no way to keep fixed pension benefit to wage ratio and retain pension system sustainability. Higher retirement age is acceptable as an increase in life expectancy (the major cause of population ageing) when it is accompanied with proportional growth of the 'healthy life expectancy' which is in a sense proxy for the age of incapacity for work. New indicators of ageing are defined as average numbers of years spent by members of a particular cohort in a working age and in retirement. We demonstrate that their ratio is rapidly shifting in Russia towards retirement period starting mid-2000s.


Abstract The dataset of Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent for the period October 1966-July 2001 is analyzed to examine the height dependence of declining tendencies of seasonal snow cover in the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau region (25−45˚ N, 70−110˚E). It is found that the annual mean snow-covered area is decreasing in the Himalaya/Tibet region at a rate of ∼ 1 % a−1, implying that the mean snow-covered area has decreased by one-third from 1966 to 2001. The rate of decrease is largest (1.6%) at the lowest elevations (0−500 m). On the other hand, the length of the snow-cover season is declining at all elevations, with the greatest rate of decline in the 4000−6000 m height range. On the Tibetan Plateau (∼4000−6000 m a.s.l.), the length of the snow-cover season has decreased by 23 days, and the end date for snow cover has advanced by 41 days over this 35 year period. These rates might be somewhat overestimated by the binary definition of snow cover on satellite images. It is likely that the reduction of the snow surface albedo by deposition of Asian dust and anthropogenic aerosols may be at least partly responsible for earlier snowmelt.


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One business that is engaged in the wood-based industry manufktur namely PT. Ace Oldfields is a company that manages pine wood into finished materials in the form of a brush. PT Ace Oldfileds products include ordinary paint brush (wall paint or oil paint), and its main production material is in the form of professional brushes, paint rollers, wire brushes, shoe brushes, and others. In order to increase growth in the field of industry, PT. Ace Oldfields business prospects
of considerable potential to create added value because it has the advantage one of them in the product diversification so that various types of support can be received PT. Ace Oldfields. However, internal factors such as efficiency in the utilization of existing resources into things that need to be considered in deciding the development of the company as well as external factors on the economic conditions that make competition in the manufacturing industry increasingly stringent. So as to penetrate the tight competition. PT. Ace Oldfields must have a strong business plan and an alternative form of reformulation business strategy so that the company can know about the ins and outs of the business. This research is a descriptive study, data collection techniques used are questionnaires and interviews with a company official. The data were collected and analyzed using Porter's Five Forces model analysis, matrix IFE and EFE
matrix at the input stage, then the matching phase matrix SWOT / TOWS, as well as on the stage of the decision to use a matrix QSPM. From the research, it is known that the market penetration strategy is the right strategy and suitable to be run by PT. Ace Oldfields.

Keywords: manufacturing, business strategy, reformulation, market penetration.


The structural shapes of plug for combined blown converter are introduced. The properties of directional MHP(Multiple Hole Plug) and development of manufacturing technique about this plug are particularly expounded and techniques for blockage prevention of the plug under the slag splash condition and hot replacement of the element mentioned as well.


Based on the comparison of the current XML coding method,PSB--a new coding method was proposed,which can rapidly and accurately judge the parent-child ancestor/descendant and sibling relationships between any two nodes of the XML document tree.Based on prime and sequence number,this coding method was adopted to support the XML update,which can effectively reduce the secondary XML coding rate.Our experiments show that PSB is a effective and dynamic coding method.


Starting from the definition of treebanks and considering that treebanks are theory dependent, we propose an annotation scheme for Romanian using several approaches ranging from phrase structure to dependency grammars and property grammars. The annotation has its starting point in a generative grammar study of the Romanian AP and validates the data of the linguistic study using an annotation scheme consisting of a constraint based approach.


The utility model discloses a guide bar of a multi-comb warp knitting machine. The guide bar comprises a guide bar base, guide bar guide rails, sliding strips and yarn guide needles, wherein the guide bar guide rails are arranged at a certain interval along the horizontal direction of the guide bar base; the sliding strips do transverse motion in the guide bar guide rails; one group of yarn guide needles are arranged on one sliding strip, so that eight sliding strips can be installed on one guide bar base, i.e., eight groups of yarn guide needles can be arranged, the quantity of the yarn guide needles which can be arranged in the sector-shaped section area of the multi-comb warp knitting machine is increased, and further more complex and beautiful fabrics can be knitted; the two adjacent guide bar guide rails can be installed more closely, and supporting steel wires play a role in supporting the yarn guide needles to enable the yarn guide needles to be more stable, so that the stability of the sliding strips in a high-speed operating process is good, the defects of missed stitch and needle beating are avoided, and further the guide bar is beneficial to high-speed rotation of the multi-comb warp knitting machine.


Objective: To investigate the effect of beforehand treatment with oral contraceptive and/or metformin on stimulation of infertility patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.Methods: One hundred and sixty eight PCOS patients received endometrial tests and oral glucose test(OGTT) and insulin releasing test and homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance(HOMA IR) before and after the treatment.They were randomly divided into three groups.Group A(56 cases) received clomiphene citrate(CC) directly for three months.Group B(54 cases) took oral contraceptive pill(OCP) desogestrel-ethinylestradiol or Diane 35 for three months firstly,then received CC for 3 months.Group C(58 cases) took oral contraceptive pill(OCP) and metformin in combination firstly then recived CC.The levelsof endocrinal hormone,HOMA IR,and ovulation and pregnancy rate were compared among the 3 groups.Results: The testosterone(T) and luteal hormone(LH) levels in serium descended signifcantly after treatment in group B and C.The ovulation rate and pregnancy rate were higher than that in group A(P0.05).The insulin level and HOMA IR decreased in group C after the treatment(P0.05).Conclusion: Beforehand treatment with OCP and metformin to PCOSpatients could improve the endocrinal condition and increase the ovulation and pregnance rate.


Generation and accumulation of the amyloid β peptide (Aβ) following proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by BACE-1 (Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme-1, βsecretase) is a main causal factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consequently, inhibition of BACE-1, a rate-limiting enzyme in the production of Aβ, is an attractive therapeutic approach for the treatment of AD. In this study, we discovered that natural flavonoids act as nonpeptidicβ-secretaseinhibitors and potently inhibit β-secretaseactivity and reduce the level of secreted and consequentlydecrease theprogression of AD. Our research consists to study with the method of molecular modellig (mechanic moleculardocking molecular) the inhibition of β -secretase.


Abstract The status and phases of the circadian timing system (CTS) can be ascertained through measuring several biological functions. Of those measurements, rest-activity rhythm is considered as a reliable circadian biomarker to evaluate the function of CTS among oncology population. Its amenable non-invasive monitoring over longitudinal time scale makes it more appropriate and convenient. Its use as reference rhythm for timing the medications is widely accepted in cancer and sleep clinics. Current mini review highlights the present knowledge on different actigraphy devices used for the measurement of circadian rest-activity rhythm. Further, this review presents recent data dealing with the status of circadian rest-activity rhythm in cancer patients and discusses its association with health-related patients' quality of life. Application of this concept supports that the interventions with abilities to reverse CTS dysfunction in cancer patients might prolong their survival with improved and acceptable level of health-related quality of life.


Author(s): Shah, Niral | Advisor(s): Schoenfeld, Alan H | Abstract: Discussions of race in educational research have focused primarily on performance gaps and differential access to advanced coursework. Thus, very little is known about how race mediates the learning process, particularly with respect to classroom participation and student identity formation. This dissertation examines mathematics learning as a context for illuminating the racial dynamics of learning in everyday classroom activity.Although mathematics and race may seem strange bedfellows, a poststructural analysis reveals specific linkages between them that suggest that their discourses are actually well aligned. To conceptualize this alignment, this dissertation introduces the theoretical frame of racial-mathematical discourse, which establishes the groundwork for the empirical investigation reported here. Observations took place in four mathematics classrooms at a racially diverse high school over the course of a school year. Interviews (n=35) were conducted with students from the focal classrooms. Data were analyzed to explore how students make sense of racial-mathematical discourse, and to gauge the discourse's impact on learning.Findings indicate that racial-mathematical narratives were central to students' sense making. All students reported awareness of the "Asians are good at math" narrative, as part of a web of racial ideology. Importantly, students linked it to narratives about other groups' mathematical inferiority (e.g., "Blacks are bad at math"). They also connected racial-mathematical narratives to broader racialized discourses outside mathematics (e.g., perceptions of intelligence). Students observed the presence of these narratives in locations outside the school setting, such as media imagery and international comparisons. Data further suggest that racial-mathematical discourse is not a static belief system. Rather, it emerges and is reified as students engage in typical classroom practices, such as noting which classmates get asked for help. This is consequential for learning, in that the deployment of racial narratives in social interaction frames students' opportunities to build identities as capable learners. This dissertation develops a framework leveraging insights from sociocultural and poststructural theory to trace the impact of racialized classroom episodes on students' identity formation. It highlights critical issues that need to be taken into account in the design of equitable learning environments, especially for students of color from persistently marginalized backgrounds.