Biopsies of 11 patients with histopathologically diagnosed amebic colitis was evaluated; endoscopically, they were suspected to have tuberculosis or inflammatory bowel disease. Amebiasis was suggested in the differential diagnosis in only 3 cases. Three patients had purely rectal or sigmoid involvement, whereas the others had ileocecal, cecal, ascending, or transverse colon disease. The biopsies showed cryptitis and depletion of mucin but no crypt branching. Crypt abscesses were seen in one biopsy. Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica were seen in the exudate in all cases. The trophozoites were round to oval, approximately 25 to 40 µm in diameter and had a single, round nucleus and periodic acid-Schiff—positive cytoplasm. Phagocytosed erythrocytes were present in the trophozoites. Some features of ulcerative colitis and infectious colitis, such as cryptitis and crypt abscesses, are also seen in amebic colitis. Amebic colitis must be included in the differential diagnosis of all patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease and tuberculosis.


A new time domain static network model of a three phase in duction motor with squirrel cage rotor is presented. Simulation of the dynamic behaviour of a machine fed through static power control equipment containing switching devices of one kind or another can be conveniently achieved using this model. The pro cedure is simple and can be applied, with considerable flexibility, to any system containing one or more induction machines. The model is inherently capable to account for iron losses as well. It is also suited for simulation of machine dynamics with un balance introduced in the stator electrical circuits by a fault, pro vided the structure of the windings remains unaltered. A similar network model can be derived to represent a machine with an asymmetrical internal fault which splits one or more stator phases into multiple sections with or without interconnections. A pre viously published model of a triac has been improved (Ghani 1981).


INTRODUCTION In the past several years there have been a number of advances in the understanding of the physics of polymer thin films. However, there still remains a wide range of opportunities to further this understanding through the development of measurement tools capable of probing the physical behavior of polymer films on the submicrometer size scale. We have developed a measurement method capable of determining the elastic modulus of nanoscale polymer films by utilizing a strain-induced elastic buckling instability that occurs in a composite material consisting of a stiff, thin film coated on a thick, soft substrate. It was shown that by measuring the wavelength of the wrinkles that are formed on the surface of the film, the elastic modulus could be calculated for films over a wide range of thicknesses. Recent work has shown that a similar buckling instability arises in a system consisting of a supported polymer film capped with a thin metal layer. As the system is heated, stresses build up in the composite film. When the polymer is above its glass transition temperature, an instability is formed which causes regular sinusoidal wrinkling of the surface in order to relieve the stress. The dynamics of this wrinkling process are dictated by a number of parameters, some of which are the temperature and the viscoelastic properties of the underlying polymer film. Theoretical analysis of this phenomenon indicates that the wrinkle amplitude should grow exponentially with time and that by studying the early and late stages of the amplitude growth, one can determine the viscoelastic properties of the polymer thin film. Here we employ a laser-light, surface scattering technique to probe the early stages of the development of the wrinkle wavelength and amplitude of a polystyrene film capped with a thin layer of aluminum subjected to isothermal annealing. Due to the regular, isotropic sinusoidal surface structures that develop on the surface of the film, an intense scattering ring is observed when a laser is reflected from the surface. The position of the maximum in the scattering intensity is related to the wavelength of the wrinkles through the following relationship:


Four experiments having two groups in each with different feeding regimes with or without UMMB supplementation were conducted on lactating crossbred cattle for estimation of nutrients utilization, milk production and methane emission. In experiment I, group A (I-1) animals were fed green fodder ad lib, wheat straw (1 kg) and concentrate mixture to meet the requirements and group B (I-2) was fed as that in group 1 alongwith UMMB. In experiment II, group A (II-1) animals were fed Green fodder (20 kg) and wheat straw ad lib and concentrate mixture to meet the requirements while in group B (II-2) 35% of the nutrients of concentrate mixture were supplied through UMMB. In experiment III, again the group A (III-1) was fed as that in group II-A (Full requirements) and group B (III-2) was fed 35% less of the requirements however, UMMB was supplemented. In experiment IV, group A (IV-1) was also fed with 35% less of the requirements while group B (IV-2) was fed as group A with UMMB. Dry matter intake per 100 kg b. wt. in group A and B of experiment I, II, III and IV was 2.68, 2.55; 2.45, 2.08; 2.14, 1.71; 1.71 and 2.27 kg respectivly and the variation among the groups was significant (P<0.05). Supplementation of UMMB did not influence the total DMI intake in experiment I and III when supply of concentrate mixture was as per the requirements however, supplementation to group fed 35% less concentrate mixture of their requirement through concentrate mixture (exp. IV) caused significant increase in total DMI from wheat straw. Non significant variation between the groups for digestibility of nutrients in all the four experiments indicated that decrease in supply of concentrate mix by 35% did not affect the digestibility of the feed. Lower milk yield (P<0.05) as a result of less nutrient supply in group II-2 was compensated by UMMB (III-2), however, no gain was observed when UMMB was supplemented over and above the requirements (group I-2). Methane production (g/d) was similar in both the groups in experiment I, but it increased significantly on decreasing the nutrient supply (group II-2). However, supplementation of UMMB in group III-2 the methane emission (178.97g) was similar to group III-1. Similar trend was observed when methane production was expressed per kg DMI or per kg milk produced. It can be concluded that supplementation of UMMB to lactating crossbred cows fed as per their nutritional requirments had no additional benefit however, supplementation of nutrients to cows fed on lower plane of nutrition (35% less) through concentrate mixture or UMMB improved DMI, digestibility of nutrients and decreased the methane emission.


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Erosion is a critical and dynamic aspect of any water resources project. A computer model was developed for simulating the dynamic aspects of erosion.The computer model is named E-GIS (Embeddable Geographic Information System), and is specially designed for soil erosion prediction. It consists of six sub-models. The first sub-model (BASIS DATA) is used for managing data for the model. The second sub-model (AKUISISI) deals with data acquisition. The third sub-model is RAMAL. It deals with forecasting erodibility and crop factor coefficients. The fourth sub-model is SIMULASI. Its main function is erosion simulation, and it is the core of the model. The fifth sub-model (SIG) deals with spatial erosion simulation, and the sixth sub-model (LAPORAN) handles the spatial presentation of erosion variables. The model was tested and validated using recorded data from the Jeneberang drainage basin, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.


The platoon control for vehicles can efficiently reduce traffic pressure. Current control schemes are able to achieve stable platoon control, but cannot guarantee collision avoidance, connectivity preservation and convergence time at the same time. In this paper, we propose a novel control scheme that can simultaneously guarantee the safe distance and communication connectivity, which is called flexible safe distance constraint, and also can guarantee the specified convergence time. A dynamic gain based distributed control law is first designed for the vehicle with single-integral model. Using the prescribed transient and steady-state performance control approach, the flexible safe distance constraint can be satisfied. Using the time transformation method and Lyapunov stability theory, the closed-loop systems under the proposed protocols can achieve stable platoon within the specified time. Compared with some existing results, the novelty of this work is that the proposed approaches allow a vehicle to converge with the platoon within any preset time without dependence on the initial conditions or system parameters. Another contribution of this work is to propose specified-time platoon control protocols for the vehicle with double-integral model under a flexible safe distance constraint. Furthermore, in order to get closer to the actual system, the controller is extended to the triple-integral system, and some special cases are also discussed. Finally, some simulations are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed protocols.


In this paper we describe an experimental rig which has been built as a result of inspiration from the bombardier beetle. This beetle is such that it has the capacity to fire a spray of hot water, steam and noxious chemicals from a nozzle at the rear end of its abdomen in any direction it wishes (even over its head). An example of controlled combustion in nature, it has led to first to simulations using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) of the spray system and the testing of an experimental rig replicating the physical process of the beetle system. The experiments verified the theories developed through the CFD simulations and produced excellent results that have important applications in different industries dealing with sprays such as drug delivery inhalers, fuel injectors and fire-fighting water mists. This novel spray technology has the trademark μMist.


Multiage classrooms seem to be an idea of the past, as students in most schools across the country are grouped by age. However, research by Goldman (1981), Rhoades (1966), and Eisner (2003) argue that multiage grouping has significant social, behavioral, and intellectual advantages for students. Using educational criticism and connoisseurship as a methodology, this article examines the accounts of a professor who taught in a multiage school environment within the United States, as well as observations of a multiage school in the Masaka district of Uganda. This study aims to understand how curriculum and pedagogy interact within multiage system, as well as whether those interactions help or hinder students. Through interviews observations, and classroom artifacts, it was found as Perez, Breault, and White (2014) argue curriculum functions as a space, not only a given content trajectory. Additionally, it was found that in creating a space where community was encouraged, the school was able to move toward pedagogy of love.


Road grade greatly affects energy consumption and pollutant emission of heavy-duty vehicles. It is therefore necessary to develop representative three-parameter driving cycles while taking road grade into account. However, the low running efficiency of existing methods for developing driving cycles is a serious problem. To improve efficiency, inspired by the idea that intelligent algorithms with self-adaptivity can accelerate convergence, an adaptive Markov chain evolution (AMCE) method is proposed in this study. Based on the characteristics of the evolution strategies of a Markov chain evolution (MCE) satisfying the Markov property, a strategy boundary variable is defined to classify the MCE evolution strategies into two categories, one with the global and one with local search capability. Then, an adaptive probability equation is used to adjust the proportion of the evolution strategies, thus the evolution strategies can satisfy not only the Markov property of driving cycle but is also self-adaptive. By collecting driving data including the elevation information from heavy-duty vehicles driving on a highway, a three-parameter driving cycle with road grade was generated using the proposed method. In comparison with the MCE method, the proposed method can obtain the three-parameter representative driving cycles on the highway, and running efficiency was increased by 43.08% under the given conditions. Additionally, the rationality and necessity of the proposed method are fully verified.


Objective To study the relationship between the different expression of P 53 protein in primary and metastatic human breast carcinoma and its invasiveness. Methods Forty-two paraffine embedded tissue sections were studied with immunohisto-chemical ABC staining to observe P 53 protein expression in original and metastic tumor.Results The abnormal rate of P 53 protein expression was 59.52%(25/42).The original group was 45.45%(10/22), and that of metastatic group was 75.00%(15/20). The positive rate of the patients who are above 45 years old was 80.00%(16/20), while the younger group was 40.91%(9/22).The difference of the rate was significantly in original tumor,metastatic tumor and age. Conclusion The heterogencity lie between the primary breast carcinoma and the metastatic breast carcinoma.


Taking GPRS as communication method,the mechanical vibration remote monitoring system is achieved by Data Socket technology.Depending on the strong ability of data processing and graphic display of VB,the sampling,displaying,analyzing and processing of environment noise data are completed.The 51 SCM is used to sample the living acceleration.The real-time display,storage and curve building of acceleration level is achieved through the communication between SCM and the host computer.


Abstract In view of the combustion characteristics of annular chamber of micro gas turbine, a planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique was used to investigate the methane/air premixed turbulent multiple flames in the annular combustor and the effect of CO2 on the characteristic parameters of flame structure was further discussed. The results show that the distribution of the OH radicals exhibits a ring structure with flame lift and bifurcation phenomena. The instantaneous and average image of OH-PLIF reveals that the multiple flames have the common characteristics of turbulent and laminar premixed flame structure. The quantitative analysis of the characteristic parameters of flame structure shows that the increase of CO2 concentration, the flame premixed conical structure is stretched, the overall flame chemistry reaction area is reduced and the intensity of local combustion is weakened; The Coanda effect causes the flame to bend towards the inner wall, and the relative bending of the outer flame increases as well as the flame angle.


Most statistical tests proposed to detect selection are sensitive to demographic factors such as changes in population size. Unlike the localised effect of strong selection, demographic factors are expected to have a similar effect on the whole genome. While this is generally true, we show that signatures of a population bottleneck can be more localised. We characterise spatial patterns of variability across a recombining chromosome that has experienced a recent and strong population bottleneck event. Interestingly, a bottleneck in the presence of recombination results in increased heterogeneity in variability patterns along a chromosome, reminiscent of the effects of selection. Since changes in population size may be common events in the history of natural populations, our results have implications for the interpretation of genome-wide scans of variability in Drosophila and humans. Céline BECQUET ICAPB, Edinburgh, 09/02 – 06/03 Signatures of a population bottleneck can be localised along a recombining chromosome


One of the most time consuming teaching tasks is running a mainstream laboratory with a limited number of hardware setups. These setups can be complex and require considerable effort from both faculty and students to master. With limited setups, students attempt laboratory modules long after receiving training on the equipment. As a result, they are sometimes unable to complete the lab, even with detailed instructions, and faculty members spend extra time in re-explaining the laboratory to frustrated students. A different type of problem can occur when the setup is so complex that the real learning is replaced by a rote following of step-by-step instructions.


Chapter 1: Organization Theory and Health Services Management Chapter 2 The Managerial Role Chapter 3: Motivating People Chapter 4: Leadership: A Framework for Thinking and Acting Dennis Pointer Chapter 5: Conflict Management and Negotiation PART THREE: OPERATING THE TECHNICAL SYSTEM Chapter 6: Groups and Teams Chapter 7 Work Design Chapter 8: Coordination and Communication Chapter 9:Power and Politics PART FOUR: RENEWING THE ORGANIZATION Chapter 10: Organization Design Chapter 11: Managing Strategic Alliances Chapter 12:Organizational Innovation, Change and Learning Chapter 13:Organziational Performance: Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness PART FIVE: CHARTING THE FUTURE Chapter 14: Strategy Making and Thinking Chapter 15:Creating and Managing the Future


We consider the solution of a generic equation $\gamma\rho(\mathbf{x})\partial^p_tu(\mathbf{x},t)-\Delta u(\mathbf{x},t) +V(\mathbf{x})u(\mathbf{x},t) = f(\mathbf{x},t)$, $\mathbf{x} = (x,y)$, for $t>0$, $p=1,2$ in a domain $\Omega$ which is infinite in $x$ and bounded in $y$. We assume that $f(\cdot,t)$ is supported for all $t>0$ in $\Omega_0 = \{\mathbf{x} \in \Omega \; | \; -a_- < x < a_+\}$ and that $\rho(\mathbf{x})$ and $V(\mathbf{x})$ are x-periodic in $\Omega \setminus \Omega_0$. We consider the associated $\theta$-scheme in time, to obtain a semidiscretized problem. We then show how to obtain for each time step exact boundary conditions on the vertical segments, $\Gamma_0^- = \{\mathbf{x}\in \Omega\; | \; x=-a_-\}$ and $\Gamma_0^+ = \{\mathbf{x}\in \Omega \;| \; x=a_+\}$, that will enable us to find the solution on $\Omega_0 \cup \Gamma_0^+ \cup \Gamma_0^-$. Then the solution can be extended in $\Omega$ in a straightforward manner from the values on $\Gamma_0^-$ and $\Gamma_0^+$. The method is ba...


The present invention relates to a container locking cover member. Open end of the container having a locking cover member can provide a plurality of features. And a container having a cover member cooperating threads. A cover member connected to the cap member further has a locking mechanism, such as extending downwardly from the wall. The container having a stop which is accessible from above, in some embodiments, for example, and may be straight downward biasing the engagement member is achieved by a locking mechanism. Indeed, some embodiments having a stop, the stop ring as part of the satellite.


A six-port microstrip-square power combiner/divider showing in-phase quasi-equal- amplitude transmission characteristics is presented. The circuit has one input port and five output ports equidistantly spaced. A matching between the microstrip square impedance and the equivalent impedance of the five parallel (shunt connected) outputs is achieved. As the microstrip square decreases in size its bandwidth augments and the relation of the width of the output ports to the separation between them diminishes, thereby reducing the cross-talk effects and converting the circuit into an appropriate device for high-speed interconnect applications. As an extension of the possible applications, a three-port equal-power splitter is also presented. A 2-D FDTD electromagnetic simulation method is used for obtaining the transmission scattering parameters.


Provisioning of resources, automatically, according to the service demand allows cloud service providers (CSPs) to implement elastic services. It is highly essential to guarantee QoS (Quality of Service) and to fulfill SLA (Service Level Agreement), in particular for the services having strict QoS needs like web servers getting a heavy load. Over-provisioning occurs when there is low demand, under-provisioning when there is a high demand and both of these situations result in poor quality of Experience (QoE) for the users. So, an approach is required to forecast future workload accurately prior to the resource allocation so that the right amount of resources can be provisioned. Such a system can help CSPs to achieve efficient resource allocation that maximizes their economic growth and also gains users' satisfaction. This article presents an efficient workload forecasting mechanism built with the Support Vector Regression (SVR) technique to evaluate the number of resources required using web server workload time series data and queuing theory. The main goal of this technique is to forecast the future workload of the web server and predict the resources required to minimize the latency while reducing infrastructure costs and energy consumption. Normalization and outlier removal are performed for better forecasting. Various other techniques are also compared in estimating workload. Forecasting of load and prediction of resources is done with good accuracy by our proposed model better than many other models.


offers up an intrinsically interesting story about the different senses of self that emerged from their migrant experiences for Arendt and Berlin, as well as the differences between American and British academia in the mid-twentieth century. Hiruta marshals Arendt and Berlin's opposing opinions on the political themes both wrote on: totalitarianism, the nature of evil (including through the prism of the Eichmann trial), their ideas of freedom, and related to all these, the question of what it is to be human. Although the ideas discussed are not new to readers of Arendt or Berlin, Hiruta's analysis is a helpful aid in grasping the political import of these ideas. He does this by skilfully contextualizing their views, counterposing their biographical experiences, and bringing the ideas of each into greater clarity by contrasting and assessing them against their opponent's claims, highlighting the omissions and shortcomings of each. For instance, Arendt and Berlin agree, writes Hiruta, that "to be free is to be human in the full sense of the term, and to deprive one of freedom is to deny one's humanity" (p. 49). Yet their distinct notions of what it means to be human brought them into opposition. Hiruta's discussion of freedom, one of the two central concepts in the book, is extremely helpful for thinking though what it means for Berlin and Arendt. Equally insightful, his chapter on evil and judgment considers Arendt from the perspective of a moral thinker, something she famously believed should not be part of "political" thinking, and yet, as Hiruta shows, remains a perspective that cannot be discarded. Arendt and Berlin's different stances on contentious questions, for example, the true nature of Adolf Eichmann, are presented in this work as equally plausible—although genuinely different—interpretations, and the discussion enlivens the thought of both thinkers without closing down the debate in either direction. Yet the method adopted here, of comparison and distinction between the two authors, can at times be overstated. This is the case in relation to one particular but very significant concept in their work: nationalism. Hiruta positions Arendt and Berlin at two poles: Berlin appeals to a "benign and humane" nationalism, while Arendt, Hiruta claims, rejects nationalism altogether (p. 197). Yet the clarity of this distinction is overemphasized, and Arendt's position in particular is oversimplified. Arendt was certainly opposed to ethnonationalism, and of course was profoundly opposed to the part nationalism played in the growth of imperialism in the late nineteenth century. Nationalism, in all its forms, is clearly a more passive form of political belonging than the active political membership that Arendt espoused. However, many of her critiques of the nation-state have more to do with her criticism of the state, and the hierarchies of power it perpetuates, than of the nation. That these hierarchies are often accompanied by ethnic nationalism exacerbates and directs the problematic nature of the state. But nationalism—at least in somewhat more benign forms— is not necessarily as fundamentally problematic for Arendt as Hiruta asserts. For example, the cultural nationhood of the Jewish people is praised by Arendt, or at the very least asserted as a fundamental element of what it is to be Jewish. The tragedy of Arendt's famous pariah/parvenu distinction is precisely that Jewish people were faced with an impossible decision between rejecting their Jewish identity or rejecting the wider political community. Many of the concerns that Arendt had about the creation of Israel relate to the fact that it became a nation-state on the Western model. On the other side of the argument, Berlin's "benign" nationalism also does not support violent, imperial action. The two thinkers are perhaps not as divided over nationalism as Hiruta suggests here. Hiruta's book is superbly researched and written, and its core conceptual analysis of the notions of freedom and evil in the two thinkers is insightful and makes a powerful case for the continued relevance of their ideas. His construction of the debate between these two theorists adds new dimensions to our understanding of Berlin and Arendt's work, revitalizing the thought of both on the political.


IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack core routers need high-performance integrative routing lookup. Traditional prefix-length binary-search algorithms need as more as 7 search stages to do once IPv6 routing lookup. While single-stage TCAM schemes used in core routers demand that entries be stored in prefix-length descending order relative to TCAM addresses. The operations to keep orders have disadvantageous affections to the entry updating speed and lookup continuity. Different from those algorithms based on prefix-length binary-search or single-stage TCAM, a novel prefix-range quaternary-search routing lookup algorithm was provided and a QSPE scheme was implemented with 3 stages of TCAMs in this paper. It needs only 3 search stages to complete one IPv4/IPv6 routing lookup, and does not demand to keep entries order any more. Its lookup speed is high, entry updating completes fast, and lookup continuity was enhanced. It achieves OC-768 (40Gbit/s) ports' wire-speed forwarding and satisfies IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack core routers.


When we think about all the decisions that we have to make, either in our professional or personal life, we almost always have to balance several objectives: reducing costs, improving quality, improving our environment, to name a few. It happens very rarely that the cheapest solution is the best one, because financial and quality objectives are usually strongly conflicting with each other. What we are looking for are best-compromise solutions to our decision problems.


On 18 December 2006, the Stockholm district court convicted Jackie Arklov for a crime against international law. It was the first, and until the present date, the only time, liability for a crime against international law has been tried before a Swedish court. This article presents the law applied by the Court, draws attention to the principles of legality, ne bis in idem, and discusses whether a national court in a dualistic legal system can impose criminal responsibility with reference to customary international law.


The strained Si/Si1-xGex/Si layer heterostructure heat treated from 700 degreesC to 950 degreesC in Ar (annealing) or O-2-C2H2Cl2 (oxidation) was characterized using high-resolution x-ray diffracti ...


In pure stands of natural or planted forests,the presence of a single tree species can result in a shift in soil properties away from equilibrium toward unbalanced or extreme conditions.This change in soil properties,which is called "soil polarization" by the authors of this paper,occurs because tree species each have unique biological and ecological characteristics(e.g.selective nutrient absorption and utilization).A full understanding of the direction and degree of soil polarization is important in maintaining the sustainable development of forests and controlling soil degradation.In this study,the authors measured a broad range of soil properties in mature stands of pure and mixed forests at multiple sites in the semi-arid,windblown sand region of northern Shaanxi Province,northwesten China.A number of descriptive indices for soil polarization were proposed,including width of anti-polarization(W),resistance to polarization(R),polarization(P) and ratio of polarization to resistance to polarization(I=P/|R|). The results indicated strong polarization((|P|0.15)) of the followings: biological properties in Pinus tabulaeformis forest;trace element content and chemical properties in Populus simonii forest;biological and chemical properties in Robinia pseudoacacia,Salix matsudana and Caragana microphylla forests;trace elements and biological properties in Hippophae rhamnoides forest;and chemical and biological properties and trace element content in Amorpha fruticosa forest.Among the species in this study,only pure stands of P.tabulaeformis resulted in the depletion of soil nutrient reserves.In contrast,pure stands of R.pseudoacacia increased soil fertility.Similarly,pure stands of C.microphylla and S.matsudana increased soil fertility and improved soil biological properties.Pure stands of P.simonii,H.rhamnoides and A.fruticosa increased soil fertility and trace element content.The anti-polarization capacities of the three main forest types were in the order of P.simonii P.tabulaeformis R.pseudoacia.Compared to capacity of resistance to polarization,soil polarization in P.tabulaeformis forest was below the grade of "light"(I_a≤0.40).Soil polarization in P.simonii forest was in the grade of "stable"(I_a≤0.15).Soil polarization in R.pseudoacia forest was in the grade of "serious"(I_a=0.61) for trace elements,"moderate"(I_a was 0.47~0.54) for biological and chemical properties,and "light"(I_a=0.40) for physical properties.


VOLUME 1: THE LITERATURE OF THE NEW WORLD: 1492-1620. Native American Literature: First Encounters. A Bering Strait Eskimo Myth. From The Time When There Were no People on the Earth Plain. A Navajo Evil-Chasing Myth. From Prayer of the First Night Male Shooting Chant Evil. An Onondaga Iroquois Creation Myth. From The Manner in Which it Established Itself. From The Graenlendinga Saga. Leif explores Vinland. Thorvald explores Vinland. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). From The Journal of the First Voyage. The Discovery of the West Indies. October 12, 1492. October 13, 1492. October 14, 1492. From Michele de Cuneo's Letter on Columbus's Second Voyage October 28, 1495: The Cannibals from Columbus's Letter to the Sovereigns on the Third Voyage. October 18, 1498: The Terrestrial Paradise. From Columbus's Letter to the Sovereigns on the Fourth Voyage. July 7, 1503: A Voice in Veragua. Giovanni da Verrazzano. From Letter to the King. A New World. Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca. The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. The Faith Healers. Pedro de Casteneda. The Narrative of the Expedition of Coronado. The Death of the Negro Estevan. Coronado Discovers the Seven Cities of Gold. Native American Oral Poetry: First Encounters. The Beginning of Sickness. They Came from the East. Richard Hakluyt. The Famous Voyage of Sir Francis Drake. The First "New England" . Michael Drayton. To the Virginia Voyage. Thomas Hariot. A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.


The invention discloses a method for preparing trifluoroacetic anhydride. A dry chemical inert solvent, white solid powdery phosphorus pentoxide and an absorbent dried and activated at the temperature of 100-130 DEG C in advance are added to a dry reaction kettle, the mixture is uniformly mixed and dispersed through mechanical stirring; trifluoroacetic acid is dropped, then the mixture is heated, subjected to reflux to have a reaction for several hours and distilled under common pressure, so that front cut fraction at the temperature of 39-50 DEG C is obtained, the obtained front cut fraction is rectified through a rectifying column, and then a reagent-grade product at the temperature of 39 DEG C-40.5 DEG C is obtained; finally, rear cut fraction higher than 50 DEG C is collected, water or a phosphoric acid aqueous solution is dropped to residues containing unreacted phosphorus pentoxide solids after the reaction, and retreatment is performed after the reaction kettle is cooled. Raw materials are cheap and easy to obtain, the solvent can be recycled, the cost is low, economic benefits are high, and the operation is standard and safe.


The invention slot is formed in the storage unit section racetrack shape, to suppress the damage of the insulating coating film generated at the time of mounting of the stator coils the stator core, to obtain a stator and a manufacturing method of a rotating electric machine that can improve the insulating will be. The configuration may be formed in cross-section the race track-shaped parts housed in the stator coil slots, and the list 1 in series in the radial direction toward the longitudinal direction of the perimeter of the slot portion accommodating section is received in the slot. Thus, damage to the insulating film to the short side of the slot containing portion due to because the convex curved surface, grazing the inner side of the short sides and the slot in the slot compartment when inserted in the slot accommodated portions slot which faces the inner peripheral side of slot generation is suppressed, and the insulating property is improved. A rotating electric machine, a stator, a stator coil


The unique features of spark plasma sintering process are the possibilities of a very fast heating rate and a short holding time to obtain fully dense materials. -SiC powder with 0, 2, 6, 10 wt% of -SiC particles (seeds) and 4 wt% of Al-B-C (sintering aids) were spark plasma sintered at for 10 min. The heating rate, applied pressure and sintering atmosphere were kept at , 40 MPa and a flowing Ar gas (500 CC/min). Microstructural development of SiC as function of seed content and temperature during spark plasma sintering was investigated quantitatively and statistically using image analysis. Quantitative image analyses on the sintered SiC ceramics were conducted on the grain size, aspect ratio and grain size distribution of SiC. The microstructure of SiC sintered up to consisted of equiaxed grains. In contrast, the growth of large elongated SiC grains in small matrix grains was shown in sintered bodies at and the plate-like grains interlocking microstructure had been developed by increasing sintering temperature. The introduction of -SiC seeds into -SiC accelerated the grain growth of elongated grains during sintering, resulting in the plate-like grains interlocking microstructure. In the -SiC seeds added in -SiC, the rate of grain growth decreased with -SiC seed content, however, bulk density and aspect ratio of grains in sintered body increased.


In order to investigate the conjugated calculation of fluid-thermal-elasticity in turbine engine with the full finite difference method. The physics model of solid-elasticity for numerical simulation is studied. The governing equation in curvilinear coordinate system is derived. The finite difference method and the boundary condition under steady-state conditions are investigated. And the code to solve stress field under steady-state conditions is programmed. The cantilever girder with a uniformity load and curvature girder with a concentrated load are calculated to validate the capability of the code to solve the stress field of solid elasticity. The numerical results which has the second order precision boundary conditions are well match the analytic result,although the result of which has the once order precision boundary conditions showed big difference from the analytic result.


OBJECTIVE Patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of ventricular dysrhythmias and sudden death. Late potentials in a signal‐averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG), a predictor of ventricular dysrhythmias, are frequently seen in patients after previous myocardial infarction, but little is known about the prevalence of late potentials in acromegaly. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of late potentials in patients with acromegaly and their relation to the activity of the disease and to myocardial hypertrophy.


The relationship of Alaya consciousness and Tathagatagarbha is viewed as the epitome of the debate in Essential nature and characteristic for Sui and Tang Buddhist,and also is one of the hot issues debated in the history of Chinese Buddhism.The paper is under the background to study FA-TSANG's understanding about this issue and to learn about the ontological characteristics of Zen school and other Chinese buddhisms since Sui and Tang.The view of FA-TSANG on this issue reflects the mainstream thinking of Chinese Buddhist since Tang dynasty.First,the eighth consciousness is the combination of neither arising nor ceasing Unconditioned dharma and arising and ceasing arisal conditioned dharma,both forms Alaya consciousness.second,really can also be affected,and participate in the formation of base consciousness.This can be seen as Xianshou master's overall understanding foundation of hoss consciousness and reasult form the effection of various classic translations.This is a branch of Consciousness in modern researcher's view.This is deeply impacted by zhenti's formless consciousness and apply Lankavatara,Faith and other thoughts using Tathagata to unifying Alaya to play Tathagatagarbha thought,but that can not represent the idea of the consciousness.This thought is different from the Consciousness preaching by Xuanzang and that is not only FA-TSANG's view,but also reflects the ideology of Zen,Huayan and Tendai as the represents of the whole China Buddhism.


The article reveals that multi-grade instruction schools emerged during the 1970s as a product of historical circumstances: the need to reduce the number of teachers according to the number of students. This decision was applied without providing for the quality of the school services (such as infrastructure or instructional material). Based on these experiences, the author analyzes the commitment that the universities must make with school with only one teacher assuming the position. She concludes with a list of challenges that these schools should keep in mind so that they can contribute to the transformation of rural communities.


Diplomacy as it is traditionally understood is changing. Diverse, non-state actors in the social sector have become influential participants in setting global goals and priorities. In education, classroom teachers, administrators, academics, and policymakers play an increasingly important diplomatic role in exchanging knowledge, building consensus on education policy and practice, and leading a path for education that is responsive to a changing world.


Contains diary written by Robertson covering the period 15 Oct-30 November 1914 describing his first two months of active military service, Robertson's marriage certificates, a flyer relating to his campaign to gain the Buller seat for the Reform Party, postcards and correspondence, mainly written and addressed to other members of the Robertson family, and miscellaneous papers. Also includes a certificate awarded to Pauline Jean Robertson by the Wellington RSA.
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, Abstract: In this thesis, a novel research about the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography (TomoSAR) to characterize the 3D structure of ice sheets and glaciers is discussed. TomoSAR is a 3D imaging tool which is now used in the radar remote sensing community, due to its potential of inferring information about complex natural scenarios on a large scale in 3D. The forthcoming European Space Agency (ESA) BIOMASS mission will have TomoSAR capabilities for the study of vegetated areas and land ice. In this thesis, the new methodologies and the processing aimed at obtaining information about the 3D structure of land ice with TomoSAR are discussed. Results from the experimental data of the ESA IceSAR 2012 campaign are presented. It is proved that TomoSAR can effectively retrieve information about subsurface ice structures, as long as the scene is not affected by temporal decorrelation phenomena. Abstract: Geophysical EM methods are widely known and widely applied for near surface applications. Technology innovation permits today to extend EM imaging to deep exploration. The study is focused on mCSEM (marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic Method), used in offshore scenarios for large scale investigation, with the aim of recovering a subsurface electrical resistivity model, to complement other kinds of data, seismic images in first place. The main features on the estimated resistivity distribution contribute to identify either hydrocarbon accumulations or particular resistive lithologies. Being a relatively new method exploited by the industry, mCSEM has great potential but also presents some peculiar characteristics that must be taken in account, namely the inherent coarse spatial resolution and highly non-linear sensitivity to the resistive anomalies. I investigate different aspects of mCSEM data analysis, imaging and interpretation. First I show a numerical sensitivity study on a synthetic 2.5D scenario. The data is computed with an accurate Finite Element Method simulator. The main results are that data is primarily sensitive to lateral resistivity discontinuities, exhibits rapid degradation with respect to depth and lower sensitivity to thickness of anomalies, as well as highly non-linear relation with resistivity, that as known from the theory of the method, leads to some ambiguities in data interpretation. Sensitivity also vary with frequency, as well as the depth of investigation. Then I address the topic of performing a quick qualitative interpretation of the resistivity model. The method relies on the knowledge of the acquisition geometry and on the hypothesis of anomalies embedded in a homogeneous resistivity background. The resulting indicator is called pseudo-image and it allows a first detection and localization of anomalies and of their lateral discontinuities. Pseudo-images variations with frequency make it possible to formulate some hypothesis also on the depth of the anomalies. Finally I investigate a CSEM migration imaging technique inspired by known algorithms in reflection seismic, with examples on synthetic and real data. The method recovers the position of the resistivity anomalies, so producing a reliable a priori model for more complex inversion procedures. The Abstract: Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging from geosynchronous orbit (GEOSAR) has significant potential advantages over conventional Low-Earth Orbit systems (LEOSAR), but also challenges to overcome. The main problem for a GEOSAR system is the extremely weak signal power available at the receiver due to the propagation losses. The issue can be overcome either increasing transmitted power and antenna size, making the system realization technologically challenging and very expensive, or increasing the observation time of the scene, introducing the signal decorrelation problem. The PhD work has been aimed at studying the feasibility of a low cost long observation time (from several minutes to hours) GEOSAR system, focusing on both the system performances assessment and the development of accurate and efficient techniques for the processing of the acquired data. The research activities have analyzed the main decorrelation sources, such atmosphere and natural targets, to derive theoretical performance models for the design of future GEOSAR missions. The obtained performance models have been finally exploited to generate the first demonstrative GEOSAR products. The demo products provide to the potential data users a first glimpse of the appealing GEOSAR applications including the near real time monitoring of earth deformation phenomena like volcanoes, glaciers, landslides and building deformation in urban areas.


1Division of Cardiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 3Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, WinstonSalem, NC, USA; 4Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; 5Departments of Cardiology, Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; 6Cardiovascular Health Research Unit and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 7Cardiology Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA; 8Departments of Medicine, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; 9Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 10Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA Background: Endothelial dysfunction is associated with common risk factors for AF and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) through a variety of mechanisms. We determined the prospective association of brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) with incident AF among older adults. Methods: We included 2027 Cardiovascular Health Study participants (mean age=78.3 years, male=39%, Black=17%) who underwent brachial FMD measurement at the 1997 to 1998 clinic visit. Incident AF was ascertained by study electrocardiograms, hospital discharge diagnosis coding and Medicare claims data. Cox regression models were used to examine the association between FMD and incident AF. Results: We identified 754 incident of AF cases (37%) over a median follow-up of 11.0 years. After adjusting for age, sex, race, height, weight, cardiovascular disease, cigarette smoking, hypertension, diabetes, kidney function, c-reactive protein, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and statins, the risk of AF did not differ according to brachial FMD response (4th vs 1st quartile hazard ratio (HR)=1.01, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.81, 1.26; per FMD unit increment HR=1.01, 95% CI: 0.97, 1.05). Conclusion: We found no relationship between brachial FMD and the risk of developing AF in this elderly cohort. Our findings suggest that the utility of brachial FMD as a risk marker for AF in older individuals is minimal.


In this issue of Acta Paediatrica, Laitinen et al. (1) explore symptoms and mucosal damage in 22 patients with type 1 diabetes who were screened for coeliac disease and compared them to 498 individuals diagnosed with coeliac disease on a clinical basis. The authors concluded that screening for coeliac disease should be considered among children with type 1 diabetes, which is in line with current recommendations (2–4). A meta-analysis found that coeliac disease occurred in more than one in 20 patients with type 1 diabetes (5), and long-term coeliac disease may influence the risk of both retinopathy and chronic renal disease in type 1 diabetes (6,7), potentially due to an increased prevalence of microvascular complications in patients with both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease (8). The paper by Laitinen et al. (1) is interesting for several reasons. First of all, the authors found that patients with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease did differ from patients diagnosed with coeliac disease due to clinical symptoms. For instance, patients with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease did not experience such poor growth as those with clinically diagnosed coeliac disease. That is reassuring, as poor growth in childhood can have long-term consequences. Although catch-up growth is commonly seen in children with coeliac disease just after diagnosis, restricting food intake to make a diet suitable for both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease could theoretically make catch-up growth more difficult to achieve. The authors also found that while children with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease often had unrecognised gluten-dependent symptoms, these were less severe than in children who were clinically diagnosed with coeliac disease. That was to be expected, because otherwise the children with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease should have been diagnosed before, due to gastrointestinal symptoms, rather than just after their diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. We believe that the lower prevalence of symptoms reflects the fact that patients with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease may have less severe small-bowel mucosal atrophy than patients who just have coeliac disease. We disagree with Laitinen et al. on their interpretation in this regard, as we believe that the lack of difference with regard to mucosal atrophy in their study was due to lack of power. Laitinen et al. based their findings on only 22 patients with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease and the statistical lack of difference was probably due to the equal proportions of patients with subtotal villous atrophy. Estimating total villous atrophy from their Figure 1B seems to indicate that it was more common in patients with clinical suspicion of coeliac disease (roughly 23% versus 9%), while partial villous atrophy was more common in patients with type 1 diabetes (52% versus roughly 32%). The same objection could be raised about the conclusion that dietary adherence was similar in patients with both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease and those with just coeliac disease. The power for dietary adherence was limited in type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease patients as there was only dietary data for 16 of the 22 patients, and the p value of 0.086 may have reached statistical significance if the type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease group had been larger. This said, it should be emphasised that a very high proportion of patients with type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease did comply with the diet. Nevertheless, the longterm implications of prescribing a life-long diet for a child based on screening are unknown, as adherence to a gluten-free diet may decline in adolescence among children with screen-detected coeliac disease. While the strongest evidence for the value of screening for coeliac disease would be derived from a randomised trial, in which a nonscreened group would be compared to a screened group with regard to morbidity, the length and expense of such a trial would probably be prohibitive. As such, we rely on observational studies, such as those by Laitinen et al., to inform us of the potential outcomes of screening. In conclusion, this article makes a valuable contribution to the literature and once again underlines the potential value of examining children with type 1 diabetes for other autoimmunity problems, including coeliac disease.


At the heart of this unnecessarily convoluted study of reading is a sensible description of how readers arrive at an understanding of novels, constructing the world implied by a text and "assembling" its meaning. Reading is presented as a purely intellectual, ideational affair. Not a word is said of the emotional component of a reader's response. For Iser fiction is a mode of communication. A novel is "a system of perspectives designed to transmit the individuality of the author's vision" (p. 35), and the reader participates "both in the production and the comprehension of the work's intention" (p. 23). The author's vision is a vision of the social and cultural norms of his time, which he may either "shore up" and affirm, or break down by making us experience their deficiencies. Iser is at his best in explicating the "time flow" of reading, the "wandering viewpoint" which the reader must adopt in the "continual interplay between modified expectations and transformed memories" (p. 111). What we experience while reading is a shifting sequence of points of view—the narrator's, the implied reader's, a particular character's—and a sequence of events that either confirm or disconfirm these points of view. We build up "images" of the characters and events, and of what they seem to mean, and then must correct them as new information is provided. Thus our initial image of Fielding's Squire Allworthy as "the perfect man" must be modified when Captain Blifil dupes him, and modified again when he sees through the appearances of Tom's behavior to his benevolent motives. What makes reading an active, constructive process is the fact that the text does not provide all the necessary links between points of view and the train of events. What it provides instead are "blanks," apparent inconsistencies that the reader must fill in or explain. To do so, driven as we are by the search for consistency, is both to construct the meanings and experience them. As we discover, for example, the deficiencies of the various points of view in Tom Jones, each of which represents a particular eighteenth-century view of human nature, we simultaneously construct one of the central meanings of the novel: that there is a "gulf between the rigid confines of principle and the endless fluidity of human experience" (p. 77). The significance of this meaning is whatever it reveals to the reader about himself: "The reader should see himself reflected in the characters, and so should come to a better


The purpose of this survey is to study the relationships and interdependencies between cost types and the level of production by product group. Subject of the survey are companies from the food industry sector in the Stara Zagora region, with the object of producing and processing meat and meat products. The method used in this study enables to analyze the changes in the average fixed, average variables, average total and marginal costs, how affect the marginal and average product. As a result of these cost-production interdependencies, the critical points related to increasing, decreasing and negative return of costs of production of meat and meat products are identified and analyzed.


A compiler course is a critical component in an undergraduate computer science education. In this paper, we discuss our experiences in teaching a compiler course using the Bantam Java compiler project, which enables students to write a Java-like compiler. Both instructors and students have found Bantam Java effective in their courses. We describe several significant extensions to the Bantam Java toolset, which give instructors more flexibility and also lower their overhead when using it in a course. These improvements include an extended source language, a Java Virtual Machine target, an Ant-based build process, and optimization and interpreter assignments.


The problems of this research are; How are Indonesian Noun Phrases translated into English?, What are the types of equivalence in the English translation of Indonesian Noun phrases? and What are the types of shift in the English translation of Indonesian Noun phrases?. The aims of the research are to compare the translation of Indonesian Noun Phrases into English then to describe the types of equivalence and shift in the English translation of Indonesian Noun phrases. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method. The Indonesian novel as Source Language (SL) "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk" by Ahmad Tohari and its English translation (TL) "The Dancer" that was translated by Rene T. A Lysloff, as source of the data. The writer classifies the data into two main categories; the equivalence and shift. The equivalence is subcategorized into Textual equivalence: SL subject-NP is translated into TL subject-NP; SL predicate-NP is translated into TL predicate-NP; SL object-NP is translated into TL object-NP, Linguistic equivalence: SL plural-NP is translated into TL plural-NP; SL singular-NP is translated into TL singular-NP, and Dynamic equivalence. The writer also finds three categories of shift, Structure shift in word order: SL head word initial is translated into TL head word final, Unit shift: SL phrase is translated into TL word; SL phrase is translated into TL compound word; SL phrase is translated into TL three words, and Intra system shift: SL phrases have no determiner is translated into TL phrases may have a determiner. The result of this research shows that the shift occurs more than the equivalence, with the percentage of 58 % shift, and the equivalence with the percentage of 42 %.


The impact of vegetation filter strips on runoff, sediment yield, and atrazine loss from a cultivated field was investigated using a physically based, distributed watershed model. The field to which the model is applied has a gentle to flat sloping surface covered by a thin topsoil layer underlain by a claypan and is located in the Goodwater Creek watershed, a USDA research site in central Missouri. The model, which works on a cell basis, was developed to route runoff, sediment, and soluble chemical downslope from one cell to the next. The spatial variability of soil, depth of the topsoil, and vegetation are allowed among cells; each cell, however, is represented as a homogeneous unit. Our investigation indicates that changing waterway cover from natural sparse vegetation to dense grass has great potential for retarding runoff and reducing sediment loss, but it is not effective for controlling atrazine loss on claypan soils.


AbstractPer Sidenius, obviously, is the protagonist of Lykke-Per (A Fortunate Man), Henrik Pontoppidan's novel. The heroine of the novel is, no doubt, Jakobe, the Jewish lady Per is engaged to. In this article, Lilian Munk Rösing, focuses on the erotic attraction between the main characters of the novel. Jakobe is, at the same time, attracted and repelled by the brute, "butcher-like" Per. Per, on his side, is fascinated by the Jewish lady of the world. Munk Rösing argues that his complex character exposes Per as "empty", where as her complex character makes Jakobe the attractive object of love, not easily grasped and simplified.


EVEN IF a trust has employee friendly policies in place, it is down to the line manager to implement flexible working on individual wards or units. And it is the line manager that most nurses turn to for help if they are finding it difficult to balance their life with their work, according to our survey (Making Time October 6).


The invention discloses an image fire hazard detection method based on a video monitoring platform. The method comprises the following steps of carrying out format conversion on an input video code stream; after real-time transcoding is performed and a digital code stream is extracted in an original hard disk video recorder, using a fire hazard image detection server to carry out identification; and if a fire hazard is determined, carrying out alarm; The method is characterized in that carrying out pretreatment on a video stream; carrying out motion detection on the video stream and acquiring a motion pixel; carrying out connected domain extraction on the motion pixel according with a condition; carrying out multilayer color detection on each connected domain and retaining the connected domain possessing a flame and smoke characteristic color; calculating a corresponding area change amount and a center moving rate for a connected domain according with a flame color characteristic and carrying out analysis of a dynamic change amount; carrying out wavelet transformation on a connected domain according with a smoke color characteristic, extracting a high frequency component and calculating an attenuation degree of the high frequency component; calculating a perimeter and an area of each connected domain and carrying out static state shape analysis; and finally determining whether the fire hazard is generated. A rate of false alarm is reduced.


The invention discloses a gasless package of pipe or other crack-easy long-shaped material, which is composed of packed housing with inner part and outer part through connecting, wherein two components moves extendibly to keep within connecting position; at least or one accumulator is set in the at least or external component or internal component to tighten cylinder-shaped internal or external component on the sealed direction, which is composed of bulking-contracting box with axial part of internal component and or external component wall.


Zirconia nanopowders doped with different concentrations of Eu were prepared by the solgel method followed by a thermal treatment at 500°C. Morphological and crystallographic characteristics were studied by scanning electron microscopy, X-Ray diffraction and UV spectroscopoy. Results showed a modification of the size of nanopowder particles when the concentration of Eu is increased from 0.0 to 4.0 wt%. Also, at lower concentration of Eu the tetragonal ZrO 2 is the most abundant phase while high concentrations of Eu lead to the formation of the monoclinic phase. The UV spectroscopy of ZrO 2 samples shows two main absorption peaks at 228 and 214 nm. The novel characteristics of the ZrO 2 nanopowders doped with Eu allow us to propose them for use as solar UV radiation detectors.


Despite comprehensive research on social robotics in different disciplines, sociological theory of action so far has almost completely disregarded the issues of agency of technology and of human-machine-interaction and left the field to human factors research or to novel approaches such as the Actor Network Theory (ANT). The following paper links research on human-machine interaction to sociological theory of action and proposes a method to investigate these issues experimentally. First, it sketches a sociological model, which describes the "co-action" of technology in a way that allows investigating the question of non-human agency empirically. Bruno Latour's provocative argument of symmetry of humans and non-humans is taken as a starting point to show that a sociological theory of action, based on Hartmut Esser's model of sociological explanation (MSE), is also capable to cope with these questions. In order to better understand the interaction of human actors and non-human agents in highly automated systems, we therefore construct a model of sociological explanation of hybrid systems (HMSE), which treats both parts of the system as deciders, who act according to the principle of subjective expected utility (SEU). The overall behaviour of the hybrid system thus can be modelled as the aggregated result of the actions of both parts. The data from experiments with an agent-based computer simulation, implemented on the basis of the HMSE, show that human test persons indeed attribute agency to the technical systems. Additionally, they describe the relation of human and machine as symmetrical. Finally, we discovered that test persons also tended to attribute responsibility for the achievement of certain goals to the technical system – although the experimental setup implied equally distributed responsibility among humans and nonhumans. The HMSE can help to gain new insights into the interplay of humans and nonhumans and provide a deeper understanding of this kind of hybrid interaction, grounded on a sociological theory of action


Computer games are a genre of software systems that in many ways differs from more traditional applications. In particular, when designing games, the end result of game development resembles work of art rather than that of engineering, emphasizing the need for creativity and artistic abilities. However, as technology, tools, methods, and artifacts that are used in the development of games are to a large extent similar to those used in the development of more traditional system, games should conform to the basic laws of software, including software evolution. In this paper, we reflect the principles of software evolution distilled by Manny Lehman in the form of laws of software evolution to the game domain. We present how the laws can be interpreted and applied in games projects, and argue that many of the laws apply to many games, but not all laws apply to all games. The way the game is evolved especially has an effect on the applicable laws as changes in games can be emerging, reactive or pre-planned.


The chapter describes the new approach in artificial intelligence based on simulated biological neurons and creation of the neural circuits for the sphere of IoT which represent the next generation of artificial intelligence and IoT. Unlike existing technical devices for implementing a neuron based on classical nodes oriented to binary processing, the proposed path is based on simulation of biological neurons, creation of biologically close neural circuits where every device will implement the function of either a sensor or a "muscle" in the frame of the home based live AI and IoT. The research demonstrates the developed nervous circuit constructor and its usage in building of the AI (neural circuit) for IoT.


At present color fastness are tested mainly according to China national standard GB/T seriesand American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists(AATCC series).Color fastnesses of textiles exported to America are inspected according to AATCC standards.And color fastness of domestic consuming textiles need to meet the requirements of GB18401-2003 general safety technical code for textile products,cited in which are GB/T series standards.The paper mainly compared the differences of color fastness to water,perspiration and rubbing,respectively between GB/T series and AATCC series.The chosen color fastnesses are all specified by GB18401-2003.


Technologies have been theorised to understand their powers to produce spacetimes – notably through Bernard Stiegler's reading of technics as constitutive of human ontology. However, less attention has been paid to how technologies shape spacetimes according to their own distinct logics of evolution, the result being a tendency to reduce technological agency to a question of its effects on human being. The first half of the paper elaborates this problem in conversation with geographies of the digital turn. The second half introduces an alternative approach through Gilbert Simondon's ontogenetic notion of technology characterised by its own logics of evolution – what I term techno-genesis.


Harris flow is one of a number of equilibrium electron beams requiring a launching method which imparts angular momentum to the stream. Immersion of the electron gun region in a magnetic field tangent to the cathode and orthogonal to the electron trajectories provides a means of rotation free of the defocusing and discontinuity effects of previous methods. Centrifugal-force spreading is eliminated by electric-field compensation in the gun. This compensation results in field lines at an angle to the stream edges and necessitates gun electrode design by a curvilinear flow method. An immersed gun of this kind has produced a stable Harris flow beam containing 86 per cent of the total energy in rotational motion. Anode transmission is in excess of 95 per cent.


Introduction Crystals of [(R)1-cyanoethyl][tri(p-chlorophenyl)phosphine]cobaloxime [cobaloxime = bis(2,3butanedione dioximato)cobalt(I I I) ], C29H30C13 CoNsO4P, [Co(C3H4N)(C4H7N202)2(C~sHI2C13P)] , Mr=708"8, reveal crystalline-state racemization of the optically active cyanoethyl group on exposure to X-rays (Mo Ka, A = 0.71069 A). At the initial stage, the crystal is triclinic, space group P1, with a = 11"335(4), b=11.331(4), c=13.717(4) A, a = 94.96(8) , /3=83.73(5) , y=114.38(4) °, V=1593(1) /~3, Z = 2 , D x = l . 4 7 8 g c m -3, / z=8 .17cm -I, F(000) = 728 and T = 293 K. Changes in the unit-cell dimensions with exposure time are small, and after about 700 h the values become constant. From the intensity data collected for five stages during the change, the structure at each stage was determined, including the occupancy factors of the original and inverted cyanoethyl groups (R =0.042, 0.048, 0.048 and 0.053 for stages I, II, III and IV, respectively). The structure analysis showed that the rate of inversion of the cyanoethyl group in one of the independent molecules is much greater than that of the other. With advancing racemization, a pseudo glide plane between the two independent molecules becomes a crystallographic one and in the final stage the crystal is monoclinic, space group Cc, with a = 19.033(8), b = 12.308(3), c= 13.718(3) A, /3=96.64(4) °, V= 3192(2) ,~3, z = 4, Dx = 1.475 g cm -3 and R = 0.052. At the two symmetry-related sites, the population ratios of (R)and (S)-cyanoethyl groups are 74(1):26(1) and vice versa. This characteristic racemization is discussed in terms of cavities [Ohashi, Uchida, Sasada & Ohgo (1983). Acta Cryst. B39, 54-61]. *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Present address: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, Japan. Serial studies on the crystals of [(R)-l-cyanoethyl]cobaloxime complexes with different base ligands have proved that in these crystals the inversion of the optically active cyanoethyl group (hereafter abbreviated to cn) occurs without degradation of the crystallinity (Ohashi & Sasada, 1977; Ohashi, Yanagi, Kurihara, Sasada & Ohgo, 1981, 1982; Ohashi, Uchida, Sasada & Ohgo, 1983; Uchida, Ohashi, Sasada, Ohgo & Baba, 1984; Tomotake, Uchida, Ohashi, Sasada, Ohgo & Baba, 1985; Ohashi, Tomotake, Uchida & Sasada, 1986). The lattice structure kept during the reaction makes possible detailed investigations of the movement of the reactive group and the effect of the surrounding molecules on it. Considering these advantages, we call such a characteristic solid-state reaction a 'crystalline-state reaction'. Depending on the molecular arrangement in the crystal, several complicated reaction modes have been observed (Kurihara, Uchida, Ohashi, Sasada, Ohgo & Baba, 1983; Tomotake et al., 1985; Ohashi et al., 1986). For these modes, we have defined, as a first approximation, a free space for movement of the reactive group as a 'cavity' and found a positive correlation between the cavity volume and the reaction rate (Ohashi et al., 1983). The present paper deals with the crystalline-state reactions of [(R)-l-cyanoethyl][tri(p-chlorophenyl)phosphine]cobaloxime, the crystals of which belong to space group P1 and in which two independent molecules in an asymmetric unit are related to each other by a pseudo glide operation. The reaction mechanism is discussed in terms of cavities.


EIR June 8, 2012 June 4—It has become a cliché to say that the treatment of Greece under the brutal policy of the Troika (ECB/ EC/IMF), memorandum is an injustice to a nation which was the cradle of Western civilization, but it's true—and the same is true of the Mediterranean basin as a whole. Western civilization was born in the Mediterranean basin because, as a people of the sea, those who lived there were in communication with peoples and cultures far distant from their homelands. The Mediterranean Sea brought together the civilizations of the broad expanse of Eurasia, from the Atlantic islands to the Pacific. To the south it brought in all of the African continent, since it served as a hub of the global trade routes, such as they existed. Egyptian civilization not only was connected economically deep into Africa along the Nile River, but also, via the Red Sea, to the Indian Ocean, and even beyond, to the west coast of the Americas. To the north, through its relations with the maritime states of the Aegean, better known as the lands of the Hellenes, Egypt had a trade window into the northern regions of the Eurasian landmass, as witnessed by the fact that amber, originating in the Baltic states, has been found in the ancient tombs of the Pharaohs. Greece drew into itself the trade and cultural influence of its huge hinterland, the so-called Scythians, identifying a region that now encompasses the Balkans, Ukraine, and part of Russia, reaching up into the Baltic Sea. To the east, the conquests of Alexander the Great encompassed a region that was in communication with Greece for thousands of years before his army marched into India. By the same token, Rome, or more broadly, the civilization of the Italian peninsula, had all of western Europe as its hinterland. These large regions comprised trade routes which brought in new types of raw materials, such as tin, required for converting soft copper into a much harder and durable bronze, from outside the Mediterranean. But the most "durable" of resources that came into circulation throughout the Mediterranean basin were new ideas and conceptions of man and the universe, as most dramatically witnessed by the impact of Egyptian science and philosophy on that of Greece. Greek temples were designed on the same principles as those of Egypt: that is, as astronomical instruments. The difference was that Greek temples were far more beautiful, and it was that conception of beauty which became the foundation of what we call Western civilization. The collapse of the Greek and Roman Mediterranean civilizations was followed by the rise of Islamic civilization, which carried forth the ideas of the ancients, and helped to kindle the European Renaissance. But then, the shifting of economic development to the north, accompanied by the transmutation of the Venetian Empire into the East India Companies, and finally into the British Empire, relegated the Mediterranean to backwardness, and Africa to the ravages of colonialism. The lack of economic development of this region has led to the most important deficit to civilization as a whole, the generation of new ideas.


Insufficient transparency was one of the shortcomings that financial markets showed in the midst of the financial crisis. It affected not only derivatives, but also fixed income and structured products markets. A certain debate has arisen around regulatory initiatives to increase transparency on non-equities markets and especially on derivatives. The relation with liquidity is at the center of that debate and it is also linked to elements such as the level of central clearing of derivatives and the structure of the derivatives industry. In Europe, several initiatives are set to change the way derivatives are cleared and traded and financial stability is at the center of the logic behind them. We analyse in this article the main elements to consider when addressing the increased pre- and post-trade transparency on derivatives markets, its relation with liquidity and efficiency and its implications on market structure, financial stability and investor protection.


Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at risk of developing metabolic bone disease. We aimed to compare markers of bone metabolism and bone mineral density in patients with IBD and healthy subjects. Seventeen patients with ulcerative colitis (13 women, four men; median age 33.4; range 15–52), and eight patients with Crohn's disease (five women, three men; median age 30.2; range 21–44), and 20 healthy subjects (12 women, eight men; median age 32.5; range 17–52) were investigated.


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RF properties and avalanche noise generation in opto‐sensitive GaAs, InP, GaInAs, and GaInAsP double‐drift IMPATT diodes with and without optical injection have been studied. The optimum frequency and RF characteristics undergo sufficient variation with increase of intensity of optical radiation, which opens the prospects for RF tuning and its use as a low‐noise optical detector. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 33: 295–300, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10300


Directory services provide a mechanism to describe internal resources that can be dynamically discovered and used, and are increasingly being adopted by organizations. Despite being in an era of extensive interorganizational collaboration, relatively little attention has been given to extending directory services across organizational boundaries. In particular, resources described using directory services are either (a) constrained by description possibilities or (b) cannot be widely understood due to idiosyncratic description mechanisms. Thus, current directory services approaches are not well suited for the information requirements of groups of individuals spanning organizational boundaries: communities of interest (COIs). A COI is a virtual community that benefits from electronic communication, especially by the ability to provide structured descriptions of relevant resources. This paper describes a new approach to support COIs through directory services by enabling autonomous entities to provide structured, evolutionary descriptions of members and resources while retaining directory services' core strength: structured, semantically coherent descriptions of resources. The requirements architecture is derived, a walkthrough of the architectural elements is given, and a research prototype is briefly described.


Because of the rapid temporal evolution of the particle density, the interplanetary propagation of solar cosmic rays cannot be accurately described by a spatial diffusion equation. With the use of a simple numerical integration scheme, we show that the pitch-angle scattering equation gives intensity-time profiles and anisotropies very different from the spatial diffusion results. In many cases, the reasons for the failure of the diffusion limit, and an explanation for why some temporal profiles of solar particle events look diffusive, are given.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to explore changes in health as reported by cystitis-prone females after having received prophylactic acupuncture treatment for recurrent cystitis.

DESIGN
A qualitative study based on written free text answers on the women's own experience of changes related to health after completion of TCM acupuncture treatment. Data were analyzed using Giorgi's phenomenological approach.

SETTING
Subjects living in the Bergen area, Norway, were recruited by advertisement in local newspapers and included provided they had had three or more episodes of lower UTI during the previous 12 months.

RESULTS
The main topics reported were related to improved pressure during micturition and more complete bladder emptying; more normal bowel movement and less abdominal discomfort; more energy, reduced stress level, and better sleep. Only a few reported feeling worse.

CONCLUSION
The symptoms described as relieved by the women in our study seem to fit TCM theory for diagnoses of their vulnerability to cystitis. Qualitative methods have a role in TCM research that may enrich our knowledge in other ways than traditional quantitative methods may.


We present the first demonstration of a tightly coupled array (TCA) excited by high-power photodiodes directly integrated onto the antenna substrate. As a complex electrical feed network is not required to feed the radiating elements, the design can realize ultra-wide bandwidth while improving upon the size, weight, and power of conventional electronic-based arrays. Circuit and full-wave simulations are conducted for optimization of array performance and compared against all-electronic TCA designs within the literature. A prototype  $9\times 12$  element TCA with four photodiode-integrated active elements is characterized to validate the design process. The photonic array exhibits high radiation efficiency between 5 and 20 GHz, and a maximum effective isotropic radiated power of 25 dBm at 13 GHz is measured in the far field.


The prime role of the hydrochloric acid secreted by the parietal cells of the stomach is to assist in digestion of food .The another important role of it is to assist in immunity. The presence and secretion of the hydrochloric acid is a part of innate immunity that fights against the pathogens that enter our body through oral route. However if a person drinks fluids while eating food, the hydrochloric acid whose pH is 2-3, is greatly diluted and as a result the acid cannot effectively prevent the invasion of the GI tract by pathogens that are present in our food and water .This study reveals that those subjects who do not drink water while eating food but drink it after one hour of consumption of food are less likely to be infected with pathogens through GI tracts. Whereas those people who drink water while taking food are more prone to be infected by the pathogens. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.10056 Journal of Nobel Medical College Vol.3(1) 2014; 58-61


In ancient Chinese documents there were three frontier fortresses in the eastern boundary of the ancient Yan State, including"Leyang","Manfanhan", and"Zhansai". There were wrong ideas about the location of the three frontier fortresses. Through textual research the conclusion has been made that the west section of Upper Zhang was the present place form Huang Zhou to Zhang Xiang Li in the south west of Pingrang City Proper and extended to Suian, the Yellow Sea North Course and from Wenhu Li to Fanchuanli was called Lower Zhang, which was also called Manfanhan.


To a class of Networked Control System(NCS) with fixed network-induced delays and control input constraints,a control input model under partial sensor failure was established.In order to reduce the communication burden of the network,the system was augmented to eliminate the effect caused by network-induced delays.By establishing a proper Lyapunov function and applying H∞ control theory and linear matrix inequality(LMI) techniques,the sufficient condition for NCS with robust H∞ fault-tolerant controller and the design approach of the controller were obtained.Finally,a simulation example was used to illustrate the effectiveness and the feasibility of proposed approach.


One of the most valuable treasures of the Turkish history is, undoubtedly is the Epic of Oguz Kagan or Oguz-name in another words. The Oguz names, which created an essential history and culture element in its contents, de scribes the conquests of the Turkish historical epic hero and the emperor Oguz Kagan. For that reason, it is benefical to underline the identity of Oguz Kagan who has the lead role in the Oguz Kagan epics. Who is this Oguz? A hero from the epic or is he a real person lived in the past? Many experts have tried to answer this question and some of them have accepted that he is the great yabgu of hunnish Borii Tonga (Mo-tun) whereas some say that he is a prophet sent to the Turks. Actually each group has right for their point of views. In history, our oldest goverment established has been the Hun state so far known. One of the most mighty and most well-knwon emperors of the Turkish history is Borii Tonga (Mo-tun) Yabgu who brought this Hun State to the top and who laid the foundations of the states that The Turkish ancesty coming af ter him established (B.C. 209-174). His father chose his brother after him for the empry1 and he got into action with a divison under his rule and killed his fa ther during a battue and he undertook the management of the Turks (B.C. 209). Mo-tun, who re-organized the government organization, defeated Tung-hu as they demand lands all the time from them.2 Borii Tonga (Mo-tun), who coor dinated the government organization has defeated Tung-hu's as they have asked for ground continuously,3 and he has also defeated Yiieh-chi's in B.C. 203.4 As


Cyanuric fluoride (2) is one of the most popular fluorinating agents in organic chemistry. The title compound could be prepared in a 50 to 100 g scale by means of a chlorine fluorine exchange, the process was characterized by a simple preparation procedure, cheap reactants and a low time exposure. Carboxylic acids were converted into the corresponding acid fluorides 4a-g using cyanuric fluoride. A non-aqueous work-up led to high yields on synthesizing a range of functionalized acid fluorides.


New modes in the terahertz spectrum of D-glutamine have been found in the first low-temperature measurements. With a high-purity sample and temperatures as low as 6K, eight intrinsic absorptions of D-glutamine in the frequency range below 4 THz have been identified. Tracking the frequency of the modes with temperature reveals anomalous blueshifting indicative of complex intermolecular hydrogen bond dynamics.


As the number of devices connected to the Internet of things (IoT) surges, the amount of data explodes. Therefore it not only increases the bandwidth load of data transmission but also aggravates the computing and storage load of a cloud platform. At the same time, the traditional computing paradigm centered on cloud computing cannot meet the real-time requirements in many application scenarios. The emergence of edge computing can solve the problems of realtime data processing and network bandwidth occupation in the current IoT scene. In this paper, according to the characteristics of IoT, such as fragmented data, heterogeneous network, and limited energy consumption, the architecture of an IoT edge computing system is constructed to suit better an IoT scene. In addition, the application of edge computing key technologies such as virtualization, edge intelligence, computing offload, collaborative scheduling and micro-services in resource-constrained IoT scenarios is analyzed in detail. Finally, the functions and application of energy consumption monitoring and optimization to a central air-conditioning system are analyzed and summarized, which is a typical application of edge computing in the context of the IoT.


The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing a compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, the method comprising: the formula (V) at a temperature in the range of about -78 deg.] C to about room temperature range and a mixture of zinc compound with an organolithium reagent in a first reaction of a hydrocarbon solvent, wherein LG1 is a leaving group; to form the corresponding mixture of compounds of formula (VI), and zinc salts, wherein M1 is lithium; to a mixture of compounds of formula (VI), and a first zinc salt incorporated into the ether solvents; corresponding compound of formula (VII) to generate a, where M2 is a reactive zinc species.


Using transmission electron microscopy, we have identified a new type of afferent terminal structure in the crista ampullaris of the goldfish Carassius auratus. In addition to the bouton‐type afferent terminals previously described in the ear of this species, the crista also contained enlarged afferent terminals that enveloped a portion of the basolateral hair cell membrane. The hair cell membrane was evaginated and protruded into the afferent terminal in a glove‐and‐finger configuration. The membranes of the two cells were regularly aligned in the protruded region of the contact and had a distinct symmetrical electron density. The electron‐dense profiles of these contacts were easily identified and were present in every crista sampled. In some cases, efferent terminals synapsed onto the afferents at a point where the hair cell protruded into the terminal.


Summary Extreme hyperplasia of the thyroid gland has been produced in hamsters by placing them on iodine-deficient diets. When iodine is administered large amounts of colloid accumulate in the thyroid follicles, giving rise to the morphological picture of diffuse colloid goiter. Marine's concept of the pathogenesis of colloid goiter: normal gland → hyperplasia → (iodine treatment) → colloid goiter, appears to have been proved under laboratory conditions, in the hamster at least.


WITHIN the past half century, the doctrine of the biochemical unity of living matter has become well established. Metabolic pathways as well as methods of storage, transfer, and use of energy and of genetic information are found to have strong commonality in the cells of microorganisms, plants, and animals. As a consequence, similar kinds of organic and inorganic components are used in the building of protoplasm by the three forms of life. Moreover, the quantities of inorganic nutrilites needed for cell replication are quite similar. For example, to achieve maximal growth, cultures of cells of microorganisms, plants, and animals each require approximately 1μM solution of iron, 1 mM solution of phosphorus, and 1 mM solution of magnesium. Immunity In view of these similarities, it is remarkable that plants and animals have been able to develop, during evolution, methods for keeping many of their tissues and organs free of microbial invaders.


The spectrograph is a signal processing tool often used for the frequency domain analysis of time-varying signals. When the signal to be analyzed is a function of time, the spectrograph represents the frequency content of the signal as a sequence of power spectra that change with time. In this paper, the usefulness of the technique is demonstrated in its application to the analysis of the time history response of a nonlinear aeroelastic system. The aeroelastic system is modeled analytically as a two-dimensional, rigid airfoil section free to move in both the bending and pitching directions and possessing a rigid flap. The airfoil is mounted by torsional and translational springs attached at the elastic axis, and the flap is used to provide the forcing input to the system. The nonlinear system is obtained by introducing a freeplay type of nonlinearity in the pitch degree-of-freedom restoring moment. The airfoil is immersed in an aerodynamic flow environment, modeled using incompressible thin airfoil theory for unsteady oscillatory motion. The equations of motion are solved using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta numerical integration technique to provide time-history solutions of the response of the airfoil in the pitch and plunge directions. Time-histories are obtained for the nonlinear responses of the linear and nonlinear aeroelastic systems to a sine-sweep input. The time-histories are analyzed using the spectrographic technique, and the frequency content of the response is plotted directly as a function of the input frequency. Results show that the combination of the sine-sweep input with the spectrographic analysis permits a unique insight into the behaviour of the nonlinear system with a minimum of testing. It is shown that the frequency of the nonlinear system response is a function of the input frequency and one other characteristic frequency that can be associated with the limit cycle oscillations of the same nonlinear system subject to a transient input.Copyright © 2006 by ASME


The 11th national winter games is a scale biggest comprehensive sports event which Qiqihar conducts throughout history,this sports event's successfully holds to this old Industrial base city development is extremely important,it to aspects and so on Qiqihar 's economy,society,image,sports has had positive and the profound influence.


Photoluminescence (PL), total photoluminescence excitation (TPLE), transmission and decay photoluminescence experiments were done to establish the most efficient excitation mechanism of the europium (Eu) ions in amorphous Al2O3 and Y3Al5O12 host matrices. Both matrices were fabricated using the sol-gel technique, doped with Eu ions and sputtered on a flat quartz plate. Because of relatively low temperatures of annealing (200 °C), after this treatment the matrices should remain in an amorphous phase. In such a system, Eu ions occupy the points having different site symmetries. However, based on characteristic features of the PL spectra, the effective site symmetry (ESS) parameter was defined to describe the PL properties of the Eu ions in various matrices. Low intensive direct f-f transitions at 392, 465, 530 nm were observed in the TPLE spectra. The most intensive, wide excitation bands were centred at around 250–260 nm and the charge transfer process was found to be related to these excitation bands. Finally, a good correlation between photoluminescence lifetimes, the PL intensity and CT energy was observed.


: In this article, some new operations [$ , # , ∗ , → ] of q-rung orthopair fuzzy matrices are defined and discussed several properties. Further, the necessity and possibility operations of q-rung orthopair fuzzy matrices are proved. Finally, we have identified and proved several of these properties, particularly those involving the operation L → M defined as q-rung orthopair fuzzy implication with other operations.


Objective To explore the effects of 24-hour dynamic blood pressure rhythm and insulin resistance metabolic disorder on postoperative cognitive dysfunction(POCD) in elderly hypertension patients. Methods Preoperative insulin resistance and 24-hour dynamic blood pressure in the elderly patients (age ≥60 years) undergoing noncardiac surgery were determined. Following WHO/ISH criteria for diagnosis of hypertension, 103 subjects were divided into four groups according to 24-hour dynamic blood pressure rhythm: dipper hypertension group (25 cases),dipper hypertension and insulin resistance metabolic disorder group (26 cases),non-dipper hypertension group (26 cases), and non-dipper hypertension and insulin resistance metabolic disorder group (26 cases). All subjects were evaluated by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) preoperatively and on day 7 postoperatively. Results The MMSE score was significantly lower in non-dipper hypertension and insulin resistance metabolic disorder group than in dipper hypertension and insulin resistance metabolic disorder group, dipper hypertension group and non-dipper hypertension group (24.3±1.3, 27.3±1.7,28.3±0.6,26.8±1.3, respectively, P0.05).Conclusion A reduction and disappearance of blood pressure circadian rhythm complicated with insulin resistance is associated synergistically with the damage of postoperative cognitive function in elderly hypertension patients.


This paper describes the use of a Hybrid Fuzzy-Genetic Programming system to discover patterns in large databases. It does this by evolving a series of variablelength fuzzy rules which generalise from a training set of labelled classes. Numerous novel techniques, including the use of genotypes in Genetic Programming, two new genetic crossover operators, and the processes of Modal Evolution, Modal Reevolution and Nested Evolutionary Search are described. Experimental results show that the system is able to classify data from the Wisconsin Breast Cancer database correctly 95% of the time.


As the leading worldwide job-creating economic sector tourism is regarded as an engine of growth. It generates 10.4% of global GDP and generates millions of jobs annually. This paper investigates the influence of the tourism industry on the economic growth of Cape Verde between the years 1990 until 2017. The ARDL approach has been applied to check the long-term association among the variables in the study. The results of the study prove that tourism exerts considerable influence on Cape Verde's growth over the past three decades. This can also be understood as a long-term association between GDP, political stability, inflation, and the expenditure of intercontinental travelers. In contrast, the exchange rate is seen as a negative influence on the growth of the state.