The new Primary Standards Building at Sandia provides state-of-the- art environmental control. The CMM and gage block labs are controlled to 0.01 C, while the mass, force, and general dimensional labs are controlled to 0.1 C. Independent control systems employ sensors mounted in central locations in the various labs. In calibration work, however, one is concerned with the actual temperatures, drifts, and gradients of the equipment and standards during use. This paper presents studies of temporal and spatial variations in temperature of equipment and standards in our labs under various conditions. An `alter-ego` heat source typically was used to represent human presence. The results demonstrate strong short-term drifts and long term-gradients upon the introduction of a heat source. The equipment can warm by up to 1 C during use. Strategies for minimizing the impact of such changes on calibration results and uncertainties are discussed.


Vertical light emitting diode (VLED), power devices, techniques to divide the wafer structure including a plurality of metal devices die die such laser diodes and vertical cavity surface emitting laser device is disclosed. This technology as compared to conventional metal device by the device produced by the production efficiency is increased, thereby improving the performance such as brightness and thermal conductivity of the light-emitting diodes. Furthermore, originally have been removed if the non (low) high heat radiation metal device having a carrier substrate is thermally conductive and / or non (low) conductivity is present, this technology GaN based electronic devices also it can be applied. BACKGROUND OF THE 1c


Fiji is one of Australia's Pacific neighbours. Nursing and nurse education in that country is at an exciting stage of development. The Ministry of Health in Fiji has recently introdeuced new nursing initiatives and is about to introduce a new pre-registered nurse curriculum in 2004. The introduction of the new curriculum will pave the way for the Fiji School of Nursing to merge with the Fiji School of Medicine, part of a more inclusive goal for healthcare education in Fiji. Other initiatives such as the introduction of the nurse practitioner role and nursing competencies have assisted nursing in Fiji to move towards this goal. This paper will explore these new developments in nursing as well as provide an historical account of the development of nursing education in Fiji.


The graft-sulfonated bamboo pulping liquor was prepared.The effect of sodium sulfite,formaldehyde and polycondensation time on the performance and yield of sulfonated product was studied.The product GCL1-J was prepared in the optimal conditions of m(S)∶m(L)∶m(F)=0.56∶1.00∶0.50,sulfonation reaction time of 1 h and polycondensation reaction time of 3 h.The structure and performance of GCL1-J were tested.IR spectrum showed that many sulfonic acid groups and ketone carbonyl groups are grafted into lignin of bamboo pulping liquor,which improves static dispersity of the product.GCL1-J has a retardation effect and water retention property.When w(GCL1-J) = 0.6%,water reducing rate of mortar is 24.4%,which is 7% higher than that of FDN.The rupture strengths and compressive strengths of mortar of 3 d,7 d and 28 d are higer than that of FDN respectively,indicating that over-all performance of GCL1-J reaches the standard of FDN and its ratio of performance to cost is higher than FDN.


The present invention provides a touch display device. The touch display device includes a display panel; an adhesive element layer arranged on the top of the display panel; a touch panel which is arranged on the adhesive element layer and includes a base film, first and second touch electrodes formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the base film, and an insulating pattern formed on the edge of the lower surface of the base film to cover the first touch electrodes; and a cover glass on the top of the touch panel.


Though many mathematical models have been used in the field of epidemiology, few of them aim to predict the outcome of competitive coinfection dynamics within humans. This study created a theoretical model to analyze the competition dynamics between two the infectious bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, within a human host. Interactions between two bacterial species in the human body are complex due to both microorganisms competing for the same resource and eliciting the body's innate immune response at different rates. The goal of this study was to identify whether resource limitation or increased immune responses would be more efficient in clearing this specific coinfection scenario. Iron was the resource chosen for this study, and the populations of neutrophils and macrophages within our model represented the innate immune system. Literature values were used to parameterize the interactions for numerical simulations. Results showed that a 61% decrease in iron availability below baseline parameters would clear the coinfection, while a 137% increase in neutrophils would produce the same results. Applying these two methods simultaneously showed improved results, where only a 45% reduction in iron along with a 45% amplification of neutrophils was equally efficient at clearing the coinfection. The results showed that these changes have the potential to be artificially induced in humans as an alternative treatment method to antibiotics for coinfection scenarios.


The present study aimed to explore the extent of using smart devices by the public lower primary school students. It aimed to explore the extent of spread of smart devices among the public lower primary school students. Questionnaire forms were distributed to 384 public lower primary school students to be answered by their parents. Thus, the sample consists from 384 parents. A descriptive inferential approach was adopted. It was found that the attitudes of the people surrounding the students towards using smart devices by students are positive. It was found that the extent of spread of smart devices among the public lower primary school students is high. It was found that the family's attitudes towards using smart devices by students are positive. It was found that the extent of using smart devices by the public lower primary school students is moderate. Keywords: Smart Devices, advantages, disadvantages and strategies DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-4-14 Publication date: February 29 th 2020


We characterize the smallest minimal blocking sets of Q(6,q), q even and q ≥ 32. We obtain this result using projection arguments which translate the problem into problems concerning blocking sets of Q(4,q). Then using results on the size of the smallest minimal blocking sets of Q(4,q), q even, of Eisfeld et al. ( 2001 ) Discrete Math 238(1–3): 35–51, and results concerning the number of internal nuclei of (q + 2)‐sets in PG(2,q), q even, of Bichara and Korchmáros [ 1982 ; Note on], we obtain the characterization. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 11: 290–303, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/jcd.10048


In this paper we consider a possibility of designing a fast reactor core that operates without reactivity margin for a long time. This study is based on the physical principle of fast reactor operating in a self-adjustable neutron-nuclear regime (SANNR-1) introduced by L.P. Feoktistov (1988-1993) and improved by V. Ya. Gol'din SANNR-2 (1995). The mathematical modeling of active zones of fast reactors in SANNR modes is held by authors since 1992. The numerical simulation is based on solving the neutron transport equation coupled with quasi-diffusion equations. The calculations have been performed using standard 26 energy groups. We use a hierarchy of spatial models of 1D, 1.5D, 2D, and 3D geometries. The spatial models of higher dimensionality are used for verification of results. The calculations showed that operation of the reactor in this mode increases its efficiency, safety and simplifies management. It is possible to achieve continuous work of the reactor in SANNR-2 during 7-10 years without fuel overloads by means of further optimization of the mode. Small reactivity margin is used only for the reactor start up. After first 10-15 days the reactor in SANNR-2 operates without reactivity margin. (authors)


The outrage that has been generated because of the denial of providing an official approval by the Vatican government to the Secretary General of Caritas International is discussed.


Blood samples were collected by jugular vein-puncture from dairy cattles of different pregnant stages,then the fetal DNA was extracted from plasma.Specific primers were designed by sex-determining region Y-linked gene(SRY gene) sequences.Nested PCR was applied to amplify specific gene fragments and took the specific products of amplified fragments of β-Actin as the inner comparison at the same time.Sex of 32 early embryos of pregnant dairy cattles were identified.The result showed that the total accurate rate of embryos'sex identification is 80% which fetal dissociative DNA was extracted from maternal plasma in different pregnant stages,and that in 1~2 months,2~3 months,4~8 months were 60%,85.7% and 92.3%,respectively.


This paper reports on a literary corpus study of four grammatical tenses across four European languages. The corpus consists of a selection of eight chapters from Javier Marías's Spanish novel Así empieza lo malo 'Thus bad begins', and its translations to English, Dutch, and French. We annotated 1579 verb forms in the Spanish source text for tense, and, subsequently, their translations in the other languages, distinguishing between two registers within the novel, i.e., dialogue and narration. We found that the vast majority of the Spanish tenses are translated one-to-one to their counterparts in the three languages, especially in narration. In dialogue, we found several deviations, which we could partially account for within an Optimality Theoretic approach by appealing to the notion of markedness along two different typological dimensions, namely, tense (present versus past) and aspect (imperfective versus perfective).


In this paper, we propose a new approach to decision forest building based on the use of the areas of competence of individual decision trees which are thoroughly trained. We offer two main strategies for the use of a set of decision trees. The first strategy is to use the best decision tree, except the case of his incompetence. The second strategy uses a weighted voting of trees which is organized by a special way.


The successful development of future photonic quantum technologies will much depend on the possibility of realizing robust and scalable nanophotonic devices. These should include quantum emitters like on‐demand single‐photon sources and non‐linear elements, provided their transition linewidth is broadened only by spontaneous emission. However, conventional strategies to on‐chip integration, based on lithographic processes in semiconductors, are typically detrimental to the coherence properties of the emitter. Moreover, such approaches are difficult to scale and bear limitations in terms of geometries. Here an alternative platform is discussed, based on molecules that preserve near‐Fourier‐limited fluorescence even when embedded in polymeric photonic structures. 3D patterns are achieved via direct laser writing around selected molecular emitters, with a fast, inexpensive, and scalable fabrication process. By using an integrated polymeric design, detected photon counts of about 2.4 Mcps from a single cold molecule are reported. The proposed technology will allow for competitive organic quantum devices, including integrated multi‐photon interferometers, arrays of indistinguishable single‐photon sources, and hybrid electro‐optical nanophotonic chips.


: IDS is the technique to detect the Intrusion to the database over the network. The IDS analyzes the data resources using the data mining technique like Association Analysis and Clustering Analysis to extract the useful patterns and rules. The Intrusion Detection System is facing great challenges like unauthorized use of data, data modification from intruders etc. The applications of data mining technique in computer security field improve the development of IDS. It is necessary to classify the degree of attacks in IDS and use it in IDS by data mining. IDS can detect the attack activities in network, which result in uncertainty. This paper will help network Security Analyst to determine intrusions


The effects of sodium salt of naphthalene formaldehyde sulforic acid and stearic acid on the hydration of silica fume and Ca(OH) 2 have been investigated. The hydration was carried out at 60°C and W/S ratio of 4 for various time intervals namely, 1,3, 7 and 28 days and in presence of 0,2 and 5% superplasticizer and stearic acid. The results of the hydration kinetics show that both admixtures accelerate the hydration reaction of silica fume and calcium hydroxide during the first 7 days. Whileas, at 28 days of hydration there is no significant effect. Generally, most of free calcium hydroxide seems to be consumed after 28 days. In addition, the phase composition as well as the microstructure of the formed hydrates were examined by using X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) respectively.


The day couldn't possibly have been more perfect when Stinker took the Saturday Breakfast team to Broughton Island. Clear blue sky, an invitingly calm ocean and warm weather - the ideal conditions for an island sojourn.


Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (CD), is a chronic autoimmune disease. Parasitic infections and their products have been shown to have protective effects on autoimmune diseases, including IBD. In this experiment, 96 male BALB/c mice aged 6–8 weeks were divided randomly into two large groups: prevention and therapy. The changes in the various indicators of colitis were detected to demonstrate that Trichinella spiralis serine protease inhibitors can relieve the inflammatory severity of 2,4,6‐trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid solution (TNBS)‐induced colitis and to explore possible immunological mechanisms. Results showed that the disease activity index (DAI) score, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, macroscopic and microscopic damage degrees of colon all decreased significantly, interferon (IFN)‐γ expression decreased, interleukin (IL)‐4 expression increased, nuclear factor kappa B (NF)‐κB expression decreased and the percentage of CD4+CD25+forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3+) regulatory T cells (Treg) cells in the spleen. MLN increased significantly compared to the phosphate‐buffered saline (PBS)/2,4,6‐trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid solution (TNB) group. We found the same results with the T. spiralis Kazal‐type serine protease inhibitors (TsKaSPI)+TNBS and TsAdSPI+TNBS groups in the large prevention group and the large therapy group, compared to the TNBS+PBS group with the TNBS+TsKaSPI and TNBS+TsAdSPI groups. Immunization with TsKaSPI and TsAdSPI on the CD models showed an intervention effect, possibly because TsKaSPI and TsAdSPI induced a T helper type 2 (Th2)‐type immune response and balanced the TNBS‐induced Th1‐type immune response.


Line-averaged plasma electron density can be calculated by comparing the phase difference between probing signal and reference signal from the far-infrared interferometer. In the process, fringe jumps could result in incorrect data in reconstruction. In order to process the line-averaged plasma electron density signals on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), a new phase unwrapping algorithm by means of classification is proposed to extract density information from the phase difference, which can avoid and recover the fringe jumps in the whole process. The results showed that the improved algorithm has the advantages of real-time, high resolution, and high accuracy.


VELOCITY MODEL FOR POMERANIEN ANTICLINORIUM

Summary
On the basis of an analysis of measurements of average velocities in 25 boreholes on the Pomeranien anticlinorium certain stratigraphical-velocity complexes have been distinguished. A precise analysis of complex, interval and average velocities was carried out for these complexes, as a result of which the relation between seismic velocities and age and depth of deposits was established. On the basis of the relationships obtained it was possible to construct concrete velocity models for the regions selected or for the entire area of the Pomeranien anticlinorium which significantly increases the degree of accuracy in the depth interpretation of seismic data. As an example of utilization of the established relationships a velocity model was constructed along the seismic profile intersecting the Zlotowo structure. Moreover, the influence of the horizontal velocity gradient on the accuracy of depth interpretation of the sub-salt boundary is demonstrated.


This study aimed to describe the effectiveness and differences of scientific approach with open-ended problem based learning worksheet and scientific approach. The population in this study was students of class VII of SMP Negeri 17 Pamulang, South Tangerang. The sample of this study was determined randomly. They were two classes and the results were VII.3 and VII.4. To determine the effectiveness, one sample t-test was used. To discover the difference of effectiveness, MANOVA (Hotteling's Trace) test was used. The results show that (1) Scientific approach with open-ended problem based learning worksheet and scientific approach are effective viewed from learning achievement, creative thinking ability, interests and mathematic self-efficacy (2) There is no difference in effectiveness between scientific approach with open-ended problem based learning worksheet with scientific approach viewed from learning achievement, creative thinking ability, interests and mathematic self-efficacy (3) Scientific approach with open-ended problem based learning worksheet are more effective than scientific approaches viewed from student achievement


In light of the growing epidemic of cyberattacks, it is important to understand how different groups within the general population connect information with attitudes and behaviors. Internet transactions become less of an option and more of a requirement for consumers and the workforce. This study explored the connection between awareness, experience, and trust with the goal of identifying communication strategies that will ultimately steer consumers toward healthy cyberbehaviors. Consumer trust in government and business organizations is the desired status quo for everyone. Awareness and experience are important modifying factors and both are addressable through strategic consumer communication campaigns. Understanding the different ways men and women think, feel, and act around key issues in cybersecurity is key to organizational success. Furthermore, investing in promotion of educated trust can help organizations avoid massive loyalty shifts if or when the next data breach occurs.


(63) Continuation of application No. 09/058,384, filed on Apr. 9, 1998, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 08/808,126, filed on Feb. 28, 1997, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 08/478,197, filed on Jun. 7, 1995, now abandoned, which is a division of application No. 08/094,547, filed on Feb. 19, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 07/894,211, filed on Jun. 4, 1992, now Pat. No. 5,455,169.


The present invention relates to a composite red-mud brick and its preparation method. Said brick is made up of binding material consisted of red mud, powdered coal ash, lime powder and gypsum, and water and sand through the processes of mixing, stirring, rolling, press-moulding and natural curing. The raw materials of the invented method are easily available, production procedure is short, and the sintering step whose energy consumption is high in conventional brick-making process can be omited. It can save coal and economize electricity, and its product cost is low.


Jean Delville's The School of Plato (1898) is remarkable not only as a statement piece of fin-de-siecle occulture, but also for its bold portrayal of Plato's pupils as a group of ephebes in intimate association. The canvas and its reception history lend themselves uniquely to a consideration of the complexities of an art-historiographical engagement with representations of male love, yet the majority of scholars have tended to subsume the work's 'homoeroticism' under Delville's occult preoccupations. In this essay, I attempt to unpack the male intimacy pictured by aligning art-historical analysis with queer theory and gay and lesbian history, seeking to suggest ways in which the painting may have straddled the line between normativity and deviance. I argue that its affinity with newly compact categories of subversive sexuality - then to an unprecedented extent in the public eye in Belgium - may help account for the government's stubborn refusal to purchase the work.


The Liberal and National Parties' Fightback health policy proposes to maintain Medicare as a system of universal health insurance. However, major changes are to be introduced to make the system work better. A taxation-based insurance system, the policy argues, is the best way of ensuring universal coverage, but Medicare as it presently operates, has a number of fundamental flaws. The role of government is too big and the role of the private sector is too small. Moreover, individuals and families are not taking enough responsibility for their own health care. The result is said to be a series of problems such as overuse of services and long waiting-times for elective surgery. The solution proposed by the Fightback policy is to create a much larger private sector of health care provision. Private insurance agencies, private hospitals, pharmacists and doctors in private medical practice will all play expanded roles under a Liberal-National coalition government. Three main instruments are to be used to induce people to take out private insurance. The first is a set of subsidies and surcharges. Low income-earners and the aged will receive tax credits ranging in value from the full cost of basic hospital insurance to about a quarter of the


Introduction: This paper presents a comparative study of the topographies of the central mesas in Hebes Chasma, Ganges Chasma, and East Candor Chasma. It is proposed that among the main factors in the postformation evolution of these central mesas are; faulting, erosion, mass wasting [8], tectonic processes [2, 47], geological structure and stratigraphy [3, 4-7], and weathering and surface temperature [4-7]. All three of these canyons are generally east-west trending [1]. The data in this study is Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) derived from Viking Orbiter 1 images used as stereo pairs. The mesas have roughly similar cross-sectional topographies and surface textures, indicating similar formation or post-formation evolution processes.


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The halide perovskite CsPbBr$_3$ belongs to the Cs-Pb-Br material system, which features two additional thermodynamically stable ternary phases, Cs$_4$PbBr$_6$ and CsPb$_2$Br$_5$. The coexistence of these phases and their reportedly similar photoluminescence have resulted in a debate on the nature of the emission in these systems. Here, we combine optical and microscopic characterization with an effective mass, correlated electron-hole model of excitons in confined systems, to investigate the emission properties of the ternary phases in the Cs-Pb-Br system. We find that all Cs-Pb-Br phases exhibit green emission and the non-perovskite phases exhibit photoluminescence quantum yields orders of magnitude larger than CsPbBr$_3$. In particular, we measure blue- and red-shifted emission for the Cs- and Pb-rich phases, respectively, stemming from embedded CsPbBr$_3$ nanocrystals. Our model reveals that the difference in emission shift is caused by the combined effects of nanocrystal size and different band mismatch. Furthermore, we demonstrate the importance of including the dielectric mismatch in the calculation of the emission energy for Cs-Pb-Br composites. Our results explain the reportedly limited blue shift in CsPbBr$_3$@Cs$_4$PbBr$_6$ composites and rationalize some of its differences with CsPb$_2$Br$_5$.


The objective of this study is to detect a blocked state(clogging) of SEN during continuous slab casting. SEN is installed between tundish and mold to transfer melting steel. A clogging of SEN gives bad effect to productivity and slab quality. So that clogging must be exactly noticed, that nozzle must be changed when nozzle is clogged. In this study, we develop a technology to notice nozzle clogging through method which makes interrelation between frequency variation and clogging. To realize that method, laser vibrometer is installed near to SEN and FFT is done to analyze frequency. We identify that frequency become lower when nozzle is clogged. Reasonable match result is made between estimation clogging thickness and real measured clogging thickness. That result has been guided to operators as a reference tool for identifying a real clogged thickness of SEN.


Molecule isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the protein human LIM mineralization containing a LIM domain and enhances bone formation, hybridizing the nucleic acid molecule under conventional hybridization conditions with a molecule complementary nucleic acid to full length of SEQ. ID NO: 26.


For high performance organic solar cells, a hole transport layer based on PEDOT:PSS layer was fabricated by adding polar solvents, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethylene glycol (EG). The addition of polar solvent resulted in the increase of roughness at the surface and decrease of PSS composition ratio which could improve the solar cell performance. We also discussed the effect of polar solvents on the electrical conductivity of organic transparent electrode.


The impact of Bollywood (the Indian Hindi film industry) on the national psyche as well as its international popularity cannot be overrated. So is the music that is an integral part of it. It outlives the movie and then becomes a part of the everyday life of people, being played in public places, at religious festivals, in personal and professional functions and interestingly being even adapted to other forms of expression (like bhajans/devotional music). At a more dangerous level, it surreptitiously births, embeds and reinforces stereotypes becoming the palimpsest that serves to define standards expected and exacted from women. This not only thus shapes the approach towards women but also significantly impacts women's approach towards themselves. By referring to some of the popular and oft recalled Bollywood Hindi songs across the decades, this researcher would like to unearth the palimpsest and decode how it results in the 'cast'ing convention and becomes the kaleidoscope through which Indian womanhood is viewed.


This booklet presents data on, years of schooling completed by, individuals who are 15 years.old and older. Data are presented in tabular and narrative form. Characteristics considered in the survey include age, sex,...race, Spanish,origcm, type of residence, region of residence, occupations`, marital status, and ;education of spouse. Findings indicate that. 70 percent*of persons 25 years old and older were high school graduates in March of 1980 and the proportion who completed 4. or more years of college roseifrom 6 to 17 percent from 1950 to 1981. Although the proportion of men who completed 4 years of collqge grew more than that foi women, the closeness of the 1981 figdres show a recent trend toward.convergence of attainment levels for men and women. The number of persons who completed high school and attended colleges increasi'd proporticinately more for blaclis than whites--although white youths were still more likely than black youths to be high school graduates. Whereas the proportion -of persons who were high school. graduates was substantially greater for younger (25-34 year olds) than older (45-50 year olds) in the Northwest, Midwest, and South, the advantage the West seemed to hive had in educational attainment appears to be disappearing as younger cohorts in other regions have been catching up'. The bulk' of the report contains tables of statistics that document these and other trends, definitions and explanations, and sources and reliability of the estimates. (LH)


An Oil&Gas production system is based on the pressure balance between the reservoir and the delivery point. Since a deviation of the flowing conditions in a single point of the production system has consequences in the entire asset, a big challenge for flow assurance engineers is to preserve a stable pressure in the system, with a particular attention at the separator level.
 Given that the description of pressure oscillations in the systems provided by the available simulators, based on first principle, is not always enough accurate and reliable as needed for practical applications, it is fundamental to develop models and tools to help plant operators in understanding the phenomenon and properly managing it. In this context, the objective of the present work is to use large datasets, containing historical measurements of hundreds of plant signals, for identifying the most critical components of the production system with respect to the pressure oscillation phenomenon and extracting knowledge from it.
 To this aim, a novel indicator of the intensity of the pressure oscillation phenomenon in the separators has been firstly defined combining Discrete Short Time Fourier Transform and Principal Component Analysis. Then, a method to extract information on the causes of the oscillation phenomenon has been developed. It is based on (i) the prioritization of the plant signals importance with respect to the pressure oscillation by using the Maximum Information Coefficient and the moment-independent Kolmogorov-Smirnov distance; (ii) the aggregation of the signal for the identification of the most critical plant components; (iii) the extraction of rules describing the phenomenon by developing a Classification And Regression Tree model whose inputs are the most important signals in (i).
 This method has been verified considering a production plant operated by Eni where the oscillations in the separator's pressure are frequent. The results show the effectiveness of the developed indicator of the intensity of oscillation and provide hints about the physical causes.


This paper attempt to sympathetic the notion of women"s issues related to Nai caste in the state of Punjab that is
quite developed state due to its financial constancy achieved by the green revolution. The indicators to measure the
women disputes have been discussed. However, Punjab is vastly developed state due to financial term yet the
ailment of women here is not dissimilar than their equivalents in the world due to its durable masculine values. The
present discussion shows the status of women in all domains of life that social, economic condition of dominating
houses in Rurka Kalan under the village Jandiala in Jalandhar District. The problem entails a holistic tactic to
enable women to authorise themselves and to make their equivalent abode in the society so the present study
explains the role of women in the society as well as explore the gender equality because it is also very important for
the both genders to take part in welfare for the development of the country.


CHROME ULCERS. BLAIR JACKSON. {JourU. Amer. Med. ASSOC.JunelGth, 1928, pp. 1927-1928.) TWELVE cases are reported which occurred in two electro-plating i)lants. The " t a n k s " contain a solution of chromic acid. A somewhat new observation is noted in those men who stand over the points where electrolitic decomposition takes place. At the cathode, bulihles of liydrogen gas are given off. They are coated with a thin film of chromic acid. This spray is exceedingly fine and has the appearance of a sti'eam of brownish gas. The men inhaling this spray suffer from, what is apparently, an acute coi-yza; constant sneezing and watery discharges from the eyes and nose. The latter burns and itches, the mucous membrane hecomes swollen and congested. Ulcers or perforations of the septum take place, as is usual when crystals of chromic acid or the bichromates are deposited on this part. Ulcers of the hands and fingers, naturally, developed on eight of the employees. who lifted out the plated articles from the tanks. R. P. W.


The integral level of teachers specialization construction in our country is still relatively low and the system and environment suitable for teacher's specialization is still not perfect. So, structure integrated teacher's education system; Set up open teachers' education system; Consolidating and improving the social status of teachers; Cultivate "research" teachers; Structure perfect student teacher apprenticeship system in teachers' specialization; Reform teacher educational course, strengthen education discipline construction. It is the urgent task in front of us to advance teachers' specialized process actively.


The goal of this study was to investigate the roles of PIM‐1 in prostate cancer (CaP) cell proliferation and apoptosis, and to assess the potential of PIM‐1 as a target for CaP therapy.


This qualitative study explores the ways that incarcerated fathers (re)claimed and (re)imagined their identities as they participated in multimodal family literacy workshops.


This paper examines an application of Neural Network for identification and control of a servovalve controlled hydraulic cylinder system. The linearized transfer function of a nonlinear plant is determined by applying a selfexcited oscillation. Neural Network is utilized on-line in mapping the inherent nonlinearities as well as in adaptive identification of system parameters. Neural Network controllers having variable proportional gain together with velocity feedback gain characteristics have been employed. The effectiveness of the Neural Network is confirmed through computer simulations and experiments.


【Task】 To maintain optimal thermal conductivity value with a small amount of inorganic binder, to provide a glass fiber board, which may represent a high compression and high strength. A It includes a glass fiber and an inorganic binder, glass fiber board, wherein the inorganic binder comprises aluminum phosphate. Further, the step for producing the inorganic binder solution comprising (a) aluminum phosphate; step of applying the inorganic binder solution containing aluminum phosphate in (b) glass fibers; the inorganic binder solution comprising (c) an aluminum phosphate coating (d) compressed process for producing a glass fiber board including the step of drying the glass fibers; are steps for compressing the glass fiber. .BACKGROUND


Congenital diaphragmatic hernias clinically presenting in adulthood are exceedingly rare lesions, mainly left-sided defect (Bochdalek). Bochdalek hernias most commonly manifest during the patient's first few weeks of life. Diagnosis beyond the first 8 weeks of life is estimated to represent 5-25% of all Bochdalek hernias. Here we have a 32 year old female patient who presented with 10x10 cm diaphragmatic hernia with dextrocardia who was asymptomatic for years.


Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is associated with the accumulation of fibrillar Aβ peptides upon and within the cerebral vasculature, which leads to loss of vascular integrity and contributes to disease progression in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigate the structure of human-derived Aβ40 fibrils obtained from patients diagnosed with sporadic or familial Dutch-type (E22Q) CAA. Using cryo-EM, two primary structures are identified containing elements that have not been observed in in vitro Aβ40 fibril structures. One population has an ordered N-terminal fold comprised of two β-strands stabilized by electrostatic interactions involving D1, E22, D23 and K28. This charged cluster is disrupted in the second population, which exhibits a disordered N-terminus and is favored in fibrils derived from the familial Dutch-type CAA patient. These results illustrate differences between human-derived CAA and AD fibrils, and how familial CAA mutations guide fibril formation.


1. The World of Water 2. Water: An Enigmatic Element 3. The Earth and the Origins of Water 4. The Cycle of Water 5. Water, Creator of Landscapes 6. Water and Life 7. Water: An Ambiguous Cycle 8. Mankind and Water 9. A Disturbed Cycle 10. The Water Crisis


e12588 Background: Many patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) still succumb to their disease after systematic treatment. It is crucial to identify those at high risk. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has recently become a promising marker to monitor tumor burden. Our study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of the presence and dynamic change of ctDNA to predict the tumor response and prognosis in TNBC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Methods: Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) was isolated from pre-NAC plasma samples and then analyzed by duplex sequencing. A Chi-square test or Fisher exact test were used for categorical variables. Kaplan‐Meier analysis with a Log‐rank test and the Cox proportional hazard regression model were used for the univariate and multivariable survival analysis. Survival prediction was assessed using a time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the ROC curve (AUC). Results: A total of 82 TNBC patients receiving NAC were enrolled. Baseline ctDNA detection indicated significantly worse survival. TP53 and genes involved in PI3K-Akt signaling pathway mutations were significantly associated with survival independent of the pathological complete response (pCR). A TP53 detection combined clinical model is highly predictive, with a time-dependent ROC of 0.936 for 3-year overall survival (OS), compared to the model including clinical variables only (AUC of the clinical predictor: 0.751, P= 0.028). Conclusions: Baseline ctDNA detection, TP53 mutations, and genes involved in PI3K-Akt signaling pathway mutation are all independent prognostic factors in TNBC patients receiving NAC. A TP53 detection combining model is highly predictive.


Improved models and methods for building representation are needed for more effective
support of design integrity checking and control. A "generic", object-oriented, approach
to product modeling allows multiple design representations to be described as different
views of a common, gradually evolving, building product model. The product model
provides the capability to generate, in successive design iterations, a coherent description
of the form, structure and dimensions of the building and its assemblies and components.
Associated technological and administrative data can be included in or associated with the
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History is the science of events unfolding in time, and the past, present, and future are equally the goal of truly scientific historical research. The foresight of historical phenomena is conditioned by the authenticity of historical sources, the adequacy of the interpretation of facts, and a strict scientific methodology.


RFID(radio frequency identification) is a technology that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency(RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object,animal,or person.In the HF band,the magnetic field coupling the carrier signal through the coil to provide energy so that significantly improves the life of the cards;it is the most prominent features of RFID.The paper firstly analyzes the passive transponder SoC system structure based on the protocol ISO/IEC 15693;mainly include front-end circuit and digital baseband process circuit with their inner module function and make a detail analysis of the some sub-modules function parameters' requiring.The paper also analyzes the anticollision command control flow with concerning the data EOF Existing forms.


Previous 3D test wrapper chain synthesis algorithms do not consider the binding of I/O cells (i.e., the association between scan chains and I/O cells). However, the binding of I/O cells may be specified as synthesis constraints. In this paper, we propose a 3D test wrapper chain optimization algorithm with I/O cells binding considered. Our objective is not only to reduce the required test time but also to reduce the number of test TSVs (through-silicon-vias) under I/O cells binding constraints. Our experiments show that the proposed algorithm greatly reduces both test time and test TSV count.


Abstract : The presence of waves in a rocket chamber depends on the relative importance of energy supplied by interaction with the combustion processes and energy lost through dissipative processes. As an aid to assessing the latter, the cold-flow rocket appears to be a promising tool for both research and development. Combustion is absent and acoustic waves are excited mechanically in a chamber through which a steady flow is maintained. The analysis presented here is intended to serve as a basis for interpreting such measurements. Only the case of axial, or longitudinal waves is treated, and results show mainly how the losses at the exhaust end of the chamber may be inferred from measurements of the transient response and the frequency response of a chamber.


The thermodynamic properties of ethanethiol have been measured in the solid, liquid and vapor states over the temperature range 14 to 450/sup 0/K. The entropy of the saturated liquid at 298.16/sup 0/K was derived from measurements of the heat capacity of the solid and liquid and the heat of fusion (1189 cal. mole/sup -1/ at the triple point, 125.26 +- 0.05/sup 0/K). Results obtained for the vapor pressure, heat of vaporization (..delta..H/sub vap./), vapor heat capacity in the ideal gaseous state (C), and second virial coefficient (B, in the equation of state, PV = RT + BP) are accurately represented by the empirical equations (1) log P = 6.96206 - 1084.531/(t + 231.385), (P, mm.; t, /sup 0/C.); (2) ..delta..H/sub vap./ = 8151 + 1.369T - 0.02288T/sup 2/, cal. mole/sup -1/ (280 to 308/sup 0/K); (3) C/sup 0//sub p/ = 4.45 + 4.836 x 10/sup -2/ - 1.695 x 10/sup -5/T/sup 2/, cal. deg./sup -1/ mole/sup -1/ (315 to 450/sup 0/K); (4) B = -27 - 60.1 exp(800/T), cc. mole/sup -1/ (280 to 450/sup 0/K). The entropy of the ideal gas at one atmosphere pressure and 298.16/sup 0/K (70.77 +- 0.15 cal. deg./sup -1/ mole/sup -1/) was computed from thesemore » data. A vibrational assignment was made for ethanethiol, based upon information from similar molecules. The heights of the potential barriers to internal rotation selected to fit the experimental thermal data were 3310 cal. mole/sup -1/ for the methyl barrier and 1640 cal. mole/sup -1/ for the thiol barrier. Values of the free energy function, heat content, entropy and heat capacity were computed on the basis of an harmonic-oscillator, rigid-rotator approximation at selected temperatures up to 1000/sup 0/K.« less


Aiming at the recent development application of data mining in power stations,the concept and c.mtrrnon methods of data mining are inttod uced.Application status of data-mining technique in state detection,fault diagnosis,optimization,and SIS system of power station are discussed.The actual effect of various data mining methods used in power station are compared.The applications of classification analysis, clustering analysis association rule,rough set in power station are conanented.Finally,the issues that should be further studied and resolved, and development trend in the future are pointed out.


From a smartphone ping signifying the start of a fertile window to controlling a breast pump with a few clicks in a mobile app, "femtech" has readily integrated into women's daily lives. Femtech, a term coined to describe the realm of technology catering to female health needs, encompasses a range of digital technology addressing women's health, including fertility tracking, pregnancy and nursing counseling, and online contraception provision. While femtech puts autonomy and information in the hands of its users, access to the technology is not yet equitably distributed.
 As insurance reimbursement can increase and equitize that access, this research examines what legal duties exist for increasing access to femtech. In analyzing how insurance schemes have integrated femtech, this research compares how select femtech products fare across reimbursement systems, using fertility algorithm, smart breast pump, and pelvic floor trainer case studies in the U.S, U.K, and Sweden.
 Insights reveal a duty to promote access to femtech, as well as varying degrees of integration in respective health systems. Insights also reveal which elements of the female life course are overlooked in reimbursement schemes.

 Femtech has the power to put agency and information in the hands of millions of women. Yet, access is not equitable given significant financial and regulatory barriers. Comparative studies of fertility algorithms, smart breast pumps, and pelvic floor trainers in international health systems demand increased advocacy to realize the duty to enable femtech access.


Objective To investigate the clinical effect of rapamycin-eluting stent(Cypher) in patients with complicated coronary lesions.Methods Four hundred cases of patients with complicated coronary lesions were secected in our hospital from January 2010 to January 2011 as the experimental objects.450 rapamycin-eluting stents were used in all patients.The clinical effect was analyzed retrospectively.Results Success rate of stent implantation was 99.5%.There was no death during operation and hospitalization process and cardiac adverse reaction rate was only 0.5%.Follow-up time after operation had been 6 to 12 months and follow-up results was satisfactory.Conclusion The clinical experimental results show that Cypher has a high success rate of implantation for complicated coronary lesions,and has a low incidence of adverse reactions.So it has the higher clinical application value.


How do unnecessary modifiers and redundant expressions appear in C-E translation? Why is it that the errors and mistakes made by Chinese students in English are almost identical? Does the phenomenon have anything to do with the students'Chinese background? If what German philosopher Fritz Mauthner had said was true tha"tIf Aristotle had spoken Chinese or Dakota,his logic and his categories would have been different",then how great influence of Chinese background is on Chinese students'cognition of English? This paper tries to probe into these problems.


We should all appreciate that the general area of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats to America is a very sensitive topic at this time.1–3 It is so sensitive, in fact, that some organizations with keen interests were unwilling to even be listed as a sponsor organization or to send a speaker to this conference. They feared that their participation might increase the possibility that their organization would become a target for some domestic or transnational biocriminal or terrorist act. Many large American corporations are alarmed about terrorist threats to their operations and physical assets but will not express their sensitivities and concerns in public forums. This basic ambivalence requires resolution before any constructive remedies are possible. There are significant government sensitivities too, both domestic and foreign. Some "friendly" governments are reluctant to discuss WMD terrorist issues in public. Reluctance seems rather self-defeating because an effective defense program requires cooperation among organizations. We cannot counter a threat that cannot be described and discussed. Of course, we appreciate that hoaxes, extortion threats, and false claims can precipitate heavy financial losses to companies and governments. Nevertheless, fear cannot be allowed to dominate reason and block constructive preparation and defensive action. Otherwise, terrorists such as Osama bin Laden and dictators such as Sadaam Hussein of Iraq will be encouraged to extend their campaigns of terrorism and irregular warfare even further. When government organizations deny the existence of a legitimate threat or conceal specific bioterrorist or biocriminal actions affecting their constituencies, the subsequent uncovering of this denial or concealment adds to distrust of government and general discomfort. If a target population's fear and distrust of government's capability for protection reach substantial levels, terrorists have achieved most of their goals. Terrorism is undertaken to force unwelcome policy changes upon a population through intimidation and other aversive means—not just to harm specific people. With sufficient intimidation and successful undermining of confidence in the existing government, people become more amenable to entertaining political or economic propositions or violations of human rights that they would not otherwise accept.4 The American people and American research and development communities need to be provided with enough information to understand the basic contemporary problems of and vulnerabilities to WMD terrorism today.5 Otherwise, there will be insufficient support from the population and opinionmakers when it comes to obtain-


1PG Scholar Department of Thermal power of Engineering PDA College of Engineering Kalaburagi 2Asssociate professor Department of Mechanical Engineering PDA College of Engineering Kalaburagi ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract In this study, biodiesel (15%)-methanol (5%)diesel (80%), biodiesel (25%)-methanol (5%)-diesel (70%), biodiesel (35%)-methanol (5%) -diesel (60%),biodiesel (45%)-methanol (5%)-diesel (50%) and standard mineral diesel as a baseline fuel are tested in a single-cylinder diesel engine. Those biodiesel-alcohol low proportion blends are investigated under the different blending ratio and determine the engine performance and emission of the diesel engine. Overall, biodiesel-methanoldiesel blends show higher break specific fuel consumption than mineral diesel. As methanol proportions in blends increase, NO emissions increase, while CO emissions are reduced. Also, biodiesel-diesel blend with 5% of methanol is more effective than biodiesel blend with 45% for reducing CO emissions.


A novel Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloy with small additions of zirconium and scandium was subjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) by using route BC at 300°C to strains ranging from ~1 to ~12. Initially, the alloy was subjected to solution treatment followed by water quenching; subsequent overageing was carried out at 380°C for 3 h. It was shown that continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) occurs during ECAP resulting in partially recrystallized structure; at a total strain of ~12, the portion of high-angle boundaries (HAB) attains 50 pct., average misorientation is ~25°. Crystallites having elongated shape and an average size of ~1 μm are evolved after a total strain of ~12.


The paper describes an automated facility designed to measure thermal diffusivity of solids by analyzing amplitude spectrum of photoacoustic signal through fast Fourier transform. The facility includes a pulsed laser, a gas-filled microphone cell, digital storage oscilloscope, and a control unit linked to a computer via a parallel interface. The thermal diffusivity coefficient of duraluminium, zinc, and silicon derived from the measured characteristic frequency, which corresponds to the transition from a thermally thin to thermally thick sample coincides with literature data within the experimental error


The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the methods section training  and methods overall training motivation achievement shoot lay-up skills in the game of basketball The research is conducted at extracurricular student SMP 4 Watampone ,This study is using  treatment by level 2 x 2. The samples are consisted of 40 student. The technique of data analysis is two ways analysis of variance (ANAVA) and followed by Tuckey's test for significance level of α = 0, 05. The results of this study show that (1) score for method training section (A1) is higher than the method of overall training (A2) at extracurricular student SMPN 1 Watampone ; (2) there is an interaction between practice methods (A) and training motivation (B) shoot lay-up skills in the game of basketball; (3) score of high method section training  (A1B1) is higher than score of high method overall training (A2B1); 4) score of low method section training (A1B2) is lower than score of low method overall training (A2B1)


During the past few years, a number of economists have questioned the potential of traditional monetary and fiscal policies to reduce the rate of unemployment to 4.5 percent or lower because the labor force is composed to a greater extent of women and teenagers who have higher unemployment rates1 and whose relative unemployment rates have increased over time.Thus, it has been argued that efforts to reduce unemployment by traditional macroeconomic measures may generate inflationary pressures before unemployment is reduced to the levels achieved during the latter half of the 1960's. A related structural problem in the attempts to reduce the aggregate unemployment rate by these traditional tools is the effect of regional differences in unemployment rates. This paper explores what changes have occurred in the structure of unemployment rates among regions during the 1961-73 period and among 28 of the largest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) during the 1968-73 interval.3


Case report An 80-year-old female was referred to the General Surgery Department for investigation of rectal bleeding. Two years prior, she had had a high anterior resection for pT2N0 sigmoid adenocarcinoma. She had recently commenced Dabigatran for newly diagnosed atrial fi brillation. She was also an ex-smoker, with a 40-pack-year history. Diagnostic colonoscopy revealed an intact healthy appearing end-to-end colo-colonic anastomosis, with three 5mm polyps, as well as one 10mm polyp (Figure 1) at the hepatic fl exure. Histological examination after excision of the largest polyp revealed poorly differentiated non-small cell carcinoma (Figure 2). The immunohistochemistry profi le was not in keeping with a primary colorectal tumour, instead favouring a metastasis. The cells were positive for CK7, CK20 (patchy and weak), GATA3 (weak) and broad-spectrum cytokeratin, while negative for CDX2, CEA, SOX10,


The utility model provides a long LED string device and a current-limiting integrated circuit. A current-limiting integrated circuit in parallel with a corresponding short LED string comprises a plurality of current-limiting switches for detecting voltage of the current output end of a corresponding LED unit of the short LED string. In a LED the output end voltage of which is more than a default value, a current-limiting switch corresponding to the LED closest to a grounding end is turned on while other current-limiting switches are turned off.


Attempts to demonstrate reversed passive anaphylaxis in the guinea-pig with crystalline egg albumin as sensitizing antigen have been uniformly negative. When purified anti-pneumococcal antibody globulin was used as sensitizing antigen, reversed anaphylactic shock could be elicited in guinea-pigs by the intravenous injection of precipitins for the antibody globulin. The mild reactions which could be elicited when the total globulins from the serum of normal rabbits were used as sensitizing antigen are probably dependent on the presence of small amounts of y globulin. Reversed passive anaphylaxis, like direct anaphylaxis, is dependent on a cellular mechanism, and the success of experiments in which rabbit antibody globulin was used as sensitizing antigen depends on the acceptability of the antibody to the cells of the guinea-pig's tissues. Antigenic differences between antibody globulins and total normal globulins from rabbit serum are noted.


Scandinavia is a group of five countries, each of which has a system of its own. These systems differ, but when it comes to basic principles in the administration of criminal justice, they come very close to each other. This is as much a result of common history and traditions, and a common model of society (the Nordic Welfare State), as it is of co-operation for over 50 years on legal issues. Finland, however, forms a "special case" in the Nordic family. Severe crises and wars diverted Finland from the common Nordic path in terms of socio-economic and political development during the first decades of the 20th century. But a rapid recovery returned Finland back to the "Nordic Community" as a member of the Nordic Welfare Family from the 1970s onwards. These changes are all reflected in Finnish criminal policy: first in the form of radically increasing incarceration rates, and thereafter in the form of a determined, long-term and consistent reform policy that brought the Finnish criminal justice and penal policy in line with the developing Nordic Welfare State. This policy was based on the belief that imprisonment was overused and trusted too much as a criminal policy measure, and that more durable and constructive results can be achieved by criminologically informed evidence-based crime prevention techniques, and by developing alternative community sanctions to be used instead of incarceration. These efforts were successful. The most visible indicator of this success was the spectacular decrease of the Finnish prisoner rates from the highest western European level in the early 1970s to the lowest in the 1990s. This result was also achieved without any notable effects on the Finnish crime rates, when compared to the situation in the other Nordic countries. Finnish experiences are exceptional during a time when most countries have experienced increasing penal control and higher incarceration rates. However, these experiences also demonstrate that change is possible, once there is the political will to do so.


ing from the specific domain of the spread of an infectious disease, we note that contagious diffusion requires a population of "susceptible" entities, a source of infection, and direct contact between entities to conduct the spread. The focus of this class of diffusion, is on the individual entity, and the interaction is conceptualized as taking place between entities. At this point, the characteristics of geographic space have not been defined and this will be the next step in extending the conceptual model. From the entity view embodied by contagious diffusion, the set of underlying concepts for expansion diffusion may be quite different. Recall that expansion diffusion is defined as that group of spreading phenomenon that has a source and diffuses outwards from the source. The spread of a fire, or pollution being emitted from a point source are examples of this type of spatial diffusion. For this class of spread, one conceptual schema may no longer focus on individual objects coming into contact with each other, but instead now focus on the extent of the spread, the continuous zone or area that the spreading phenomenon covers. In this case, we do not concentrate our efforts on specifying say, the spread of fire between blades of grass, but rather what area has been burned, or where is the wildfire spreading. The user may be only interested in areas or regions, rather than individual entities. This work can be extended to include hierarchical and expansion diffusion in order to develop a comprehensive model that will incorporate the conceptual primitives and give a framework for the general process of spread. Formal Specification of Conceptual Models Formalizations of the conceptual models based on algebraic specifications will test the expressions used to portray the models and verify if they are behaving as expected, and are thus, a correct representation of reality. Typically, a phenomenon or procedure is translated into a programmed prototype that uses a formal language with mathematically defined semantics that express the real world entity. Frank and Kuhn (1995) give several important reasons why such specifications are useful: * for expressing real situations in terms of exactly defined formal


Abstract Background : Although screening for distress is a crucial part of psycho-social care for cancer patients, there has not been a validation study for this purpose in Greece. The purpose of this study was to evaluate for the first time the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the Distress Thermometer (DT) and Problem List (PL) in Greek colorectal cancer patients (CRC). Methods : Participants were 84 CRC inpatients of the 1st Surgical Propedeutic Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a mean age of 70.8 ± 9.5 years. Participants completed the DT, PL and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results : The Cronbach's alpha coefficient in the DT was 0.795. Patients' mean score in the DT was 5.7 ± 2.74, while the mean number of the reported problems in the PL was 18.85 ± 5.50 and the mean total score of the HADS was 15.61 ± 6.95. ROC-analysis supported that a cut-off score of 7 gives the optimal sensitivity and specificity for the DT. Conclusion : The index sample has manifested high levels of distress, which correspond to high need for support and improvement of the patient-provider relationship. This is probably a difficult task, since the Greek healthcare system has minimal experience of providing psycho-oncology care. The present study has indicated that the DT can be reliably used in the Greek clinical setting. Future studies, along with state provision, are essential in order to offer Greek cancer patients state-of-the-art and comprehensive care.


This paper explores the problem of similarity criteria between nonrigid shapes. Broadly speaking, such criteria are divided into intrinsic and extrinsic, the first referring to the metric structure of the objects and the latter to the Euclidean coordinates of the points of which the objects comprises. Both criteria have their advantages and disadvantages; extrinsic similarity is sensitive to non-rigid deformations of the shapes, while intrinsic similarity is sensitive to topological noise. We present an approach unifying both criteria in a single measure. We consider the tradeoff between the extrinsic and intrinsic similarity and use it as a set-valued "distance" related to the notion of Pareto optimality in economics. Numerical results demonstrate the efficiency of our approach in cases where using solely extrinsic or intrinsic criteria would fail.


This paper points out some common problems in bibliographic data of university library's collection,analyzes the reasons of the existing problems,and puts forward some countermeasures and suggestions on library's bibliographic data quality control from aspects of unifying the cataloging code,improving the workflow,improving librarians'professional literacy,and strengthening the system management and software construction,etc.


The task of finding the most probable explanation (or MAP) in a graphical model comes up in a wide range of applications including image understanding [9], error correcting codes [2] and protein folding [11]. For an arbitrary graph, this problem is known to be NP hard [8] and various approximation algorithms have been proposed (see. e.g [5] for a recent review). Linear Programming (LP) Relaxations are a standard method for approximating combinatorial optimization problems in computer science [1]. They have been used for approximating the MAP problem in a general graphical model by Santos [7]. More recently LP relaxations have been used for error-correcting codes [2], and for protein folding [4]. LP relaxations have an advantage over other approximate inference schemes in that they come with an optimality guarantee when the solution to the linear program is integer, then the LP solution is guaranteed to give the global optimum of the posterior probability. The research described here grew out of our experience in using LP relaxations for problems in computer vision, computational biology and statistical physics. In all these fields, the number of variables in a realistic problem may be on the order of 10 or more. We found that using standard, off-the-shelf LP solvers these problems cannot be solved using standard desktop hardware. A second problem, is that even when we worked on toy problems in which the number of variables was much smaller, we found that a large fraction of the variables in the LP solution were non-integer. This means that the guarantee of optimality is lost, and in practice thresholding the fractional LP solutions gave poor results. The fact that general purpose LP solvers are not suitable for these problems is not that surprising. The linear programs that arise out of LP relaxations for graphical models have a common structure and are a small subset of all possible linear programs. The challenge is to find a LP solver that (1) takes advantage of this special structure and (2) can be used to solve a hierarchy of tighter relaxations in case the standard LP relaxation fails. In this paper, we show that generalized belief propagation with a convex free energy provides such a solver. We show that tree reweighted BP suggested by Wainwright and colleagues [10] is a special case of GBP with a convex free energy but there are many convex free energies that cannot be represented as a tree reweighted free energy. This result has theoretical implications since it shows that the property of solving the LP is distinct from the property of providing a rigorous bound 1E-mail: email@example.com


The ideal and the rumpled/relaxed MgO(001) surfaces have been investigated performing ab initio periodic HF-SCF-LCAO calculations via the slab method. The convergences of the surface properties, including ionic charges, surface energy, Fermi level as a function of the number of layers (N = 1 to N = 15) in the slab building structure, have been studied using two basis sets 86-1G/8-51G and 85-11G/8-411G in the CRYSTAL95 Program. It is shown that their convergences are reached at N = 4 for ionic charges, N = 12 for surface energy and N = 15 for Fermi level. The band gap is narrowed due to the displacement of the density of states (DOS) toward higher energies. The higher electronic states in the valence band are generated by anions and cations in the first and second surface layers. The DOS projected on the internal layers is not affected by the surface presence, remaining exactly like that in the MgO bulk case. The resulting optimised positions for the surface ions indicate that cations tend to displace inward and anions outward from the first surface layer. This slightly affects the DOS projected on the first and second layers intensifying the narrowing of the band gap.


AbstractThe choice of the optimal project for product development until the registration, is fundamental for best management results (better, faster and cheaper) of the various departments in a pharmaceutical company. The methodology of decision analysis rationale presented in this work is based upon data to estimate the probability of realizing projects. This is done by comparing the real versus the anticipated project by using schedule-plans during the process. This method is illustrated by describing computerized systems to manage tasks in a clinical development with GANTT diagrams and PERT networks. These computerized systems enable to estimate the full duration of a project and help to determine the critical path to take. In this example, the project presented can correspond to the full development of drugs or medical devices, from the preclnical phases through the registration, without forgetting phase 4 (post-marketing phase).


Recently, there has been an increased interest in imaging different pulmonary disorders using PET techniques. Previous work has shown, for static PET/ CT, that air content in the lung influences reconstructed image values and that it is vital to correct for this ' tissue fraction effect ' (TFE). In this paper, we extend this work to include the blood component and also investigate the TFE in dynamic imaging. CT imaging and PET kinetic modelling are used to determine fractional air and blood voxel volumes in six patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. These values are used to illustrate best and worst case scenarios when interpreting images without correcting for the TFE. In addition, the fractional volumes were used to determine correction factors for the SUV and the kinetic parameters. These were then applied to the patient images. The kinetic parameters K 1 and K i along with the static parameter SUV were all found to be affected by the TFE with both air and blood providing a significant contribution to the errors. Without corrections, errors range from 34 – 80% in the best case and 29 – 96% in the worst case. In the patient data, without correcting for the TFE, regions of high density (fibrosis) appeared to have a higher uptake than lower density (normal appearing tissue), however this was reversed after air and blood correction. The proposed correction


involved in almost every structural and functional component of the body. The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for protein is 0.8 g/kg/d for sedentary adults. However, the RDA for protein is intended to replace losses and prevent a nutrient deficiency in sedentary adults. It does not represent an optimal level of intake for athletes. A substantial body of research suggests that athletes and active individuals benefit from a higher intake of 1.2 to 1.7 g/kg/d of protein to:


While hydrogen could be an important light alloying element in planetary iron cores, phase relations in the Fe‐FeH system remain largely unknown at high pressures and temperatures (P‐T). A speculative Fe‐H2 phase diagram has been proposed assuming continuous solid solution between Fe and FeH and eutectic melting between FeH and H2. Recent studies revealed that stoichiometric FeH becomes non‐magnetic above ∼40 GPa, which might affect its melting behavior. Here we examined the melting curve of non‐magnetic FeH between 43 and 152 GPa by a combination of laser‐heated diamond‐anvil cell techniques and synchrotron X‐ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The melting temperature was determined by employing the appearance of additional hazy XRD signals upon quenching temperature as a melting criterion. We also performed thermodynamic modeling, which well reproduces the change in the curvature of FeH melting curve upon the loss of magnetism and extrapolates the experimental constraints to inner core pressures. The XRD data showed that non‐magnetic FeH melts congruently at temperatures higher than the known eutectic melting curve for FeHx (x > 1). Combined with the fact that the endmembers exhibit different crystal structures, these results indicate that Fe and non‐magnetic FeH form a eutectic system. The dT/dP slope of the FeH melting curve is comparable to that for Fe, suggesting that the eutectic liquid composition of FeH0.42 (Fe + 0.75 wt% H) previously estimated at ∼40 GPa changes little with increasing pressure.


The credit rating of business is a key factor which influences purchasing in transactional virtual community. Based on the need of consumers,this paper analyzes existing credit evaluation models,and combined with the time of the transaction amount and the trust property,introduction of time decay function,proposed new model for a merchant credit calculation. The simulation results show that,improved model can play suppression brush credit and cycle deception,objective and accurate business credit.


It is important to determine the mechanism of liver fibrosis for targeted therapy and the development of targeted therapies for liver fibrosis may offer promise for patients with liver disease. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve a role in hepatic fibrosis. The lncRNA maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) has been confirmed to inhibit liver fibrosis. The present study investigated the role of the MEG3 in healthy patients and patients with liver fibrosis. The expression levels of MEG3 and microRNA (miR)-145 in the serum of healthy volunteers and patients with liver fibrosis and in LX-2 cells were detected using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. A dual-luciferase reporter assay was used to determine the targeting relationship between MEG3 and miR-145, and the targeting relationship between miR-145 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ). The protein expression levels of PPARγ, α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and collagen I (COL1A1) were detected using western blotting. The expression levels of α-SMA and COL1A1 were also determined using immunofluorescence. Finally, a Cell Counting Kit-8 assay was performed to assess the proliferative ability of LX-2 cells. A significantly reduced MEG3 expression level was demonstrated in serum from patients with liver fibrosis compared with serum from healthy controls. TGF-β1 induced a significantly decreased MEG3 expression level in LX-2 human hepatic stellate cells in vitro. The TGF-β1-induced increases in cell proliferation and α-SMA and COL1A1 protein expression levels were reversed following MEG3 overexpression. The results also demonstrated that MEG3 sponged miR-145 and competed endogenously with miR-145 to regulate PPARγ. In summary, the present study identified MEG3 as an anti-fibrotic lncRNA and provided new information regarding the role of MEG3 in liver fibrosis. MEG3 may therefore be a potential target in the treatment of liver fibrosis.


This paper describes a game that is being designed to introduce basic Requirements Engineering good practices into a novice organization. Since this is work in progress, we will demonstrate a functional version of the game during the session and seek participation in game-play to inform our early concept exploration.


In recent years, Kanyakumari District has witnessed the rapid growth of self-financing engineering institutions and these institutions offer a variety of courses in engineering disciplines. Moreover, these institutions have to compete with one another in admitting students to different branches of study in every academic year. Stress affects teaching faculty of these engineering institutions, and now-a-days engineering institutions face stress as a big problem. In the work environment stress occurs due to demand that exceeds the individuals' coping ability, disrupting their psychological equilibrium. A clever understanding of the interrelationship of the various facets of stress in an engineering institution offers the opportunity for the employers to develop efficient coping strategies to manage the stress level of the employees. There is a lack of extensive research on stress management of higher educational institutions. At the same time, there is an apparent lack of interest towards stress management among self-financing engineering institutions even today. Hence this study seeks to explore the stress management of teaching faculty in self-financing engineering institutions in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.


"The rationale for this paper stems from the fact that black administrators in white corporate and governmental structures in this country are a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, we must conclude that, because of the cultural diversity, black administrators have met and will continue to encounter a wide spectrum of socio-political administrative problems that are not specifically stressed or deemed warranted for study in the classroom. Although the problems discussed are mainly those of blacks, their relevance to other ethnic minority groups is important also."


Many stroke patients and elderly have a reduced hand function, resulting in difficulties with independently performing activities of daily living (ADL). Assistive technology is a promising alternative to support the upper limb in performing ADL. To avoid device abandonment, end-users should be involved early in the design and development phase to identify user requirements for assistive technology. The present study applies a user-centred approach to identify user requirements for wearable soft-robotic gloves targeted at physical support of hand function during ADL for elderly and stroke patients. Elderly, stroke patients and healthcare professionals, participating in focus groups, specified requirements regarding: 1) activities that need support of assistive technology, 2) design of wearable robotic devices for hand support, and 3) application of assistive technology as training tool at home. Assistive technology for the support of the hand is considered valuable by users for assisting ADL, but only if the device is wearable, compact, lightweight, easy to use, quickly initialized, washable and only supports the particular function(s) that an individual need(s) assistance with, without taking over existing function(s) from the user.


OBJECTIVE To explore the incidence, predictors, and prognosis of intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP)-related thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients. METHODS This multi-center study used the eICU Collaborative Research Database V1.2, comprising data on > 130,000 patients from multiple intensive care units (ICUs) in America between 2014 and 2015. A total of 710 patients undergoing IABP were included. Thrombocytopenia was defined as a drop in platelet count > 50% from baseline. From the cohort, 167 patients who developed thrombocytopenia were matched 1:1 with 167 patients who did not, after propensity score (PS) matching. The associations between IABP-related thrombocytopenia and clinical outcomes were examined by multivariable logistic regression. RESULTS Among 710 patients undergoing IABP, 249 patients (35.07%) developed thrombocytopenia. The APACHE IVa score was a predictor of thrombocytopenia [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02−1.15]. After 1:1 PS matching, in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.37−1.56) and in-ICU mortality (adjusted OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.34−1.63) were similar between the thrombocytopenia and non-thrombocytopenia groups. However, major bleeding occurred more frequently in the thrombocytopenia group (adjusted OR = 2.54, 95% CI: 1.54−4.17). In-hospital length of stay (LOS) and in-ICU LOS were significantly longer in patients who developed thrombocytopenia than in those who did not (9.71vs. 7.36, P < 0.001; 5.13 vs. 2.83, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Among patients undergoing IABP in the ICUs, thrombocytopenia was not associated with a difference in in-hospital mortality or in-ICU mortality; however, thrombocytopenia was significantly associated with a greater risk of major bleeding and increased in-ICU and in-hospital LOS.


With the further development of China's legal construction, many problems have derived from China's Legal Interpretation System, which will prevent the going of China's legal construction. Therefore, it is essential for the law-making institutions to make some innovation of our country's Legal Interpretation System. The key points of the innovation is to define he authoritative sphere of the law-making institutions, relocate the legislation interpretation system and develop leading function of juries interpretation system, so as to facilitate the harmonious development of the whole legal interpretation system of China.


In this work, two main ideas were observed: The linear propagation, typically NRZ and the nonlinear propagation, typically RZ. However distinct, and normally taken in the academic and company environments as concurrent, they start to mix joining the benefits and the techniques to create more robust systems. (...) keywords: WDM; Wavelength division multiplexing; solitons; DST; Dispersion supported transmission; Chernoff bounds Ph.D., 1999 more info. - http://opac.ua.pt/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&REQUEST=000120612


Abstract This article argues that in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, changes in the perceived value of children, both materially and emotionally, put them in a new position of possible danger. The valorization of childhood brought new risks to children. Children were thought to be vulnerable to child abduction, or "child stealing," as contemporaries termed it. Between 1790 and 1849, 108 cases of child abduction were tried at the Old Bailey and then recorded in its Proceedings or heard before magistrates in London's police courts and at county sessions courts and subsequently reported in newspapers. These cases, along with fictional accounts of child abduction, give insights into what were considered the most common motives for this crime. While some child abductors were motivated by poverty and saw children's clothes as economic assets that could be sold, others were driven by a desire to assume a mother role and represented stolen children as their own. Popular interest in abduction stories was sustained while contemporaries shared common fears about the loss of children and the limitations of adults to protect children from harm.


Social Delay Tolerant Networks (Social DTNs) are promising by exploiting transfer opportunities between mobile devices to forward data for future network applications. Efficient data forwarding protocols are needed to adapt to the node mobility and intermittent connectivity of social DTNs. Previous forwarding algorithms present the node mobile patterns to promote opportunistic routing performance. In this work we introduce the node mobility period into the packet routing. A mobility prediction scheme based on node behavior period can effectively help routing decision. Realistic trace-based simulation shows that the proposed algorithm achieves performance improvement comparing with Epidemic with desirable delivery ratio and fewer delivery cost.


Abstract Stereotyping Black women as servant, "the mammy" is a well-known racial and gender stereotype and, if internalized, can decrease mental and physical health. Recreated via the Strong Black Woman (SBW) and Superwoman (SW) ideologies, such ideals have the potential to be empowering, while at the same time marginalizing. The purpose of this article is to discuss how Black women embody strength through the SBW and SW ideals, the mental health implications of each, and recommendations for therapeutically unpacking these forms of 'strong' womanhood using a feminist and empowerment approach.


The paper develops a technique of dependency net modeling which relies on an explicit representation of justifications for beliefs held by the problem solver. Using these justifications, the modeling mechanism is able to determine the relevant lines of inference to pursue during problem solving. Three particular problem-solving difficulties which may be handled by the dependency-based technique are discussed: (1) subgoal violation detection, (2) description binding, and (3) maintaining a consistent world model.


The following special issue entitled Could shale be just a one-hit wonder?: A comprehensive overview of the technology today for non-specialists tackles an array of topics that have arisen due to the shale gas revolution in the US. Although it may seem as if much has been written on the subject, the truth is the information is contradictory and incomplete. The main purpose of this work is twofold: first, to begin filling in the gaps and second, attempting to set the record straight.


In sensitized individuals, exposure to allergens such as Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p) causes Th2 polarization and release of cytokines, including IL-4 and IL-13. Because Der p extracts also have direct effects on epithelial cells, we hypothesized that allergen augments the effects of Th2 cytokines by promoting mediator release from the bronchial epithelium in allergic asthma. To test our hypothesis, primary bronchial epithelial cultures were grown from bronchial brushings of normal and atopic asthmatic subjects. RT-PCR showed that each culture expressed IL-4Rα, common γ-chain, and IL-13Rα1, as well as IL-13Rα2, which negatively regulates IL-13 signaling; FACS analysis confirmed IL-13Rα2 protein expression. Exposure of epithelial cultures to either Der p extracts, TNF-α, IL-4, or IL-13 enhanced GM-CSF and IL-8 release, and this was partially suppressible by corticosteroids. Simultaneous exposure of the epithelial cultures to IL-4 or IL-13 together with Der p resulted in a further increase in cytokine release, which was at least additive. Release of TGF-α was also increased by TNF-α and combinations of IL-4, IL-13, and Der p; however, this stimulation was only significant in the asthma-derived cultures. These data suggest that, in an allergic environment, Th2 cytokines and allergen have the potential to sustain airway inflammation through a cooperative effect on cytokine release by the bronchial epithelium. Our novel finding that IL-4, IL-13, and allergen enhance release of TGF-α, a ligand for the epidermal growth factor receptor that stimulates fibroblast proliferation and goblet cell differentiation, provides a potential link between allergen exposure, Th2 cytokines, and airway remodelling in asthma.


This paper demonstrates the use of shape-preserving exponential interpolation in a characteristic based numerical scheme for the solution of the linear advective-diiusion equation. The results from this scheme are compared with results from a number of numerical schemes in current use using test problems in one-and two-dimensions. These test cases are used to assess the merits of using shape-preserving interpolation in a characteristic based scheme. The evaluation of the schemes is based on accuracy, eeciency and complexity. The use of the shape-preserving interpolation in a characteristic based scheme is accurate, captures discontinuities, does not introduce spurious oscillations and preserves the monotonicity and positivity properties of the exact solution. However, tting exponential interpolants to the nodal concentrations is computationally expensive. Exponential interpolants were also tted to the integral of the concentration proole. The integral of the concentration proole is a smoother function than the concentration proole. It requires less computational eeort to t an exponential interpolant to the integral than the nodal concentrations. By diierentiating the interpolant, the nodal concentrations are obtained. This results in a more eecient and more accurate numerical scheme.


: Fourier series multiscale method, a concise and efficient analytical approach for multiscale computation, will be developed out of this series of papers. The second paper is concerned with simultaneous approximation to functions and their (partial) derivatives. On the basis of sufficient conditions of 2 r ( r is a positive integer) times term-by-term differentiation of Fourier series, a one-dimensional or two-dimensional function with general boundary conditions is decomposed into the linear combination of a corner function that describes the discontinuities at corners of the domain (only for the two-dimensional function), boundary functions that describe the discontinuities on boundaries of the domain and an internal function that describes the smoothness within the domain. It leads to the methodology of simultaneous approximation of functions and their (partial) derivatives with composite Fourier series. And specifically, for the algebraical polynomial based composite Fourier series method, the reproducing property of complete algebraical polynomials is theoretically analyzed and the approximation accuracy is validated with numerical examples. This study generalizes the Fourier series method with supplementary terms to simultaneous approximation of functions and their (partial) derivatives up to 2 r th order.


In the process of lifting and landing of large hydraulic crane fully loaded, the working condition conversion makes the stress of steel wire rope change frequently and generate additional dynamic load, which makes the movement of the crane unstable and affects the working stability of the hydraulic system, and also leads to the fatigue damage of the tower structure and reduces the effective working life of the tower crane. In order to find the optimal dynamic characteristics of hydraulic system, the initial tension force, stiffness of hoisting wire rope and rigidity of variable amplitude wire rope of hoisting wire rope are studied respectively by means of machine-liquid integration simulation based on the AMESim, a kind of simulation software. The lifting mechanism of a type of closed hydraulic system is modelled and simulated. The results show that the maximum dynamic load of hoisting mechanism is reduced by 92.6% and the stabilization time is reduced by 49%. The optimized stiffness of hoisting wire rope reduces the dynamic load and peak pressure of hoisting mechanism by 5.2% and 4.3% respectively. The stiffness of the variable amplitude steel wire rope has little effect on the dynamic characteristics of lifting.


This scientific work analyzes the objective, subjective signs of time and their ways of expression: lexical and phraseological units in the temporal space, their place, scope, lexical units of time in the Uzbek language. There has been a great deal of research in the field of lexical semantics in linguistics, and scholars differ on this point. It is well known that in linguistics, the theory of the lexical-semantic field has been studied within one language, two languages, and based on comparative analysis.


This thesis presents a hardware design of a coherent demodulator for shaped offset quadrature phase shift keying, telemetry group version (SOQPSK-TG) for use in forward error correction (FEC) applications. Implementation details for data sequence detection, symbol timing synchronization, carrier phase synchronization, and block recovery are described. This decision-directed demodulator is based on maximum likelihood principles, and is efficiently implemented by the soft output Viterbi algorithm (SOVA). The design is intended for use in a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA). Simulation results of the demodulator's performance in the additive white Gaussian noise channel are compared with a Matlab reference model that is known to be correct. In addition, hardware-specific parameters are presented. Finally, suggestions for future work and improvements are discussed.


Plants for Power Generation-Heat Combination are used for the centralized supply of energy and are driven by combustion engines with high efficiency and high utilization ratios. At unit, or in-house Power-Heat Combination works (BHKW) «Otto» spark-ignition engines, diesel gas engines, diesel engines and gas turbines are employed. These BHKW are equipped with a sophisticated technology and have demonstrated their suitability in a very wide range of applications. At the end of 1988 approximately 900 BHKW with an electrical capacity of some 386 MW had been installed in the Federal Republic of Germany


Real images contain symmetric Gestalten with high probability. I.e. certain parts can be mapped on other certain parts by the usual Gestalt laws and are repeated there with high similarity. Moreover, such mapping comes in nested hierarchies - e.g. a reflection Gestalt that is made of repetition friezes, whose parts are again reflection symmetric compositions. This can be explicitly modelled by continuous assessment functions. Hard decisions on whether or not a law is fulfilled are avoided. Starting from primitive objects extracted from the input image successively aggregates are constructed: reflection pairs, rows, etc., forming a part-of-hierarchy and rising in scale. The work in this paper starts from super-pixel primitives, and the grouping ends when the Gestalten almost fill the whole image. Occasionally the results may not be in accordance with human perception. The parameters have not been adjusted specifically for the data at hand. Previous work only used the compulsory attributes location, scale, orientation and assessment for each object. A way to improve the recognition performance is utilizing additional features such as colors or eccentricity. Thus the recognition rates are a little better.


A search algorithm that provides a simple, clean, and efficient interface between the speech and natural language components of a spoken language system is introduced. The N-best algorithm is a time-synchronous Viterbi-style beam search procedure that is guaranteed to find the N most likely whole sentence alternatives that are within a given beam of the most likely sentence. The computation is linear with the length of the utterance, and faster than linear in N. When used together with a first-order statistical grammar, the correct sentence is usually within the first few sentence choices. The output of the algorithm, which is an ordered set of sentence hypotheses with acoustic and language model scores can easily be processed by natural language knowledge sources without the huge expansion of the search space that would be needed to include all possible knowledge sources in a top-down search. In experiments using a first-order statistical language model, the average rank of the correct answer was 1.8 and was within the first 24 choices 99% of the time.<<ETX>>


This article considers the cultivation of Black life in the face of environmental crisis in the sinking grounds of southeast Louisiana. In dialogue with scholarship in anthropology and geography on Black place‐making and memory, I examine how individual and collective memories of past ecological practices provide counternarratives of ecological demise for the present. Working with the concept of productive nostalgia, I situate my analysis of collective memory via Sylvia Wynter's and Katherine McKittrick's formulations of the plot as a countergeography of the plantation through which Black people cultivate ecologically based self‐reliance, care, and freedom. I use oral history and ethnography to demonstrate how the socioecological ethos of the plot travels across time through collective memory, interrupting present‐day ecological crisis narratives with visions of climate changed futures tied to ecological and racial justice.


The present invention, a) is solid at 25 ° C., and at least one thermoplastic silane-grade poly -α- olefin (P), b) at least one reaction product of a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate-reactive silane (S) including the (RP), the relates to hot-melt adhesive composition, an isocyanate-reactive silane (S) is a hydroxyl group is selected from the group consisting of a mercapto group and an amino group, exactly 1 reactive to isocyanate groups One of includes groups, the reaction product comprises a molecular weight The hot melt adhesive, adhere well to polar and nonpolar substrates, have a long pot life even in a thin layer, nevertheless, quickly resulting high early adhesion, a mainly humid in the storage area, to maintain a particularly good adhesion over a long period of time.


The present invention, the treatment area (3) to the first transducer (11) ultrasonic treatment apparatus provided with transmitting a high intensity ultrasound beam. The beam has a non-spherical wavefront, created elongate focus are inclined ultrasound propagation direction relative to the (6) to the treatment area, the length of the focus (6), the transducer (11) shorter than the full length of. Ultrasonic treatment apparatus of the present invention is especially suitable for the treatment of elongated regions, such as the vein portion surrounding the abnormal valve. .Field


Objective To develop and establish a new sensitive,specific method for serologic detection of HIV-1.Methods A pair of primer for PCR was designed and synthesized according to the sequence of human immunodeficiency virus type-1(HIV-1) gene.By using the synthesized primers,the trancated fragment of transmembrane glycoprotein 41(gp41) gene was amplified from the envelop-encoding region in HIV genome by PCR.The amplified DNA fragment was cloned into a plasmid pET-28a and recombinant expression plasmid pET-gp41 was constructed.The recombinant gp41was inducibly expressed and purified.Preliminary applicable analysis for the antigenicity of the recombinant gp41 was conducted.Results The gp41 was highly expressed in E.coli BL21(DE3).The amount of gp41 accounted for 26.08% of the total lytic protein.The purity of the purified gp41 was 97.94%.By using ELISA and Western blot,high specificity and strong antigenicity were shown.Conclusion The recombinant gp41 exhibited strong antigenicity,thus its potential availability for HIV diagnosis may be expected.


The genus Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera, Phoridae) has a worldwide distribution and comprises parasitic myrmecophilous species that decapitate host ants. Seventy one species are known in the genus, 41 of them occur in the Neotropical Region and are 25 from Brazil. In northeastern Brazil, there are only records for two species, Pseudacteon dentiger Borgmeier and Pseudacteon antiguensis Malloch. In this paper, two new species of the genus are described from female specimens, Pseudacteon pesqueroi new spec. and Pseudacteon plowesi new spec., and also, new records of three Pseudacteon species for the Brazilian Northeast are given.


Preliminary femtoscopic results on identical pions from high statistics data set of Au+Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV taken during the fourth RHIC run are presented. The measured three‐dimensional correlation function is studied at low relative momenta using the Gaussian parametrization and the Levy stable parametrization. The latter is expected to better describe the data. As the results show, both parametrizations underestimate the peak of the measured correlation function equally.