Image captioning is one of the biggest challenges in the fields of computer vision and natural language processing. Many other studies have raised the topic of image captioning. However, the evaluation results from other studies are still low. Thus, this study focuses on improving the evaluation results from previous studies. In this study, we used the Flickr8k dataset and the VGG16 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) model as an encoder to generate feature extraction from images. Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) uses the Bidirectional Long-Short Term Memory (BiLSTM) method as a decoder. The results of the image feature extraction process in the form of feature vectors are then forwarded to Bidirectional LSTM to produce descriptions that match the input image or visual content. The captions provide information on the object's name, location, color, size, features of an object, and surroundings. A greedy Search algorithm with Argmax function and Beam-Search algorithm are used to calculate Bilingual Evaluation Understudy (BLEU) scores. The results of the evaluation of the best BLEU scores obtained from this study are the VGG16 model with Bidirectional LSTM using Beam Search with parameter K = 3 and the BLEU-1 score is 0.60593, so this score is superior to previous studies.


Mixing and combustion of supersonic reacting flows are currently under investigation for scramjet engines. Experimental results at NASA-Langley RC with single-jet hydrogen injection at Mach 2.5 in a Mach 2 airstreams showed combustion taking place in a very short lenght: this indicates that supersonic combustion may indeed be very fast. Numerical simulations of the same test case have also done using LES and the subgrid scale model, ISCM, developed purposely for supersonic combustion. This model accounts for the effects of compressibility on reaction rate and on mixing. Numerical simulations indicate that the flame is unsteady: it anchors at about 15 cm from the injector, develops downstream and lifts off. Periodical ignition and quenching have been investigated by means of frequency analysis.


Learning outcomes
This case study aims to understand the criticalities of hiring in a knowledge-based start-up; the various ways of retaining talent in a knowledge-based start-up; the competency requirements of human resource professionals in start-up organizations; the trade-off between business profitability and the R&D drive of the company; and the various organizational structures available for a knowledge-based start-up.

Case overview/synopsis
Ayush Jain, a first-generation entrepreneur, is facing a challenge with his start-up, TechShlok. TechShlok is an IT solution provider with its headquarters in Jaipur, India. The company is doing very well and is able to achieve many accolades. As the company grows in business and employee strength, it is facing talent acquisition and retention challenges. Ayush is in a fix to solve the talent issue and retain the key talent of the organization.

Complexity academic level
The case can be taught in a Human Resource Management course, including "talent management" and "human resource planning". The case may be taught at upper undergraduate levels. It can also be taught in courses of entrepreneurship and knowledge-based start-ups.

Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS 11: Strategy.


This paper describes a dynamic mathematical model of a pressurized fluidized-bed coal-gasification reactor, developed and used to correlate data from a pilot-scale reactor. The model accounts for pyrolysis, oxidation, char gasification, and subsequent gas-phase reactions, fines elutriation, and heat losses from the reactor, and simulates both transient and steady-state operation. If the values of three model parameters are adjusted to fit data obtained during steady-state operation, the model yields good predictions of 11 reactor state variables and dynamic response to an upset in operating conditions, and so provides an excellent basis for adaptive supervisory control of the reactor.


Objective: The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses method is the most important diagnostic method in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection. In this research, we  aimed to investigate the positivity of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR from distal part of the endotracheal tube (DPET) samples, which have not been investigated in any study yet.
Materials and Methods: A total of 48 patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 hospitalized in the intensive care unit receiving mechanical ventilation and whose conditions resulted in death or extubation were included in the study. The distal 6 cm part of the orotracheal intubation tube was removed from the patient (including the cuff). DPET samples were mixed with viral transport medium and vortexed; then, it was centrifuged at 4500g for 4 minutes. RNA isolation was performed by taking 400 µl from the supernatant and then SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR was studied.
Results: In 15 patients (31.25 %) the swab samples were PCR positive, 42 patients (87.5 %) had positive computed tomography finding and 48 patients (100 %) had positive clinical findings. Among the patients whose oropharynx (OP)/nasopharynx (NP) combined swab sample was positive for RT-PCR, the rate of RT-PCR positivity detected in DPET samples was 26.7%. While OP/NP combined swab sample was negative, DPET RT-PCR positivity rate was found to be 9.09%.
Conclusions: Patients with positive DPET RT-PCR are detected when the swab is negative. These findings suggest that DPET can be used as a good lower respiratory sample without the risk of particle spread and transmission to healthcare personnel.


This article presents a novel reconfigurable microstrip antenna with frequency diversity capability using a dual‐embedded crossed slot structure. The full‐sized cross‐shaped slot is divided by two diagonal rectangular slots and independently separated two diagonal slots are etched at both top and bottom ground plane. In addition, the p‐i‐n diode for a switching device and its bias circuit are employed at the bottom ground slot. In case of the off‐state, the left‐handed circularly polarized wave is obtained because the full‐sized cross‐shaped slot is achieved. Oppositely, in case of the on‐state, that is, the shorted ground slot, the right‐handed circularly polarized wave is utilized because the one diagonal rectangular slot at the top plane is only available and the other ground diagonal slot is invisible. The measurement results of the proposed antenna show that the simulation results such as the reflection coefficient, antenna gain, and radiation pattern are agreed well.


Background Informed consent in the last decade of surgery has progressed far beyond the bedside greeting as the patient is anaesthetised. Part of the change can be attributed to the increasing medico-legal obligations of medical practitioners to provide patients with thorough pre-operative information. However, escalating medial indemnity costs to clinicians have also reinforced the need to improve methods providing consent information to patients. In the last few years, technology has also had an increasing presence in medical practice, and has allowed for the development of novel new ways of presenting such information. Our study compared three methods of providing consent information to patients about to undergo knee arthroscopy surgery. The three methods of consent information were computer program, verbal and pamphlet. All were assessed in isolation and were not augmenting standard verbal consent. The recall of information was compared at three stages of the patient's treatment; immediate, pre-operatively and post-operatively. Factors such as patient anxiety and satisfaction with the method of information provided were also assessed. Methods Three methods of providing preoperative information to patients were created; Information Pamphlet, Structured Verbal consent and Interactive Computer Program. Assessments of information recall were made at 3 stages and compared amongst the groups. Results The personal computer (PC) multimedia group showed a statistically higher recall rate in the full questionnaire as well as specific, complication related, questions. This improvement was not only present at the initial assessment. Patients viewing the PC interactive computer program also retained more information at the time of surgery and at the post-operative review. Conclusion Integration of a multimedia software program into the surgical consent process can improve overall patient recall of preoperative information following knee arthroscopy.


Summary form only given. The authors propose a novel neural network called neural-logic network which attempts to incorporate both the pattern processing and the logical reasoning capabilities within a single frame of neural network environment. This class of neural networks can model classical 2-valued Boolean logic effectively. In addition, it is an ideal model to study 'human logic' which is multivalued, fuzzy, and biased. A neural application of neural-logic networks is the study of connectionist expert systems.<<ETX>>


Introduction: Infertility is a critical health concern partially due to intricacy in its causes and striving for its
prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Various researches have documented a close linkage between polycystic
ovary syndrome and hyperprolactinemia. Aims & Objectives: This study was aimed to determine the
frequency of hyperprolactinemia in PCOS and its association with infertility in PCOS subjects. Place and
duration of study: It was a cross sectional study, conducted during April 2017 and September 2017 at Aziz
Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Material & Methods: It was a cross sectional study which was
conducted at Aziz Fatimah Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan from April to September 2017. This study
comprised of 88 female subjects of 17-35 years old who included PCOS subjects and age matched controls.
Hyperprolactinemia was assessed by the measurement of serum prolactin levels which were measured by
chemiluminescence immunoassay technique (CLIA). SPSS version 22 was used for the statistical analysis of
the data. Results: Out of total 88 female participants, 61.4% of polycystic ovary syndrome subjects had
hyperprolactinemia as compared to this 36.4% of controls had hyperprolactinemia. Pearson correlation also
revealed significant positive association of hyperprolactinemia with infertility. Conclusion:
Hyperprolactinemia was frequently seen in polycystic ovary syndrome females as well as raised BMI was
also found. Raised prolactin levels are strongly associated with female infertility.
Key words: Hyperprolactinemia, Infertilty, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.


One of the consequences of the post-socialist transformation of Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the emergence of energy poverty, a condition where households are living in inadequately heated homes. This paper examines the institutional and demographic underpinnings of energy poverty in Macedonia and the Czech Republic, two post-socialist states with divergent development paths. It has been established that more than 50 per cent of Macedonian households may be suffering from domestic energy deprivation, while the same figure is less than 10 per cent in the Czech case. The notion of a 'hidden' geography of poverty encapsulates the character of domestic energy deprivation among these populations. Energy poverty has been invisible to decision makers to date, due to its private character and non-conformity to conventional poverty-amelioration methods.


new Books for ChILdren And Young PeoPLe elephant seal. Elizabeth herself is touched slightly with anthropomorphism in her contented if whiskery smile, but her massive gray bulk is absolutely believable, and there's plenty of cheerful charm in the human Christchurch populace. The book's sunny temperament, Southern setting, and focus on an animal who knows where she wants to be despite human intervention make it a neat inverted complement to Carnesi's compelling and fact-based Little Dog Lost (BCCB 2/12). But maybe they're not so different—they're both stories of animals who, much to human delight and relief, finally found safe homes, and that's the takeaway that's going to matter to audiences. A note about elephant seals and a photo of the real Elizabeth are appended. (See p. 566 for publication information.) Deborah Stevenson, Editor


The present paper describes an eco-friendly bottom-up approach to design metallic nanoparticles with biomedical potential. The aim of the study was to characterize in terms of antioxidant activity the silver nanoparticles obtained using Calendula officinalis petals extract. First of all, a visual inspection confirmed the formation of silver nanostructures by colour changing of the sample. The bioreduction of silver ions was analyzed by modern analytical techniques (UV‐VIS, FTIR (Fourier transformed IR spectroscopy), XRF (energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)). Antioxidant activity of the silver nanostructures was evaluated using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate (DPPH) method. The antioxidant activity of the phytosynthesised nanoparticles proved to be superior to the results of the extract. Rezumat Lucrarea descrie o abordare eco-friendly, de tip bottom-up, pentru obținerea nanoparticulelor metalice. Scopul acestui studiu a fost de a caracteriza din punct de vedere al activității antioxidante nanoparticulele de argint obținute, folosind extract de petale de Calendula officinalis. In primul rând, vizual s-a confirmat formarea de nanostructuri de argint prin schimbarea culorii probei. Bioreducerea ionilor de argint a fost analizată prin tehnici analitice moderne (UV-VIS, FTIR (spectroscopie IR u transofrmata Fourier), XRF (energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence) și SEM (microscopie electronică de baleiaj)). Activitatea antioxidantă a nanostructurilor de argint a fost evaluată prin metoda DPPH (2,2difenil-1-picril-hidrazil-hidrat). Activitatea antioxidantă a nanoparticulelor fitosintetizate s-a dovedit a fi superioară celei obținute in cazul extractului.


In this paper, we investigate thermophysical characteristics of near-Earth asteroid (341843) 2008 EV5, based on our improved advanced thermal physical model by considering the contribution of sunlight reflection for rough surfaces, along with four waveband observations from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the radar-derived shape model. Here we derive that 2008 EV5 has a relatively low thermal inertia of but a high roughness fraction. The geometric albedo and effective diameter are then constrained to be and , respectively. The low thermal inertia indicates that 2008 EV5 may have undergone sufficient space weathering over secular evolution. The high roughness may have resemblance to the appearances of Bennu and Ryugu recently observed by spacecraft, where a great number of boulders are widely distributed on the asteroid's surface. Moreover, we numerically perform 1000 backward simulations of 2008 EV5's cloned orbits within 1 Myr to explore its origin, and present a probability of ∼6.1% that the asteroid originates from the main belt. Finally, we estimate that the mean grain size of the surface ranges from 0.58 to 1.3 mm, and infer that it is unlikely to find water ice on most of the area of 2008 EV5, but there may exist water ice on high latitudes near the polar region.


ABSTRACT
 Understanding on the chemical ecology of mosquito behavior is of paramount importance in developing control programs employing attractants and repellents, Several workers focused on topical repellents and oviposition attractants of mosquitoes, however, only limited work has been accomplished on mosquito oviposition repellents, The present systematic investigation provides evidence on the effectiveness of a C21 fatty acid ester- hexadecyl pentanoate, to stimulate antennal olfactory receptors of Aedes aegypti (L.), Ae. albopictus (Skuse), and Anopheles stephensi (Liston) that mediate their long-range olfaction guided flight orientation behavior by repelling the gravid females of these mosquito vectors in the olfactometer. The compound loaded onto an effervescent tablet retained its repellent property in the treated substrates for up to 1 wk at 10 mg/L. In places, where the mosquito breeding habitats are near to human habitations, could be treated with hexadecyl pentanoate to repel the ovipositing gravid females as a component of the integrated approach for mosquito management by disrupting the mosquito life cycle and population growth.


Abstract This article is based on two premises. First, the requirements for establishing political parties in Romania are the most restrictive in Europe. When a party has succeeded to register and took a non-ideological position, the electoral participation slightly increased. If the requirements for registering political parties were relaxed, new parties could emerge while greater participation to the elections is under question. The current legal procedure for registering political parties is contrary to Article 40 of the Constitution (the right to association) and the requirement according to which a political party wishing to participate in parliamentary elections must make a deposit is contrary to Article 37 of the Constitution (the right to be elected). Proving the validity of these premises leads to the necessity of changing the current normative framework in the sense of relaxing the requirements for the registration of political parties. This change may be accomplished by a draft law (which is already registered in the parliament) or by the intervention of the Constitutional Court.


Headlines regularly report large changes in federal spending. But despite recent additional appropriations, it appears that the federal funds flowing into the Fourth District in 2023 have returned to their prepandemic levels relative to the District's gross domestic product.


As the important signal processing devices in the satellite,SRAM FPGA single event effects radiation-hardened and radiation-hardened validation have been receiving constant attention. This paper studies the two radiation hardening methods of triple modular redundancy and dynamic refresh,and designs a fault injection simulation. The radiation-hardened method is validated successfully,and the results show that the proposed reinforcement method can improve the performance of the anti-single-particle.


The effect of molecular weight on organic photovoltaic device performance is investigated for a series of low-band-gap (ca. 1.65 eV) poly(3-hexadecylthienylene vinylene)s (C16-PTVs) prepared by acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization. By utilizing monomers of varying cis:trans (Z:E) content, seven C16-PTVs were prepared with a number-average molecular weight range of 6–30 kg/mol. Polymers were characterized by size-exclusion chromatography, 1H NMR spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, wide-angle X-ray scattering, and differential scanning calorimetry. C16-PTVs were integrated into bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM), and conversion efficiency was found to increase with increasing molecular weight. This observation is attributable to an increase in polymer aggregation in the solid state and a corresponding increase in hole mobility. Finally, phase behavior and morphology of the C16-PTV:PCBM active layers ...


Objective To explore the correlativity between TIMI risk score and clinic type of coronary artery disease (CAD),narrow severity, pathological changes limits and character of coronary artery respectively and to explicit the value of severityevaluating and outcome predicting on CAD patients scored with TIMI risk score. Methods All of 158 patients with CADwere enrolled in study. TIMI risk score and coronary artery angio graphic in them were performed respectively. Correlativitybetween TIMI risk score and clinic type of coronary artery disease (CAD), narrow severity, pathological changes limits andcharacter of coronary artery were analyzed; difference TIMI risk score, narrow severity, pathological changes limits andcharacter of coronary artery were compared among stable angina (SA), unstable angina (UA), un-ST-segment elevationmyocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) respectively. Results TIMI riskscore was significantly correlated with clinic type of coronary artery disease (CAD) score, narrow severity score, pathologicalchanges limits and character scores of coronary N respectively(r=0.607 for narrow severity score, 0.569 for pathologicalchanges limits score, 0.367 for pathological changes character score, P0.05). The higher TIMI risk score was, the more severecoronary artery pathological changes became. Significant difference was found when TIMI risk score was compared amongSA, UA, NSTEMI, and STEMI respectively as well as narrow severity scores (P0.05). Same results were found among UA,NSTEMI and STEMI respectively. There had no significant difference among pathological changes limits scores of SA, UA,NSTEMI and STEMI (P0.05). Significant difference was found When pathological changes character scores were comparedamong SA, UA, NSTEMI and STEMI respectively as well as narrow severity scores (P0.05), but contrary results were foundamong UA, NSTEMI and STEMI respectively (P0.05). Conclusion TIMI risk score could be used not only to predict thepossibility of heat attack, but also to evaluate clinic type of coronary artery disease (CAD), narrow severity, pathologicalchanges limits and character of coronary artery in CAD patients.


Malaysia's population has been steadily increasing thus resulting in higher demand in residential housing. Modern housing design perceived as neglecting our local traditions, climate and context, cutting ourselves off from our past architectural heritage, which was highly practical with applications of passive design elements. The traditional Malay houses were exceptionally well designed to suit the warm and humid Malaysian climate and for the multifunctional use of space compared to terraced houses. This research aims to compare the energy conservation between traditional Malay house and terraced house from thermal comfort and lighting perspective. It studies on traditional Malay house (TMH) specifically 'Rumah Bumbung Panjang' as representative of climate response building. In contrast, the modern terraced house (TH) was represented by modern building that use artificial and mechanical lighting and ventilation to achieve thermal and lighting comfort. This research bases on data collected using a multifunction anemometer that includes illuminance levels, temperature and relative humidity. The data then tabulated and analysed. The research suggested that adaptation of traditional Malay house architectural elements would increase energy efficiency in terraced houses, thus conserved more energy. It also indicated that traditional Malay house could be easily adapted in the design of modern terraced houses and improved to meet the requirements of modern living.


OBJECTIVE To investigate and control the occupational exposure of HBV.METHODS A retrospective analysis and comparison of the control of anti-HBV were conducted among 16 medical persons who occurred occupational exposure from 2005 to 2006.RESULTS It was discovered that high risk factors related with HBV infection in occupational exposure were as following:the peculiar areas of the hospital,the special period of time,the particular sites of the body where were easily exposed,vaccinating or not and so on.CONCLUSIONS The effective measures to prevent and control HBV after occupational exposure among medical staff are standardized work procedures,anti-HBV vaccination and anti-HBV immunoglobulin injection after exposure.


Publish/subscribe protocols are becoming popular on the Internet with the advent of RSS-feeds and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) events. Since publish/subscribe is by nature many-to-many form of communication, it is vital to prevent spam and bogus messages. This problem has not yet been fully addressed. In this paper, we investigate the spam problem in distributed content-based publish/ subscribe overlay networks and outline several solutions inspired by current email spam prevention techniques. We analyze filter-based spam in distributed pub/sub systems and focus on the detection and mitigation of bogus publishers and brokers.


The study was geared toward determining the factors embedded in "hidden curricula" in an online learning environment of a physical education teacher education program. This qualitative-descriptive study considered a complete enumeration of the Bachelor of Physical Education students from a state university in Pampanga, Philippines who voluntarily participated in this qualitative investigation (n= 135) by responding to structured and open-ended questions. Aided by Thematic Analysis, findings revealed six emerging themes that described the embedded hidden curricula in the online learning environment, namely: contributory factors in an online learning experience (OLEx); educational opportunities in the new normal learning set-up; unfavorable factors in using online learning environment; and proposed inputs in enhancing the teaching-learning process in an OLEx. The implications derived as an outgrowth of the identified positive and negative factors as expressed by the participants provided a conceptual understanding of the contemporary picture of the hidden curricula and how it would define the future of an effective online learning experience.


Psoriasis is an inflammatory and autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. This is a chronic, recurrent, distressing and costly disease, which has a great impact on the quality of life of individuals. Its treatment varies from topical to systemic medication and sometimes with a great deal of side effects. Probably, changing nutritional habits, life style modification and applying preventive measures may reduce the high amount use of chemical drugs and the costs of the disease. This study investigates etiology, clinical manifestation and natural treatments of psoriasis from the perspective of Persian Medicine by which prevention and nutritional recommendations and some treatments can be introduced. Searching selected sources of Persian Medicine including the Canon of Medicine, Zakhirah -EKharazm Shahi, Kamel alsanaat, Sharh al-asbab va al-alamat, Tebbe-Akbari, Moalejate Aghili, Exir-e-Azam, three diseases named "Ghooba", "Barase Asvad" and "Saafe-Yabes" were found to be similar to psoriasis in their manifestations. Therefore, study of their specific treatments in the levels of lifestyle management more importantly nutrition and herbal therapy could be noteworthy for the future studies.


Nature provides us with a restricted set of microscopic interactions. The question is whether we can synthesize out of these fundamental interactions an arbitrary unitary operator. In this paper we present a constructive algorithm for realization of any unitary operator which acts on a (truncated) Hilbert space of a single bosonic mode. In particular, we consider a physical implementation of unitary transformations acting on 1-dimensional vibrational states of a trapped ion. As an example we present an algorithm which realizes the discrete Fourier transform.


We analyze the inflationary scenario based on the tachyon field coupled with the radion of the second Randall–Sundrum model (RSII). The tachyon Lagrangian is derived from the dynamics of a 3-brane moving in the five-dimensional bulk. The AdS5 geometry of the bulk is extended to include the radion. Using the Hamiltonian formalism we find four nonlinear field equations supplemented by the modified Friedmann equations of the RSII braneworld cosmology. After a suitable rescaling we reduce the parameters of our model to only one free parameter related to the brane tension and the AdS5 curvature. We solve the equations numerically assuming a reasonably wide range of initial conditions determined by physical considerations. Varying the free parameter and initial conditions we confront our results with the Planck 2015 data.


This experiment investigates the effect of vibrato on response time in determining the pitch relationship of two successive violin tones. The result may provide insight into many musicians' impression that vibrato can be used to mask inaccurate intonation since the preliminary data indicate that listeners require more time to determine the mean pitch of a vibrato tone.


The invention provides an orifice plate apparatus for an engine mount filled with magnetorheological (MR) fluid which may include a coil assembly having a coil wound thereon and being annular in shape, a core assembly unit housing the coil assembly, formed in a discoid shape, and defining a flow path of which an upper passage may be disposed in a top surface of the core assembly unit, and a lower passage may be disposed in a bottom surface of the core assembly unit, wherein the flow path may be formed annularly along a perimeter of the coil assembly, and a flow path separator installed between the upper passage and the lower passage, such that only a unidirectional circulation may be enabled for the magnetorheological MR fluid passing through the flow path.


The electrical substation is the set of gadgets and devices processing, conversion and distribution of electricity for feeding an electric power distribution, structure or location outside where the power of a power system is transformed and becomes controls. The construction of the training module of an electrical substation simple transfer bar for displaying electric variables by the SCADA system is intended to deepen the automation and monitoring computer. The study of the functioning of electricity substations was considered important, it is divided as follows: In the first chapter the substation data study and operation of it is presented. The second chapter touches on the actors of the interview in the investigation. The third chapter deals with the development of the proposal, the same details the creation of a sub-station module for electromechanical laboratory at the Technical University of Cotopaxi.


This Special Issue of Molecular Physics is dedicated to Pierre Turq on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Pierre was born in Paris, graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris in 1965, obtained the Agrégation de Sciences Physiques in 1967 and his PhD degree (supervised by Prof. Marius Chemla) from the Faculté des Sciences de Paris in 1970. From 1965 to 1978, he was maı̂tre assistant (assistant professor) at Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay and at Faculté des Sciences de Paris, and in 1978, he was appointed professor of chemistry at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in Paris, where he is now emeritus professor. From 1994 to 2005, Pierre was head of the Laboratoire Liquides Ioniques et Interfaces Chargées; under his vigorous scientific leadership the laboratory, associated with UPMC and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), evolved into one of the leading Electrochemistry laboratories in Europe. Pierre attracted and guided a cohort of particularly gifted and motivated students from the leading French Grandes Ecoles and Universities. The laboratory, now called 'Physicochimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux', brings together several experimental, theoretical and numerical modelling groups, with strong mutual interactions, which mirror Pierre Turq's broad range of competencies, in a collective effort to gain a global understanding of complex charged systems in the bulk and at interfaces. In the 1970s, Pierre Turq, together with his colleague Frédéric Lantelme and the leading American electrochemist Harold Friedman, pioneered the application of Brownian Dynamics simulations to transport phenomena in ionic solutions. He was also among the first to study the structure and dynamics of simple molten salts using Molecular Dynamics simulations. In an important paper combining linear response theory and simulation, Pierre, together with Lantelme and Peter Schofield, determined the subtle isotope effect, i.e. the mass dependence of ionic dynamics in the melt. In another pioneering paper, Pierre Turq collaborated with Luc Belloni and Maurice Drifford (from the electrochemistry group at Saclay) to characterise counterion diffusion in polyelectrolyte solutions. Later, in the 1990s, Pierre and his collaborators joined forces with Lesser Blum and Werner Kunz to develop semi-analytic theories, based on the mean spherical approximation of the structure, thermodynamics and conductance of molten salts and associated electrolytes. Around the turn of the millennium, Pierre Turq and his co-workers turned to a systematic investigation of suspensions of charged colloids as well as of water and ion dynamics near interfaces or in highly confined geometries, in close association with various experimental probes, including neutron scattering, dielectric relaxation and Nuclear magnetic relaxation (NMR). The ultimate objective of this ground-breaking research effort is a quantitative understanding of aqueous and ionic transport in clays, in relation with the long-term geological storage of nuclear waste. These technologically crucial investigations are carried out in close collaboration with ANDRA (Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs) and the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA). The intricacy of the problem of ion transport in complex porous materials, such as clays, naturally led Pierre Turq and his group to rely on multi-scale descriptions bridging the length and time-scale gap between microscopic degrees of freedom and collective mesoscopic behaviour. On a closely related subject, Pierre coordinated a 10-year project involving CNRS, CEA, ANDRA and EDF on the physical chemistry of actinides in solution and at interfaces. Pierre Turq's long-standing international collaborations across the world led to several prolonged visits as visiting research scientist at Oxford (1977) and Rome (1982, 1995), or as visiting professor at Regensburg (1979, 1987) and Canberra (1980). Reciprocally, Pierre and his group attracted many distinguished visitors to his laboratory at UPMC, which led to fruitful and lasting collaborations. He organised a number of scientific workshops in France and in Germany, and chaired the International Conferences on Solution Chemistry held at Vichy (1997) and Montpellier (2011). Through his papers, reviews, books and scientific leadership, Pierre Turq has achieved a lasting impact on modern advances in the physical chemistry of ionic liquids and solutions, polyelectrolytes, colloidal dispersions and their transport through complex porous materials. He has guided generations of young French and European scientists to challenging areas in this field. A summary of his group's recent scientific achievements is provided by the collective review contributed to this Special Issue by a group of his past and present colleagues and collaborators. Pierre is a highly cultivated, witty person and a generous host to his visitors and friends. He and his wife Laure


Through the analysis of the properties of different reservoir areas and the relationship between its constitution and the water exchange among subareas,the calculation model of flood control for a multi-reservoir was established.It had been solved the multi-constraint coordination calculation of flood control for the multi-partition and mix-connected reservoirs by adopting the multi-unit coordination method with net-structure.The practical application results show that the flood calculation results are reliable,and reasonable,and it gets the exact dynamic process of water level of each subarea,outflow data and the water exchange among the subareas.


We study U(1) and U(2) noncommutative instantons on RNC ×RC based on the ADHM construction. It is shown that a mild singularity in the instanton solutions for both selfdual and anti-self-dual gauge fields always disappears in gauge invariant quantities and thus physically regular solutions can be constructed even though any projected states are not involved in the ADHM construction. Furthermore the instanton number is also an integer. firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com


This paper analyzes the application of Enterprise Instant Messaging(EIM) and describes the design of the instant messaging software by using XMPP protocol. Finally, a crossplatform EIM is implemented successfully based on the library of Smack. KeywordsEIM;Smac;XMP;File Transfer


Previous work has shown that tissue cultures initiated from mature embryos of a specific experimental oat (Avena saliva L.) line, Gaf/ Park, can be genetically engineered and fertile plants regenerated. The objectives of this study were to investigate the initiation of tissue cultures from mature embryos of 16 elite North American spring oat cultivars and to determine whether these tissue cultures can be used to produce transgenic plants. Fifteen of the genotypes tested produced at least some embryogenic callus that was similar in appearance to transformable callus. The elite cultivar Belle was tested to determine whether it could be genetically engineered. From 30 microprojectile bombardment treatments, 17 independently genetically engineered tissue cultures were produced that regenerated fertile, transgenic plants. These results indicate that the mature embryo-derived tissue culture system will be useful for genetically engineering elite oat cultivars.


Abstract We investigated the structure of a decadeoxynucleotide duplex which was modified with Dichloroethylenediamineplatinum(II) (PtCl2(en)) at the central GG site by using some spectroscopic techniques. The results suggest that the DNA structural changes induced by binding of PtCl2(en) are quite similar to those of cisplatin.


This session shares ongoing dialogue between tutors and students on the notions of curriculum, pedagogy and curriculum making within primary geography. Curriculum is a complex notion. How might this complexity be represented? I have explored the metaphor of the curriculum as a 'vortex'.  A vortex has a spinning motion, with a turbulent, vertical flow. Vortices can move, stretch, twist, and interact in complex ways and carry momentum and energy. I report on how this metaphor has been discussed, shaped, experienced and applied. I draw on responses from final year Primary Education students as they seek new perspectives on curriculum making. For my students, their experiences of curriculum can be at the limits of their comfort zone. In practice, they are cast into situations where they experience the turbulent flow of deep learning. I share how collaboration has shaped thinking to date and invite you to continue to develop the metaphor.


The study analyzes present approaches applied to assess how effective the expenditures for public health care are. We show that the techniques based on nothing but assessment of the resource components have some defects as they fail to allow for social effects. To overcome this shortage, we recommend the technique which is of 5-years practice in the Vologda Oblast, and which compounds the financial and demographic analysis. We present the results of our economic analysis made by applying such technique


The bispectrum can suppress Gaussian noise and detect signals arising from nonlinear processes. The authors use bispectral analysis to recover diagnostically important low level signals, called ventricular late potentials, that are masked by noise in high resolution electrocardiograms. The practical application of this novel technique is assessed.


In 1913 the British Museum Expedition had excavated a Late Hittite cemetery at Yunus, just outside the walls of Carchemish, and as the work drew to a close and the graves on the outskirts of the cemetery became sparse and poor, my foreman Gregori Antoniou and I started to prospect for a fresh site in the neighbourhood. Beginning from the graveyard on which we were still employed we went inland towards the little village of Yunus (= Eminik), examining both the top of the plateau and the slope down to the mill-stream (see sketch-map, Carchemish, 11. 37); on the high ground about half-way to the village, which is cultivated ground, we noticed quantities of potsherds covering an area of about 100 metres by 50. Gregori, who found the first pieces, hailed them with joyful confidence as Mycenaean-joyful because in this strange land they brought memories of his native Cyprus, confidence because his fifty years and more of excavations in the eastern Mediterranean had given him a working knowledge of antiquities such as few possess. That Mycenaean wares should be found on the banks of the Euphrates sounded incredible, but when I looked at the sherds which Gregori held out to me and saw the smooth buff clay with its decoration of lines and curves in lustrous black and brown paint I was almost convinced, and it needed an examination of the back of the sherds and the recognition of the fact that they were of hand-made pottery to make me realize that we had to deal with a prehistoric and not an Aegean ware.


Based on 3 ecotypes classification of garlic varieties using 12 eco-characters, the eco-characters used to distinguish 3 ecotypes made by principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant analysis (DA). PCA showed that growing length of leaf in winter, frostbite rate of leaves and reduction rate of leaf number between autumn and spring seeding (X_(9)) have stability among the ecotypes. DA selected X_(9) and bolting index to distinguish 3 ecotypes at the correct rate of 93.2%. The results also showed that X_(9) had significance in ecotype classification.


Mongolia low vortex and northeast cold vortex are the main systems causing heavy precipitation in flood season over Hebi,and different system can cause different precipitation area.Based on T213 physical quantity field,heavy precipitation often occurs over the region around the max value center.


ABSTRACT The Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services (PDC-HS) is an informant-based tool used to identify the environmental variables contributing to employee performance problems in human service settings. Although previous research has suggested that the tool is useful to identify an intervention which can be used to improve performance, no studies have formally examined the validity and reliability of the tool. In this study, we used video vignettes to assess the validity and reliability of the PDC-HS. We created three videos; each described a performance problem in one or more of the four PDC-HS domains. Twenty-one participants then watched the videos and evaluated the performance problem depicted using the PDC-HS. We measured the validity of the tool by calculating the percentage of participants who correctly identified the PDC-HS domain responsible for the performance problem. Two to four weeks later, we had participants re-watch the videos and complete the PDC-HS to obtain a measure of test re-test reliability. We also compared PDC-HS item responses across participants to evaluate inter-rater reliability. Results show that all participants correctly identified the problematic PDC-HS domain(s) in each video. PDC-HS validity values were above 93% across all three videos and domains; mean test re-test and interrater reliability values were above 95%. The results are discussed in terms of the preliminary nature of this analysis; although these data are limited by the amount and clarity of the information provided in the videos, this study represents a necessary first step in the assessment of the reliability and validity of the PDC-HS tool.


based on the investigation of the spatial-temporal distribution,mobility and hazard of the Gulouzhuang ground fissurs in Tangshan city,systemic analysis has been done on external agents and internal agents for its formation and development.As the conclusion shown,creep of the buried fault is the main cause for the existing surface geo-fracture.This active fault is the stretch of the east branch fault(F5) of the Tangshan faulted zone which was triggered tectonics of the Tangshan earthquake in 1976.The developing of the Gulouzhuang ground fissures is enchanced by excavation collapse caused with small-scale coal mines.By the mechanics rule,the genetic mechanism of the Gulouzhuang ground fissures and its development trend are researched.


In this project, we analyzed data collected by NASA's Venus orbiter Magellan from the Ganiki Planitia Quadrangle (V14) to determine an optimal way to allocate geologic units into groups corresponding to unit type. Previously, a team led by Dr. Eric Grosfils created a geologic map of the region using Magellan radar images. However, they performed their analysis without analyzing the numerical data encoded in these images and without considering the physical property data sets of slope, surface emissivity, and surface reflectivity. We extracted the quantitative data corresponding to radar backscatter, elevation, slope, surface emissivity, and surface reflectivity from Magellan images. Then, using the existing geologic map as a baseline, we employed mixture models and the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm to devise an optimal geologic map based on the data and to identify units whose data fits more closely with a different unit type than what was assigned by the mapping. We also created modified versions of the EM algorithm, considering issues such as the area of each geologic unit and the importance of different variables. Results showed that most units were classified the same way as specified by the original geologic map, while a handful of units were consistently assigned to different groups. We conclude that these areas should be more thoroughly examined geologically.


Haptic technology uses forces, vibrations, and movements to simulate a sense of touch. In the context of spacesuits, proposals to use haptic systems are scant despite evidence of their efficacy in other domains. Existing review studies have sought to summarize existing haptic system applications. Despite their contributions to the body of knowledge, existing studies have not assessed the applicability of existing haptic systems in spacesuit design to meet contemporary challenges. This study asks, "What can we learn from existing haptic technologies to create spacesuits?". As such, we examine academic and commercial haptic systems to address this issue and draw insights for spacesuit design. The study shows that kinesthetic and tactile haptic systems have been effectively utilized in various domains, including healthcare, gaming, and education to improve the sense of touch and terrain and reduce sensory deprivation. Subjective and objective evaluation methods have been utilized to assess the efficacy and safety of haptic systems. Furthermore, this study discusses the usefulness, safety, and applicability of haptics in spacesuits and the implications for research into space haptics.


A model experiment of reinforced earth retaining wall has been carried out to study the basic principle of retaining wall.By comparison of the mechanical behaviors,we have found in the model experiment and FEM analysis that the basic mechanical principle of reinforced walls is something that the geobelts could improve the characteristic of the earth,hence increasing the safety of the wall.The largest settlement of the panel locate at the 1/3place of the wall from the bottom.The results of the experiment and FEM analysis match well.We have also found that the simulated slip plane is of great difference with that recommended in the Standard JTJ 015-91:The lower half part of the slip plane by FEM method is consistent with the standard codes;however,the FEM results imply large difference for the upper half part of the slip plane.This result shows a limitation of the standard codes,and we should consider it in further structural design to ensure the safety of the structure.


AbstractFor more than a decade, STEM educational approaches have attracted the attention of educators. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the Early STEM Education Program (ESTEMEP) on children's science process skills. The study utilized the semi-experimental research design and it was conducted with 26 six-year-old children in Istanbul during the 2017-2018 academic year. The "Preschool Science Process Skills Scale for 60-72 Month Old Children" was used in the study as a data collection tool. Before starting the education process, pretests were conducted with the experimental and control group. Secondly, the ESTEMEP was applied to the experimental group twice a week for 10 weeks, after which both groups were given a posttest. The covariance analysis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for analyses, and the results show that, although the groups shared similar scores in the pretests, there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group in the posttest scores. This finding shows that the ESTEMEP program is effective in the acquisition of science process skills (SPS).Key words: 21st century skills; pre-school education; science process skills; STEM.---SažetakPristupi STEM obrazovanja već više od desetljeća privlače pažnju edukatora. Cilj je ovoga istraživanja ispitati utjecaj programa ranoga STEM obrazovanja (PRSTEMO) na vještine znanstvenoga razmišljanja djece. Istraživanje je imalo polueksperimentalni dizajn i obuhvatilo je 26 djece u dobi od šest godina. Provedeno je u Istambulu tijekom 2017./2018. školske godine. Kao mjerni instrument u istraživanju je korištena Skala vještina znanstvenoga razmišljanja predškolske djece u dobi od 60 do 72 mjeseca. Prije početka obrazovnoga procesa s kontrolnom i eksperimentalnom grupom proveden je predtest. Uslijedila je primjena PRSTEMO-a u eksperimentalnoj skupini dva puta tjedno u periodu od 10 tjedana. Nakon toga su obje skupine rješavala posttest. Za analizu podataka korišteni su Mann Whitney U test i analiza kovarijance. Rezultati pokazuju da su grupe imale slične rezultate u predtestu i značajnu razliku u korist eksperimentalne skupine u posttestu što znači da je rani STEM obrazovni program učinkovit u stjecanju vještina znanstvenoga mišljenja (VZM) predškolske djece.Ključne riječi: predškolsko obrazovanje; STEM; vještine 21. stoljeća; vještine znanstvenoga mišljenja


Commentary on: Belfort MA, Saade GR, Thom E, et al. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Foetal Medicine Units network. A randomized trial of intrapartum foetal ECG ST-segment analysis. N Engl J Med 2015;373:632–41.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3]

Ever since the early 1960s foetal cardiotocography (CTG) has been widely utilised across the globe as a means of intrapartum foetal well-being surveillance. A Cochrane Collaboration review has shown that utilisation of intrapartum CTG reduces incidence of newborn seizures. This in itself is an important outcome as most seizures were hypoxic ischemic and as such had a guarded long-term outcome.1 CTG has not shown clear benefit in reducing cerebral palsy, perinatal death or other labour complications.2 Moreover it has been speculated that CTG use has increased instrumental delivery and Caesarean section rates, due to the high false positive rate and poor positive predictive value of CTG for intrapartum hypoxia.3 In an attempt to reduce unnecessary over-intervention, the concept …

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A band theory of the metal--insulator phase transition is used to explain qualitatively the isotopic effect observed recently in VO/sub 2/, V/sub 3/O/sub 5/, and V/sub 2/O/sub 3/. The results suggest that there should be no isotopic shift of the Neel temperature and that a new phase (paramagnetic insulator) should appear in V/sub 2/O/sub 3/. A shift of the triple point is predicted for the phase diagram of VO/sub 2/ crystals doped with trivalent ions. The results also suggest the possibility of stabilization of metastable phases in pure VO/sub 2/ by isotopic substitution.


SUBTITLE: THE APPARENNTLY INEXHAUSTIBLE SUPPLY OF PASSENGERS FOR GIANT CRUISING PALACES AND MINI-CRUISES IS SUPPORTING GROWING FLEETS OF BIG AND SMALL VESSELS.


The accurate segmentation of infant brain MR image into white matter (WM), gray matter (GM), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is very important for early studying of brain growing patterns and morphological changes in neurodevelopmental disorders. Because of inherent myelination and maturation process, the WM and GM of babies (between 6 and 9 months of age) exhibit similar intensity levels in both T1-weighted (T1w) and T2-weighted (T2w) MR images in the isointense phase, which makes brain tissue segmentation very difficult. We propose a deep network architecture based on U-Net, called Triple Residual Multiscale Fully Convolutional Network (TRMFCN), whose structure exists three gates of input and inserts two blocks: residual multiscale block and concatenate block. We solved some difficulties and completed the segmentation task with the model. Our model outperforms the U-Net and some cutting-edge deep networks based on U-Net in evaluation of WM, GM and CSF. The data set we used for training and testing comes from iSeg-2017 challenge (http://iseg2017.web.unc.edu).


The species Ochrobactrum anthropi was described et al first by Holmes et al. (1988) as the sole species of Ochrobactrum. Since then, some other species of Ochrobactrum had been discovered (Kämpfer et al. 2007). O. anthropi is a Gram negative, rod shaped, motile, and obligately aerobic bacteria (Holmes et al. 1988). O. anthropi are widely distributed in diverse habitat including human body (Holmes et al. 1988), activated sludge taken from reclaimed land (Song et al. 2002), rice field water (Reche and Fiuza 2005), and wastewater treatment plant (Zuo et al. 2008). Some O. anthropi strains have been identified as denitrifier (Sung et al. 2002; Doi et al. 2009). Nevertheless, N O 2


The invention discloses a preparation method of a biodegradable polymer foamed sheet product, comprising the following steps of: putting a polymer sheet into high-pressure fluid with the pressure of 0.5-10MPa to saturate the polymer sheet; then putting the saturated polymer sheet into a hot medium with the temperature of 40-140 DEG C for foaming for 2-300 seconds to obtain a polymer foamed sheet; and forming the polymer foamed sheet by heat treatment to obtain the biodegradable polymer foamed sheet product, wherein the polymer sheet is made of polylactic acid or the blend of polylactic acid and a polymer with an ester group or ether bond, and the thickness of the sheet is 0.1-2.0mm. The process disclosed by the invention is simple to operate, easy to control and favorable for industrial implementation, and the product has the advantages of bright and clean surface, light weight, uniform closed pore structure with the pore size of 5-50 micrometers, high tensile modulus and strength, excellent temperature tolerance and the like.


Aim: To determine the efficacy of ultrasonography in the detection of ovarian masses considering MRI a Gold standard. Study design: Prospective analytical cross-sectional study Place and duration of study: Dow Institute of Radiology, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan from 1st June 2018 to 30th November 2019. Methodology: One hundred and forty eight ovarian cancer patients were enrolled. Results: The mean age of the patient was 41.87±16.30 years. The majority of the patients were age ≥20 years (29.10%) and obese (33.1%). Malignant tumors were 56.1% (n=83) and 64.2% (n=95) respectively on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasound had a positive predictive value of 80%, sensitivity of 98.11%, and specificity of 86.32 % for the diagnosis of ovarian masses. Overall diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography was 90.54%. There was an excellent agreement between the ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (kappa=0.84, p-value <0.001) and area under the curve was 92.2%. Conclusion: Ultrasonography has excellent diagnostic accuracy in the detection of ovarian masses. Keywords: Ovarian mass/tumor, Ultrasonography, MRI, Positive predictive value, Benign, Malignant


As reported at previous Panel meetings, we are considering the feasibility of taking opportunity of the proposed facelift of the existing Central Piers No. 4, 5 and 6 with the addition of one retail/commercial floor in the Urban Design Study for the New Central Harbourfront ("the Study") to enhance the financial viability of the outlying island ferry services by allowing the ferry operators to sublet the proposed additional floor at Central Piers No. 4, 5 and 6 for commercial or retail activities while requiring them to continue to use non-fare box revenue to cross-subsidize the ferry operation. The amount of revenue that could be generated from the additional floor would depend very much on the detailed design and exact use of the area. The use of this floor for retail or commercial activities has to be subject to the approval of the Town Planning Board.


A game method and game apparatus, and a program and a recording medium. The game apparatus comprising: means for determining the attack round; enemy attack means; attack technique selection means; player attacks; and means for selecting a time value accumulated, the selection time value to be accumulated each time the attack technique selection; the methods of attack reduce the amount of special attack selecting means for selecting includes means to select the value of the cumulative time means the accumulated value exceeds a predetermined time selected case value for the conditions in which the player character attacks the enemy character can choose the way the established parameters compared with other methods of attack to reduce the amount of additional special attacks. The game device and its corresponding game method, and program and recording medium so as to select the player in the role of impact players were assertive role when the enemy attack the way the game is good or bad will in the future, by this upgrade of the game, and when there are people waiting for the order of play will not produce extra waiting time.


In this paper we study the problem of secure communication over a network in which each link may be noisy or noiseless. A single-source single-sink acyclic planar network is considered, and the communication between the source and the sink is subject to non-cooperating eavesdropping on each link. Sufficient conditions, in terms of communication rates and network parameters, are found for provable secure communication, along with an intuitive and efficient coding scheme. The derived achievable rate equivocation region is tight when specializing to several special cases.


A dynamic blood circulation model that predicts the movement and gradual dispersion of a bolus of material in the circulation after its intravenous injection into an adult human. The main purpose of the model is improve the dosimetry of internally deposited radionuclides that decay in the circulation to a significant extent. The model partitions the blood volume into 24 separate organs or tissues, right heart chamber, left heart chamber, pulmonary circulation, arterial outflow to the aorta and large arteries, and venous return via the large veins. Model results were compared to data obtained from injection of carbon 11 labeled carbon monoxide or rubidium 86.


9 ° % on a weight basis and 94 % by ultravlolet-hght absorption The recoveries of the amino acids were quant i ta t ive by radioact ivi ty measurement and by ultravioletlight absorption for t ryptophan The separations were equivalent for each of the amino acids When the proteohpld and amino acids were mixed in aqueous media as described above, the binding of amino acids was also demonstrated by use of the starch column, as fl lustiated in Fig 2 The proteohplds in the Incubation mediums were recovered in CHC13-CH3OH, washed 7-9 times, applied to the column, and eluted with the tame solvent The presence or absence of the compounds, tested above for their effect on the distribution coefficients, had no effect on the congruence of the radioact ivi ty and proteohpid elutlon peaks I t was further seen that the addition of the following aqueous media to the eluant (I vol to io vol of eluant) gave identical elution patterns water, I o M formic acid, o I M ammonium formate (pH 3 7), o oI M Trls-chlorlde (pH 7 57), o oI M CaC12 In each case the fraction with the maximum specific radioact ivi ty also had the maximum dry weight, ultraviolet absorbancy and radioact ivi ty The two techniques used here demonstrate the existence of strong bonds between the amino acids and the proteohpld, u hlch are not dissocmted by the treatmentb used The intervention of enzymes in the binding seem~ to be excluded The author wishes to expre% his grati tude for ~tlmulatlng and informative discussions with Drs J FOLCH-PI and M LEES


In the summer of 2016 everything changes. Portentous news should come by phone, or a knock on the door, maybe a letter dropping onto a mat. But in this case, it is everywhere. Inescapable. The Great Barrier Reef is dying, some say dead. A wave of bleaching has swept across the coral. The reef is large - the size of Japan - and it takes months to confirm what scientists already suspect. This coral-bleaching event, caused by unusually warm waters, is the worst in history.


Tradition has it that the Shugborough dinner service was presented to Commodore Anson (1697-1762) by the European merchants of Canton in gratitude for his crew's part in extinguishing a fire that threatened the city in 1743, and the service has come to symbolise the ultimate triumph of this courageous and determined commodore over dithering and obstructive Chinese mandarins. This article argues that the link between the dinner service and the fire is actually a twentieth-century invention, and that its story, as currently presented to us, distorts our understanding both of Canton in 1743 and of mid-eighteenth-century Sino-British relations more generally.


Early infantile epileptic encephalopathies (EIEEs) have an immense impact on affected families and are a challenge within paediatric neurology practice. Even with the very best management, the majority of children continue to have seizures, severe intellectual disability, and comorbidities including disorders of social communication. Up until recently, the aetiology of most of these disorders was unknown, leading to prolonged, complex diagnostic pathways which rarely improved the quality of life of these children and their families. Cellini et al. report a group of children investigated by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and Sanger sequencing of the candidate gene, or array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), where the aetiology was identified to be changes in FOXG1. The authors noted that this genetic epilepsy has an individual phenotype with wider neurological signs which should prompt sequencing of F0XG1 in similar children. This also emphasizes the importance of a thorough history and examination – the phenotype. The investigation of EIEEs illustrates the triumphs and challenges facing modern genomics. Defining the genetic cause allows accurate reproductive counseling and closure for families. Importantly, it also allows the clinician to concentrate resources on supportive therapies which can be neglected in favour of more interesting diagnostic processes. Nevertheless, the large number of genes causing EIEEs hamper recognition of individual phenotypes, as seen in FOXG1. There continues to be sorting of 'previouslypathogenic-now-thought-to-be-innocuous' and 'previouslyinnocuous-now-thought-to-be-pathogenic' changes. Up as well as down regulation can be troublesome. A single previously reported child with an epilepsy may have a change that is incorrectly reported as pathogenic and cause misdiagnosis in another child. Despite the challenges, our understanding of the individual genes and how loss or gain of function affects a young child continues to advance. Paediatric neurologists in general are a collaborative and generous species. We are well placed to use wider resources to aid interpretation. Although analyzing CGH arrays is an important early step in investigation (after electroencephalograhy and brain magnetic resonance imaging, then targeted MLPA/Sanger gene sequencing), in the majority of children this will not yield a diagnosis. In the latter case this is often because of a lack of identified candidate genes. In these cases, exomic/ genomic sequencing of panels of known genes causing EIEEs will identify a considerable number. Although more expensive than some investigations, the cost benefit is likely to be dramatically better than previous technology. There will still be a number of children who either have changes of unknown significance or the panels are reported as unremarkable. This group will require collaborative, multicenter research allowing critical mass of similar but rare cases, and also division of labour as single centres demonstrate pathogenicity (or lack of), for changes in known genes, and the function of unrecognized ones. This paper illustrates how the arrival of modern genomics can allow us to identify the cause of many EIEEs. We still face the challenge of the large number of candidate genes, of which our understanding of their clinical impact is limited. A thorough history and careful examination are still essential.


This paper presents the effect of various doping concentration of BF<inf>2</inf>+polysilicon from 1011 to 1020 (atoms/cm3) for PMOS device using SILVACO TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) software. The threshold voltage of polysilicon obtain from I<inf>D</inf>-V<inf>GS</inf> curve was analyzed. The results show that BF<inf>2</inf>+ at dose 1014 to 1019 (atoms/cm3) giving the better characteristics of the PMOS at the threshold voltage between 1.0V to 1.3V. The resistivity of the polysilicon is gradually decreased as a concentration of doping increase, while the conductivity is reciprocal of the resistivity. The resistivity of polysilicon varies considerably depending upon the requirement in PMOS applications. To determine the better doping, the leakage current can be extracted from the I-V curve.


When both B0 and B0bar can decay to the same final state composed of two vectors, the interference between them and those among three polarization states result in intricate phenomena. In this note we derive the time and angular distributions for general B to Va Vb processes in a form convenient for actual analyses. We then apply them to specific examples and clarify the CP violating parameters obtainable in the D* rho and J/\psi K* final states. The time distributions for the D*pi final states are also discussed.


In this paper we present two computationally efficient methods for computing the past and future input-output data for subspace system identification. The proposed methods employ Direct and Parallel QR decomposition for tall and skinny matrix where many more rows than columns are involved. Data matrix of deterministic and stochastic system has been used. The proposed methods compared to a standard QR decomposition show a significant reduction in the computational time and the complexity of the system in terms of number of operations and memory storage. The system matrices are identified by making use of Kalman filter states and Canonical Variate Algorithm (CVA). The simulation results illustrate that proposed methods require less processing time and low complexity, and provide high accuracy in identifying the system parameters compared to the standard QR decomposition.


We demonstrate that the liquid‐solid distribution coefficients depend on the substrate orientation in the growth from the liquid phase of GaxIn1−xAs. The distribution coefficient of Ga for growth on the (100) face was found to be larger than that for growth on the (111B) face over the entire temperature range investigated.


The excess of corporal fat is associated with an imbalance between energy expenditure and inadequate food consumption, being these the main factors that may lead to alterations and metabolic comorbidities. The consumption of coconut oil has been the highlight in the decrease of abdominal circumference and in the reduction of weight, because it is composed of medium chain triglycerides, which, after consumption, are readily oxidized providing energy, without being deposited as fat. The objective of this research was to verify the use of coconut oil in weight reduction, abdominal circumference and Body Mass Index of practitioners of physical activity in an academy of a municipality in the North of Rio Grande do Sul. The data collection happened through five stages, during two months with twelve participants of both sexes. It was observed that the Body Mass Index did not change at the end of the evaluations. Comparing the first evaluation with the last, the initial average weight was 76.91 (±14.22) kg and the final average weight was 76.08 (±13.52) kg. Regarding abdominal circumference, in the first evaluation it was observed that the average was 95.87 (±10.32) cm and in the fifth evaluation it was 94.35 (±10.36) cm. As results of the study, it can be verified that the daily intake of 12g had an effect as assistant in the reduction of abdominal circumference and decrease in body weight. It is suggested, therefore, for a more expressive effect, the necessity of allying an adequate diet and the regular practice of physical exercises.


Infrared Thermography has been used as a tool for predictive and preventive maintenance of Photovoltaic panels. International Electrotechnical Commission provides some guidelines for using thermography to detect defects in Photovoltaic panels. However, the proposed guidelines focus only on the location of the hot spot than diagnosing the types of faults. The long-term reliability and efficiency of panels can be affected by progressive defects such as discolouring and delamination. This paper proposed the new Thermal Pixel Counting algorithm to detect the above faults based on three thermal profile index values. The real-time experimental testing was carried out using FLIR T420bx® thermal imager and results have been provided to validate the proposed method. In this work, the fuzzy rule-based classification system is proposed to automate the classification process. Fuzzy reasoning method based on a single winner rule fuzzy classifier is designed with modified rule weights by particular grade. The performance of the proposed classifier is compared with the conventional fuzzy classifier and neural network model.


In this article, the methods for obtaining time series from an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) and its numerical simulation are described. In addition, the nature of the obtained files, the meaning of the changing file names, and the ways of accessing these files are described in detail. The response of the laser emission is controlled by the intensity of a digital signal added to the modulation, which allows for various logical operations. The numerical results are in good agreement with experimental observations. The authors provide all of the time series from an experimental implementation where various logic gates are obtained.


Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity and Atherosclerosis. Introduction: The purpose of the present investigation was to study the precise relationship between carotid sinus hypersensitivity (CSH) and both the severity of carotid atherosclerosis and the extent of coronary artery disease in patients who were referred for evaluation for suspected ischemic heart disease.


Objective To evaluate whether changes in cardiovascular regulatory function induced by simulated microgravity can be detected by recurrence plot analysis(RPA) and recurrence quantification analysis(RQA)of blood pressure signals obtained from conscious rats. Method The tail-suspended rat model was used to simulate the cardiovascular effect of microgravity for 14 d. Blood pressure (BP) data were recorded by a pressure transducer connected to a PE-50-PE-10 catheter chronically inserted via the right femoral artery into the posterior abdominal aorta in conscious rats. Nonlinearity in BP signals were studied using recurrence plot analysis and then quantified by three nonlinear indexes, namely %REC (percentage of recurrence),%DET (percentage of determinism), and L_ max (length index) extracted from the BP signal. Result Compared with that of control group (CON), the three nonlinear indexes were significantly decreased in the tail-suspended group (SUS) (P0.05 or 0.01), and indicated that the fluctuation of blood pressure tended to be in a more chaotic state. In CON, the values of %REC,%DET, and L_ max were 90.28±1.21, 99.24± 0.16, and 84.57±2.28, respectively; whereas in SUS, the values were 74.89±2.13, 93.61± 2.82, and 57.71±2.14, respectively. Conclusion RPA and RQA are novel nonlinear methods for BP data processing which is effective in detecting changes in cardiovascular regulatory function in conscious rats after 14 d simulated microgravity, and seem to be useful in assessing cardiovascular regulatory function in other studies.


The vertical,horizontal and perfect helicity from 850hPa to 200hPa of a snowstorm in Mar.19-20,2009 were analyzed by using NCEP data.The results showed that the vertical helicity over the snowstorm area presented negative in the upper and positive in the lower,which was suitable for occurrence of snowstorm;the snowstorm area located at the southeast verge of negative centre of lower horizontal helicity,and positive centre of horizontal helicity on whole level;the intensity variety of perfect helicity reflected the trend of snowstorm weather system.In conclusion,the helicity could manifest the development,continuance,intensity and the area of snowstorm.


Tn our study and application of things therapeutic are w'e invariably scientific? Do we obtain anything like a complete knowledge of all the things pertaining to drugs and chemical and their uses? Ts it not very frequently the case that, for one reason or another, we turn our backs on and will have nothing of this, that or the other drug, and for the simple reason that some supposed authority or board of censors has told us that such agent is either inactive or too active? Does it not very frequently occur that we never go farther than to read one side of the argument and thus do not avail ourselves of some drug or other remedial agent which may have been proved of value by someone else?


This paper analyzes the characteristics of problems and how to solve them, in particular, the theories to settle mathematics problems. Solving problems is one of the important aims in mathematics education, a process to discover, to probe and to innovate, and a basic skill, which is a combination of raising questions, constructing mathematics modes, finding solutions and checking answers.


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: New institutions of the information economy, that coordinate the interaction of state institutions, business and individuals, the state policy of development of organizational and information infrastructure of modern economy were identified; foreign and domestic experience in the development of elements of the institutional structure of the information economy were presented, an author's model of institutional relationships between subsystems of the information economy was developed, the assessment of the economic efficiency of the information economy from the point of view of reducing the value of information and transaction costs was proposed, the relationship between modern information innovations and low transaction costs, their impact on competitiveness at micro-, and macro-levels is considered, promising financial instruments of the information economy, modern trends in the development of payment systems in Russia and Belarus are presented.


Aerial platforms are expected to deliver enhanced and seamless connectivity in the fifth generation (5G) wireless networks and beyond (B5G). Alternatively, reconfigurable smart surfaces (RSS), which smartly exploit/recycle signal reflections in the environment, are increasingly being recognized as a new wireless communication paradigm to improve communication links. In fact, their reduced cost, low power use, light weight, and flexible deployment make them an attractive candidate for integration with 5G/B5G technologies. In this article, we discuss comprehensive approaches to the integration of RSS in aerial platforms. First, we present a review of RSS technology, its operations, and types of communication. Next, we describe how RSS can be used in aerial platforms, and we propose a control architecture workflow. Then several potential use cases are presented and discussed. Finally, associated research challenges are identified.


Abstract : For describing the current status on the overseas development of magnetic suspension railroads, a convenient way is to discuss either according to different countries or according to different magnetic suspension methods. Our discussion will be made following the former classification. Although relevant thechnical data are referenced as much as possible here, I feel that they are still insufficient. Therefore, it is dangerous to judge the stage of the development among various countries from this article alone.


Elemental information can greatly aid the phase identification of materials from diffraction patterns acquired on an EBSD system. Searching a crystallographic database can be faster and less ambiguous when elemental information is included with the crystallographic data. The data is collected at high sample tilt angles of 60 to 70 degrees. While this is favorable for reducing the amount of absorption of lower energy x-rays leaving the sample, the matrix correction methods used to correct for absorption are not accurate when applied at such high tilt angles. Also, because of the high tilt angles used, it is not convenient to use standards in the quantitative analysis procedure.


HE development of ASAT' and BMD* weapons is likely to directly T or indirectly impinge upon the military uses of outer space. As a result, humankind has felt endangered because a war fought with weapons placed in space is likely to cause doomsday. Consequent to this realization, the United Nations seized itself of the problems created by spacerelated research and keeping foremost its aim of promoting international peace and security sought to promote international cooperation for thc peaceful uses of outer space. Nations have come to consider outer space as "supranational where international cooperation is e~sential ."~ Thus, the discussions in the General Assembly culminated in the establishment of an Ad-Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space which became a permanent one in 1959." It aimed at the following four major categories of ~ t u d i e s . ~


Objective To discuss perinatal pregnant women genital tract micro ecological environment,to reduce the occurrence of adverse pregnancy.Methods Choosing 1024 cases of perinatal pregnant women vaginal secretions,cleanliness inspection and identification of bacteria culture and drug susceptibility analysis.Results Vaginal cleanness test results for Ⅲ,Ⅳ degrees was 38.28%(391);Main isolated bacteria genera are staphylococcus aureus,candida and streptococcus;Drug susceptibility test results showed that: Staphylococcus aureus and staphylococcus aureus to penicillin resistant rate was the highest,and found no vancomycin resistant strains;Dung enterococcus and vancomycin were all sensitive to penicillin,erythromycin and co-trimoxazole,clindamycin resistance was high.Conclusion Because perinatal pregnant women vaginal flora of detection was more,some bacteria had higher resistance.Therefore,reasonable application of drugs reduced the adverse impact on maternal and infant.


A graph-based method is described allowing to generate models of crystal structures for a given set of parameters. It uses symmetry-labeled periodic graphs and is complete insofar as all possible topologies are enumerated. Parameters and information on symmetries are taken into account as early as possible in order to reduce the number of graphs in intermediate results significantly.


L ithium ion batteries (LIBs) currently dominate the power supply for portable electronic devices and have been integrated into (plug-in hybrid) electric vehicles to reduce the energy dependence on fossil fuels. Considering the massive consumption of LIBs in the future, cost will become one of themajor issues for LIBs due to the very limited and unevenly distributed lithium resources. Thus, alternative energy storage systems with low cost will be urgently needed for future applications. Recently, room temperature sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted an intensive attention and been considered as a potential alternative to LIBs because of the earth abundance and low cost of sodium compared with lithium. 5 It is reported that the relative earth abundance of sodium in crust is more than 1000 times higher than that of lithium (23600 ppm for sodium vs 20 ppm for lithium). Given the similarity between lithium and sodium chemistry, an intuitive idea is to directly transfer well-developed electrode materials in LIBs to SIBs with the replacement of lithium by sodium. Unfortunately, themost common and commercially successful graphite anode for LIBs was proven to only store a very little amount of sodium due to the insufficient interlayer distance and stretched C C bond induced by sodiation, 10 which makes the Nagraphite intercalation compound thermodynamically unstable. Therefore, a diversity of alternative materials, including nongraphitized carbon, 15 metal oxides, 18 and alloy-based materials, 24 have been explored as potential anodes for SIBs. Among all proposed anode materials, red phosphorus (P) is a very promising candidate because it has the highest theoretical sodium storage capacity (∼2600 mAh/g, based on the assumption that P is transformed to Na3P) and a relatively safer operating potential (∼0.45 V vs Na/Naþ) than other materials (for example, hard carbon which has a sodiation potential close to 0 V vs Na/Naþ).25 However, the application of red P in SIBs is handicapped by two factors. First, pristine amorphous red P has * Address correspondence to email@example.com.


As is well known, in the Categories Aristotle sketches the main features of his ontology and semantics (which in turn are the ground of these medieval disciplines), since he sets out the basic elements of the world (namely, individual and universal substances, individual and universal accidents) in their mutual relationships, and shows their links to language. The treatise is not only a composite text, but also a rather ambiguous one, since the Aristotelian categorial fields can be considered as both a classification of things and a classification of the signs which signify those things. Therefore, from late Antiquity onwards many disputes took place about the subject, purpose, and importance of the work. Depending on the general evaluation of the Categories, whether it primarily deals with world things or their signs, it is customary to classify medieval authors as being Realists or Nominalists. Nominalists, like Ockham, maintained that in the world there are two supreme genera of beings only (that is, substance and quality), but that we grasp and signify the items falling into those two real categories by means of ten semantically different kinds of terms. On the contrary, Realists, like Duns Scotus and Walter Burley, held that the ten Aristotelian categories are the supreme genera of beings, irreducible to one another. William Ockham was the beginner of the Nominalist trend in the Late Middle Ages. He considered the categorial table to concern terms alone and not things, and translated Aristotle's statements on the ontological and physical status of substances, quantities and so on, into rules for the correct use of terms. In his turn, John Buridan was the most important Nominalist author of the generation after Ockham: his commentary on the Categories, which relies on Ockham's, must be viewed as the most mature output of the Nominalist interpretative tradition. Buridan's theory of categories is a very interesting example of that dissolution of the traditional Aristotelian doctrine which took place in between the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th centuries. In Buridan's philosophical system, the relationships between primary (or individual) substances and secondary (or universal) substances, and between substances and accidents, that is, qualities (both abstract and concrete) as well as the inner natures of essential and accidental predications are so different from their Aristotelian originals that the general meaning of the categorial doctrine is deeply modified. In so doing, Buridan detached himself from Ockham, since he appears to be receptive to some nonNominalist principles and requirements. Whereas the semantics that Ockham wished to construct was a sort of formal language, Buridan rather directed his efforts towards building up a semantics as a sort of empirical analysis of our language, a study of essentially the same kind as that occurring in


The primary description of crash severity in most crash databases is vehicle delta-V. Delta-V has been traditionally estimated through crash reconstruction techniques using computer codes, e.g. Crash3 and WinSmash. Unfortunately, delta-V is notoriously difficult to estimate in many types of collisions including sideswipes, collisions with narrow objects, angled side impacts, and rollovers. Indeed, approximately 50% of all delta-V estimates in the National Automotive Sampling System/Crashworthiness Data System (NASS/CDS) 2000 are reported as unknown. The Event Data Recorders (EDRs), now being installed as standard equipment by several automakers, have the potential to provide an independent measurement of crash severity, which avoids many of the difficulties of crash reconstruction techniques. This paper evaluates the feasibility of replacing delta-V estimates from crash reconstruction with the delta-V computed from EDRs. The analysis is based on 225 NASS/CDS cases from 1999-2001, which have corresponding EDR datasets. The potential of extracting manual seat belt use from EDRs is also discussed and compared with the corresponding results from NASS/CDS gathered by crash investigators. Although EDRs are expected to greatly enhance the investigation of a crash, it should be noted however that current EDRs are not perfect. The paper discusses the limitations of current EDR technology and the need for enhancement of future Event Data Recorders. For the covering abstract see ITRD E825082.


Single-component polymeric precursors to SiC/Si3N4/C/BN and Si3N4/BN ceramic nanocomposites were synthesized via hydroboration and dehydrocoupling of vinyl-containing cyclotrisilazanes. The polymer-to-ceramic conversion process was investigated by 13C, 29Si, and 11B solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy. The yields, processibility, and resulting microstructure of the ceramics were dependent on the starting Si/B ratio in the polymers and the atmosphere used for pyrolysis. Thermal conversion of the polymers from 200 to 600 °C involved loss of vinyl functionality, an increase in the amount of B−N environments, and possibly some degradation of the silazane ring structure. Conversion of the polymeric environment to that of mixed-phase ceramic was complete between 600 and 1000 °C; XRD, however, showed the products to be amorphous even after heating to 1600 °C. Heating the N2 ...


Carnahan and Starling's hard-sphere Redlich-Kwong equation was modified to include an attractive term (A) that is a function of pressure and temperatures. The modified equation is superior to those that assume (a) to be independent of pressure. Calculated molar volumes and fugacity coefficients for H/sub 2/O and CO/sub 2/ are in good agreement with those obtained from p-v-t data. Furthermore, this equation yields reasonably accurate fugacities for H/sub 2/O and CO/sub 2/ at p-t conditions beyond the range of experimental volumetric measurements. Using standard mixing rules for calculating a(mix) and b(mix), this equation yields z(mix) values that are consistent with those of Greenwood's p-v-t measurements. Calculated activities show significant positive nonideality of mixing at elevated pressures (p > 1 kbar and t= 400 to 800 C). Unmixing of H/sub 2/O and CO/sub 2/ is implied at lower temperatures (400 C) and at higher pressures (p > 10 kbar). 50 references.


Grid computing has been cited as one of the potential technologies that can offer mammoth computing power in the future. The greatness of grid technology lies in the efficient harnessing of idle resources of the distributed environment, leading to better resource utilization. Security is one of the key aspects of the grid technology. Secure group communication in the grid is a promising area with a broad scope for myriad of applications. Of late, it has been receiving good attention from the researchers. Sincere efforts have been made on proposing a highly secure, distributed, scalable and computationally efficient model for group communication in the grid environment. The proposed G-LeaSel multicast security model caters to the needs of the collaborative grid applications. The model is an adapted version of LeaSel model, already proposed and proven for wired and mobile networks.


Effective communication is not only one of the best forms of risk prevention, but can have an important and profound impact on health outcomes.


Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult stromal cells with multilineage differentiation potential and immunomodulatory properties. They can be isolated relatively easily from several tissues, including bone marrow and adipose tissue and can be expanded ex vivo to yield the large numbers required for a therapeutic dose. As such, MSCs are considered a promising cell source that can be used in cellular therapy for a wide range of diseases, including bone and cartilage defects. However, despite the huge number of clinical trials utilising MSCs, their clinical application has yielded variable results, often attributable to different donor sources and expansion protocols. The objective of this concise review is to summarize recent developments regarding tissue source of MSCs, use of phenotypic markers for MSC selection, as well as potential in vitro modifications that may be stratified and applied to enhance the potency of MSCs for clinical use in regenerative medicine.


Of all the 'certainties' in mammalian female reproductive biology, the concept that a non-renewing oocyte reserve is set forth in the ovaries at birth may be the most longstanding and widely held. However, when data from our studies of oocyte apoptosis unintentionally began to contradict this theory in the latter part of 2002, we embarked on an investigation, unbiased by any pre-conceived dogmas, to determine if oocyte production persists in adult female mice. In 2004, we presented our first experimental findings in the journal Nature, which indicated that oogenesis indeed continues in adulthood. Amidst widespread skepticism, we moved forward with our studies and this year published our follow-up experiments in the journal Cell. Results from this latter body of work not only reinforced our earlier conclusions but also identified bone marrow as a surprising source of oocyte-producing germ cells in adults. Although this study has also been met with skepticism, doubts raised in commentaries on our work are largely based on inaccurate or incomplete assessments of our experimental models and results. Here we have attempted to clarify published misperceptions and misinterpretations of our data, and offer additional insights that challenge the idea of fixed endowment of oocytes at birth.


Abstract Background: Among cardiovascular illnesses, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events are associated with higher mortality and morbidity. The mechanism of inflammation involved in the ACS includes atherosclerotic plaque development, followed by development of plaque rupture and thrombosis. The present study is to determine whether white blood cell count to mean platelet volume ratio (WMR) can predict short-term (30 days) major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in ACS patients, and also compare WMR and MACE in males and females. Aim: To detect usefulness of white blood cell (WBC) count to WMR in predicting short term (30 days) MACE in patients presenting with ACS and compare values and MACE events in males and females. Material and Methods: The present study was conducted in a tertiary-care hospital from September 2020 to December 2020. A total of 60 patients, who presented with ACS and were undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), fulfilled the selection criterion; hence, a total of 60 patients were selected for the study after taking informed consent. The clearance from the Institutional Ethical committee (IEC) was obtained prior to the initiation of the study. All the necessary investigations were done in patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The results of the study were systematically selected and analysis done statistically. The study included all patients with clinical suspicion of ACS for more than 18 years and excluded non-ACS patients, patients with malignancy history, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disorders, infections, and those who are immunosuppressed. Results: In the present study, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve showed cutoff value of WMR as 1059 with area under curve (AUC) of 0.6 (95% CI 0.4–0.9). MACE occurred in 12 patients and mortality occurred in 6 patients. Among MACE, recurrent myocardial infarction (REMI) occurred in 7 (35%) cases, arrhythmias occurred in 5 (25%), and cardiogenic shock occurred in 8 (40%) cases. WMR with a cutoff value of 1059 was significant and highly accurate in predicting MACE, with sensitivity of 91.6%, specificity of 87.5%, PPV of 64.7%, NPV of 97.6%, and diagnostic accuracy of 88.3%. Compared to males, females have less sensitivity to, high specificity to, and high diagnostic accuracy of WMR ratio in predicting MACE. MACE did not show any gender predilection. Conclusion: In patients, who presented with ACS, high WMR values were associated with worse short-term outcomes and independently predicted short-term MACE. Compared to males, females have less sensitivity to, high specificity to, and high diagnostic accuracy of WMR ratio in predicting MACE.


A method of controlling operation of an electronic device, for controlling the operation of an application, the operation control signal of a predetermined format, manufacturers of electronic equipment in the system information by using the obtained comprising, in this system, a plurality of bus the electronic device and an information signal and a control signal communications between the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprises a main control signal of the predetermined format control code information to a predetermined transmission controlled electronic device, and if the received control signal comprising a predetermined code information, the electronic device provides controlled application executable. Further, the system further comprises an electronic device and a second control means controlling the first means.


This research is about the efficiency of mini type shell heat exchanger in a car air conditioning system. Mini type Shell heat exchanger was used in this experiment by implying heat exchanger in car air conditioning system. Compressor will need less power in order to compress the air. Material used in this experiment was aluminum alloys after consideration of selection material. In this research, Proton Wira's air conditioning system is used for the experiment. During the experiment with heat exchanger installed, the temperature reading has been for 10 minutes were taken and been repeated with different engine rotational speed. Data from the experiment has been calculated and analyzed. From the experiments, the highest value of Coefficient of Performance (COP) was 3.40 without heat exchanger installed and at 1000 RPM engine rotational speed. Meanwhile, the highest value of Coefficient of Performance improvement by using shell tube heat exchanger was 33.96%.In addition, the value of fuel consumption also taken during conducting the experiment. The data shows that, the fuel consumption increased when engine rotational speed increasing.


A spaceborne student experiment on insect motion during weightlessness scheduled to fly on the third flight of the space shuttle is described. The experiment will focus on the flight behavior in zero gravity of two species of flying insects with differing ratios of body mass to wing area, the velvetbean caterpillar moth and the honeybee drone. Ten insects of each species will be carried in separate canisters. The crew will remove the canisters from the storage locker and attach them to the mid-deck wall, where the insects will be observed and filmed by a data acquisition camera.


The impact of performance regulations on industrial location in the USA or elsewhere has been little researched. This case study shows conventional assumptions to be questionable on two counts. First, industry appears not to consider local regulations until after selecting a site on more basic economic reasons. It assumes that regulations are not a significant barrier, owing to local eagerness to attract new growth. Second, the letter of the law is not the effect of the law, given the role of politics. In the case study described, opposition led to strict enforcement and the company's withdrawal, but a business backlash restored a more normal degree of governmental accommodation to industrial growth.