To study the microscopic electronic and magnetic interactions in the substoichiometric iron chalcogenide FeSe$_{1-x}$ which is observed to superconduct at x~1/8 up to T_c=27 K, we use first principles methods to study the Se vacancy in this system. The vacancy forms an immobile strong magnetic polaron in nearly magnetic FeSe, which for the ordered x=1/8 alloy leads to half metallic conduction. Similar magnetic clusters are obtained for FeTe$_{1-x}$ and for BaFe$_2$As$_2$ with an As vacancy, but both are not half metallic. Based on fixed spin density results, we suggest the low energy excitations in FeSe$_{1-x}$ are antiparamagnon-like with short correlation length.


OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation on cognitive function and quality of life in healthy older adults.


In this paper we consider a centralized logistics system in which a single company owns the production facility and the set of retailers and establishes warehouses that will replenish the retailers' inventories. We analyze the potential savings that the company will achieve by allowing its retailers to be sourced by more than one warehouse probabilistically, through the use of information technology. We facilitate the discussion on the impact of multisourcing by introducing a capacitated location-inventory model that minimizes the sum of the fixed warehouse location costs, the transportation costs, and the inventory costs. The model is formulated as a nonlinear integer-programming problem that has a cost term that is neither concave nor convex. We propose a Lagrangian relaxation solution algorithm to solve the model and successfully test the algorithm on problems with 88 and 150 retailers. Based on the model properties and the sensitivity analysis results, we conclude that multisourcing becomes a more valuable option as transportation costs increase, i.e., constitute a larger portion of the total logistics cost. In addition, we show that in practice only a small portion of the retailers need to be multisourced to achieve significant cost savings.


Visual and audio entertainment via cable, satellite systems are evolving to IPTV and P2PTV based systems. Commercial P2P streaming servers like Zattoo, Joost are some Content Delivery Networks (CDN) based on peer-to-peer architecture. When content is a static feed data delivery is better in broadcast based systems. But as the user's volume for dynamic content soars up, internet scale search and data delivery beats any broadcast based systems. This is essentially the driving force behind P2P Streaming Services. P2P systems are usually classified as either tree-based push or mesh-based swarming and Zatto happens to be a hybrid. Previously for performance improvement in Zattoo like systems receiver-based peer-division multiplexing engine involving repeater nodes to deliver live streaming content on a p2p network was developed. This hybrid approach happens to be a resource drain with performance and scalability issues. Such an implementation can only be handled by commercial systems like Zattoo. Considering medium and small scale streaming systems we propose to use P2PStreaming services governed by Delaunay Triangulation protocol. The paper presents an algorithm to build each peer with Delaunay links incrementally by including random peers returned from P2P network querying or accessing the same content. The algorithm is then optimized by considering the Euclidean distance between peers to speed up the overlay convergence thus improving content loading delays at same time supporting many other peers. A practical implementation of the proposed system validates our claim.


With modern people's needs become more diverse, the previous computer network technology has been far from meeting people's needs, so the computer technology in the continuous development and upgrading. Computing technology has been applied more and more widely. How to maximize the function of computer technology and network management system in education.


A DC-DC power converter which transfers 12-48 W of power (regulated output voltage 24 V) across a large, variable air gap (1-2 cm) has been designed. This power converter employs double resonance to compensate the large leakage inductance of the primary and secondary of the transcutaneous transformer. To maximize the effect of resonance, a constant frequency, duty cycle control method is used. The duty cycle control presents advantages over a frequency control in terms of increase in DC voltage gain and reduction of the primary current. The analysis and design procedure for the proposed scheme is presented and the performance result is simulated and verified experimentally.


We describe a new outphasing transmitter architecture in which the supply voltage for each PA can switch among multiple levels. It is based on a new asymmetric multilevel outphasing (AMO) modulation technique which increases overall efficiency over a much wider output power range than the standard LINC system while maintaining high linearity. For demonstration, the overall transmitter is simulated in a 65nm CMOS process with HSUPA and WLAN signals. The simulation results show an efficiency improvement from 17.7% to 40.7% for HSUPA at 25.3dBm output power and from 11.3% to 35.5% for WLAN 802.11g at 22.8dBm while still meeting system linearity requirements.


The recent tainting events of milk and pet foods with melamine and melamine-related compounds (MRCs), in attempts to elevate the total nitrogen content, have led to many cases of acute renal failure in infants and domestic pets. In this study, we employed matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry-based imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) technique to visualize the distribution of melamine in renal tissue. For rats orally administered with melamine alone, the protonated melamine ion at m/z 127 was detected only in the papilla. No melamine signal was detected in the kidney of rats receiving cyanuric acid alone. Melamine was accumulated in kidney only when the rats received high dose of melamine (100 mg day−1) together with cyanuric acid for 3 days. Under such regimen, the molecular signal was visible in both cortex and medulla, with an accumulation in renal papilla. Our IMS results for rat renal tissue are consistent with previous reports and histological observations. Nonetheless, there was no difference between the lipid distributions on the renal tissues of the control rats and those administered with melamine/cyanuric acid.


The area of Shinan is located in the Central Junggar basin,the J1s12 formation is the favorable bed for lithologic traps prospecting and belongs to the transgressive systems tract,with lots of sand body and a good assemblage of reservoir and cap rocks.Base on the well logging and seismic data,this paper studied the delicate sedimentary facies of the J1s12 formation using various sedimentation parameters,analyzed the main control factors for forming lithologic traps,and predicted the favorable zones for prospecting.It also takes the lithologic trap of Xiayan 3 well as an example to assess the assemblage of reservoir and cap rocks and the pay condition.


How hard is it to systematically identify and disambiguate place names in scientific text? In order to address this question, we applied MapAffil, a toponymic search interface, on a random sample of 500 place name sentences from PubMed abstracts. The algorithm correctly identified and disambiguated 39.2% of the place names in sentences. An error analysis revealed six unique challenges: Biological terms (14.2%), Method terms (11.6%), Acronyms (10%), References (6%), Other entity names (4.2%), and Other errors (2.2%). Interestingly, a large portion of the correctly identified place names appeared irrelevant to the subject matter. Many of these errors can be fixed easily, but irrelevance is much harder to address, for it depends on semantics and purpose. To study the role of place in scientific text, it is not sufficient to disambiguate accurately, but it is also necessary to be able to assess the degree of relevance.


PURPOSE: To entrap a water-soluble substance in vesicles formed from a siloxane surfactant by dissolving the substance to be entrapped in water to form a mixture, adding a siloxane surfactant having a specified structure thereto, mildly agitating the mixture and removing excess of water and substance from the mixture. CONSTITUTION: A water-soluble substance to be entrapped is dissolved in water to form a mixture, a siloxane surfactant is added thereto, the mixture is mildly agitated and excess of water and the substance is removed from the mixture. The siloxane surfactant is an organosilicon compound having one of formulae I-III [where Me is methyl, R is methyl, (CH2 )x O(C2 H4 O)y (C3 H6 O)2 R' or (CH2 )x N R"3 A , at least one of the symbols R in one molecule is not methyl, R' is H, methyl, or the like, R" is a 1-6C alkyl, phenyl, or the like, A is a counter ion selected from a chloride, a bromide, or the like, (a) is 0-200, (b) is 0-50, (x) is 3-6, (y) is 4-30 and (z) is 0-5].


This memo discusses how PAKE (Password Authenticated Key Exchange)
protocols can be integrated into the IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange)
protocol.


This paper develops a critique of a number of highly influential theoretical interventions in contemporary organizational analysis that have collapsed structure into agency. It suggests that these approaches, which draw, in various ways, on the 'postmodern turn' in organizational analysis, have seriously weakened the explanatory power and political imagination of the latter. In direct contrast to theoretical approaches based on flat or compacted social onto logies, the paper supports a critical realist position as providing a layered or stratified social ontology on which a more structurally robust and inclusive explanations of organizational phenomena can be constructed. By adopting a realist ontology and methodology, organizational analysis will be much better placed to understand and explain the interplay between structure and agency, and its 'fateful' consequences for social actors.


This paper investigates the influences of palaeohydrology and geological‐topographic inheritance in shaping the channel of the lower River Suir, southeast Ireland. Results of acoustic surveys of the lower River Suir and Waterford Harbour reveal two scales of pseudo‐cyclic river bedforms. Longitudinal elevation profiles of the geological topography (undulating bedrock and till‐mantled bedrock) bounding the present floodplain swath reveal pseudo‐cyclicity in that terrain too. Spectral and statistical analyses are used to quantify the cyclicity of the long profile and geological‐topographic series. These methods show that the dominant cyclicity of the long profile reflects autocorrelation more than inheritance of cyclicity from the bounding geological topography. The cyclicity of the long profile mainly reflects a hydraulic control on pool‐spacing, although some cyclicity probably has been inherited from the geological‐topography. Channel‐forming palaeodischarge is estimated based on the dominant pool‐spacing revealed by spectral analysis, validated using relationships between meander wavelength, channel cross‐sectional geometry and hydraulically‐informed discharge reconstruction. The palaeodischarge estimates are in close agreement and are two orders of magnitude greater than present flood maxima. Significantly, these palaeodischarge estimates also agree closely with palaeodischarge calculated for the submerged Pleistocene palaeochannel that extends across the near‐shore continental shelf from Waterford Harbour. The pool‐sequence of the lower Suir and the submerged palaeochannel represent a former land‐system that was active during a period of low relative sea level during the last glacial. More broadly, the paper offers insights into the landscape evolution of formerly glaciated regions that experienced very wide discharge variability during and after the transition from glacial to interglacial regimes, in a context of complex relative sea level change. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The authors present a simple approximate analysis of frequency-shift keying (FSK) coherent optical communications systems and obtain a closed-form estimate of the bit error rate. The inaccuracy of the approximate analysis is about 1 dB. The sensitivity penalty prediction of the approximate analysis is also within 1 dB of the accurate analysis for linewidths up to 100%.<<ETX>>


In recent years, some researchers have reported that the depth of the mandibular antegonial notch is related with mandibular rotation and higher the lower facial height. However, the data for those studies were derived from populations with extreme morphologic characteristics. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate whether the depth of antegonial notch and ramus notch are related to the mandibular rotation. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were obtained from 30 males and 30 females with cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) at 5 and 6 stage. Correlation analysis revealed that the depth of antegonial notch and ramus notch both with SN-GoGn, SN-Palatal, Palatal-GoGn and Gonial angle not are connected (P>0.05), with Y-axis angle related (P<0.05), the male has deeper antegonial notch than female, but the ramus notch depth does not have the difference in the male and female groups. We concluded that the depth of antegonial notch and ramus notch fails to provide sufficient indication of mandibular rotation.


OBJECTIVE
Convolutional neural networks are a subclass of deep learning or artificial intelligence that are predominantly used for image analysis and classification. This proof-of-concept study attempts to train a convolutional neural network algorithm that can reliably determine if the middle turbinate is pneumatised (concha bullosa) on coronal sinus computed tomography images.

METHOD
Consecutive high-resolution computed tomography scans of the paranasal sinuses were retrospectively collected between January 2016 and December 2018 at a tertiary rhinology hospital in Australia. The classification layer of Inception-V3 was retrained in Python using a transfer learning method to interpret the computed tomography images. Segmentation analysis was also performed in an attempt to increase diagnostic accuracy.

RESULTS
The trained convolutional neural network was found to have diagnostic accuracy of 81 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval: 73.0-89.0 per cent) with an area under the curve of 0.93.

CONCLUSION
A trained convolutional neural network algorithm appears to successfully identify pneumatisation of the middle turbinate with high accuracy. Further studies can be pursued to test its ability in other clinically important anatomical variants in otolaryngology and rhinology.


The paper is based on the synthesis of the economic systems and processes management. It analysis the cybernetic characteristics of the economy, it defines in a system manner the market and analysis its characteristic traits and synthesizes the cybernetic characteristics of the economic agent. In the first part of the paper the systemic and cybernetic traits of the market that determines the behavior and functionality of the economic systems are identified. In the second part are presented the economic agents, categorized in elementary agents and aggregate agents. At the end the economic agents are shown from the systemic, cybernetic perspective.


There is a need to introduce modern sand binder systems in the South African foundry industry as a means of improving its competiveness through the reduction of scrap castings and compliance to environmental regulations. According to the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP). The foundry industry will play an important role with regards to the economic infrastructure priority advocated in the National Development Plan (NDP) of South Africa. In this study a new generation water glass binder is introduced in a local foundry for production of cores for export plumbing casting production. The new water glass introduced is unique in that it contains an inorganic breakdown agent. The core making operating parameters including binder content, temperature and cycle time are optimised through core making trials without any alterations on the coremaking machines. Production data was evaluated using an optimization feature of Microsoft excel software. The results provided a set of optimum operating variables to manufacture 80-100% good quality sand cores for casting applications with an environmentally friendly binder. The most favourable binder content is above 2.60%.The most favourable operating temperature range is 160–174 °C. Therefore temperature and related energy costs can be reduced. The shortfall is reduction in cycle time.


Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. 1. Introduction 2. Spelling Backwards 3. Caught in Medias Res: Female Intercession, 'Regulation' and 'Exchange' 4. Speaking Women: Rhetoric and the Construction of Female Talk 5. Letter Writing Lucrece: Shakespeare in the 1590s 6. 'Prebyterian Sibyl': Truth-telling and Gender in The Third Advice to a Painter 7. Exemplarity, Women and Political Rhetoric 8. The Rhetoric of (In)fertility: Shifting Responses to Elizabeth I's Childlessness 9. Women's Letters of Recommendation and the Rhetoric of Friendship in Sixteenth-Century England 10. Embodied Rhetoric: Quaker Public Discourse in the 1650s. Afterword. Bibliography


Microsurgeries are demanding operations that required high precision and dexterity. They also represent a surgical area in which robotics can have a deep impact, helping surgeons perform more precise and safer operations, or even pioneer previously impossible procedures. A number of robotic systems are already being used clinically for microsurgeries, including, for example, robotic catheters, neurosurgery robots and even the Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system. In addition, many other are being developed around the globe in numerous research centers. This full-day workshop will provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in this area and offer an open platform for surgeons and engineers to discuss recent findings, unmet needs, major research issues and new research opportunities, including research on microsurgical systems design and control, surgeon-robot interfaces, imaging, surgical planning and safety.


Over the past five years there has been a growing wave of loudly expressed and widely distributed protest against what has been called "improper interference" by hospitals, physicians, and governme...


The COVID-19 outbreak has severely affected equity markets and most stock index around the world. Indonesia is no exception, the social restriction policy (PSBB) imposed by the government caused the IHSG to be corrected negatively. One of the sectors that was severely affected at the beginning of the pandemic was the property sector. This study aims to see the reaction of property sector stocks due to the Covid-19 incident and abnormal returns that occurred during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research sample is 51 property sector companies listed on the IDX. By using multivariate regression, it was found that the announcement of the first time an Indonesian citizen had contracted Covid-19 was still responded positively by stock returns in the property sector. Meanwhile, the announcement of the restriction policy (PSBB) for the first time in Jakarta encountered a negative response by stock returns in the property sector. The abnormal return model shows that company size, cash/TA, leverage, BVPS, and market to book value altogether significantly affect the cumulative abnormal return of property sector stocks, with a contribution of 18.07%. While partially only the size of the company that significantly affects the cumulative abnormal return of the property sector. Therefore, the larger the size of the company, the greater the abnormal return.

Keywords: Covid-19 Stock Reaction, Abnormal Returns, Multivariate Regression


IntroductionAn independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium, Korea was occupied by Japan in i905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. At the end of World War II, Korea was split into two politically, economically, and philosophically different countries. These differences could not be managed on a somewhat small peninsula and it didn't take long before the outbreak of the Korean War. After three long years of fighting, the armistice that was signed did little to map out the future for North Korea. Under President Kim Il Sung, North Korea became increasingly isolated both politically and economically. In order to avoid influence from larger neighbors China and the super-power Soviet Union, policies were developed to allow North Korea to, in essence, "go it alone."This "policy" of isolation included a political and economic system that is radically different from that of South Korea. These differences coupled with an aggressive build up in both military manpower and infrastructure have created a dichotomy between the two Koreas. The last 50 years have been a study in how these two vastly different systems have evolved. South Korea has prospered while North Korea has not. The majority of the issues are directly related to mismanagement by the North Korean rulers.North Korea has been mired in economic turmoil for decades. While the South has two times as many citizens, its gross national product (GDP) is over 30 times that of the North. Instead of using natural resources to build industries for trade purposes, the North used the resources to build a military. North Korea's long-range missile development, research into nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and massive conventional armed forces are of major concern to the international community. In December 2002, it became clear North Korea was pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on enriched uranium in violation of a i994 agreement with the United States to freeze and ultimately dismantle its existing plutonium-based program. This revelation led to North Korea expelling monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and in January 2003 declaring its withdrawal from the international Non-Proliferation Treaty.In mid-2003, Pyongyang announced it had completed the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium and was developing a "nuclear deterrent." From August 2003 to June 2004 North Korea participated in six-party talks with the China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States to resolve the stalemate over its nuclear programs.The decade-long drain on the economy left North Korea in a very vulnerable state. Citizens have suffered from on-going food shortages and a failing infrastructure. Weather issues and a lack of arable lands have contributed heavily to the country's inability to continue it isolationist policy. While other countries in the region have prospered over the past 50 years, North Korea has fought to simply support its own people. There have been dramatic changes both politically and economically in two of its largest neighbors. The collapse of the Soviet Union and China's move to a more open economy should have shown North Korea that change is needed and a change could provide long-term benefits, but it seems that the regime in Pyongyang chooses to ignore the signs.There are several options available to North Korea, from a complete reunification with the South, to simply opening up to a market-based economy, or to continue down it's current path. One thing seems certain-some sort of change is needed.Current State of the North Korean EconomyNorth Korea's faltering economy and the breakdown of trade relations with the countries of the former socialist block-especially following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union-left Pyongyang confronted with di[double dagger]cult policy choices. …


Behavior Event 1 Event 2 Vitamin E Supplementation 1993, Positive: Two studies in NEJM report reduction in heart disease for both men and women with use of Vitamin E supplements 2004, Negative: Widely covered meta-analysis of Vitamin E shows high doses increase mortality. Large Google trends spike. Vitamin D Supplementation 2007, Positive: Several studies, NEJM summary piece, NY Times coverage suggest Vitamin D good for health (cancer, fractures, etc). Corresponding growth in Google Trends. 2011/2012, Negative: IOM report suggests Vitamin D overblown, corresponding summary articles, coverage in NY Times. Additional studies in 2012 with similar findings. Google Trends stagnation. Sugar in Diet 2000, Negative: First explicit mention in US Dietary guidelines of avoidance of added sugars. 2011/2012, Negative: Extensive media coverage of health costs of sugar; "toxic sugar" in NY Times and 60 Minutes Segment. Saturated Fat 1990, Negative: First explicit restriction on saturated fat share in US dietary guidelines (<10%) 2005, Negative: Further restrict saturated fat to <7% for people with heart disease.


Merenciano Gonzalez, A.M., Musalem, K., Laino, R., Rey Benayas, J.M., Cruz-Alonso, V., El Raiss Cordero, Z., Brun Moreno, V., Chaparro Otazu, P., Lubian Valenzuela, A., Gonzalez, J.D., Amarilla, S., Aranda Espinoza M.L., Enciso, C. 2018. Ecosystem services in the Paraguayan Humid Chaco: challenges for ecosystem-based management. Ecosistemas 27(2):115-125. Doi.: 10.7818/ECOS.1531 In order to obtain necessary information to promote ecosystem-based management strategies, ecosystem services were assessed in a cattle rangeland in the Paraguayan Humid Chaco. Carbon sequestration in forest biomass, carbon sequestration in wetlands soil, water quality in wetlands, functional connectivity of forest islets, economic valuation of a silvopastoral system based on native savannas and forests, and infiltration and evaporation of water in the soil were studied. Different methodologies were applied with a multidisciplinary approach. Results give information about these ecosystem services and their interaction with livestock rearing, activity installed for several generations, taking advantage of frequently-flooded native savannas. From these assessments, recommendations were made for the improvement and restoration of these services, with cartographic updating of the vegetation units. Wetlands in the study site, in addition to carbon sequestration, are in a good state of conservation. Livestock rearing has had occasional and isolated negative impacts on water quality, which, nonetheless can be corrected. Forest islets present in the study area allow biological connectivity of Alouatta caraya , however, it's still necessary to conduct similar analysis for other species. Regarding livestock production, palm groves/savannas systems offer a higher fodder value than forests/savannas, on the other hand, carbon sequestration in the forest resulted in an economic value that is more than double that of the palm groves occupying a surface six times smaller. Infiltration trials emphasized the role of individual forests and trees in improving infiltration, especially relevant to floodable soils in this region. The mosaic of natural plant formations in the Humid Chaco raises the need for a management based on the knowledge of the functioning of the different ecosystems.


Ibn Abdulber (d. 1071), an eminent islamic scholar of Andalus, discusses the matter of predestination and accomplishment with reference to their lexical and terminological meanings. Besides, he makes reference to Koran, Sunnah and consensus of Islamic scholars (ıcm'â). He expounded his thoughts on the matter in his commentary on Imam Malik's al-Muwatta. It is understood that he adopts the attitude of Ahl Sunnah as regards predestination and accomplishment. He refutes, with adducing proofs, the opinions of the sects that he consider as heretics. The predestination, according to him, is the decree of God eternally with the attribute of omniscience of him. God's decree and will don't obligate humans, but this means all-creatingness of God. And the accomlishment is occurrence of which is decreed by God in due course. All things, whether they are evil or good, are bound up with the divine decree and accomplishment. Moreover Ibn Abdulber comments on the hadiths that narrate the conversation between prophet Adam and prophet Moses. In his commentaries he go beyond that of Salaf (first generations of Islam). He rank predestination and accomplishment among the articles of creed. He urges abstaining from talk about this matter. Adducing persuasive proofs, he refutes the attributing of evil to God.


A radio receiver comprises a processing unit (3) which is adapted to undergo a received radio signal signal toggles. A control unit (6) is adapted to output a control signal (7) that displays information regarding the signal toggles. A channel estimator (4) coupled to an output of the processing unit (3) and adapted on the basis of the received from the control unit (6), control signal (7) provide channel parameters.


Abstract The present paper describes observations made on the disintegration stars produced by nuclear capture of slow negative mesons, in nuclear plates exposed to cosmic radiation. These measurements are in confirmation of the hypotheses previously put forward (Heidmann and Leprince-Ringuet 1948, Perkins 1948) to account for the conversion of the mesonrest-energy into nuclear excitation energy, namely that this mass energy is transferred into kinetic energy of one or two nucleons, which subsequently excite the nucleus in their passage through it. Previous measurements of the mass of the star-producing mesons (Lattimore 1948, Goldschmitd-Clermont, King, Muirhead, and Ritson 1948) and evidence from grain-counts described below, indicate that they can all, or nearly all, be identified with the negative 7r-mesons of mass 285 produced in the Berkeley cyclotron.


This study investigated the papramters space of simple and familiar quadratic equation often encounter in science based disciplines and in particular engineering. The aim is strange images creation to excite and launch novices to quest for general understanding of fractal taking parallel clue from Julia and Mandelbrot sets creation using the iterative mechanisms of complex quadratic mapping. Preliminary computation of a Julia and Mandelbrot sets was performed on a square complex plane using coarse step size .Using normalization technique, the three parameters space of a general quadratic equation was reduced to two parameters space. Thereafter, several parameters combination drawn from within the range of two square parameters window specification was tested according to root values outcome using the popular 'Almighty formula'. The root values outcomes were classified into three distinct groups: complex roots, equal real roots and different real roots. Curve fitting,ratio and graphical analyses were performed on each group based on content and as applicable.The preliminary results of a Julia and Mandelbrot sets are acceptable to within the tolerance of coarse step size.The reduced two dimension parameters space was partioned by parabolic curve into two sub-blocks in favour of complex roots and different real roots outcomes.The sub-block in favour of different real roots dominate consistently over studied cases.The ratios of different real roots to complex roots gravitate respectively to 5.71 and 1.40 for longer and smaller windows with decreasing step size.The graphical analyses reveal strange fractal like images for cases investigated.The founding's of this study can be utilized to gently and safely launch both High School and College students to the world of fractal science,as the images generated are exciting and amazing.. i


The structure of a TEM horn with new plate separation and width profiles is described. It is shown that the combination of a superellipse for the separation function, and a new function for the pate width, results in a horn with nominally frequency-independent properties to beyond 42 GHz. The new separation function has elliptic properties at the throat of the horn, and gradually opens to an almost linear taper.


Resection of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) is traditionally preceded by alpha‐blockade to prevent complications of haemodynamic instability intraoperatively. While there is general agreement on preoperative alpha‐blockade for classic PPGLs presenting with hypertension, it is less clear whether alpha‐blockade is necessary in predominantly dopamine‐secreting tumours, normotensive PPGLs, as well as tumours that appear to be biochemically 'silent'. Preoperative management of these 'atypical' PPGLs is challenging and the treatment approach must be individualized, carefully weighing the risk of intraoperative hypertension against the possibility of orthostatic and prolonged postoperative hypotension. Consideration of antihypertensive medication pharmacology in the light of catecholamine physiology and PPGL secretory profile will facilitate the formulation of individualized preoperative preparatory strategies.


Abstract The shape memory effect (SME) and the superelasticity make nanoscale chiral structures such as helical ZnO nanobelts promising for a wide range of important applications. In this paper, based on the non-linear rod model with surface effect (Wang et al, 2011), the effects of surfaces and geometrical size of the cross-section on the superelasticity of the helical nanobelts have been investigated quantitatively. Our results demonstrate the superelasticity of helical nanobelts exhibit a distinct size effect, depending on the cross-sectional geometry. We also show the efficiency of the energy storage and retrieval of the helical nanobelts induced by the superelasticity depends strongly on the cross-sectional geometry.


Embedded systems have proliferated into diverse and complex critical applications with stringent reliability and timeliness requirements. Guaranteeing reliability in the presence of increasing complexity of embedded systems have necessitated a multitude of architectural designs including integrated modular architectures and architectural designs for robustness by minimizing inter-component failure dependencies.
In the software development cycle, the system integration architect occupies a key position between the domain-specialist, designing the algorithms and the high-level logical design, and the individual software component developers. In essence, the system architect refines the logical design into concrete software components, while facilitating high-level properties such as timing, dependency management, and fault-tolerance. Existing tools for the systems architect include architecture description languages and model-checking tools, which specify and verify the architectural designs.
The primary contribution of this dissertation is to design a system to analyze individual components and guarantee high-level architectural properties in the system using static analysis. In particular, we verify two key properties: (a) memory isolation and (b) safe value propagation paths from non-core to core components communicating using shared memory, safe exchange of data between components of different criticalities through run-time monitoring. Our solution combines language and library usage restrictions on the C language with a suite of compiler analyses to statically guarantee these properties. In doing so, we incur minimal (often zero) run-time overhead and do not require garbage collection, making our approach very attractive for embedded systems. We have examined different critical systems and embedded benchmarks and shown that our language restrictions are expressive enough for embedded systems while enabling statically guaranteeing high-level architectural properties. Finally, we show that we can verify other related architectural properties by extending our static analysis techniques. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)


In the first change to the Model Penal Code since its promulgation in 1962, the American Law Institute in 2017 set blameworthiness proportionality as the dominant distributive principle for criminal punishment. Empirical studies suggest that this is in fact the principle that ordinary people use in assessing proper punishment. Its adoption as the governing distributive principle makes good sense because it promotes not only the classic desert retributivism of moral philosophers but also crime-control utilitarianism, by enhancing the criminal law's moral credibility with the community and thereby promoting deference, compliance, acquiescence, and internalization of its norms, rather than suffering the resistance and subversion that is provoked by perceived violations of blameworthiness proportionality.

Such a principle has been commonly used as the basis for criticizing improper aggravations, such as the doctrines of felony murder and "three strikes," but the principle also logically requires recognizing a full range of deserved mitigations, not as a matter of grace or forgiveness but as a matter of entitlement. And given ordinary people's nuanced judgments about blameworthiness proportionality, maintaining moral credibility with the community requires that the criminal law adopt an equally nuanced system of mitigations.

Such a nuanced system ideally would include reform of a wide variety of current law doctrines as well as, especially in the absence of such specific reforms, adoption of a general mitigation provision that aims for blameworthiness proportionality in all cases. Such a general mitigation ought not be limited to cases of "heat of passion" or limited to cases of murder, as today's liability rules commonly provide. It ought to be available whenever the offense circumstances and the offender's situation and capacities meaningfully reduce the offender's blameworthiness, as long as giving the mitigation does not specially undermine community norms.


Cuprous oxide powder is produced by electrochemical method.The effect of operating conditions such as the concentration and temperature of electrolyte,anode current density on the quality of cuprous oxide is studied.The optimum conditions for preparing cuprous oxide by electrochemical process are determined: c (NaCl)=240 g·l -1 , c (NaOH)=0.1~1.0 g·l -1 (pH=11.1~12.1),temperature:80~85℃,anode current density:500~1500 A·m -2 .The reason worsen the production is analyzed and discussed.


The invention provides an environment-friendly flame-retardant modified alkyd amino-baking coating and a preparation method thereof. The environment-friendly flame-retardant modified alkyd amino-baking coating comprises the following components: styrene modified alkyd resin, polyethylene glycol modified amino resin, deionized water, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, nanosilicon dioxide, an aqueous monomer, a pH neutralizer, a cosolvent, a wetting dispersant, a defoaming agent, a thickening agent, an emulsifier and a pigment filler. According to the environment-friendly flame-retardant modified alkyd amino-baking coating, the styrene modified alkyd resin and polyethylene glycol modified amino resin are taken as main components of the alkyd amino-baking coating, the hardness of a coating membrane can be increased due to the modified alkyd resin and amino resin, constituting components are reasonable, and deionized water is adopted as a solvent for dilution, so that environmental friendliness is realized, the wear resistance can be improved, and the coating is good in adhesion property, good in ductility, good in high temperature resistance, long in service life and beneficial to body health of operators since spraying is replaced by roller painting in a coating process and the production environment is effectively improved.


Objective To explore the predictive value for thrombolytic effect of serumcardiac troponin-I(cTn-I)in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods The serum cTn-I and CK-mb levels were measured serially in34AMI patients.Results The serumcTnI levels started to elevate at4~6h after symptom onset and reached the peak value at21h.The elevation of cTn I was parallel to that of CK-mB,but lasted longer than that of CK-mB(P0.001),which showed no correlation with thrombolytic therapy.In paˉtients with thrombolysis the peak of serum cTn-I appeared earlier(P0.001).Using the peak time≤20h as evaluation criteria,the sensitivity,specificity and accuracy rates in predicting reperfusion after thrombolysis were88.89%,87.05%and88.23%respectively.Conclusion SerumCTn-I appears earlier and lasts longer.The shift of the time to peak value of cTn-I may have predictive value in evaluating the efficacy of thrombolysis in AMI patients.


Terahertz plasmon-polariton modes are excited and probed in a grating coupled GaN/AlGaN two-dimensional electron gas embedded in a Fabry-Perot cavity using a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy at 8K. A strong coupling between the plasmon modes and the cavity modes was observed. Electromagnetic simulations confirmed that both the cavity and the grating coupler play important roles in coupling the terahertz field and the plasmons. The finding suggests that the manipulation of terahertz plasmon-polariton could be achieved by engineering the Q-factor and the mode number of the cavity to further enhance the coupling strength. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.


This paper stands at the confluence of two streams in contemporary political thought. One stream is composed of those critics of liberal political philosophy who are often described collectively as 'communitarians'. What unites these critics (we shall later want to investigate how deep their collegiality goes) is a belief that contemporary liberalism rests on an impoverished and inadequate view of the human subject. Liberal political thought – as manifested, for instance, in the writings of John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Ronald Dworkin – claims centrally to do justice to individuality: to specify the conditions under which distinct individuals, each with his own view about how life should be lived, can pursue these visions to the best of their ability. But, the critics claim, liberalism is blind to the social origins of individuality itself. A person comes by his identity through participating in social practices and through his affiliation to collectivities like family and nation. An adequate political philosophy must attend to the conditions under which people can develop the capacity for autonomy that liberals value. This, however, means abandoning familiar preoccupations of liberal thought – especially the centrality it gives to individual rights – and looking instead at how social relationships of the desired kind can be created and preserved. It means, in short, looking at communities – their nature and preconditions.


Summary Hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are largely used in patients with cancer undergoing cytotoxic treatment to accelerate neutrophil recovery and decrease the incidence of febrile neutropenia. Clinical practice guidelines for their use have been recently established (1), taking into account clinical benefit, but also cost and toxicity. Vascular occlusions have been recently reported among the severe reactions associated with the use of CSFs, in anedoctal case reports (2, 3), consecutive case series (4) and randomized clinical trial (5, 6). However, the role of CSFs in the pathogenesis of thrombotic complications is difficult to ascertain, because pertinent data are scanty and widely distributed over a number of heterogenous investigations. We report here a systematic review of relevant articles, with the aims to estimate the prevalence of thrombosis associated with the use of CSFs and to assess if this rate is significantly higher than that observed in cancer patients not receiving CSFs.


A total number of 144 mature Japanese quail (96 females and 48 males) at 12 weeks of age were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups (24 females and 12 males in each group). An experiment of a completely randomized design was applied to estimate the performance of Japanese quail during egg production as affected by dietary treatments of acetyl salicylic acid under Egyptian summer conditions at levels of 0.00, 0.04, 0.08 and 0.12% as supplementation to the diet. As a result of this study, each of body weight at the end of the experimental period and change in body weight were significantly (P≤0.01 and 0.05) increased by increasing the level of acetyl salicylic acid supplementation. Egg number per female during the experimental period was significantly (P≤0.05) increased due to supplementation of acetyl salicylic acid. All of egg quality traits was not significantly affected by acetyl salicylic acid supplementation, except for shell weight which significantly (P≤0.05) improved. The 3 rd and 4 th groups of birds treated with 0.08 and 0.12% ASA showed the highest (P≤ 0.01) percentages of fertility and hatchability when compared to the control group. Due to acetyl salicylic acid supplementation, each of globulin, total lipids and cholesterol in males blood serum were significantly (P≤ 0.01 and 0.05) differed, as well as, in females blood serum, cholesterol and triglyceride levels were significantly (P≤ 0.01 and 0.05) reduced. From the results reported in the present work, it could be concluded that dietary acetyl salicylic acid supplementation at level of 0.08% improved Japanese quail performance and reduced blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels under Egyptian hot climate conditions.


The present invention discloses a mobile communication network element reconfiguration method and system. In this method, a packet according to some parameters need to reconfigure the network elements into a number of groups. Specify a priority value for each of these groups. NE represented by the order designated by the priority value set reconfiguration. For example, a cell in a mobile communication network in order of priority value represented by the reconfiguration, so that the entire network is not updated simultaneously. Typically, such that the priority value specified neighbor cell do not share the same priority value, and therefore the existing connection may be transferred to the adjacent cell, so that no service interruption.


College teacher is the representative of advanced culture and productive forces.However,through the measurement and empirical survey of health-related fitness of staff in Renmin University of China,this paper found out that this important social groups have many serious problems in body healthy including high fat rate,sub-health seriously,spinal poor stability and so on.Through further empirical study,the author pointed out that life stress and lack of sports was the main reason affecting their health level.Through the questionnaire survey and depth interview,it suggests that health management idea,shaping rich campus sports culture,giving full play to the role of staff sports societies,designing sports projects pertinently,some institutional arrangement to a worker to participate in sport are the important action to the perfection of college faculty sports participation pattern.And it has important influence and effect to promote the health level of college teachers through sports.


Noted graphics programming expert Ben Ezzell introduces graphics concepts and techniques to Windows NT programmers. Writing in a "programmer-to-programmer" style, Ezzell covers the full range of graphics operations and includes special sections on color printing and machine vision. Includes a disk containing source code for the sample programs presented in the text.


Education is central to the preservation and success of any society, including that of the Palestinians. With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1993, Palestinians now have their first opportunity in nearly 500 years to control and develop their own educational system, a system that will better meet the needs of the Palestinians than those nations who have controlled the Palestinians for so many years. With this singular opportunity, the questions now becomes one of determining the nature of this educational system, one uniquely fitted to preserve and promote Palestinian society. The purpose of this study was to examine ideas from Palestinians about what they thought their educational system should be and what core values should inform its creation and development. Through information gathered in semi-structured interviews, a portrait begins to emerge about what Palestinians think their schools and educational processes should look like, what barriers present themselves to the realization of their ideas, and what the solutions may be to remove these barriers.


Our title highlights the concept of 'Open class' for language learning, by which we mean a methodology open to the needs of the learner, open to the reality of a new century, open to communication and to responsility. The learning of languages today is a need that, on many occasions, is not covered by the difficulty it supposes; we question the adequacy of our teaching methods and after reviewing the traditional and structural methods, we come to the communicative approach and to methodology involving "tasks", a methodology that channels our proposal of the "open class" and of the classroom as a physical space where authentic linguistic exchange is possible. APRENDER LENGUAS, HOY, UNA NECESIDAD


The project was to understand the students' satisfa ction of using the RFID technological product. The study was conducted at Hsing Wu College focusing on Departmen t of Applied English students. The result indicated students accepted this product highly. Therefore, the colleg e intended to revise and rebuild up a professional language lab and cooperate with Hai Ying Company to enhance learning English environment of students. Hai Ying Company entered into making analysis and stactics to develop RFID product and to populari ze the idea of application and to cultivate excellent huma n resource. Through study structure, questionnaire, data collection instruction, data analysis and interviews, most of the students acknowledged the features of safety an d product function. But habit and willingness of using the RFID product should be raised. Some suggestions from seminars a nd interviews were proposed. It is recommended that the company cthe usage of its product and prevail on stud ents to use it by means of constantly pursuing stability of the produ ct and developing new function to meet the needs of instruction and market.


Acoustic sensing measurement technique is of interest as an alternative tool for online monitoring of mill internal operation due to the mill hostile environment. In this paper, acoustic sensor has been utilised in a laboratory batch ball mill operation to investigate the effect of pulp density dynamics (50, 57, 61 and 67 wt. % solids). The results showed good acoustic response with changing mill pulp density. The mill product size distributions were statistically the same for the investigated pulp densities. While subtle differences occur between some selected pulp densities, sudden change in acoustic response occurs at certain pulp density thresholds. Acoustic sensor shows potential and promise for detecting mill internal events, monitoring ball mill pulp density dynamics, and controlling performance.


The coastal and maritime ecosystem of Bangladesh provides an array of diverse range of mollusks which support millions of fishery dependent livelihoods. Human dependency on maritime resource is increasing day by day. There are lots of livelihood options for coastal communities whereas they have given topmost priority in fishing as their principal economic activity. Fishermen community is an integral part of the coastal areas of Bangladesh which is mostly dominated by small-scale fishermen. This study was conducted along the two coastal regions of Cox's Bazar-Caufaldandi besides Moheskhali Channel and Shahpori Island besides the Naaf River Estuary. The main objective was to indentify the challenges faced by the fishers involved in mollusk fishery. Several survey methods were adopted including questionnaire, interview and field visit. This research revealed that different environmental and socio-economic factors have had significant impact on the coastal livelihood. These impacts scored ranging from moderate (3) to very high (5) in the scale of 0-5. Mollusk fishery in Cox's Bazar region has been dominated by Rakhain community with a great influence on their livelihood. However, the tribal community of Bangladesh is still lag behind due to lack of proper facilities and opportunities. In this situation, different ecological as well as socio-economic challenges make the tribal fishers more vulnerable. Therefore, it is time to take proper initiative for the livelihood management plan and coping strategies. This kind of approach will be useful to mitigate the identified ecological and socio- economic challenges of small-scale fishermen in the Cox's Bazar region.


Given a real abelian field $F$ with group $G_F$ and an odd prime number $\ell$, we define the circular subgroup $\tilde{\mathcal{E}}^\circ_F$ of the pro-$\ell$-group of logarithmic units $\tilde{\mathcal{E}}_F$ and we show that for any Galois morphism $\rho\;:\;\tilde{\mathcal{E}}_F\to\mathbb{Z}_\ell[G_F]$, the subalgebra $\rho(\tilde{\mathcal{E}}_F)$ annihilates the $\ell$-group of logarithmic classes $\tilde{\mathcal{C}}\!\ell_F$. We deduce from this a proof of the logarithmic version of the Solomon conjecture. Using finally the deployment theorem of the tame ramification above the cyclotomic $\mathbb{Z}_\ell$-extension, we show that the same annihilation result holds for $\rho(\mathcal{N}_F)$, where $\mathcal{N}_F$ is the pro-$\ell$-group of universal norms. This proves the Greenberg conjecture in the semi-simple case $\ell\nmid[F:\mathbb{Q}]$ when $\tilde{\mathcal{C}}\!\ell_F$ is cyclic.


Metastases account for only 23% of solid tumors of the pancreas, and the most common primary cancer that metastasizes to the pancreas is renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Of the patients with localized RCC, 2030% relapse after radical nephrectomy. The mode of spread of RCC to the pancreas is controversial and may be either hematogenous or lymphatogenous. The prognosis of RCC metastatic to the pancreas is better than that of primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma or metastases to other organs. Since peripancreatic lymph node involvement with pancreatic metastasis of RCC is uncommon, isolated pancreatic metastases from RCC can be managed surgically, which should be considered in all patients in whom complete resection of disease is possible. We report a case of metastatic RCC of the pancreas in a 74-year-old man who presented with abdominal discomfort and jaundice and had undergone a right nephrectomy for RCC 7 years earlier.


The ongoing development of our relational database based system administration package, Simon, requires frequent reference to documentation that describes the existing database tables. To this end we have written a program that uses descriptive information stored in the database itself, to generate a WWW tree that documents each table in HTML, as well as an index page to tie the whole package together. This has made looking up table definitions simply a click or two away and has proven to be very useful. These HTML pages are now also being included in some of our program documentation of the Simon system.


The gap between the rich and the poor is a widespread and prominent social phenomenon in China, which is closely related to the sustainable and stable progress of the new economic model of our society and the construction of a harmonious society and is one of the critical factors limiting economic development. It is obvious that the differences between the rich and the poor have proposed some methods and ideas, their habits and their ways of thinking to gain a deeper understanding of the gap between the rich and the poor. We hope to make people aware of the social and economic dangers of this gap, and to be conscious of the ways in which they can regulate their own behavior.


Data diabetics increased from year to year. Diabetes diagnosis rate contributes signi ficantly to the level of comorbidities and complications of diabetes. Based on historical data diabetics can made recommendations that help predict diabetes health professionals. Classification is one of data mining techniques that can be used to make predictions. Classification can be done with a decision tree, one of them with the C4.5 algorithm. This study to create a data classification of diabetes and apply them in the development of diabetes prediction system. Diabetes data classification results are evaluated by confusion matrix and ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic)curves to determine the accuracy of the classification results. Evaluation results have shown that including Excellent Classification. Rule classification results are implement ed for prediction system of diabetes. The system is built using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and MySQL database.


The substructure of natural clinotobermorite Ca 5 [S1 3 O 8 (OH)] 2 . 4 H 2 O - Ca 5 [Si 6 O 17 ].5H 2 O from the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa, was determined from single-crystal X-ray data. The diffraction pattern (monoclinic: a = 11.19 A, b = 7.29 A, c = 22.46 A, β = 96.97°) is characterised by rather diffuse reflections of the type hkl with h, k = 2n + 1. The substructure (space group I2/m, Z = 1, a/2 = 5.593(6) A, b/2 = 3.645(4) A, c = 22.46(3) A, β = 96.97(2)°) was solved from the sharp Bragg reflections (hkl, with h, k = 2n) and refined on the basis of 1877 unique reflections to R(F) = 6.7%. The structure of clinotobermorite is closely related to the one of so called 11 A tobermorite Ca 5 S1 6 O 16 (OH) 2 2 H 2 O (pseudo-orthorhombic, a = 11.17 A, b = 7.38 A, c = 22.6 A). In both minerals layers parallel (001), formed by seven-fold co-ordinated Ca, are flanked on either side by wollastonite-like [Si 3 O 9 ] single chains (ca. 7.3 A periodicity along b) creating a sandwich-like assemblage. The short b/2 axis (3.645 A) and the short a/2 axis (5.593 A of the subcell are caused by an overlay of two half-occupied single chains of tetrahedra with one shifted by b/2 against the other. In clinotobermorite the sandwich-like layers are stacked along c yielding an interlayer distance of 4.5 A with a free aperture of 3.2 A where additional Ca ions and H 2 O molecules connect the sandwich units. Clinotobermorite with 4-5 H 2 O represents a much denser structure than 11 A tobermorite with only 2 H 2 O or 14 A tobermorite with ca. 6 H 2 O (pseudo-orthorhombic, a = 11.17 A, b = 7.38 A, c = 27.94 A). The substructure of clinotobermorite can be interpreted as either composed of 'Dreiereinfachketten' leading to the formula Ca 5 [Si 3 O 8 (OH)] 2 .4H 2 O, or of 'Dreierdoppelketten' leading to the formula Ca 5 [Si 6 O 17 ]. 5 H 2 O, or of a mixture of both variants. The surface structure of clinotobermorite was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) where low magnifications reveal a complex layering or twinning parallel (001). High resolutions scans parallel (100) establish enhanced contrast fringes with a periodicity of ca. 10 A interpreted as the repeat distance of the Ca polyhedral layers parallel to c.


Counterion mixing effects on the volume phase transition and the coil-globule transition of alkali metal poly(acrylate)s (PAAM) in aqueous organic solvents were investigated by observing the swelling behavior of PAAM gel and by measuring the solution viscosity and the conductivity as a function of the counterion mixing ratio. Marked transitions to the collapsed states were induced only for Li+/Cs+ system in most solvent systems; namely, PAA gel significantly collapsed in the presence of Li+ and Cs+ counterions irrespective of the solvent species employed, while only a slight deswelling was observed for Li+/K+ system in some aqueous organic solvents. Corresponding specific decrements in the solution viscosity and conductivity were also confirmed for the combination of Li+ and Cs+ in aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) system. A simple analysis of the conductivity decrement observed for Li+/Cs+ system in 60 vol % DMSO suggested that only Cs+ is tightly bound upon addition of Li+ while no restriction is induced for Li+ upon mixing with Cs+. A working hypothesis is proposed for the apparently intriguing behaviors of the counterions in the mixed system. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 2122–2131, 2009


The huge indigenous diversity in Brazil consists today of 246 people speaking more than 160 languages. This is a scenario that can be seen both from above, presenting a mosaic of historical situations and ways of life, but also seen in its complexity, vertically. Nevertheless, this diversity is still subsumed under the generic category of "Indian", which guides public policies for this minority. But at the same time, the identification with this generic category that allows many different peoples to know the common threats and fight to have their fundamental rights recognized, including the right to be different - to continue being who they are, beyond that categorization. In the article, we present some ways in which indigenous political actions try to deal with this situation, to evidence the complexity of the challenges for recognition of their claims and the guarantee of the rights established by the Federal Constitution of 1988


A 60 GHz free-space communication system is demonstrated with broadband data encoding and a novel photonic millimeter-wave carrier generator. A 60.8 GHz carrier signal is generated by photomixing two optical subcarriers sourced from a dual-wavelength laser based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fiber. Data is baseband encoded onto a single optical subcarrier using an optical phase modulator and photonically upconverted to the 60.8 GHz RF carrier. Data rates of 1.65 Gbps are demonstrated, with the goal of facilitating wireless personal area networking based on a fiber-distributed network architecture. The implemented encoding scheme is intrinsically dispersion tolerant, enabling remoting of signals over long distances between a base station and wireless access nodes. The prototype link was tested in an indoor setting at ranges up to 30 m using a low-gain transmitter antenna and high-gain receiver antenna. Good bit-error ratios are demonstrated as a function of range. A building-to-building communication link, with long-distance fiber distribution to the wireless transmitter, is demonstrated at a range of 78 m.


Vertical organic transistors are a promising candidate to overcome the scaling limits of conventional horizontal organic field-effect devices. In this paper, based on the results of direct current (dc) and low-frequency noise (LFN) measurements, we propose a picture for the carrier transport in metal-base organic transistors in which transmission across the base is due to the combined action of both hot-carriers (HCs) and high-conduction paths (pores) in the metal base. Investigated devices employ pentacene and copper phthalocyanine as active layers for the emitter and collector regions, and a bilayer consisting of Au/MoO3 as injecting electrode. The dc analysis highlights that the charge transport in the investigated devices is due to drift diffusion of the emitter-injected carriers in the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) band and is dominated by HC injection, although conduction via pores increases and becomes not negligible at high base–emitter fields. The LFN analysis highlights the presence of two dominant and uncorrelated 1/f current noise sources, one located between base and emitter, due to the fluctuations of the not-transmitted HC current, and a second source located between collector and emitter, due to the fluctuations of the transmitted HC current and/or to the fluctuations of the current through the pores in the metallic base.


Successful and sustainable aquaculture of shrimps and prawns depend upon the provision of nutritionally adequate, environment- friendly and economically viable feeds (Paulraj, 1993). Feed is the major operational input in shrimp culture, and depending on the intensity of culture systems and the quality and quantity of feeds used, feed costs nonnally range from 50 to 70 percent of the
operational expenditure, Feeds of different composition and particle size are essential for catering to the needs of hatchery production of seed, nursery production of post- larvae, for grow-out or fanning systems and specially
formulated feeds are needed for inducing proper maturation of brood stock.


[Objective]To understand the combined effect of noise and heat on steel workers' health,through investigation and analysis on the cardiovascular diseases of workers in a steel plant,and explore the effective ways to reduce occupational damage on workers.[Methods]The stratified random sampling method was adopted to investigate 186 workers only exposed to heat,only exposed to noise,exposed to noise and heat,without exposure to noise and heat.Their abnormalities of cardiovascular system were investigated.[Results]The abnormal rates of cardiovascular system were significantly different between workers only exposed to heat,only exposed to noise,exposed to noise and heat,without exposure to noise and heat.The abnormal rates of ECG and blood pressure of worker only exposed to heat,only exposed to noise,exposed to noise and heat,without exposure to noise and heat were 30.8%,33.3%;32.2%,35.6%;50.0%,46.6%;22.0%,23.6%;respectively,the differences were significant(P0.05),the highest abnormal rates were detected in workers with exposure to noise and heat.The difference of ECG abnormal rate was significant between workers with different length of service,it increased with the extending length of service..[Conclusion]Noise and heat exposure causes significant damage on the cardiovascular system of workers which increases with the extending length of service,combined noise and heat causes even more serious injuries.Therefore,labor protection measures must be taken to reduce occupational injury on operating workers,.


The article discusses various aspects of the spiritual (religious) crisis of Russian society at the end of XIX -early XX century. This phenomenon was the result of a complex interaction of two factors: on the one hand, the general nature of church-state relations in Russia, typical for the era of the Synod, on the other the peculiarities of the process of secularization of Russian society in XIXth century. Also there are features and peculiarities of spiritual crisis, most important of which is changing of the Church's perception in the specified period.


The continuous automatic dosing system is adopted for improving the scaling of ash slurry water pipe. Automatic dosing measurement control principle control process analysis are presented in this paper.


This paper deals with research of patterns and structures in a sequence of data with a finite number of states. After preliminary estimates, two optimization criteria are presented, which based on a schema of referential probabilities enable the construction of a vocabulary of patterns, or basic morphological units. The determination of structures, which may link these patterns is subsequently discussed, first from a morphological viewpoint, then from a generative viewpoint. Morphological structures may be constructed from classical schema of Markov chains or from graph theory; the identification of generative structures is based on the definition of a set of normed transformations on the vocabulary, which leads to various numerical estimates.


The use of meta-analysis in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management is reviewed by coding 35 studies on 21 methodological variables. Results indicated tremendous variability in applying this approach. Suggestions for researchers employing this technique are presented, and implications of its improper use are discussed.


Achieving near-term quantum advantage will require accurate estimation of quantum observables despite significant hardware noise. For this purpose, we propose a novel, scalable error-mitigation method that applies to gate-based quantum computers. The method generates training data {Xinoisy,Xiexact} via quantum circuits composed largely of Clifford gates, which can be efficiently simulated classically, where Xinoisy and Xiexact are noisy and noiseless observables respectively. Fitting a linear ansatz to this data then allows for the prediction of noise-free observables for arbitrary circuits. We analyze the performance of our method versus the number of qubits, circuit depth, and number of non-Clifford gates. We obtain an order-of-magnitude error reduction for a ground-state energy problem on 16 qubits in an IBMQ quantum computer and on a 64-qubit noisy simulator.


Disability in Colombia, has been treated as a taboo subject, as it has been in many parts of the world, to the point of not speaking about it and preferring to avoid thinking about it, on the contrary, disabled people are the ones who have to adapt to the world and its logics. This has brought as a consequence, that tools such as advertising give a speech addressed to non-disabled people, excluding and making it harder for disabled population to get access to inclusive advertising. Even if the message also turns out to be interesting for people with disabilities, the lack of support elements such as braille, makes it harder for the message to reach this population.

It is necessary to mention that the segregation towards these social groups has been a constant issue through history; it is nothing new and it is quite possible that it keeps happening. Everything that goes against what is considered as "normal" turns out to be unknown and therefore, rejected in a social atmosphere. This has created social narratives in which disabled people are stereotyped as " a burden", to the point of becoming a product, considering the fact that a total focus market has been created based on their condition.

In this paper we will analyze the stereotypes that advertising has sold in regards to disability, in order to propose an advertising communication model that is not only inclusive, but also becomes a starting point to rethink the social ideas regarding disability.


Abstract : The kinetics of short-range ordering in alpha brass have been studied as a function of isothermal annealing. Results published by other investigators disagreed on the nature of the ordering process; our findings support the description of the process as essentially first order. Results obtaine4 in experiments to determine the influence of parameters known to have been different in work giving non-first order kinetics also conformed. There was no significant deviation from an essentially first order process, indicating that the explanation of non-first order results lies elsewhere. (Author)


The article examines the socio-cultural transformations in modern society; both at the level of social institutions, and social relations influenced the innovation imperative, penetrating from the economic sphere to the other spheres of public life. It considered the changes relating to the scope of socio-labor relations, such as strengthening the creative components of work, the allocation of creative workers in a separate class, especially the employment of creative workers, as well as the emergence of new forms of work organization. The article deals the transformation in the framework of educational institutions of different levels, associated with the need to produce a workforce with a high level of creativity, and its functioning in the conditions of uncertainty that arise from the development of an innovative economy. The article analyzes changes in motives, goals and activities of scientific institutions, acting as their primary source of ideas and knowledge to create innovative products and technologies. It is discussed changes to personal characteristics of the person as the subject of economic relations in the framework of the innovative economy.


Capitalism goes through another crisis and the way it has found itself to emerge from these cyclical crises includes the production of space. This study reflects on the consequences of the relationship between State, large contractors and financial capital in the context of the production of large electrical infrastructure projects in Brazil. It is inferred that the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant is part of the process of expanded reproduction of capital, with financial dominance. Thus, large companies increasingly require large businesses (megaprojects), which are only feasible and feasible with the aid, coverage and partnership of the State producing a Statefinance nexus with great social, economic and environmental impacts, linked to the myth of the uncontainable need for energy production, highlighting the strong role of the Brazilian National Bank for Social Development in this process.


The idea of having a child is one that seems to go against my nature. Forming families seem to be the reigning desire for most women and men as they grow older and more mature, and the need to procreate seems to grow more and more prevalent. This need for procreation rips through a woman as a freight train through its rails. Having a child is a natural process that many people feel is a major part of their lives' design. To me, the idea of having a child is more of a threat; an end to the independence I have worked so hard to achieve. I am afraid that it would mean the end of who I am today, and I fear that being a mother would turn me into someone I do not want to be. Because of all this, I feel that making the decision to have a child would mean sacrificing my very being. So when I choose not to have children, I am going against the social norms I have been taught my whole life. Jorge Capetillo-Ponce , is Assistant Professor of Sociology at UMass Boston. Paper Title : Defining the Othe r. Abstract : G. W. F. Hegel said: "Everything is what is not." Throughout human history, we find a continuous struggle to define the other, the foreigner, the unknown, the opposite of we or I. And, as the quote from Hegel indicates, what they are, that we are not, helps define the frontiers of personal and group identity. Chris DaPonte , is a junior joint-majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology at UMass Boston. She enrolled in Soc. 341, Elements of Sociological Theory, section 3 (Tamdgidi), during the Spring 2004 semester. Paper Title : Will I Marry Notice : Copyright of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is the property of Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. H UMAN A RCHITECTURE : J OURNAL OF THE S OCIOLOGY OF S ELF -K NOWLEDGE Vol. II, No. 2, Fall 2003/Spring 2004. ISSN: 1540-5699. © Copyright by Ahead Publishing House (imprint: Okcir Press). All Rights Reserved. HUMAN


I propose the excess noise suppressed optical sensor network using optical CDMA with gain saturated optical amplifier in order to increase number of sensors simultaneously connected to network. Simulation analyses confirm that the maximum number of sensors simultaneously connected to the optical sensor network can be largely increased by increasing the gain of gain saturated optical amplifier owing to the pression of access noises with the assignment of sweeping frequency of optical sensors within 10MHz. In the case of the requested SNR of 20dB and the sweeping frequency of 10MHz, the maximum number of sensors simultaneously connected to the optical sensor network can be increased four times as many as the conventional system.


Watts, Williams, and Jagers (2003) define critical consciousness as an awareness of existing social inequities and their history, including the processes and outcomes of oppression. Many scholars and reformers are asking secondary-level educators to deepen the critical consciousness of their teenage students by teaching them about ways in which race, class, and gender systematically influence Americans' access to economic and educational opportunity. However, the widening demographic gap between teachers and students in urban secondary schools and associated differences in their beliefs about America's opportunity structure can pose serious challenges for teachers who are committed to critical consciousness education. In this article, we suggest that teacher preparation programs must offer aspiring urban teachers not only a sociological and historical perspective on inequality but also a developmental perspective on how people's beliefs about inequality evolve and are influenced by their social positioning. We also offer specific recommendations for human development content that may be useful in this endeavor.


AbstrAct Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the inclination to mechanical destabilization of retained austenite in the microstructure of the TRIP steel containing 0.4% C, 1.5% Mn and 1.2% Si. Design/methodology/approach: The new, simple method for evaluating the mechanical stability of retained austenite was proposed, which is based on the bending test and the measurement of volume fraction of retained austenite by X-ray quantitative phase analysis. The relationship between stress and local strain as well as local volume fraction of this phase in selected locations on the surface of the bending sample were revealed. Findings: The applied heat treatment, modified with respect to the classic one, allowed remain approximately 25 vol.% of the retained austenite in the microstructure of the investigated TRIP steel. It was pointed that retained austenite has high mechanical stability if stress is low. Under influence of the higher stress a partial destabilization this phase occurred. It was found that in the examined steel such mechanical destabilization of retained austenite has two - or three-stage nature.


QUESTION Question: What is the rate of recovery from social phobia and what are the prognostic factors predicting recovery? Population: 91 women (mean age 22 years) with DSM-IV social phobia (meeting all 8 criteria at baseline) from a total sample of 1396 German women aged 18–24 years recruited in the Dresden Prediction Study, which collected information on the incidence, prevalence and course of psychiatric disorders in a randomly selected sample from the community. Setting: Community setting, Dresden, Germany; enrolment 1996. Prognostic factors: Socio-demographic factors; psychosocial factors (including daily hassles and life satisfaction); comorbid psychiatric disorders; characteristics of social phobia (severity, age at onset, avoidance behaviour, impairment). Prognostic factors were assessed in face-to-face interviews using the Diagnostic Interview for Psychiatric Disorders (F-DIPS) and other measures such as the Symptoms Checklist 90-Revised, Anxiety Sensitivity Index, and Marburger Health Study Mental Health Questionnaire, administered by trained doctors or final year psychology students. Outcomes: Partial recovery (meeting ,8 criteria for DSM-IV social phobia), full recovery (no criteria met), or stable state social phobia (all 8 criteria met) assessed at follow-up using the F-DIPS. METHODS Design: Cohort study. Follow-up period: 1.5 years. MAIN RESULTS Sixty four per cent of women had partial recovery at followup and 36% had full recovery. Social phobia characteristics, receiving psychotherapy for social phobia, socioeconomic status, having a partner, or level of education did not predict recovery. However, recovery was significantly more likely if the individual was employed full-time (OR for stable social phobia: 0.52, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.98), and did not have lifetime diagnosis of mood disorder (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.53); corrections for multiple testing were not reported. Additional predictors of recovery were having less psychopathology (OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.92), less anxiety sensitivity (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.92), fewer daily hassles (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.85), less stressful daily hassles (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.80), and better mental health (OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.73). Of this latter set of predictors, only less stressful daily hassles and better mental health remained significant after correction for multiple testing. No significant predictors of a full recovery were identified after correction for multiple testing. CONCLUSIONS The rate of recovery from social phobia is relatively high in young women, with about two thirds making at least a partial recovery, and about a third making a full recovery. Predictors of recovery from social phobia at 1.5 years include full-time employment, absence of affective disorders, psychopathology or mental health problems, reduced anxiety, and fewer stressful daily hassles.


In connection with a machine program which is machined in a machine processing a workpiece by means of a controlled by a numerical control device tool, interpolation, a command position point sequence, and a servo position point sequence for each processing margin by simulation by statements of speed data for indicating a machine speed and accuracy of data is to specifying a machine accuracy determined. A predicted time machines for mechanical processing of the workpiece is determined on the basis of the determined interpolation, and there is a predicted error machines for mechanical processing of the workpiece on the basis of the determined command and servo position point sequences determined. Furthermore, the accuracy data and the velocity data for the shortest predicted machine time within a preset machine fault tolerance are determined on the basis of a plurality of predicted machining times and a plurality of predicted machine faults.


Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play pivotal roles in tumor initiation, progression and chemo-resistance which attribute high recurrence rate, hence it is of fundamental importance to understand how CSCs are regulated inside the tumor mass. Similar to the normal stem cells regulated by their \'niche\', CSCs is also regulated by other cell types in the tumor microenvironment. Most of the HCC cases are developed from cirrhosis background with the enrichment of activated fibroblasts , which might become the cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) during HCC development. Since recent studies showed that CAFs play crucial roles in tumor progression, and yet the role CAFs in regulating CSCs remain largely unknown, therefore we aim to investigate the role of CAFs in the regulation of CSCs in HCC.For this purpose, CAFs from fresh HCC tissue samples were obtained and cultured in vitro. After characterization of these CAFs, their conditioned media was collected to examine its effect on functional properties of liver CSCs by incubating with HCC cell lines and patient clinical samples. We found that the conditioned media of CAFs not only promoted epithelial mesenchymal transition associated migration and invasion, but also enriched the populations of liver CSCs as reflected by an increased tumorigenic ability, self-renewal, and expression of stemness-associated genes. Since inflammatory cytokines were known to be secreted by CAFs in mediating tumor progression, we further determined what cytokines contribute to the enrichment of liver CSCs. To examine this, the cytokine profiles in condition media from CAFs were analyzed by cytokine antibody array and cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) was found to be preferentially secreted by CAFs. HCC cells were incubated with various doses of recombinant IL-6 and our results showed that recombinant IL-6 plays significant role in regulating liver CSCs, which suggest the novel mechanism by which liver CSCs are regulated by CAFs. All in all, this study potentially dissects the signaling crosstalks between HCC cells and CAFs within the tumor microenvironment.


30◦ < ∆ < 90◦ At UTC 2018-01-10 02: 51: 31, an Mw7.6 earthquake occurred 44 km east of Great Swan Island, Honduras (location 17.469 °N, 83.520 °W, depth 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey). We carried out studies of the focal mechanism and rupture process of the earthquake, using seismic data from the IRIS data center. For the focal mechanism solution, a point source model was used to invert 26 far-field P-waveforms and 26 SHwaveforms with high S/N ratio and relatively even azimuth coverage (epicentral distance ); then the result (Figure 1) was used to construct a finite fault model for rupture process inversion (Yao ZX and Ji C, 1997; Wang WM et al., 2008), resulting in a preliminary model of the slip distribution of this earthquake (Figures 2–4). The calculated seismic moment is 2.41×1020 N·m and the estimated earthquake magnitude Mw=7.5. The maximum slip is about 1900 cm.


Strongly nonlinear optical and fast responding materials are required for real-time optical information processing. KNbO3 has been shown to have very fast photorefractive response times and good photosensitivity. With the electro-chemical reduction method developed recently we were able to improve the photorefractive properties (photoconductivity, beam coupling gain, response time) of KNbO3 by changing the valencies of iron-impurities. The preparation of large monodomain crystals with good optical and photorefractive homogeneity for photorefractive incoherent to coherent optical conversion (PICOC) is described. The image conversion was achieved by the anisotropic self-diffraction technique. The optimal crystal configuration for this application has been experimentally verified. A resolution of up to 10 linepairs per mm has been achieved for converting a white light image onto a laser beam.


Abstract Locations of strong frontal systems in the upper 350 m of the North Atlantic-Norwegian Sea area are identified using data from nearly 2300 AXBTs deployed over a period spanning both winter and summer seasons. Approximate bounds on frontal widths and frontal meandering are given, and the variations in frontal locations with depth are also described. Seasonal variations in the horizontal and vertical structure of the fronts are examined. Sea surface expression of fronts is shown to decrease in summer months and a general dependence of frontal locations on bathymetry is seen.


A fast sensitivity based algorithm for the determination of voltage saddle node bifurcation (SNB) point was presented. According to the characteristics of PV curve, using second-order sensitivity guidance technique, the load increment step can be determined. During the processing for approaching the SNB point, reactive power limit of generator is considered, and it can be used to determine the reactive power/voltage type conversion. When the slope of the PV curve is satisfied for the required slope, the value of SNB point can be accurately calculated by local curve fitting. The advantages of the proposed algorithm is that the second-order sensitivity can be obtained by power flow Jacobin matrix and it is used to predict the next forecast point; load increments step can automatically be reduced with the slope of PV curve increased; the value of SNB point can more accurately be calculated as local curve fitting is close to the critical point. Case studies with IEEE systems indicate that the proposed method is effective and suitable.


Objective:To assess diagnostic accuracy in lower hospitals.Methods:①Cycloplegic refractions were repeated on 36 patients(45 eyes). Spherical and cylindrical diopters,the axis and corrected visual acuities were recorded and compared with previous measurements obtained in outlying hospitals.②Patients were divided into three groups based on type of astigmatism: hypermetropic,myopic or mixed astigmatism. The age of the patient and the frequency of misdiagnosis was statistically analyzed for the 3 groups. The frequency of misdiagnoses was compared between the county hospitals and suburban or city hospitals.Results:The measurements of the cylindrical diopter and the axis were significantly different from previous results,with mixed astigmatism accounting for up to 42.66% of the difference. Misdiagnosis was highest in the myopic astigmatism group,according to the age of the patient. The frequency of misdiagnosis was significantly different in the in country hospitals compared to those in the suburban or city hospitals.Conclusion:Cylindrical diopter and axis in ametropic amblyopia is commonly misdiagnosed,mainly when astigmatism is mixed. Age at the time of misdiagnosis and the frequency of misdiagnosis are highest in myopic astigmatism. These misdiagnoses are more common in country hospitals than in suburban or city hospitals. Specialized techniques are required for the proper diagnosis of ametropic amblyopia. The quality of optometrists working in the outlying hospitals should be improved. [FK(WB80011?6]


EDITOR—Concerning the Chandra debate1: if Chandra were to provide the details of the study methodology and the original data as requested by his critics, wouldn't the debate end?

The scientific process encompasses ( a ) the careful conduct of the researcher and his or her team, or …


Introduction T he geologic nature of Venus is of interest to scientists because of its similarities to Earth. Observing Venus optically is not possible, because the surface is obstructed by a thick cloud cover (Fig. 1). Radar techniques have been used successfully to penetrate this cloud cover by ground-based observations from Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and Goldstone, California, and by space-borne observations from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Soviet Venera spacecraft.' The Magellan mission, commissioned by NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), set out to use radar techniques to map Venus on a global scale. The Magellan spacecraft (Fig. 2) arrived at Venus in August 1990 and by January 1992 had mapped the planet for two complete revolutions of Venus or "cycles," each of which lasted 243 Earth days. Cycle 1, from September 1990 to May 1991, concentrated on mapping the surface lying between the north pole and the mid-latitudes. During this time, images were acquired looking from various angles, but always to the left of nadir as seen looking along the velocity vector. Cycle 2, from May 1991 to January 1992, concentrated on mapping from the mid-latitudes to the south pole while pointing to the right of the spacecraft. Targets were observed from the opposite side to better interpret the data taken in cycle 1. In addition to these two major data collection modes, four special flight experiments were performed to validate mapping concepts for future mission cycles. These experiments explored resolution enhancement, stereo imaging, and effects of radar polarization. This paper addresses the goals of these experiments, how they were executed, and their results.


A process for producing a polyimide tube which comprises applying a solution of polyamide acid obtained by reacting a biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by the general formula with an aromatic diamine in an organic polar solvent to at least one surface of a polyimide film, drying thereafter the film with heating to convert a part of the polyamide acid into the imide form while controlling the volatile material content to about 5 to 60% by weight, by which a compound film having a heat-fusible layer composed of a polyimide precursor is obtained, winding the compound film on a heat resistant core material, heating to unify the compound film by the heat-fusible layer, and removing the heat resistant core material to obtain the polyimide tube.


Abnormal absorption of dietary calcium has been recognized for many years in intestinal diseases , sarcoidosis (1), idiopathic hypercalciuria (2), hypoparathyroidism (3, 4), hyperparathy-roidism (5-7), and more recently in calcinosis universalis (8). Understanding of calcium absorption in the past has been limited by the requirement of 18 to 20 days of metabolic balance procedures; interpretation has been limited by the paucity of data in normal subjects. This paper describes a safe and simple 4-hour isotopic test of calcium absorption that has been evaluated statistically in 21 normal subjects and in 31 patients with disorders known to alter calcium absorption. Methods Twenty-one normal subjects (average age, 36; range, 21 to 65 years) and 31 patients (average age, 44; range, 14 to 73 years) with disorders likely to alter calcium absorption were studied. The latter group consisted of 14 patients with disorders characterized by decreased intestinal absorption (hypoparathyroidism, celiac disease , postsurgical malabsorption, regional ileitis, and calcific pancreatitis with insufficiency) and 17 patients with disorders characterized by increased calcium absorption (hyperparathyroidism, sarcoidosis, idiopathic hypercalciuria, and calcinosis universalis). The diagnoses of intestinal malabsorption were established by the presence of steatorrhea, diminished D-xylose absorption, abnormal small bowel series, and salutary response to a gluten-free diet in the patients with celiac disease. The clinical diagnoses of hyperparathyroidism and sarcoidosis were confirmed histopathologically. One patient (A.D.) with tetany, hypocalcemia, and hyperphosphatemia was found to have idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Patients with normal serum calcium, decreased serum phos-* phorus, hypercalciuria that varied with calcium intake, and recurrent calcium stones were classified as having idiopathic hypercalciuria. Twenty-four individuals were studied under metabolic balance conditions and 30 during routine ward or outpatient admissions. Calcium intake in all subjects was either known or was estimated by detailed dietary survey to range from 175 to 1,100 mg per day. At the end of the customary 12-to 15-hour overnight fast, and 1 hour before breakfast, 5 to 10 Ac of Ca'7C12 (SA greater than 150 mc per g calcium) was administered orally in 5 ml of distilled water containing 20 mg of calcium as CaC12. During the following 4-hour period the patients were hydrated to insure a urine flow of 2 to 4 ml per minute. Venous blood was obtained for stable serum calcium measurement before the oral Ca"7 and for radioactivity measurements at 15-minute intervals for the first hour following the oral dose and at hourly intervals for the subsequent 3 hours. Urine …


Using traditional price volatility tests, we find that the market impact of USDA Cattle on Feed and Hogs and Pigs reports largely disappeared after 2000. In contrast, using market surprise tests, we find no evidence that the impact of Cattle on Feed information changed significantly after 2000. The evidence is mixed for Hogs and Pigs reports using market surprise tests, with market inventory information increasing in value and breeding inventory decreasing. The contrasting results can be explained by increasing market concentration in cattle and hogs leading to smaller market surprises and smaller futures price reactions.


In January 2019, Nottinghamshire Police launched a pilot project named 'Fast tracking of Vulnerable Young people into the VPC', working in partnership with the National Volunteer Police Cadets. This nationally pioneering project aimed to trial a new model for enhancing the methodology for engaging vulnerable young people into the VPC programme. This initial evaluation aimed to provide an independent assessment of the programme, documenting progress and identify developmental areas. Overall, the evidence presented in this report demonstrates how the Nottinghamshire Fast-Tracking Vulnerable Young People into the Cadets Pilot has been very successful. The introduction of a new position, the VPC Youth Engagement Officer, has strengthened Nottinghamshire Police's commitment to youth engagement and enables more and wider opportunities for young people to positively engage with policing.


Objective To investigate brucellosis spondylitis health education nursing path on clinical affect.Methods 39 patients who received the surgical treatment of brucellosis spondylitis,from Jan.2009 to Jan.2013 were randomly divided into two groups,tacing 19 cases of routine care as the control group(A group),and 20 cases of nursing care intervention as the intervention group(B),which is the implementation of health care education path,including preemptive analgesia care plans,medication adherence nursing education and activities of daily nursing education.The results of two groups were compared,while1,3,6-month follow-up and clinical evaluation were made.using SPSS15.0statistical package for data analysis,and test level,value 0.05.Results The two groups were compared preoperatively,the same time point VAS score in group B,medication compliance and Oswestry Disability Index Compared with group A was significant(P0.05);clinical evaluation showed that the results of group B was significantly better than that of group A.Conclusion Implementation of brucellosis spondylitis health education nursing path can significantly improve clinical effect.


The study was conducted in Karjat, Roha and Mangaon tahsils of Raigad district of Konkan region. The sample was constituted 150 rice growers drawn from 15 villages. The respondents were interviewed with the help of a specially designed schedule. The exploratory survey design was used for the present study. The data regarding 'knowledge' about rice cultivation practices revealed that majority of the respondents had 'medium' knowledge. The data regarding practice wise knowledge revealed that majority of the respondents were known of the practices namely, 'first ploughing after the harvest of previous crop', 'removal and destruction stubbles', 'use of improved varieties', keep field free of weeds' and 'drying the crop in field for 2 days, 'use of 'Vaibhav' sickle for harvesting', 'water level upto 5 cm at grain filling stage',' planting in row, shallow and line transplanting', 'application of 5 t green manure/ha at the time of puddling' and '10 cm water level in filed before and after panicle initiation.