Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program The increase in number of cesarean deliveries and other uterine surgeries has resulted in the increase in the incidence in accreta. Placenta accreta occurs when placenta implantation is abnormal. Placenta accreta is a serious complication of pregnancy that is associated with massive and potentially life‐threatening hemorrhage. It is the primary cause of emergency hysterectomies. Proposed Change It is imperative that organizations are prepared to manage patients with accretas and/or massive blood loss. In response to the growing numbers of accretas, we developed a Code Creta protocol to minimize the risk to the mother and infant for patients with accretas, either known or unknown. Implementation, Outcomes, and Evaluation The protocol includes an algorithm to assist in necessary intervention based upon the severity of the accreta. It begins with early detection and diagnosis of suspected accreta. The physician consults with a gynecologic–oncologist to determine the extent and best course of action for the patient. The radiologist is consulted to determine if perioperative interventions are needed and an anesthesiologist is consulted to assist with the appropriate form of anesthesia. Nursing assists with early detection and monitors the patient for changes in clinical status and coordination of care. In addition to the surgical plan, the protocol includes a Code Hemorrhage protocol to assist with rapid turnaround times for blood testing and transfusion. As soon as a Code Hemorrhage is called, the blood bank assists with the rapid running of the blood specimen. A preestablished number of blood products are prepared and sent. A dedicated member of the OB team communicates with the blood bank during the code. The creation of the Code Creta policy has decreased the number of unexpected cesarean hysterectomies, unintended intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and use of blood products. Our next phase of this protocol is to use simulators for an obstetrician–gynecologist to manage massive blood loss until a gynecologic–oncologist is available to assist with the surgery. We anticipate further reduction in massive blood loss and use of blood products with further training. Implications for Nursing Practice The standardized approach to high‐risk situations assists in decreasing stress, poor communication, and negative patient outcomes. The Code Creta can be replicated in other organizations as a way to approach patients with accretas or massive blood loss.


When rats are placed in a situation that has come to be associated with footshock through the process of Pavlovian conditioning, they react with the species-specific defensive response of freezing. Postshock freezing is produced by conditioned fear elicited by cues associated with shock. Two classes of anxiolytics, benzodiazepines and buspirone, have been reported to reduce the freezing response. We have found that conditioned fear stress (CFS) increased serotonin (5-HT) metabolism in the medial prefrontal cortex with an induction of freezing behavior. These results could support the 5-HT hypothesis of anxiety. In this study, the effects of various serotonergic agents and diazepam on CFS-induced freezing behavior were examined using a time-sampling procedure.


Objective:To find out the applied value of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase(GAD)-Ab in diagnosis,classification nad forecast in diabetesy.Methods:GAD-Ab in serum of 45 patients with type Ⅰ diabetes mellitus was measured by ELISA method,compared with 25 patients in type Ⅱ diabetes and 60 normal persons as control groups.Results:The positive rate of GAD-Ab in type Ⅰ diabetics.On the contrary,there is no positive patients in normal persons.Conclusion:There is applied value of GAD-Ab in diagnosis,classification and was 76 64%(33/43),have significantly difference compared with type Ⅱ diabetics prospection on diabetes.


The reproductive phase of the sex cycle consists of two periods separated by an œstrous phase: the first of these periods is occupied by pregnancy, the second takes the form either of lactation or else of another pregnancy. Pregnancy and lactation are of equal duration and are alternative events, and so the reproductive phase represents a double pregnancy period. In any description of the reproductive phase the lactation period must be distinguished from the period of pregnancy. The non-suckling female can give birth to twice as many offspring in a given period of time as can the suckling.


The current study aimed to discover whether, and to what extent, children and adolescents at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) perceive themselves as lacking competence, control, social support and self-worth. In addition, the study aimed to discover whether, and to what extent, children and adolescents at risk of DCD experience more trait and state anxiety than their peers. Fifty-eight children aged 8- to 10-years identified as being at risk of DCD were matched with 58 control children on age and gender, and fifty-one adolescents aged 12- to 14-years at risk of DCD group were matched with 51 control adolescents. Children and adolescent at risk of DCD were compared to the control group on measures of perceived competence, perceived control, perceived social support, self-worth and anxiety. Multivariate Analysis of Variance revealed that children and adolescents at risk of DCD performed significantly more poorly than the control group on measures of perceived competence, perceived control, perceived social support, self-worth and state and trait anxiety. In addition, significant differences were found on some measures for age, whilst only the self-perception profile differentiated gender.Based on the assumption that children and adolescents with poor motor coordination do have negative views of self and experience relatively high levels of anxiety, a second aim of the study was to test an aetiological model of anxiety. Harters (1987) model of the determinants of self-worth provided a sound theoretical basis for investigating the relationships between self-perceptions and affect. Self-perception, according to Harter, precedes emotional and behavioural outcomes. A series of path analyses conducted separately for each group revealed differences in the pattern of interrelationships between the dependent variables for children and adolescents at risk of DCD ++%%%%and the control group. The salient findings were that for both groups physical appearance was an important and consistent determinant of self-worth. Few significant pathways were identified for those in the DCD group limiting the conclusions that could be drawn from this study.Overall, given the negative consequences of poor motor coordination identified in the current study it would seem imperative that early assessment and diagnosis of DCD be introduced into the school system.


1. Security Challenges and the Military in East Asia 2. State-Building and Army-Building 3. The Dynamics of Military Intervention 4. Democratization and Building Democratic Armies 5. The Military and Democratic Consolidation 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index.


The design process of the bolsterless bogie with the semi-active suspension control in the secondary lateral damper is described. The test result shows that the design of the bogie is reasonable, and can improve the lateral running performance of rolling stock in certain degree.


An anti-settling additive for both oil and invert oil based fluids contains at least one reaction product of which the reactants comprise an alkoxylated aliphatic amino compound and an organic polycarboxylic anhydride or acid, and a rheologically active clay-based material.


With the development of economy,the conflict between enterprise appellation and trademark is becoming more and more obvious,however,few of regulations have been stipulated on this issue.In order to solve the conflict,it is suggested that measures need to be taken such as to improve the laws,to perfect the administration system of the en- terprise appellation,and to set up association business council system among People's Court,Trademark Bureau,Trade- mark Assessment Council and industry and business administration organizations.


The utility model discloses an internal diameter dial indicator. The internal diameter dial indicator is characterized in that an indicator body is provided with a press sleeve, the press sleeve comprises a first external diameter, a second external diameter and a halfpace, the halfpace and the first external diameter are connected with two ends of the second external diameter, the first external diameter is identical to an internal diameter of a product to be detected in a design dimension, an external diameter dimension of the halfpace is greater than that of the second external diameter, the second external diameter is greater than the first external diameter in dimension, a calibrating device is set to be a standard sleeve, and an internal diameter dimension of the standard sleeve is identical to the design dimension of the second external diameter. Compared with the prior art, the internal diameter dial indicator is convenient for a worker to detect a groove external diameter of an internal hole of a deep hole on a workpiece and guarantees precision on workpiece measuring.


Objective To evaluate the myocardial protective effects of intracoronary(IC)adenosine infusion in patients with coronary heart disease during percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Methods A total of 111 enrolled patients were randomised to receive infusions of saline(control group,55 patients)or adenosine(adenosine group,56 patients).10 mL saline(control group)or 300 μg adenosine(adenosine group)was given by intracoronary(IC)injection within 1 minute.The peak level of ST-segment elevation in IC electrocardiograms(IC-ECG)and the peak level of cardiac triponin I(cTnI)was analyzed and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF)was measured.For the patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI),coronary flow of the infract-related artery was assessed by the method of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grading.The peak level of sum ST-segment resolution(STR)was measured after one hour of PCI.Results The peak level of serum cTnI in adenosine group was lower than the control group(P0.05).In patients with AMI,sum STR in 1 hour after PCI of adenosine group was significantly higher than that in control group(P0.05).LVEF at the fourth week of PCI(both adenosine and control group)was better than those on the third day.LVEF in adenosine group was significantly higher than control group on the fourth week after PCI(P0.05).The incidence and level of ST-segment elevation in the patients with selective PCI were significantly higher in control group than adenosine group(P0.05).Conclusion IC adenosine infusion during PCI can decrease minute mycardial injury,significantly alleviating ischemia-reperfusion injury and improving the left ventricular function in AMI.


We present results for the reactions vp ..-->.. ..mu../sup -/..pi../sup +/p and vp ..-->.. ..mu../sup -/K/sup +/p at energies above 5 GeV. The average cross section for the first reaction between 15 ad 40 GeV is (0.80 +- 0.12) x 10/sup -38/ cm/sup 2/ and for events with M/sub ..pi../+p-italic < 1.4 GeV is (0.55 +- 0.08) x 10/sup -33/ cm/sup 2/. The ratio of the cross section for the second reaction to that for the first is 0.017 +- 0.010.


Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a life-threatening bone marrow malignancy with a relapse rate near 50% in children, despite aggressive chemotherapy. Accumulating evidence shows that the bone marrow stromal environment protects a subset of leukemia cells and allows them to survive chemotherapy, eventually leading to recurrence. The factors that contribute to stroma-induced chemotherapy resistance are largely undetermined in AML. Our goal is to delineate the mechanisms underlying stroma-mediated chemotherapy resistance in human AML cells. We used two human bone marrow stromal cell lines, HS-5 and HS-27A, to study stroma-induced chemotherapy resistance. Both stromal cell lines are equally effective in protecting AML cell lines and primary samples from apoptosis induced by chemotherapy agents, including mitoxantrone, etoposide, and cytarabine. By gene expression profiling using the Affymetrix U133Plus 2 platform, we previously found that CYR61 was among the genes that were commonly upregulated in AML cells by both stromal cell lines. CYR61 is a secreted matricellular protein that is expressed at relatively low levels by AML cells, and at higher levels by stromal cells. CYR61 binds and activates integrins and enhances growth factor signaling in AML cells, and it has been associated with chemoresistance in other malignancies. Our current data provide functional evidence for a role for this protein in stroma-mediated chemoresistance in AML. First, we added anti-CYR61 neutralizing immunoglobulin (Ig), or control IgG, to AML-stromal co-cultures, treated with chemotherapy for 24 hours, and measured apoptosis with Annexin V staining and flow cytometry. In THP-1+HS-27A co-cultures treated with 50 nM mitoxantrone, the apoptosis rate was 33.0 ± 3.7% with anti-CYR61 Ig v. 16.3 ± 4.2% with control IgG; p=0.0015). Next, we knocked down CYR61 in the HS-5 and HS-27A stromal cell lines by lentiviral transduction of two individual shRNA constructs, and confirmed knockdown (KD) at the gene and protein levels for both cell lines. These CYR61-KD stromal cells provided significantly less protection for co-cultured AML cells treated with mitoxantrone, compared to stromal cells transduced with the non-silencing control. For example, the apoptosis rate for THP-1 cells co-cultured with CYR61-KD HS-27A cells was 10.8 ± 0.8%, compared to 6.8 ± 1.1% for THP-1 cells co-cultured with control HS-27A cells (p=0.02). Similar results were obtained with NB-4 AML cells. These results demonstrate that CYR61 contributes to stroma-mediated chemoresistance. CYR61 binds to integrin αvβ3 (Kireeva, et al, J. Biol. Chem., 1998, 273:3090), and this integrin activates spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) (Miller, et al, Cancer Cell, 2013, 24:45). Using intracellular flow cytometry, we found that activated Syk (pSyk) increased in THP-1 and NB-4 cell lines, and in primary AML patient samples, upon exposure to control HS-27A cells. In primary samples, the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) for pSyk averaged 11.7 ± 1.3 in co-culture v. 6.6 ± 0.6 for cells cultured alone (p=0.004, n=10). In contrast, pSyk did not significantly increase in AML cells co-cultured with CYR61-KD HS-27A cells (MFI for primary patient samples: 8.6 ± 0.8). This result implicates Syk as a downstream signaling mediator of CYR61. To determine the role of CYR61-induced Syk signaling in chemotherapy resistance, we treated AML-stromal cell co-cultures with 3 uM R406, a potent Syk inhibitor, or DMSO, then added 300 nM mitoxantrone, and measured apoptosis after 24 hours. In AML cells co-cultured with control HS-27A cells, mitoxantrone-induced apoptosis was significantly increased by Syk inhibition (THP-1 cells: 13.7 ± 0.7% with R406 v. 10.0 ± 0.3% with DMSO, p Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


overview It is best practice to treat separately collected absorbent hygiene products (AHP) waste for recycling. The core process is a thermal treatment in an autoclave, an horizontal cylindrical vessel where the AHP waste is sanitized and opened. The output solid stream is then shredded and separated through a mechanical process into the two AHP components: polypropylene and polyethylene plastics and cellulose fibres, which can be sent for recycling.


482 Background: Patients with bilateral multifocal (BMF) RCC are at risk for multiple surgeries, progressive loss of renal tissue and chronic renal insufficiency. Although BMF papillary type I RCC is commonly associated with Hereditary Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma (HPRC), with mutation of the MET proto-oncogene, sporadic (non-familial) BMF Pap1 RCC is far more common. Here we describe the histologic and clinical phenotype as well as clinical management of a population of patients with BMF RCC that has papillary type I histology that is distinct from the HPRC population. Methods: From 2000 to 2013, patients who were evaluated at the National Cancer Institute and were diagnosed with BMF on cross sectional imaging were included. Patients who tested negative for MET proto-oncogene mutation, who have a pathologic diagnosis of papillary type I were included. Phenotypic manifestations and clinical management were analyzed. Results: 61 patients with an average age of 54.3 years were identified. A disproportiona...


Wind energy is one of the most attractive sustainable energy resources since it has low operation, maintenance, and production costs and a relatively low impact on the environment. Identifying the optimal sites for installing wind power plants (WPPs) is considered an important challenge of wind energy development which requires careful and combined analyses of numerous criteria. This study introduces a high-resolution wind farms suitability mapping based on Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) approaches considering technical, environmental, social, and spatial aspects, representing eight different criteria. First, a multi-criteria decision-making analysis based on the FAHP method is employed to assign appropriate weights for the addressed criteria with respect to their relative importance. Since the traditional AHP method, which was found employed in the majority of the relative case-studies, is not efficient in dealing with uncertainty when experts use a basic scale (0 to 1) for their assessments, the FAHP provides more flexible scales through the utilized fuzzy membership functions and the natural linguistic variables. Consequently, this helps to facilitate the assessments made by experts and increases the precision of the obtained results (weights). Next, the high-resolution GIS is used to carry out a spatial analysis and integrate various factors/criteria throughout the proposed index to produce the final suitability map and identify the unsuitable areas. The presented study emphasizes investigating the lightning strike flash rate due to its significant influences on the wind turbine's safety and operation, yet this crucial factor has been seldomly investigated in previous studies. The obtained findings revealed that the wind speed, the land slope, and the elevation had the highest weighted criteria with 33.1%, 24.8%, and 12.2%, respectively. Besides, the final-developed suitability map revealed that 23.22% and 8.31% of the Sudanese territory are of high and very high suitability, respectively, for wind farms installation which are considered sufficient to cover the electricity needs. The difficulty of acquiring real data and resources for the addressed location was the main challenge of the presented work. The work outlook addresses the suitability mapping of hybrid photovoltaic-wind turbine energy systems, which will require addressing new and significant criteria in the applied methodology.


The meat industry involves the slaughter of animals and the generation of endand by-products. By-products represent environmental and economic problems for meat processors if they are not correctly treated. In Hungary, approximately 287 thousand tons of livestock (meat and slaughterhouse) waste, as well as nearly 45 tons of animal carcasses generated annually. The emerging poultry slaughterhouse trimmings and separate collection of blood is partially solved at the enterprise. 6 t/day of blood and other trimmings generated at the company, of which amount is expected to grow significantly due to the capacity expansion of broiler production. Thus in the frame of this project a corporation in Nyírbátor is planning a comprehensive investment program in which the produced slaughterhouse wastes will be connected selectively from each other and byproducts, secondary raw materials can be produced. The aim of this study is investigating the possible determination of the chemical composition of feather meal by its optical properties, especially moisture content. The reflectance spectroscopy is a rapid, nondestructive, effective method that can be used for determining the composition of a number of agricultural and food products. Preliminary measurements were performed to evaluate the different products on the detection of the VIS NIR spectral range (400-1000 nm) by AvaSpec 2048 spectrometer. The results are evaluated by the ENVI 5.0. Inflection point of feather meal is determined by the software. The inflection point of feather meal is in range of 679-682 nm. As a result, we can determine that range of wavelenght, which is suitable to detect individual characteristics of feather meal. Analysing the samples it was concluded that inflection point of feathe meal is in range of 679-682 nm. The changes in the infrared range could be associated nutritional values of feather meal samples. Thus, using spectral investigation determining composition of feather meal could be quick and low energy method. Keywords—component; feather meal, VIS-NIR, spectroscopy


Purpose: The influence of melting method on the kinetics of nitrogen absorption by Fe-C-Mn filler metals has been analysed. The industrial heats of the Fe-C-Mn (SpG1) type welding filler metals were selected for own researches. Design/methodology/approach: The research of the nitrogen absorption kinetics was carried out in the levitation and TIG arc-melting conditions in the Ar+N2 atmosphere. The conditions of experiments were made possibly close to those existing in a molten metal drop in the welding processes. Findings: Based on the models of nitrogen absorption during levitation and arc melting of Fe-C-Mn filler metals, the time-dependent changes of nitrogen content were determined as well as the mass transfer coefficients b and the rates of nitrogen absorption. Nitrogen absorption rate decreases along with the increase of oxygen content in the Fe-C-Mn filler metals arc-melted in the Ar+N2 atmosphere. Research limitations/implications: Investigation of the Fe-C-Mn complex alloys with the specified amount of impurities makes the detailed analysis of the elementary stages of nitrogen dissolution more difficult, yet brings the experiment conditions closer to those occurring in the actual welding processes. Practical implications: Recognizing the mechanisms of nitrogen absorption under arc and non-arc melting to make possible the control of nitrogen level in the welds. Originality/value: Obtained results explain the influence of oxygen and melting conditions on kinetics of nitrogen dissolution in Fe-C-Mn alloys.


1. Department of Cardiology, the 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou, China; 2. VIP Outpatient Department of HMI, the Second Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China; 3. Department of Nephrology, the 942th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou, China; 4. Department of Medical Service, the 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou, China The authors contributed equally to this manuscript ✉ Correspondence to: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com https://doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2022.02.010


Most larval drosophilids eat the microorganisms that develop in rotting fruit, a relatively protein‐rich resource. By contrast, the spotted‐wing Drosophila suzukii Matsumara (Diptera: Drosophilidae) uniquely develops in ripening fruit, a protein‐poor, carbohydrate‐rich resource. This shift in larval nutritional niche has led to D. suzukii being a significant agricultural pest in the U.S.A. and Europe. Although occupying a new niche may benefit a species by reducing competition, adaptation in host use may generate trade‐offs affecting fitness. To test the hypothesis that fitness trade‐offs will change with adaptation to novel larval diets, D. suzukii larval development on either a diet of a fresh, ripe blueberry (a natural host) or standard artificial Drosophila media (protein‐rich) is compared and the effect of diet on development time from egg to adult, adult body size and male wing spot area, and female fecundity is assessed. Larval development time differs, with larvae on the blueberry emerging as adults earlier than those on the artificial medium, although other fitness measures do not vary between the two diets. In addition, the faster development time on a blueberry does not trade off with body size as expected, although early fecundity is delayed in females that develop on blueberries. Thus, adaptation to a novel larval diet environment does not come at a cost to the ability to develop in protein‐rich resources.


Abstract New functional aliphatic copolymers have been synthesized by an-ionic ring opening polymerization of N-methyl-N-sec-butyl-N-(thii-rane-2-ylmethyl) amine (Me-sBu, ESA) with either trimethylsilyl protected glycidol (TMSGE) or ethylene oxide (EO) using potassium graphitide KC24 or sodium metal as initiators. Whenever TMSGE was present, TMSGE chain growing was perturbed by transfer reactions. Branched TMSGE homopolymers and Me-sBu, ESA/TMSGE copolymers were obtained with both the expected 1–3 polyglycidol and the unusual 1-4 poly(3-hydroxyoxetane) enchainments, as shown by 13C NMR. Copolymers of different compositions obtained by varying the Me-sBu, ESA/TMSGE feed composition from 85/15 to 35/65 or the Me-sBu, ESA/EO one from 76/24 to 64/36 were amorphous and random, as shown by DTA and 13C NMR studies. Copolymers with less than 20% of EO or TMSGE-derived units in the chain were soluble in water at pH < 4. Potentiometric titration curves showed the presence of a plateau (for the degree of neutralizat...


Breast cancer is still utmost common cancer throughout the world and second most common cause of cancer death among women. Mammography is the most successful method for the early diagnosing of breast diseases. However, mammogram images are low contrast and noisy due to this it is very challenging to detect microcalcification and masses. In this paper, we have introducing Adaboost classifier to classify the breast tissue as normal abnormal. As the microcalcifications and masses are difficult to detect because mammograms are lowcontrast and noisy images. So initially we have done preprocessing by using median filter to remove noise and image enhancement done by using stretch limit function. In next step segmentation is performed by gray thresholding. Reducing the number of resources which is required to describe a huge set of data is called feature extraction .Statistical features like energy, correlation, mean, entropy, standard deviation, texture are extracted to find out the effective identification of breast cancer. After feature extraction next stage is image classification. Finally in this project we are applying statistical parameter as input to Adaboost ensemble method for automatic detection of breast cancer. Adaboost classifier is used for classifies the lesion into different classes to determine if the lesion is benign or malignant. For this paper images analysis is tested over 171 images from DDSM (Digital Database of Screening Mammography).


Provided is a terminal for electrical connection, wherein even when the displacement quantity of either a first contact portion or a second contact portion is increased, a reduction of the contact pressure of the other contact portion due to such increase can be effectively suppressed. A connector using the terminal is also provided.
A third elastic part (24) that elastically deforms is provided between first and second elastic parts (22, 23) and a fixed part (21) such that when either the first contact portion (22a) or the second contact portion (23a) is displaced in the direction wherein the contact portion is in contact with a terminal (50) to be connected with, the displacement quantity of the other contact portion in the direction wherein the other contact portion is in contact with the terminal (50) is smaller than the displacement quantity of the terminal (50) in the inserting/removing direction thereof. Thus, even when the displacement quantity of either the first contact portion (22a) or the second contact portion (23a) is increased, the reduction of the contact pressure of the other contact portion due to such increase can be suppressed, and such suppression is extremely advantageous for the improvement of reliability of two-point contact.


The task of computer architecture is to match a user application with a base technology. This match is realized by implementing an interpreter of some representation of the application with an efficient realization, measured in cost (area), time (performance) and power. As silicon technology becomes increasingly limited by interconnects, more efficient cellular computers are attractive. Indeed larger cells (compared to FPGAs) seem to offer an improved area /spl times/ time /spl times/ power measure. In order to effectively used them, the programmability obstacle must be overcome. The ALGE experiment showed how this might be done by creating a new class of user representation for scientific applications.


This article mainly elaborated the grinding wheel finisher design structure principle,in order to satisfy the production the need,the design has manufactured the grinding wheel finisher,installs carries on the truing of grinding wheel on the hand operated grinder,completes the work piece processing.The grinding wheel finisher has the structure to be simple,dexterous,characteristics and so on easy to operate,may carry on the renovation to ordinary and the ultra hard grinding wheel.This grinding wheel finisher may install in the ordinary grinder,the hand operated grinder,the surface grinding machine,in on the cylindrical grinder,and rotates various handles through the adjustment outside micrometer,to the grinding wheel concave-convex circular arc,the angle,the outline surface carries on the conditioning.Grinding wheel finisher manufacture easy,practical,characteristics and so on economy,ease of operation.


A wavelength interrogation surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with gold substrate modified with calix[4]arene derivative as sensing film was used to detect metal ions in aqueous solutions. We found that only Ag+and Cu2+could be selectively detected with the detection limit of 10−7 mol/L and 10−4 mol/L, respectively. XPS data confirmed the presence of Au-S bond between the calixarene derivative and the gold substrate and complexation between the calixarene derivative and Ag+ or Cu2+.


Trans fats is produced in industrial foods by so called process hydrogenation, for the purpose to harden the fats providing specific properties to gain higher stability and longer shelf life. Many food manufacturers make good use of trans fat for their inexpensive cost and facility. Several restaurants, especially fast foods business use trans fats for deep-frying technique due to the reason of many times reuses. Trans fats are found in many kinds of processed foods such as vegetable shortenings, hard margarines, crackers, cookies, snack foods and baked products. Trans fats has adverse effect on health, not only by raising bad cholesterol or LDL-cholesterol, similar to saturated fats and other cholesterol diets but also by lowering good cholesterol or HDL-cholesterol, resulting in higher risk for coronary heart disease. At the present time, Thailand has no legislation on nutrition facts label of trans fats. The consumers can check the ingredients of food products on the packages on which çtrans fatsé, çhydrogenatedé or çshorteningé are shown. That indicated such food products contain trans fats.


The paper introduced the measurement principle of insulation resistance with megohmmeter and the attention problems during measurement.The factors causing measurement errors are analyzed.The correct shielding approach is investigated.


Background Increasing knowledge on obstetric danger signs (DS) among pregnant women and their families is one of the interventions targeted to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. It is expected that knowledge in DS will lead to early care seeking once complications occur among women or newborns. Health care providers are required to educate women on DS of obstetric emergency during pregnancy, delivery and immediate-post-delivery. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge on danger signs among rural women and its effect on antenatal care visits, birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) and on use of skilled birth attendance (SBA) during childbirth.Methodology Community-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2019 among women who delivered in the past 24 months in two wards at Babati Rural district, Tanzania. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Odds Ratio was used to assess association between knowledge on danger signs with use of services during pregnancy and childbirth.Results A total of 372 women were enrolled, with mean age of 28.5 years (S.D 7.2). All the women attended antenatal care at least once during pregnancy, 65.3% attended ANC 4 or more visits, 85.2% of women were assisted by SBA during childbirth, and 13.7% of the women had birth preparedness and complication readiness plan. Overall, 272 (73.1%) women reported that they were counseled about obstetric danger signs during antenatal clinic visits, but only 32% could mention three or more DS of obstetric and newborn emergency. Overall good knowledge of DS and knowledge of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy were significantly associated with 4 or more ANC visits and birth preparedness and complication readiness but not with SBA use during childbirth.Conclusion Majority of women were counseled on DS during pregnancy, however more than three quarters (68%) had low knowledge. Women who were knowledgeable on danger signs during pregnancy attended 4+ ANC visits and prepared for birth and its complications. There is a need of designing alternative models of engaging women during education/ counseling sessions so that they may have a higher retention of knowledge not only of danger signs but for other maternal and newborn health issues.


The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) uses the Vaisala FD12P present weather sensor for the automated determination of visibility and of the type, intensity and duration of precipitation in its national meteorological observation network. Replacement of the FD12P is required in the near future due to discontinuation of support for this sensor by the manufacturer. For this purpose, KNMI issued an European Tender for the acquisition and maintenance of new present weather sensors. The Tender consisted of mandatory requirements and desirable features. The mandatory requirements had to be met in order that the offered solution could be accepted. The desirable features received a score and determined the ranking of the accepted offers. The requirements were categorized into functional requirements and quality; maintainability (including reliability, software, support and maintenance), implementation (including technical and hardware requirements, training and documentation) and costs (purchase and maintenance, thus total cost of ownership over a period of 10 years). As part of the Tender evaluation a period of nearly 1 year was reserved for laboratory and field tests of the three highest scoring offers. During this evaluation there were two formal moments of interaction with each Tenderer of a selected PWS individually. The first moment was a meeting at KNMI to verify the correct installation, configuration, operation and usage of the PWS. The second moment, halfway the field evaluation, the Tenderer was given the results of their PWS and had the opportunity to make changes, upgrades or replacement of the PWS or setup when the results were considered not to be as expected. The paper gives details of the requirements for the present weather sensor and results of the evaluation will be presented and discussed. The evaluation was challenging since verification in laboratory conditions was not possible and a field reference was generally not available.


Cumin wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cumini is one of the most destructive diseases responsible for causing even up to 60 per cent yield losses in cumin belt of India. Due to the soil inhabiting and seed borne nature with aggressive sporulation ability of the pathogen, sustainable and effective management of this disease using cultural practices and chemical methods is tedious. However, the uses of resistant varieties as well as novel biocontrol agents offer more economic and environmental friendly method of management which can be integrated with regulated chemical methods to achieve maximum disease suppression. Therefore, in the present study Trichoderma spp. isolated from banana rhizosphere of wilt suppressive and salt affected soils of Uttar Pradesh were characterized using morphological and molecular methods. The isolates were evaluated for their antagonistic potential against the pathogen F. oxysporum f. sp. cumini through dual culture assay. Out of 21 Trichoderma isolates screened, three isolates viz., CSR-T-2, CSR-T-3 and CSR-T-4 showed significant inhibition of F. oxysporum f. sp. cumini with 62.65, 79.85 and 84.31 per cent inhibition, respectively. The three promising isolates were characterized morphologically on the basis of their colony characters on different culture media as well as microconidia size, setae, colour, hyphae, chlamydospores etc. The molecular identification for confirmation of. sp.cies status of these isolates were done by sequencing ribosomal RNA using ITS1 and ITS4 universal primers. The 3 isolates viz., CSR-T-2, CSR-T-3 and CSR-T-4 were identified as T. koningiopsis (KJ812401), T. reesei (MH997668) and T. asperellum (MN227242), respectively. In the present study the isolate CSR-T-4 identified as T. asperellum was found to be best in inhibiting the mycelia growth of cumin wilt pathogen under in-vitro conditions and thus can be further exploited for the biological management of cumin wilt under field conditions in form of bioformulation.


Peatlands account for 10% of UK land area, 80% of which are degraded to some degree, emitting carbon at a similar magnitude to oil refineries or landfill sites. A lack of tools for rapid and reliable assessment of peatland condition has limited monitoring of vast areas of peatland and prevented targeting areas urgently needing action to halt further degradation. Measured using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), peatland surface motion is highly indicative of peatland condition, largely driven by the eco-hydrological change in the peatland causing swelling and shrinking of the peat substrate. The computational intensity of recent methods using InSAR time series to capture the annual functional structure of peatland surface motion becomes increasingly challenging as the sample size increases. Instead, we utilize the behavior of the entire peatland surface motion time series using object oriented data analysis to assess peatland condition. In a Gibbs sampling scheme, our cluster analysis based on the functional behavior of the surface motion time series finds features representative of soft/wet peatlands, drier/shrubby peatlands and thin/modified peatlands align with the clusters. The posterior distribution of the assigned peatland types enables the scale of peatland degradation to be assessed, which will guide future cost-effective decisions for peatland restoration.


Using a Bessel translation operator, we obtain an anlog of Younis'stheorem in [5] for the Bessel transform for functions satisfying the Dini-Lipschitz conditionin the space L;p(R+) = Lp(R+; x2+1dx); (1 < p \leq 2) and 1/2.


(HH) tissue. GABA rundown has been observed in surgically resected tissue from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia. It is also correct that rundown has not been proven to contribute to the primary mechanism of pathogenesis for any of these epilepsies, and therefore could represent a secondary or compensatory mechanism. It is important to keep in mind that the experimental paradigm that defines rundown (repetitive exposure of tissue slices to GABA with 1-second exposures at 20-second intervals) is not likely to be representative of what is happening in the synapses. That is to say, functional rundown is a laboratory phenomenon. However, in our work with HH tissue, we have determined that rundown is specific to both a particular cell type (the small HH neuron) and a particular receptor (the GABAA receptor), and therefore these experiments may be a probe for defects of GABA-mediated synaptic function, that in turn contribute to an imbalance of excitation and inhibition. We wholeheartedly embrace the suggestion that GABAmediated rundown is not the only functional change in HH tissue. Here, it is important to note that HH is not a perturbation of previously normal tissue, but rather an intrinsically epileptogenic benign congenital tumor. We regard the entire network, and all of its components, as abnormal. Consequently, the complete cellular and network model for seizure genesis must be worked out to provide the ''answer'' as to why HH are epileptic. Last, Striano and Striano have brought up an extremely important point about the natural history of epilepsy associated with HH, that is, the epileptic encephalopathy that occurs in many patients with deterioration in seizure type and the development of neocortical onset of seizures (secondary epileptogenesis), along with progression of cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms. We believe that the cellular and molecular changes responsible for epileptic encephalopathy are occurring elsewhere in the brain, outside of the HH, although admittedly these mechanisms are unknown.


The computer program of CNDO/2 method has been modified to reduce the requestto central memory of computer so that the semiempirical SCF calculation of largepharmaceutical molecules involving 150 orbitals can be performed in a computerwith 65K bits of central memory. The semiempirical CNDO/2 calculations for Fen-tanyl (N-[1-(β-phenylethyl) -4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide) and its pipe-ridyl quarternary ammonium ion have been undertaken. Their characteristics ofelectronic structure were discussed. Their active centers which can interact with bio-logical receptor and the nature of the action were proposed.


For a given simple Jordan algebra A of type A, B or C over C, we construct a vertex operator algebra V such that the weight two space V 2 ≅ A by using the structure of Heisenberg algebras. In addition, we compute the automorphism groups of these vertex operator algebras.


A three-dimensional X-ray crystal structure analysis of the compound (C6F5)2TIOH has been carried out with photographic observations made at 98 ± 5 °K, in a triclinic unit cell, a= 4·91, b= 10·66, c= 12·70 A, α= 95·2, β= 95·3, and γ= 91·1°, space group P, and Z= 2. Each thallium is five-co-ordinated by two carbon atoms (Tl–C = 2·12 ± 0·03 A C–Tl–C = 138·5°), by one oxygen atom in the equatorial plane (Tl–O = 2·23 ± 0·02 A), and by two oxygen atoms (Tl–O = 2·51 and 2·69 A) which complete a distorted trigonal bipyramid. Each oxygen is co-ordinated to thallium atoms at three of the corners of a distorted tetrahedron, angles 101, 106, and 141°; the fourth corner is presumably occupied by hydrogen. The thallium–oxygen polymerisation gives a chain structure parallel to the needle axis, a, of the crystals; minimum contacts in other directions are between fluorine atoms at 2·7 A, the van der Waals' diameter.The aromatic rings are planar and their normals are perpendicular and at 48 and 53° to the normal to the O,C,C equatorial plane. Average bond lengths are 1·41 ± 0·05 A for C–C and 1·37 ± 0·04 A for C–F.


Bacteria have a complex external layer that render them with an increased stiffness and more resistant to external invasion. The works aims to model the squeezing of a bacteria between two walls, and deduce the composition of bacterial external layer from the observed deformations. A FE based model will be developed for inferring the stiffness of baceria, solving an inverse problem from the applied loading and measured displacements. The results will be applied to laboraotry experiments carried out at Institu of Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC).


Objective: To observe the efficacy,effect on the quality of life and toxic reactions of icotinib hydrochloride in the treatment of patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of lung.Methods: Fifty patients with IIIB to IV adenocarcinoma of lung were retrospectively analyzed from September 2011 to August 2012.Icotinib hydrochloride(125 mg,three times a day) was orally taken until the disease progressed or intolerable toxic reactions occurred.Results: All 50 patients were evaluable for efficacy.Among the 50 patients,there was none with complete response(CR),22 patients with partial response(PR,44%),19 with stable disease(SD,38%) and 9 with progression(PD,18%).The total response rate(RR) was 44%,the disease control rate(DCR) was 82%,and the rate of symptomatic relief was 80%.No statistically significant differences were found in the response rates between smokers and nonsmokers and between males and females.However,significant differences were found in the response rate between patients with and without previous chemotherapy(P0.05).Toxic reactions occurred in 33 patients(66%).The main toxic reactions of icotinib were skin rash(14 patients,28%),diarrhoea(8 patients,16%),itch of skin(5 patients,10%) and heartburn(4 patients,8%),and the occasional reaction was mild liver damage(2 patients,4%).Conclusion: Icotinib obviously improves clinical symptoms and the quality of life of the patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of lung;it is effective,safe and well-tolerated.


BACKGROUND
Caffeine is the most widely used consumed ergogenic aid in athletic populations. With the raise in athlete monitoring protocols, caffeine usage may provide cause misinterpretation of monitoring data. Thus, the purpose of this investigation was to examine the potential impact of an acute dose of caffeine on vertical jump and isometric squat performance.

METHODS
A single-blinded randomized crossover design of 12 (6 male and 6 female) recreationally trained participants was used. Each participant was given either a 400mg dose of caffeine anhydrous or placebo condition 30 minutes prior to performing three trials of an isometric squat, countermovement vertical jump (CMJ), and squat jump (SJ) testing using a force platform. Mean values of the three trials was statistical compared between conditions using paired sample t-test for each variable of interest.

RESULTS
Caffeine significantly increased peak force during the isometric squat (p = 0.024). In the CMJ caffeine increased jump height (p = 0.3), peak power (p = 0.03), RSIm (p = 0.001) and time to peak force (p = 0.04). SJ mean force (p = 0.04) and RSI (p = 0.04) showed significant increases after caffeine consumption.

CONCLUSIONS
This data suggests that caffeine affects the CMJ to a greater extent than the SJ. Furthermore, the variables that appear to be impacted during the CMJ, are those used commonly in protocols to assess the fatigue or readiness of athletes. Thus, the consumption of caffeine prior to monitoring protocols may negatively influence the interpretation of results and the subsequent prescription of training.


When fibers of fibrin clots or fragments of fi- brinogen pellets are negatively stained they exhibit in the electron microscope characteristic patterns of cross-striations or bands. Those found in pellet material are indistinguishable from those seen in thrombin-induced fibrin fibers. The pattern seen in fibrin from bovine sources contains three equally spaced faint bands between every two of the broad prominent ones, spaced 23 nm apart. Hu- man material shows a different pattern, one wherein no central faint band is seen, whereas the two remaining ones are broader. Its character is unaffected by crosslinking following fiber forma- tion and preceding negative staining. The bovine pattern, how- ever, is converted by such crosslinking to one that closely resem- bles the human. It is suggested that the striation pattern in human fibrin is due to juxtapositions of E domains of the parallel-aligned fibrin monomers with tightly coiled COOH-terminal regions of ,f and y polypeptide chains, with no discernible contribution to the pattern from the a chain. In negatively stained untreated fibers of bovine fibrin, however, it is proposed that the COOH-terminal region of the a chain becomes tightly coiled, thereby contributing the faint central striation to the band pattern. Crosslinking pre- vents this conformational change in the a chain.


It is well documented that recess helps elementary schoolchildren learn and develop socially, emotionally, and physically. Rather than simply a break from class, recess offers benefits with the potential to enhance student learning. Yet many children, especially those in low-income and Black and Latinx communities, do not have the same access to recess at as their more affluent, White counterparts. Rebecca London calls for a closing of the recess opportunity gap by ensuring access to daily recess for all children at school, ceasing the practice of withholding recess and as punishment, and designing recess to ensure it supports students' social, emotional, and physical development.


Purpose

The purpose of the study is to know the various factors librarians consider while selecting Open Access (OA) journal for publication and to identify the challenges librarians face with OA journal publishing.

Design/methodology/approach

Online questionnaire was designed to collect data from 402 academic librarians in 87 universities in Africa using SurveyMonkey software.

Findings

The study found that academic librarians are aware of the "green" and "gold" routes but not familiar with the "diamond" route. The study revealed that a large number of the academic librarians have published only one paper in OA journals, followed by those who have not published any paper in OA journals. The study also revealed that reputation of journal and impact factor of journal were seen as very important among the factors that inform them of choosing OA. The majority of the respondents agreed that author fees, and lack of stable internet connectivity are the major barriers to publishing in OA journals.

Practical implications

The study recommends that academic libraries in institutions of higher learning in Africa should organize seminars periodically on the need for their librarians to research and publish in OA journals.

Social implications

Identifying factors involved in author decisions to publish in OA journals will help illuminate issues that may encourage or discourage author support of OA publishing models. Further understanding of these issues can assist the efforts to improve author perceptions of and confidence in OA publications.

Originality/value

It is believed that this study of African librarians publishing in OA journals is the first study in the region.


Introduction: Policymakers' inability to identify and analyze public issues to formulate necessary policies, the weaknesses of agents and executives in implementing the procedures, and the lack of optimal use of existing resources are among the most prominent disadvantages of public welfare governance in various societies. The purpose of this research is to provide a model to understand the inefficiency of public welfare governance in Iran. Method: The present research is a mixed-method type (quantitative-qualitative) of research. In order to identify the concepts, dimensions and indicators of the model, theme analysis (qualitative) was used, and structural equation modeling (quantitative) was employed to fit the conceptual model of the research. 26 experts, professors and experts in the field of policy and public welfare have been selected for the socio-statistics of the qualitative part. The statistical population of the quantitative part consists of 240 experts, managers and senior managers in the field of policy and social welfare. 148 people participated considering Cochran's formula. Findings: In the qualitative part; 50 initial indicators were identified and after coding, 45 indicators were confirmed by theme analysis. Six dimensions (management and decision-making; public finance of the government; planning; internal environment; external environment and sectoral governance), and four components of causal, contextual, strategy, and consequence factors were confirmed. In the quantitative part, the dimensions of management and decision-making and public finance of the government were found to have an effect on the dimensions of the internal and external environment as well as on the dimension of planning, and the dimension of planning also affects the governance of a sector. The dimension of management and decision-making was ranked first with an average of 6.54, and the dimension of governance was ranked last with an average of 5.14. Discussion: A comprehensive model for identifying public issues enables the country to determine and implement priorities and strategies. The design requirements for the pattern of public welfare pathology in Iran will be six dimensions and 45 indicators extracted in this model.


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Bioavailability of phosphorus (P) in feedstuffs has recently been reported to be unreliable. A recent survey of dairy nutritionists indicates a lack of confidence in the current coefficients for P availability which leads to overfeeding P on dairy farms (unpublished data). Quantification of total P and P-containing compounds in a variety of feedstuffs may help improve estimations of availability. One-hundred and seventy feed samples were gathered from two reputable commercial laboratories including forages, concentrates, and by-products. Each sample was classified by region fed. Samples were analyzed for total P, inorganic P (Pi), and phytate (Pp). The data was analyzed using the MIXED procedure of SAS to determine the effect of feed class and geographic region. Total P was greater (P < 0.10) in concentrates and byproducts as compared to forages. Concentrates had the lowest (P < 0.10) concentration of Pi, followed by by-products and then forages. Two fractions of P analyzed (Pi and Pp) accounted for 71.2% of total P in forages and 81.8 and 81.9% in concentrates and by-products, respectively. Very few regional differences were present. Data characterizing P forms in feedstuffs in addition to total P may lead to better estimations of P bioavailability and more accurate feeding recommendations in dairy cows.


The purpose of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven container that enables accurate vapor release at a vapor discharge portion only and prevention of vapor release at a portion other than the vapor discharge portion. The microwave oven container (10) comprises: a container body (20) having an opening (21) at the top; a flange portion (22) formed so as to extend outward from the opening (21) of the container body (20); and a heat-seal portion (23) which is formed in a rib shape on the entire perimeter of the top surface of the flange portion (22) and is heat-sealed to a film-like lid member (50) which covers the opening (21). The heat-seal portion (23) has: a first heat-seal portion (25) which allows the heat seal of the lid member (50) to be broken when the pressure of vapor generated in the container body (20) reaches a predetermined pressure, thereby discharging the vapor; and a second heat-seal portion having a greater width than that of the first heat-seal portion (25).


The invention discloses a method for detecting a port and a link of an optical fiber electronic distribution frame. The method comprises the steps that an optical fiber plug is plugged into an optical fiber socket; a detecting module is plugged to the position below the optical fiber socket; the connection condition between a first detecting terminal and a copper piece is detected so that the plugging connection condition between the optical fiber plug and the optical fiber socket can be judged; the link of the optical fiber plug is detected through two pairs of link detecting lines located in the optical fiber plug plugged into a front socket body and a rear socket body; the detecting module further comprises a second detecting terminal and a second detecting terminal contact sheet; when the optical fiber plug is plugged into the optical fiber socket, the second detecting terminal contact sheet is pressed downwards and whether the second detecting terminal contact sheet is connected with the second detecting terminal or not is detected at the same time so that whether the detecting module operates normally or not can be judged. The accuracy of the detection process is guarnteed through three detection modes, and maintenance personnel can conveniently locate the optical fiber plug which is infirmly plugged into the corresponding socket.


Yield gap in non basmati rice exists at farm level as farmers use suboptimal doses of inputs and hardly follow recommended technology. The highest yield may be obtained only under favourable physical, technological and environmental conditions including soil fertility, well distributed rainfall and so on. The study conducted in Jammu Division of J&K state to analyse the productivity trends and factors of yield gap showed that according to farmers' opinion, the major contributors of low farm level yields are improper management practices for irrigation, seed quality, fertilizer management, harvesting and weed control practices. The district wise yield gaps showed highest gaps in Kathua, Kistwar, Udhampur and Doda district of J&K state. Contribution of various critical inputs towards yield loses were analysed on the basis of on farm trials in Kathua district and it was found that the losses in order og magnitude were from weeds (22–41%), cultivar selection and quality of seed (21%) diseases (17%) and nutrient (13%) respectively. The study suggested that a large portion of the untapped potential farm yield could be exploited by using optimum inputs and by adopting appropriate production techniques without incurring additional cost.


We report on the temperature derivative of the resistivity close to the Curie temperature of the reentrant systems mMn 22 at % and a,&Zr 8 at % . Magnetic susceptibility results for the mMn system are also presented. Critical exponents could be deduced from the data. The critical behaviour of systems presenting quenched magnetic disorder is a topic of considerable current interest. In particular, the problem of the existence or not of a spin glass phase transition is still not completely elucidated [I]. Also, the nature of phase transitions in amorphous ferromagnets is noy yet well understood [2]. Another interesting case is represented by the so called magnetic reentrant systems, which first undergo a para-ferromagnetic transition followed by a transition to a spin glass-like state at lower temperatures. In this communication we focus on the critical behaviour at the Curie point of two reentrant-like systems, namely polycrystalline E M n 22 at % and amorphous FeZr 8 at % . Primarily, we study the temperature derivative of the resistivity, dp / dT, in the vicinity of T,. It is known that dp / dT presents the same critical behaviour as the magnetic specific heat [3]. For the NiMn system, we also report on detailed AC susceptiMlity memcrements close to Tc and on DC magnetization results between 4 K and 300 K. To obtain the NMn alloy in the reentrant state, the sample was submitted to an annealing of one hour at 900 OC, followed by 2 hours at 600 OC, then by a rapid quench to room temperature. The &Zr amorphous ribbon was prepared by melt-spinning as described earlier [4]. We perform accurate resistivity measurements for both samples using a standard AC technique. During the measurements, the temperature was allowed to drift very slowly. Around T, drift rates were typically of 100 mK/min, either for cooling or heating the samples. By measuring a large number of points, we could numerically determine the temperature derivative of the resistivity using a procedure described in reference [5]. Because of the weakness of the temperature dependence of the resistivity for both systems, the dp / dT points were obtained within relative uncertainties smaller than 2 % for XMn and 5 % for &Zr. Close to T,, the AC susceptibility results are accurate enough for critical behaviour studies [6]. The dp / dT results for E M n are shown in figure 1. I I I I I I 180 200 220 240 260 TEMPERATURE (K) Fig. 1. -temperature derivative of the resistivity for EMn 22 at % . The solid line corresponds to a fit obtained from equation (la) with a = -0.81 and T, = 228.6 K. The usual power law which describes the divergence of d p l dT in the critical region is given by [2]: -=A ' ( E . 1) + B+ (T > T,) dp (la) dT a * = A(b1-e' 1) + B(T < T,) (lb) dT a' where A and B are constants, E = (T T,) / Tc and the critical exponents a, a' are expected to be the same as those for the singular part of the specific heat [3]. However, we observe in figure 1 that for T < T, a complex feature is apparent in dp / dT, which prevents the analysis of these data with equation (lb). We are thus left with the paramagnetic regime to study the critical behaviour of dp / dT in EMn. A non linear least-square-fit of equation (la) with the points in the interval 0.005 < E < 0.13 gives T, = 228.6 f 0.3 K and = -0.81 f 0.05. In figure 2, we show AC susceptibility results close to T, of the same E M n sample. These results were analysed with xo = (E > 0). Noting that this formula, which represents the leading divergence in the suscepArticle published online by EDP Sciences and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19888518


The ability to process information regarding reward-predictive cues involves a diverse network of neural substrates. Given the importance of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the basolateral amygdala (BLA) in associative reward processes, recent research has examined the functional importance of BLA-NAc interactions. Here, multi-neuron extracellular recordings of NAc neurons coupled to microinfusion of GABAA and GABAB agonists into the BLA was employed to determine the functional contribution of the BLA to phasic neural activity across the NAc core and shell during a cued-instrumental task. Similar to previous reports, NAc neural response profiles prior to BLA inactivation exhibited largely indistinguishable activity across the core and shell. However, for NAc neurons that displayed increased firing rates relative to the cue during the task, BLA inactivation significantly reduced this activity selectively in the core (not shell). Additionally, phasic increases in firing rate in the core (not shell) immediately following the lever press response were also significantly reduced following BLA manipulation. Concurrent with these neural changes, BLA inactivation caused a significant increase in latency to respond and decrease in the percentage of trials in which animals made a conditioned approach to the cue. Together, these results suggest that an excitatory projection from the BLA provides a selective


In this paper, the impact of conventional silicon technology parameters on the characteristics of passives is studied. For both inductors and capacitors, cost-effective modules, which integrate easily into wiring BEOL (back-end of line) in a conventional silicon technology and provide high Q factor components are presented. For an inductor of 3 nH, designed for 2 GHz frequency applications, and fabricated in thick Cu as an add-on module, Q factor of /spl sim/24 is reached. The metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor module with outstanding RF performances and a Q factor ranging from 100-1000 in the few GHz frequency range is developed in the Al BEOL. Compact lumped element SPICE models for both components are proposed and verified.


New pyreno[4,5-b]furan and pyreno[4,5-b:9,10-b′]difuran derivatives displaying intense blue fluorescence in CH2Cl2 were efficiently synthesized through the reactions of pyrene-4,5-dione and 2,7-di-...


Summary The crystal structures of the α-polymorph of glycylglycine (glygly) and of its hydrate (glygly × 1.5 H2O) were refined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 100, 150, 220, and 295 K (glygly) and at 100, 200, 295 K (glygly × 1.5 H2O). The values of the volume thermal expansions of glygly and its hydrate were shown to be larger than for the three polymorphs of glycine. The anisotropy of strain on cooling was analyzed. Despite a smaller bulk thermal expansion measured for glygly, linear strain (both compression and expansion) along the axes of the strain ellipsoids was larger for the structure of glygly, than for the structure of glygly × 1.5 H2O. The contributions of the distortion of the intermolecular hydrogen bonds and of the conformational changes of the zwitter-ions to the lattice strain are considered.


A 67-year-old white woman presented with an approximately 1-month history of hoarseness and nonproductive cough. She had quit smoking 20 years earlier and denied chest pain and dysphagia. She was referred to an otorhinolaryngologist for further assessment. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck and chest was then requested.

Contrast-enhanced CT images of the neck and chest are displayed (Figures (Figures11–4). In addition, a positron emission tomography scan (not shown) revealed increased uptake in the aorticopulmonary window lymph node and the left lung nodule.

Figure 1

Axial postcontrast CT image demonstrates an enlarged lymph node complex (arrow)in the aorticopulmonary window.

Figure 4

Axial CT image just inferior to the dilated laryngeal ventricle demonstrates the reduced size of the left thyroarytenoid muscle, or true vocal cord, with decreased density (arrow).

A thoracic surgeon was consulted for fiber-optic bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy. On bronchoscopic evaluation, only mild atrophy of the bronchial mucosa with no endobronchial mass was visualized. Further examination with a mediastinoscope revealed a solid and immobile lymph node complex in the aorticopulmonary window. Multiple biopsies of this lymph node complex were obtained.

What is the most likely diagnosis?

DIAGNOSIS: Left vocal cord paralysis secondary to malignant invasion of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve within the mediastinum.

Pathology of the lymph node specimen revealed poorly differentiated large-cell carcinoma consistent with lung origin. The patient did well postoperatively and will follow up with an oncologist to discuss treatment options.


The water planning of the Musi River sub-basin, a tributary of the river Krishna faces challenges of urban floods, drainage disposal, and irrigation deficiencies which must be addressed with the escalation of the demography of Hyderabad city.  The river is of length 240km and lies in Telangana state of the basin area of about 11270km2 and is of urban origin and is the lifeline to Hyderabad City. The 21st-century status of the river is polluted and needs immediate rejuvenation. In the present case, the hydrologic model is structured using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, ArcSWAT10.3.1, that builds up having an interface with ArcGIS 10.3.1, ERDAS IMAGINE to the DEM Data from Satellite origin (LISS-III RESOURCESAT-1), and SWAT Model to study the soil characteristics Musi Basin, Watershed delineation, HRU Analysis, slope delineation, and reclassification of the basin against Land use (LU). The bearing to the LU changes of the Musi and adjacent basins have been investigated during the years 2005-2006 and 2015-2016.  The study has inferred that Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 (SDG) has been well attempted by the basin managers and administration but failed to achieve SDG (6-2) to have bearable portable quality drinking water, effective management of wastewater and ecosystems to protect the people of Hyderabad and its environment. The Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for one million slum dwellers have been neglected. The model results infer that the sediment fluctuation is due to expansion and changes in the city, agricultural practices, and industrial establishments. Recommendations for effectively moderating floods, 100% sewage and septage disposals, and crop planning in the basin are discussed.


This paper considers the extrema of the relative precision (R. P.), or the ratio of the variance of optimum allocation to that of proportional allocation in stratified sampling for a mean (=Y) or total (=Y) when there is a fixed cost C=co+σnhch over L strata. The upper bound of R. P. is shown to be equal to unity, though the lower bound can be negative while approaching zero if the finite population size N∞. Numerical results (cf. Table) when the upper bound of R. P. = 1 is attained are included for the cases L≦4 with various combinations of {Wh}, {ch} and a fixed cost C; these give the appropriate sample sizes (=np) determined for proportional sampling in the cases of finite populations of sizes N=5000, 10,000 respectively.


Globotriaosylsphingosine (lyso Gb3) is considered as one of the biomarkers for Fabry disease. A rapid and simple
UPLC-MS/MS method was developed for...


This paper presents a high linearity time-mode temperature sensor with close-loop architecture. The main loop utilizes a switched-capacitor equivalent resistor (Reqsc) to convert the linear values of ΔVBE and the output period of a Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator (VCO) into the control voltage of the VCO. A temperature independent equivalent resistor (Req) whose value only depends on clock period and capacitor value is built to overcome the PVT variations. When Req is equal to Reqsc, the output periods of the VCO which only contains capacitors' ratio are linear with temperature values. Based on the existence of close loop feedback, the proposed temperature sensor achieves excellent temperature linearity. The gain-enhanced and offset-free integrator is adopted, the design requirements of the VCO and reference clock are significantly relaxed. Within the temperature range of -40 °C to 120 °C, the output periods achieve equivalent temperature error of -0.6 °C/0.5 °C with two-point calibration.


This work analyzes and compares the performances of permanent-magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance machines (PMa-SynRM) and interior permanent magnet synchronous machine (IPMSM) on their constant power speed range (CPSR) capability for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The CPSR is a key performance index for traction motors to achieve wide speed range where the IPMSM is known to be an excellent candidate. However, a recent trend for traction motor development is to reduce the amount of rare earth magnet used due to its high cost and possible supply uncertainty. As an alternative, the PMa-SynRM possesses a higher saliency (thus higher reluctance torque) and lower PM quantity (thus lower PM torque) compared to IPMSMs. With the same power or torque output, the major distinction between these two types of machines would be the proportions of different torque components (PM and reluctance torques) due to rotor designs. The distinctive rotor designs would significantly affect the CPSR and this needs to be investigated for traction motor designs and various EV applications. Five 10 kW-30 Nm/L designs, with three IPMSMs and two PMa-SynRMs are studied. The analysis results show that the PMa-SynRMs can achieve higher peak speed despite the torque and power are lower at high speed. In contrast, the IPMSM can maintain the power beyond the base speed to achieve superior CPSR but the power drops quickly to zero at high speed. The high efficiency region appears at the mid speed range for the IPMSM but at high speed region for the PMa-SynRM due to their different PM and reluctance torque profiles. Two prototypes were tested, one being IPMSM and the other PMa-SynRM to validate the analysis results.


Monitoring and production wells must be carefully completed to ensure protection of ground water resources. public health. and quality of hydrogeologic data. Poor completions and annular leakage can cause ground water to be lost to other aquifers, discharged to the ground surface, or contaminated by surface water or other ground water. Knowledge of and confidence in specific well completions are vital to the interpretation of potential well problems and hydrologic data.


Campus security is an important part of social security in China. As reported in exist literature, very limited efforts are made to study mixed traffic flow behavior on campus. Present study attempts to highlight studies of single traffic flow or pedestrian-vehicle traffic flow. This paper deals with the research into the analysis of the characteristics of mixed traffic flow on campus, including cars, motorbikes, bicycles, and pedestrians. Total 440 minutes video data on two different locations on campus are extracted by employing videographic technique. The research is designed determine factors for traffic flow variety. Fluctuations in traffic flow depends on the student schedules, particularly during the peak time as there are large pedestrian flow and bicycle flow in short interval time. At the same time, a spatial-temporal analysis for establishing the relationship about mixed traffic flows is discussed. Flow models of speed-flow, speed-occupancy, flow-occupancy about mixed traffic are developed to illustrate behavior characteristics of mixed traffic stream on campus of different dimensions. The results obtained are significant for evacuation simulation and planning under various conditions on campus.


Executive OverviewIn this interview with Stan Shih, group chairman of iD SoftCapital Group, chairman emeritus of the Acer Group, and co-founder of the ABW (Acer, BenQ, and Wistron) family, we try to get a better understanding of Shih's approach to business, which is neither typically Eastern nor Western. His success offers some timely insights into the kinds of leadership skills needed in a global market.


A systematic study of the surface active properties at equilibrium (in water and in the presence of 10-2 M NaCl) of a novel class of gemini cationic surfactants from arginine is described. They are Nα,Nω-bis(Nα-acylarginine) α,ω-alkylidenediamides or bis(Args). Parameters studied include cmc (critical micelle concentration), pC20 (negative log of the surfactant molar concentration, C20, required to reduce the surface tension of the solvent by 20 mN/m), γcmc (the surface tension at the cmc), Γmax (the maximum surface excess concentration at the air/aqueous solution interface), Amin (the minimum area per surfactant molecule at the air/aqueous solution interface), and the cmc/C20 ratio (which measures the tendency of the surfactant to adsorb at the interface relative to its micellization tendency). Data on the synthesis and chemical and spectral characteristics of surfactants are also reported.


We present a new type of query on spatiotemporal data, termed "exclusion persistence". When bulk updates are made to stored spatial data, all previous versions remain accessible. A query returns the most recently observed data intersecting the query region, while permitting the exclusion of any subset of previous versions in areas where data overlaps. We propose several solutions to this new problem defined on a set of N points. For an axis-aligned rectangular exclusion persistence query, we give a 2-dimensional linear-space data structure that, after m updates, answers the query in O( √ mN B +m + KB ) I/Os, where B is the number of points fitting in one disk block, and K is the number of points in range.


A series of o-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-substituted germanes have been synthesized to study the potential for weak Ge−F bonding interactions. 1H−19F coupling constants in these compounds range between 2 and 5 Hz. These coupling magnitudes are consistent with previously reported literature examples in 19F and multinuclear NMR spectra for derivatives of the [2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2]− ligand. Solid-state structural characterization of these germanes consistently reveals Ge−F contacts at 2.8−2.9 A, midway between the longest single bond and the longest expected van der Waals contact. For the simple unsymmetrical catenate, [3,5-(CF3)2C6H3]2Ge(H)Ge(H)[2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2]2 (4), there are close contacts to both germanium atoms from the ortho-CF3 groups. 4 is not otherwise sterically constrained to force distal, intramolecular contacts, and thus a weak Ge−F bonding interaction is invoked for the entire series of o-(trifluoromethyl)aryl-substituted tetravalent Ge compounds. The synthetic approaches to these germanes make exte...


The course of electromagnetic field and electromagnetic wave is a compulsory main branch course for the undergraduates of the following majors such as electricity,the electronic information and communications.Based on the curriculum characteristics and the author's years of teaching research,the paper gives a systematic discussion to the establishment of teaching outline,the improvement of theoretical teaching method,the implementation of practical teaching.Practice proves that these measures are helpful to promote the teaching quantity of electromagnetic field and electromagnetic wave.


The aim of this work is to investigate the performance of internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell (IRSOFC) and gas turbine (GT) combined cycles. A mathematical model of the IRSOFC steady-state operation was presented in Part I of this work coupled to the thermodynamic analysis of a number of proposed IRSOFC-GT combined cycles, taking into account the influence of several technological constraints. In the second part of this work, both an exergy and a thermoeconomic analysis of the proposed cycles have been carried out using the TEMP code developed by the author A suitable equation for IRSOFC cost evaluation based on cell geometry and performance has been proposed and employed to evaluate the electricity generation cost of the proposed combined systems. The results are presented and the influence of several parameters is discussed: external reformer operating conditions, fuel-to-air ratio, cell current density, compressor pressure ratio, etc. Diagrams proposed by the author for cost versus efficiency, cost versus specific work, and cost versus system pressure are also presented and discussed.


The most immediate effect of object-based storage is the offloading of space management from storage applications.MetaData Server(MDS) is responsible for the logical view management and provides unique naming space.To play an important role of navigation for MDS,this paper proposes a method of master/slave/standby chain backup.It can provide a continuous serving and ensure high reliability of MDS without adding any hardware device.


This project presents a water grade monitoring system using fiber optics to continuously monitor multiple water-related parameters. The objective of the project is to construct a system that can detect the changes in parameters of the river-water parameters continuously for long distances and alert the authorities if necessary. The system is an alternative approach to overcome limitations of current solutions that result in water body structures unmonitored due to labour intensiveness. The design methodology is divided into the following scope of work: (i) system design, covering interfacing and information processing, (ii) optical fiber network setup, and (ii) sensing modules, covering electronic sensors applications and interfacing of sensors. A water body model is constructed to demonstrate action of four parameter sensing: pH, oil detection, water flow and water level electrical sensors. Results show that difference in electrical sensor voltage output is able to induce pressure to FBG through servomotors. This action causes a shift on central wavelength along the optical fiber network. This information will be detected and analyzed by Agilent VEE. Analysis covers model data with pH ranging from 4 to 12 in 4 levels, presence of oil, water level rise between 5 to 15 cm and water flow rate change of in litres/min.


: The Pile Integrity Test (PIT) is a non-destructive test that presents as an effective and low cost method to investigate pile integrity. To do the experiment, the pile is impacted by a hammer, siring a stress wave that propagates along its length, thus is possible to estimate the depth of the pile through the return time of the reflection stress wave in the accelerometer. However, the reflection signal undergoes changes in locations with impedance variation, that means, it is possible to show alternative changes in the pile density, wave speed or cross-sectional area. Thus, it is important to know how concrete resources without a curing interval that influence the integrity test. Therefore, the present study aims to analyze the changes caused by the compression waves, collected in the PIT test, which are caused by the curing of the concrete.


The metric-first-based multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) detection algorithm can achieve optimal performance with large stack size, which leads to huge memory consumption and extremely high-sorting complexity. This article presents the algorithm and architecture of a soft-input–soft-output metric-first MIMO detection. The proposed algorithm divides the global stack into multiple local stacks for each nonleaf of the tree. Furthermore, each level of the search tree is performed in parallel to improve the throughput and hardware efficiency. In the proposed algorithm, the hybrid enumeration strategy significantly reduces the computational complexity by avoiding the full enumeration and sorting. The simulation results show the novel algorithm can achieve good performance with lower complexity than other metric-first methods. The proposed detector has been designed for a $4\times 4\,\,64$ -QAM MIMO system and implemented in SMIC 65-nm CMOS technology. The detector can operate at 333-MHz clock frequency and achieve a maximum throughput of 799.2 Mb/s at a 17.3-dB signal-to-noise ratio with area equivalent 242 kg and power consumption of 102.3 mW, and the hardware efficiency is 3.3 Mb/s/kg. Compared with other detectors based on the metric-first algorithm, this article has an obvious advantage in terms of throughput and hardware efficiency.


This case provides an opportunity for you to make accounting allocation choices, justify those choices, and subsequently consider the ramifications of those choices. Two different scenarios – one in the academic setting and one in the business setting – examine the incentives and reporting issues faced by managers and accountants – the gatekeepers in these reporting environments. For each scenario, you will read the case materials, related tables, and then answer the Questions for Analysis. Each scenario presents you with an allocation task. In the first scenario, you will need to assess group members' contributions to a project and allocate points across the group. These point allocations contribute to the determination of individual group members' grades. The second scenario is also an allocation task but in a business setting, specifically the segment reporting environment. Here the task is to allocate common costs across reporting segments. For advanced reading, you will want to consider Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) topic 820 which addresses segment reporting, as this can help guide you in the degree of flexibility, if any, allowed in determining how to allocate costs.


Cancer exacts one of the greatest medical tolls on humankind, requiring a proactive procedure for prevention and treatment. An enormous number of patients succumb to cancer every year. It is one of the chief reasons for mortality around the world, and the number of cases is continually expanding and estimated to reach 21 million by 2030. The lack of efficient anticancer treatments remains a clinical problem . Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy are the main clinical approaches to cancer treatment, yet both have documented adverse effects . Cancer treatment affects not only rapidly multiplying cancerous cells but also normal body cells (bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract (GIT), and hair follicles); therefore, these treatments may give rise to severe adverse symptoms. Moreover, quick disposal and widespread distribution of the medications in cancer-free organs requires high dosing, which may lead to incremental adverse reactions. Resistance towards malignant growth is another restriction.


9:00–9:40 Globally Coupled Oscillator Networks Philip Holmes, Eric Brown, Jeff Moehlis Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University firstname.lastname@example.com I will describe joint work with Eric Brown and Jeff Moehlis on globally-coupled, phase oscillator networks on N -dimensional tori. We focus on the effects of symmetry and the forms of the coupling functions, derived from underlying Hodgkin-Huxley type neuron models, on existence, stability, and degeneracy of phase-locked solutions in which subgroups of oscillators share common phases. Implications for stochastically forced networks, and ones with random natural frequencies, are discussed. We indicate an application to modeling the brain structure locus coeruleus: an organ involved in cognitive control.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 2-week tapering on anaerobic aerobic power and repeated sprint ability (RSA) in male soccer players. Eighteen collegiate male soccer players performed interval training 2 times a week for 8 weeks. The interval training consisted of 4 х 4 min running at an intensity of 90–95% of maximal heart rate (MHR), separated by periods of 3-min jog at 55–65% of MHR. The players were then randomly and equally divided into two groups: the control (C: age=20.5±1.51 yr; height =178.5±3.7 cm; body mass=73.61±4.53 kg) and taper (T: age =21.75±1.48 yr; height =178.62±2.72 cm; body mass =72.37±4.04 kg) groups. During taper period, C group continued weekly training and T group reduced volume training by 50% for two weeks. Before and after tapering, 20-meter shuttle run test and Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST), consists of six times 35m discontinuous sprints, and [Lac]peak at the end of the RAST were performed. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. In the T group total sprint time (TT) to complete the 6×35-m sprints (31.17 ± 1.66 s vs. 32.52 ± 1.57 s; P = 0.004) and sprint decrement as fatigue index (FI) improved significantly (5.7 ± 2.02 vs. 5.9 ± 2.13 s; P= 0.005) with the [Lac]peak at the end of the RAST significantly greater (11.85 ± 0.95 mmol.L-1 vs. 11.74 ± 0.96mmol.L-1; P = 0.005), but no changes were observed in the aerobic power (P=0.169). None of the investigated parameters showed a significant change in the C group (P>0.05). It can be concluded that tapering can improve RSA in soccer players.


Aims:  To establish a reference value for the frequency of fetal movements perceived by the mother during the second half of pregnancy.


The focus of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of the rise of mystical shows in the media - both electronic and print media with a communication science theory approach namely the "Uses and Gratifications Theory" theory initiated by Katherine Miller in her book "Theories of Media Processing and Effects". With this theory we will find out why a media broadcasts certain programs excessively, even though they are sometimes not very good in terms of improving the education of the audience or readers. From the results of the study found facts bring; First, this phenomenon arises due to the conditions of modern human crisis which prioritize the materiality and forget the spirituality; Second, wrong understanding of Islamic mysticism (Sufism); Third, there are still many Indonesian people who are on the line of poverty and ignorance that must be eliminated from the battle of the modern world


ABSTRACT Parvovirus B19 has rarely been associated with acute liver failure (ALF), which has a high mortality. Plasma exchange that usually acts as a bridge to liver transplantation removes toxins, antibodies, cytokines, and can correct coagulopathy while maintaining a euvolemic state. Pediatric data regarding its use are scarce. We report a case of 16-year-old girl with acute liver failure in stage 4 encephalopathy with coagulopathy due to parvovirus B19 who was successfully managed with high-volume therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). We tried to use it as a treatment modality due to nonavailability of in-hospital transplant facilities. Parvovirus B19 may be an underdiagnosed cause of acute viral hepatitis. Therapeutic plasma exchange can act as a bridge to liver transplant (LT) or bridge to recovery especially in self-limiting illnesses such as viral hepatitis. How to cite this article Singh DP, Agarwal S, Singh R, Nandan D, Gupta A. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Parvovirus B19-induced Acute Hepatic Failure. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(5):361–362.


The purposes of this paper are to analyze the basic concepts and theoretical basis of the web course according to the practical experiences and the characteristics of medical education,to explore the key factors of the instructional design in the aspects of instructional goal,contents,media and assessments and to propose the principles and strategies of instructional design in the medical web course.


The eighth member of the Middle Permian Lower Shihezi Formation is considered as the main gas-producing horizons in the northeastern part of the Ordos Basin,where the reservoir sandstones are mainly controlled by sedimentary facies.The examination of field outcrops and well logs on the basis of sedimentary characteristics,depositional mechanisms,sedimentary facies and sandstone distribution has disclosed that there widely occur the braided deltas,especially the braided-shallow water lacustrine deltas in the study area.The reservoir sandstones in the delta plain facies are interpreted as distributary channel sandstones,while those in the delta front facies are considered as the subaqueous distributary channel sandstones.The channel-mouth bar,sheet sandstone and distal bar sedimentary microfacies are less developed.


In the UK, Medical Informatics is becoming a newsworthy topic and there is an ongoing debate concerning the security of patient data held in computer systems. Whilst the general public may not yet recognise the role of Medical Informatics in the future of health-care systems, to whose of us who are practitioners of the discipline, the recent debate concerning data security serves to highlight the need for us to examine issues of professionalism and ethics. The British Medical Association argues that current security measures do not provide effective protection of identifiable patient data, and made a formal recommendation that "until the NHSwide Network project can be shown technically to meet the demands of the health-care professions for effective protection of identifiable patient data, further cooperation on the implementation of the project should be suspended". A BMA representative stated that physicians who ignore the recommendation and use insecure systems for patient data could risk being struck-off, while managers promoting the use of such systems run the risk of being sued for breach of confidentiality [1]. In paper-based record systems, confidentiality of patient data has always been the responsibility of the physicians. However, with the introduction of computers to store and communicate patient information, this responsibility has widened. As the BMA points out, managers may now risk being sued for breaches of confidentiality, whereas in the past, such matters did not generally concern them. Furthermore, all those involved with designing and building systems, procuring systems, and setting


Objective To characterize the CT features of desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the abdomen and to correlate them with the histopathologic findings.Methods The spiral CT findings in 4 cases of desmoplastic small round cell tumor proved by immunohistochemical staining were analyzed and compared with pathology retrospectively.Results Multiple large masses in the abdominopelvis were detected in 4 cases,and none of the masses had a definite organ origin.CT showed soft tissue masses with patchy foci of hypodense areas.Contrast-enhanced CT showed mildly or moderately heterogeneous enhancement of the lesions.Other associated findings included calcification(n=2),peritoneal seeding(n = 3),hepatic metastasis(n = 3) and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy(n = 3),ascites(n=2).Conclusion Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small round cell tumour has certain characteristic on CT scan and enhancement.The diagnosis of desmoplastic small round cell tumor may be suspected in young men with multiple bulky heterogeneous peritoneal soft tissue masses.


Introduction
There are about 160 species in Brassica genus, which are mostly annuals and biennials. The plants in this genus have potential for fodder uses. The progress in plant breeding science has produced new crop varieties for oil and forage usages. Perko varieties are derived from crosses between tetraploid plants of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.Var. napus) and Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. var. sensulato). The new plants are superior to their parents from various aspects. Buko varieties are new amphiploid plants obtained by crossing between tetraploid winter rapeseed, Chinese cabbage and turnips (Brassica campestris L. var. Rapa). Oilseed radish with scientific name (Raphanus sativus L.) is a genus of the Brassica and consumption, oil, green manure, feed and fodder (24). This plant in many countries, including Canada, is cultivated in gardens as cover crop. Oilseed radish grows fast in the cool seasons. Ramtil (Guizotia abyssinica) belongs to the Compositae family, Phasilia (Phaceli atanacetifolia L.) belongs to Boraginaceae family and clover is from Fabaceae family that is grown for feeding purposes.
Materials and Methods
A field experiment was conducted from 2011 to 2012 in the Karezan region of Ilam, Iran (42o33′N, 33o46′E) on a silty-clay with low organic carbon (1.26%) and slightly alkaline soil (pH=7.9). This site is characterized as temperate climate with 370 mm annual precipitation. The experiment was arranged in a split plot based on randomized complete block design with four replications. The main plots consisted of 6 pre-sowing plant treatments (control, Perko PVH, Buko, Clover and Oilseed radish and combination of three plants Ramtil, Phaselia andclover), and sub plots covered four N fertilizer rates including no fertilizer N (Control), 50% lower than recommended N rate, recommended N rate and 50% more than recommended N rate. Winter wheat (cv. Pishtaz) was sown on mid-November with the row spacing of 15 cm and a seeding rate of 200 kg ha-1. Soil samples were collected after harvest of each crop from 0 to 30 cm and 31 to 60 cm soil depths using a soil auger. Wheat grain yield (according to 14% moisture) obtained by harvesting the central area of 3 in 10 m in each plot. Yield components were determined from two randomly selected areas (2m2) within each plot. Plant samples collected at harvest were separated into grain and straw and oven-dried at 60˚C for 72hr. Biomass and grain sub samples analyzed for total N content using a micro-Kjeldahl digestion with sulfuric acid. The terminology of N efficiency parameters was considered according to Delogu et al, (11) and Lopez-Bellido & Lopez-Bellido, (22), Rahimizadeh et al. (30), Limon-Ortega et al. (20) methods.
Results and Discussion
The results showed that there were highly significant differences (P ≤ 0.01) in forage yield. There were also significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) in total dry weight, protein content and protein yield between treatments. Perko varieties produced higher fresh and dry matter yield with 69,586 (kg ha-1) and 7147 (kg ha-1), respectively compared to other varieties. Buko varieties showed greater protein percentage with 23.36 compared to the rest of the varieties. The highest and lowest grain yield, with 8345, and 4491 (kg ha-1) were obtained for Buko; wheat rotation and fallow, wheat rotation, respectively. The highest and lowest nitrogen uptake was obtained for Buko; wheat and clover, wheat rotation, respectively. The differences between the rotations were significant for various agronomic nitrogen efficiency. The rotation of oilseed radish and wheat showed greater nitrogen economic performance with 36.20 kg ha-1. By increasing nitrogen rate agronomic performance decreased with the exception in fallow- wheat. Physiological efficiency of nitrogen in fallow-wheat rotation was more than 39 (kg kg-1) of nitrogen. The maximum efficiency of nitrogen recovery was obtained for oilseed radish: wheat and Perko PVH; wheat rotations with 45% and 36%, respectively. The highest nitrogen harvest index was observed in Buko; wheat rotation: (86.5%), and Perko: wheat (85%) and the lowest nitrogen harvest index was in fallow; wheat (79.28%).
Conclusions
The results showed that Perko; wheat and Buko; wheat rotations due to the higher economic performance in the region were appropriate rotations and were recommended for the study area.


Objective To investigate the effect of blood treatment with ultraviolet radiation on migraine headache.Methods 90 cases with migraine were randomly divided by treatment and control group.The patients in teatment were treated by blood treatment with ultraviolet radiation and in control were treated by Sibeline.The therapeutic efficacy of two groups were compared. Results In treatment group,11 cases healthing,27 cases utility,7 cases inefficiency, the total efficiency rate was 84.4%. In control group,12 cases healthing,24 cases utility,9 cases inefficiency, the total efficiency rate was 80%.There was not difference statistically between groups ( P0.05).Conclusion Blood treatment with photon had good therapeutic efficacy for patients with migraine and might be as one of methods of treatment migraine.