Multicontext dynamic reconfiguration and real-time probing on a novel mixed signal programmable device with on-chip microprocessor.- CAD-oriented FPGA and dedicated CAD system for telecommunications.- Rothko: A three dimensional FPGA architecture, its fabrication, and design tools.- Extending dynamic circuit switching to meet the challenges of new FPGA architectures.- Performance evaluation of a full speed PCI initiator and target subsystem using FPGAs.- Implementation of pipelined multipliers on Xilinx FPGAs.- The XC620ODS development system.- Thermal monitoring on FPGAs using ring-oscillators.- A reconfigurable approach to low cost media processing.- Riley-2: A flexible platform for codesign and dynamic reconfigurable computing research.- Stream synthesis for a wormhole run-time reconfigurable platform.- Pipeline morphing and virtual pipelines.- Parallel graph colouring using FPGAs.- Run-time compaction of FPGA designs.- Partial reconfiguration of FPGA mapped designs with applications to fault tolerance and yield enhancement.- A case study of partially evaluated hardware circuits: Key-specific DES.- Run-time parameterised circuits for the Xilinx XC6200.- Automatic identification of swappable logic units in XC6200 circuitry.- Towards an expert system for a priori estimation of reconfiguration latency in dynamically reconfigurable logic.- Exploiting reconfigurability through domain-specific systems.- Technology mapping by binate covering.- VPR: a new packing, placement and routing tool for FPGA research.- Technology mapping of heterogeneous LUT-based FPGAs.- Technology-driven FSM partitioning for synthesis of large sequential circuits targeting lookup-table based FPGAs.- Technology mapping of LUT based FPGAs for delay optimisation.- Automatic Mapping of Algorithms onto multiple FPGA-SRAM Modules.- FPLD HDL synthesis employing high-level evolutionary algorithm optimisation.- An hardware/software partitioning algorithm for custom computing machines.- The Java Environment for Reconfigurable Computing.- Data scheduling to increase performance of parallel accelerators.- An operating system for custom computing machines based on the Xputer paradigm.- Fast parallel implementation of DFT using configurable devices.- Enhancing fixed point DSP processor performance by adding CPLD's as coprocessing elements.- A case study of algorithm implementation in reconfigurable hardware and software.- A reconfigurable data-localised array for morphological algorithms.- Virtual radix array processors (V-RaAP).- An FPGA implementation of a matched filter detector for spread spectrum communications systems.- An NTSC and PAL closed caption processor.- A 800Mpixel/sec reconfigurable image correlator on XC6216.- A reconfigurable coprocessor for a PCI-based real time computer vision system.- Real-time stereopsis using FPGAs.- FPGAs Implementation of a digital IQ demodulator using VHDL.- Hardware compilation, configurable platforms and ASICs for self-validating sensors.- PostScript(TM) rendering with virtual hardware.- P4: A platform for FPGA implementation of protocol boosters.- Satisfiability on reconfigurable hardware.- Auto-configurable array for GCD computation.- Structural versus algorithmic approaches for efficient adders on xilinx 5200 FPGA.- FPGA implementation of real-time digital controllers using on-line arithmetic.- A prototyping environment for fuzzy controllers.- A reconfigurable sensor-data processing system for personal robots.


As of January 2021, hundreds of communities, 27 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have strong 100% smokefree laws in effect to protect worker health in all nonhospitality workplaces and restaurants and bars. However, the workplace remains a major source of exposure to secondhand smoke for millions of Americans. Nearly 40% of the U.S. workforce remains unprotected by a local or state smokefree law for all workplaces.


The study of gender inequality in academia is characterized by various conflicting positions (see Cole, 1979; Reskin, 1980). While it is clear such inequality exists, our knowledge of how it comes about is limited. Debate over the extent and interpretation of gender inequality in the academic labor market is exacerbated by this situation. The preliminary analysis reported here suggests that the inequality stems, in part, from different graduate training experiences encountered by female and male students.


Introduction: Trafficking in Persons Natividad Gutierrez Chong and Jenny Bryson Clark 1. The Forces Driving Global Migration Stephen Castles 2. The Political and Economic Transition from Communism and the Global Sex Trafficking Crisis: A Case Study of Moldova Jenny Bryson Clark and Denese McArthur 3. Vulnerability to Human Trafficking among the Roma Population in Serbia: The Role of Social Exclusion and Marginalization Sasha Poucki and Nicole Bryan 4. Sex Trafficking and the Sex Trade Industry: The Processes and Experiences of Nepali Women Shobha Hamal Gurung 5. Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Mexico: An Analysis on Impact of Violence on Heath Status Arun Kumar Acharya 6. The Forgotten Family: Labour Migration and the Collapse of Traditional Values in Thailand's Tribal Communities Scott Downman 7. Human Trafficking and Sex Industry: Does Ethnicity and Race Matter? Natividad Gutierrez Chong


By the data of CFI remote sensing interpretation sample plots of 1999's and 2004's in Jilin province, two kinds of land cover types map were compiled. The dynamic transfer date matrix of land cover types in the given study area was also obtained through constructing space information base and overlaying the two kinds of vector maps using ARC/INFO software. The spatial distribution and changes of the environmental status in this area were analyzed in the given time according to dynamic degree model of the eco-environmental evaluation. Analysis and prediction on the developing tendency of land cover patterns and eco-environmental status with Markov chain model showed that is towards advantageous aspect.


Tamarind is a fruit of foreign origin, more precisely African, but it has an excellent adaptation to the different types of climatic conditions in other continents. In Brazil, for example, it is possible to find it in several states. Although tamarind has a considerable yield on both its constituent parts, shell, pulp and seeds, and have a low purchasing power, the fruit is largely wasted and there are few in-depth studies on the same. As a way of reuse, the aim was to transform the fruit into new products, such as flours used in human food. The objective of this study was to make the drying of the tamarind fruits to obtain the ideal characteristics for the development of a food flour and to evaluate the physical-chemical quality and to determine the bioactive compounds of the tamarind flour. Drying was done at 60 °C in a greenhouse, during different drying periods, which varied according to each part of the fruit, after which the flours were elaborated and characterized for the physicochemical and bioactive parameters. In the physico-chemical characterization, a good presence of proteins in the seed flour (7.09%), low sugar content in the pulp flour (0.74%), good values for lipids in the seed flour (3, 41%) and good ash values in the bark flour (2.69%). In general, the flour besides proteins had a good source of energy and minerals. Among the bioactive compounds present in the tamarind flour were the high contents of phenolic compounds (1564.9 mg/100g), vitamin C (80.95%), lycopene (89.62 mg/g), flavonoids (20.44 mg/100g) and anthocyanins (12.84mg / 10g) in the seed flour, carotenoids (20.80 mg/g) in the pulp flour. In general, flours produced from tamarind had excellent characteristics for the preparation of bakery products.


Bio: Deborah is an active researcher librarian, primarily in the field of Indigenous librarianship.  She has worked at the National Library of Canada and Library and Archives Canada as a reference librarian. She transitioned to academic librarianship in 2007 to become the Indigenous Studies Portal Librarian and Team Leader and is now the subject specialist in Indigenous and Northern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan.  She has published widely, including two books (one edited and one co-edited), as well as journal articles in the Canadian Journal of Native Education, the Journal of Library Administration, the Canadian Journal of Native Studies, and has a forthcoming article in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship.


Method of manufacturing a disposable absorbent product and a product is disclosed. The product has a front and a rear panel having first and second bands, respectively. The first zone of each panel is extensible and shrinkable, and the second band is the ratio of each of the panels - a shrinkable-extensible and non. Each of the front and back panels have a first and second side edges. The absorbent assembly is secured to the front and back panels. The absorbent assembly has a second end fixed to the second band of the first end portion and a back panel secured to the second band of the front panel. The absorbent assembly may be folded to allow the first and second first and second side edges aligned with side edges of the rear surface panel portion, each of the front panel. A pair of seams to form the first and second side are joined with the front and back panels at the edge of disposable absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. Disposable absorbent products, the front panel, rear panel, stretching, shrinking, absorbent assembly, seamless method of manufacturing a disposable absorbent article,


Complex equilibria of N-Benzoyl phenyl bydroxJI amine (NBPHA) with proton ud cu~+ ion have been measured in various mixed aqueous solvents ~lz. dioxane-water, isopropanol-water, acetone-water, ethanol-water and methanol-water. PK"fH of NBPHA and equilibrium constant fJ- ~~:~~~and formation constant f3'- [~~tiJ- were also measured in each of the solvent!! varying their proportions with water In a range where the complex remains soluble. The variance of log PK 1 H, log f3 and log /3' with the inverse of dielectric constant or mole fraction of the solvent has beeo studied. Log PK,H generally varies linearly with 1/E or mole fraction. Log fJ Increases with decrease of dielectric constant or with increase of the mole fraction of the organic solvent. Log fJ' also increases wHh the decrease of dielectric constant and Increase of mole fraction. Here in manJ cases the ~ariation is linear. Linearity of these curves and deviations from linearity are explained by solvent effects. The ell'ects of solvent on the values of the constants are discussed and explained in the light of three effects, (I) change of H-bondlag in water on introduction of orgaulc solvent, (Z) proton solvation of the organic solveat, (3) chaage of dielectric constant of water by mixing with organic solveats. non the the coastants.


an incurable one. Nothing is more certain than that numbers of patients in the earlier stages do regain good healtj under proper treatment. The manner of the spread of phthisis has had some fresh light thrown on it by the experiments o Arthur Ransome, who shows clearly that Koch's original state ment that the bacillus is a pure parasite, multiplying only at o near the temperature of the body, is untrue. Ransome 1 ha proved that it often lives as a saprophyte, growing on daittP walls in dark, ill-ventilated houses. He used as media Pota ^ wall-paper, and other substances previously soaked in 1 moisture collected from cellar air, human breath, and from 1


Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive diffuse glioma, associated with short survival and uniformly fatal outcome, irrespective of treatment. It is characterized by morphological, genetic and gene‐expression heterogeneity. The current standard of treatment is maximal surgical resection, followed by radiation, with concurrent and adjuvant chemotherapy. Due to the heterogeneity, most tumours develop resistance to treatment and shortly recur. Following recurrence, glioblastoma is quickly fatal in the majority of cases. Recent genetic molecular advances have contributed to a better understanding of glioblastoma pathophysiology and disease stratification. In this paper we review basic glioblastoma pathophysiology, with emphasis on clinically relevant genetic molecular alterations and potential targets for further drug development. Copyright © 2013 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Automatic vehicle accident detection is a life-saving application that is vital in today's high speed motorways. In case of motorway accidents, notification to the proper authorities must be done efficiently and expediently. The main objective of this paper is to create a Real Time Traffic Accident Detection System (RTTADS) using Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Technologies. This paper explains the hardware prototype setup for RTTADS, the algorithms used, the advantages and the limitations of the entire system. Also the configuration of the setup and application software is elaborated. Sensors installed in a vehicle detect the accident's location, the vehicle's speed just before the accident and the number of passengers in the vehicle. The sensors then send an alert signal to a monitoring station. The monitoring station, in turn, tracks the location where the accident has occurred and directs casualty alert to the authorities concerned.


Hypertension affects approximately 30% of the US adult population, making it the most common condition diagnosed during outpatient office visits. Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has a draft recommending the use of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) in adults to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension except in cases where immediate initiation of therapy is required. This recommendation is based on a systematic review by Piper and colleagues that was performed for the USPSTF to assess the benefits and harms of screening for hypertension in adults and to summarize the evidence on rescreening intervals and diagnostic and predictive accuracy of different BP methods for cardiovascular events. The main findings of the systematic review include the following: (1) there is good evidence that screening for and treatment of hypertension in adults substantially decreases the incidence of cardiovascular events and is not harmful, and the net benefit of screening is substantial; (2) neither manual nor automated measurement of office BP was superior to the other; (3) 15% to 30% of patients thought to have hypertension may have lower BP outside of the office setting and disadvantages for diagnosing hypertension only in the office setting include measurement errors, the limited number of measurements that it is convenient to make in the office, and increased risk of isolated systolic hypertension/ white-coat hypertension; (4) studies vary but 5% to 65% of patients with elevated office BP were not diagnosed with hypertension after they had ABPM performed; (5) increased systolic BP as measured by ambulatory monitoring was significantly associated with increased risk for fatal and nonfatal stroke and cardiovascular events independent of the office BP measurements; (6) in patients who had isolated clinic hypertension/white-coat hypertension and normotension confirmed on ABPM, cardiovascular outcomes were similar to those who were normotensive at screening; and (7) patients with high-normal BP (130– 139/85–89 mm Hg), those were overweight or obese, and African Americans had a two-fold increased incidence of hypertension on rescreening within 6 years than those without these risk factors. Based on these findings, the preliminary draft of the USPSTF recommends that ABPM be the reference standard used to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension in all adults aside from those with secondary causes of hypertension and those in whom immediate initiation of drug therapy is indicated (those with BP >180/ 110 mm Hg or evidence of target organ damage). They also recommend annual screening for adults 40 years and older and those at increased risk for high BP, which includes those with high-normal BP (130–139/85– 89 mm Hg), those who are overweight or obese, and African Americans. Adults aged 18 to 39 years with normal BP (<130/85 mm Hg) and no other risk factors should be rescreened every 3 to 5 years. If BP is elevated at rescreening, the diagnosis should be confirmed with ABPM. The rationale behind using ABPM to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension is to avoid misdiagnosing and overtreatment of patients with white-coat hypertension. The Canadian Hypertension Education Program has recommended using ABPM to diagnose hypertension since 2005. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines in the United Kingdom recommend that if office BP is 140/90 mm Hg or higher, ABPM should be performed to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension. They stated that this strategy would improve the accuracy of the diagnosis and would be cost-effective, prevent treatment of patients with white-coat hypertension, and result in cost savings for the National Health System. There are no current data available yet to assess the impact of implementing these guidelines. There are major issues implementing this recommendation in the United States. Firstly, ambulatory BP devices are costly (approximately $2500) and are not currently widely available. Performing ABPM is poorly reimbursed frequently in the range of $50 to $100 and only for the indication of white-coat hypertension. The current reimbursement is inadequate to offset the costs of personnel and supplies to perform and the time spent to review and interpret the ABPM study. If this recommendation is implemented, this would force insurers to re-evaluate the reimbursement of this procedure but would not automatically guarantee payment. Another option is to consider the use of fully automated office BP (AOBP) measurements. There are a number of devices available that provide fully automated oscillometric sphygmomanometers designed for Address for correspondence: Debbie Cohen, MD, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1 Founders Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


By R. L. Sproule London : Chapman and Hall Ltd. ; New York : J. Wiley and Sons Inc., 1956. Pp. Xii + 491. Price 62s. The last two decades have witnessed, to an unprecedented extent, the application of the concepts and techniques of modern physics to large-scale engineering projects and to methods of measurement and control of importance in engineering. Consequently, a sound general knowledge of modern physics is essential to every engineer nowadays.


S ince Nov. 14 last year, Paula Tallal has been under siege by the news media and concerned parents. On that day, the New York Times published a story about her years of research into a controversial explanation of why many children have trouble learning to understand and produce speech. More important, the article went on to describe a month-long treatment regimen, involving specially designed video games and computer-modified speech, inspired by Tallal's theory. A small group of language-impaired children following this regimen achieved dramatic improvements in their oral skills, Tallal had found. Even more provocative, the newspaper story expressed the fervent hope of Tallal and other investigators that the novel therapy could aid the millions of children with the reading disability known as dyslexia. After the article appeared, phone calls began to pour into Tallal's office at Rutgers University, in Newark, N.J. One day, a mother even walked in with her child to demand the treatment, recalls Tallal. And after Tallal and her colleagues published details of their experiments in the Jan. 5 SCIENCE, the deluge increased. Thousands of phone calls flooded a voice mail system established to respond to inquiries. "We've had our telecommunication system blown twice," says Steven L. Miller of Rutgers. That overwhelming response has concerned some investigators. They worry that desperate parents are pinning their hopes on a treatment tested so far on fewer than 30 language-impaired children. They also note that Tallal and her colleagues have not yet tested their regimen directly on kids with dyslexia. "The finding is quite remarkable. It's like a miracle cure in the field of learning disabilities, but I'm not at all convinced," warns Richard Olson, a dyslexia researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "If it's true, [Tallal] deserves a Nobel prize, but I don't think that will happen. I think that when attempts to do the replication in other laboratories are done, it's not going to turn out to be anything like what is claimed now." "The two words I would use for the research are 'preliminary' and 'intriguing,"' adds Gordon Sherman, director of the Dyslexia Research Laboratory at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. "At this point, it's not a cure for dyslexia or for languageimpaired kids. We have to sit back and wait for the long-term studies."


Summary form only given as follows. A benchmarking study of warehouses around the US using data envelopment analysis was reexamined with the addition of weight restrictions.


Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare complication of gallbladder disease. Its presentation can vary and may be masked by other processes in patients with multiple medical comorbidities, in particular those who are critically ill. A delay in diagnosis can lead to severe hemorrhage and the need for emergent surgical intervention. We present a case of hemorrhagic cholecystitis resulting in hemorrhagic shock in a critically ill patient and a review of this disease process. A 73-year-old male with multiple medical comorbidities including atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and type 2 diabetes was hospitalized for an upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) suspected from portal hypertensive gastropathy secondary to right heart failure. His anticoagulation was held and an esophagogastroduodenoscopy was performed with hemostasis obtained using monopolar electrosurgery early in his hospital course. However, in addition to his UGIB, he was diagnosed with lower extremity osteomyelitis and remained in the hospital for management of this infection. Approximately two weeks after admission he developed new generalized abdominal pain. His physical examination was only remarkable for mild right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness, whereas ultrasound imaging revealed a gallbladder with sludge, small caliber cholelithiasis, and a mildly thickened wall in the setting of a cirrhotic liver (Fig. 1). In addition, remaining imaging was notable for significant gastric distension and abdominal ascites consistent with fluid overload. Although gallbladder pathology was on the initial differential, his physical examination and radiographic findings were thought to be related to volume overload secondary to right heart failure and gastroparesis secondary to diabetes. Treatment consisted of diuresis and nasogastric decompression for one day, which resulted in significant improvement of his abdominal complaints. Approximately one week later the patient experienced recurrent acute abdominal pain, hypotension with a new vasopressor requirement, and a significant drop in hemoglobin over approximately six hours despite withholding his anticoagulation. Although he was not experiencing hematochezia, melena, or hematemesis, repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy was performed given his recent history of UGIB; however no evidence of new or old bleeding was visualized. Further workup for a source of bleeding included a CT angiogram, which showed heterogeneous layering within the known ascites concerning for hemoperitoneum and a dilated gallbladder with evidence of contrast extravasation within it (Fig. 2). The patient was taken emergently to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy. On entry into the abdomen, there was approximately seven liters of hemorrhagic ascites with fresh thrombus surrounding a grossly inflamed and perforated gallbladder. Active bleeding was seen at the perforated dome with thrombus filling the gallbladder. The gallbladder was opened widely to identify the cystic duct orifice at which point the cystic duct and artery were controlled and ligated and the gallbladder was removed. Mild oozing was noted from the gallbladder bed and was controlled with pressure, monopolar electrosurgery, and hemostatic agents. At the end of the case hemostasis was achieved, the patient's abdomen was closed, and he was returned to the ICU in guarded condition. Intraoperatively he required three units of packed red blood cells and four units of fresh frozen plasma. Over the next 24 hours the patient had a continued transfusion requirement with marginal response. He developed a worsening coagulopathy as well as uremia because of acute-on-chronic kidney failure. Because of the concern for continued intra-abdominal bleeding he was taken back to the operating room for reexploration. His previous laparotomy incision was opened and hemorrhagic ascites was discovered, again Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alexis L. Lauria, M.D., Division of General Surgery, USU/Walter Reed Department of Surgery, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences, Technology Degree Programme Industrial Management Name Veli-Matti Tervo Title Development of Product Transfer Process of Nokia Siemens Networks Type of Study Bachelor's Thesis Date 2 April 2013 Pages 78 (5) Instructor Juha Kaarela, MSc (Tech.) Company Nokia Siemens Networks Supervisor from company Pekka Niskanen, MSc (Tech) This work examines the product transfer process of Nokia Siemens Networks. The work was done from the view of a product transfer project manager. Due to the needs of the organisations on NSN, the volume of the criteria has increased during the past years. The aim was to describe and analyse the milestone criteria of the current product transfer process and define the needed measures on technology transfer project for the each criteria. Based on the description, the challenges of the current product transfer process were analysed. The needs for improvements of the product transfer process were analysed as well to make the product transfer process more efficient. As the result of the analysis, some of the criteria were on the wrong milestones. There were also unnecessary criteria and some of the criteria were placed on more than one milestone. Too large an amount of the criteria was recognized in the product transfer process, too. As the result of the analysis, suggestions were made for further development of the product transfer process. The improvement suggestions are based on the experience of the author. The suggestion to improve the product transfer process was made in order to streamline the product transfer process. The streamlining would be needed as a response to the changing business environment of information technology. The competition of information technology industry is fierce among equipment manufacturers. Therefore, the product transfer projects must be effective.


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a kind of wireless, noncontact automatic identification technology. It is communicated noncontactly by radio frequency to exchange data and identify objects. RFID has many successful applications in foreign countries, but it has not been used much in China. In this paper, the essential principle, character and frequency of RFID is introduced; and it is compared to barcode and magnetic card, then some applications of RFID such as Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) and Advanced Travel Information System(ATIS) are analyzed; Finally the future of RFID application is forecast.


Let K be a field with char K ≡ 2,3. We consider the problem of finding rational points over K on the family of elliptic curves Fλ, given in homogeneous coordinates (over ) by


Introduction: Glaucoma condition caused by blunt trauma is a rare case. We report a case study in a patient with secondary glaucoma at a tertiary referral hospital. Case Presentation: A 47-year-old man with chief complaint of pain in the left eye accompanied by headache, with a pain scale of 7/10. The client had a history of being hit while playing badminton. Vital signs are in stable condition. The visual acuity of the right eye was 0.05 and the visual acuity of the left eye was 1/300. Intraocular pressure of the left eye was 46 mmHg. Anterior segment showed conjunctival hyperemia, corneal edema and decrease of pupillary reflex of the left eye. The client complains that he is worried about his condition. Outcome: Nursing care provided to patients with glaucoma focuses on pain and anxiety. The nursing interventions provided are pain management and anxiety reduction. Conclusion: Appropriate nursing care can overcome the worsening of the condition of damage to the internal organs of the eye that can lead to blindness. The family support system is an important part in dealing with the condition of the disease.


For the purpose of study the policy of sustained economic growth ensuring, the information technologies as a main factor of manufacturing on the modern stage of economy are considered. The main directions of information and innovative policy of modern Russia are marked.


Objective To study the clinical characteristics and systemic damage of dermatomyositis(DM) . Methods Clinical data of 71 dermatomyositis(DM) patients from the inpatient department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from 2007 to 2010,such as manifestations at onset,clinical characteristics and major organ involvement,were collected and analyzed. Results Male to female ratio of the 71 DM patients was 1∶2.7,and the age at onset was(40±18) years old. The numbers of patients with acute,subacute and chronic dermatomyositis were respectively 11(16%) ,31(44%) and 29(41%) . There were respectively 41(58%) ,5(7%) ,7(10%) ,24(34%) and 20(28%) cases with skin rash,muscle weakness,concurrent skin rash and muscle weakness,fever,swollen/painful knee joint as initial symptoms. Orbital amaranth edema spots,Gottron′s sign,V sign and shawl sign were noted in 26(37%) ,22(31%) ,21(30%) and 13(18%) cases respectively. Proximal muscle weakness was observed in 53 patients(75%) . The incidences of CK and LDH abnormality were respectively 42% and 72%. Myogenic lesion was noted in 56 out of the 68 patients who underwent electromyography. Interstitial lung disease,heart damage,liver dysfunction and hematologic abnormity occurred respectively in 18(25%) ,30(42%) ,13(18%) and 8(11%) cases. 4 patients had tumor. Positive rate of antinuclear antibody(ANA) was 21%. All patients received hormonal therapy,and 68 patients were given additional immunosuppressant. Sixty-five(92%) patients reported improvement. Of 6(9%) patients experienced worsening of the disease,3 discharged themselves and 3 died of acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS,n=2) or acute kidney failure(n=1) . Conclusion DM is a systematic disease which should warrant early diagnosis and treatment to avoid systemic damage and tumor and to improve the prognosis.


One of the most important concerns in designing an embankment dam is seepage analysis. Conventional seepage analyses of embankment dams are performed in two-dimensional (2D) space, in which the impacts of water ow lines seeping from the side abutments are ignored. This fact is especially important if the dam is constructed in a narrow valley. In addition, if the e ects of existing underlain faults in the reservoir water discharge rate, under di erent loading conditions, are to be scrutinized, three-dimensional (3D) modeling of the dam for seepage analysis is inevitable. In this paper, the signi cance of three-dimensional seepage analyses is emphasized by making a 3D model of a real dam site. The assumed 3D model contains all details of the rockll dam body and its foundation and abutments. Also, all ground improving methods for the water tightening of the underlain faults have been considered. The 3D steady state seepage analysis results were compared to those of a 2D analysis, from di erent points of view, indicating that when a dam is designed for a narrow valley, performing a 3D seepage analysis is vital, due to the widthwise water ow from the side abutments. Several sensitivity analyses were also performed to show the e ect of uncertainty in evaluating the characteristics of side abutment grouting curtains in seepage analysis results.


The studies on initial stage of REBa2Cu3O7-δ (REBCO) liquid phase epitaxy growth on MgO substrate were reviewed. The epitaxial growth process in initial stage directly occurs on seed films or substrates, which is the most special stage during the whole growth process and will strongly influence the whole growth process and crystal quality. The partial melting, the preferential dissolution/growth, the formation of melt inclusion and the growth mechanism of YSNG in initial stage were discussed in this paper.


A new method for suppressing the periodic narrowband noise in partial discharge(PD) signal based on fast Fourier transform(FFT) and wavelet analysis is proposed in this paper.In order to exact PD signals efficiently from the violent narrowband noise,first,transform signals with FFT,then the PD signals disposed by FFT are de-noised by wavelet transform.Simulation and experimental results prove it can achieve much better results.Moreover,the distortion of PD signals is very small.


Objective:To observe the effect of alprostadil on hemorheology in senile diabetic nephropathy.Methods:Sixty-eight cases of senile diabetic nephropathy were divided into two groups,group 1(n=34)and group2(n=34).Both group1 and group 2 were controlled the blood glucose,diabetic diet and hypoglycemic agents.Group 2 received intervenous infusion treatment with alprostadil 10μg in normal saline 100ml every day for 3 weeks.Both groups were determined hemorheology parameters and albumimuria at the beginning of trial and at the end of it.Results:There was no significant difference of the blood viscosity from low shear rate to high shear rate,erythrocyte aggregation index,erythrocyte sedimentation rate,plasma fibrinogen,platelet aggregation rate and albumimuria between two groups(all P0.05)at the beginning of the trial.The blood viscosity at low shear rate,erythrocyte aggregation index,erythrocyte sedimentation rate,plasma fibrinogen,platelet aggregation rate and albumimuria were significantly lower in both groups at the end of trial than at the beginning of the trial(P0.01),and were significantly lower in group 2 than group 1 at the end of trial(P0.05).Conclusion:Alprostadil can reduce erythrocyte,platelet aggregation in patients with diabetic nephropathy.This may be an effective way to treat and prevent diabetic nephropathy in early stage.


This paper reports on the development of integrated protection for power system. The background of the development is firstly introduced, in which a centralized protection system (or relay) provides the protection of multiple power plant or a substation. A novel integrated protection scheme for distribution system based on overcurrent protection technique is described. In the proposed scheme, specially designed integrated protection relays are installed at each substation of a network and are responsible for the protection of every line sections connected to the substation busbar. The conventional directional overcurrent and the new adaptive accelerated protection algorithms are implemented into the relay with multiple overcurrent settings to cover all the protected line sections. The paper includes studies of a typical multi section distribution network to demonstrate the principle of the scheme. Studies show that the new scheme not only offers the new protection features for individual power line, but also provides the characteristics of integrated protection.


Endogenous fluorescence offers promise for diagnosing oral cancers. This is the first study to use multiphoton imaging to characterize the spatial and depth distribution of endogenous fluorescence in neoplastic and non-neoplastic epithelial tissues.


ABSTRACT Metallothioneins(MTs) are cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins which play important role in zinc and copper metabolisms and involve in free radicals scavenging. MTs involved in the zinc homeostasis can affect it, and could influence Zn-dependent processes such as the regulation of the blood pressure. MTs have closely relations with hypertension which is associated with cardiovascular diseases. The role of MT's single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in patients suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been addressed yet. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of + 1245 A/G MT1A and -209 A/G MT2A SNPs as a risk factor in the pathogenesis of CAD and to test for any gene-gene and gene-environment interactions which could modify its effects in the context of Bulgarian population. Molecular analysis was done in 142 patients with CAD, 101 diabetic patients without clinical evidence for cardiovascular disease and 61 aged- and sex-matched controls. Results: A binary logistic regression following adjustment for the conventional risk factors showed that the carriage of the +1245 A allele (comparing to GG-genotype) was independent predictor only for CAD (adjusted OR 4.958, 95% CI=1.488 to 16.516; p=0.009), while the -209 G allele (comparing to AA-genotype) was independent predictor only for development of diabetes without cardio-vascular complications (adjusted OR 7.557, 95% CI=0.918 to 62.202; p=0.050). Model-based multifactor dimensionality reduction interaction analysis confirmed a strong main effect for +1245 A/G MT1A and -209 A/G MT2A SNPs on pathogenesis of CAD or diabetes mellitus.


Regional hybrid energy system (RHES) is an effective way to accommodate clean energy and reduce its uncertainty. It is also an important development direction for energy market reform, playing an important role in the field of energy supply and demand. Based on electricity price, thermal price, and the relationship between load supply and demand, the paper proposes an optimal scheduling model for regional energy systems to promote clean energy consumption. Firstly, the typical structure and system modules of the integrated regional energy system are introduced in detail, and the two subsystem operating models of electricity and heating are given. Secondly, a multi‐objective function that combines the economics and stability of the system is constructed. The model maximizes the economic benefits and minimizes the net load fluctuations on the basis of maximizing the consumption of clean energy. The multi‐objective singularity is realized by fuzzy membership function. The decision‐making risk caused by the uncertainty of clean energy output is analyzed by introducing robust optimization theory. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed model is verified based on a region in northwestern China. The results show that the proposed multi‐objective model can combine different optimization demands together, maximize the economic characteristics of clean energy while properly controlling risks, and provide reasonable support for decision makers to develop optimal operation plans.


A 58-year-old male was transferred to the emergency department with back pain after a traffic accident. On arrival, his heart rate was 80 beats per minute, blood pressure was 115/65 mmHg, and oxygen saturation was 97%. His level of consciousness, based on the Glasgow Coma Scale, was E 2, V 4, M 6. He showed slight confusion but could communicate and interact. Past medical history revealed that he was a smoker and hypertensive, with poorly controlled diabetes. He had no known history of vascular disease. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a large saccular aneurysmal dilatation in the thoracic aorta, just distal to the left subclavian artery (LSA) (type B). Minutes after the CT scan, the patient went into frank shock (arterial pressure: 50/30 mmHg). Therefore, he was placed under general anesthesia in the angiography room and underwent an emergency thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). During the repair, due to a non-sufficient length of the proximal landing zone, the LSA was covered. The proximal landing zone was set to be between the left common carotid artery and the LSA. A stent graft was subsequently fully deployed (Valiant Captivia Medtronic Proximal Freeflo, straight, 22 mm×152 mm). An angiogram showed persistent slow filling of the LSA from the arch, with no evidence of endoleak or antegrade flow (Figure 1A). Late flow was noted into the LSA from the left vertebral artery. Subsequent to the procedure, the patient was shifted to the ICU due to hypotension (arterial pressure: 80/50 mmHg). One day later, the patient complained of left-sided weakness, numbness, and pain in the upper limb, along with reduced grip strength and arm and wrist movement. Examination revealed a 3/5 reduction in motor power in the left upper limb including shoulder abductors, elbow flexors, elbow extensors, wrist flexors, wrist extensors, with finger flexors, finger extensors. In the left lower limb, including the hip flexors/abductors, knee flexors and extensors and ankle plantar and dorsiflexors, the motor power was 4/5. Deep tendon reflexes were brisk on the left side and the plantar reflexes were upgoing. Sensation was also impaired in the whole left upper limb, accompanied by a stocking-glove pattern in all four limbs. A brain CT showed multiple ill-defined hypodensities. A follow-up MRI revealed three acute lacunar infarctions in the right parietal and left occipital lobes (Figure 1B, C, D). The patient was therefore diagnosed with a stroke after the TEVAR. The stocking-glove pattern and decreased sensation in the left upper limb prompted electromyography and nerve conduction studies (NCSs) 1 month later (Table 1). The findings were severe sensory motor axonal neuropathy of the left upper limb, with a distal to proximal gradient. The right upper limb had evidence of sensory motor axonal polyneuropathy. These findings were correlated as ischemic neuromuscular injury to the left upper limb, with superimposed axonal distal polyneuropathy (diabetes). Therefore, he was diagnosed with both diabetic neuropathy and ischemic monomelic neuropathy (IMN). After a one-year follow-up, his motor weakness improved mildly. Despite being on a high dose of gabapentin, he still complained of neuropathic pain. His left arm also had a slightly lower blood pressure (95/65mmHg) when compared to the right arm (130/80mmHg). We present a patient with diabetic neuropathy who developed a stroke and IMN after TEVAR. TEVAR is known to cause complications like stroke, which is thought to be mainly associated with covering of the LSA during the procedure.1,2 By contrast, IMN due


This paper addresses the real-time filtering problem respect to the multi-frame track-before-detection (MF - TBD). Instead of making detections on each single frame, MF - TBD jointly processes multiple raw data frames at each time, which can remain and utilize more target information. Thus, different from the conventional detection procedure which provides single point plot to a tracker, output of MF - TBD is plot-sequence. However, for batch processing MF - TBD, there are repetitive parts (named plot-sets) under a number of consecutive batches in time series while the correlation among each plot in the plot-set is complex and unpractical to computation. In this paper, by avoiding the computation of correlation, a novel filtering approach is developed for the plot-sequences outputted by batch processing MF - TBD. Last, simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can correctly estimate target trajectories and significantly enhance the tracking accuracy compared with the MF - TBD without our filtering algorithm.


The problem was found that the learning media was limited, the learning method was only lectures and assignments, the teacher had not used creative learning media which resulted in students not being enthusiastic and students' learning motivation low. The purposes of this research are 1) Knowing the procedure for developing Pirawa Box media, 2) Knowing the feasibility level of Pirawa Box media, 3) Knowing the practicality of Pirawa Box media. This study uses the Research and Development (RnD) method. Data collection techniques using interviews and questionnaires. Data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive and quantitative descriptive. The results showed that the Kotak Pirawa media was declared feasible with the analysis results from the media expert validation of 100% and the results of the material expert validation analysis of 95.7% very good category. The Pirawa Box media was stated to be practical with a percentage of 100% in the very good category. Through the results of the student response questionnaire analysis obtained a percentage of 99%. Based on the results of this study, the Pirawa Box media developed was declared feasible and practical to use in the learning process.


We present results of ab initio calculations for d-d transitions, which arise in the midinfrared spectrum of undoped cuprate compounds. It has been suggested that these transitions arise at energies as low as 0.4 eV in La2CuO4 and Sr2CuO2Cl2. We study the differences in d-d transition energies in a series of cuprates that contains compounds in which the Cu ions are sixfold, fivefold, or fourfold coordinated. Furthermore, we analyze the dependence of the 3dx22y 2!3dz2 excitation energy on the ratio of the in-plane and apex copper— ligand distances in the model system CuO. Our cluster calculations do not support the assignment of the 0.4‐1-eV band to phonon and magnon sidebands of a d-d transition. On the other hand, we confirm the interpretation of the peak around 1.7 eV observed in CuGeO3 as arising from d-d transitions.


Homeownership has been the ultimate goal of every human being worldwide. The needs of the housing can be considered a necessity to the human being, to shelter and safeguard themselves for privacy as well as any dangers that can affect their life beings. Therefore the housing ownership issue has become one of the major problems that are faced by all, either in developing or developed countries especially for the young generation, with the current situation the housing price is getting expensive. Hence the youth household is the one who highly impacted by the rising prices. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to address what are the contributing factors to the housing among youth household to own a house especially in the urban area in the case study of the state of Melaka.


The utility model relates to an emergent data query end system that salvagees of transmission line, including shaft tower wire monitoring end, host service ware end and data query the terminal, shaft tower wire state measuring unit, microprocessor I, radiofrequency emitting module and power module are drawn together to shaft tower wire monitoring hand ladle, radiofrequency receiving module, microprocessor II, information storage module, alarm module, GPRS wireless transmission module and power module are drawn together to host service ware hand ladle. The utility model discloses can realize remote monitoring transmission line's status data, break down when emergent at transmission line that monitoring facilities accessible time conveys host computer backstage management system with information monitoring, send after microprocessor compares the judgement alarm and by GPRS wireless transmission to the staff data query terminal on, make the staff when very first time knowing the fault information, can inquire about transmission line 0 and associated data on the spot, realize emergent rush to repair the in -process need not to return the office place can quick -query transmission line associated data to shorten the troubleshooting time, improve circuit maintenance efficiency.


Compulsory voting does not only increase voting turnout; it is also expected to have positive spill-over effects. Supposedly, citizens who are obliged to cast a vote will be more engaged in politics than citizens who are allowed to avoid politics. This article reviews the main arguments for this expectation. A rival expectation is formulated based on the idea that enforcements, duties and sanctions are likely to decrease the willingness of citizens to participate politically. A cross-national multi-level empirical test - covering turnout and political participation in twenty established democracies - shows that compulsory voting indeed increases voting turnout. Yet neither positive nor negative spill-over effects for other modes of political participation can be detected. Apparently, the consequences of compulsory voting are restricted to turnout.


The fruit fermentation was made from fresh fruits and the liquid extracts were used in cigarette feeding process. The results of sensory evaluation showed that feeding fruit fermentation liquid extracts could enrich and soften the aroma of smoke and increase sweet sense and decrease the pungent to improve significantly the smoking quality of the cigarettes. However,fruit aroma would be too prominent if excessive feeding and would cover the internal aroma of tobacco. The best effect of flavoring was achieved when cigarettes contained fruit fermentation liquid extracts in proportion of 10 mg /kg.


Superpositioning is a key technique in structural biology t hat enables the comparison and analysis of various conformational differences and commonaliti es among macromolecules with similar structures. As such, superpositioning is used routine ly in the fields of NMR, X-ray crystallography, protein folding, molecular dynamics, ration al drug design, and structural evolution (Bourne and Shindyalov, 2003; Flower, 1999). The interpret ation of a superposition relies upon the validity of the estimated orientations, and hence accur ate superpositioning tools are an essential component of modern structural analysis.


Nonlinear input-affine systems in quasi-polynomial (QP) and Lotka-Volte rra (LV) forms are investigated in this paper. It is shown that both the global stability analysis with an entropy-like Lyapunov function candidate and the local quadratic stability region determination can be performed by solving linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The invariance transformations preservin g the form of the description are also described and their use for stability analysis is discussed. It is also shown that zero dynamics analysis can be perfor m d by solving LMIs but the design of globally stabilizing feedback controllers leads to a bilinear matrix inequality (BMI) problem.


The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics orders: Article 1. Promulgation of the Statute on Preliminary Confinement Under Guard and that it go into effect as of November 1, 1969.


According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an "influence quantity" is a "quantity that is not the measurand but that affects the result of the measurement" \[the measurand being the particular quantity subject to measurement\] (1). The effect of an influence quantity on the measurement process is an interference that generates a systematic error. In clinical chemistry, depending on the molecular entity responsible for an interference, influence quantities may be classified as endogenous or exogenous.

Concentrations of bilirubin, hemoglobin, and triglyceride in plasma (or serum) are generally studied by the in vitro diagnostic industry in the development of measurement systems as potential endogenous influence quantities. However, depending on the criteria that the reagent manufacturer uses to decide whether the systematic error caused by an influence quantity is significant, influence quantities may be the most important component of the uncertainty of a patient's result. Let me illustrate this statement using the measurement of urate substance concentration in plasma as an example.

In this example, the substance concentration …


The reaction of NO with the hydroxylated rutile TiO2(110)-1 × 1 surface (h-TiO2) was investigated as a function of NO coverage using temperature-programmed desorption. Our results show that NO reaction with h-TiO2 leads to formation of NH3, which is observed to desorb at ∼400 K. Interestingly, the amount of NH3 produced depends nonlinearly on the dose of NO. The yield increases up to a saturation value of ∼1.3 × 1013 NH3/cm2 at a NO dose of 5 × 1013 NO/cm2, but subsequently decreases at higher NO doses. Preadsorbed H2O is found to have a negligible effect on the NH3 desorption yield. Additionally, no NH3 is formed in the absence of surface hydroxyls (HOb's) upon coadsorption of NO and H2O on a stoichiometric TiO2(110) (s-TiO2(110)). On the basis of these observations, we conclude that nitrogen from NO has a strong preference to react with HOb's on the bridge-bonded oxygen rows (but not with H2O) to form NH3. The absolute NH3 yield is limited by competing reactions of HOb species with titanium-bound oxygen...


Adopting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system has become a symbol that represents both business abilities and IT capabilities, as all ERP systems have inherent best practices of business models for diversified industries. However, misfits between the functionality offered by the package and that required by the firm are common problems when adopting an ERP system. Moreover, implementing packaged software necessitates disruptive organizational change and the degree of change is determined mostly by the resolution of "misfit" problems. This study draws upon data from two cases to understand the change dynamics and the misfits of adopting an ERP system from a stage view. The results reveal that industrial-, business-, and regulatory-specific misfits often occurred in the chartering phase; misfits of data, process, output, and schedule are the major problems in the project phase; misfits of information and new business requirements are the main concerns in the shakedown and onward and upward phases. Resolutions for and impacts of these misfits are addressed in the study.


s of papers presented at regional and annual scientific conferences Maputo, Mozambique, December 2000. Hypothesis: Perforating appendicitis is a separate disease. Pcntek L, Ne\-es A C, Ferro J. hlaputo Central Hospital, I\loxaml~ique. The 11)-pothesis that acute appendicitis may exist in two forms, the perforating and self-limiting, mar revolutionize the management of the disease. In clinical practice, it js not unusual to find cases of perforated appendicitis without necrosis in patients presenting within 48 hours of onset of symptoms. In contrast, other patients may esperience pain for three or more days and at operation are found to have only an inflamed appendis wi thout perforat ion. Such an observation means that some of the patients of acute appendicitis do not progress through the classic phases of catarrhal, pheponous , gangrene and perforation. I t is o n such basis that we speculate that perforating appendicitis and inflamed are different disease entities. A retrospective study of 260 patients with acute appendicitis seen between 1995 and 1999 mas done. It mas observed that the annual incidence of suppurative appendicitis fluctuated whereas for perforated appendicitis, it remained constant. Presence of faecolith in the appendis was noted in 20% of patients with perforated appendicitis as compared to only 4' /0 of those with inflamed appendicitis, difference that was statistically significant although there was no difference in the average diameter of the lumen. Perforated appendicitis was more frequent in males than in females (Male: I.cmale ratio =3.3:1). However, no difference in ~ c s distribution was found in suppurative appendicitis. The findings seem to suggest that pe~+orated appendicitis and inflamed or suppurative appendicitis are two different diseases. Acute abdomen as seen in Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique.


In autumn 1989, Sydney Water in southeast Australia experienced major problems due to high hypolimnetic manganese concentrations in the impoundments that supply its water. Concentratíons of filterable manganese (dissolved or colloidal particles < 0.45 microns) ro se to o v er 400 J..Lg/1 in many storages, causing deposition o f manganese dioxide in biofilm in the mains and widespread customer complaints. Monomictic lakes in tropical and warm temperate areas differ from cooler, but otherwisc similar. dimictic lakes in having longer stratification periods. They also show higher hypolimnion temperatures an d lower oxygen concentrations at the start o f stratification and undergo faster oxygen depletion through biological and chemical processes. This aggravates water quality problems arising from the effects o f stratification. The effect o f factors su eh as p H an d redox potential o n the dynamics o f convcrsion between the fully oxidised (insolublc) an d more solublc reduccd states o f manganese an d i ro n are well understood ( D.~\·Iso:-; 1993 ), but little attcntíon ha s been pai d to thc actual source o f the material. lt is often implicitly assumed that the reduced species form in the sediments and then ditfuse into the water body as it becomes sub-oxic, being spread both by ditfusion and by turbulent processes associated with interna! waves. Most observations are consistent with this hypothesis, and alternatíve, or complementary, factors are seldom considered. Observations on the Sydney Catchment Authority's rcsen·oirs have suggested that groundwater intlows may at times contribute substantially to manganese loading in lakes. In the Sydney Carchment Authority's storages, the critícal oxygen concentration for manganese precipitation is about 6.5mgil dissolwd oxygen (00). Once hypolimnetic oxygen falls below this value. filtcrable concentrations risc progressively. with almost all thc manganese being in this form. At overturn. total manganese in the upper water initially increases, but then rapidly precipitates out ofthc water column.


The review deals with transformations of mono- and bicyclic diaziridine derivatives with different types of substitution induced by electrophilic reagents (protic acids, Lewis acids, alkylating and acylating agents, carbonyl compounds, heterocumulenes, activated alkenes and alkynes and transition metal salts). The characteristic features of the reactions are considered as functions of the structures of the starting diaziridines and the nature of the reaction medium (organic solvents, ionic liquids). Prospects of the use of diaziridine derivatives as readily available precursors for the synthesis of various nitrogen-containing heterocyclic systems based on the diaziridine ring expansion reactions are considered. The bibliography includes 136 references.


. Schistosomiasis is traditionally classi fi ed into an acute and a chronic phase, although a precise temporal distinction between the two phases has not been established. Lung involvement can be observed in both phases. We previously reported seven cases of pulmonary lesions due to chronic schistosomiasis in African immigrants. All cases were documented with CT scans and demonstrated complete resolution after treatment with praziquantel. Moreover, another case showed spontaneous disappearance of the nodule before treatment with praziquantel. These fi ndings are similar to those observed in the acute phase of schistosomiasis, with well-de fi ned or ground glass nodules that resolve spontaneously. According to these fi ndings, we postulate the presence of an " intermediate " phase of schistosomiasis involving the lungs that can be de fi ned as an " early chronic phase, " and presents analogies to the acute phase. We also hypothesize that in the " early chronic phase, " the female worms transit through the lungs where they may lay eggs. These passages not only cause transient, but also radiologically visible alterations. The pathophysiology of lung lesions in the late chronic phase is probably different: the adult worms settled in the mesenteric plexuses produce eggs for years. The eggsrepeatedlymigrate totheperialveolarcapillarybedsviaportal-cavalshunting. Thus,inthiscaseitistheeggsandnot the adult worms that reach the lungs in a scattered way. Based on our fi ndings, we suggest the alternative hypothesis that the pulmonary involvement is a phase of the natural evolution of the infection, both from Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium .


This paper studies the kinetics of the oxidation of arsine by copper (II) halides. It is shown that within the investigated region of concentrations of the components of the system CuX/sub 2/-HX-LiX-H/sub 2/O, /SUB C/ the oxidation of AsH/sub 3/ proceeds to As(O). First order with respect to /SUB Cu/ X/sub 2/ is observed; the order with respect to C /SUB As/ H/sub 3/ is close to first. With regard to activity in the reaction with arsine, copper(II) halides are distributed in the series. CuCl /SUB 3aq/ -


A survey is presented of algorithms for the display and enhancement of infrared images developed over the last several years by the author and his colleagues. Our algorithms were driven by the need to map the raw recorded signal (digitized to 12 bits for single frames grabbed with our cameras) into 8-bit values for soft-copy display or real-time automatic- contrast operation on live camera imagery. We group the algorithms into two broad classes: global monotonic mappings in which the radiometric trend from low to high in the recorded image is retained in the displayed images; and mappings which depart from the global/monotonic constraint for purposes of local contrast enhancement. In the discussion of global display algorithms, we compare the Histogram Projection algorithm devised several years ago and widely used in auto-contrast circuits with the standard technique of Histogram Equalization. For complex histograms and wide dynamic range scenes, a compromise or `hybrid' of the display allocation specified by these two histogram techniques is desirable.


Basel, Switzerland - Completely resected high-risk malignant melanoma patients who were treated with adjuvant extended-duration low-dose interferon did not have a significant survival benefit over patients who were only observed after surgery to remove the cancer, according to a new study.


Binarized neural network (BNN) is one of the most promising solution for low-cost convolutional neural network acceleration. Since BNN is based on binarized bit-level operations, there exist great opportunities to reduce power-hungry data transfers and complex arithmetic operations. In this paper, we propose a content addressable memory (CAM) based BNN accelerator. By using time-domain signal processing, the huge convolution operations of BNN can be effectively replaced to the CAM search operation. In addition, thanks to fully parallel search of CAM, the parallel convolution operations for non-overlapped filtering window is enabled for high throughput data processing. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed CAM based BNN accelerator, the convolutional layer of LeNet-5 model has been implemented using 65nm CMOS technology. The implementation results show that the proposed BNN accelerator achieves 9.4% and 38.5% of area and energy savings, respectively. The parallel convolution operation of the proposed approach also shows 2.4x improved processing time.


Objective To observe the expression of toll-like receptol9 ( TLR9 ) and Nuclear Factor-κBp65 (NF-κBp65)in ulcerative colitis(UC) rat model, and to investigate their role in UC pathogenesis. Methods UC rat model was made by the treatment of 2, 4-dinitrochlorobenzene and acetic acid. Colonic mucosa and histological changes were observed and assessed. The expression of TLR9 and NF-κBp65 in UC rats were measured by immunohistochemical Elivision, and their relationship with the histological stages of UC was assessed. Results TLR9 level was significantly higher in UC rats compared with the control( P 〈 0.01 ). The expressions of TLR9 were 13.75 ± 9.78 in UC histological Stage Ⅰ , 49.33 ± 17.76 in UC histological Stage Ⅱ and 82.4 ± 29.46 in UC histological Stage m The expression of TLR9 was significantly different between Stage Ⅰ and Stage 0283 (P 〈0.0l ). Significant difference between Stage Ⅱ and Stage Ⅰ , Stage Ⅱand Stagem (P〈0.05) was also observed. NF-κBp65 level was significantly higher in UC group compared with the control group( P 〈 0.01 ). The expressions of NF-κBp65 were 8.75 ± 7.18 ira UC histological Stage Ⅰ , 41.83 ± 11.99 in UC histological Stage Ⅱ and 68.4 ± 26.76 in UC histological Stage m . The expression of NF-κBp65 was significantly different between Stage Ⅰ and Stage Ⅲ ( P 〈 0.01 ). Significant difference between Stage Ⅱ and Stage Ⅰ , Stage Ⅱ and Stage Ⅱ ( P 〈 0.05 ) was also observed. The expressions of TLR9 and NF-κBp65 were positively correlated with UC group ( rs = 0.971, P 〈 0.01 ). Conclusion The high expression levels of TLR9 and NF-κBp65 in UC suggest that they may be related to the occurrence and development of UC . The positive correlation of TLR9 and NF-κBp65 with UC show that NF-κBp65 is the consequence of TLR9 signaling pathway activation.

Key words:
Ulcerative colitis ;  Rats ;  TLR9 ;  NF-κBp65


This article considers an approach to validating the selection of education indicators by incorporating them into a multilevel structural model and using the estimates from that model to engage in policy-relevant simulations. Multilevel structural equation modeling was applied to a subsample of the first follow-up of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (National Center for Education Statistics, 1988) to demonstrate the potential of this approach. Focus of attention was on science education indicators. A within-school model of science achievement was linked to a between-school model of the academic press of the school. Separate estimation of these models revealed adequate fit to the data after minor modifications. The multilevel model also showed adequate fit to the data. Utilizing the reduced form of the full multilevel model, predictive validity of the model was studied by gauging movements in various outcome indicators as a function of changes in policy-relevant input indicators. The article closes with a discussion of the limitations of the proposed modeling approach, the potential for future model development, and the implications of this approach for quantitative modeling within the domain of education policy.


Septoria lycopersici is a foliar fungal pathogen of tomatoes. This pathosystem has been well characterized with respect to the tomato antimicrobial secondary metabolite, alpha‐tomatine and the fungal detoxifying enzyme, tomatinase. However, there are many gaps in our knowledge of other aspects of the S. lycopersici pathogenicity. We know that fungal spores germinate on tomato leaves and grow biotrophically. The hyphae then invade the leaf apoplast via open stomata or wounds. At some point, S. lycopersici begins to damage the surrounding plant tissue. One of the aims of this project is to characterize the process of fungal infection with light, confocal fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy. This will provide the basis for further investigations of the key virulence factors present in S. lycopersici as well as potential defense mechanisms. We will also be assessing the ability of S. lycopersici to infect the dwarf tomato cultivar, Micro Tom. If Micro Tom tomatoes are susceptible, they could become the preferred host cultivar, due to their rapid life cycle. If Micro Tom tomatoes are not susceptible, this provides a source for possible resistance genes. In addition, the closely related wheat fungal pathogen, Mycosphaerella graminicola has been reported to be dimorphic with only the filamentous form able to infect plant hosts. The switch from yeast‐like to filamentous growth is regulated by a mitogen‐activated protein kinase. There are also reports that the switch to filamentous growth can be controlled by temperature. We will be characterizing the growth phase of S. lycopersici at various temperatures to determine if this fungal pathogen is also dimorphic.


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sllim.v1i1.429 Sri Lanka Journal of Librarianship & Information Management volume 1, No. 1 pp.25-30 The full text of this article is available from the NILIS website .


The effect of a dynamo-generated mean magnetic field of Beltrami type on the mean electromotive force is studied. In the absence of the mean magnetic field the turbulence is assumed to be homogeneous and isotropic, but it becomes inhomogeneous and anisotropic with this field. Using the test-field method the dependence of the α and turbulent diffusivity tensors on the magnetic Reynolds number ReM is determined for magnetic fields that have reached approximate equipartition with the velocity field. The tensor components are characterized by a pseudoscalar α and a scalar turbulent magnetic diffusivity ηt. Increasing ReM from 2 to 600 reduces ηt by a factor ≈5, suggesting that the quenching of ηt is, in contrast to the two-dimensional case, only weakly dependent on ReM. Over the same range of ReM, however, α is reduced by a factor ≈14, which can be explained by a corresponding increase of a magnetic contribution to the α-effect with opposite sign. Within this framework, the corresponding kinetic contribution to the α-effect turns out to be independent of ReM for 2 ⩽ ReM ⩽ 600. The level of fluctuations of α and ηt is only 10% and 20% of the respective kinematic reference values.


Genital prolapse mean cystocele and/or rectocele with uterine prolapse. The more parity and vaginal deliveries cause the genital prolapse in the old women. Nowadays most women in reproductive period have only one or two babies and prefer cesarean section to natural delivery. As a result, gynecologists who have just finished residency training program have less and less experience in vaginal hysterectomy with anterior colporrhaphy and posterior colpoperineorrhaphy (V-hyst with A-P repair). As such there may be complications for example, massive hemorrhage and bladder injury. The objective of this case-control study was to evaluate the finger shield in V-hyst with A-P repair operation and to help gynecologist operate V-hyst with A - P repair more easily. In a case control study, a total 25 patients with genital prolapsed was included in Group I (n = 15) and operated without finger shield and Group II (n = 10) operated with finger shield. The results showed significant differences between the two groups ( α > 0.05). It was concluded that this invented instrument, an assisting finger shield, can help gynecologist operate V-hyst with A-P repair more easily, inserting the finger into peritoneal cavity through anterior cul-de-sac easily, quickly and conveniently. Therefore, these complications can be mostly avoided. This assisting finger shield is certainly a good instrument for gynecotogists with less experience to operate the V-hyst with A-P repair successfully. Key words: finger shield, genital prolapse, vaginal hysterectomy.


The new Tax Administration Act No 28 of 2011 (TAA) was promulgated with effect from 1 October 2012 and, while expected to have extended taxpayer rights, it also reaffirmed and extended the powers of the South African Revenue Services (SARS).


Corticosteroids and L-asparaginase used in the treatment of pediatric
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) results in Drug induced Diabetes
Mellitus (DIDM). Literature on the management of DIDM among children
with ALL is sparse and the diagnostic criteria for pediatric diabetes
should be carefully applied considering the acute and transient nature
of DIDM during ALL therapy. Insulin remains the standard of care for
DIDM management and the choice of Insulin regimen (standalone Neutral
Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) or basal bolus) should be based on the type and
dose of steroids used for ALL and the pattern of hyperglycemia. A modest
glycemic control (140-180 mg/dl) to achieve euglycemia and prevent
hypoglycemia would be the general approach. This review is intended to
suggest a evidence based practical guidance in the diagnosis and
management of DIDM during pediatric ALL therapy.


Abstract : The components most critical to a Recruitment Early Warning System are enlistment supply models which forecast enlistments accurately. In this research, Auto-Repressive Moving Average regression models have been developed for forecasting enlistments of 1-3A Non-Prior Service (NPS) male High School Diploma Graduates (HSDG's) and High School Seniors (HSSR's) and 3B NPS male HSDG's and HSSR'S, estimated with national, monthly data for January 1979 - May 1985. To assess the validity of the models, we conducted out-of-sample forecasting tests for observations in FY 1984-85. The tests were conducted with known values of exogenous variables, except for unemployment which was forecasted. The results indicate that the models adequately forecast enlistments over 12-month intervals. For each Service, forecasting errors are typically only three percent or less for the 1-3A and 1-3 cohorts, over the entire 12-month period; individual monthly forecasts are subject to larger errors, but they cancel over the 12-month period. The forecasting tests covered 12-month periods in which there were no 'regime changes', i.e., changes or introduction of programs or policies which affected the market structure. In periods where regime changes occur, we find that forecasting accuracy deteriorates markedly. Since the Services do change programs or policies from time to time, we devoted considerable exploratory research to the remediation of forecasting error caused by regime change. The results indicate that in three to six months, it is possible to take regime changes into account and restore forecasting accuracy to its high pre-change level. Keywords: Personnel Retention, ARMA Model, Market Assessment.


The purpose of this paper is to show how the Nuclear Overhauser Effect (NOE) can be sued to determine the configurations and conformations of organic molecules.


Wider implications of the findings: SCH and ATD are common condi- tions and management strategies are widely debated, particularly in women with history of subfertility or recurrent pregnancy loss. Further high quality studies are needed in this area to help strengthen our knowledge on how to manage such patients. Study question: To evaluate the effectiveness of chlormadinone acetate (CMA) for preventing premature LH surge in patients with normal ovarian reserve compared to cetrorelix. Summary answer: (PPOS) GnRH (GnRH-ant), lower,


To obtain long term accurate high resolution precipitation for the Heihe River Basin (HRB), Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations were performed using two different initial boundary conditions, with nine microphysical processes for different analysis parameterization schemes. High spatial-temporal precipitation was simulated from 2000 to 2013 and a suitable set of initial, boundary, and micro parameters for the HRB was evaluated from the Heihe Watershed Allied Telemetry Experimental Research project and Chinese Meteorological Administration data at hourly, daily, monthly, and annual time scales using various statistical indicators. It was found that annual precipitation has gradually increased over the HRB since 2000. Precipitation mostly occurs in summer and is higher in monsoon-influenced areas. High elevations experience winter snowfall. Precipitation is higher in the eastern upstream area than in the western upstream, area; however, the converse occurs in winter. Precipitation gradually increases with elevation from 1000 m to 4000 m, and the maximum precipitation occurs at the height of 3500–4000 m, then the precipitation slowly decreases with elevation from 4000 m to the top over the Qilian Mountains. Precipitation is scare and has a high temporal variation in the downstream area. Results are systematically validated using the in situ observations in this region and it was found that precipitation simulated by the WRF model using suitable physical configuration agrees well with the observation over the HRB at hourly, daily, monthly and yearly scales, as well as at spatial pattern. We also conclude that the dynamic downscaling using the WRF model is capable of producing high-resolution and reliable precipitation over complex mountainous areas and extremely arid environments. The downscaled data can meet the requirement of river basin scale hydrological modeling and water balance analysis.


This paper presents an analytical solution of one-dimensional transient molecular-motor-assisted transport equations that describe transport of different organelles (such as transport vesicles loaded with a cargo of specific proteins) in a neuron's axon or dendrite. Large intracellular organelles are transported in the cytoplasm by a combined action of diffusion and motor-driven transport. In an axon, organelles are transported away from the neuron's body towards the axon's terminal by kinesin-family molecular motors running on tracks composed of microtubules (MTs); old and used components are carried back towards the neuron's body by dynein-family molecular motors. Using the method of separation of variables, a generalized Fourier series solution for this problem is obtained. The solution uses three different orthogonal sets of eigenfunctions to represent the concentration of free organelles transported by diffusion, MT-bound organelles transported away from the neuron's body, and MT-bound organelles transported towards the neuron's body. Binding/detachment kinetic processes between the organelles and the MT are specified by first-order rate constants; these lead to coupling between the three organelle concentrations.


We propose a method to realize tunable quantum spin models with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in Rydberg atom quantum simulators. Our scheme uses a two-photon Raman transition and transformation to the spin-rotating frame. We investigate the quantum dynamics of the model including only the DMI and Zeeman energy, which can be experimentally realized in our scheme. Unlike its classical counterpart, the magnetization curve in this model is continuous under the open boundary condition. We also show that the model accommodates quantum many-body scars exhibiting nonergodic dynamics.


Arterial stiffness independently predicts cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality (Sardeli et al. 2018; Shibata et al. 2018). The large central elastic arteries (e.g., the aorta and carotid arteries) stiffen with age due to structural and functional changes in the arterial wall (Sardeli et al. 2018) reducing their ability to attenuate large pulsatile pressure waves exiting the heart. Arterial stiffness leads to the transmission of excessive pulsatile pressure into the microcirculation of more sensitive organs and tissues, such as the heart, kidneys and brain (de Roos et al. 2017). Thus, there is an imperative need to identify strategies to combat these deleterious age-related arterial changes.


An integrated micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensor device is provided. The integrated sensor device comprises a first substrate including a surface portion and a second substrate coupled to the surface portion of the first substrate in a stacked configuration, wherein a cavity is defined between the first substrate and the second substrate. The integrated sensor device also comprises one or more micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors located at least partially in the first substrate, wherein the MEMS sensor communicates with the cavity. The integrated sensor device further comprises one or more additional sensors.


In 1986 and 1992 the BMA broke new ground in publishing reports on human rights that documented what physicians were doing to the detriment of their patients and profession and identified ways in which medical associations could help constrain such behaviour. 1 2 The definition of human rights remained relatively restricted, however, in concentrating on rights in closed institutions such as prisons and psychiatric hospitals. In its latest book, The Medical Profession and Human Rights: A Handbook for a Changing Agenda ,3 published last month, the BMA has set its sights on a much wider range of issues and a wider audience—all mainstream physicians and healthcare professionals in Europe and North America.

Certainly, much of relevance to human rights has happened in the past decade, including wars in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Chechnya; trials and truth and reconciliation processes; the development of the Istanbul Protocol on physicians and torture; and civil campaigns to ban landmines and establish an international criminal court. As a result of these experiences a small segment of the medical community is growing knowledgable about dealing with health and human rights issues of psychological trauma, 4 5 cultural and religious clashes on health practices,6 the complicity of physicians in repressive regimes,7 investigations into mass killings and terror,8 and the medical arguments against certain weapons systems.9 The BMA could have recounted the lessons …


Design: Retrospective analysis. Setting: East London Hospital. Subjects: 724 women who had maternal serum alphafetoprotein levels measured between 15 to 19 weeks gestation. Main outcome measure: The main outcome measures were defined as any case of preeclampsia, small-for-gestational age (SGA) birth- weight th centile, placental abruption, stillbirth or early neonatal death. Methods: Women with MSAFP > 2.0 Multiples of Median (MoM) were classified as screen positive. Results: 41 (5.7%) women developed preeclampsia. Women with MSAFP > 2.0 Multiples of the Median (MoM) were significantly more likely to develop preeclampsia (p th centile (p


The Metamemory, Memory Strategy and Study Technique Inventory (MMSSTI), a 93-item self-report questionnaire, was designed to assess metamemory, memory strategies, study techniques and the mental load of students at tertiary level. Exploratory factor analysis yielded 12 factors/subscales: three measure metamemory, five memory strategies, three study techniques and one mental load. The subscales have satisfactory to good internal consistencies. The metamemory subscales assess Monitoring and two kinds of regulatory processes, namely Time Allocation and Mental Representations of Information. Four memory strategy subscales measure encoding memory strategies, namely Rehearsal, Association/Organisation, Verbal Elaboration and Imagery, while one subscale assesses Retrieval Memory Strategies. The study techniques subscales measure Insight/Understanding, a Questioning Approach and Extracting Important Information. There is a subscale called Mental Load, which is a measurement of the interference of various factors in information processing and their constraints on the ability of the information processor to cope with the memory task demands.


The article is devoted to the study of the production potential of medicinal plant growing in Ukraine. The role and significance of the production of medicinal plants in a pandemic and climate crisis are revealed, attention is focused on the economic feasibility of their production. The profitability, profitability, profitability and cost of their production are analyzed on the example of the most widespread in Ukraine cultivated medicinal plants and the expediency of its development is substantiated. It was found that the main deterrent to the development of medicinal plants is the high production costs in the first year after the start of production. The general and economic advantages, and also features of production of medicinal plants, in comparison with other crops, in particular grain, are defined; a comparison of average sales prices of cereals and legumes, vegetables, fruits and berries and medicinal crops. The economic feasibility of their processing is demonstrated on the example of value chains in the context of individual medicinal plants. Attention is paid to the most common ways of selling medicinal plants, their advantages and disadvantages are identified. Based on the performed economic assessment of the production potential of medicinal crop production in Ukraine, a set of financial and economic instruments has been identified, the introduction of which is necessary for the development of the industry.


Gelation of various fluids exhibited by low molecular weight organic compounds represents a topic of fast increasing interest. Numerous applications of gels as "smart" soft materials are possible relying on the controlled gel-to-sol phase transition, which can be triggered by various external or internal stimuli such as temperature, light, pH or recognition of a specific solute. It has been shown that gels form by self-assembly of gelator molecules into fibrous aggregates through highly specific intermolecular interactions. When the aggregates are sufficiently long, they entangle into a three-dimensional network capable of immobilizing the solvent.


Eight macrocyclic complexes have been synthesised by template reaction of (±)-trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane with metal nitrates and 1,10-bis(2-formylphenyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraoxadecane or 1,7-bis(2-formylphenyl)-1,4,7-trioxaheptane, and their structures are proposed on the basis of elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-Vis, molar conductivity measurements, 1H The complexes NMR and mass spectra. The metal-to-ligand molar ratios are 1:1 in the complexes, which are 1:2 electrolytes for Pb(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II) and 1:3 electrolytes for La(III)


There have been on going studies in Turkey to enhance the quality and effectiveness of music education. Music education provided in Science and Art Centers (SAC) of Ministry of Education in Turkey supports these efforts. This thesis aims to determine the attitudes of students in these centers towards music education. The sample of this study includes 154 female (45%) and 188 male students (55%) totaling 342 from 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders receiving education in SAC located in 7 different provinces (Kırşehir, Bursa, Antalya, İzmir, Ordu, Malatya, Urfa) selected from 7 different regions of Turkey. Ten sub-aims were specified to determine the attitudes of students towards music lessons in SAC. Conducted by using descriptive analysis method, music attitude scale consisted of 20 items in a 5 point likert-type ( Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of: 86) developed by Çizmeci (2006) was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of this 2018 Vol:5 / Issue:23 Article Arrival Date (Makale Geliş Tarihi) 15.05.2018 The Published Rel. Date (Makale Yayın Kabul Tarihi) 12.08.2018 The Published Date (Yayınlanma Tarihi) 15.08.2018 pp.11631178 Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences Research (JSHSR) 2018 Vol:5 Issue:23 pp:1163-1178 Jshsr.com Journal of Social and Humanities Sciences Research (ISSN:2459-1149) firstname.lastname@example.com 1164 scale was calculated as .97 in this study. SPSS 17.00 ( Stastical Package for Social Sciences) was used for the analysis of data. In the study, frequency(f), percentage (%), mean ( X ) and standard deviation (SD) were calculated. However, in comparisons between multiple variables (gender, class, mother education level education level, father education level, mother's occupation, father's occupation, status of playing a musical instrument , status of mother's playing a musical instrument and status of father's playing a musical instrument), to check whether the data has a normal distribution, Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test was conducted. In comparisons for bivariate analsysis Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H for three or more variables were used since the data represents no normal distribution. Attitude level was analyzed with one sample t-test. When significant differences were found with Kruskal-Wallis H-test, the source of significancy was tested with Tukey HSD test. In the light of the findings, attitudes of students towards music lessons in SAC were found as highly positive. Moreover, the most important findings of our study were that the attitude levels of female students are higher than that of males, that attitude levels of students decrease as the grades increase and that attitude levels of students playing a musical instrument are higher than those of students who do not play a musical instrument. The sdudy was completed with suggestions in line with the findings.


With the research object of stock growth of the 3rd generation seed orchard of Cunninghamia lanceolata and based on field investigation,the properties of soil samples were determined and the tree height for that year were investigated.With analysis of variance and LSD multiple comparison,the differences between soil nutrients and the growth of young C.lanceolata in different cutting blank were researched.The results showed that they were suitable to growth for C.lanceolata at pH between 4.2~4.8,available P between 6.3~6.7 mg/kg,organic matter between 39~43 g/kg,total N 1.5~1.7 g/kg,except for available K.Soil properties content of Camellia oleifera interplanted young Pinus massoniana plantations were higher than other kinds.The differences of soil topsoil thickness during cutting blank were not significant.The stock growth of young C.lanceolata in cutting blank of P.massoniana was best.The comprehensive analysis results showed that the cutting blank of P.massoniana plantations and C.oleifera interplanted young P.massoniana plantations were suitable to the building of the 3rd generation seed orchard of C.lanceolata.


Summary:
 The typification of two names in Agave L. (Agavaceae / Asparagaceae), Agave ×peacockii Croucher and A. warelliana Hort. ex Baker, is clarified. Illustrations of the newly designated lectotypes of both these names are included.


The paper evaluates interregional differences among Czech
regions in the period 2000–2008 by three statistical measures
of variability applied to selected indicators. Specifically,
the analysis uses regular statistical measures of regional
differentiation as the coefficient of variation, Gini
coefficient of concentration as well as Theil index. Regional
disparities were studied for selected socioeconomic indicators
such as GDP per capita, registered unemployment rate, average
monthly gross wage and entrepreneurial activity. The results of
this paper show that interregional differences at the level of
NUTS3 regions are very small in the selected years and exhibit
no significant change over the period 2000–2008.


SINCE 1973, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO LIMIT THE CONSUMPTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND HAS LAUNCHED VARIOUS ACTIONS WHICH CONCERN SECTORS OF HIGH CONSUMPTION, PARTICULARLY THE PRIVATE MOTOR CAR. THIS EFFORT WILL BE PURSUED IN THE SHORT TERM IN THE FIELD OF ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT AND RAIL TRANSPORT. FURTHERMORE, THE STATE PROPOSES TO FAVOUR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT MODES WHICH ARE ECONOMICAL IN ENERGY AND TO DRAW UP APPROPRIATE MEASURES FOR REDUCING THE SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION OF EACH MODE: INFORMATION, BETTER CONTROL OF CONSUMPTION, COURSES FOR DRIVERS.


This paper presents a frequency reconfigurable monopole antenna with switchable band characteristics from Ultra-wideband (UWB) radiator to band-notched UWB radiator to dual-band radiator by the mean of three p-i-n diode switches. Three p-i-n diodes are employed in the slots on the circular ring and rectangular patch to make the antenna reconfigurable in three radiating modes: UWB radiator (with all diodes in the ON-state), 5.3 GHz band-notched UWB radiator (with D1 and D3 in the ON-state, and D2 in the OFF-state) and dual-band radiator (with D1 in the OFF-state and D2, D3 in the ON-state) are reported. In all modes of the diodes, good agreements between simulated and measured results are observed.


Summary Studies were carried out on the fermentative production of g-linolenic acid (GLA) using seven strains belonging to Mucorales. An oleaginous fungal strain, isolated from the Western Ghats of Kerala produced GLA at a level of 8 % (by mass), when grown in a complex medium containing glucose as the sole carbon source. Effects of different culture conditions were investigated in shake flasks. Maximum dry biomass and total GLA obtained were 48.4 g/L and 636 mg/L, respectively, in the culture cultivated at 30 °C and 200 rpm for 7 days. Among the organic nitrogen sources investigated, yeast extract, and combination of corn steep liquor and baker's yeast in 1:1 ratio were useful for enhancing the GLA production and the effects were comparable.


In the work of Poe, love is associated, even bound, to death and murder. More exactly, his stories of love and death are stories of vampires and spectres: the loved and vampirized object – the woman – comes back to haunt her murderer. We mean to analyse this uncanny love relationship through some short stories: Ligeia, Morella, The Oval Portrait, the Fall of the House of Usher, paying close attention to what could be called the transgression of the frame by the dead loved object.


This paper addresses changing visit patterns in Philadelphia during the Coronavirus pandemic by examining various trends in visit patterns. The analysis uses aggregated cell-phone geolocation data to test for divergence in the number of visits made to Asian establishments relative to other establishments as well as differences in the changing frequency of visits from tracts with different incomes and racial majorities. The change in visits will be observed by comparing visits in weeks during 2020 to a reference week pre-COVID-19. Event study and differences in differences regressions are used to assess the statistical significance of these trends. Results from this study show that: 1) Changes in visit patterns to Asian establishments are not disproportionately affected by COVID-19; 2) Residents of high-income tracts do appear to reduce their visits by more than residents of other tracts after the local outbreak of COVID-19, but these differences are not statistically significant; 3) There is a statistically significant divergence in visit behavior: residents of Black and Hispanic majority tracts reduce their visit frequency by less than residents of White majority tracts.


This study was undertaken to evaluate workloads, oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production and respiratory exchange rates for passengers during an emergency aircraft evacuation. This was accomplished in an effort to formulate possible qualification standards for a passenger protective breathing device intended to protect from smoke and fumes. It was recommended that a work profile should be established for testing devices of: 15 minutes at 0.7 watts/kg body weight; 2 minutes at 1.2 watts/kg body weight; 1 minute at 1.5 watts/kg body weight; and 2 minutes at 1.2 watts/kg body weight. It was also recommended that the volume of the hood should exceed the volume that encloses the head and neck by 3.0 liters. The devices should provide 3.0 L/min of oxygen for 20 minutes and should be capable of absorbing 45 L of carbon dioxide.


Objective To analyze the effect of omeprazole in the treatment of ulcer joint hemorrhage.Methods Select 68 cases of ulcer joint hemorrhage,and they were simply randomly divided into experimental group and control group,the control group received conventional treatment,while the test group combined with omeprazole.Observed the bleeding time,the clinical efficacy and adverse reactions,the recurrence after treatment.Results The average Bleeding time of the test group was(6.5 ± 2.5) days,while of the control group was(9.1 ± 2.9) days,the difference was statistically significant.The total effective rate of the test group was 97.1%after treatment,while was 76.5% in the control group,the difference was statistically significant,the occurrence of adverse reaction of the test group was 8.8%,while was 5.9% in the control group,the difference was not statistically significance.The recurrence rate of the test group was 8.8%,while was 32.4% in the control group,the difference was statistically significant.Conclusion Omeprazole in the treatment of ulcer joint hemorrhage has good clinical efficacy,and reduces bleeding time and recurrence rates,and drug safety,is suitable for long-term clinical application.


The equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) are presented as continual modeling for slow motions. The original equations of the MHD environment are linearized, reduced, and applied to the analysis of environments characterized by the phenomena of electrolysis and turbulence. A continual approach for electrolysis and turbulence is presented, and the real-life ongoing studies are considering local models. The formulation of the problem and its analysis are presented as the density of the MHD-field decreases from a flat wall. Experimental studies with respect to propulsion devices in sea water are characterized.


Effects caused by the influence of the current sheet in solar wind are studied by using the Yakutsk under- ground muon telescope complex data. The anisotropy shows a dependence on the distance between the current sheet and the Earth. The anisotropy caused by symmetric heliolatitude density gradient of cosmic rays has also been revealed. Ob- served effects are interpreted in the framework of the diffu- sion - drift modulation mechanism.