The wall superstructure for attachment of heat insulating plates and/or panels comprises horizontal holding elements (4, 9) and vertical supports fixed to the wall (3) by attachment devices (5) penetrating through a vapor barrier foil (1). The holding elements with U and T shaped cross sections accommodate between themselves vacuum insulation panels (2), and also serve for fastening of cover plates (6) along their edges.


The factors of solar collector airflow temperature and the temperature changing are complex and difficult to control.Meanwhile,traditional mathematical methods are not applied to simulate easily because of the interaction of the factors.The primary factors of solar collector's temperature changing are determined,which analyze the solar collector airflow temperature and the solar radicalization,the relationship between the surroundings temperature and humidity.Which show the temperature changing models of solar collector with BP neural networks have more accurate predicting data within tests condition and may predict the temperature changing of the solar collector more accurately.


'The First Time' employs performed research to investigate the 'firsts' of twelve first year teachers in Victorian schools. Based on interview data generated over the period of a year, the performance highlights 'firsts' as epiphanic or revelatory moments of professional identity transformation. The performance is crafted to reflect the fluid and unpredictable nature of teachers' professional identity. 'The First Time' uses only the words of the teachers, and is performed by teachers - including first year teachers. It reveals the destabilising effects of contextual factors on teachers' professional identity. Status and belonging are positioned within survival, liminal, and hegemonic discourses, and expressed through artefacts as symbols of belonging. The low status ascribed to contractual work underpins beginning teachers' commitment to the profession. The premier performance (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1ED0FDEF2AA8836) was initially devised to analyse the interview data through the process of scripting, rehearsal, and performance. This version sees the addition of a concluding dance work, which reflects the results of the research. The voices of the participants from their interview recordings shape the dance work.Performed by: Melissa Learmonth, Beaux Glenn, Arna Pletes, Krystal Holzer, Ashlea Thompson, Tom Ellis, Lauren Wallis, Fiona McGrath, and Claire Hesse.


Understanding mechanisms of action in group psychotherapy. Seasoned group therapists recognize that the success of individual group members is intimately linked to the overall health of the group-as-a-whole. Indeed, a sizable portion of the clinical and empirical literature delineates therapeutic factors and mechanisms that have been linked with healthy well-functioning therapy groups. Mechanisms of action are interventions or therapeutic processes that are considered to be causal agents that mediate client improvement (Barron & Kenny, 1986). These mechanisms take many forms, including experiential, behavioral and cognitive interventions, as well as processes central to the treatment itself, such as the therapeutic relationship.


Let Gk(SU(n)) be the gauge group of the principal SU(n)-bundle with second Chern class k. If p is an odd prime and n ≤ (p − 1)2 + 1, we classify the p-local homotopy types of Gk(SU(n)).


ABSTRACT This paper derives the output autocorrelation function of a biased full-wave limiter, which is obtained by introducing the bias into Baum'g error-function limiter. The input to the limiter is assumed to be a gaussian noise. Using the characteristic function method, two different solutions are obtained: (1)a series expansion in powers of bios. and (2)an integral solution for an arbitrary bias. In both cases, the expressions reduce to Baum'B result as the bias approaches zero.


According to the principle of electric power steering system and assist characteristic,taking the test data of input torque,speed and power size as the design target,the assistances were obtained under any vehicle speed and steering torque value by linear interpolation and bilinear interpolation method.Compared the calculation results with the design objectives,it was obtained that the method is reasonable and simple to realize.


" Snowmageddon 2010, " the Department of Psychiatry's researchers had a very productive year. This newsletter lists the citations for 53 new peer reviewed articles our faculty have published. This newsletter also lists the Department's 7 newly funded research grants (4 from NIH, and 5 with our faculty as PI), and the 6 new research grant submissions (4 to NIH and all with our faculty as PI). We have a new research faculty member, Dr. Nina Cooperman, who is a psychologist and comes to us from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Cooperman brings with her a NIDA Career Development Award to develop and evaluate a tailored smoking cessation treatment for methadone maintained smokers. Dr. Cooperman's immediate research goals include qualitative and quantitative research with this population. She will be interviewing smokers attending methadone maintenance clinics to gain valuable information which will inform her targeted tobacco dependence treatment. Dr. Cooperman will then create a treatment manual and conduct a randomized clinical trial of the treatment. She is a terrific addition to our faculty! We also have four new post-docs, Drs. Jill Friedman (working with Dr. Dobkin), Brian Keane (working with Dr. Silverstein), Rakhee Wasiulla (Drs. Novotny and Petti), and Terri Zucker (Dr. Lehrer). We look forward to seeing your research listed here in the near future. Lastly, I hope you'll add the 11 th Annual Department of Psychiatry Poster session to your calendars. This annual tradition will take place on Thursday September 16, 2010 from 9am-10:30am in rooms D201-D203. It's always an interesting event where you get to learn about your colleagues' work. We hope you will submit a poster and participate. Psychiatry residents and Psychology interns are eligible for the Best Poster Award! Hope to see you all there!


Abstract In this paper the effects of crystallographic texture and microstructure on the elastic modulus of different grades of steel have been collected from the available literature and put in one place. It is expected that this will help researchers in their understanding of both the fundamental and the practical aspects of the different grades of steel used for various purposes. Dans cet article, on a recueilli à partir de la littérature disponible et rassemblé en un seul lieu les effets de la texture cristallographique et de la microstructure sur le module l'élasticité de différentes nuances d'acier. On s'attend à ce que cela aide les chercheurs dans leur compréhension tant des aspects fondamentaux que pratiques des différentes nuances d'acier utilisées à diverses fins.


Numerical simulation of the thunderstorm event occurred over Srimangal, Bangladesh at 1200 UTCon 21 May 2011 have been carried out using Advance Research dynamic core of Weather Research andForecasting Model (WRF-ARW). The WRF model was run in a domain at 9 km horizontal resolution using sixhourly NCEP-FNL datasets from 0000UTC of 21 May to 0000UTC of 22 May 2011 as initial and boundaryconditions. Hourly outputs have been analyzed to asses and/or compare the model performance. The WRFmodel captured the studied thunderstorm event on 21 May 2011 in reasonably well with some spatial andtemporal biases in the results. But the model simulated 24-h rainfall over the country as a whole overestimatedthe rainfall by 46.72% compared to that of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) observation.


There are certain selection and allocation processes in the real world that are performed based on previous knowledge. We can find many applications related to these processes, for example, Candidate selection for promotion, Candidate to department allotment, faculty to subject allotment, etc. In the small scale, the process is not very tedious. But, when it comes to large scale selections and allotments, the process can be very time consuming and prune to human error. So automation in this process is the need of the hour. This process requires an ample amount of decision making, and so data-mining techniques can prove to be effective methods to deal with such problems. There are many multi-class classification methods that can be used as the solution to these problems. But, decisions based only on trained classifiers with historical data-patterns, won't be sufficient in the real time allotment. There might be certain parameters that should be given more priority for the current allocation. In this paper we combine both the historical trends and biased parameters to perform the classification satisfying real time demands. We then compare and contrast its performance against various existing classification algorithms. Our experiment with faculty-course allotment dataset shows that this method is more suitable than other methods for such practical applications.


SEAsite is a web-based interactive learning resource site for Southeast Asian Languages (Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Khmer, Lao, Burmese, and Vietnamese). Its language learning materials feature second language (L2) script support, streaming audio, pictures, and interactive exercise types that allow learners to test their understanding. Many SEAsite resources about culture, politics, music, art, religion, and other subjects related to Southeast Asia are written in English. A nonstandard, but workable, system for rendering Southeast Asian orthographies in web pages and interactive exercises is described. Computer code to support display of L2 characters in Java applets is available to interested parties.


The analysis of the relation between entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and business perfor- mance has become a focus of interest for researchers over the last decade. The relations between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance, and between market orientation and business performance are well docu- mented in the two bodies of specialized literature. However, despite the fact that the literature appears to indicate that both business orientations are not exclusive but actually complementary, very few studies have examined the joint effect of both orientations on business performance. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relation between both orientations in such a way as to draw conclusions that will contribute to clarifying the order of dependence bet- ween them. The results of our study enable us to throw some light on the relation between both business orienta- tions. The comparison of models that consider each orientation as an antecedent alternately allows us to state that entrepreneurial orientation can be considered as an antecedent of market orientation.


Aims. The study was aimed at the correlation of the development of early organ failure with the necrotising lesion of the pancreas and the prevalence of peripancreatic infiltration. Materials and methods. The treatment data of 1,550 patients with acute pancreatitis were analysed. The pancreatic lesion characteristics were evaluated by dynamic ultrasound and CT angiography in the third week of the disease. The conclusion on the presence of signs of organ failure was based on the international guidelines (more than 2 points on the SOFA scale). Results. In 85.61%, acute pancreatitis was not accompanied by the development of necrotic lesion of the pancreas. In 88.99% of cases of interstitial oedema of the pancreas, there was no peripancreatic infiltration. The formation of peripancreatic infiltration in the absence of symptoms of necrotising lesion of the pancreas is a poor prognostic sign. A microfocal lesion was observed in 7.48% of patients, in these, infiltration of up to 3 regions of the retroperitoneal cellular tissue was detected in 42.25% of cases, and of 4 to 6 regions – in 27.59%. Macrofocal necrosis was noted in 5.74% of them, and in 40.44% of cases, was accompanied by involvement of 4 to 6 regions of the cellular tissue in the pathological process. Subtotal lesion in less than 1% of cases was accompanied by a massive infiltration of the cellular tissue, 7 or more anatomical regions in 46.15%. Most often, complications on the part of cardiovascular system developed in phase I – 28.08% of severe acute pancreatitis. The development of multiple organ failure accompanies 48.82% of patients with severe course of the disease. The development of organ failure was not detected in interstitial oedema of the pancreas. Microfocal lesion was accompanied by complications in 41.38% of cases, while macrofocal – in 92.13%, and pancreatic damage with more than 50% of the volume always caused organ dysfunction.


Monitoring students in virtual learning environments can be a time-consuming task. Professors and tutors must accompany students in an agile manner. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of discussion forums posed new challenges. This work proposes a conversational agent to automatically detect which pedagogical intervention is necessary to guide students in MOOCs environments. Through the attributes of the students' post messages, it is possible to classify which action will be carried out by the agent, applying specific dialogue patterns. In some more specific cases, the tutor's attention is immediately requested. The proposal was evaluated through a feasibility study to verify if semantic detection can contribute to guide the intervention process. According to the results, it is possible to support the tutor, as only 35.2% of interactions required the tutor's action.


The narrow-band imaging has been increasing the interest of medical specialists in the study of laryngeal micro vascular network to establish diagnosis without biopsy and pathological examination. A possible solution to this challenging problem is presented in this paper, which proposes an automatic method based on anisotropic filtering and matched filter to extract the lesion area and segment blood vessels. Lesion classification is then performed based on a statistical analysis of the blood vessels characteristics, such as thickness, tortuosity and density. The future work is based on the tumor segmentation based in watershed segmentation technique. Using this technique, can easily identify the tumor region and the tumor region exactly detected which reduces the complexity and provides the effective results than the other state of art methods


To achieve a more efficient, commercial and informational multi-energy system, Energy Internet is developed to maximize the utilization of distributed generation. However, the intermittent and uncertain nature of renewable sources pose a critical challenge on the efficiency and security improvement of Energy Internet. Therefore, this paper proposes a virtual energy router-based framework for Energy Internet and its novel characteristics are analyzed. Furthermore, several emerging key technologies for this new Energy Internet are comprehensively introduced, which can be utilized into the real-world applications for sustainable development.


It is presented that the switch control with dead limits drives a motor to accomplish the control requirement of automatic feeding of cousumable electrode in electroslag casting of heavy crankshaft.In order to adapt to the need of slowly feeding of consumable electrode,the DC Servo-motor is adopted,and the PWM power-amplifier or the switch control with dead limits is used to drive it.The paper studies the advantage and disadvantage of the two methods,and introduces the basic principle and design of software and hardware of the switch control with dead limits.


We investigate the existence and smoothness of hairs for some transcendental entire functions. We show their existence and smoothness under a general setting. This is applicable for the function $P(z)e ^{Q(z)}$ , where $P(z)$ and $Q(z)$ are polynomials. This generalizes the previous results by R.L.Devaney, M.Krych and M.Viana.


Ants are important functional agents in natural ecosystems and tropical agroecosystems. Seed
movement by ants may result in dispersal or post-dispersal events, affecting diaspore survival
probabilities in cattle agroecosystems undergoing ecological rehabilitation. In that case, ants
could be determining in the course of succession.
Activity and diversity of soil foraging ants was compared in nine plots classifi ed in three land
use systems: forest, treeless pasture, and intensive silvopastoril system with Leucaena leucocephala. Transects with 10 stations separated by 10m from each other were established. In each station the diversity of ants was evaluated using tuna baits, and as a separate event, deposits were offered, each one with 15 seeds from three different plant species. We found 27, 18, and 12 morphospecies of ants in forests, treeless pastures and intensive silvopastoril systems, respectively. Twentysix percent of the seeds were removed by ants in the fi rst two hours. The removal frequency was significantly lower in silvopastoril systems suggesting that the type of management of this cattle system does not promote seed movement by ants. The greatest diversity of ants transporting seeds was found in forests and in all the cases more than 50% of the arillated seeds of the native plant Siparuna aspera was removed. It is suggested that, in cattle systems where some of primary seed dispersers have been lost, ants can offer seeds movement services that might alter the survival probability of diaspores.


The aim of this paper is to discuss executive functions and playing games, considering Piaget's work (1967) and the neuropsychological framework (Barkley, 1997, 2000; Cypel, 2007). Two questions guide the discussion: What are the intersections between playing games and the development of executive functions? Can we stimulate children with learning disabilities to build up skills related to executive functioning in a context of games and problem-solving situations? For the last 22 years, researchers from the Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo have been studying children and proposing situations, in which they play games with rules, solve problems, and interact with others (Macedo, Petty & Passos, 1997, 2000, 2005; Souza, Petty, Carvalho, Passos, & Carracedo, 2002). Groups of children from 7 to 11 years old are supervised by professionals who challenge them to develop reasoning and autonomy, which also contribute to develop executive functions. The main point of the project is not to become a good player, but build up skills to surpass difficulties, such as attention, organization, and planning. Participants who were engaged, and did not have serious neurological damages in brain functioning, really became students with better resources to deal with school challenges and they developed more adequate attitudes.


Strategy-deficient language learners struggle to develop their language proficiency through limiting and inappropriate strategies. This study aims at exploring experienced teachers' perceptions of strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners. To this end, the perspectives of a purposive sample of experienced teachers teaching in private language schools of Tehran, the capital city of Iran, were theoretically sampled based on the principles and procedures of grounded theory. The final conceptualization of teachers' perspectives yielded "learners' limiting strategies" and "teachers proposed alternatives" as the major categories. The findings suggest that curriculum developers and language teachers merge strategy training and language teaching to remedy the strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners in the contexts of this study and other similar contexts where the banking model of education marginalizes strategy training and focuses exclusively on language teaching.


Objective(s): Low penetration depth of light is the main defect of photodynamic therapy (PDT), which could be improved by sonodynamic therapy (SDT). In this study, a combination of PDT and SDT known as sonophotodynamic therapy (SPDT) was investigated using two reverse arrangements in CT26 tumor model. Materials and Methods: The liposomal zinc phthalocyanine was synthesized and characterized. It was then administered to CT26 tumor models as a sensitizer. The animal models were subjected to PDT, SDT, and the combined treatment in different groups. The doubling time for the survival of tumors and animals was considered as a measure to evaluate treatments efficacy. Results: In all treatment groups there was a significant decline in tumor volume 15 days after treatment compared to the main control group, but the optimum response was observed in the group receiving a combined treatment with the priority of PDT. 120 days after treatment, in the groups treated by PDT and SDT, the tumor shrank by 20%, while in the group receiving SPDT with PDT priority, 80% of tumors was recovered. No case of complete tumor progression was observed in SPDT group with SDT priority. This could be due to the pores created in cell membranes during ultrasound irradiation of the tumor, which removed the sensitizer molecules from the cells and reduced PDT efficacy in SPDT group with SDT priority. Conclusion: It seems that SPDT with PDT priority offers a more efficient alternative than each of PDT, SDT individually or SPDT with the reverse arrangement.


Summary: Increasing job satisfaction may assist organizations and health care to maintain the workforce. Variables influencing job satisfaction can vary between generations and ages. Organizations should tailor retention job satisfaction-related initiatives based on generation-specific perspectives. Content Outline: Content Outline for Poster Submission Background: Nursing staff turnover is a prevalent problem with negative consequences for patients and organizations. Job satisfaction is a strong predictor of intent to stay or leave a job and actual turnover rates; however, variables contributing to job satisfaction can vary between generations and ages of nurses. Purpose: To explore the attitudes of a multigenerational nursing staff toward job satisfaction


In order to satisfy the demand of situation display in military applications through the mobile terminals,two aspects are studied in this paper,one is the static geographic information display,the other is the dynamic real-time situation display.Several key techniques are solved during this process,such as the generation of vector data map tiles,the coding of situation information and the display of military-mark information.Finally a prototype is built in mobile terminals based on Android system,which confirms the feasibility and rationality of the design proposal.


The design of compact and efficient magnetic components for 1-10 MHz power conversion has been hindered by the lack of permeability and loss data for nickel-zinc ferrites. A technique for measuring permeability and loss density in magnetic materials at high-frequency and high-flux levels is described. Data is presented for eight commercially available nickel-zinc ferrites at 25 degrees C, operating at frequencies between 1 and 10 MHz, and at flux levels up to 300 G. Loss density was found to increase with frequency and flux level. High-loss density limits practical flux levels to less than 300 G. The higher permeability materials generally displayed higher loss. Indiana General Q1 ferrite was found to have the lowest loss in response to a purely AC excitation; DC offset increased loss density.<<ETX>>


Purpose: To evaluate the effect of myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) on color vision, contrast sensitivity and higher order aberrations (HOAs). Patients and Methods: This prospective study was performed on 46 eyes of 23 patients with 3 to 6 diopter of myopia/myopic astigmatism undergoing PRK. Color vision using Fransworth- Munsell 100 hue test (©2011 X-Rite Inc., Michigan, U.S) and contrast sensitivity using CSV-1000 (Vector Vision, Dayton, OH) were tested preoperatively and 2 and 6 months postoperatively. HOAs were assessed using Zernike analysis map of Pentacam (OCULUS Optikgerate GmbH, Germany) preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively. Results: No significant change was observed in color vision following PRK. Contrast sensitivity function was also preserved except for an increase in 12 cycles per degree (cpd) spatial frequency 6 months after surgery (P = 0.04). Total HOAs and primary spherical aberrations (total, anterior and posterior surface) increased significantly (P < 0.001), however, primary coma showed no statistically significant change 6 months after surgery compared to baseline values. Induced total HOAs significantly correlated with change in primary vertical coma and total, anterior, and posterior primary spherical aberration. No significant correlation was found between the changes in contrast sensitivity, color vision and HOAs with the amount of preoperative sphere and cylinder. Conclusion: PRK with an aspheric profile in moderate myopia/ myopic astigmatism does not affect color vision and contrast sensitivity at 3, 6 and 18 cpd spatial frequencies. It increases total HOAs and spherical aberration, but not coma. It remains a good option for refractive correction of moderate. Keywords: Color vision, Contrast Sensitivity, Higher order aberrations, Photorefractive keratectomy.


Considering that in a magnetic resonance system,if the detection coil contributes dominantly to the system noise,the performance of the whole system can certainly be improved by switching to a detection coil made of a high-temperature superconductor,and using YBa2Cu3O7 thin films on 25×25mm^2 LaAlO3 substrates,we have prepared two kinds of detection coils:single-coil and two-coil.encouragingly,their quality factors are measured to be Q>2500 for two-coil (at 22.566MHz and 77K) and Q>5500 for single-coil (at 92.3MHz and 77K),respectively,Here,we describe the details of the design,fabrication and testing of the coils.


Assume that the asset follows fractional jump-diffusion process,the volatility rate and the risk-less interest rate are time function.The mathematical model of the financial markets is established and the pricing formula for the convertible bond is obtained by insurance actuary method.


Plasma levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), oestrogen, testosterone and sex‐hormone‐binding globulin (SHBG) were determined in 15 thyrotoxic women in the reproductive age before and after treatment with carbimazole. The levels of these hormones and SHBG were compared with those of 12 euthyroid healthy female volunteers of comparable age and parity. Plasma gonadotrophins (LH and FSH), oestrogen, testosterone and SHBG were all markedly elevated in thyrotoxic subjects but became normal when the euthyroid state and normal menstruation were restored after treatment. From the results a hypothesis is suggested which relates the hormonal disturbance primarily to a thyroid hormone‐induced rise in SHBG levels.


Two-photon absorption cross sections of two dye molecules, doped in thin films of polymethylmethacrylate, are measured by comparing fluorescence intensities induced by single- and two-photon excitations. Ratio of the single- and two-photon absorption cross sections is related to the ratio of the single- and two-photon pumped fluorescence intensities. Using this sensitive and background-free detection technique, dispersion of the nonlinearity is measured over a wavelength range of 700–800 nm.


ABSTRACT A procedure that reduces diffusional limitations by periodically milling the corn to reduce particle size and stirring the ground mash in the presence of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and lactic acid was developed. The process, called intermittent milling and dynamic steeping (IMDS), includes three main stages: initial soaking (a short-time immersion in water) of whole kernels, initial cracking of the partially hydrated kernels, and dynamic steeping with interspersed milling. This study evaluated the three stages of the process separately, evaluating the effect of variables on each stage of the process. Corn fractions yield (germ, fiber, gluten, starch) were used to decide the best conditions for the soaking and steeping stages, and germ damage was used to determine the best kernel cracking method. Starch, gluten, and germ yields were not affected by soak temperatures (52–68°C) or soak time (1–3 hr). A temperature of 60°C was chosen for soaking because it increased the rate of kernel hydration without gel...


In the Interest of enhancing the quality and efficiency of propeller design and production, a CAD/CAM systems being implemented. Some immediate goals are minimize loss of integrity from concept design to final surface finish: fill in gaps between designer defined data and machinable surface through use of a sophisticated CAD/CAM surfacing routine; restructure design/production process to best utilize newly available resources. Mechanical dynamic models may be computer generated in conjunction with finite element flow models. Also, the NC milling process - which consist of tool path generation, post-processing and machining will directly use a CAD generated surface to machine the propellers.


This paper proposed a grid-based e-assessment platform by use of resource-fused tree grid to meet the evolving needs of e-assessment,which included technology,content,and services,etc.This platform tried to solve the problem of shared item resources in e-assessment,which was a topic-oriented,scalable,distributed,efficient and reliable platform.It provided new technology,new environment,and new platform for modern teaching.


Two biomolecules are known to bind chromium in the body: transferrin and low‐molecular‐weight chromium‐binding substance (LMWCr). While transferrin is responsible for the transfer of Cr from the bloodstream to the tissues, LMWCr has been proposed to have a function in the removal of chromium from the body and in the enhancement of insulin signaling. LMWCr is comprised of a peptide that can tightly bind four equivalents of Cr(III). While reports on the magnetic and spectroscopic properties of the chromic centers have appeared, research has been hampered by difficulties in characterizing the organic portion of the biomolecule. Treatment of LMWCr with trifluoroacetic acid releases the Cr, converts the amino terminal glutamate of the peptide to pyroglutamate, and generates a heptapeptide. This procedure has allowed the isolation of the chromium‐free peptide component of LMWCr from a variety of sources; this peptide can be sequenced by mass spectrometry.


This paper presents a novel approach for face based biometric recognition. The proposed method is based on the sorted index numbers (SIN) of appearance based facial features. A new algorithm is introduced to measure the similarity between SIN vectors. Due to the non-invertibility of the transformation from the original features to the SIN vectors, the proposed method can preserve the privacy of the users. The effectiveness of the proposed method is tested on a large generic data set, which contains images from several well known face databases. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed solution may improve the recognition accuracy in both identification and verification scenarios.


In order to achieve basic education goals, so the development of teachers and other educator are developed to improve the quality of education throughout the country. Education is improved and integrated cohesively in adequate amounts quality. Furthermore, the basic education of teachers is required to work regularly and consistently, but being creative in facing the job and stability in the works, should be personal characteristics. So, this pattern of this work's type is inspired by learners by learners as education, since the stability and personal integration does not happen by itself, but growing through a process of education which is deliberately created.


This paper investigates the exact tracking control problem of hypersonic flight vehicles (HFVs) with consideration of full state constraints. The constrained states are transformed into new states which are free of constraints by using nonlinear state transformations, and the constrained control problem is addressed as a simpler bounded control problem. Besides, by introducing Nussbaum-type functions in the control design, the exact racking performance is guaranteed even when the unknown system dynamics and the full state constraints are both considered. Only two adaptive parameters are required to be updated online, which significantly reduces the computational burden. The stability of the closed-loop system is proved via Lyapunov theory, and the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm is demonstrated by simulation results.


The marine economy is expanding. Wind power is leading the way. 10% of current installations are offshore and this proportion is growing. The European Wind Energy Association reckon that by 2020, 30% of new construction will be offshore and 60% by 2030. The exploration of marine biodiversity is opening opportunities for a thriving marine bio-economy; marine biotechnology and aquaculture in particular. Further offshore still, as commodity prices remain stubbornly high, seabed mining becomes more attractive. In fact operations to extract gold and copper at 1600 metres down in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea have already started.


This study investigated the role of social interaction in the literacy learning of twenty-one 3- and 4-year-olds. Over a period of 8 months, data were collected at a classroom writing center using the ethnographic techniques of participant/observation, field notes, collection of written texts, audio and video tape. Patterns in the data indicated that author/audience conversation occurring as children completed self-selected literacy activities encouraged them to (a) activate, confirm/disconfirm, and revise their existing hypotheses about literacy; (b) form new literacy knowledge; (c) become audiences for their own texts; (d) internalize the audience's perspective and use this information to plan texts for absent audiences; (e) experience literacy activities beyond their independent abilities; and (f) with their teachers, build shared understandings about literacy. Overall, the findings indicate that children's self-selected literacy activities are rich contexts for literacy learning, and that social interaction, as part of these events, provides the predictable context and motivation for literacy learning, as well as influencing the kinds of literacy strategies children internalize and use independently.


Objective To understand the infection status of Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP) in Ningbo children,and provide the evidence for clinica1 diagnosis and preventive treatment.Methods The serum MP antibodies of 11,788 children with respiratory infection were measured by passive particle agglutination method.The positive rate was statistically analyzed based on different sex,ages and seasons.Results In the 11,788 cases of children with MP,the positive rate was 26.14%(3,081 cases);The positive rates had a statistically significant differences between different sex,ages and seasons(P0.05).The positive rate was higher in girls than in boys.And the positive rate showed an increasing trend along with age.Conclusion The morbidity of MP is high among children with respiratory infection.Girls and preschool children are more susceptible in spring and winter.


China began to accelerate the energy transition in the last decade as a strategy for rebalancing its economy and becoming a more influential actor in the global renewable energy market. This article explores to what extent Chinese investment and financing in renewable energy projects in Argentina and Brazil promote these countries' energy transition strategies and sustainable development more broadly. To approach this question, the article provides a reading of Ostrom's postulates of the energy transition as an increasingly relevant driver of certain states' relationships with other countries. General trajectories of Chinese investment and lending in Latin America provide a background to Chinese investment in solar and wind power projects in Argentina and Brazil. The article concludes that China's overseas finance merges with Argentina and Brazil's own goals regarding renewable energy deployment and discusses future challenges in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.


There is extensive increase of false news may be produced by human beings, computers or any automatic machines. This increase has negative influence on both society and individuals in both political and social perspectives. In this contemporary world of social media and connected networks, evaluating reliability promptly is really challenging by the rapid spread of news. As a result, automatically detecting false news techniques has a huge demand in current scenario. In order to overcome prior issuance, this research work has come up with an integrated hybrid neural network architecture, which consists of both the features of CNN along with LSTM and also some dimensionality reduction techniques such as principal component analysis and chi-square. The dimensionality reduction method is used to decrease the dimensionality of feature vector. Also, the dimensionality reduction is used before passing them to classifier. Also, a dataset has been acquired for training and testing the proposed model from a website named Fake news challenge. This has two kinds of outputs: real and fake. These features provide additional contextual and are given to PCA and Chi-Square for faux information detection. The motive related to this project is discovering news article position towards headline. There is upgrade in the results like accuracy and F1 – score in the proposed version by ∼$% and ∼20%. The result obtained from Chi-Square and inventive methods concede PCA with 97.8% accuracy.


The paper discusses the quality of equivalents that general bilingual dictionaries offer for religious terms. The author makes the point that choosing a satisfactory equivalent implies taking into account contemporary usage and confessional context, as well as analysing denotation. The study draws on examples from Russian and French.


Introduction.  Risperidone is an antipsychotic medication from neuroleptic  group. It used to treat schizophrenia, psychotic depression, manic symptoms and autism. On chemical structure it is derivative of  benzisoxazole –  3-[2-[4-(6-fluoro-1, 2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl] ethyl]-6, 7, 8, 9-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4H-pyrido- [1, 2-a]-pyrimidin-4-one . It is a selective monoaminergic antagonist with high affinity to 5HT 2-serotoninergic   and  D 2 dopaminergic  receptors. Aim of investigation is an elaboration of condition of quantitative and qualitative determination of risperidone using UPLC/MS/MS in internal organs. M aterials and methods . Risperidone standard was received from Sigma-Aldrich (USA). Methanol was HPLC  grade (Merck). Acetonitrile and  formic acid was received from Merck  (Darmstadt,Germany).  Water was purified by Milli-Q Ultrapure Water System (Waters) and used for preparing of formic acid solution. 96 % ethanol, 25 % ammonium solution, and oxalic acid  were analytical grade. Condition of  LC-ESI-MS/MS determination . Risperidone analysis was performed on Acquity H-class UPLC system (Waters,Milford,USA) equipped with BEH C18 (2.1×50 mm, 1.7 μm) column (Waters,Milford,USA). Linear gradient elution was applied for analysis. Gradient consisted of  0.1 % formic acid in water (solvent A) and acetonitrile (solvent B). Flow rate was set to 0.5 ml/min, initial conditions were 100 % A for 1 min, followed by 40 % A for 1.5 min  and 100 % A for 1 min. MS/MS data was obtained with Xevo TQD triple quadrupole mass spectrometer detector (Waters Milford, USA). Analysis was performed in positive electrospray ionization mode. Capillary voltage was set to 2 kV, source temperature –120°C, desolvation temperature –400°C, desolvation gas flow – 800 l/h, cone gas flow – 25 l/h. MRM transition for risperidone was monitored at 411 > 191. Standart solution. Risperidone  stock solutions were prepared in methanol (1.0 mg/ml). Working standards were prepared from the stock solution with the final concentrations of 0.5; 1.0; 5,0; 10.0; 20.0; 50.0; 100.0; 500.0  and 1000/0  ng/ml. Preparing of biological sample . Risperidone was isolated from brain and liver tissues with water acidified by oxalic acid; and the extracts were purified on GraceResolv™ Silica 5g/25ml columns. An eluent was 0.5 % ammonia solution in ethanol. Samples of  biological material were investigated  after 6 or 24 hours of preparing. R esults and discussion . Risperidone identified in the chromatogram for the retention time (t R = 2,91 ± 0,07 min) and the presence of signals at 411>119 m/z. Within risperidone concentrations of 0.5 to 20 ng / ml calibration plot is Y = 4.98 ·10 4 X-1.32·10 4 (correlation coefficient r = 0.9998);  and the concentration range of 20 to 1000 ng/ml this dependence is Y = 5.07·10 4 X - 1,28·10 4 (r = 0.99995); where Y –  area of the peak, X – risperidone concentration (ng /ml). The GraceResolv  columns allow to isolate  76.90% - 82.27% risperidone from acidic exstracts of liver and 75.3% - 81.08% –  from brain. The results of a series of parallel studies are reproducible. C onclusion s. UPLH/MS/MS method  on BEN C18  column with MRM monitoring m/z at 411> 191 has been developed for risperidone determination in biological tissues. GraceResolv ™ Silica columns isolates 76,9-82,3% of  risperidone from liver extracts and 75.3-81.1% – from brain. LOD of risperidone for liver tissue is 1 ng/g, for brain tissue is 1.4 ng/g; LOQ of this compound is 1.6 ng / g and 2 ng / g  respectively.


Tuberculosis causes an enormous burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. Increasing rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis pose a serious threat to ongoing efforts in controlling the epidemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries [2]. Screening all comers able to provide a sputum sample increased TB detection in an emergency department in Peru http://ow.ly/T7pHA


The online presence of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery British Volume (JBJS [Br]) continues to thrive. Since the online Journal was launched in 1996, we have strived to provide the best possible resources for our subscribers. In the last few months we have made a number of improvements to the


Part I: Pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis 1. Introduction to Part I: Overview of Approaches to Study Cystic Fibrosis Pathophysiology Mark T. Clunes and Richard C. Boucher 2. Imaging CFTR Protein Localization in Cultured Cells and Tissues Silvia M. Kreda and Martina Gentzsch 3. CFTR Regulation of Epithelial Sodium Channel Yawar J. Qadri, Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, Dale J. Benos, and Bakhrom K. Berdiev 4. Methods for Evaluating Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis Assem G. Ziady and Pamela B. Davis 5. Methods for ASL Measurements and Mucus Transport Rates in Cell Cultures Erin N. Worthington and Robert Tarran 6. Measurement of Fluid Secretion from Intact Airway Submucosal Glands Jeffrey J. Wine, Nam Soo Joo, Jae Young Choi, Hyungju Cho, Mauri E. Krouse, Jin V. Wu, Monal Khansaheb, Toshiya Irokawa, Juan Ianowski, John W. Hanrahan, Alan W. Cuthbert, and Kim V. Tran 7. Measurements of Intracellular Calcium Signals in Polarized Primary Cultures of Normal and Cystic Fibrosis Human Airway Epithelia Carla M.P. Ribeiro 8. Identification and Quantification of Mucin Expression Kristina A. Thomsson and Gunnar C. Hansson 9. Methods to Classify Bacterial Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Thomas Bjarnsholt, Xiaohui Chen Nielsen, Ulla Johansen, Lena Norgaard, and Niels Hoiby 10. Approaches to Study Differentiation and Repair of Human Airway Epithelial Cells Sophie Crespin, Marc Bacchetta, Song Huang, Tecla Dudez, Ludovic Wiszniewski, and Marc Chanson Part II: Omic Approaches to Study Cystic Fibrosis 11. Introduction to Part II: Omics in the Biology of Cystic Fibrosis William E. Balch 12. Microarray mRNA Expression Profiling to Study Cystic Fibrosis Shyam Ramachandran, Luka A. Clarke, Todd E. Scheetz, Margarida D. Amaral, and Paul B. McCray, Jr. 13. Quantitative Differential Proteomics of Cystic Fibrosis Cell Models by SILAC (Stable Isotope Labelling in Cell Culture) Ida Chiara Guerrera, Mario Ollero, Diane-Lore Vieu, and Aleksander Edelman 14. Application of Mass Spectrometry to Study Proteomics and Interactomics in Cystic Fibrosis William E. Balch and John R. Yates III 15. Functional Genomics Assays to Study CFTR Traffic and ENaC Function Joana Almaca, Shehrazade Dahimene, Nicole Appel, Christian Conrad, Karl Kunzelmann, Rainer Pepperkok, and Margarida D. Amaral 16. New Lipidomic Approaches in Cystic Fibrosis Mario Ollero, Ida Chiara Guerrera, Giuseppe Astarita, Daniele Piomelli, and Aleksander Edelman Part III: Resources 17. Introduction to Part III: Resources for CFTR Research Margarida D. Amaral 18. Primary Epithelial Cell Models for Cystic Fibrosis Research Scott H. Randell, M. Leslie Fulcher, Wanda O'Neal, and John C. Olsen 19. Comparative Biology of Cystic Fibrosis Animal Models John T. Fisher, Yulong Zhang, and John F. Engelhardt 20. CFTR Folding Consortium: Methods Available for Studies of CFTR Folding and Correction Kathryn W. Peters, Tsukasa Okiyoneda, William E. Balch, Ineke Braakman, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, William B. Guggino, Christopher M. Penland, Harvey B. Pollard, Eric J. Sorscher, William R. Skach, Philip J. Thomas, Gergely L. Lukacs, and Raymond A. Frizzell 21. Evaluation of the Disease Liability of CFTR Variants Patrick R. Sosnay, Carlo Castellani, Mary Corey, Ruslan Dorfman, Julian Zielenski, Rachel Karchin, Christopher M. Penland, and Garry R. Cutting


The vane swirler separator is widely used in the separation process of wet natural gas owing to a small volume, high efficiency, economy, and environmental protection. In addition to the separation efficiency, the pressure drop is also an important technical and operational index for evaluating the performance of the swirler. In this study, the pressure drop of a swirler vane separator was studied through laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. Through the visualization experimental study of the liquid membrane formation rule and its movement pattern, the reduced gas velocity on the pressure drop was divided into three stages. For a gas superficial velocity less than 5.69 m/s, the effect of gas superficial velocity on the pressure drop was small; for a gas superficial velocity greater than 16.57 m/s, the pressure drop increased significantly with an increase in gas flow rate, and the maximum pressure drop was generated by the two-stage swirler, downstream of which the pressure decreased precipitously. We also observed that when the liquid volume content was less than 3%, the gas superficial velocity was the dominant factor affecting the change in the pressure drop. The average relative error of the pressure drop prediction model based on the conservation of the energy law was 6.16%, which indicated a high calculation accuracy.


ABSTRACT The minimum land price (MLP) regulation that China introduced in 2007 provides a quasi-experiment to investigate how government intervention in the land market influences the intensity with which industrial land is used, which has received limited attention in existing literature. Using a difference-in-difference strategy, our estimates show that an exogenous increase in the price of industrial land induced by the MLP regulation's introduction significantly increased industrial land-use intensity by putting more capital on same amount of land. The findings from this paper therefore suggest that MLP regulation as an incentive-based policy instrument is effective for promoting land-use intensity.


It is a great pleasure to me to come on this occasion, which is the first Conference arranged by a professional society in Caithness. I am grateful to The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society for inviting me. Here in Caithness the greatest atomic interest must centre on the fast reactor development at Dounreay.


Purpose: The purpose of this work was to: (1) investigate the response of gEUD to varying levels of dose heterogeneity and (2) develop and test a method for assigning gEUD objectives for target ROIs. Method and Materials: A total of six hypothetical target dDVHs were generated by randomly sampling (106 times) from Gaussian probability density functions centered at 55, 60 and 65 Gy with standard deviations of 5% and 10%. gEUD was calculated for each simulated dDVH using an a‐parameter that increased (decreased) from 1 (−1) to 20 (−20). Based on the results of this exercise we developed a windowing technique for defining gEUD optimization objectives for target ROIs. The technique uses the min and max EUD objectives as defined in the Pinnacle3treatment planning system. Two cases were used to test the new technique: (1) a treatment planning phantom that incorporated a PTV66 within a PTV54 and (2) a left para‐pharyngeal head‐and‐neck case. Two plans were generated for each case; the first using only dose volume (DV) objectives and the second using the gEUD windowing technique. Results: PTV results are presented as the percent difference in maximum (ΔDmax) and mean (ΔDmean) dose normalized to the prescription dose. The planning phantom PTV54 results were as follows: Δ D max = 1.2% and Δ D mean = 0.2% . The planning phantom PTV66 results were as follows: Δ D max = 0.4% and Δ D mean = 0.5% . The results for the left para‐pharyngeal PTV50 were as follows: Δ D max = 1.4% and Δ D mean = 0.5% . Conclusion: The gEUD windowing technique was shown to produce equivalent target coverage to plans derived using only DV objectives. One benefit to using this technique is the subsequent availability of DV objectives for target ROIs. Including gEUD objectives into routine IMRT planning will provide planners with more options and should facilitate better plans.


A preprocessing method for multivariate data called Orthogonal Signal Correction(OSC) is introduced. This method combines O-PLSalgorithm with nonlinear iterative partial least-squares algorithm. This algorithm is used to a fundamental structure of BP network. This paperproposes a novel BP network model based on O-PLS algorithm. The weights initialization and the member of hidden nodes are set by applying theloading weights and factor numbers of O-PLS algorithm. Performances of the BP, PLS, and PLS-BP are analyzed and compared for instance. Theresult shows that the PLS-BP has better fitting and forecast than BP, PLS.


A broadband and high gain Fermi antenna by utilizing a broadband microstrip (MS)-tocoplanar stripline (CPS) balun is presented on low dielectric permittivity substrate. This antenna exhibits the ultra-wideband performance for the frequency range of over 110 GHz with the high antenna gain, low sidelobe levels and narrow beamwidth. This antenna can be alternatives to costeffective millimeter-wave imaging systems and phased-arrays.


A two-step sequence for the asymmetric formal α-allylation of nitroalkanes is disclosed. This new methodology relies on the development of a highly diastereo- and enantioselective conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to vinylic 2-phenyl-1H-tetrazol-5-ylsulfones using chiral triaminoiminophosphorane as a requisite base catalyst and subsequent Julia-Kocienski olefination under kinetic conditions.


The thesis aims at the current practice of stair design in frame structure,and proposes some prac-tical measures to increase the safety level of stair structural components based on case study on 5.12 earth-quake,study on Code for seismic design of buildings(2008 Edition) and years of experience on construction drawing design and review.It serves as reference for people working in structure design,construction drawing review,and other relevant fields.


Abstract We classify commutative algebraic monoid structures on normal affine surfaces over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. The answer is given in two languages: comultiplications and Cox coordinates. The result follows from a more general classification of commutative monoid structures of rank 0, n-1n-1 or 𝑛 on a normal affine variety of dimension 𝑛.


Complex satellite lines flanking the central e.s.r. spectra of vanadyl tartrate complexes in aqueous solution are interpreted in terms of triplet–singlet transitions made weakly allowed because of the large hyperfine coupling. Two distinct complexes were detected, one having J≈ 1190 G, favoured in the pH range 3–5, and the other having J≈ 680 G, reaching a maximum in the pH range 2–4. Their composition appears to be two vanadyl ions to each tartrate. Attempts to detect similar satellites using other ligands and other cations have failed.


The effective spare parts storage management can not only make the equipments run in time but also cut down the spare parts capital and improve the economic benefit for the corporation.By the implementation of the spare parts storage management,the storage can be optimized so that it will not take up too much current funds and influence the timely repairment because of shortage.


PurposeThis study seeks to determine the effects of stay-at-home orders in Spring 2020 on COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Central USA by comparing counties and health service areas that were and that were not subject to statewide orders.Design/methodology/approachThis study estimates the effects of statewide stay-at-home orders on new COVID-19 cases and deaths within 19 central states, of which 14 had stay-at-home orders. It uses synthetic control analysis and nearest neighbor matching to estimate the effects at two geographic levels: counties and health service areas.FindingsStatewide stay-at-home orders significantly reduced the number of new COVID-19 cases in the Central USA starting about three weeks after their effective dates; during the fourth week after their effective dates, the orders reduced the number of new cases per capita by 31%–57%. Statewide stay-at-home orders did not reduce the number of new COVID-19 deaths in the Central USA.Social implicationsThe main purpose of stay-at-home orders in Spring 2020 was to "flatten the curve" so that hospitalizations would not exceed capacity. It is likely that stay-at-home orders in the Central USA reduced hospitalizations to some extent, although the effect on hospitalizations was likely smaller than the effect on cases.Originality/valueThis is the first study of stay-at-home orders in the USA to limit the population to a group of interior states. All coastal states had statewide stay-at-home orders and comparing coastal states with orders to interior states without them may be problematic.


Let G be a finite group, and suppose χ is a character of G obtained by inducing an irreducible character of some subgroup of G. If χ is faithful, we show that some irreducible constituent of χ has a solvable kernel. This yields an improved version of a theorem of Evdokimov and Ponomarenko.


The practice of variable-selection in multiple linear regression is examined both logically and statistically in terms of the major objectives of regression analysis. It is argued that in addition to goodness-of-fit considerations, due attention should ..


The invention relates to a connector of oil pipes of an oil tank, which comprises a connecting sleeve, a moveable joint, an elbow pipe, an external thread connecting end and the like. The connector ischaracterized in that: one end of the elbow pipe is designed into an external thread which is connected with the oil pipe, and an inner hole of the other end of the elbow pipe is embedded with the connecting sleeve with an internal thread, wherein the connecting sleeve is connected with the moveable joint which connects an oil delivery pipe. The connector of the invention has the advantages of firm structure, convenient use, no drop of oil pipes, good seal effect and the like.


A fusing device for fusing a predetermined toner image on paper, and which controls the heating range of a fusing unit by inputting an eddy current generated by a transformer to a terminal corresponding to the size of paper selected from a plurality of terminals of the fusing unit. The fusing device includes a power supply unit to which a predetermined alternating current is input and which generates an induced current in response to the input alternating current, a fusing unit being resistance-heated and induction-heated by the induced current and fusing the toner image on the paper using the generated heat, and a controller for controlling the induced current supplied to the fusing unit according to the size of the paper.


Background The purposes of this study were to review possible causes of reexpansion pulmonary edema (RPE) and to attempt to explain atypical distributions of RPE after drainage of Jarge pleural effusions. Methods Five patients had focal RPE after routine drainage of large pleural effusions. In these cases, pleural effusion did not completely fill the hemithorax, and part or all of the ipsilateral upper lobe remained aerated. Reexpansion was accomplished by chest tube drainage with −20 cm H2O suction in four cases and by percutaneous needle aspiration without application of negative intrapleural suction in one Results In all five cases, RPE developed in the portion of the lung that had been collapsed but did not develop in the portion of the lung that remained aerated. Conclusions This suggests that hypoxic injury to the atelectatic lung, rather than mechanical stress, is the most plausible explanation for RPE.


Part 1: pipe lagging Insertion loss for drainage pipes in residential and non-residential buildings review of different standards (EN 14 366 versus ASTM E 1222) used in Americas and Europe ways of optimization: benefits of multilayers. Best practices: examples of project references. More detail information on request Part 2: fan coil and duct lagging Fan coil: how to reduce sound power level? Iso standard ISO 3741 New optimization path with examples Duct lagging: how to reduce breakdown noise? Frequencies spectrum optimization Best practices More detail information on request.


Process for preparing a derivative of L-phenylalanine represented by the formula (1) ** (See formula) ** wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 represent, each independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group whose alkyl group is a linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cyano group, a nitro group, a halogen , NR 6 R 7 wherein R 6 and R 7 represent, each independently, hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R 6 and R 7 can form a ring having 3 and 5 carbon atoms and may contain said ring having one heteroatom, or a phenyl group which may have a substituent, provided that R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 are not hydrogen at the same time, which comprises reacting at least one microorganism belonging to either gender Cladosporium, gender Eurotium, Thanatephorus gender and gender Gonatobotryum, an ingredient of the microorganism or material treated with the microorganism in the presence of ammonia and cinnamic acid derivative represented by the following formula (2): ** (See formula) ** in which symbols have the same meanings as defined above.


A field based non-destructive hardness method is being developed to determine plastic strain in steel elements subjected to seismic loading. The focus of this study is on the active links of eccentrically braced frames (EBFs). The 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquake series, especially the very intense February 22 shaking, which was the first earthquake worldwide to push complete EBF systems into their inelastic state, generating a moderate to high level of plastic strain in EBF active links for a range of buildings from 3 to 23 storeys in height. Plastic deformation was confined to the active links. This raised two important questions: what was the extent of plastic deformation and what effect does that have on post-earthquake steel properties? A non-destructive hardness test method is being used to determine a relationship between hardness and plastic strain in active link beams. Active links from the earthquake affected, 23-storey Pacific Tower building in Christchurch are being analysed in the field and laboratory. Test results to date show clear evidence that this method is able to give a good relationship between plastic strain and demand. This paper presents significant findings from this project to investigate the relationship between hardness and plastic strain that warrant publication prior to the completion of the project. Principal of these is the discovery that hot rolled steel beams carry manufacturing induced plastic strains, in regions of the webs, of up to 5%.


【Objective】 To establish a typical,reliable animal model with higher success rate for severe acute pancreatitis(SAP) in rats.【Methods】 Thirty-six male SD rats were randomly divided into control group and model group(18 in each).For control group rat abdomen was only opened and sutured without giving any other treatment,and for rats of model group 3.5% sodium taurocholate was retrogradely injected into biliopancreatic duct through duodenal wall.At 3,6 and 12 hours after operation,ascites,blood samples and tissue samples were obtained respectively.Then volume and color of the ascites,the serum amylase and lipase were measured.General and histological changes of pancreas were evaluated by the corresponding Hughes and Rongione score system【.Results】 Compared with control group,the levels of serum amylase and lipase,the ascites volume,general and histological scores in model group were significantly higher at each time point(P 0.05).【Conclusion】 Severe acute pancreatitis rat model is successfully induced by retrograde injection of 3.5% sodium taurocholate into biliopancreatic duct through duodenal wall.It minimizes the trauma and might be a typical,reliable model with high success rate.Our results showed that it is an ideal severe acute pancreatitis animal model for recommendation.


An ultrastructural and morphometric study compared Langerhans' cells in sacral epidermis, 8–10 cm from the lesion of patients (mean age 70) with decubital ulcers, with those in the patients' own normal epidermis from the upper leg and with those in the epidermis from the upper leg of normal age‐matched volunteers. The Langerhans' cell section area was significantly lower in patients' control leg epidermis (25.86 ± 2.29 μm2) than in that from normal controls (35.74 ± 3.76 μm2) or that from patients' sacral epidermis near the lesion (41.26 ± 3.45). The number of Langerhans' cell granules was higher in control leg epidermis of patients (10.22 ± 1.26) and was significantly higher in lesioned sacral epidermis (12.94 ± 1.90) than in normal controls (6.97 ± 1.47). In Langerhans' cells in patients' epidermis, formative stages of Langerhans' cell granules were observed. The findings may indicate that Langerhans' cells in patients' epidermis are in an active state.


Background: India is amongst one of the high multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries globally with a huge contribution given by the state of Uttar Pradesh. Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, initiated in 2007 has taken over the disorganized and unsupervised treatment practice in India. However, regular scrutiny is required which points out both its success and failure. Aim & Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate final treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients on standard Category IV regimen Settings and Design: Retrospective analysis was done using secondary data from medical records of all patients. Methods and Material: Data of all MDR-TB patients registered under RNTCP at King George's Medical University, Lucknow from 2013 to 2016 was collected. Demographic details along with pre-defined treatment outcomes were recorded (cured, treatment completed, death, treatment failure, treatment default and transfer to higher centre). Statistical analysis used: Descriptive statistics using numbers and percentage. Results: The records of 3580 MDR tuberculosis patients registered at drug resistant tuberculosis centre in King George's Medical University from January 2013 to December 2016 were included which consisted of 67%males and 33%female. Mean age of presentation was 31.17 years (95% CI 30.75-31.59). Mean weight of patients was 40.16 kg (95% CI 39.89-40.43). Year wise distribution of registered cases from 2013 to 2016 was 611, 799, 984 and 1186 patients respectively. Amongst 3580 patients, 30.39% were declared cured, 25.50% completed treatment, 21.39% died, 0.84% showed treatment failure, 12.54% were defaulters, 2.35% were transferred out to higher centre, 6.5% were shifted to regimen for Extensive drug resistant (EDR) TB, 0.16% patients needed to stop treatment due to ADR and 0.33% patient were still on treatment. Conclusion: The treatment success rate of MDR?TB patients is still low. Measures to improve treatment adherence as in National tuberculosis elimination programme (NTEP) attempts to further improve the success rate.


This paper studies the embedded face recognition system design principles,focusing on the feature extraction of face recognition,feature dimension reduction and identification technology,and gives the embedded face recognition complete system design.Using a specific face image data on the design of the face recognition system simulation experiments,the experimental results show that,compared with the PC framework of the face recognition system,embedded face recognition system has improved face recognition average correct rate and efficiency,easy to carry,have very high commercial value.


This work demonstrates an approach towards the understanding of multi-scale and open-circuit localised electrochemical processes of AA2024-T3 in the presence and absence of an environmentally friendly rare-earth inhibitor; cerium diphenyl phosphate (Ce(dpp)3). At high temporal resolution, a wire bean electrode (WBE) made from 100 identical AA2024-T3 wires revealed sudden increases in galvanic anodic and cathodic activities immediately after dosing of 50 and 100 ppm of the inhibitor and an overall suppression of macro-scale activities by increasing the inhibitor concentration to 200 ppm, suggesting it as a fast-screening tool for inhibitors and measuring inhibition efficiency. At high spatial resolutions, scanning probe electrochemical techniques confirmed local activation of corroding microstructures on individual AA2024-T3 wires similarly by dosing the inhibitor up to 100 ppm. In agreement with WBE findings, the effective shutdown of both anodic and cathodic activities occurred after increasing the inhibitor concentration to 200 ppm confirming the optimal concentration of the Ce(dpp)3 and the mixed mode inhibition mechanism of this selected inhibitor on AA2024-T3.


emetine in the treatment of intestinal amcebiasis ls extensive and the general consensus of opinion With regard to it may be summed up as follows :?-Firstly, that emetine injections are by ^r the most satisfactory immediate line of treatment of an acute attack of amoebic dysentery; and, secondly, that emetine therapy is generally a failure in the treatment of chronic intestinal amcebiasis and the carrier condition. Our own experience during the past 20 years confirms these views. This paper is based on M05 cases of intestinal amcebiasis treated by the senior author in the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases. In India, when amoebic dysentery is diagnosed 0r even if Entamoeba histolytica is not discovered and a diagnosis is made on purely clinical grounds, emetine injections are often given ^mediately and a course of nine injections is Prescribed. We have also seen emetine being administered even when the case is evidently not acute amoebic infection, but belongs to the bacillary variety. The reason for such use is that emetine has got remarkable properties of alleviating the distressing symptoms occurring ln acute dysenteric infections of all kinds.


In the prehistoric Southwest, subsistence practices connect the exploitation of natural resources with the production of food and commodities. To recognize the importance of Zea mays, Phaseolus, and Cucurbita (corn, beans and squash) to subsistence, this paper explores wild and domesticated plants used during the 12th and 13th century occupations of Aztec Ruins. Research carried out on experimental plots starting in September 2013 was designed 1) to determine which resources were being exploited, 2) for what purposes, and 3) make analogies, using experimental archaeology, for the productivity of prehistoric subsistence resources. It was found that domesticated plants were integrated into the agricultural complex and subsistence was augmented by wild foods like beeweed and pricklypear fruit, and additionally that some wild resources (e.g. yucca) were cultivated for fiber. A diverse mix of plants were necessary to satisfy the demands for fiber, food, and shelter as well as art and aesthetics among the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied Aztec Ruins.


Along with the rapid globalization of companies, the globalization of software development has become a reality. Many software projects are now distributed in diverse sites across the globe. The distance between these sites creates several problems that did not exist for previously collocated teams. Problems with the coordination of the activities, as well as with the communication between team members, emerge. Many collaborative software engineering tools that have been used to date, in global software development projects, exhibit a fundamental paradox: they are meant to support the collaborative activity of software development, but cause individuals and groups to work more or less independently from one another. The underlying issue is that existing software engineering tools, such as configuration management repositories, issue trackers, and workflow engines, separate time and tasks in concrete but isolated process steps. Designing tools based on the premise that human activities can be codified and that periodic resynchronization of tasks is an easy step reflects poor understanding of human nature. We therefore propose a new approach to supporting collaborative work called Continuous Coordination. Underlying Continuous Coordination is the premise that humans must not and cannot have their method of collaboration rigidly dictated, but should be supported flexibly with both the tools and the information to coordinate their activities and to collaborate in their activities as they see fit. In this paper, we define the concept of Continuous Coordination, introduce our work to date in building prototypes that support the Continuous Coordination paradigm in the context of Global Software Development, and set out a further research agenda to be pursued.


Previous studies (1) have indicated that a-GP' is an important intermediate in the incorporation of radioactive inorganic phosphate into a phosphatide fraction of rat liver. The dependence of the incorporation on oxidative phosphorylation and the marked stimulation by the addition of free glycerol suggested that the first stages in this reaction sequence were the conversion of radioactive orthophosphate to ATP by oxidative phosphorylation and the subsequent phosphorylation of glycerol by the radioactive ATP so generated. Evidence in support of this reaction sequence will be presented in this paper, in which will be described the purification and properties of an enzyme from rat liver which catalyzes the following reaction.


Su Shi's Meditating on the Past at Chibi to the Melody of Niannujiao contains neither positive nor negative contradictions. Its basic gist is looking on history and life with the view on natural ecology. This conforms to Su Shi's outlook on literature and life, and to his personal experience. His achievements in literature and political career shows that the view on natural ecology has its own significance.


We argue that an arbitrary general relativistic static anisotropic fluid sphere, (static and spherically symmetric but with transverse pressure not equal to radial pressure), can nevertheless be successfully mimicked by suitable linear combinations of theoretically attractive and quite simple classical matter: a classical (charged) isotropic perfect fluid, a classical electromagnetic field, and a classical (minimally coupled) scalar field. While the most general decomposition is not unique, a preferred minimal decomposition can be constructed that is unique. We show how the classical energy conditions for the anisotropic fluid sphere can be related to energy conditions for the isotropic perfect fluid, electromagnetic field, and scalar field components of the model. Furthermore we show how this decomposition relates to the distribution of both electric charge density and scalar charge density throughout the model. The generalized TOV equation implies that the perfect fluid component in this model is automatically in internal equilibrium, with pressure forces, electric forces, and scalar forces balancing the gravitational pseudo-force. Consequently, we can build theoretically attractive matter models that can be used to mimic almost any static spherically symmetric spacetime.


Whether we teach or advise students-and some would say advisors are teaching-we have a responsibility to enhance students' collegiate learning experiences by understanding who they are and what needs they have. The adult learner is not an exception to this assumption. While much variation exists in defining and categorizing the adult learner, what we do know for sure is that adult learners are a unique and diverse group of individuals. Today's diverse group of adult learners comes to higher education from many walks of life. Some are displaced workers, transitioning from the industrial to the information age. They may be facing career changes at a time in their lives when they thought they would be planning for retirement. Adult learners include women who delayed their educational pursuits until after raising their children or providing for aging parents. Some adult learners have retired from one career and have embarked on another, thus requiring retraining or education. And, minority students and others who could not afford education in earlier years are seeking to enhance their skills and abilities. While there may be those who consider adult students to be less effective or successful than traditional aged students, Richardson and King (1998) refer to an Australian study that indicates that adult students "perform better overall than normal age students, that they have a positive influence on the course, and that their tutorial contribution is considerably better than that of normal age students" (p. 69). They dispute the negative myths about adult students and surmise that biological and maturational factors are less important than life experiences. Adult learners have much to offer to the educational arena, including their experiential learning and other ways of knowing. Instructors and advisors have a responsibility to offer these students a positive, successful educational experience. Human relationships are a key factor in experiencing a great college education (Light, 2001). Light encourages a partnership between the advisor and student that goes beyond basic course scheduling to a plan that fosters personal growth and development. Thus, higher education is experiencing a shift from prescriptive (course scheduling) advising to developmental academic advising, taking a holistic approach to student advising (Strommer, 1995). Poison (1994) defines developmental advising as an "institutional lifeline" (p. 21). It is through this institutional lifeline that students can have successful collegiate experiences as well as plan and prepare for fulfilling and rewarding careers, regardless of their age or numerous reasons for returning to higher education. Polson (1994) posits, "Adults perhaps more than any other student population need someone within the institution who cares" (p. 22). So how do we as educators and academic advisors build relationships with adult students that facilitate a successful collegiate experience? Do we offer them run-of-the-mill prescriptive academic advising or do we take a more personal approach, offering them a developmental academic advising experience? Do we understand the difference between prescriptive and developmental academic advising? And, do administrators recognize the value of this advising approach and provide the academic and student support services to support it? Advising Concepts Prescriptive academic advising merely addresses course selection and academic regulations. It is a one-way street--the advisor holds the control and the power. Prescriptive advising is an event that limits the student to the advisor's choices. Developmental advising is a process. The advisor empowers the student to explore all options and participate fully in the decision-making process. Prescriptive advising directs and dictates, thus empowering the advisor. Developmental advising facilitates and guides, thus strengthening the advisor/advisee relationship and empowering the student for personal, academic, and career success. …


In South Africa there is an increasing public health concern for the HIV/AIDS pandemic coupled with high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence. The progression of these infectious diseases compliments each other to produce a deadly synergistic effect. This results in devastating morbidity and mortality in communities suffering from HIV/AIDS-TB co-infection. HIV/AIDS-TB spells economic disaster for developing countries, nearly 30% of the annual household income[16]. We use a epidemiological model to explore the co-infection transmission dynamics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in South Africa, specifically in adults aged 15-49. We analyze our model to gauge the extent to which the HIV/AIDS epidemic accentuates the TB epidemic. Will the TB epidemic persist without the presence or prevalence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Our parameter values are estimated from demographic data. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis are employed to determine the parameter value(s) to which the basic reproductive number is most sensitive. We run numerical simulations to predict future trends of both the HIV/AIDS and TB epidemics.


Theory and Principles, D.J. Allan and H. Moore Power Transformers, H.J. Sim and S.H. Digby Distribution Transformers, D.L. Galloway, D. Mulkey, and A.L. Wilks Phase-Shifting Transformers, G. Preininger Rectifier Transformers, S.P. Kennedy Dry-Type Transformers, C.W. Johnson, Jr. Instrument Transformers, R. Mullikin Step-Voltage Regulators, C.A. Colopy Constant-Voltage Transformers, A. Maitra, A. Gaikwad, A. Mansoor, D. Dorr, and R. Ferraro Transformers for Wind Turbine Generators and Photovoltaic Applications, D.E. Buckmaster and H. Shertukde Reactors, R.F. Dudley, M. Sharp, A. Castanheira, and B.B. Biglar Insulating Media, T.A. Prevost, D.L. Hanson, L.J. Savio, and T. Haupert Electrical Bushings, L.B. Wagenaar Tap Changers and Smart Intelligent Controls, D. Dohnal, A. Kraemer, and K. Viereck Loading and Thermal Performance, R.F. Tillman, Jr. and D.A. Duckett Transformer Connections, S. Shull and D.D. Perco Transformer Testing, S.P. Mehta and W.R. Henning Load-Tap-Change Control and Transformer Paralleling, J.H. Harlow Power Transformer Protection, A. Guzman, H.J. Altuve, and G. Benmouyal Causes and Effects of Transformer Sound Levels, J.L. Puri Transient-Voltage Response of Coils and Windings, R.C. Degeneff Transformer Installation and Maintenance, T.D. Kabrich Problem and Failure Investigation, W.B. Binder and H. Moore On-Line Monitoring of Liquid-Immersed Transformers, G.R. Hoffman U.S. Power Transformer Equipment Standards and Processes, P.J. Hopkinson


Plasma treatment is based on the physico-chemical changes of the material surface and as an ecologically and economically acceptable process it can be an attractive alternative to conventional modifications. The possibilities of plasma technology application to the modification of polymer and textile materials are discussed. Different specific properties of the material can be achieved by plasma cleaning, etching, functionalization or polymerization. The final effects are strongly influenced by the treatment parameters (treatment time, pressure, power, gas flow), the applied gas and nature of the material. The plasma treatment of polymers is predominantly focused on cleaning and activation of the surfaces to increase adhesion, binding, wettability, dye ability and printability. Current studies deal more with plasma polymerization where an ultra thin film of plasma polymer is deposited on the material surface and, depending on the applied monomer, different specific properties can be obtained (i.e. chemical and thermal resistance, abrasion resistance, antireflexion, water repellence, etc.). Plasma application to textiles is mostly oriented toward wool and synthetic fibres, though some studies also consider cotton, hemp, flax and silk. The main goal of plasma treatment is to impart a more hydrophilic fibre surface and accordingly increase wettability, dye ability, printability and particularly, shrink resistance in the case of wool. Recent studies have favored technical textiles, where plasma polymerization can offer a wide range of opportunities.


The relocation of informal social structures called "Camps" nowadays is presented as a problem of the first order. Although these urban settlements respond to temporary or transitory structures, they have forged an urban problematic of complexity in front of the territorial planning of the fabric of the city by formal actors. It is a fact that parallel to the existence of the city built from formal institutional actors, there have inherently been spontaneous settlements of irregular origin within the city, that is why this study is based on relocation of camps in the municipality of La Pintana in Chile, through a multi-criteria analysis based on a modeling model through the Arcgis 10.3 software.


The article emphasizes the importance of QR codes as the main tool of a teacher in teaching a language. Computer platforms for working with QR codes are described. In general, the effectiveness of QR codes in language learning is described in detail.


Pesticides impart a crucial role for the improvement of food production according to the requirement of world population. However, pesticide use also has created concern regarding effect on the environment and the potentially toxic residues remaining in the food chain. This study assessed the knowledge and practice of pesticide use among raw food sellers in Bodija market, Ibadan. A cross -sectional study was conducted using all the registered 400 Beans Sellers and 720 Maize Sellers in the market. Majority (60%) of the respondents had good knowledge on pesticide use. Most (66.7%) of the food sellers that sell in retails had good pesticide application practice while only 45.6% of those selling in whole sale had good practice. The association was statistically significant. (χ2 = 7.977, p=0.019). After adjusting for other variables, the predictors of good practice in pesticide application were level of education and the type of food sold.


Although liquid-based cervical cytology has become a standard technique for cervical cancer screening, evidence that it is better than conventional


We introduce and study two subclasses of multivalent functions denoted by and . Further, by using the method of differential subordination, certain inclusion relations between the two subclasses aforementioned are given. Moreover, several consequences of the main results are also discussed.


Background The inherently high stiffness of locked plate constructs is increasingly recognized as a potential cause of deficient healing observed in patients with periarticular locked plating systems. The objective of this study is to perform a biomechanical comparison of distal femur locked plating systems. Methods Biomechanical study using bone substitutes in a distal femur fracture model (OTA/AO 33-A3). Four different locked plate fixation systems were compared (AxSOS, LCP, PERI-LOC, POLYAX). Eight bone implant constructs of each plating system were evaluated in a multiple testing model to examine static failure, stiffness under static and cyclic loading and cyclic fatigue. Results The implant systems made of titanium alloy (POLYAX & LCP) supported smaller torsional stiffness values under static loads and smaller axial stiffness values under cyclic loads compared with the implant systems made of stainless steel (PERI-LOC & AxSOS). All bone implant constructs reached the cyclic failure criterion of 10 degrees displacement at the fracture area within the third load level (>50000 cycles) except for the LCP which failed earlier. Conclusion The tested four different locked plating systems differ significantly in terms of stiffness and load to failure. Two of the clinical available systems differed almost 100% in stiffness values. And one system differed almost 100% in fatigue strength. For clinical use, this knowledge is essential for the practicing orthopaedic surgeon.


241 Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing advanced stage melanoma patients with liver metastases treated with anti-PD-1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) versus ipilimumab/ nivolumab by progression free survival. n = 87 Abstract 241 Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing advanced stage melanoma patients with liver metastases treated with anti-PD-1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) versus ipilimumab/ nivolumab by overall survival. n = 87 Abstract 241 Figure 1 Forest plot for progression free survival in all advanced stage (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) or combination ipilimumab/nivolumab (Ipi/Nivo). n = 327 Abstracts241 Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing advanced stage melanoma patients with liver metastases treated with anti-PD-1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) versus ipilimumab/ nivolumab by overall survival. n = 87 Abstract 241 Figure 1 Forest plot for progression free survival in all advanced stage (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma patients treated with anti-PD-1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) or combination ipilimumab/nivolumab (Ipi/Nivo). n = 327 Abstracts J Immunother Cancer 2020;8(Suppl 3):A1–A559 A143 Abstract 241 Figure 6 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing advanced stage melanoma patients without liver metastases treated with anti-PD1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) versus ipilimumab/ nivolumab by overall survival. n = 240241 Figure 6 Kaplan-Meier curves comparing advanced stage melanoma patients without liver metastases treated with anti-PD1 monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) versus ipilimumab/ nivolumab by overall survival. n = 240 Conclusions In melanoma patients treated with PD-1 inhibitorbased regimens, the presence of LM leads to poorer survival outcomes. Our study suggests the poor prognosis associated with LM can be substantially mitigated by treatment with combination I/N over anti-PD-1 monotherapy. Further studies are warranted to investigate the anti-immunotherapy effect associated with LM. Ethics Approval The study was approved by the University of Michigan institutional ethical guidelines and patients' consents were waived following Institutional Review Board protocol review (HUM00156014). REFERENCE 1. Bilen MA, Shabto JM, Martini DJ, et al. Sites of metastasis and association with clinical outcome in advanced stage cancer patients treated with immunotherapy. BMC Cancer 2019; 19(1):857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2020-SITC2020.0241 242 MONITORING MDSC – A HURDLE TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINTS INHIBITORS Damien Montamat-Sicotte*, Laetitia Cortes, Virginia Litwin, Henry Hepburne-Scott, Phoebe Bonner. Caprion Biosciences, Montreal, Canada; Serametrix, Carlsbad, CA,


INTRODUCTION: In this paper, a remote injury diagnosis system for Wushu competition based on wireless sensor network is designed to improve the safety of athletes in the process of Wushu competition.
OBJECTIVES: Improve the safety of athletes during martial arts competitions.
METHODS: The pulse sensor, temperature sensor and ECG sensor are set as the terminal nodes of the remote injury diagnosis system for Wushu competition. The physiological parameters of athletes in Wushu competition are collected by the sensor, and the collected parameters are transmitted to the wireless RF module. The wireless RF module uses the wireless sensor network to realize the wireless communication of various parameter data through the routing node and terminal node, and transmits the data to the remote diagnosis module. The remote diagnosis module uses the collected physiological parameters of athletes to realize the remote diagnosis of injury in Wushu competition through particle swarm optimization-support vector machine diagnosis model.
RESULTS: The experimental results show that the designed system can remotely collect the physiological parameters of athletes in Wushu competition, and remotely diagnose the injury of Wushu competition according to the collected data, and the diagnosis accuracy is as high as 99%.
CONCLUSION: It has good safety performance and is of practical significance.


Objective:To investigate the model of syndrome diagnostic criteria of diffuse interstitial lung disease(DILD).Methods:Based on method of epidemiological investigation,475 patients' data of DILD collected.Artificial neural network(ANN) and fuzzy system(FS) was used to build adaptive fuzzy inference system model,based on dynamic Kohonen network.And test the reliability of the model by Fisher-iris.At last,the model was used for clinical data mining,based on basic theories of Chinese medicine,access to common syndromes diagnostic criteria of DILD,and legitimacy tested.Results:There are five common syndromes of DILD,such as syndrome of phlegm and blood stasis obstructing lung,syndrome of deficiency of both qi and yin of lung and kidney,syndrome of lung-kidney qi deficiency,syndrome of phlegm-heat blocking pulmonary and syndrome of phlegm-dampness obstruct lung.Syndrome diagnostic criteria diagnosis rate is 73.8%.Conclusion:The model is applicable to TCM diagnostic criteria research,its methods is reasonable,and results is reliable.


An estimated 19 million cancer survivors is projected by 2024, an increase of 31%.1 Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Latina/Hispanic women (incidence rate 93.0 per 100,000) with a 5-year cause-specific survival rate of 87.0%.2,3 Over two-thirds of Latina women diagnosed with breast cancer experience distress such as depression and anxiety4,5, which can negatively impact quality of life, treatment adherence, and overall survivorship. Yet, mental health services are underutilized, especially among Latinos. An examination of two exploratory studies with Latina breast cancer survivors (LBCS) revealed an emerging, culturally informed theme of nondisclosure and secrecy surrounding cancer diagnosis that exacerbated distress. This presentation examined non-disclosure and secrecy among LBCS and its role in cancer survivorship and mental health. For this study, nondisclosure refers to not sharing personal information to others (e.g., formal and informal supports). Methods


The structure of Pulse load is complicated and the load characteristics is closely related to the work mode, in order to study the micro grid operation characteristics under pulse load and the different parameters of pulse load on the influence of the micro grid operation characteristics. This paper built a test system of diesel generator sets and pulse load and established the pulse load simulator, and defined the calculation formula of the voltage fluctuation under the premise of considering the system frequency fluctuation. Analyzed the influence law on voltage and frequency fluctuation , power transmission efficiency and the voltage distortion degree in different working mode of pulse load through changed the duty ratio, working cycle and peak power. Results show that the micro grid operation characteristics has a great relationship with the operation mode of pulse load, and different pulse load parameters on the micro grid operation characteristics of the influence law and degree is different. Introduction Diesel generator is an important form of mobile equipment power supply, can be used as an important backup power supply, but also an important power supply micro-power grid. With a small size, start quickly, reliable power supply, easy maintenance features. In the practical application has been widely used. The pulse period is usually tens or hundreds of milliseconds, the power consumption is not stable, showing a typical pulse characteristics, with a low average power, Peak power of the characteristics of large. Different from the single load at start and stop, the pulse load not only has an impact on the power supply at start-up and shutdown, but also in the normal operation, the power line is repeatedly loaded and unloaded due to the power mutation. Of the change, thus affecting the power output characteristics. In the study of microgrid system with pulse load, the working mechanism of pulse load is studied in [1], and three kinds of pulse load structures which can be used for experimental analysis are designed, which lays the foundation for carrying out pulse load test and theoretical research. [2] An integrated power system with pulse load is established, and the influencing factors of system steady state are analyzed by simulation. In the literature [3], a single small-capacity generator in the ship's power system is used as the research background. The system voltage and current are analyzed by modeling and simulation. [4] The active control of the microgrid under pulsed load is studied. In view of the overcurrent phenomenon that may occur in the diesel power supply system, the method of improving the stability of the system through the reasonable energy storage control is put forward. The influence of the pulse load on the AC voltage and frequency is analyzed in the literature [5]. However, the above documents are based on the establishment of pulse load simulation model to analyze the pulse load on the impact of diesel generating units, not taking into account the actual output characteristics of diesel generating units by the running time of the heat a greater impact, and the governor and excitation The output voltage of the voltage regulator and the output voltage of the controllable rectifier are affected by the actual operating conditions, and there is a certain deviation from the simulation results under the ideal conditions. The above documents are not related to the pulse load in different operating modes, that is, the parameters of the pulse load Ratio D, duty cycle TS, peak power PL) changes on the operating characteristics of diesel generators for a detailed study of the This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Copyright © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. 172 Advances in Engineering Research (AER), volume 131 3rd Annual International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Information Science (EEEIS 2017)


Low-temperature 1H n.m.r. spectra of N-methyl and N,C-polymethyl derivatives of tetrahydro-1,3-oxazine and hexahydropyrimidine allow calculation of conformational equilibria and the rationalisation of steric and electronic effects on N-methyl inversion barriers.


The public service in Trinidad and Tobago is in need of streamlining and modernisation. In the 21st century the economic wellbeing of the country is tied into a global economy that demands entrepreneurship and quick and nimble business and administrative processes to retain a competitive advantage. In particular, Trinidad and Tobago needs to move from extracting ever diminishing hydro-carbon based natural resources such as oil and natural gas, to wealth creation through becoming a knowledge society, by marketing its collective intelligence and entrepreneurial acumen. This requires a well trained workforce and a civil administration that supports sustainable progress in all its social, commercial and political manifestations. This paper will describe the rationale, design, development and evaluation of a comprehensive programme of online training and development for secretarial, clerical and administrative staff, provided by The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) as a turnkey professional development solution. It also outlines the collaboration between a Government Ministry and a University and discusses the challenge such an educational technology initiative poses for the traditional system of skill and knowledge stratification as found in the Public Service occupational hierarchy in Trinidad and Tobago.


European Directive 96/22/EC, which controls veterinary residues in animals, does not permit the presence of synthetic growth promoters in products of animal origin or in livestock. Boldenone is categorized in class A3 (growth promoters — steroids) and is thus a banned substance. Testing of veal urine for banned substances is part of the European Union statutory programme for animals going into the food chain. In relation to this monitoring, three studies were conducted to investigate the apparent presence of the banned growth promoter boldenone in veal urine, which was suspected as being caused by interference from faecal contamination of the sample. In the first study, urine samples were collected at different times (time 0 and after 30 min) using (1) a conventional zoonotechnical apron and (2) a technique designed specifically to avoid faecal contamination ('kettle'). This resulted in samples that were, respectively, positive and negative for the presence of α-boldenone (α-BOL). In a second study, urine samples negative to α-BOL were collected from eight veal calves, but became positive after deliberate faecal contamination. In a third study, data obtained from the Italian RNP (Residual National Program) indicated that 18.1% of 3295 urine samples collected using the zootechnical apron were positive for α-BOL and 2.1% for β-boldenone (β-BOL), whilst of 902 samples collected using the kettle, β-BOL was not detected in any samples and only 0.2% were positive to α-BOL, in concentrations lower than 2 ng ml−1. These results further support the supposition that faecal contamination of the urine during sample collection can lead to false-positive results during boldenone analysis.