Both HIV infection and potent combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) have been linked to excess risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the present study, investigators evaluated how various CVD markers shift after initiation of ART.

Thirty-seven treatment-naive HIV-infected men were randomized to start receiving lopinavir/ritonavir plus either AZT/3TC or …


The statistical analysis and comparative analysis are used to analyze the development present situation of the modern logistics industry from aspects of logistics infrastructure,logistics demand,logistics development results,etc.The research shows that Gansu province modern logistics industry development,though already has certain base,compared with the other provinces,is in its early stages of development overally.


The present invention relates to a plastic mixture comprising a first thermoplastic polyurethane A or more kinds) and 1 impact resistance modified poly or more kinds of (meth) acrylates B), wherein the impact-resistant-modified poly (meth) acrylate has a glass transition temperature is the hard phase and a glass transition temperature less than 70 ℃ with -10 ℃ less soft segment (ductile phase), wherein the average particle size is less than 130 nm on the character, at least in part on the toughness is covalently bonded to a hard segment.


The superficial digital flexor muscle is succeded by its tendon, passing through the carpal canal, where it is enveloped by the carpal tendon sheath. The distal reflection of the carpal synovial sheath is about 6 ern below the carpal joint. The tendon gradually flattens and is surrounded by a thin paratenon covered only by skin. About 4 em above the meta-carpo phalangeal joint the tendon is enveloped by the digital synovial sheath. At this point the SFT forms a sleeve around the deep flexor tendon. The SFT inserts at the distal end of first phalanx and at the proximal end of second phalanx. The tendon unit, the fibre, consists of bundles of collagen fibrils lying between rows of tendon cells and encircled by their processes. These primary bundles are aggregated into larger bundles, tendon bundles (HAM 1969). Epitenon is a thin layer connective tissue which covers the tendon. It continues into the tendon as the endotenon, which separates tendon bundles and carries vessels, lymphatics and nerves. The tendon is surrounded by a layer of loose connective tissue, the paratenon. Where the tendon is exposed to increased friction or changes direction it is enveloped by a tendon sheath. The sheath consists of visceral and parietal layers forming a mesotenon and containing a synovia-like fluid (NISBET 1960, ELLIOTT 1965). The SFT is well accessable to palpation. The clinical signs of SFT lesions are well known. Degree of lameness may vary considerably. Usually there is a more or less evident fusiform swelling localized to the mid portion of the tendon. The swelling is usually painful on palpation and there is a more or less distinct rise in temperature over the site of lesion. Onset of clinical signs is usually sudden. Slight signs usually disappear within a few days, while severe signs persist for a long period of time.


End-stage renal disease (ESRD) has significantly increased in developing countries such as Egypt [1]. There are many sites for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. The most common sites for AVF are radio-cephalic AVF (RC-AVF) followed by brachio-cephalic AVF (BC-AVF) [2]. To date, there are no significant studies discussing the possible correlation between the AVF location and abnormalities in the right ventricle (RV) in hemodialysis (HD) patients.

 To determine the best location for AVF in order to ensure the least possible hazardous side effects of the AVF on the RV.

 Our study, designed as an interventional study, included 50 ESRD patients referred for primary AVF construction to start HD for the first time. Patients were divided into two groups, 25 patients each. one group underwent a RC-AVF construction and the other had a BC-AVF. We assessed the RV by two dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2D TTE) twice for each patient, firstly just before the AVF surgery and secondly three months after AVF construction.

 There was a statistically significant difference in between study groups regarding change in RV Tei index (p=0.001) with a decrease in the radial group (Mean ± SD = −0.19±0.2) and an increase in the brachial group (Mean ± SD = 0.02±0.12), and regarding the right ventricular outflow tract proximal diameter (p<0.001) with a decrease in the radial group (Mean ± SD = −2.32±5.49) and a larger increase in the brachial group (Mean ± SD = 2.94±3.14). Changes in the other RV dimensions and functional parameters did not show statistically significant difference.

 After three months follow up, despite the fact that all the RV parameters remained within the normal range, the RV indices with the RC-AVF were associated with either improvement or less decline than with the BC-AVF.

 Type of funding sources: None.


The necessity of development of flexibility of the students engaged in the taekwondo section have been analysed and proved in this article. The special complex of the exercises which regular use in the training process and extracurricular time stipulates improvement in the development of this physical quality has been worked out. Basic support has been done on exercises developing flexibility in groups of joints and muscles the most important for the persons engaged in taekwondo with health-improving orientation.


The paper discusses a new method of processing information in non‑emitting radar systems, whose work is based on the use of a signal from third‑party sources – television and radio broadcasting transmitters, as well as cellular base stations. An adaptive correlator for such radar stations is proposed. The method is based on the analysis of the autocorrelation function (ACF) of a transmitter signal and the adaptive formation of detection areas, based on the properties of the current ACF. Statistical quality parameters were introduced to evaluate the developed method and these parameters were estimated for the DVB‑T2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) signal, in particular, the achievable characteristics by the side lobes of the lag time uncertainty function for such a signal are shown. It is noted that several adaptive correlators should be simultaneously implemented in non‑radiant radar. The results of processing real data confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method.


The result of our examinations was that there is a vast correspondence of the medium levels of serum uric acid as well as of the frequency of hyperuricaemia between children after the 10th year of age and the adults. In comparison to the average population children from families with a gout anamnesis revealed a twice as frequent disturbance of the purine metabolism. In a familial appearance of gout and/or in unclear renal as well as joint findings the paediatrician should think of the presence of a disturbance of the purine metabolism.


The idea of a closer European Union, as a kind of league of princes and in sharp delineation from the Islamic Ottoman Empire and, to a lesser extent, also Russia and the orthodox Eastern church, began to find expression from as early as the 15th century in plans for a confederation put forward by rulers such as Henry IV of France. Beyond that, and usually more vaguely, eminent thinkers such as Johann Amos Comenius, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant articulated the idea of European unity. Henri Saint-Simon, also one of the early utopian socialists, envisaged all of Europe as a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament. Conservatives like François René Chateaubriand developed their own visions as well as representatives of the liberal-democratic national movements, for example Giuseppe Mazzini indeed the differentiation of the large cultural and social space west of the Urals into modern nations is a typically European phenomenon , the bourgeois peace movement and of course socialism in all its currents. The SPD, for instance, in its Heidelberg Programme of 1925 advanced the slogan of the 'United States of Europe'.


Physico-chemistry of water provides important parameters for quantifying biogeochemical cycles and establishing management options in river systems and wetlands. Pre-Columbian populations categorized Amazonian rivers by the color of their waters, and both native and colonial inhabitants of the Amazon knew that water color was related to specific ecological properties such as fish richness or soil fertility. The first scientific classification of Amazonian water bodies was elaborated in the 1950s by Sioli (1956a; 1956b). He used water color, transparency, pH and electrical conductance to explain limnological characteristics of the large Amazonian rivers. The innovative aspect of his classification was the correlation of these characteristics to the geological and geomorphological properties of the river catchments, an approach used today in landscape ecology. This simplified classification has dominated until today the scientific discussion about limnology and ecology of the Amazon basin, but Sioli's classification was based only on a very limited data base. After his studies the situation has changed dramatically. The National Amazonian Research Institute – INPA has conducted many limnological studies and hosted high-level, national and international limnological projects, such as the cooperation with the Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology in Plön, Germany and the CAMREX expeditions of the University of Seattle. The aim of this paper is to discuss some new insights into the limnological classification of Amazonian rivers and streams. From literature we collected some preliminary data available on hydrochemistry of rivers and streams. In addition we collected water samples in the course of four field surveys during the periods of 27th October 3th November 2009, 1th 7th March 2010, 26th September 3th October 2010, and 3th 12th Dezember 2010 around the middle and lower area of the Jutaí, Tefé, Juruá and Tapajós river basins, respectively. The transparency values were measured using the Secchi disk, and the electrical conductivity, pH, and Dissolved Oxygen values were measured in the field using WTW instruments. In the laboratory of the INPA in Manaus (Brazil) the water samples were analyzed to obtain the values of the major cations and major anions, as well as the values of water colour, Turbidity, Total Suspended Solids, PO4, Ptot, NH4, NO3, Ntot and Si. All the analyses were carried out by standard methods and the data was analysed with Minitab 14.


This paper provides an overview of the major LGBT organizations in the U.S.,
 their organizational resources, and ways to influence politicians and the
 media. LGBT movement during the 1990s, completed its transition from
 liberationist and the system outside position, to the lobbyist and system
 insider position. The paper discusses the criticism dissidents from LGBT
 movement consider the alienation of LGBT establishment of the true interests
 of its membership. At the end of the article LGBT movement and its
 organizations are considered from the point of success in achieving the goals
 and compared with the achievements and impact of counter-movement of
 Christian traditionalists.


ho to b y H an na h M on ie r One of the primary goals of early career scientists who pursue Extension/Research/Teaching activities working for public or private institutions is for their work to have a measurable impact on individuals and our society as a whole. For research, impacts can be defined as the number of publications published within a specific time period, the impact factor (IF) of the journal, H-index, or the i-10 index. For Extension activities, measuring impacts can be quite challenging if they imply not only the number of presentations or individuals served, but also technology adoption or changes in management practices related to farming operations. Similarly, from a private company perspective, the contribution of individuals could be measured by the number of farmers/customers adopting the agronomic recommendations. By the same token, researchers in non-profit organizations are often judged by their impact on policy development, stakeholder engagements, and grant dollars. If you are in agronomy, soil science, crop production, or soil management, one of the ways to establish your research career is to engage in on-farm research by conducting onfarm trials. Early career scientists can struggle to quantify the impact of their work if research or extension projects don't get established quickly or if outcomes coming from high-risk/high-time-investment projects don't pay off. This article helps to explain some of the challenges early career scientists may encounter when conducting on-farm research and providing results with measurable impacts.


ABSTRACT Plant growth regulators (PGRs) and types of flasks sealing that allow gas exchange can favor the development of in vitro plant propagation systems. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the eff ects of cytokinin supplementation on the induction of shoot proliferation and the influence of gas exchange on the in vitro development of Jacaranda cuspidifolia Mart microcuttings. Nodal segments were cultured in medium supplemented with diff erent concentrations (0.25; 0.5; 1.0 and 2.0 mg L-1) of 6-benzyladenine (BA). In the control treatment, there was no addition of PGRs. After 30 days of culture, the microcuttings were isolated and transferred to a rooting medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L-1 indole-3-butyric acid. At this stage, the culture fl asks were sealed with rigid polypropylene lids with a porous membrane (1 M; 21 μL L-1 s-1 CO2) or with no membrane (0 M; 14 μL L-1 s-1 CO2). Cytokinin supplementation induced the activation of axillary buds of J. cuspidifolia. The highest numbers of shoots were observed in explants cultivated in the presence of 0.5–1.0 mg L-1 BA. The microcuttings kept in flasks with a higher level of gas exchange (1M) had a higher percentage of rooting and greater root and shoot lengths. Microscopic analysis showed a greater differentiation of leaf tissues in plants kept in flasks with a higher level of gas exchange (1M). These plants also showed greater mesophyll thickness and, consequently, greater leaf blade thickness. The results provide new information for establishing an efficient in vitro propagation system for J. cuspidifolia.


The objective of this study is to examine married couples' perceptions of equity/ inequity in the performance of selected marital roles at four stages of the family life cycle. A randomly selected sample of 336 couples was interviewed and asked their perception of thefairness of their own and of their spouses' efforts in the family roles of cooking, housekeeping, provider, companion, and parent. Perceived equity in family roles tended to increase over the life cycle for both husbands and wives while perceived inequity decreased. However, wives were more likely than husbands to perceive inequity that was unfavorable to them in three of the roles, whereas husbands were more likely than wives to perceive equity that was favorable to them in all the family roles.


We present a novel and general technique for automated test generation that combines tight bounds with incremental SAT solving. The proposed technique uses incremental SAT to build test suites targeting a specific testing criterion, amongst various black-box and white-box criteria. As our experimental results show, the combination of tight bounds with incremental SAT, and the testing criterion driven approach implemented in our prototype tool FAJITA, enable us to effectively generate test suites for container classes with rich contracts, more efficiently than other state-of-the-art tools.


Based on Said's "Travelling Theory", the influence research method of comparative literature and sufficient materials, the paper explores the connotations of "alienation" in the western context; Furthermore, after its introduction into China, for the heterogeous ideology, the domestic etilists transform and appropriate the term and enable it to participate in the construction of the local culture.


Hermeneutic is the science or the theory of text interpretation. Schleiermacher gives priority to the own work and offers the overall plan in two types of hermeneutics: grammatical hermeneutics and technical hermeneutics. Wilhelm Dilthey believes that the ultimate interpretation is not getting to what the text states, but to the one who has him stated in the text. Romanticism, however, is a kind of emotional reaction against wisdom-oriented. The purpose of this study is demonstrating the hidden relationship between the two schools of romanticism and traditional hermeneutics. These relationships can help in the area of basic concepts and fundamental issues in hermeneutics. Results obtained from this study are that the source of traditional hermeneutics is romanticism school and paying too much attention by romantic to the creator of the work and its feelings has been made to traditional hermeneutics.


The Euler line of a triangle passes through several important points, including three specific triangle centers: the centroid, orthocenter, and circumcenter. Each of these centers is the intersection of lines related to the triangle, mainly its medians, altitudes, and perpendicular bisectors, respectively. We present three theorems which initially share a similar construction. Each involves starting with a triangle and a point. After connecting the triangle's vertices to that point, creating additional triangles, we establish connections to either the centroids, orthocenters, or circumcenters of the new triangles.


A wide variety of large-scale information has been made within the extraction of genomic information and the extraction of data. Problems addressed embody ordination sequencing, supermolecule structure modeling, or the reconstruction of biological process trees (phylogeny). These issues need collaboration between biologists and computer scientists as a result of the issues to be of nice recursive difficulties. One of the most modern problems that gene expression data is resolved is with feature selection. There are two general approaches for feature selection: filter approach and wrapper approach. In this article, the authors propose a new approach when combining the filter approach with method ranked information gain and a wrapper approach with the searching method of the genetic algorithm.in order to test their overall performance, an experimental study is presented based on two gene microarray datasets found in bioinformatics and biomedical domains leukemia, and the central nervous system (CNS). The classifier Decision tree (C4.5) is used for improving the classification performance. The results show that their approach selects genes for additional correct classification emphasizes the effectiveness of the chosen genes and its ability to filter the information from unsuitable genes.


: The essential role of MAGI2 in podocytes is reflected by the severe glomerulosclerosis phenotypes of both MAGI2 knockout mice and of humans with congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) caused by mutations in MAGI2. Here, we show MAGI2 directly binds the Rap1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor, RapGEF2, and that this interaction is lost when expressing MAGI2 CNS variants. Co-expression of RapGEF2 with wild-type MAGI2, but not MAGI2 CNS variants, enhanced activation of the small GTPase Rap1, a central signaling node in podocytes. In mice, podocyte-specific RapGEF2 deletion resulted in spontaneous glomerulosclerosis, with qualitative glomerular features comparable to MAGI2 knockout mice. Knockdown of RapGEF2 or MAGI2 in human podocytes caused similar reductions in levels of Rap1 activation and Rap1-mediated downstream signaling. Furthermore, human podocytes expressing MAGI2 CNS variants show dramatically decreased actin polymerization and abnormal cellular morphology that is completely rescued by pharmacological activation of Rap1 via a non-MAGI2 dependent upstream pathway. Finally, immunostaining of kidney sections from CNS patients with MAGI2 mutations showed reduced podocyte Rap1-mediated signaling. We conclude that MAGI2-RapGEF2-Rap1 signaling is essential for normal podocyte function and that disruption of this pathway is an important cause of the renal phenotype induced by MAGI2 CNS mutations.


An automatic choreography method to generate plausible animal-like body movement is proposed. This method is based on Bartenieff's (1980) and Kestenberg et al.'s (1999) theories that are conventionally used to evaluate human's psychological and developmental states by analyzing the body movement. The idea of the paper is to use those theories in inverse way, namely to generate body behavior that is plausible regarding evolutional, developmental and psychological states. This method facilitates to choreographing body movement of humanoids, animal-shaped robots, and CG characters in video games. The paper describes the basic ideas, and reports an implementation example on a CG character.


Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines offer a good potential for achieving high fuel efficiency while virtually eliminating NOx and soot emissions from the exhaust. However, realizing the full fuel economy potential at the vehicle level depends on the size of the HCCI operating range. The usable HCCI range is determined by the knock limit on the upper end and the misfire limit at the lower end. Previously proven high sensitivity of the HCCI process to thermal conditions leads to a hypothesis that combustion chamber deposits (CCD) could directly affect HCCI combustion, and that insight about this effect can be helpful in expanding the low-load limit. A combustion chamber conditioning process was carried out in a single-cylinder gasoline-fueled engine with exhaust rebreathing to study CCD formation rates and their effect on combustion. Burn rates accelerated significantly over the forty hours of running under typical HCCI operating conditions. Variations of burn rates diminished after approximately 36 hours, thus indicating equilibrium conditions. Observed trends suggest that deposits change dynamic thermal boundary conditions at the wall and this in turn strongly affects chemical kinetics and bulk burning. In addition, this work presents a methodology for investigating the thermal diffusivity of deposits without their removal. The experimental technique relies on a combination of instantaneous surface temperature and CCD thickness measurements. Results demonstrate a strong correlation between deposit thickness and the diffusivity of the CCD layer.


SUMMARY The hepatic megakaryocytic cells of New Zealand White rabbit in the intrauterine phase and in the immediate postnatal period were studied. Statistical analysis of the data concerning the cytoplasm and nucleus of those cells, i.e., area, perimeter, maximum diameter, minimum diameter, volume and shape factor, presented significant differences (p<0.01) for F values concerning the life phases studied on15 th , 22 nd and 29 th day of intrauterine life and 10 th day of postnatal life, and for F values for animal within each phase. The Tukey's test showed that most of the parameters studied in the cytoplasm and nucleus of these megakaryocytic cells presented the lowest values on the 15 th day of intrauterine life and the highest on the 22 nd day of the same phase.


Abbreviations of Works by Jacques Derrida Acknowledgments Introduction: Derrida's Other Corpus 1 1. Derrida's Flair (For the Animals to Follow ...) 2. "If you could take just two books ...": Derrida with Heidegger and Robinson Crusoe at the Ends of the World 3. To Die a Living Death: Phantasms of Burial and Cremation in Derrida's Final Seminar 4. Reinventing the Wheel: Of Sovereignty, Autobiography, and Deconstruction 5. Pray Tell: Derrida's Performative Justice 6. Derrida's Preoccupation with the Archive 7. "World, Finitude, Solitude": Derrida's Walten Conclusion: Desormais Notes Name and Subject Index


Abstract This survey, conducted jointly by FERF and Protiviti, assesses the top priorities for finance executives in 2016. The full survey report can be found at www.protiviti.com/financesurvey.


Aim To investigate the correlation and clinical significance of plasmic elevated microRNA-1(miR-1) and QT dispersion(QTd) in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods Fifty-three patients with AMI including 40 without ventricular arrhythmia(VA) and 13 with VA and 49 healthy subjects received absolute quantification of plasmic miR-1 and QTd and QTcd of electrocardiography were calculated.Results Expression level of plasmic miR-1 and QTd and QTcd of AMI patients were significantly increased compared with those of controls.QTd and QTcd of patients with VA were significantly prolonged than those without VA,suggesting QTd elongation was closely related to the onset of VA.The expression level of plasmic miR-1 positively correlated with QTd.Conclusions The positive correlation between elevated plasma miR-1 and QTd is found in AMI patients.The combination of these two indicators has the important clinical reference value for the prediction of malignant arrhythmia and the assessment of recent prognosis.


A growing body of evidence suggests that malignant stem cells have a role in the growth, spread, and clinical outcomes of breast cancers. In "Correlation of Breast Cancer Axillary Lymph Node Metastases With Stem Cell Mutations," Donovan et al1 have built on prior notable works devoted to understanding the behavior of breast cancers. This group of authors previously demonstrated that breast cancer stem cells are distinctively different compared with benign and progenitor stem cells found in normal breast tissue, especially with regard to mutations in genes critical for maintaining normal cellular metabolism and proliferation.2 In their present investigation, Donovan et al1 propose that differences in malignant behavior, and ultimately patient clinical outcomes, may be due to mutations identified in breast cancer stem cells, specifically alterations in the PIK3CA/AKT1 pathway. Among 30 analyzed tumors, 11 contained mutations in PIK3CA, HRAS, or AKT1. Clinical correlation revealed that individuals whose tumors contained stem cell mutations had significantly higher rates of axillary metastases (90%) and were the only patients to have disease progression. Based on these results, the authors postulated that testing for such genetic mutations among patients with breast cancer will likely have a role in the future and may be useful in therapeutic decision making and treatments. This is an elegant study contributing to the growing evidence that implicates breast cancer stem cells in the complex clinical behavior of breast cancer. That said, some questions still need to be answered before widespread application of this testing into clinical practice. First, it will be important to see if these preliminary findings hold when more than 30 tumors are tested because this is admittedly a small sample size. Second, identifying whether these findings are consistent among all tumor types, and not just invasive ductal carcinomas, will be of interest as well. Third, revisiting the cohort to examine if follow-up times longer than 2 years result in equalization of the outcome curves is encouraged, as is a determination of how easily such testing can be adopted by pathology departments of variable size and means. Most critically, in an era when medical fiscal responsibility is necessary and costs are much more visible, it will be mandatory to determine if such testing is economically feasible. It is not uncommon for a patient with newly diagnosed breast cancer to undergo advanced testing with magnetic resonance imaging, as well as tumor profiling with gene assays, which can individually cost multiple thousands of dollars. If breast cancer stem cell testing can be performed in a costeffective manner, and if the results ultimately yield information that influences therapeutic interventions as suggested by the authors, then additional costs will be justified, and such testing can avoid becoming just another shiny new toy.


The development of a new test collection is described in which the task is to search naturally occurring spoken content using naturally occurring spoken queries. To support research on speech retrieval for low-resource settings, the collection includes terms learned by zero-resource term discovery techniques. Use of a new tool designed for exploration of spoken collections provides some additional insight into characteristics of the collection.


Large momentum fly-wheels are widely used in satellite at titude control systems. The problem occurred in a brushless DC motor drive fly-w heel control system is discussed in the paper.The electromagnetic torque of the motor,which is controlled by pulse modulated amplitude,changed sharply in brakin g mode.For the sake of control the torque accurately in the braking mode, motor' s current is analyzed in details and then resolutions are proposed.


The computer program LDIP provides indices of local dependence for polytomous items under item response theory (cf. Chen, 1998). The indices are the Pearson chi-square statistic χ (Agresti, 1996), the likelihood ratio chi-square statistic G (Agresti, 1996), Yen's (1993) index of local dependence Q3, and the Fisher-transformed correlation difference statistic Zd (Press, Flannery, Teukolsky, & Vetterling, 1986). LDIP is used in conjunction with the two popular item response theory computer programs for polytomous items, MULTILOG (Thissen, Chen, & Bock, 2002) and PARSCALE (Muraki & Bock, 2002). LDIP obtains the indices of local dependence for the graded response model (Samejima, 1969) and the generalized partial credit model (Muraki, 1992) using two result files that contain item parameter estimates and ability estimates from either MULTILOG or PARSCALE. The program is written in Fortran and compiled with Microsoft Fortran PowerStation. LDIP can be executed in a command prompt under Microsoft Windows XP or by clicking the LDIP icon. The program basically runs in an interactive mode with the user answering a series of questions and providing the necessary information. It is also possible to point LDIP to a batch input file using the redirect facility of the command prompt.


In the present time self centered superfluity development by human increases the imbalance of environment and causes natural
 disasters like flood, landslides etc, People are interested to ex-ploit more and more natural resources form the Himalaya; although , our ancestors and
 saints had seen Himalaya with respect and honour. The famous poet of Sanskrit Maha Kavi Kalidas has said that Himalaya is the soul of God (Devtas)
 ["vLR;qrjL;k fnf"k nsorkRek fgeky;ks uke uxkf/kjkt." ¼ dqekjlEHo and1 )]. From the ancient times , human, birds , animals etc are dependent on the nature,
 Therefore , it is essential to keep balance in environment in the interest of all creatures, otherwise natural disaster occur and destroy the lives and
 properties at many places. These natural calamities are fateful events depleting life, wealth and natural resources besides leading to irreversible dangerous effects on human life, Visualising situation due to natural disaster of past 16-17June 2013 in Uttarakhand, suggestions have been made to
 incorporate suitable measures to be under-taken with gradually increasing techniques, besides preventing unnecessary disturbance in nature and becoming more sensitive and concerned with it.


Chiral cyclohexyl‐pentyl‐β‐D‐maltoside (CYMAL‐5) surfactant was evaluated in the enantioseparation of charged racemic species by capillary electrophoresis. CYMAL‐5 is a glycosidic surfactant (GS) with a chiral maltose polar head group and a cyclohexyl‐pentyl hydrophobic tail. At concentrations above its critical micellar concentration (CMC), CYMAL‐5 produces neutral micelles in aqueous media. The neutral micelles migrate at the velocity of the electroosmotic flow (EOF). As expected, the CYMAL‐5 system was only useful for the enantioseparation of charged chiral solutes. The enantioresolution of the CYMAL‐5 can be manipulated over a wide range of electrolyte composition, e.g., pH, ionic strength and surfactant concentration. In the presence of EOF, and in all cases, there is an optimum surfactant concentration for maximum enantioresolution, which is located at low surfactant concentration for strongly hydrophobic solutes and at high surfactant concentration for relatively hydrophilic solutes. The presence of an optimum surfactant concentration for maximum enantioresolution is attributed to the EOF. At low pH values where the EOF is negligible, enantioresolution increased with increasing surfactant concentration in the useful concentration range in a way similar to chromatography.


We offer a collection of recommendations to architect a comprehensive and coherent architectural solution for a global interoperability testing framework for eBusiness systems. Requirements from an initial set of three industrial use cases drove the architectural requirements analysis and identification of recommendations. Both functional and non-functional use case requirements were analyzed to arrive at the architectural recommendations.


Halftoning technique is used to convert a continuous-tone image into a binary image with pure black and white pixels. This technique is necessary when printing or displaying a monochrome or color image by a device with limited color levels. The main contribution of this paper is to present a halftoning method that conceals a small binary image into a large binary image. More specifically, two distinct gray scale images are given, such that the smaller one of them should be hidden in another larger gray scale image. Our halftoning method generates two binary images that reproduce the tone of the corresponding original two gray scale images. Each pixel of the small binary image is hidden into some pixel of the large binary image through our halftoning method. The small hidden image can be seen when we pick out the pixels of the large binary image at premeditated locations, or we cannot see the hidden image if we have no location information. Another contribution of this paper is to extend our halftoning method to hide a small image of any size into a corresponding large size image. The resulting images show that our halftoning method hides and recovers the original images. Hence, our halftoning technique can be used for watermarking as well as amusement purpose.


The climate change has caused threats to agricultural production; the extremes of temperature and humidity, and other abiotic stresses are contributing factors to the etiology of disease and pest on crops. About the matter, recent research efforts have focused on predicting disease and pest crops using computer science techniques such as supervised learning algorithms. Therefore in this paper, we present an overview of supervised learning algorithms commonly used in agriculture for the detection of pests and diseases in crops such as corn, rice, coffee, mango, peanut, and tomato, among others, with the aim of selecting the algorithms that give the best performance for the agricultural sector.


Growth behavior and desulfurization ratio of Rhodococcus Erythropolis NCC-1 with the presence of direct currents( DC) were studied.The electric field-activated mechanism was also investigated.The results show that direct current can improve the desulfurization ratio of NCC-1 within an appropriate scope of current density.The optimized current density is 0.72 A/m2.Using 0.2 mmol/L dibenzothiophene ( DBT) as a probe,the complete removal time of DBT by NCC-1 could be shortened on platinum electrodes,e.g.24 h less than that without the presence of direct electric fieldor 48 h less than that using titanium electrodes under a current density of 0.72 A/m2.The desulfurization ratio can reach 67.4% at platinum electrodes under optimized direct current density in a mixture of water to diesel fuel with a ratio of 1∶9.This value is 11.7% and 24.6% higher than those achieved on titanium electrode and in a system without the presence of direct electric field,respectively.This could be ascribed to the different ratio of adsorbed hydrogen to released H2 produced from water on the cathode.The released H2 could significantly promote the shaking culture of the bacterium.


The paper presents a hybrid method of solution of the radiation and diffraction fluid-structure interaction problems based upon Rankine source distributions and eigenfunction expansion matching techniques. Using direct pressure integration of the first order solutions the second order drift forces are calculated in open water and confined water situations with and without forward speed effects included. The method has been developed to provide an alternative way of calculating low frequency damping coefficients.


The objective of this study is to show that computer tutorial supplements enchance and shorten the learning process in teaching statistics. An introductory statistics course may be separated into three phases: (a) basic fundamentals, (b) statistical concepts, and (c) applications. Computer tutorials allow more time to be spent on the applications phase of the course. Students, retain more when shown applications. They also tend to favor application courses. Hence, statistics courses become more efficient and popular with tutorial supplements. The results of this study may also have positive implications for online teaching.


We prove that reasonable nice wavelets form unconditional bases in function space other than . Moreover, characterization of convergence of wavelets series in space and Hardy space has been obtained. Here, is a Banach space with boundedness of Riesz transform.


In this paper, we propose a machine learning-based approach to detect malicious mobile malware in Android applications. This paper is able to capture instantaneous attacks that cannot be effectively detected in the past work. Based on the proposed approach, we implemented a malicious app detection tool, named Androidetect. First, we analyze the relationship between system functions, sensitive permissions, and sensitive application programming interfaces. The combination of system functions has been used to describe the application behaviors and construct eigenvectors. Subsequently, based on the eigenvectors, we compare the methodologies of naive Bayesian, J48 decision tree, and application functions decision algorithm regarding effective detection of malicious Android applications. Androidetect is then applied to test sample programs and real-world applications. The experimental results prove that Androidetect can better detect malicious applications of Android by using a combination of system functions compared with the previous work.


Reaction of N-benzoyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylic acid with acetic anhydride resulted in 1H,3H,5H-oxazolo[3,4-a]quinolin-3-one derivative 13. Different cyclopropanation processes were applied to 13, but only diazomethane in the presence of water furnished the hitherto unknown methyl 1,2,7,7a-tetrahydro-1aH-cyclopropa[b]quinoline-1a-carboxylate 14, which can be considered as a doubly constrained 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid system. The mechanism of the cyclopropanation was studied in detail. The new ACC ester 14 was transformed into fused tetracyclic hydantoin derivatives, which comprised a new type of heterocyclic system.


A parasitic pathology hydatid disease is rare in pregnancy with a reported incidence of 1/20.000. Since the condition is rarely encountered in pregnancy, there are no standard guidelines available for its treatment. We present a case of 22-year-old, primigravida in the 24th week of her gestation, in whom hepatic hydatic cyst was diagnosed by ultrasonography. After weekly follow-up to 39 week of her gestation, an emergency cesarean section under spinal anesthesia for fetal distress was performed and patient had surgery in the postparum period. The importance of our case is only expectant management was preferred, unlike previous reports in the literature.


The study aims to: First, obtain empirical evidence about the impact of the concentration of stock ownership to the company's financial performance by using size of the compay and capital structure as a control variable in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Second, obtain empirical evidence about the the impact of the company's financial performance to the concentration of stock ownership by using the size of the company and capital structure as a control variable in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Third, obtain empirical evidence about the optimal concentration of share ownership in the Indonesia Stock Exchange.

To achieve these objectives, the research conducted at the Indonesian Stock Exchange with a sample size as many as 195 companies and in explaining the relationship between the concentration of share ownership with the company's financial performance, firm size and capital structure as control variables and used t test, F test with α by 10 percent.

Based on the results of research, the conclusions can be stated as follows: First, the concentration of share ownership and financial performance of the company can be placed as dependent and independent variables. The concentration of stock ownership have a significant positive effect on the company 's financial performance both before and after included firm size and capital structure as a control variable. Company's financial performance have a significant positive effect on the concentration of ownership of shares before and after included firm size and capital structure as a control variable. That is, the relationship between the concentration of share ownership with the company's financial performance is not a systematic relationship. Second, there is no an optimal concentration of share ownership, but there is a tendency of non- monotonic relationship between the concentration of share ownership with the company's financial performance. That is, the more concentrated the ownership of shares resulting majority shareholder actions that benefit themselves, to the detriment of minority shareholders


BRACQUEMOND, RUSKIN, THE HAVILAND-HAYES SERVICE, AND ROOKWOOD: JAPONISME AND PERMANENCE IN ART POTTERY By Emily G. Campbell, M.A. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015 Major Director: Dr. Charles Brownell Professor, Department of Art History There are two principle arguments in this thesis. First, this thesis will show that Félix Bracquemond had a profound impact on late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century ceramics in America. Second, this thesis will illustrate how John Ruskin's principle that pottery is "more permanent than the Pyramids" encouraged reform of the ceramic arts and shaped the Art Pottery Movement of the late nineteenth century. After this thesis introduces Bracquemond as an innovator in ceramic decoration and the dissemination of Ruskin's principle, the thesis will examine two instances in the American Art Pottery Movement in which Bracquemond's and Ruskin's influence can be detected. The first is Theodore Davis's 1879 design for the Haviland-


The present study investigates the possibility of energy upgrade of a residence in a traditional settlement and specifically in Chora of Serifos island. This study is based on the historical elements of the site (morphology, architecture) as well as on the investigation of the provisions - declarations, which applied in the past and are valid today, influencing any intervention (upgrading) in the traditional residence. After a complete mapping of the existing situation, all facts were studied, creating a proposal of a multiple use of the building due to its favorable position. The interventions in the building for its energy upgrading concern the insulation of the roof, the air conditioning and the installation of new energy frames. Proposals for use and upgrading are detailed in plan and wall plans and construction details. Finally, there is a comparison between the possibilities of similar upgrading to the Cycladic complex (Tinos and Paros), focusing on minimal differences and many similarities.


The Bangladesh–UK Friendship Bridge crosses the River Meghna in the north east of the country. The Meghna is the third largest river in Bangladesh. Further south it joins the Padma on its way to the Bay of Bengal. The main spans of the bridge—known as Bhairab Bridge during the design and construction period—are in total 929 m long, formed from multiple 110 m span prestressed concrete box girders supported on large-diameter bored pile foundations. There is an approach viaduct and highway on an embankment each side of the main structure, together with extensive river training works. The project was planned, designed and constructed using British technical expertise and was partly funded by the UK Government through the Department for International Development (DFID). This paper outlines the project history, engineering studies, design and construction. Of particular technical significance are the innovative solutions adopted to build this bridge in deep water.


To compare the repeatability of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements taken with a new handheld pachymeter (Occuity PM1 pachymeter) and to assess its agreement with ultrasound biometry and two commercially available optical biometers in participants with normal eyes.


BACKGROUND
Wheat gluten protein (WGP) has poor solubility and does not easily form fibrous structures, the meat analogues, prepared from it, have unsatisfactory texture properties and poor water holding capacity. Our previous work indicated that pH-shifting combined with heat treatment can significantly improve the solubility and emulsibility of WGP. Therefore, in this work, WGP was treated by pH-cycling (m-WGP) to improve the solubility and then applied in the preparation of meat analogues by high moisture extrusion.

RESULTS
The results indicated that the addition of m-WGP significantly improved the texture characteristics and water holding capacity (282.4%) of the extrudates and made the extrudates show a tighter organizational structure according to the SEM images. Additionally, MRI analysis showed that the addition of m-WGP resulted in a more uniform moisture distribution in the extrudate. And the free sulfhydryl group result showed that the addition of m-WGP significantly increased the free sulfhydryl group content, which was beneficial to the formation of disulfide bonds to enhance the tissue structure.

CONCLUSION
When the addition content of m-WGP was 10%, the gluten extrudate exhibited good water holding capacity and uniform moisture distribution, but the excessive hardness and chewiness were not suitable for simulating meat. When the addition content of m-WGP reached 50%, the gluten extrudate has the closest textural characteristics to commercial plant-based meat and real meat, with the potential to be used as a raw material to simulate meat. Accordingly, this work improves the processing properties of WGP and explores plant-based ingredients for meat analogues. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


The following article presents a cross-section of the necessary information related to distance learning. It also analyses the most important turning points in the field of remote education. The main methodological assumptions and practical applications of blended learning are also presented. Finally, the authors describe the key result of the CLIL-VET project: a tool supporting teaching English in vocational schools. Słowa kluczowe: e-learning, edukacja językowa, język zawodowy, uczenie. Streszczenie: W poniższym artykule, przedstawiony jest przekrój potrzebnych informacji związanych z tzw. distance learningu. Dzięki czemu odbiorca może dowiedzieć się na temat najważniejszych punktów zwrotnych w obszarze edukacji zdalnej. Przedstawiono również główne obszary dotyczące głównych założeń metodycznych oraz praktycznego zastosowania blended learningu. Autor jako przykład rozwiązania technicznego przeprowadza analizę rozwiązania CLIL-VET jako narzędzia wspierającego edukację angielskiego języka zawodowego. "The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition". P. M. Senge of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. The awareness that knowledge and its practical application is a key aspect of their competitive advantage in every organization is growing everywhere. Conferences and meetings are organized during which this issue is raised regularly. More and more advanced methods are used and artificial intelligence systems are implemented so that knowledge transfer is at it's most effective. However, the biggest challenges facing modern education are: 1: how to motivate students and employees to acquire knowledge, and how is practical it? 2. What tools are needed to make the education process not only effective but efficient? We will try to answer these two questions, using the example of the CLIL-VET system, and show that a network of international scientific research centres has developed a methodology which finds a balance between technology and inducing an internal motivation to learn. DOI: 10.34866/0arh-6j61 182 edukacja ustawiczna dorosłych 3/2020 The classic process of knowledge transfer assumes that the teacher prepares the thematic scope, prepares materials (including a syllabus), and transfers it in class. Students independently perform tasks at home. After completing them, they come to class and are assessed for their progress. In the context of vocational language education, this process is starting to become insufficient. In addition, it should be remembered that modern students have grown up surrounded by new technologies. Which directly translates into their way of learning and expectations of the learning process. They are accustomed to quick feedback, interactive images which convey information and the ability to make independent decisions about their own learning process. In the realm of education, there is the concept of "distance learning" – which is a large collection of, among others, such subgroups as e-learning, blended learning or mobile learninig. As early as 1728, the Boston Gazette published information about a correspondence course in shorthand. Interestingly, in Poland, the University of Krakow in 1776 proposed the first correspondence course for craftsmen. However, the real flourishing of "distance learning" began with the development of technology from the mid-twentieth century. A special turning point was the emergence of the internet and the possibility of sending videos and voice messages to an individual recipient. The first e-learning platform was the PLATO System platform, created at the University of Illinois in 1965. Even then it had such functions as a mailbox, chat or even gamification elements. The arrival of "Khan Academy" in 2006 was a real revolution in distance education. It was then that Salman Khan began uploading math lessons to his YouTube channel. Not even knowing that in this way had started a whole new era of looking at the effectiveness and methodology of education. Not only in remote learning but a revolution in education in general. The next use of e-learning principles was to evolve this method into a form mixed learning or "blended learning". It is a method aimed at making full use of the opportunities and possibilities offered by the direct student-teacher meeting and the advantages of e-learning and mobile-learning. Krzysztof Redlarsski and Igor Garnik (2014) draw attention to some challenges often faced by the teaching staff in the aspect of implementing e-learning or blended learning systems. They mention, among others the issue of technical and methodical competences among the teaching staff who would prepare specific e-learning courses for students. As well as the frequent lack of training in this aspect. It is also worth noting that according to some educators, despite the above challenges, classes using ICT and blended learning should be mandatory and introduced into the education system or at least into some part of it (A. Basińska, I. Garnik, Gdańsk 2014) 183 Środowisko uczenia się At this stage, it is worth recalling definitions that should be used in the context of distance learning. Effectiveness of education. The effectiveness of education can be understood as the degree of implementation of the assumed teaching goals, i.e. the relationship between the achieved result and the intended goal (F. Bereźnicki 2006). The evaluation of e-learning effectiveness should include four levels of activity included in the Kirkpatrick model: level of reaction, learning, behavior and results (D.L. Kirkpatrick 2001). "Blended learning the effective combination of different modes of delivery, models of teaching and styles of learning" Heinze A., Procter C. (2004) Source: Heinze A., Procter C. (2004). In order to increase the effectiveness of cooperation and respond to the challenges of modern vocational language education, the CLIL-VET platform was created http:// clilvet.erasmusproject.pl/multimedia-scenarios. Thanks to it and its functionalities, students and teachers have the opportunity to achieve common goals. Teachers transfer knowledge of a language. Students learn English supported by interesting and interactive aids that also helps them in learning their profession. This is possible thanks to previously systematized materials, tested and implemented together with a unified assessment system (G. Ubachs, E-xcellence. Quality Assessment for E-learning: A Benchmarking Approach, EADTU, Heerlen 2012, pp. 58–64). In the following part, I would like to focus on presenting an IT solution that is publicly available as part of a completed project. The CLIL-VET platform provides full substantive and methodological support. Thanks to their simple and understandable interface, both the teacher preparing lessons and the student can easily find interesting materials which is the basis for maintaining motivation to continue using this platform. 184 edukacja ustawiczna dorosłych 3/2020 The platform includes such areas as: 1. Home In this area, we find basic information about the project, FAQs and links to external project partners. There is also a video to help you understand the CLIL-VET concept. 2. About project Here you can find information about the project along with access to the partners who implemented the platform. 3. Multimedia In this section, you find interactive multimedia. 4. Download Here you find the heart of the educational platform. In this part, teachers and students can use the shared online lessons along with downloadable materials. 5. The sidebar which facilitates quick navigation to the relevant section. Below is a screenshot showing the sidebar section: Source: http://clilvet.erasmusproject.pl/. In the section below, I would like to focus on discussing the "Multimedia" section which is the main body of the program. 185 Środowisko uczenia się Source: http://clilvet.erasmusproject.pl/multimedia-scenarios/. It is here that we have the opportunity to learn about such topics as: 1. HACCP and food safety 2. Competition – component of the market 3. Barriers and conflicts in communication 4. Statistic 5. Energy storage – battery 6. Wind Power 7. Electric motor 8. Electromobility 9. Company organizational chart 10. Customer service 11. Communication process 12. Capital budgeting and investment appraisal 13. Patrimonial structures of assets 14. Curriculum Vitae 15. Management in business 16. The matter of matter 17. Cell structure 18. The Periodic Table 19. Buildings of education Those above topics, are divided into these main sections: 1. Biology 2. Chemistry 186 edukacja ustawiczna dorosłych 3/2020 3. Construction 4. E-commerce & marketing 5. Economics & Business Administration 6. Electrical Engineering 7. Informatics 8. Maths 9. Social Sciences Thanks to such a wide range of topics, a teacher and student can create an extensive syllabus. Containing both topics related to the selected profession but also from areas in the field of entrepreneurship or building customer relations and management. Training methods. Within the project, it was assumed that the most important focus is the use of the most effective and proven methods of transferring and acquiring knowledge. Therefore, in the following section, I would like to present a few selected examples. One such method is a cross-sectional representation of a given mechanism. As you can see in the picture below, in the "Electromobility" section one of the tools for transferring knowledge is to show a real cross-section of an engine. In addition, each student can find out what each component is called. Źródło: http://clilvet.erasmusproject.pl/electromobility/. 187 Środowisko uczenia się Another method included on the platform is the multiple-choice answer. What is important is that within one exercise it is possible not only to provide an answer but also to improve a students willingness to understand such a question. The system informs me, i


ABSTRACT This study investigates how pre-service teachers (PSTs) negotiate an understanding of which multilingual practices are legitimate in mainstream education in Norway. Data were collected through seven focus groups with 24 PSTs participating in their first field placement. I designed three fictive vignettes about multilingual students in mainstream education, and these were introduced and discussed in the focus groups. The analysis of the PSTs' discussions of multilingual practices in mainstream education drew on Ruiz's framework of language ideologies and Bakhtin's concept of heteroglossia. The analysis shows how the PSTs were concerned with the needs of the class, of the teacher and of the multilingual students when multilingual practices were introduced to mainstream classrooms. The PSTs drew on different language ideologies to determine which multilingual practices were legitimate. The results indicate that the PSTs considered multilingual practices to be legitimate if they did not compromise group work nor challenged Norwegian as the language of instruction. However, the results also show a potential to work with PSTs in order to develop awareness of their own heteroglossic language ideologies. This study suggests that teacher educators can use focus groups to achieve this goal.


Fetal growth restriction is a complex problem in modern obstetrics. It is a condition of suboptimal fetal growth based on a genetically predetermined potential and affects approximately 5% to 10% of pregnancies. It is traditionally defined as an estimated fetal weight less than the 10th percentile. Those pregnancies that are affected by growth restriction are associated with increased risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Because of this increased risk, these pregnancies are monitored more closely to try to identify those fetuses at the greatest risk of fetal demise and initiate delivery before this critical event. Although the ideal management strategy is still being determined, there are several modalities available to assist in assessment of the growth-restricted fetus. These include the nonstress test test, biophysical profile, and Doppler velocimetry, most commonly of the fetal umbilical artery, in addition to sonographic growth assessment. The use of multiple fetal assessment tools may help improve the prediction of adverse outcomes and initiate delivery before cardiovascular collapse. Target Audience: Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Family Physicians Learning Objectives: After completing this CME activity, physicians should be better able to evaluate the modalities available to assess fetal well-being in the growth-restricted fetus, identify the sequence of changes that occurs in fetal well-being assessment as the growth-restricted fetus deteriorates, and determine the changes signifying worsening fetal status that should prompt delivery.


In this work, novel III-V photovoltaic (PV) materials and device structures are investigated for space applications, specifically for tolerance to thermal effects and ionizing radiation effects. The first focus is on high temperature performance of GaP solar cells and on performance enhancement through the incorporation of InGaP/GaP quantum well structures. Temperature dependent performance of GaP solar cells is modeled and compared to a modeled temperature dependence of GaAs. The temperature model showed that a GaP cell should have a normalized efficiency temperature coefficient of 1.31 ⇤ 10 3 oC , while a standard GaAs cell should have a normalized temperature coefficient of 2.23 ⇤ 10 3 oC , representing a 42% improvement in the temperature stability of efficiency. Both GaP and GaAs solar cells were grown using metal organic vapor phase epitaxy and fabricated into solar cell devices. An assortment of optical and electrical characterization was performed on the solar cells. Finally, GaP solar cell performance was measured in an environment simulating the temperatures and light concentrations seen in sub 1 AU solar orbits, simulating the effects on a solar cell as it approaches the sun. A positive normalized temperature coefficient of 2.78 ⇤ 10 3 oC 1 was measured for a GaP solar cell, indicating an increase in performance with increasing temperature. In addition, comparing results of GaP solar cells with and without quantum wells, the device without MQWs had an integrated short circuit current density of 1.85 mA/cm while the device containing quantum wells has a short circuit current density of 2.07 mA/cm or a


Studies of heterocyclic dye (Methylene blue) with rand micelles in photogalvanic cell contain ing Methylene blue-EDTA-TX100 system for solar energy conversion and storage The photopotential and photocurrent of the cell is observed 845.0 mV and 420.0 μA respectively. The conversion efficiency and fill factor of the cell are determined 1.08 % and 0.2488 respectively. The storage capacity (performance) of the cell is observed 160. 0 minutes in dark. The effects of different paramet ers on the electrical output of the cell were observed and current-voltage (i-V) charac teristics of the cell were also studied. The mechan ism is proposed for the generation of photocurrent in photogalvanic cell.


Divide-and-conquer strategies have been utilized to perform evaluation calculations of complex network systems, such as reliability analysis of a Markov chain. This paper focuses on partitioning of Markov chain for a multi-modular redundant system and the fast calculation using parallel processing. The complexity of Markov chain is first reduced by eliminating the connections with low transition probabilities associated with a threshold parameter. The transition probability matrix is then reordered and partitioned such that a worse-case reliability is evaluated through the calculations in only the diagonal sub-matrices of the transition probability matrix. Since the calculations of the sub-matrices are independent to each other, the numerical efficiency can be greatly improved using parallel computing. The numerical results showed the selection of threshold parameter is a key factor to numerical efficiency. In this paper, the sensitivity of the numerical performance of Partitioning and Parallel-processing of Markov Chain (PPMC) to the threshold parameter has been investigated and discussed.Copyright © 2014 by ASME


Background: Fibrocartilaginous enthesis is composed of different histological zones which are commonly referred to the tendon distal extremity (a lamellar tissue with a low cell density, collagen and connective tissue), the fibrocartilaginous zone (with chondrocytes), a progressively mineralized zone and the bone. The MRI visualization of the water content of entheses is challenging given the very short relation time so that entheses has been very poorly assessed using MRI (1). Objectives: The main objective of the study was to assess the structural elements of the knee enthesis based on the quantitative T2* measurements using Ultra High Field (UHF) MRI. Methods: Twelve healthy subjects without any osteoarticular pathology were included in the study after they provided their informed consent. 3D gradient echo sequence with a 4.3 ms echo time and T2* mapping were performed. The lateral internal, external and crossed ligaments, patellar and quadricipital tendons were assessed. T2* measurements were performed specifically on the quadricipital tendon. Results: The quadricipital tendon and the bone trabeculation could be visualized on the UHF MR image. The T2* mapping analysis illustrated a large value (16.4 ± 4 ms) for the subchondral bone and much lower values for the trabecular bone (11 ± 4.5 ms) and the different zones of the keen entheses (7.7 ± 1.9 ms). Conclusion: Based on T2* measurements performed using UHF MRI, the different structural elements of the knee entheses were distinguished. This quantitative stratification could be used to assess changes in pathological conditions such as SpA and trauma. References: [1]Benjamin M, Bydder GM. Magnetic resonance imaging of entheses using ultrashort TE (UTE) pulse sequences. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging: JMRI. 2007;25(2):381-9. Disclosure of Interests: None declared


Nanofluids have great attention in the world due to big potential to replace conventional fluids that have been used in some systems such as automotive, nuclear reactors, solar heating, building heating, and industry. Utilization of indigenous raw material in production of nanoparticles is a key to reach real application of the nanofluids. The aim of this study is to know the effect of combination of organic agent in solgel synthesis on characteristic of Al2O3 nanoparticles and nanofluids made of them. In this study, Al2O3 nanoparticles have been synthesized from local bauxite using solgel method with citric acid and PEG 4000 as chelating and capping agent. Nanofluids with pH 10 were prepared from the nanoparticles. Raw material of Al (OH)3 was extracted from the bauxite. Powder of Al (OH)3 was diluted in water, and citric acid and PEG 4000 was added into the solution to form a sol. The sol was heated to form a xerogel, and then calcined at 900°C for 3 hours to get the Al2O3 nanoparticles. From the synthesis we got gamma-Al2O3 nanoparticles with crystallite size of 4.0-4.6 nm. From the characterization data of the nanofluids it was known that the nanofluids with concentration of Al2O3 nanoparticles of 0.025 vol % to 0.1 vol% possessed relatively high zeta potential of-39.2 mV to-40 mV, and good critical heat flux (CHF) enhancement of 13% to 74%. The nanofluids had large potential to be applied as coolant for External Reactor Core Cooling System (ERVCS), ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System), electronics, automotive, metal forming and solar heating system.


PURPOSE
 Structured reporting is an essential step in establishing standardized quality standards in diagnostic radiology. The German Society of Radiology and the German Society of Neuroradiology aim to provide templates for the structured reporting of different radiological examinations.

METHOD
 The Information Technology working group of the German Society of Radiology developed structured templates for the radiological reporting of different indications in consensus with specialist support by experts.

RESULTS
 We present a template for the structured reporting of examinations of patients with acute ischemic stroke by non-contrast computed tomography, CT angiography, and CT perfusion. This template is provided on the website www.befundung.drg.de for free use.

CONCLUSION
 Implementation of the structured template may increase quality and provide a minimum standard for radiological reports in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

KEY POINTS
· The German Society of Radiology and the German Society of Neuroradiology are providing support for the development of structured templates in German.. · We present a template for the structured reporting of examinations of patients with acute ischemic stroke by non-contrast computed tomography, CT angiography, and CT perfusion. This template is provided on the website www.befundung.drg.de for free use.. · Implementation of the structured template may increase quality and provide a minimum standard for radiological reports in patients with acute ischemic stroke..

CITATION FORMAT
· Brendle C, Bender B, Selo N et al. Structured Reporting of Acute Ischemic Stroke - Consensus-Based Reporting Templates for Non-Contrast Cranial Computed Tomography, CT Angiography, and CT Perfusion. Fortschr Röntgenstr 2021; DOI: 10.1055/a-1487-6849.


The mercury concentration in 17 commercially available bottled waters (artesian, distilled, carbonated, and spring) from 7 different countries determined by isotope dilution cold-vapor inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-CV-ICP-MS) ranged from the blank limited detection limit of <0.10 ng L−1 to 2.32 ng L−1
(ppt). Highly enriched 201Hg isotopic spike is added to approximately 20 mL water and thoroughly mixed. The Hg+2 in the sample is reduced on line with tin(II) chloride and the elemental Hg vapor is separated in a "liquid-matrix" separator and introduced directly into a quadrupole ICP-MS where the Hg isotope ratios (201Hg/202Hg) are measured in time-resolved analysis mode. The primary advantages of this method are (1) high sensitivity, the instrument detection limit is less than 0.05 ng L−1, (3σ), (2) very low chemical blank, the average blank (n
= 3) is 0.17 ng L−1
± 0.03 ng L−1, and (3) high accuracy of isotope dilution—the accuracy is limited by blank and counting statistics. All waters tested, including the major sellers in Europe and the United States, were approximately 1000 times lower than both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limit of 2 µg L−1 Hg (ppb) and the international World Health Organization (WHO) limit of 1 µg L−1 Hg.


Female manufacturing workers around 1900 were far more likely to be paid by the piece and were rarely employed at the same occupation in the same firm as males. These and related aspects of work organization can be understood through a model in which workers shirk, monitoring is costly, and males and females have different turnover rates. Employers adopt either piece rates or deferred payment. Occupational segregation by sex and differences in earnings result even if workers are equally productive. Establishment-level data on supervising male and female workers in time- and piece-rate positions are examined.


Porphyrias are metabolic hem biosynthesis enzymatic disorders. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), one of is varieties, is a hereditary or acquired disease. It can be unleashed by iron overload, alcohol, estrogens and other. In these patients the hepatic compromised can be associated to cirrhosis, iron overload or C and B viral infection, all predispose factors of hepatocellular carcinoma. We present the case of a 69 year old man with PTC, hemosiderosis and hepatocarcinoma. The tumor was diagnosis by ultrasound in an imaging control that allows an opportune surgical treatment. The patient after 18 month to the surgery has no problem. Magnetic resonance value in diagnosis of the tumour and hemosiderosis are discussed.


This study aimed to update the site developed using the technique of adaptive hypermedia in order to facilitate the use of the environment. The proposal will provide two options for the user to access hypermedia environment: adaptive hypermedia (AH) and adaptable hypermedia. This exploratory research aims to study the applicability of tools for software development, characterized by a qualitative approach. As a result, this study demonstrated that the implementation of adaptive hypermedia facilitated the use of a learning environment. In AH, the student, using the entrepreneurial environment, could arrange the icons, modules and files to your preference, or let the system customize as it was using. This work was also realized that the AH technique applied to learning environments was beneficial, especially for facilitating the use by students who have different levels of knowledge.


Objective To summarize the clinical experience on treatment of hand hot crush injury.Methods 38 cases of such patient were used relative treatment methods according to varied situation.Results The function of 33 cases of hand flaps were complete or partial recovered and 5 cases had no function.Conclusion The proper method according to vareid degree and location should be key point and might improve the hand function as well as possiple.


Cyclotides are a new emerging family of large plant-derived backbone-cyclized polypeptides ( 28–37 amino acids long) that share a disulfide-stabilized core (3 disulfide bonds) characterized by an unusual knotted.[1] Cyclotides contrast with other circular polypeptides in that they have a well-defined three-dimensional structure, and despite their small size, can be considered as micro-proteins. Their unique circular backbone topology and knotted arrangement of three disulfide bonds makes them exceptionally stable to thermal and enzymatic degradation (Scheme 1). Furthermore, their well-defined structures have been associated with wide range of biological functions.[2,3] Cyclotides MCoTI-I/II are powerful trypsin inhibitors (Ki 20 – 30 pM) which have been recently isolated from the dormant seeds of Momordica cochinchinensis, a plant member of cucurbitaceae family.[4] Although MCoTI cyclotides do not share significant sequence homology with other cyclotides beyond the presence of the three cystine bridges, structural analysis by NMR has shown that they adopt a similar backbonecyclic cystine-knot topology.[5,6] MCoTI cyclotides, however, show high sequence homology with related cystine-knot squash trypsin inhibitors,[4] and therefore represent interesting molecular scaffolds for drug design.[7–10] Determination of the backbone dynamics of these fascinating micro-proteins is key for understanding their physical and biological properties. Internal motions of a protein on different time scales, extending from picoseconds to second, have been suggested to play an important role in its biological function.[11] A better understanding of the backbone dynamics of the cyclotide scaffold will be extremely helpful for evaluating its utility as a scaffold for peptide-based drug discovery. Such insight will help in the design of optimal focused libraries than can be used for the discovery of new cyclotides sequences with novel biological activities. [12,13] In the current study we report for the first time the determination of internal dynamics of the cyclotide MCoTI-I in free state and complexed with trypsin. Uniformly 15 N-labeled natively folded cyclotide MCoTI-I was recombinantly produced in E. coli growing in minimal M9 medium containing 15 NH4Cl as only source of nitrogen. Concomitant backbone cyclization


In contrary to widely spread view about the substantial delocalization of f electrons in heavy- fermion (h-f) compounds it is argued that h-f phenomena can be understood with localized f electrons. Then the role of crystal-field interactions is essential and the heavy-fermion behaviour can occur for the localized Kramers-doublet ground state.


Introduction The ability to track the migration of metastatic cells when leaving the seeding tumor should become an invaluable tool to understand this phenomenon and propose new therapeutic anti-cancer strategies. Magnetic cell labeling is a promising technique to detect metastatic cancer cells with magnetic resonance imaging. Usually, cells are incubated with iron oxides (T2 contrast agent) in order to uptake the particles before being injected in vivo. In addition to MRI protocols, there is generally a need for complementary techniques able to confirm and quantify the cells that have migrated inside a host tissue. We propose here to implement Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) as a very sensitive method to quantify iron oxide concentration (in cells and tissues). Iron oxide particles exhibit an EPR spectrum, which directly reflects the number of iron oxide particles in a sample. EPR spectroscopy has already been proposed as a method of quantifying the accumulation of iron oxide inside tissues (1). In order to compare EPR with existing methods (Perl's Prussian blue reaction, and fluorimetry), we labeled tumor cells (Melanoma B16F10-luc, fibrosarcoma KHT-luc) and fibroblasts (3T3) with fluorescent iron oxide particles, and defined the limit of detection of the different techniques.


This generation has witnessed a great interest in the study of the book of Jeremiah. Unfortunately, much of this scholarship is unreadable for the church and for ordinary readers because it mainly concentrates on diachronic questions, neglecting pastoral-theological and sociohistorical ones. Yet, the voices one hears in the book of Jeremiah are deeply in touch with the historical realities of the seventh-century bce as well as twenty-first-century situations of poverty, war, injustice, and corruption. The best way to accomplish such interpretation is by acknowledging the valuable tools conceived by the experts of the book of Jeremiah and using these tools in a language understandable to ordinary readers today in their varying contexts.


This is a report of a new 0.8μm, 32 mega pixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with OmniVision secondgeneration (Gen2) stacking technology. In this work, we re-designed a pixel layout and developed a vertical transfer gate (VTG) to achieve low noise and high full well capacity (FWC). The sensor achieved a total read noise of 1.2erms and a linear FWC of 5000e-. The random telegraph signal (RTS) noise was reduced 70% compared with that of a 0.9μm pixel. Other pixel performance improvements are also realized in this work.


Branching enzyme (BE) catalyzes formation of the branch points in glycogen and amylopectin by cleavage of the α-1,4-linkage and its subsequent transfer to the α-1,6-position. A novel BE encoded by an uncharacterized ORF (TK1436) was identified in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1. TK1436 encodes a conserved protein showing similarity to members of glycoside hydrolase family 57 (GH-57 family). TK1436 orthologs are distributed in archaea of Thermococcales, cyanobacteria, some actinobacteria and a few other bacterial species. When recombinant TK1436 protein was incubated with amylose used as the substrate, a product peak was detected by high-performance anion exchange chromatography, eluting slower than the substrate. Isoamylase treatment of the reaction mixture significantly increased the level of short-chain α-glucans, indicating that the reaction product contained many α-1,6-branching points. TK1436 protein showed an optimal pH of 7.0, an optimal temperature of 70°C, and thermostability up to 90°C as determined by the iodine-staining assay. These properties were the same when a protein devoid of the C-terminal HhH motifs (TK1436ΔH protein) was used. The average molecular weight of branched glucan after reaction with TK1436ΔH protein was over 100 times larger than that of the starting substrate. These results indicate that TK1436 encodes a structurally novel BE belonging to the GH-57 family.


In this paper, we discuss the future plans of our research group at the National Research Center. One aim is put forward as our focus in this research work. We would like to make the manufacturing of small scale wind turbines possible in remote areas in Egypt using locally available parts and tools. Many internet sites and references are revised for the realization of this aim. A wide search for the know-how is underdone to understand how to build a similar prototype of a wind turbine to the ones found over the internet with the same properties or at least comparable to them. The different electrical components of a wind turbine and their functions are illustrated. The possibility of controlling the direction of the yaw of a wind turbine is explained and the effect of it on the overall performance of the wind turbine is shown.


Summary form only given. We discuss the magnetic phase diagram of the unidentified low-temperature electronic phase of /spl alpha/-(BEDT-TTF)/sub 2/XH/sub g/(SCN)/sub 4/ (X=K, Rb, and Tl). These compounds are the quasi-2D conductors with two conduction bands; one is a 1D-like band with two parallel sheetlike Fermi surfaces (FS's), and the other is a 2D-like band with a cylindrical FS. Recent experiments suggest that in the low-temperature phase the SDW (or CDW) is formed resulting from the nesting of the sheetlike FS's. However, the mechanism of the high-field transition returning to the metallic phase has still been unknown. We consider the SDW/CDW instability of this two-band system under magnetic fields taking into account the interband coupling due to the magnetic breakdown. The magnetic breakdown opens the energy gaps on the magnetic energy spectrum of the 1D-like electron, which has the ID dispersion easy to occur the SDW/CDW nesting, by mixing with the Landau levels of the 2D-like electron. When the Fermi level locates around one of these gaps, the SDW/CDW instability is strongly suppressed. As the magnetic breakdown gap increases at high magnetic fields, the SDW/CDW state becomes unstable and undergoes the phase transition to the metallic state.


: Rocky intertidal regions are diverse as they provide many unique habitats for the growth of cyanobacteria. From outcrops battered by waves, tidal pools, and periods of desiccations due to tides, these regions offer distinct environments and much of their cyanobacterial diversity remains unexplored. To help elucidate cyanobacteria from this habitat, one nostocalean cyanobacterium from Brittany, France was isolated and cultured. Typical morphological features including filaments with heteropolar trichomes, basal or intercalary heterocytes, false branching, and long hyaline apical hairs suggested the genus Nunduva . The combination of 16S rRNA gene and 16S–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS), along with diagnosable morphological characteristics supports a distinct taxon from previously described species. Herein, the novel false branching cyanobacterium Nunduva sanctimaloensis sp. nov. is described along with its reproduction through modified monocytes.


The retina is the
innermost, light-sensitive layer, or "coat", of shell tissue of the
eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs. The optics of the eye create a
focused two-dimensional image of the visual world on the retina, which
translates that image into electrical neural impulses to the brain to create
visual perception, the retina serving much the same function as film or a CCD
in a camera.

 In the present book, twelve typical
literatures about retinal repair published on international authoritative
journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which
contains reviews or original researches on Retinal-Ischemia, Retinal Laser Technology, Selective Retinal Therapy, Retinal Coordinate and Retinal Pigment Epithelium, etc. We hope this book can
demonstrate advances in retinal repair as well
as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.


We present in this paper a new device-to-device (D2D) communication scheme to create a QoS enhanced multimedia services for LTE users who are physically close to each other. This scheme has a potential to provide higher bandwidth service with reduced delay and reduced power consumption. However, a significant challenge from such D2D opportunity is to establish the direct link between nearby devices without interference to other regular LTE users. In this research, we develop a novel user selective resource allocation scheme that allows D2D links to share the same radio resources with LTE regular users while proactively avoiding the interferences with intelligent user selection. The main contribution of the proposed scheme is in the innovative design of the sub-channel selection algorithms for both D2D links and regular LTE users. These algorithms serve dual purpose: (1) providing desired QoS enhancement to multimedia consumers in D2D links while minimizing the interference to regular users; (2) maximizing the sum rate of the LTE networks considering the interference from D2D links and the fairness issue. The simulation results show that the total achievable capacity of LTE networks is dramatically enhanced by D2D communication with this new user selective resource allocation.


To the Editor.— The latest round of discussion about the utility of postmortem examinations (233:441, 1975; 235:21, 1976) mentioned many factors pertaining to this very complex question. The following were omitted or reviewed in a cursory fashion: (1) the need for a qualitative and quantitative comparison of missed diagnoses in different types and sizes of hospitals, (2) the relationship of falling autopsy rates to fear of malpractice suits, (3) the skewing of review results by postautopsy clinical chart notes, (4) the effect of scanty textbook material about iatrogenic and environmental diseases on the quality of autopsies, (5) the extent of autopsy use for teaching students, nurses, and physicians, (6) the effect of low prosector morale on autopsy quality, and (7) the use of necropsies for professional standards review organization work. The cost of performing autopsies is about $100 million a year. (Assuming that 2 million people die each year in the


In case of the bottom heating of an above-ground LNG storage tank, the base slab is directly in contact with the ground, thus a heat transfer from LNG could freeze the ground which could provoke a safety problem. Therefore, an additional heating system is needed to protect the ground from freezing. For this purpose, KOGAS applied the ground anti-freezing system called "Brine Heating System" to the LNG storage tanks at Tongyoung Terminal. In designing the brine heating system, there are many important factors such as the temperature at the heater plane, the optimum temperature of the heating pipe, the pitch of the heating pipe and boundary temperature conditions at the outside wall and the underground. Although the boundary conditions are uncontrollable and vary at the construction site, the brine heating system in Tongyoung Terminal does not seem to be suitable for the actual operating conditions. The temperature at the heater plane applied to Tongyoung Terminal project was 14.2 o C, but it's 5 to 10 o C in BS7777 code. The analyses were performed at the different temperatures of 5, 10 and 14.2 o C respectively. Applying the severest thermal conditions to the Finite Element Model, a temperature of 37 o C was given to the outside wall of the LNG storage tank in the summertime, and -12 o C was given in the wintertime. An underground temperature was applied based on a monthly average temperature and a depth of the ground in Tongyoung area. In this paper, a characteristic of the brine heating system is studied by using the Finite Element Method, and the optimum temperature of the heating pipe corresponding to the temperature at the heater plane was derived.


The most common valencies associated with K and O atoms are 1+ and 2 − . As a result, one expects K2O to be the oxide of potassium which is the most stable with respect to its constituents. Calculating the formation energy within electronic structure calculations using hybrid functionals, one finds that K2O2 has the largest formation energy, implying the largest stability of this oxide of potassium with respect to its constituents. This is traced to the presence of oxygen dimers in the K2O2 structure which interact strongly resulting in a larger formation energy compared to the more ionic K2O.


This special section of the European Journal of Nanomedicine collects four original articles based on the presentations at the 7th International Conference "Nanoparticles, Nanostructured coatings and Microcontainers: technology, properties, applications" and the 2nd International Young Scientists School "Nanostructured materials". During both meetings, which were held on 10–15 May 2016 in Tomsk, Russia, state-of-the-art research in all branches of Nanoscience was discussed. Special attention was given to the modern achievements in Nanomedicine and Nanosafety. This is not surprising due to the fact that the bio-medical industry is one of the largest areas in which nanomaterials and nanotechnologies provide major contributions. At the same time nanosafety research is defined as the basic foundation not only for the bio-medical industry, but also for other industrial areas related to electronics, energy etc. due to the necessity of complete and clear understanding of the potential risks for environment and human health by the production and application of different nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. Unique physical and chemical properties specified by the size as well as the high bioactivity of nanomaterials on a molecular level indicate their revolutionary opportunities in application. In the Nanomedicine area we can expect a qualitatively higher effectiveness regarding the diagnostics and treatment of a wide spectrum of medical conditions including oncological, infectious, cardiovascular and other diseases. Yet, without any doubts, the application of developed nanomaterials and nanotechnologies should be reasonable and safe controlled. The four original articles presented in this special section cover some of the main trends in Nanomedicine and Nanosafety research. As such, the first article by Bakhmetyev et al. describes the synthesis and surface characterization of nanosized Y2O3 : Eu and YAG : Eu luminescent phosphors to be used for the photodynamic therapy of cancer. The authors indicate a high therapeutic efficacy in vitro with complete destruction of tumor cells under the use of nanosized Y2O3 : Eu phosphor which was synthesized by SHS method and a photosensitizer upon hard X-ray irradiation within 3 min. In the second article Krutyakov et al. discuss the results of large-scale clinical trials on dogs with a new antibacterial drug registered in Russia under the brand name ArgumistinTM. The active components of ArgumistinTM are silver nanoparticles with an average diameter of 40 nm (10 or 50 ppm) stabilized by the biologically active cationic surfactant miramistin [benzyldimethyl[3(miristoylamino)-propyl] ammonium chloride (100 ppm)]. The authors note a high therapeutic effectiveness of the drug for the treatment of infectious conjunctivitis, gingivitis, parodontosis and enteritis of dogs with a considerable reduction of the treatment period and the prevention of complications. Obtained results of the clinical trials for dogs indicate ArgumistinTM as a highly promising antibacterial nanomedicine for humans. The main aim of the research of Mishchenko et al. in the third manuscript is to obtain electrodes for recording cardiac micropotentials in a wide range of frequencies. For this purpose the authors investigated the process of modifying an aluminum-silicon oxide ceramic matrix with bismuth and silver nanoparticles. The results of their study show that the ceramic sensors modified with silver nanoparticles have a direct current drift of less than 5 nV/s while the noise level does not exceed ± 200 nV. Such parameters allow the development of a measuring apparatus from 300 nV. The fourth article by Abzhanova et al. deals with the development of a rapid in vitro approach to assess the risks of nanoparticle exposure to human health. Using the example of nickel microand nanopowders, obtained by electric explosion of nickel wire in argon atmosphere, the authors demonstrate the influence of particle size and composition on the dissolution rate of the particles with two different sizes in different model physiological solutions (synthetic saliva and simple lung fluid).


Objective Glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis are associated with lower renal parenchymal resilience. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors influencing renal resilience in patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN). Methods We recruited 56 healthy volunteers and 187 patients with DN. All the participants were evaluated using shear-wave elastography (SWE), and the size of their kidneys and Young's modulus values for the parenchyma were recorded. A total of 187 patients with DN are allocated to three groups according to their urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio: normoalbuminuric (<30 mg/g creatinine), microalbuminuric (30–300 mg/g), and macroalbuminuric (≥300 mg/g) groups. Renal resilience is compared between the stages of diabetic nephropathy and the healthy control group, and the factors affecting the stiffiness of the renal parenchyma in DN are analyzed. Results The renal parenchyma is harder in participants with DN than in healthy participants (P < 0.001), and the stiffiness increases with the progression of the disease (P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis shows that disease stage (β = 0.789, P < 0.001), duration of diabetes (β = 0.028, P < 0.001), and serum creatinine (SCr) concentration (β = 0.001, p < 0.001) influence the stiffiness of the renal parenchyma. Conclusion We show that SWE can be used to measure changes in the stiffiness of the renal parenchyma in patients with DN. Furthermore, Young's modulus of the renal parenchyma is related to the duration of diabetes, urinary albumin excretion, and SCr concentration. Thus, SWE can be used to objectively and non-invasively stage DN.


To study the relationship between the onset of hyperthyroidism and psychosocial factors,1:1 pair case control study has been conducted and a questionnaire distributed about the social and psychological states among 119 hyperthyroidism patients and their controls.It is found that: (1) Type A characters in hyperthyroidism patients are obviously more than in the control group ( P 0.05) and their psychological health condition is worse ( P 0.05); (2)The family function imbalance with the hyperthyroidism patients is very obvious ( P 0.05);(3) The problems in work and study with the hyperthyroidism patients are more serious than with the control group( P 0.05);(4) Social and other problems demonstrate great differences yet lack any statistic significance ( P 0.05). It is therefore conduded that there is a close relationship between the psychosocial factors and the onset of hyperthyroidism.


It has been observed by Chu (1946) that the marine diatom Nitzschia closterium, in bacteria-free culture, grows in the light with inositol hexaphosphate as phosphorus source, and with glycerophosphate.


As Mr. Hantman indicated, General Motors Research Laboratories has been involved in work on computer graphics, and more particularly oh computer-aided design since 1959. This includes the well published DTiO~I project, where DAC stands for Design Augmented by Computers. • The problem which we were attacking with DAC is the problem of automotive body design and body tooling. The reason for attacking this problem is that it is a long lead time item, it takes 2 1/2 to 3 years to get a design through our styling and engineering omganizations and into production. When we started in 1959 this field was llterally untouched by the technology of computers and numerical control. ThE work was done by hand using full-scale drawings, clay models, wood


The fine-grained calculation method of accepting distributed generation capacity in distribution network for virtual power plant is proposed in this paper. Firstly, a distributed generation capacity model including photovoltaic power generation and wind power generation are established based on the collection of virtual power plant information. Secondly, distribution network power flow model on power grid side, and distributed power generation output model on power supply side including photovoltaic generation model and wind power generation model are established. Thirdly, the fine-grained safe operation constraints including power supply side and power grid side are set. Then, the optimal coordinated scheduling model of acceptability of new energy distributed generation with adjustable importance factor setting mode is proposed. Finally, output virtual power plant information through optimal coordinated scheduling, and reverse determine the actual photovoltaic and wind power installed capacity selection. The proposed model and method can provide theoretical guidance and reference for the fine modeling of distributed generation capacity accepted by the distribution network of virtual power plant, fine-grained computing application, actual installed capacity selection of distributed generation, multi-mode coordinated scheduling and so on.


Transmission line arresters may be subjected to high energy stresses caused by lightning. Calculations of energy stresses were carried out for a typical 138 kV line arrester installation. The primary statistical parameter was the charge of the flash, including multiple strokes. The effect of stroke current magnitude was also investigated. The calculated results were compared with energy stresses in standardized tests on surge arresters. An additional type test procedure is proposed to account for energy stresses typical for line arresters with regard to lightning conditions .


This paper takes shallot as raw materials,development of low- alcohol wine with rich nutrition. In this experiment,the optimum fermentation condition and formulation are determined by single factor and orthogonal test. The results show that:the radio of material to liquid is 1∶10 normal juice;fermentation initial p H 6.5,inoculation amount 1.0 g/L,fermentation temperature 25 ℃ and 0.08% chitosan clarification, light transmissionrate of 97.3%. The deployment of 13% shallot wine alcohol content,total sugar content of 100 g/L,and total acid content 5.0 g/L gets pale orange red, clear and transparent,with shallot unique aroma and wine flavor,also to retain maximum nutritional content of shallot.


The apparent viscosity of the cephalosparin C broth in the fermentation process was studied and compared with the cell growth.Results show that there are correlations between the apparent viscosity of the cephalosparin C broth and cell growth.With the growth of cell,the apparent viscosity of broth become ascend tendency.But the apparent viscosity appears steady stage when cell growth is to be steady.The effect on fermentation titer of the cephalosparin C broth apparent viscosity is obvious.The mechanism maybe have something to do with the biosynthesis of CPC though influence DO level and oxygen transmission.