The Mobile Adhoc Networks represent very perspective way of communication. The mobility management is on the most often discussed research issues within these networks. There have been designed many methods and algorithms to control and predict the movement of mobile nodes, but each method has different functional principle and is suitable for different environment and network circumstances. Therefore, it is advantageous to use a simulation tool in order to model and evaluate a mobile network together with the mobility management method. The aim of this paper is to present the implementation process of movement control methods into simulation environment OPNET Modeler based on the TRJ file. The described trajectory control procedure utilized the information about the route stored in the GPX file which is used to store the GPS coordinates. The developed conversion tool, implementation of proposed method into OPNET Modeler and also final evaluation are presented in this paper.


The French breeding population of Common Sandpipers (Actitis hypoleucos) is fragmented and the number of breeding pairs is estimated to be less than 1000. Many small isolated populations, especially those in The Pyrenees, remain undiscovered. We provide here the first results concerning a small population breeding along upland rivers (740-1,720 m above sea level) in the French Pyrenees National Park (Pyrenees-Atlantiques; France). Abundance data was collected from five 4 km-long stretches of river during three consecutive breeding seasons (1998-2000). The mean density was always very low ranging from 0.05 (2000) to 0.15 paris/km (1998 and 1999). The survey revealed the presence of a breeding pair at and altitude of 1710 meters above sea level. Factors explaining such low densities (altitudinal constraint, habitat quality or human disturbances) are explored.


Phenolic acids were the main substances leading to the continuous cropping obstacles in plants.The self-allelopathy inhibited plant growth through affecting plant membrane system,photosynthesis,enzyme activity,soil microbial activity,soil physical and chemical properties,endogenous hormones and so on.This paper focused on the research progress on the sources of phenolic acids,the self-allelopathy of phenolic acids for soil nutrient,soil enzyme activity,soil microorganisms and plant physiology and biochemistry,and the research progress on how to relieve the continuous cropping obstacles caused by phenolic acids were reviewed.


Objective:To observe the effects of the method of clearing heat,reduce phlegm and removing blood-stasis on the treatment of patients with semen unliquefaction according to related indexes. Methods:97 patients were randomly divided into control group of western medicine 47 cases and of treatment group of Chinese medicine 50 cases. Sperm density,sperm motility,sperm motility and other changes were measured before and after treatment. Results:To compare two groups,the effect of western medicine group was better than that in improving sperm motility and sperm viability (P0.01 or P0.05). Conclusion:TCM has good effect in treating semen unliquefaction through clearing heat,reduce phlegm and removing blood-stasis.


If a concise CFG exists for the given PDG, an optimal CFG can be efficiently generated. This is not the case for most Esterel programs. Solving the general problem optimally is NP-complete, so my project will find an non-optimal but efficient CFG.


textabstractBefore the discovery of the lysosome, already three out of the seven currently known
mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) were described in medical literature. In 1917, Hunter
syndrome was the first to be described in two brothers ("they are as alike as two peas")
by Charles Hunter. Gertrud Hurler published her two case reports about MPS I in 1919,
and MPS IV was outlined in 1929 by the Uruguayan dr. Morquio. All described young
children with or without mental impairment, with profound bone abnormalities.
In 1955, the Belgian scientist Christian de Duve discovered a new intra-cellular organelle
that he named the lysosome. Eventually, this brought light to more than 50 inherited diseases
all concerning a defect in the lysosomal system. The group of mucopolysaccharidoses
belonged to these lysosomal disorders and all types proved to be characterized by the
deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme. New types of MPSs were discovered since then.
In 1963 two French physicians described a new form of dysostosis mupltiplex, MPS VI,
and the syndrome was named after them: Maroteaux-Lamy's syndrome 4. In the same
year dr. Sanfilippo described for the first time a MPS III patient with mental impairment
and excretion of heparan sulphate. Later, Sanfillippo disease was subdivided in type A, B,
C, and D because between 1972 and 1980 different enzyme deficiencies were discovered
in each of the four subtypes. Finally, in 1973, MPS VII was described by the American
dr. Sly . MPS V and MPS VIII, first thought to be novel diseases, later turned out to be
already known types of MPS and are not separate entities anymore. In 1996 Natowicz et al
reported the first patient with MPS IX . Till now, only one other family has been reported
with this disease.


This paper deals with the analysis of common language and translation mistakes and errors made in translations of Polish testaments into English. This article presents a selection of examples from the translation assignments of students of the postgraduate School of Translation, Interpreting and Foreign Languages at Adam Mickiewicz University. The author presents incorrect translations into English and explains why they are incorrect. The examples are illustrated with the author's suggestions of correct equivalents. There is also a short description of the spotted types of language and translation errors and mistakes. The identified problems result from the translation method applied (which is not always properly chosen), syntactic and grammatical differences between Polish and English, as well as culturally-conditioned differences in Polish and English legal realities. This paper has been inspired by the analysis of translation assignments done by students of the Poznan School of Translation, Interpreting and Foreign Languages [Szkola Tlumaczy i Jezykow Obcych], Adam Mickiewcz University. The School offers a two-year postgraduate course in Polish-English and English-Polish translation. The course encompasses the course in written translation during the first and second year of studies. The material used has been composed of written assignments done by second year students. Those students cover the course in LSP translation including economics, law, logistics, accounting, banking and business.


The line shape of electromodulation in uniform electric field of δ‐doped GaAs has been calculated and compared with the experiments. The calculations show that the Franz–Keldysh oscillations (FKO) beats observed in experiments are contributed form the interference of heavy‐hole and light‐hole transitions. The calculations also show that the linear equation of extrema is a good approximation to analyze the electric field from the FKO line shape, although the equation only considers the heavy‐hole transition.


Interest in plant-based diets has been on the rise in recent years owing to the potential health benefits of their individual components and the notion that plant-based diets might reduce the incidence of several diseases. Egyptian dukkah and Syrian za'atar are two of the most historic and famous Middle Eastern herbal blends used for their anti-inflammatory, hypolipidemic, and antidiabetic effects. Headspace SPME-GCMS and HPLC-DAD were adopted for characterizing the aroma profile and phenolic compounds of both herbal blends, respectively. Further, vapor-phase minimum inhibitory concentration was employed for assessing each blend's antibacterial potential, while their antioxidant potential was estimated via in vitro antioxidant assays. SPME headspace analysis indicated the abundance of ethers and monoterpene hydrocarbons, while HPLC revealed the presence of several phenolics including rosmarinic acid, ferulic acid, and rutin. Biological investigations affirmed that vapor-phase of the tested blends exhibited antibacterial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, while the antioxidant potential of the blends was investigated and expressed as Trolox (125.15 ± 5.92 to 337.26 ± 13.84 μM T eq/mg) and EDTA (18.08 ± 1.62 to 51.69 41 ± 5.33 μM EDTA eq/mg) equivalent. The presented study offers the first insight into the chemical profile and biological activities of both dukkah and za'atar.


The article depicts current state of cultural policy of the state and the history of development of this phenomenon. The author examines three types of state participation in cultural policy: charismatic policy, accessibility policy, policy of cultural self-expression. The article depicts purposes of cultural policy of the state and levels of cultural policy of the state, relationship of cultural policy with various social institutes.


The Qinghai-Tibet railway is not only a political line,economic line,but also a cultural line,a pilgrimage tourism heritage line.This article was based on the literature study and the investigation,from the view of tourism,culture and anthropology,and mainly as the example of Qinghai-Tibet railway Xining to Golmud period,described and analyzed the cultural heritage types and survival situation,value,tourism development and utilization level,etc.Based on this,proposed the countermeasures and thinking of how to effectively protect the national cultural heritage,how to effectively use the special cultural heritage resources to build a world-class tourism Golden-Belt of Qinghai Tibet railway.


Abstract A decision tree represents one of the most used data analysis methods for classification tasks. The generated decision models can be visualized as a graph, but this visualization is quite complicated for a domain expert to understand in large or heterogeneous data. Our previous experience with medical data analytics related to the classification of patients with Metabolic Syndrome, Mild Cognitive Impairment, heart disease, or Frailty motivated us to evaluate the potential of new visualizations for this decision model in the medical domain. We managed a user study to design and implement a decision support system containing selected methods to improve the interpretability of the generated tree-based decision model. We hypothesized that this approach would result in more effective communication between data analysts and medical experts, reduce necessary time and energy and bring more comprehensive results. For this purpose, we selected two model-agnostic methods, LIME and SHAP, and one new interactive visualization called Sunburst. We used two data samples for design and evaluation: the publicly available heart disease dataset and the Metabolic Syndrome dataset the participating medical expert provided. We will use the collected feedback and experience for further improvements, like more evaluation metrics related to the usability of the decision models.


Three anatomically preserved endocarps, each with one enclosed seed, are described from the Princeton chert (Middle Eocene) Allenby Formation of British Columbia, Canada. Fruits are ovoid, unicarpellate, single-seeded drupes. Endocarps are sclerotic, with one or two ridges on the dorsal side, and a distinct ventral suture that is partially open toward the fruit apex where an obturator is present. Cells along the ventral suture are oriented parallel to the surface of the suture and have thin secondary walls and dark contents. Seeds are anatropous, bitegmic, and ventrally attached to the carpel, with a ventral raphe and a dorsal vascular plexus. The outer integument in two seeds is composed of a single layer with alternating sclereids and thin-walled cells, while in the third seed only sclereids are present. The inner integument consists of a single layer of rectangular, thin-walled cells, but the inner integument becomes multilayered in the micropylar region and along the vascular plexus. These three endocarps with enclosed seeds have a very similar anatomy. Variation in number of cell layers, and cell size and shape in each zone is similar to that seen in extant Prunus species. However, only seven out of about 430 species of Prunus have been studied in detail. This lack of information in extant Prunus makes the recognition of species difficult at this time. The description of these rosaceous fruits shows that by the Middle Eocene several postulated "advanced" characters in Prunoideae were already present.


This paper first shows that progress in the achievement of the MDGs in general, have been poor, especially in the health sector. Most regions and countries have made some progress but not fast enough to reach the goals by 2015, and even others like the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are stagnated in several of them, especially in child and maternal mortality. In that sense, it is urgent to try something drastic at global and national levels if we want to reach the agreed goals by 2015. Second, the revision of the vast MDGs literature developed over the past two years shows that the main constraint for speeding progress is not the money or the availability of technologies or specific interventions in favor of the health MDGs. The key limitation seems to lie on the institutional weaknesses that developing countries show in their public sectors as a whole, and especially in their health sectors. Public health sectors need to step up to show they can make significant progress if more money is allocated to them. They also need to improve their communication with other areas of the public sector because many of the proven successful pro-health MDGs interventions lie beyond the health sector. Developed and developing countries need to identify institutional strategies that allows the latter to quickly scale up proven successful interventions while at the same time promote the long run development of their health systems. Many important efforts are being developed by international initiatives, but they have been limited precisely by the weaknesses of public sectors in worse performing countries. Institutional strengthening strategies have been developed but they are likely to take time to give results. In this paper I propose a complementary learning by doing approach that can strengthen public health sectors while already implementing promising pro-health MDGs interventions. The strategy is based on an intensive use of the power shown by randomized trials to scale up once the interventions have robustly proven to be successful.


A series of Co‐Ni‐Cr and Co‐Ni‐Cr/Cr films have been examined using transmission electron microscopy in conventional bright/dark‐field imaging, selected‐area diffraction, convergent beam electron diffraction, as well as in Lorentz electron microscopy imaging mode. The crystallographic orientation and magnetic domain structure have been characterized as a function of film thickness. The results indicate that amorphous Co‐Ni‐Cr films form prior to the formation of small randomly oriented equiaxed grains during deposition on amorphous substrates. As the film thickness increases, some of the small grains grow preferentially with their c axis parallel to film plane, but others with their c axis at an angle of 62° from the film plane. Longitudinal domain structures of the films were found to consist of Neel walls associated with cross‐tie walls and Bloch lines. Each domain contains a large amount of the magnetic ripple‐type structure.


Due to the electric machine torque bandwidth characteristic and good efficiency throughout its operational points, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are typically equipped with a single-speed gearbox (SSG). Nevertheless, multi-speed gearboxes have been investigated for BEVs' powertrain application as multiple gear ratios add the possibility of keeping the EM operating in a better efficiency region, thus reducing vehicle energy consumption and increasing dynamic performance. At the same time, driving simulators have gained momentum in industry and academia. Simulators render a faster, cheaper, and safer research and development process since it is possible to analyze the project at a system level before building prototypes. In addition, driving simulators allow the driver's perception of gear shifting times, shift hunting, and vehicle jerk to be considered during the development phase. Combining the trends mentioned above in the automotive segment, we modeled single-and two-speed BEV models in MATLAB/Simulink. We performed a performance and driveability analysis in a static driving simulator. The preliminary results of adopting an efficiency-based shifting schedule and testing different gear shifting duration times indicate the importance of considering the vehicle's dynamic behavior when employing multi-speed gearbox in BEVs.


Tangerines are frequently graded on the basis of size, but it may be more suitable and economical to develop a system which grades by mass. In this study, nine linear regression models for predicting tangerine mass from some geometrical properties of tangerine such as length (L), diameter (D), geometrical mean diameter (GMD), first projected area (PA ), second projected area (PA ), criteria area (CAE) and estimated volume based 12 on an oblate spheroid assumed shape (V ) were suggested. Models were divided into three main Sp classifications, i.e. first classification (outer dimensions), second classification (projected areas) and third classification (estimated volume). The statistical results of the study indicated that in order to predict tangerine mass based on outer dimensions, the mass model based on GMD as M = - 150.5 +43.94 GMD with R = 0.89 can 2


Objective To investigate the effects of mycophenolic acid (MPA) on pterygium fibroblasts (PFB) activity,and determine its relative mechanism. Methods PFB were cultured in vitro,the inhibitive effects of MPA on PFB proliferation were observed by MTT and Brdu fluorescence staining,and the expressions of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) P65 and IκB-α in PFB were examined by Western blot. Results MMT found that the different concentrations of MPA and mitomycin C had inhibitive effects on PFB proliferation with time- and dose-dependant manner,there were statistical differences (all P0.05),the inhibitive rates at 48 hours under IC50 were (31.918 5±1.277 6)% and (31.123 5±1.582 6)%,at 72 hours were (50.292 9±2.457 4)% and (47.972 9±0.614 2)%.Brdu fluorescence staining showed that there were statistical differences in integrated optical density in different concentrations of MPA groups compared with blank control group (all P0.05),which further certified the inhibitory effect of MPA on PFB.Western blot showed that MPA significantly inhibited the expression of P65 in nuclei of PFB (the expression in MPA group was 0.886 4±0.072 8,and blank control group was 1.542 9±0.142 7)and increased the expression of IκB-α in cytoplasm (the expression in MPA group was 2.142 5±0.305 2,and blank control group was 1.559 2±0.267 6). Conclusion MPA has inhibitive effects on PFB proliferation,and its mechanism may be related with PFB inhibitory effect on NF-κB pathway.


Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate salpingectomy specimens of all types of ovarian tumors by opting SEE-FIM grossing protocol. Methods: A total of 79 samples of fallopian tubes were grossed following SEE-FIM protocol, as mentioned by CAP. This study was conducted in Pathology department at Niazi Medical and Dental College Sargodha. Results: One third ovarian tumors (n = 26, 33.8%) were bilateral and two fifth tumors (n = 31, 40.3%) were on the right side. More than ninety percent samples (n = 71, 92.2%) had non-precursor lesions. Lastly, most common cases of ovarian tumors were of mature cystic teratoma (n = 16, 20.8%), dysgerminoma (n = 13, 16.9%) and mucinous cystadenoma (n = 12, 15.6%). The results of chi-square tests showed significant association of both histopathological changes in fallopian tube (χ2 (6) = 31.05, p < .001) and histopathological findings (χ2 (2) = 7.81, p < .05) with types of ovarian neoplasm. Conclusion: The routine following of SEE-FIM is an easily adoptable and valuable protocol in terms of finding unexpected / incidental lesions and their correlation with different ovarian neoplasms. Keyword: SEE-FIM protocol, Salpingectomy specimen, precursor fallopian tube lesions.


The complex spectral refractive index (absorption index) of fly ash from two generating stations burning Canadian lignite and sub-bituminous coals have been examined by two different techniques. Ash samples collected at different combustion conditions were analyzed. It is shown that the absorption index of both ashes is in the range of 0.004 to 0.018 in the wavelength range of 0.7-2.5 μm. The effects of presence of carbonaceous material in ashes, iron content and different operating (combustion) conditions are reported.

L'indice de refraction spectral complexe (indice d'absorption) de la cendre volante provenant de deux centrales thermiques bru'lant de la lignite et des charbons sous-bitumineux canadiens, a ete examine au moyen de deux techniques differentes. Des echantillons de cendres recueillis dans differentes conditions de combustion ont ete examines. On montre que l'indice d'absorption de deux cendres est compris entre 0,004 et 0,018 dans des gammes de longueur d'ondes allant de 0,7 a 2,5 m. On indique les effets de la presence de matieres carboneuses dans les cendres, de la teneur en fer et des differentes conditions de fonctionnement (combustion).


The Iron & Steel Industry in general is one of the major contributors of environmental pollution due to the complexity of operations. Starting from mining of iron ores and fluxes and their beneficiation to coke making, iron making, steel making and rolling, various solid, liquid and gaseous pollutants are liberated which contribute to pollution. In an integrated steel plant where coke & coke oven gas are the major source of energy. Right from the receipt, unloading handling, crushing carbonization and subsequence coke handling dust & breeze is generated. The process of charging coal inside the oven, pushing & coke quenching operation generates lot of waste into kind of hot air forms, dust, breeze, coke smaller freedom. In India there is too much scope of effective management of Coke Oven solid wastes and by-products which can solve some extent, the shortage of coking coal problem for Iron and Steel Industries particularly for Blast furnace process of Iron making. This paper outlines an insight into some proven technology, process for effective management of Coke Oven solid waste and by-products.


Uveitis encompasses inflammatory diseases of the uveal tract and is responsible for 10–15% of severe visual handicap in the Western world [1,2]. Uveitis affects people at a young age and therefore ...


In this paper, we propose a new selected mapping (SLM) scheme for reducing peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals modulated with quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), called amplitude and phase variant SLM (APSLM). Contrary to the conventional SLM which rotates the phases of QAM symbols in the frequency domain, the proposed scheme changes the magnitudes as well as the phases of QAM symbols by applying binary sequences to the binary data sequence before mapped to QAM symbols. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has better PAPR reduction performance than the conventional SLM scheme for the QAM modulated OFDM signals, especially for the small number of subcarriers.


Over an artinian hereditary ring R, we discuss how the existence of almost split sequences starting at the indecomposable non-injective preprojective right R-modules is related to the existence of almost split sequences ending at the indecomposable nonprojective preinjective left R-modules. This answers a question raised by Simson in [27] in connection with pure semisimple rings.


The article highlights the current issues of planning and budget development during the war, the functioning of state finances, the components of the military economy as a multi-sectoral complex, and the mechanisms of financing the military economy in modern conditions. The main modern trends in the sphere of public finances of Ukraine are considered. A comparison is made with the world experience of the functioning of military state finances. The financial consequences in the countries affected by the war are analyzed.
Military finance is a special part of state finances, the main link of which is the military budget. The military budget is part of the State budget of the country. The article examines the world experience of the budgetary process during the war.
The structure of military finances and its main elements are analyzed: the military budget, sources of income generation and spending, military borrowing, military purchases, finances of interstate military groups, foreign military aid, military defense orders, military levies, and others.
The classification of military costs, which are divided into direct, indirect and hidden, is generalized. In turn, direct military expenses are divided into current and capital expenses.
The article emphasizes that there are three main sources of funding for military spending: printing money, increasing taxes, and borrowing. The advantages and disadvantages of each of these sources of financing are analyzed. Analysis of the functioning of military finances in the leading countries of the world during the wars of the 20th century revealed the main trends. Most countries increased the tax rates of individuals, did not use the provision of state grants to support small businesses, tried to keep the share of monetary emission among sources of financing no more than 20%, used internal state borrowing to attract funds.
Military bonds are considered as a kind of investment tool to support the state budget. Military bonds are separate issues of domestic state loan bonds from the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine during martial law. The conditions for issuing state military bonds are summarized.


The urban development of Lota city (Chile) was strongly influenced by the coal-mining industry during 19th and 20th century. Virtually, the entire city was built, initially, by Matias Cousiño's Coal Company and, later, by the National Coal Company of Chile (ENACAR). At the beginning of the 21st century, the city began to experience a decline because of the closure of coal mines. This situation affected not only the economy and employment of the city, but also the maintenance of its infrastructure and the conservation of historical buildings. The "Anibal Pinto Building" is a 5 stories reinforced concrete and masonry structure, built in 1966. Besides of an aggressive coastal environment and poor maintenance, this building has experienced one major earthquake (Mw 8.8 in 2010). As a consequence, cracks, concrete spalding and reinforcement corrosion is observed in several structural elements. To evaluate the current state of the building and determine it remaining operation life, a structural assessment procedure was implemented based on field explorations, laboratory analysis and numerical modeling. Field explorations considered tests to identify carbonation, humidity, porosity, concrete hardness. While, laboratory analysis included compression test of concrete cores extracted from the building. These investigations were developed with the aim of determine the mechanical properties of buildings materials and for identifying pathologies that affects reinforced concrete. The experimental data was used to elaborate a finite element model in SAP 2000 to estimate building performance compared to the current seismic regulation in Chile. M. Chávez., F. Macaya, E. Núñez and C. Oyarzo


According to the invention a pharmaceutical product is claimed, comprising a propellant-containing dosage aerosol, an effective amount of adsorbent, a pharmaceutically active substance, substance formulation or mixture of substances and a package which encloses the adsorbent and the inhaler with the pharmaceutically active substance, substance formulation or substance mixture.


In this study, the drying kinetics of apple (control, blanching and blanching in 1% potassium meta bisulphate) in a tunnel dryer was studied at 50, 60, and 70°C air temperatures. The drying of apple slices occurred in a falling rate period. It was found that treated apple slices dried faster. Six thin layer-drying models were fitted to the experimental moisture ratio. Among the mathematical models evaluated, the logarithmic model satisfactorily described the drying behaviour of apple slices with high r2 values. The effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) of apple slices increased as the drying air temperature increased. The Deff values were higher for the treated samples than for the control.


Hypertrophy of the abductor hallucis muscle is a very rare disorder. We report two cases with a mass on the plantar surface of their foot. Case 1 was a 16 month-old girl who presented to our hospital with a difference in size of the foot which had been present from birth. On examination, flat foot was observed and a soft mass was palpated on the medial aspect of the right foot. On plain radiographs, swelling of the soft tissue was noted. CT scan showed hypertrophy of the muscle, but the muscle could not be distinguished. Biopsy examination revealed normal muscle structure. At surgery, hypertrophy of the abductor hallucis muscle was diagnosed.In the second case, a ten-month-old male, a similar difference in the size of the foot was noticed by the parents. Also in this case a soft palpable mass was found around the same site. Difference in the size of the foot size, in length and width was observed. MRI examination revealed hypertrophy of the muscle and the site of the muscle coincided with the position of the abductor hallucis muscle. However, this mass showed no signal intensity similar to tumour. Surgery was not carried out in this case.In the first case with flat foot, the cause of the hypertrophy of the abductor hallucis muscle could not clearly distinguished. However, in the second case, this may be due to hemi-hypertrophy of the foot.


In line with the fundamental reform of the Russia administrative legislation, this article discusses the synthesis of a geoinformation system for preventive management of the full cycle of production on affairs about administrative offenses. According to the Anokhin - Sudakov's theory of functional systems, the tasks of forming a structural image and synthesizing a mathematical model to manage the administrative process stages, as well as the tasks of substantiating the mathematical criterion and its structural and functional implementation to prevent violations of a reasonable time in production on affairs about administrative offenses, were set. According to the law of management object integrity preservation, it is obtained that the opposing side of the administrative conflict counteracts by the joint use of protective (geoinformation), target (enforcement) and providing (geolocation) management subsystems, each of which generates a different contribution to efficiency at the next stage of the administrative process. To create a mathematical model for making a managerial decision, adequately formalized for each stage of the administrative process, a natural-scientific approach to the synthesis of management in conditions of limited resources was used. An analytical dependence is determined, that integrates the functioning regularities of law enforcement, geoinformation and geolocation components of the management system at the stage of administrative practice. When concretizing it, the possibility of representing administrative production by Poisson transitions of the affairs flow about administrative offenses between the states of the administrative process stages in a continuous Markov chain is used. Through modeling a Markov chain by the Kolmogorov - Chapman's equations system the criterion of preemptive management existence of the administrative process stages complex is revealed, allowing under proper efficiency of administrative production to optimize the intensity of identification and neutralization of threats to ensure a reasonable time in the target, protective or providing subsystems of management. The structure and functionality of probabilistic transitions of the affairs flow about administrative offenses, including management procedures, in a Markov chain of administrative production are established by their network modelling based on accumulated observations of administrative statistics. Numerical studies of a synthesized model of preemptive management of administrative production have clarified the effects of disruption of transition processes between states of administrative practice on its efficiency.


The widespread adoption of cyberspace for exceptional socio-economic activities, especially as it is connecting populations around the globe in ways never foreseen is raising fresh security issues. What is fuelling this embracement, is the pervasiveness of social media and innovative mobile computing devices. This has not only changed our ways of life, but also blurs the lines that define the way governments run, business are conducted as well as the way we use and share information. Yet, these new ways of services and interactions, are raising new threats in terms of privacy, integrity, confidentiality and trust. Cyberspace transactionscut across national boundaries, in many cases, without any form of existing trust relationships of any sort. Again, the explosion in mobile computing is extending the influence of social web; the manner in which content is shared and accessed is now defining a symbol of new global status, affecting and merging the realm of personal and business life. Besides the threats from criminal minded people or group, deliberate efforts by states to dominate (or show supremacy) with the potential to halt other states economically, politically or militarily, lies intensified privacy invasion that is unfamiliarto the unsuspecting technology user. This paper explores the different levels at which users of cyberspace are exposed toprivacy invasion, the consequences and manner in which some of the risks can be mitigated even as we continue to record steady upswing of mobile computing by


The decarbonisation of the European electricity sector, as envisaged in the EU Road Map 2050 (EC 2011), requires both a transformation of the generation portfolio as well as a significant expansion of the power transmission system. There are several recent studies that aim to determine the optimal investment plans for a decarbonised electricity sector (Fursch, Nagl, and Lindenberger 2012; Troster, Kuwahata, and Ackermann 2011): these use a pan-European welfare maximization approach, where all investment decisions are taken by a benevolent central planner (or, equivalently, by competitive market players). These studies do not consider that transmission investment has a strong impact on national welfare. Network expansion is still a national prerogative, both regarding the planning and the funding. Beneficiaries of transmission investment may be in a different jurisdiction than those bearing the costs. National governments, regulators and/or Transmission System Operators (TSO) may be reluctant to invest if the benefits accrue elsewhere, if no appropriate compensation mechanism is in place. Egerer, Hirschhausen, and Kunz (2012) discuss the implications on supplier and consumer welfare for different topologies of the North and Baltic Sea offshore connectors. While some countries gain from upgrades in the network, others may also lose. The allocation of costs is therefore of paramount importance (Buijs and Belmans 2011). Theoretically, the right allocation of benefits and costs through side payments results in a grand coalition and in a system welfare optimal expansion on the European level. There is a string of scientific literature examining various allocation methods based on cooperative game theory (Gately 1974; Nylund 2013). On the European level, the inter-TSO compensation (ITC) mechanism is intended to allocate the longrun cost of transmission infrastructure to beneficiaries. Due to the large volumes at stake and the difficulty of defining a transparent and fair allocation scheme, the current volume of the ITC mechanism is insufficient to cover more than a very small share of long-run infrastructure costs (EC 2010). Any analysis of the power market is particularly complicated due to the specific characteristics of electricity transmission: if two parties engage in a trade, power does not only flow on the direct line between the two parties, but may adversely affect other TSOs. Applying an incentive regulation approach, Hogan, Rosellon, and Vogelsang (2010) propose a mechanism to incentivize a monopolistic TSO to expand the grid in a welfaremaximizing way. However, this mechanism uses Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) as a simplification, When several TSOs are affected, as is usually the case in Europe, this approach is not valid due to loop flows. In order to properly capture how each network zone is affected, we therefore base our analysis on the actual power flows rather than the FTR simplification. Our work combines the issue of a pan-European investment with national-strategic considerations; these include (national) funding requirements of investment, as well as the considerations of national welfare implications in transmission investment and the tariffs for funding operation and expansion of the grid. We use the term "national-strategic" to differentiate our work from other studies that treat generators as strategic players (Neuhoff et al. 2005; Schroder, Traber, and Kemfert 2013).


Interleukin-9 receptor (IL-9R) complex consists of a ligand-specific α chain and IL-2R γ chain. In this study, two regions in the cytoplasmic domain of human IL-9Rα were found to be important for IL-9-mediated cell growth. A membrane-proximal region that contains the BOX1 consensus sequence is required for IL-9-induced cell proliferation and tyrosine phosphorylation of Janus kinases (JAKs). Deletion of this region or internal deletion of the BOX1 motif abrogated IL-9-induced cell proliferation and signal transduction. However, substitution of the Pro-X-Pro in the BOX1 motif with Ala-X-Ala failed to abolish IL-9-induced cell proliferation but decreased IL-9-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK kinases, insulin receptor substrate-2, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and expression of c-mycand junB. Another important region is downstream of the BOX1 motif and contains a STAT3 binding motif YLPQ. Deletion of this region significantly impaired IL-9-induced cell growth, activation of JAK kinases, insulin receptor substrate-2, and STAT3 and expression of early response genes. A point mutation changing YLPQ into YLPA greatly reduced IL-9-induced activation of STAT3 and expression of c-myc but did not affect cell proliferation. These results suggest that cooperation or cross-talk of signaling molecules associated with different domains of IL-9Rα other than STAT3 is essential for IL-9-mediated cell growth.


An electrical-energy storage device configured for use in a time-varying electromagnetic field, the storage device comprising: an electrode at least part of which is configured so as to hinder the ability of eddy currents induced by said field to circulate therein.


Objective
To understand the status of AIDS stigma among HIV-infected patients in Kunming, and to analyze the causes and influencing factors of the stigma.

Methods
Systematic sampling method was used to collect samples from surviving HIV-infected patients in Kunming. The questionnaire included general demographic data, knowledge of AIDS and AIDS-related stigma. The AIDS stigma among HIV-infected patients was investigated by the Simplified AIDS Shame Scale (BHSS).

Results
A total of 962 HIV-infected patients, including 696 males and 266 females were investigated.The average score of the BHSS scale was (11.29±3.35). The average scores were higher among subjects with Han nationality, current addresses in cities and towns as well as no knowledge for AIDS prevention and control (P<0.05). The results of multiple linear analysis showed that the stigma was stronger among subjects with Han nationality, current addresses in cities and towns, recent confirmation of diagnosis and limited awareness of knowledge for AIDS prevention and control (P<0.05).

Conclusions
HIV-infected patients in our city had different degrees of AIDS stigma. The government and relevant professional institutions should take appropriate propaganda and intervention measures to reduce the internal stigma caused by external social discrimination.

Key words:
HIV-infected patients; BHSS scale; Stigma; Influencing factors


NOVOTNA er a/. (1975) have reported a 24-fold increase in the rate of turnover of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain-stem of hibernating hamsters when compared with active animals during the summer, and a 4-fold increase when compared with controls kept at 30°C. This increase was accompanied by a 5-fold increase in the concentration of 5-hydroxyindoleacetate and a small increase in the concentration of 5-hydroxytryptamine. Such an increase in the rate of turnover of 5-hydroxytryptamine during hibernation is consistent with the earlier report by BARRY (1971) who found by a qualitative histofluorescence method that the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine increased after monoamine oxidase inhibition. much more in hibernating dormouse brain-stem than in controls. The concentration of tryptophan in brain is rather less than the K , value of tryptophan hydroxylase (FRIEDMAN er a/ . , 1972) and the activity of thc enzyme may be increased by about 3-fold by increases in the concentration of its substrate. The 24-fold increase in flux described by NOVOTNA rt a/. (1975) implies that tryptophan hydroxylase has a far higher catalytic activity even at 3-4°C. the temperature of the brain of hibernating hamsters (LYMAN & CHATFIELD. 1955), than would be expected on the grounds of incrcased availability of tryptophan and so a major change in the amount or kinetics of the enzyme are in turn implied.


The article deals with the problems of forming students as active citizens. According to the author"s opinion, one of the main effective factors which influences this process is teachers professionalism and essential sociocultural environment, that contributes the process.


Living lab environments are often promoted as a way to engage private companies, citizens, researchers, and public organizations in mutually beneficial learning. Based on an in-depth case study of a four-year living lab collaboration in gerontechnology, we agree that successful living lab development hinges on learning between the parties, yet its emergence cannot be presumed or taken for granted. Diverse competences and interests of participating actors often make technology development projects complicated and volatile. The study describes two specific challenges faced in a living lab project: i) power issues between the actors and ii) end-user reluctance to participate in the development of new technology. Despite the hardships, we suggest that the living lab environment worked as a catalyst for learning between users and developers. Nevertheless, realizing the benefits of this learning may be more challenging than is usually expected. Learning for interaction is needed before effective learning in interaction is possible. To understand the dynamics of interactive learning or knowledge creation, we need to study interaction between people: what was learned, how, by whom, and at what level of work and organization.


The measured process and performance of High Temperature superconducting Current leads whose current up to 1000A were introduced. The HTS leads were made of Bi 2223 rods. Transport currents were measured by a standard four probe DC resistance method. The results showed the current over 1000A at 77K, 0T and 500A at 77K, 0.1T.


THE U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad, now in its third year, has become suffi ciently well known for inquiries about it and interest in having students participate in it to be widespread. Participation is by invitation only. In 1974, invitations were sent to 155 students to take part in the Third U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad. Most students were selected on the basis of their performance on the Annual High School Mathematics Examination. Stu dents from Michigan and Wisconsin, which conduct their own statewide mathe matics contests, were also invited, and a few students were invited on the basis of strong recommendation from school offi cials. Of these 155 invitations, 149 com plete acceptances were received. (An ac ceptance is considered complete when the student agrees to participate and the school agrees to administer the test.) The Third U.S.A. Mathematical Olym piad took place in 119 schools over the nation on 7 May, 1974. As before, it con sisted of five problems of the essay type requiring mathematical power and ingenu ity to solve. The allotted time for doing the problems was three hours. The five problems appear here ; solutions are given at the end of the article. All test papers were returned by 15 May, and graded 20 May by a committee of the mathematics faculty at Rutgers. The top thirty papers were regraded at Memphis State University. The results for all participants are shown in table 1. The eight top scorers had scores indicated to the right of the double line in the table. Final results, listing the top twenty-five scorers, were sent to the 119 schools in volved on 25 May. As in the first two Olympiads, the cor relation between scores on the Annual High School Mathematics Examination


In the past, ground geophysics, cf. MCGUEFFEY et al. (1996) and helicopter-borne systems, SEIBERL et al. (1995), had been successfully applied for reconnaissance work over landslide. Three geotechnical aspects are necessary for the civil engineer to evaluate the stability of landslides in unconsolidated sediments, the (i) 3-D shape with references to shear- and slip surfaces, the (ii) hydrogeological regime and its network within the slip mass, and the (iii) detection of movements and their directional tracking, cf. MCCANN & FORSTER (1990). By conducting typical near surface geophysics, e.g. electromagnetics, DC multi-electrode soundings, induced polarization, GEORADAR, or shallow seismics, sufficient information may be provided for the working geotechnician to proceed with the layout of drilling patterns, to locate trial pits and, and to (re)-design drainage systems.


We use benzyl bromoacetate as 2-N substituted alkylation to react with N-confused porphyrin to afford 2-aza-2-benzyloxycarbonylmethyl-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21-carbaporphyrin (2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPPH) (2). After 2-N substituted alkylation, we use Ni(OAc)2∙4H2O, PdCl2, PtCl2, MnBr2 and CoCl2∙6H2O to react seperately with 2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPPH (2) to get six NCP metal complexes, Ni(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPP) (3), Pd(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPP) (4), Pt(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPP) (5), Mn(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5NCTPP)Br (6), Co(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5-21-CH2C6H5NCTPP)Cl (7) and Co(2-NCH2COOCH2C6H5-21-CH2C6H4CH3NCTPP)Cl (8). Appling X-ray single-crystal diffractometer, NMR spectrometer, EPR spectrometer, superconducting quantum interference device and et cetera to study the crystal structures of NCP metal complexes and various microcosmic physical chemistry property.


Course Description: This course will examine how children shape and are shaped by the social worlds in which they live. We will consider the experiences of children in the different contexts and institutions that make up the landscape of contemporary childhood, and to a lesser extent, experiences of the adults charged with their care. We will consider how childhood and adolescence have been defined and have changed over time and why. We will explore social life from the perspectives of children and teens, paying particular attention throughout the course to how class, gender and race shape experiences and to the ways that children's agency shapes institutions. In the first part of the course, we will consider childhood as a historically constructed category as well as from a developmental perspective, and the social and material environment in which contemporary childhood takes place. In the second part of the course, we will study two important institutional cornerstones of childhood: family and school experiences, and the different ways these are connected. Finally, we will consider topics that may be considered as problems of childhood, including commercialization and technology, the medicalization of different aspects of children's life experiences and crime and delinquency.


https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.01.003 0010-440X The peer review process depends upon the selfless volunteer work of mental health experts. We know that academic and clinical work has become increasingly pressured, leaving less time free for the work of reviewing. Yet journals like Comprehensive Psychiatry pump the lifeblood of research, and that blood is filtered through the precious glomeruli of reviewers like you. That's a grossly anatomical way of saying that we value the crucial work our reviewers contribute to the publishing and to the scientific process. You help our authors to do a better job. We thank the more than 400 expert researchers and clinicians who reviewed for Comprehensive Psychiatry last year. We hope that the opportunity to be part of the process and the feedback that reviewing gives you about developments in the field of psychopathology will encourage you to help us again in 2018. Happy New Year!


Mount Arjuno is a 3,339meter high cone-shaped volcano located in East Java, Indonesia. At this time, information about climbers that is spread in online media makes it easy, there are many features that can be used to find climbing information on Mount Arjuno. Making this Arjuno augmented reality application uses the Rapid Application Development model with the main goal of producing high quality and quantity. Where this method places more emphasis on working on application software and user feedback in the planner. And testing for the tracking distance of the camera to the marker, to ensure the distance that can be traveled by the camera when scanning objects to targets. By creating an android application that uses the Marker Based Tracking method which can assist climbers in choosing hiking trails on Mount Arjuno so that climbers know the distance of the path traveled when climbing.


Abstract The records of 400 patients treated for luxation injuries of the permanent dentition from 1965 to 1980 at the Dental Department of University Hospital, Copenhagen, were studied with respect to the development of post-traumatic complications. Data from the time of injury were collected on a standardized questionnaire and completed by the treating oral surgeon as lie interviewed the patient. Standardized forms for follow-up clinical data were also used. The present investigation was aimed at comparing the quality of information collected from the time of injury on a standaradized questionnaire vs. from a non-standardized form. The precision of radiographic techniques with or without film holders was also studied, as well as the value of photographic documentation of luxations vs. radiographs alone. Moreover, the number of radiographs needed to diagnose displacement was checked. It was found that when a standardized questionnaire was not used for collection of data, concerning the injury, an average of 53.3% of the information on the standardized questionnaire was recorded. It was also found that the variation of tooth length from one radiographic examination to the next was more than 3 times greater when film holders were not used than when they were (6.9% average error in measurement vs. 2.0%, respectively). Moreover, an occlusal radiograph was found to be the best exposure for disclosing extrusions and lateral luxations, while occlusal and periapical exposures were equally good for disclosing intrusions. A combination of an occlusal radiograph plus an eccentric (i.e. mesio- or distoradial) periapical radiograph could disclose almost all displacements. It was also found that photographic registration was necessary to precisely diagnose luxation type retrospectively, as radiographs were often misleading in indicating the direction and extent of displacement. It is concluded that standardized techniques (e.g. questionnaires and radiographic film holders) are necessary to provide reliable information in clinical investigations and that photographic registration adds important information about I lie-extent and direction of displacement, a factor to be considered in retrospective studies.


The micronization process of new compounds is usually performed based on an empirical basis with a limited understanding of input material properties and potential challenges. This study focuses on the understanding of the fracture behavior of small organic molecular crystals, by using particle shape and surface energy analysis techniques as well as molecular modeling tools. These methodologies enable us to generate new data and new ways of working that can provide crucial information for future pharmaceutical development. The shape, surface energy, and mechanical properties for four different drug substances were studied. This study showed that the crystal shape and the intermolecular interactions influence the dominant fracture mechanism. An in-depth knowledge of these together with the mechanical properties gives an insight of the fracture mechanism of small organic molecular crystals. In a second part, Partial Least Squares regression was applied to the data sets to model the size reduction ratio and ...


Abstract : Two finbacks (Balaenoptera physalus) and three humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were tagged and tracked in Prince William Sound, Alaska (1 - 30 June 1978) with 27 and 30-MHz radio tags. The implantation of the tag was found to be essentially identical for the two species. The whales returned to apparently normal routines within a short time of tagging. The 1978 radio whale tags remained in place for only two to three weeks, generally protruding more and more with time. There was no evidence of infection. The radio signal provided positive identification of the tagged whales and permitted tracks of the whales' movement as well as detailed studies of their behavior. (Author)


This work intends to present a comparative exergo-economic optimization for two distinct approaches through an application to a cogeneration system. The exergy analysis is based on a «functional approach» (Franfopoulos, 1983, von Spakovsky, 1986, Benelmir, 1989). This approach uses a functional diagram in order to identify the exergy and anergy streams within the system and at its interface with the environment. Negentropy, used for cost accounting purpose, is as anergy but flowing in the inverse direction. Each exergy and negentropy stream has a unit cost associated to it. Optimization in the first approach is based on the classical Lagrange technics with the objective function being the total cost of the system (investment and operating cost). The second approach is based on a method introduced by Benelmir (1989), called sometimes the decomposition method, where an analytic expression of the optimal unit cost is developped for each component of the system through exergy and cost balance relations. In fact this method is a consequence of the application of the Lagrange Multipliers technique.


To evaluate the effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for the treatment of human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV‐I)–positive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in an area endemic for HTLV‐I infection.


Fragmentation of liquid metal takes place as basic processes of vapor explosions. This leads to rapid evaporation on the stretched interface. To date, a number of models explaining the fragmentation mechanisms have been proposed. However, few evidence has been obtained from the experiment because the phenomena are rapid. In Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, grids are not necessary so that fluid fragmentation as well as multi-fluid thermal hydraulics can be analyzed. A numerical model of evaporation is developed for the present study. Impingement of water jets on a liquid metal pool is analyzed using the MPS method to investigate two typical models explaining the fragmentation mechanisms : Kim-Corradini and Ciccarelli-Frost models. Penetration of the water jet, which is assumed in Kim-Corradini model, is not observed in the calculation results. A filament of the liquid metal is observed between two water jets as assumed in Ciccarelli-Frost model. The filament appears when the jet density is smaller than the pool density, while the penetration appears when the jet density is hypotheticaly larger. The usual combinations of densities in vapor explosions are in the region of Ciccarelli-Frost model.


Abstract : This is the final report on the experimental research performed under U.S. Army Research Office Grant No. DAAL 03-91-0026, with Dr. Thomas Doligaiski as the Technical Program Manager. The Principal Investigator was B.R. Ramaprian. The research work involved the measurement of the pressure and velocity fields in the three-dimensional flow field surrounding and in the wake of the tip region of a rectangular wing of NACA 0015 profile. Measurements were made both with the wing stationary and with the wing oscillating sinusoidally in pitch about its quarter-chord axis. Pressure transducers and three-component laser Doppler velocimetry were used in these measurements. The results have been used to understand the vorticity dynamics in three-dimensional steady and unsteady flows. The study is relevant to helicopter rotor aerodynamics. All the data have been archived and are available for use by any interested reader.


Enhanced ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is one of the most important abiotic stresses that could influence the growth and physiological traits of plants. Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is also affected by present-day enhanced UV-B radiation. As protein metabolism plays an important role in plant adaptation to UV-B radiation, this study was designed to identify UV-B -responsive proteins in wheat roots. Wheat (Lin Fen NO.3) was exposed to UV-B radiation with normal light (group B) and only normal light (group CK) in growth chambers. Roots were harvested at 3d, 6d and 9d after UV-B radiation. Proteins were extracted and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). 15 protein spots were regulated by UV-B radiation at 6d. Among these protein spots, 3 proteins were up-regulated and 10 proteins were down-regulated. 2 proteins were expressed only in CK group. 3 protein spots were identified using mass spectrometry. They were further verified as Ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activase; Catalase (CAT); Hypothetical protein. These data support the assumption that UV-B may have a regulatory role besides damaging effects and that an increased UV-B environment will likely increase this regulatory influence of UV-B radiation.


The purpose of this research work is to gain a better understanding of the nanostructural properties of Molybdenum (Mo) thin films' porosity, nanovoid heterogeneity and provide detailed quantitative data on voids volume fractions, sizes, shapes, and their preferred orientations as the growth sputtering pressure changes systematically. This knowledge shall assists in optimizing Mo film nano- and micro-structural properties as desired for solar cells applications. Therefore, two separate series of Mo thin films (∼ 0.7 μm thick) were deposited on high purity (99.999) Al-foil (10 μm thick), and Si/SiO_2 substrates using direct-current (DC) planar magnetron sputtering. The sputtering pressure was varied from 0.8 mT to 12 mT, with a sputtering power density of 1.2 W/cm^2. High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy (HRSEM) was used to examine the Mo films' morphology. Whereas, the Mo films' bulk resistivity was calculated from the films' thickness and average sheet resistance measurements using Dektak Surface Profilometer, and Four Point Probe method, respectively. Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) technique was applied to examine the existence of nanovoids and its heterogeneity in the Mo-coated Al foils (Al/Mo). Moreover, the porosity of the Mo films as a function of sputtering pressure was studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) on Mo-coated Si/SiO_2 (Si/SiO_2/Mo) substrates.


By G. M. B. Dobson London: Oxford University Press. 1963. Pp. x + 188. Price 21s. Dr. Dobson's book gives a very readable account of the present state of knowledge of the earth's atmosphere, covering a region which is now regarded as extending to some 1000 km above the earth's surface. The book opens with a general picture of the atmosphere, and then chapters follow on temperature and humidity; air density; cloud, hail, and rain; and thunderstorms.


Colourless needle-shaped crystals of the title compound, (C26H21BrOP)2[Hg2Br6], have been prepared by addition of a solution of HgBr2 in methanol to a solution of (4-bromobenzoylmethyl)triphenylphosphorane in dry methanol. The compound features Hg2Br6 2− dianions, whose site symmetry is .


BACKGROUND
Oral paliperidone and lurasidone are new second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). Empirical evidence on the comparative costs and persistence of these 2 agents are absent in the literature.

OBJECTIVE
To assess health care use and persistence associated with the 2 new agents oral paliperidone and lurasidone and other SGAs.

METHODS
Schizophrenia patients who initiated SGA therapy were identified in the January 2007-June 2013 claims databases of a large managed care organization. Multivariate regressions using aripiprazole as the comparator were conducted. Ordinary least squares regressions were used to estimate the total medical and pharmacy costs associated with each drug. Poisson regressions were conducted to evaluate the frequency of hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits associated with each drug. A censored regression model was used to evaluate the comparative persistence. Sensitivity analyses using generalized linear models, two-part models, hurdle models, and instrumental variable regressions were also performed.

RESULTS
Compared with aripiprazole, paliperidone was not associated with significantly different total costs, yet lurasidone was associated with lower total costs (-$7,052; 95% CI = -$9,221, -$4,882). Lurasidone was also associated with significantly lower medical services costs (-$5,025; 95% CI = -$7,096, -$2,955), drug costs (-$2,026; 95% CI = -$2,695, -$1,357), hospital costs (-$3,026; 95% CI = -$4,731, -$1,321), outpatient costs (-$1,999; 95% CI = -$2,536, -$1,463), and ED costs (-$2,284; 95% CI = -$3,069, -$1,499), whereas paliperidone did not have significant effects on any types of costs. Paliperidone users had fewer ED visits (-0.25; 95% CI = -0.42, -0.08), while lurasidone users had fewer hospitalizations (-5.98; 95% CI = -6.61, -5.35) and fewer ED visits (-2.51; 95% CI = -2.92, -2.10). Both paliperidone and lurasidone were associated with lower levels of treatment persistence.

CONCLUSIONS
Paliperidone does not associate with lower total costs compared with commonly used SGAs, whereas lurasidone is associated with lower total health costs. Thus, high access fees of lurasidone are not necessarily a major concern in prescription.


We test and evaluate a context-based method for MWEs compositionality detection that utilizes word embeddings. Embeddings for individual words are used to get representations of target expressions and their context. In making a judgement on compositionality/idiomaticity of an expression, our algorithm relies on the expectation that when a MWE is used literally constituents retain their original meanings and are semantically related to surrounding context words, which is not normally true of idiomatic usage. Context is the only factor that decision about compositionality of an expression is based on, which adds to simplicity and universality of the method. We test the recently introduced idea of applying Principal Component Analysis to represent semantic composition and argue that its performance is at least as good as the state of the art.


The wide variation in irradiation dosage-sterility relationships reported to date for Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), in both air and nitrogen gas, made it necessary to define these relationships for Mediterranean fruit fly mass reared in Western Australian facilities. Results demonstrated the characteristic increase in sterility, with increasing exposure to radiation in both air and nitrogen gas, similar to previously reported results. However, 3 basic differences were found between previously reported data and the data for Western Australia. First, the relationship between irradiation dosage and fertility when irradiation was done in air was not parallel to the same relationship in nitrogen gas. The resistance to radiation in nitrogen atmosphere compared with air diminished as irradiation dosage increased. Second, nitrogen offered a much greater protection against the sterilizing effects of radiation; a 2-fold increase in the irradiation dosage was required for sterilization in nitrogen compared with air (7.6-14.3-Krad, more than the 2.5-Krad previously reported). Third, the Western Australian Mediterranean fruit fly was 99.5% sterile when pupae were exposed to 7.6-Krad irradiation dosages in air (between the 6-Krad required in Egypt and the 10-Krad irradiation dosage reported by several others). The use of nitrogen during irradiation was applied to pupae sterilized for a successful eradication of Mediterranean fruit fly program in Western Australia. The average mating competitiveness during the 5-yr program was 52% (compared with an expected 25% in air) and the average sterility was 99.4%.


In the past few decades research relying primarily on qualitative methods has been almost completely marginalized within the subfield of American politics. After outlining the unusual organizational contours of the subfield, the author demonstrates that even as it has been marginalized, qualitative work continues to make very important contributions to scholars' understanding of American politics. Much of the strength of this work comes from its focus on the substance of politics, its configurative approach to explanation, and its attentiveness to the temporal dimensions of social processes. Despite the high quality of much quantitative work in American politics, the marginalization of qualitative approaches has come at a substantial cost, introducing a range of biases and shortcomings in the subfield's main research programs.


Two important points have been the motivations of the writers of this article. The first motivating factor is the importance of the Neolithic Period especially the phase of shifting from Epi-Paleolithic to Neolithic in nowadays archaeological argumentation. The second factor is the importance of Khorramabad valley at the Paleolithic period and the abundance of early Chalcolithic sites and having no knowledge about the valley's archaeology in Neolithic Period. Exploring two important sites namely Roāhol and Merijelo and finding three sites namely Sarab Kotela, Kohele and Kharmanjā Haft Cheshmeh in this valley, have opened promising horizons for archaeologists to understand the cultural changes of the Neolithic period. Surveying the surface findings and studying on the settlement layers of these sites have provided an opportunity for initial recognition of the existence of social life in Neolithic period in the valley. The general archaeological researches on central Zagros and specific researches on Khorramabad valley and also identifying and preliminary surveying of two under- discussion sites have created a proper opportunity for proposing a new mission to excavate the sites and to conduct systematic compact survey on Khorramabad valley. This article reviews the literature of archaeological studies on central Zagros and Khorramabad valley briefly and propounds the theories of beginning of food production and Neolithisation, proposes key questions and presupposition corresponding to the writers' suggestive plan.


Submitted for the MAR07 Meeting of The American Physical Society Sagittal acoustic waves in phononic crystals: the k dependent polarization BETSABE MANZANARES-MARTINEZ, División de Ciencias e Ingenieria, Unidad Sur, Universidad de Sonora, FELIPE RAMOS-MENDIETA, Departamento de Investigacion en Fisica, Universidad de Sonora — We have studied the longitudinal and shear contributions to the sagittal vibrations in phononic crystals of one and two dimensional periodicity. As is well known, pressure and shear waves couple to form the saggital oscillations. The question that guides our work is which of the two vibrations predominates in these waves. We demonstrate numerically that the contributions depend on the wave vector, in addition to the structural and material parameters. For calculations we have used a criterion of strain energy balance; the average of the pressure and shear contributions within the unitary cell is obtained. We present the polarization map of sagittal waves in an Epoxy/Sn superlattice and the band polarization for two arrays of cylindrical holes in epoxy. As we shall see the mixed modes can be either predominantly transverse or predominantly longitudinal. Felipe Ramos-Mendieta Universidad de Sonora Date submitted: 05 Dec 2006 Electronic form version 1.4


In order to synthesize matrine derivatives and evaluate their in vitro anti-tumor activities. According to combination principles,three novel matrine-nitrogen mustard compounds were synthesized utilizing matrine and nitrogen mustard aspharmacophore. And the in vitro anti-tumor activities were tested with MTT reduction assay. The structures of target compounds were characterized by elemental analysis,1HNMR and MS. The matrine-melphalan complex and matrine-bendamustine complex showed superior antitumor activity.


Looking at Lowland South America as a whole, it appears that instrumental and vocal music are essential components of the relationships between kinds of beings and realms. This is one reason why music in the region is important and so often at the heart, rather than the periphery, of social experience. New music is produced and learned at the interface between kinds of beings, and music is used to transition from one realm to another or one kind of being to another. But how does one move from the apparently sacred sphere intrinsic to these societies to the conflicted struggle of these Indigenous communities to survive the assaults on their lands, their health and their livelihood brought by agroindustry, large dam projects and oil drilling? What is the place of music at this interface, and what does that use tell us about music as a whole for the region?


Background: Starch of ginger (Zingiber officinale) is potentially developed as a pharmaceutical excipient of dosage forms. In Indonesia, there are three varieties of ginger, namely Z. officinale var. Roscoe, Z. officinale var. Amarum, and Z. officinale var. Rubrum.
Objective: To characterise the morphology and physicochemical properties of starches from the three ginger varieties.
Method: The morphology of ginger starch was characterised using a light microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Physicochemical properties were determined using several methods from previous studies.
Result: Starch granules of three ginger varieties were elliptical and showed an eccentric hilum with lamella. Starch of Z. officinale var. Amarum (SZA) had enormous size and led the highest swelling power, solubility, density, emulsion capacity, and moisture content. Starch of Z. officinale var. Roscoe (SZRo) had a more acidic pH (6.44 ± 0.02) without foaming capacity. SZA and SZRo had higher browning temperatures, lower gelatinised temperatures, and water absorption. Starch of Z. officinale var. Rubrum (SZRu) exhibited the highest charring temperature (279.00 ± 1.00 °C). Particle size distribution of all starches showed that more than 98% of particles had less than 179 µm in size.
Conclusion: Ginger starch can be potentially developed as an excipient of pharmaceutical dosage forms in an optimum formula.


Our goal in this paper is presenting the existing functionality of this autonomous team mission planning platform (in short, ATMP platform), which is integrated with the functions of mission distinguish compiler, mission disassembly, task assignment and individual-level task planner. The framework based on multilayer mission planning flow and multilayer events analyzing and responding flow is designed accordingly. We will propose a definition of the survey mission XML script structure with the aim of working more efficiently with the mission grammar distinguishing and compiling. A mission disassembly controller is designed based on the principle of ant colony clustering optimization in order to improve the disassembling of multi-area survey mission. Tabu list is established to mark the visited area and avoid repeated survey the same area. Meanwhile, a task planning method based on genetic algorithm is adopted to plan a series of spatio-temporal behavior orders for each AUV. One of the important features of our approach is that we can program the mission planner using a different high-level ATMP just by modifying the mission script that is used in the front-end mission download interface; no modification needs to be made to the back end.


Many lacerations involve degloving, a form of avulsion in which skin is torn off the underlying tissue. Patients with lacerations involving degloving must be managed appropriately so that they do not experience too much pain and to ensure that wound healing is not delayed. This article presents a case study involving a patient with a degloving injury of the leg. It examines the important features of her journey of care, and discusses factors that influence wound healing and outcomes.


Objective. Prior studies have been equivocal about the efficacy of magnesium therapy in acute asthma exacerbations. We hypothesize that pretreatment ionized magnesium (Mg2+) levels and/or the ratio of ionized calcium to ionized magnesium (Ca2+/Mg2+) may have been confounding variables in these previous studies. Here, we report on the incidence of abnormal divalent ion levels in our asthma population. Material and methods. The study was designed as a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial of intravenous magnesium. Inclusion criteria were: age >18 years, percentage predicted forced expiratory volume (FEV1) <75 % after an initial beta‐agonist. African–American patients (AA) at an urban university hospital were randomized to 2 g IV Mg or placebo. Mg2+ and Ca2+/Mg2+ levels were measured pre‐ and post‐infusion. Data were reported as means±SD. Student's t‐test and Fisher's exact test were used where appropriate (α = 0.05, two tailed) Results. Fifty‐five AA patients (mean age of 42.7 years±15.6 years, range18–75 years) were studied. A significantly (p<0.05) lower level of Mg2+ was found in asthma (AS) patients compared with that in the AA group, by 0.03 mmol/L (95 % CI, 0.007–0.053 mmol/L). The AS group had a mean increase in Ca2+/Mg2+ ratios over the AA group, of 0.27 (95 % CI, 0.16–0.38); 100 % of patients with abnormal divalent ion levels were corrected with IV magnesium. Conclusions. We identified a subgroup of asthmatic patients with significant abnormalities in their divalent ion concentrations, which was corrected with IV magnesium.


The paper addresses the question of whether trade restrictiveness impacts economic performance, via a trade restrictiveness index that is decomposable into a trade distortion and a domestic distortion component. The paper builds on the Anderson and Neary price index measure of trade distortion, in evaluating trade restrictiveness via a distance function approach. This is accomplished by adding a "dual" version to their trade restrictiveness price index, based on distance functions that scale output quantities. The authors compute the trade restrictiveness quantity index (TRQI) using a parametric frontier approach to model the production side of the economy, and a panel of information on the agricultural sector of a set of European Community countries. The results suggest that the use of TRQI makes a considerable difference to interpretations of the efficiency impact of agricultural trade policies in EC countries, as compared to policy-oriented aggregates or result-oriented measures of trade restrictiveness. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2003.


BACKGROUND: The staphylococcal protein A (SPA) column used to treat refractory autoimmune and alloimmune thrombocytopenia and rheumatoid arthritis patients is primed with heparin to prevent possible fibrin clot formation when the patient's plasma is passed through the column. A BMT patient with refractory alloimmune thrombocytopenia had prolonged activated partial thromboplastin times (aPTTs) at the end of SPA column treatments. This observation led to in vivo and in vitro analysis of the kinetics of heparin elution from the SPA column.


For our students to achieve the objectives in Human Living they should: 1. Acquire useful information from the fields of psychology, philosophy and religion for the solution of life problems. 2. Grasp the meaning and significance of life through the understanding of its source and development. 3. Achieve healthy emotional maturity. 4. Understand and make best use of the intellectual powers. 5. Acquire a working knowledge of the Bible and apply its teachings to the problems of modem living. 6. Develop and use ethical and religious motivation for the solution of personal and social problems. 7. Develop a Christian and ethical philosophy of life and live by it.


Obeying the commands of the gods, Aeneas leaves Carthage and Dido and continues his quest to reach Italy and found the city destined to become Rome. On the anniversary of his father Anchises's death, a storm comes up and drives the travelers to Sicily and the realm of Aeneas's kinsman Acestes, where Anchises is entombed. Aeneas takes the opportunity to hold memorial games for his father. After his ships are almost destroyed in fires provoked by Juno, he resumes his voyage, taking the helm after the pilot, Palinurus, overcome by sleep, is cast headlong into the sea.


To observe the effect of the highly expressed tumor antigen-associated mitochondrial protein 12(TAMP12) on the proliferation and apoptosis of tumor cells and to explore the biological function of this protein.pcDNA vector was recombinated and transfected into the human liver cancer cell line(SMMC-7721).The expression of TAMP12 mRNA was detected by real-time PCR and the subcellular localization and quantification of TAMP12 protein labeled with double fluorescein were observed under cofocal laser scanning microscope(CLSM).The capacity of cell proliferation of SMMC-7721-TAMP12 was measured by MTT assay.Meanwhile,the cycle and apoptosis of tumor cell treated with 5-Fluoronracil(5-FU) with different concentrations as well as the activity of apoptosis-associated enzymes were analyzed.The result showed that the expression of TAMP12 mRNA and protein were stable and high in SMMC-7721-TAMP12.TAMP12 located in mitochondria showed effects on promotion of cell proliferation and inhibition of cell-apoptosis in tumor cells,and its anti-apoptosis function was associated with the activity of caspase3/8/9.


Open Payment System allows safe charging, management and monitoring of the payment through different channels. The system produced by R&G for MKS Mielec allows to introduce a modern additional channel of public transport ticket sale in Mielec. It has been created by R&G in cooperation with Ingenico, Bee-Tech and eService. System Open Payent solution allows wireless card payment for the ticket in R&G production ticket validator.


Emergency Ward 10 was the Casualty or ER of its day. It was a huge hit, drawing in 16 million viewers a week and 24 million at its peak. Produced by Associated Television, Emergency Ward 10 , which was broadcast live in black and white, ran from 1957 to 1967, spawning a spin-off feature length film, a board game, and children's annuals. Phyllis was medical adviser and a writer for the series from 1960 to 1963. At Elstree studios, she worked closely with television writers and actors, much improving the accuracy of medicine and medical storylines. Emergency Ward 10 was a series of much integrity and public health value, and, effectively, the origin of all medical "soaps." Phyllis maintained …


Faecal specimens offer a relatively accessible means of assessing the gut microbial community. We conducted a pilot study to compare the feasibility of different protocols for self-collection of faecal specimens from Australian Breakthrough Cancer (ABC) Study participants.

 Pilot study participants were randomly selected from ABC Study participants who had not yet been invited to participate in follow-up. All pilot study participants were asked to provide a faecal sample using FOBT cards and complete a 'day of sample' questionnaire. Participants were randomised to 1 of 4 groups defined by combination of (i) a request (or not) to also provide a faecal sample using a tube containing 2.5ml of 95% ethanol and (ii) a request (or not) to complete a food frequency questionnaire.

 1,136 ABC Study participants were invited to participate in the pilot study. Of the 56% that opted in, 88% returned the requested sample. Very few participants (5%) actively opted out. Overall, 49% of invited participants returned a sample. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in the percentage of participants who completed the pilot study.

 The pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of self-collection of faecal samples. Increasing the time commitment and complexity (through provision of an additional sample suspended in ethanol and a FFQ) did not reduce the likelihood of successful completion.

 The findings demonstrate the feasibility of collecting faecal samples both on an FOBT card and in a tube containing ethanol, and a lengthy FFQ, within a prospective cohort study.


Introduction: A new way of improving quality and logistics in Total Knee Athroplasty (TKA) surgery might be Patient-Specific Instrumentation (PSI), providing cutting guides and predetermining component sizes from a MR scan preoperatively. Methods: A retrospective review of 38 patients operated at Næstved Hospital with a TKA using PSI. All knees were operated between October 2014 and June 2015. We searched the medical records, The Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register and the files from the Zimmer® PSIonline management system. Results: 42 patients were selected for PSI. 4 patients dropped out. Thus 38 patients were reviewed: 16 men, mean age 66, 1 year (50-82), BMI 29 (21-44), all suffering from osteoarthritis. It took 70, 8 days (32-139) from indication to operation. Intraoperatively, 12 of the 38 (31,6%) operations were converted to conventional technique, because the predetermined size did not fit. 9/12 of the converted patients got larger sizes that pre-planned, equally divided between femoral and tibial components. The converted operations had an operating time of 57, 9 minutes compared to 54, 4 minutes using PSI. In the Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register (2013) the operating time was on average 68 minutes. Conclusion: With an average time from indication to operation of almost 71 days, and a conversion rate of 31, 6% (12/38), our early results with PSI were not good. However, given proper education of surgeons, the potential logistic advantages warrants further research. Katrine Borum*, Thomas Houe, Claus A Olsen and Henrik M Schrøder Department of Orthopedics, Næstved Medical Hospital, Denmark


The aim of the study was to estimate the differentiation of the physical development and chosen health behaviour patterns of secondary-school students depending on the level of mother's education. The greatest height and most slender body build as well as more rational eating habits and more favourable health behaviour patterns have been found among students whose mothers have higher education.


S p s A The beneficial effects of antiretroviral therapy ART) for the treatment of HIV disease have been ccompanied by metabolic changes associated with n increased risk of cardiovascular disease. These hanges, which include dyslipidemia, change in body at distribution, and insulin resistance, resemble the ymptoms of metabolic syndrome. Protease inhibiors, nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inibitors, and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inibitors have all been associated with dyslipidemia o varying degrees. In addition, patients on ART how an increased risk of myocardial infarction and ther cardiovascular events. According to the recmmendations of the National Cholesterol Education rogram and the Adult AIDS Clinical Trial Group, ealth care providers should assess cardiovascular isk before starting ART and then continue to monior lipid levels. Treatment of ART-associated dyslipdemia should follow the following sequence: theraeutic lifestyle changes, lipid-lowering drug therapy, nd finally, modifying ART if necessary. By providing ducation, support, and follow-up care, nurse pracitioners can help to implement these steps.


The Noise Act : 1996 was introduced as a measure designed to give additional powers to curb noise nuisance from a variety of sources. The section dealing with the powers of seizure of noise making equipment for statutory nuisance offences came into force on 19 September 1996. On 1 April 1997, the second part of the Act came into force which covers the new Night Noise Offense. This article describes some of the features of this part of the Act, particularly with regard to making the necessary noise measurements and the instrumentation required.


In this paper, we proposed an error decomposition method, in which some major error components can be experimentally estimated using an on-machine measurement (OMM) system. Unlike the conventional machining, the geometric error of a micro-tool, i.e., the deviation of the effective tool diameter from a nominal value, becomes a dominant factor affecting the machining accuracy. The error stems from both the tool fabrication error and the dynamic runout of the spindle system under high rpm. An on-machine measurement system based on a non-contact confocal laser sensor was developed that can accurately and efficiently acquire the effective tool diameter. To compensate the error due to the tool geometric error, the effective tool diameter was used to replace the nominal tool diameter to generate the tool path. The experimental results showed that the tool geometric error contributes over 50% to the total machining error. After compensation, the machining accuracy was significantly improved. The machine contour error has negligible influence on the dimension error of the machined feature, but it affects the form error, such as circularity of a machined hole. The process induced surface location errors were estimated from both experiments and model simulations, and good match was achieved.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


Diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS) are the two most serious acute metabolic complications of diabetes mellitus. The diagnosis, epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis and management of these disorders in adult patients will be discussed here.


The genetics of resistance against powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis f.sp. tritici ) in four wheat cultivars were analyzed.The F_1 plants from the cross of resistant cultivars Zheng 315,CP87-26-12,91138-16-2-13-12 and susceptible Yumai 49 were resistant to the powdery mildew.And the ratio of resistant and susceptible plants in F_2 generation fitted the expected 3 to 1.The results indicated that the resistance to powdery mildew in three cultivars was controlled by a single dominant gene.Oppositely the cross F_1 plants between N97189-2 (resistant) and Yumai 18 (susceptible) showed susceptible to the powdery mildew and the ratio of resistant and susceptible plants in F_2 generation fitted the segregation of 1 to 3.It was postulated that N97189-2 carried a single recessive and resistant gene.


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to pool the prevalence rate of monkeypox-associated eye manifestations and/or complications during the current and previous outbreaks. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Materials and Methods: On August 7, 2022, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were searched for relevant articles. We included all studies that reported the involvement of the eye (either as a manifestation or a complication) among patients with monkeypox. The primary outcome included pooling the effect size (ES) of reported manifestations and complications, and the secondary outcome included the conduct of a subgroup analysis based on the timing of the monkeypox outbreak (before vs. during 2022). Results: Eleven studies reporting 3179 monkeypox-confirmed cases were included. Eye manifestations included conjunctivitis, corneal, conjunctival, and eyelid lesions, photophobia, and eye pain. Compared with previous monkeypox outbreaks, the current outbreak revealed much lower rates of ocular involvement in terms of conjunctivitis (ES=1%; 95% CI: 0%–1% vs. ES=17%; 95% CI: 11%–22%), corneal and conjunctival lesions (ES=1%; 95% CI: 0%–2% vs. ES=13%; 95% CI: 4%–22%), and eyelid lesions (ES=1%; 95% CI: 0%–4% vs. ES=13%; 95% CI: 5%–28%). Monkeypox-associated eye complications were reported only in the previous outbreaks which included keratitis (ES=4%; 95% CI: 3%–6%), corneal ulceration (ES=4%; 95% CI: 2%–5%), unilateral (ES=3%; 95% CI: 1%–4%) and bilateral blindness (ES=0%; 95% CI: 0%–2%), and impaired vision (ES=4%; 95% CI: 1%–8%). Conclusions: Ophthalmic manifestations and complications are common among monkeypox-confirmed cases. Although these data are mainly related to previous outbreaks, health care workers should familiarize themselves with these signs to provide better care for monkeypox patients.


The ice cream stick is a kind of wood product with a plane surface. For the qualified stick it has the nearly flat surface. However, due to slender and thin shape the bend defect is prone to occur during machining of ice cream stick. At present, manual technique is often used to identify the bend defect in the industrial fields, which holds many problems such as low efficiency, low automation and unreliable detection result. In the paper, the PCA-based bend feature selection method is proposed which is applied in defect detection of ice cream stick. At first, the 3D data of object surface is obtained based on the three-dimensional (3D) measurement principle of line structured light. Then four kinds of bend features are designed according to the shape characteristics of the light stripe, which include variation coefficient, correlation coefficient, determination coefficient and straightness metric. At last, the bend feature selection is operated based on the PCA-based method. The research results provide valuable reference for the engineering application in the intelligent defect detection.


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This paper analyses the influence of leadership and communication on employee's performance. Employing inferential statistics, this research finds that leadership and communication are among key success factors for improving organization performance, and thus service to public. This research focuses on one public organizational within the Directorate General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance. Given similar contexts facing other public organizations, it is expected that the findings shed light on issues such as organizational performance through enhancing leadership skill and communication.
Keywords: Performance, Leadership, Communication


A symbolic variable is often described by a histogram. More generally, it can be provided in the form of a continuous distribution. In this case, the problem is to solve the most frequent problem in data mining, namely: to classify the objects starting from the description of the variables in the form of continuous distributions. A solution is to sample each distribution in a number N of points, and to evaluate the joint distribution of these values using the copulas, and also to adapt the dynamical clustering (nuees dynamiques) method to these joint densities. In this paper we compare the Clayton copula and the Normal copula for more than 2 dimensions, and we compare results of clustering by using on the one hand the method based on the Clayton copula and traditional methods (MCLUST, and K-means). Our comparison is based on 2 well-known classical data files.


In this paper, an authenticated deterministic secure quantum communication protocol based on entanglement swapping is presented. The users' identity will be authenticated, and only legitimate users can anticipate the communication even though there are no quantum communication channels between them. The authentication center acts as the server of modern application system, and the users is like those clients linked with the server, then the users communicate with each other through the authentication center. The security of our protocol is analyzed to be secure against the eavesdropping attacks and the impersonation attack.


Mono-Visual odometry(Mono VO) is a widely implemented method to locate the ego-motion of a camera on a mobile platform. Since it is based on concatenating relative motions between image frames, it has a weakness of error accumulation that results erroneous drift for a long-range navigation. In this paper, we propose a drift compensation method for Mono VO by leveraging publicly available road sign database. In the first process of the proposed algorithm, it estimates the relative position of the camera on a vehicle with respect to the road sign using an online database that provides the positions and dimensions of the corresponding road signs. Then, the estimated positions are integrated in the Mono VO pipeline to update the current positions to compensate the accumulated drift. Unlike the previous research, the proposed solution neither uses a post-processing of optimization nor requires a loop closure, not to mention that the required database are easily available on online. Experiments are conducted to compare the proposed method with a Mono VO algorithm and results showed that the relative position drift is bounded within 0.5% for a 3km trajectory.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study heat and mass transfer in copper-water and silver-water nanofluid flow over stretching sheet placed in saturated porous medium with internal heat generation or absorption. The authors further introduce a new algorithm for solving heat transfer problems in fluid mechanics. The model used for the nanofluid incorporates the nanoparticle volume fraction parameter and a consideration of the chemical reaction effects among other features. Design/methodology/approach – The partial differential equations for heat and mass transfer in copper-water and silver-water nanofluid flow over stretching sheet were transformed into a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Exact solutions for the boundary layer equations were obtained in terms of a confluent hypergeometric series. A novel spectral relaxation method (SRM) is used to obtain numerical approximations of the governing differential equations. The exact solutions are used to test the convergence and accu...


Abstract In this paper I ask how Timaeus explains change within the trianglebased part of his cosmos. Two common views are that change among physical items is somehow caused or enabled by either the forms or the demiurge. I argue for a competing view, on which the physical items are capable of bringing about change by themselves, prior to the intervention of the demiurge, and prior to their being turned into imitations of the forms. I outline three problems for the view that physical things depend on the forms for their causal powers, and show how the view I propose solves each. I then add further arguments for my view, based on (a) statements by Timaeus that seem to favor my view directly, (b) implications of Timaeus' positions that favor the view, and (c) Timaeus' explanatory practice in the second half of his speech


The author analyzes some ideas of harmony in the Chinese traditional culture from the angle of the modernization process.He believes when faced with these ideas of harmony,we should: First,attach importance to its practicality and operatability and avoid empty talk.Second,see the historical limitations when referring to the rationality of the old ideas.We are to construct a harmonious society of a higher level and do something significative in pushing Chinese modernization,not to follow the same old road.Otherwise both the ancient oracles' ideas and the contemporary thought of harmony will turn to be a dream for nothing done practically.


Pending the publication, in a paper now in preparation, of an account of the Holothuria of the Plymouth district, and an attempt at a revision of the European species of that group, it has appeared advisable to publish the following short note, with the view of removing one of the most prolific of those sources of error with which the literary history of the Holothuria has come to be burdened.


1. Brenna Keane, DO*
2. Paul Whalen, MD*,†

1. *Carilion Children's, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA

2. †Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA

A previously healthy 23-month-old girl presents to the emergency department with a 1-week history of fever (maximum temperature, 104.6°F [40.3°C]), vomiting, and abdominal pain. Vomiting occurs 3 to 4 times daily, and emesis is described as nonbloody and nonbilious. Her parents report that the patient has also been intermittently crying out in pain, clutching her belly. Associated symptoms include fussiness, decreased oral intake, and decreased urine output.

On initial physical examination the girl is sleeping. Her temperature is 98.6°F (37.0°C), heart rate is 137 beats/min, respiratory rate is 30 breaths/min, blood pressure is 104/69 mm Hg, and oxygen saturation is 100% on room air. She has dry lips, a mildly distended abdomen, and obvious facial grimacing (during sleep) with generalized …