The application of computer vision technology to traffic detecting is an important subject in ITS,and moving vehicle detecting is the basic part.To solve background difference in the context of practical application problems,firstly,a quickly adaptive background model based on the interval distribution is mentioned.Secondly,a selective updating of the background model at the pixel level is proposed.At last,it combines threshold segmentation and morphological operate to improve the accuracy of the detection.The experimental result shows that:the proposed algorithm is compared with some previous method,showing its effectiveness and excellent real-time performance in traffic scenes.Especially,to prevent the background model from incorporating objects that are slow moving or stopped for a time gap.


Joule heat generated by resistive elements of cryogenic micro- and nanodevices often originates boiling of the cooling cryogenic liquids (helium, nitrogen). The article proposes an experimental method to explore the dynamics of the formation and development of a single vapor bubble in cryogenic liquid by sensing the temperature change of a superconducting thin-film microbridge being in the resistive state with single phase slip center or line. It serves both the source of heat for generating single bubbles and the surface temperature sensor due to its temperature-dependent excess current. The average bubble detachment rate and the average single bubble volume were experimentally determined for nucleate helium boiling. The obtained values are in good agreement with the data of other authors found in literature.


A linear matrix inequality approach to the robust H ∞ control problem of uncertain continuous- and discrete-time linear time-invariant systems with time delay in the state vector and control input is developed. The main results provide sufficient delay-dependent conditions for the control problem, where the explicit size of the time delay plays a crucial role for the closed-loop stability. The solutions that are found for the H ∞ control problem are less conservative when compared with other approaches in the recent literature.


Background: Pericardial involvement, with subsequent effusion and cardiac tamponade, may be a metastatic manifestation of an advanced lung carcinoma. These neoplastic pericardial effusions are usually asymptomatic and often times being diagnosed at an autopsy. We report on a 44-year-old woman who presented with cardiac tamponade and further investigations revealed a metastasis from the lung cancer as a cause for her pericardial effusion. Symptomatic pericardial effusion as an initial manifestation of a metastatic lung carcinoma is extremely rare and there have been very few reports of pulmonary adenocarcinoma presenting as cardiac tamponade.


Large optical-quality T13AsSe3 (TAS) single crystals were grown by the vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger method. Optical quality of the TAS boules was observed to depend on the purity of source materials and thermal gradient applied at the solidifying interface. Crystal quality was verified by etchpit studies and optical evaluation. Several TAS crystals were fabricated into a collinear acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) for use as an all-electronic intracavity laser-tuning element. Electronic tuning was demonstrated with a pulsed CO2 laser on both the P and R branches of the (001)-(100) CO2 band. Observed tuning properties, including exact RF drive frequency, matched modelling predictions. With some modification, such collinear AOTFs can tune over the entire 9-11 μm range by selection of RF drive frequency. Random access of any wavelength in the 9-11 μm range is possible at rates up to 50 kHz.


X-rays are generated by devices comprising an x-ray source (42) capable of operating at a nominal power of less than 12 kW, but at the same time still capable of performing a 360 deg. scan in 2 s. The computed tomography (CT) scanner comprises x-ray tomography devices with x-ray generator and sensor devices (44), a support (56) for the patient undergoing the scan and devices for rotating the sensor devices around the support.


Purpose: to evaluate the effects of acute hypoxic hypoxia on eye tissue cells in adult rats and determining the effectiveness of 0.007 % solution of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) for apoptotic damage to the tissues of the ocular surface in rats.Materials and methods. In the experiment, 27 male Wistar rats (54 eyes) were used, divided into 5 groups. Group I — intact control, Group II — hypoxic control after 1 hour, Group III — hypoxic control after 3 hours, Group IV — with the injection of the drug 1 hour after hypoxia, Group V — injection of the drug 24 hours before hypoxia. The identification of apoptotic cells in the tissues of the eye was performed by the TUNEL method on frozen sections of the eye stained with Hoechst 33342 nuclear fluorescent dye. The localization and fluorescence intensity of the damaged cells was analyzed under a fluorescence microscope using the Image J. computer program.Results. Under the conditions of simulated acute hypoxic hypoxia, apoptotic lesions of the conjunctiva, corneal epithelium, choroid, and photoreceptor layer of the retina were observed. In group II, the number of damaged cells in the conjunctiva was 67 %, and in group III it was 120 % more compared to group I — the norm (p < 0.05). With the injection of PABA before hypoxia, there were no significant differences compared with the norm (group I) in the state of the affected cells in the conjunctiva. In the group of animals (group III) with the injection of PABA after hypoxia after 1 h, the number of damaged cells does not statistically differ from group II (hypoxic control after 1 h), but significantly lower than in group III (hypoxic control after 3 hours). The same pattern is observed in the corneal epithelium.Conclusion. Para-aminobenzoic acid (0.007 %) has a prophylactic and therapeutic effect, preventing and stabilizing the development of apoptosis of conjunctival cells and anterior corneal epithelium induced in experimental acute hypoxic hypoxia.


Historically, across Europe, data and research on racialised minority groups have not been collected or carried out in a sufficient, adequate, or appropriate manner. Yet, to understand emerging and existing health disparities among such groups, researchers and policymakers must obtain and use data to build evidence that informs decision-making and action on key structural and social determinants of health. This systematic search and review aims to contribute to closing this gap and promote a race-conscious approach to health research, strengthening the utilisation and deployment of data and research on racialised minority groups in Europe. Its ultimate goal is to improve equality and equity in health. Concretely, the study will do so by reviewing and critically analysing the usage of the concepts of race, ethnicity, and their related euphemisms and proxies in health-related research. It will examine the collection, use, and deployment of data and research on racialised minority groups in this area. The study will focus on Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, three countries with graphical proximity and several similarities, one of which is the limited attention that is given to racism and racial inequalities in health in research and policy. This choice is also justified by practical knowledge of the context and languages. The results of the review will be used to develop guidance on how to use and deploy data and research on and with racialised groups. The review is part of a larger project which aims to promote race-conscious research and data. The project does this by a three-pronged approach which: 1) highlights the need for a race-conscious approach when collecting and using data, carrying out research on racialised minority groups; 2) builds expertise for their effective use and deployment, and; 3) creates a knowledge network and community of practice for public health researchers working in Europe.


This study observed the antifungal activity of crude coffee extract (CCE) and crude spent coffee ground extract (CSCGE) against Aspergillus sp., Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillum citrinum, Penicillum chrysogenum and Eurotium amstelodami on the surface of an areca palm leaf sheath (Areca catechu). The agar dilution method was employed to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the CCE for the first, second and third extractions and CSCGE for the first and second extractions in malt extract agar at concentrations from 50 to 500 μg/ml. A mould test was then performed on durian paste product wrapped with the areca palm leaf sheath treated with the second CSCGE at its MIC. Gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) was performed to find the major components of the CCE and CSCGE and to measure the total phenolic content. For the second CSCGE treatment on the areca palm leaf sheath, the following qualities were studied: mould growth, wettability, measurements of hardness and thickness and a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy scan. It was found that the CCE and CSCGE MICs from the first and second extractions ranged from 100 to 230 μg/ml and from 300 to 460 μg/ml, respectively. In addition, the MICs showed the capability of CCE and CSCGE to provide protection against mould growth on the leaf sheath for at least 21 days in comparison with the control (3 days) during storage at accelerated conditions (25 °C and 100% relative humidity). Shelf life of durian paste product wrapped with areca palm leaf sheath treated with the second CSCGE at 460 μg/ml was extended from 3 days to 21 days under storage condition of 30 °C. Caffeine was the main constituent of CCE (79.69%) and CSCGE (84.92%). Also, the total phenolic content of CCE and CSCGE measured were 0.640 and 0.981 mol ferulic acid 100 g−1, respectively. This study has demonstrated that the first and second CCE and CSCGE were capable of inhibiting mould growth under both in vitro and in vivo tests. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The initial article of this two-part discussion of casing failures covered principal factors that cause casing to buckle (or influence degree of buckling), a major cause of many ''unexplained'' problems with such tubulars. This concluding installment now shows how buckling contributes to casing failures caused by drillpipe wear and how high hanging loads can significantly reduce burst strength of surface casing strings. Also discussed are important cementing considerations that will help achieve casing stability and alleviate the buckling problem, and some suggested repair procedures if casing does buckle and fail.


The blood conveyance reconstruction is the main purpose that people treat the acute myocardial infarction.The key to treat acute myocardial infarction is integrality and sufficiency of the circulation of coronary artery.We not only need to recover the supply blood of the coronary artery outside the heart,but also should attach importance to the tiny circulation of the coronary artery.The main pathologic mechanism of the obstacle of the myocardial tiny circulation is still not ambiguity.It thinks to a kind of process of complication currently.The myocardial no-reflow is an important factor that influences the treatment prognosis.The main factor which influences it includes the stability of the blood dynamics and the instauration circumstance of the coronary artery blood.The traditional Chinese medicine thinks that the collateral of heart and the collateral of blood are the important factors which influence the myocardial tiny circulation.The collateral's getting difficulty is the important stage from the functional disease to the organic disease.The Chinese herbal medicine has accurate clinical curative effect to the coronary,but the concrete mechanism still need a research.


The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of pneumatic separation method in separation of almond kernels from its cracked shells. The influence of air velocity, mixture feed rates, distance between mixture inlet and kernels outlet, angle of mixture supply into tunnel and repeat times of operation on separation efficiency was also studied in this study. Results of study revealed that the separation efficiency decreased with increasing feed rate, angle of mixture supply into tunnel and distance between mixture inlet and kernels outlet. The highest ƞ% was reported on 9.5 m/s velocity while the lowest amount was reported on the 6.5 m/s. Increasing in repetition times have significant effect on the separation efficiency and it was reported higher with higher repetition time. Mixture of kernels outlet analysis revealed that separation of shells with 20-30mm length give poor results and about 50% of the shells remained on kernels outlet. * Corresponding author KEYWORDS


Children move through stages of development as they mature. The rate of development varies from one child to another. Development is influenced by the experiences children have, as well as by hereditary factors. Children may grow rapidly in one area and more slowly in another. The direction of development is from general to specific, from dependence toward independence and interdependence, and from gross motor control toward fine motor control. Children, no matter their cultural and experiential background, have common characteristics with other children of same age and characteristics that are particularly their own. Children develop from socially and emotionally point of view, during the Kindergarten year. At the beginning of the year some children may be shy and appear to lack initiative. However, as they come to know the situation, the teachers and peers, they usually gain confidence and begin to establish friendships and become an active part of the class. Kindergarten children are developing a sense of independence but are also learning to work cooperatively with others.


Background : upcoming epidemiological studies point towards increasing incidence of coronary artery disease(CAD) along with earlier occurrence of the disease affecting the person in their prime time of life. We must be aware of this trends and should search for the specific reason for this occurrence. Objective : The aim of the present study is to identify the presence of conventional and newer novel risk factors ( hs-CRP, Homocysteine ) among the young CAD patients and compare their risk factors with the coronary angiography(CAG) findings. Materials and Methods : conventional and newer biomarkers of CAD were collected for all young patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and their coronary angiographic study results were collected. Analysis of the risk factors parameters and CAG results were done, to compare this with the general population Results : out of 152, 138 were male. Hypertension and Diabetes were 10.5% and 11.8% respectively. very high number of patients were Smoker 80% . only 42% patients had their BMI within normal limit. Cholesterol and LDL level were not significantly high. STEMI was the major presenting pattern with angiography showing single vessel disease and single lesion pattern higher in number Conclusions: There is an increasing trend towards development of CAD in younger population with the trend towards less prevalent diabetes and hypertension and significant positive association with the smoking. Young CAD patients tend to present more frequently with ST elevation MI and more likely to have single vessel disease on CAG.


By comparing between phonography and ideograms in word formation, consulting some records about the writing conditions in ancient China, and examining the unearthed relics which indicate the writing conditions during a certain historical period, this paper investigates the causes to the layout of the Chinese characters in the ancient Chinese classics, thus refuting the fallacy held by some Western scholars that the right-left and top-down layout in ancient Chinese classics shows the innate badness of the Chinese.


461 Corporations dominate governments not only through lobbying, which is outside the decision-making process, but also from within that process. Big corporations go beyond national jurisdictions, they infl uence economic theory, share high offi cials who had served both in public service and business, and produce much of the goods and services the state should provide to its citizens. To counterbalance their infl uence in political life, the author suggests that stronger European institutions, fostering deeper integration, could be the solution. Mabel Berezin discusses the radicalisation of right-wing parties in recent decades. Going through the evolution of the National Front (FN) in France, this chapter shows a slow process in which the right across Europe was able to normalise its discourse. Although extremist parties are not new in European politics, their infl uence after World War II was diminished. In fact, 'in the early 1980s, ... the French media establishment was vociferously criticizing Le Pen' (p. 246), the leader of the National Front. Nevertheless, his positions always enjoyed some popular support, and slowly the party made way to the public opinion mainstream. The evolution of FN went from an initial period when its stance was openly Islamophobic and against globalisation, to a current one in which the strategy is to criticise European institutions. The attack against the European Union and the EMU during the economic crisis has increased the success of the National Front, as much as of its right-wing peers in countries like Sweden or Finland. At the same time this evolution has also changed the political discourse of centreright parties, such as the Conservative Party in England and Christian Democracy in Germany. The effects of this mix of nationalist politics and European crisis are yet to be seen. In sum, Politics in the Age of Austerity poses important questions on the evolution of democracy as we know it in the light of new economic, demographic, and political realities. Even though it does not offer conclusive answers to the proposed puzzles, it sets the agenda for future research and stimulates the reader's mind to the extent that new and interesting research ideas come like drops in a rainstorm.


Microvariant alleles, defined as alleles that contain an incomplete repeat unit, often complicate the process of DNA analysis. Understanding the molecular basis of microvariants would help to catalogue results and improve upon the analytical process involved in DNA testing. The first step is to determine the sequence/cause of a microvariant. This was done by sequencing samples that were determined to have a microvariant at the FGA or D21S11 loci. The results indicate that a .2 microvariant at the D21S11 locus is caused by a –TA– dinucleotide partial repeat before the last full TCTA repeat. The .2 microvariant at the FGA locus is caused by a –TT– dinucleotide partial repeat after the fifth full repeat and before the variable CTTT repeat motif. There are several possibilities for the reason the .2 microvariants are all the same at a locus, each of which carry implications on the forensic community. The first possibility is that the microvariants are identical by descent, which means that the microvariant is an old allele that has been passed down through the generations. The second possibility is that the microvariants are identical by state, which would mean that there is a mechanism selecting for these microvariants. Future research studying the flanking regions of these microvariants is proposed to determine which of these possibilities is the actual cause and to learn more about the molecular basis of microvariants.


Gratings are frequently used in dye-laser cavities as wavelength-tuning elements. These gratings usually have the lowest damage threshold of any component in the system and thus determine or limit the maximum energy output available from the laser. It is therefore important to understand the damage characteristics of gratings and how they can be improved.


This paper aims at the characteristics of mass data query, searches, transfers and deposited during the process of noise control equipment design, using VFP6.0, constitute the noise control equipment data base management system recur to object oriented method based on Windows98/ 2000 and Windows XP. This system gives more conveniences to engineers' works by amity interface. It provides functions such as data query, transfer and deposit. It ensures the nicety and safety of data.


As supercomputers and high-end datacenters become large, e.g. over million cores using over 20 millionWatts, their network design is more complex. In this talk, I will review their network requirements and trends, especially network topology for low communication latency and low-power consumption. Interestingly, these requirement may not accept traditional network topologies, such as k-ary n-cubes. In addition, for a diverse application workload, there are downsides to having a single network topology on a supercomputer. These facts give us a chance to innovate new computer-system networks that are quite different from existing supercomputer and datacenter networks. I recommend three unique technologies recently developed or reborn by my research group: (1) random network topologies, (2) free-space optics (FSO) and (3) in-water computers for making future supercomputers and datacenters. • Random network topologies: To achieve low latency, e.g. one microsecond for 100,000 endpoints, a topology of switches should thus have low diameter and low average shortest path length, both measured in numbers of switch hops. This can be modeled as an open problem to find a graph that has smallest diameter and average shortest path length given an order and a degree. The solution could be a non-structured (random) graph that will bring unique supercomputer and datacenter network topologies. • Free-space Optics (FSO): Using Free Space Optical (FSO) technology can replace a fraction of the inter-cabinet optical cables by FSO links. The endpoints of these FSO links can be swapped dynamically to transform the topology into a network topology optimized to a target parallel application. Our FSO prototype links use commodity optical transceivers and can achieve error-free communication for distances up to about 50 meters. In addition, the advantage of FSO links can be discussed in terms of reduced aggregate cable length. •In-water Computers and Networks: The computer cooling will become one of main concerns, because supercomputers and datacenters scaling is limited by the power budget. Surprisingly, more than 40% of total power consumption is sometimes consumed by cooling purpose. In this context, submerged computers are theoretically a good choice, because they make the best use of cold natural water. We have developed a prototype of submerged computers using a special resin coating. It currently works under the tap water.


We outline first a brief overview of a four-fold typology of developmental theory (biological, psychological, sociocultural an integrative models). We then discuss work that illustrates two of these frames: the sociocultural, which includes racial and ethnic, and relational aspects of development; and the integrative, focusing on time, development as narrative, and spiritual development. We close with a commentary on the current developmental literature and how this literature challenges our practice as adult educators. Introduction and Overview The whole point of theory–any theory–is to help us understand something better. This symposium examines the theories that have been constructed about adult development, and the "something" that all these theories are trying to help us understand better is the life course–how it unfolds, and the meaning that can be given to various aspects and dimensions of that unfolding. A particular theory or family of theories serves as a kind of lens through which we view the life course; that lens illuminates certain elements and tells a particular story about adult life. Multiple lenses give us many different ways of illuminating different aspects of that life course. The purpose of this symposium is three-fold. First, we provide a brief overview of a four-fold framework, offered by Merriam and Caffarella (1999), for categorizing theories of adult development. Second, we discuss work illustrating two specific dimensions of that framework, the sociocultural and the integrated. And finally, we provide a commentary on the current developmental literature and how this literature challenges our practice as adult educators. Building on the work of Perlmutter and Hall (1985), Bee (1996), and others, Merriam and Caffarella (1999) have developed a schema consisting of four dimensions: biological, psychological, sociocultural, and integrative models. We focus here on the sociocultural and the integrative frames because they capture some of the most innovative work being done in developmental theory today. We address the work on racial and ethnic development, a body of literature that is of increasing importance as we struggle to embrace diversity in our society. The notions of separation and connection, pointing to the work of theorists who argue for a complex and changing balance between these fundamental drives, is examined. We discuss how the various conceptualizations of time provide a new way of understanding change and development. We look at development as narrative, an approach which derives from the storied nature of our lives and which places the adults themselves in the role of interpreter. Finally, we describe spiritual development, suggesting that the ultimate meaning adults give to their lives provides yet another way to understand the developmental process. The typology offered by Merriam and Caffarella (1999) is useful in several ways. When we consider the latest work in this area, across all four categories of this framework, we noticed that we seem to be beyond the crafting of grand theories of development, like those offered by Erikson or Levinson. In addition, there has been a shift in the literature on adult development towards thinking about development in a more integrative way, and it is in this frame that we believe the most significant and promising work is being done today. This trend toward integration and multiplicity of thought is two-dimensional. First, many scholars, even within the biological and psychological frames, are acknowledging the importance of taking into account elements from at least one other frame and often more than one, therefore arguing for a more holistic view of development. The second dimension relates to alternative ways of thinking about how development unfolds in adulthood, such as those offered by different concepts of time and by the notion of development as narrative. As adult educators we are prodded to hear what was formerly unspoken. We can no longer ignore or take for granted issues of Otherness–gender, race and ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, spiritual commitment, social status... the list has no end. We also are being asked to think more creatively about the impact of development on learners and how we design programs. References Bee, H.L. (1996). Journey of adulthood (3 ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall. Merriam, S.B., & Caffarella, R.S. (1999). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Perlmutter, & Hall, E. (1985). Adult development and aging. New York: John Wiley. Racial and Ethnic Identity and Development Florence Guido-DiBrito Racial and ethnic identities are critical components of the overall framework of individual and collective identity. For some, especially visible legally defined United States minority populations, racial and ethnic identity is manifested in very conscious positive and negative ways. Others, especially U.S. white/European populations, manifest ethnic and racial identity in mostly unconscious ways through their behaviors, values, beliefs, and assumptions often viewed as "standard American culture." However, all individuals, regardless of race or identity, benefit from the development of a conscious ethnic identity. Racial and ethnic identity have been misunderstood and, although some believe them to be biologically based (Spickard, 1992), are considered to be socially constructed (Waters, 1990). Several racial identity models (e.g., Cross, 1991), including white identity (e.g., Helms, 1995), discussed what could be described as an intersection between racial perceptions of others (i.e., racism) and racial perceptions of self (i.e., racial development). Although our perceptions of others are important and can act as triggers for development and consciousness, there is great value in the consideration of racial/ethnic identity for oneself and groups of individuals. A related concept, ethnic identity is developed from shared culture, religion, geography and language of individuals who are often connected by strong loyalty and kinship as well as proximity (Torres, 1999). Many models of identity appear in the literature for different ethnic groups (e.g., Garrett & Walking Stick Garrett, 1994; Padilla, 1995). These models typically outline commonalties likely within a particular ethnic group. A multidimensional understanding of racial and ethnic identity assists us in understanding the many possibilities inherent in working with adult learners. Attention to racial and ethnic identity is critical in the learning environment in numerous ways. For example, learning environments must be inclusive of multicultural ways of doing, different knowledge bases, and styles of teaching and learning. Additionally, the creation and maintenance of a strong learning community that honors, supports, and challenges each learner, regardless of race and ethnicity, is essential. Educators working with adults at all levels can benefit these learners by creating environments that balance different cultural norms, such as designing collaborative and individual learning activities, encouraging in class reflection and discussion, and using visual, written, kinesthetic, relational and other types of learning. Creating positive mult icultural learning communities requires educators to model authenticity, relational and self-sharing ways, by supporting nonjudgmental processing of multiple perspectives and by facilitating a respectful community of learners. References Cross, W.E., Jr. (1995). The psychology of nigrescence: Revising the Cross model. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. M. Casas, L. A. Suzuki, & C. M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Garrett, J. T., & Walking Stick Garrett, M. (1994). The path of good medicine: Understanding and counseling Native American Indians. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 22, 134-144. Helms, J. E. (1995). An update of Helms' White and people of color racial identity models. In J. G. Ponterotto, J. M. Casas, L. A. Suzuki, & C.M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Padilla, A. M. (1995). On the nature of Latino ethnicity. In A. S. Lopez (Ed.), Historical themes and identity: Mestizaje and labels (pp. 439-452). New York: Garland. Spickard, P. R. (1992). The illogic of American racial categories. In Maria P. P. Root (Ed.), Racially mixed people in America (pp. 12-23). Newbury, CA: Sage. Torres, V. (1999). Validation of a bicultural or ientation model for Hispanic students. Journal of College Student Development, 40(3), 285298. Waters, M. C. (1990). Ethnic options: Choosing identities in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Relational Aspects of Adult Deve lopment Theory Kathleen Taylor Most early developmental theorists, such as Erikson and Kohlberg, who drew on the experiences of men and boys, called for individuation and separation as prerequisites to identity development. More recently, however, researchers who have explored women's experiences have described an equally compelling role for connection and relationship. On one hand, both men and women need to separate from others, constructing an identity that is clearly their own. On the other, both men and women need also to be connected to others, to see themselves in relation to them and as part of a larger whole. Several theorists explore the possibilities for balance between these two apparently opposing drives. Peck (1986), the scholars at the Stone Center at Wellesley College (Jordan, Kaplan, Miller, Stiver & Surrey, 1991; Miller & Stiver, 1997; Bergman & Surrey, 1997), and Kegan (1994), attempt to describe ways in which both separateness and meaningful connection are part of everyone's lifelong developmental process. In this view, identity derives as much from connection with others as it does from establishing one's separateness. Separation no long precedes connection in f


Abstract Diabetes (DM) prevalence continues rising at alarming rates. The disease is debilitating resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and psychosocial challenges for nations across the globe. Models of care largely aim at treating and rehabilitating, while emphasis on wellness promotion, prevention, and early detection requires greater attention. Data capture through electronic medical records (EMRs) has become more prevalent. Reliable mechanisms to assess people at risk for DM and to intervene early are needed. In this study we developed and validated an EMR detection tool to identify under recognized cases of prediabetes (preDM). A series of decision support algorithms were deployed to query EMR data in an academic medical center to identify adults who met industry acceptable clinical criteria of glycohemoglobin (A1c) for preDM, but were not diagnosed within a defined diagnostic code range. Additional data included demographics and medications for DM or preDM. For verification, the collected data was reviewed for accuracy. Within a 22 weeks period, the algorithm screened among 37,997 adult patients discharged from inpatient or observation units, same day admission and emergency department. The screening tool searched for subjects ≥ 18 years whose primary care was provided within the organization, with A1c levels between 5.7 to 6.4%, not receiving pharmacological treatment for preDM, and lacking a discrete diagnosis of preDM. A total of 255 subjects were identified with these criteria and 209 cases (82%) confirmed for accuracy. The imprecision resulted from having one of the following: diagnosis code of preDM in their record in another format (37), diagnosis code for DM (7), or A1c ≥ 6.5% (2). Our first iteration of a preDM detection algorithm recognizes an important condition that precedes DM among people at risk of being unrecognized. The algorithm can be applied to all care areas; ambulatory and inpatient settings. This tool provides a mechanism beyond practice performance to accountably identify preDM. It represents an effective strategy to use EMR data for disease identification, with potential demonstrable outcomes for meaningful use of the EMR and for population management. Future refinement of this tool will revise and expand on diagnostic documentation codes to increase its accuracy. Our actionable strategy in progress includes a clinical decision support program for awareness and recommendations to providers and patients. Shaw JE, Sicree RA, Zimmet PZ. Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010;87(1):4-14 Blumenthal D, Tavenner M. The "meaningful use" regulation for electronic health records. N Engl J Med 2010;363(6):501-4 Hersh W, Ehrenfeld, J.M. Clinical informatics. In: Skochelak SE, Hawkins, R.E., Lawson, L.E., Starr, S.R., Borkan, J.M., Gonzalo, J.D., editor AMA Education Consortium. Elsevier; 2017, p. 105-16


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There is provided a method of preparing fine particle size hypoxia spherical titanium and titanium alloy powder, a fuse formed by arc melting titanium and titanium alloy droplets, and then crushed to supersonic flow of metal ultrafine droplet droplet formation, the droplet surface tension of the metal droplets condensed spherical ball titanium and titanium alloy powder. The present invention employs an arc fuse, high purity argon, or helium injection preparation of spherical titanium and titanium alloy powder atomization techniques, which process is short, low energy consumption; atomizing and pulverizing raw material melting process under an inert atmosphere embodiments are protected , can effectively avoid highly active titanium and titanium alloy powder contamination, ensure high purity low oxygen powder prepared, and supersonic flow sufficiently atomized droplets of molten titanium and titanium alloys through three-way, high yield preparation of fine powder- , with high practical value.


The rest period of peach buds was broken by application of several compounds. DNOC-mineral oil, thiourea, aqueous DNOC, KNO3, gibberellic acid and kinetin were found to be active. Combinations of active compounds found to be most efficient were: DNOC-mineral oil + thiourea; DNOC-mineral oil + gibberellic acid; and KNO3 + thiourea. Potassium nitrate and kinetin mainly advanced flower bud opening, while thiourea had a more pronounced effect on leaf bud opening. Combinations of pairs of the 3 compounds, DNOC-mineral oil, thiourea and KNO3 were best for commercial use.


The present study was a two-part investigation into the concept of, risk markers for, and original measure of Cannabis-Dependent Appetite (CDA). Cannabis-Dependent Appetite is a condition in which some prolonged heavy cannabis users develop disordered eating habits, marked by the increasing need for cannabis ingestion to stimulate appetite. Current literature is mainly focused on changes in appetite post-ingestion. However, it is imperative to differentiate changes in appetite solely after use and changes in appetite both during sober and intoxicated periods. This distinction targets the disordered eating habits characteristic of CDA. Participants (N = 60) were 18 years or older and were cannabis users. In the first portion of the study, 11 risk markers (family and personal history of mental health disorders, number of daily sessions, frequency, form quantity, anxiety, depression, anxiety sensitivity, affectivity, difficulty in emotion regulation, and age of onset) were analyzed as potential predictors of the development of CDA, which is measured using the Cannabis-Dependent Appetite Measure (CDAM). In the second portion, participants (N = 40) from the first portion who were daily cannabis users, had a smartphone, had access to reliable internet or data, and were willing to receive text messages from the research team were included in the daily collection of self-reported eating and cannabis use habits. Within-subject correlations between times when eating and cannabis use occurred were calculated and correlated with scores on the CDAM as a way to validate that the CDAM measures the behaviors aimed at assessing. It was hypothesized that individuals who use cannabis more frequently (vs. less frequently) are more likely to develop Cannabis-Dependent Appetite (CDA) as potential risk markers (family and personal history of mental health disorder, number of daily sessions, frequency, form quantity, anxiety, depression, anxiety sensitivity, negative affectivity, and difficulty in emotion regulation) increase and others (age of onset and positive affectivity) decrease. Frequency (r(55) = .49, p < .001, r2 = .24), average number of daily sessions (r(55) = .45, p < .001, r2= .20), and quantity of cannabis concentrates (r(29) = .41, p = .024, r2= .16) were significantly positively associated with Cannabis-Dependent Appetite. Both age of onset (r(57) = -.29, p = .031, r2 = .08) and positive affectivity (r(60) = -.44, p < .001, r2 = .19) were significantly negatively correlated with CDA. A significant positive correlation was found between being high and eating (r(38) = .37, p = .018, r2 = .14). Data show the behavioral trends assessed using Ecological Momentary Assessment add validity to the CDAM.


It has been over a quarter of a century since the repetition blindness(RB) effect was first reported by Kanwisher(1987) and the precise mechanism underlying RB has been extensively debated. Researchers proposed different theories to account for the effect,for example,it has been argued that RP occurs due to a failure at the visual perception level; alternatively,it has also been argued that RP involves failure to memorize the repeated stimulus. Meanwhile,RB is influenced by many factors,such as presentation durations,lags,experimental materials,spatial locations and tasks. The popularization of neuroscience technology such as ERP and f MRI in recent years allows researchers to reveal the brain activity of RB. As a kind of experimental method,researchers have applied RB effect to explore some phenomena of the visual perception. The current paper reviews these basic research topics. However,many aspects of repetition blindness are still worth of further exploration.


This paper makes a discuss about the relationship between regional ecological product and sustainable development from the view point of the ecological product theory, some suggestions are put forward in detail as the available methodsfor regional sustainable development.


The thermal expansion of WC from 20 to 900 K was measured in the a and c axial directions using high-resolution neutron powder diffraction. Third-order polynomials have been calculated from the expansion curves. The results complement and are compared with prior data in the 293 to 900 K region.


On the plane, we consider the differential game of two identical pursuers against three consistently evading players (targets) forming a coalition. Players' movements are simple. The speed of the pursuers is limited to one, the speed of the targets is limited by a given constant of less than one. At the beginning of the game, the pursuers and targets are localized at two different points on the plane: the pursuers are at a certain point P 0, and the targets are at a point E 0. A game is conducted with complete information. The task of the pursuers is to pinpoint all the targets in the shortest possible time. The task of evading players is the opposite.


Campylobacter fetus fetus, probably introduced with bought-in cows, identified as the cause of abortion on two dairy farms Cystitis and pyelonephritis causing cows to die in two dairy herds Review of postmortem diagnoses of lambs aged under four months Colisepticaemia associated with hypogammaglobulinaemia in lambs Abortion and deaths in ewes associated with verotoxin-positive Escherichia coli o174 Suspected malicious poisoning of wild birds — These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for April from Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services (sac vs)


145 As the deep learning algorithm has become a popular data analytic technique, atmospheric 146 scientists should have a balanced perception of its strengths and limitations so that they can provide a 147 powerful analysis of complex data with well-established procedures. Despite the enormous success of the 148 algorithm in numerous applications, certain issues related to its applications in air quality forecasting (AQF) 149 require further analysis and discussion. This study addresses significant limitations of an advanced deep 150 learning algorithm, the convolutional neural network (CNN), in two common applications: (i) a real-time 151 AQF model, and (ii) a post-processing tool in a dynamical AQF model, the Community Multi-scale Air 152 Quality Model (CMAQ). In both cases, the CNN model shows promising accuracy for ozone prediction 24 153 hours in advance in both the United States and South Korea (with an overall index of agreement exceeding 154 0.8). For the first case, we use the wavelet transform to determine the reasons behind the poor performance 155 of CNN during the nighttime, cold months, and high ozone episodes. We find that when fine wavelet modes 156 (hourly and daily) are relatively weak or when coarse wavelet modes (weekly) are strong, the CNN model 157 produces less accurate forecasts. For the second case, we use the dynamic time warping (DTW) distance 158 analysis to compare post-processed results with their CMAQ counterparts (as a base model). For CMAQ 159 results that show a consistent DTW distance from the observation, the post-processing approach properly 160 addresses the modeling bias with predicted IOAs exceeding 0.85. When the DTW distance of CMAQ-vs161 observation is irregular, the post-processing approach is unlikely to perform satisfactorily. Awareness of 162 the limitations in CNN models will enable scientists to develop more accurate regional or local air quality 163 forecasting systems by identifying the affecting factors in high concentration episodes. 164


This study examines the evolution of how remotely sensed precipitation products have impacted hydrologic modeling from six basins across the continental United States. Precipitation products include both ground-based (Multisensor Precipitation Estimator - MPE) and space-based products. Two space-based products are from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) and include the real-time TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA-RT) and TRMM 3B42 Research product. Precipitation products are compared between early (2004-2007) and late (2008-2010) periods. Additionally, version 6 and the new version 7 of these TRMM products are examined. Watersheds examined were moderately large (1233 to 8905 square kilometers) and include the San Pedro (Arizona), Cimarron (Oklahoma); Alapaha (Georgia), mid-Nueces (Texas), San Casimiro (Texas), and the mid-Rio Grande basins, which is a bi-national basin that spans the Texas-Mexico border. Precipitation products are used to drive streamflow simulations using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The main results of this study concludes that MPE is a mature remote sensing product that generally supports superior hydrologic simulations based on standard performance metrics such as mass balance error and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient. Both versions of TRMM products generally support acceptable simulations. Improved performance during the late period for TMPA-RT is noted and this improvement is related to modification of TRMM in January 2009 with the addition of more satellite data and a climatologic bias correction,


Objective
To screen the risk indicators of myocardial ischemia(MI) during the treadmill test in type 2 diabetic patients without clinical macroangiopathy.

Methods
To screen the risk indicators of myocardial ischemia (MI) during the treadmill test in type 2 diabetic patients without clinical macroangiopathy.Methods According to the ultrasonic results of the right carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), 75 type 2 diabetic patients were divided into atherosclerosis group (AS: IMT>1.3 mm or with plaques, 44 cases) and non-atherosclerosis group (NAS: IMT≤1.3 mm, 31 cases). All participants were involved in the Bruce's treadmill test, and ECG and blood pressure were monitored during and 3 minutes after the test. Fasting blood glucose, serum lipids and glycosylated hemoglobin were also measured. All data were also analyzed between positive group (with presence of MI) and negative group (without MI) according to their ECG results during the test.

Results
(1)There were no significant differences of age, gender, BMI, waist circumference, family history of ischemic heart disease, history of smoking and alcohol drinking between AS and NAS groups , and also between the positive and negative MI groups (all P>0.05). There were no significant differences of fasting blood glucose, serum lipids and glycosylated hemoglobin between AS and NAS group, and positive and negative MI groups (all P>0.05). (2)The maximum heart rate (HRmax) in NAS group was significantly higher than in AS group [ (144.3±7.6)bpm vs. (140.1±8.3)bpm, P=0.025] during the test.The systolic pressure (SBP) 3 minutes after the test was significantly higher in MI positive group than in negative group [ (151.9±19.0)mmHg vs. (137.9±18.7)mmHg, P=0.031]. (3)The MI positive result of treadmill test correlated with the higher SBP 3 minutes after test (r=0.211, P=0.029), and AS negatively correlated with HRmax during the test (r=-0.254, P=0.028). According to the regression analysis, higher SBP 3 minutes after test was an independent risk factor of the positive MI during the treadmill test (B=0.104, P=0.012), and the higher maximum diastolic pressure and lower HRmax were the independent risk factors of atherosclerosis (B=0.054, P=0.017; B=-0.119, P=0.017), respectively.

Conclusions
Here is accommodation of disturbance of blood pressure and heart rate in type 2 diabetes with AS, and the potential MI risk existed during the exercise in diabetic patients, although without clinical macroangiopathy. The higher SBP 3 minutes after test could be the indicator of MI in type 2 diabetes.

Key words:
Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Exercise test; Safety


The spread of the Coronavirus in Europe in early 2020 set a chain of events in motion that led to a set of policies nobody could have imagined. Freedom of movement was restricted in unprecedented ways with, for example, curfews and both national and international travel restrictions. Cultural, educational and retail activities were put on hold to stop the virus from spreading. At the same time, governments made enormous economic rescue packages available to protect businesses and employees from the negative repercussions of these safety measures. In addition to national recovery packages in Europe, the EU devised its 'largest stimulus package ever' (Commission 2021) as a response to the pandemic: a total of 1.8 trillion Euros in the EU's 2021–2027 long-term budget were allocated to rebuild a post-COVID-19 Europe. All these decisions had massive effects on the lives and activities of different social and economic groups. One of the key ways for such interests to express their concerns and needs during the pandemic was through political activity taking the form of viral lobbying, which we defined as all organised attempts to influence public debates or policies during the COVID-19 pandemic (see Chapter 1). Under the extreme strain of this crisis, a myriad of interest groups competed for attention and support to represent different interests and voice the concerns of affected sections of the population. To illustrate, the organisation Eurochild, which is a network of organisations and individuals working with and for children in Europe, tried to draw attention to the fact that the 'COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing problems of social inequality, with [...] school closures creating a wider educational divide, impacting children's life chances, and their physical and mental health' (Eurochild 2020). Eurochild and its members, therefore, called for 'recovery plans that take children's needs into account' (ibid). At the same time, the European Tourism Sector pleaded through the European Tourism Manifesto for 'urgent supportive measures to reduce the devastating impact of COVID-19' (HOTREC 2020). The organisation pointed out that millions of jobs were 'currently at stake, while many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) risk closing their business'. So, the organisation argued that 'support for tourism must be a priority in the crisis response, recovery plans and actions of affected economies' (ibid). These examples constitute just two of the extensive lobbying efforts interest groups advanced during the pandemic, of which many did not even make the newspapers.


Part I Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. A Domestic Revolution: Poverty, Respectability and Housing Reform. Chapter 3. Housing for the Poor. Chapter 4. The Utopian Roots of Council Housing. Chapter 5. The Artistic Inspiration of Council Housing. Chapter 6. Garden City to Council Estate. Part II Chapter 7. The Utopian Legacy. Chapter 8. The Management of Council Housing. Chapter 9. 'Community' on Council Estates. Chapter 10. Patterns of Working-Class Life. Chapter 11. Estate Histories. Part III Chapter 12. Turning Points: The Parameters at the Turn of the Century.


Intracranial rete mirabile (RM) rarely occurs in humans, especially cases that involve both the anterior and posterior circulation (Carotid and vertebral RM, CVRM). The present study reports a rare CVRM case, which showed multiple intracranial hemorrhages during its onset, making it even rarer. The patient was a 48-year-old male; the onset included sudden headache and dizziness, and computed tomography (CT) showed subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hematoma and intraventricular hemorrhage. CT angiography (CTA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) revealed that normal structures at the cavernous segment of bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) and at the foramen magnum of bilateral vertebral artery had disappeared and were replaced by abnormally developed vascular networks, findings that were diagnosed as CVRM. The external carotid artery system was involved in the blood supply for the RM at the cavernous segment, and the anterior spinal artery was involved in the blood supply for the RM at the foramen magnum. Additionally, two aneurysms were observed on the anterior spinal artery. The patient's multiple intracranial hemorrhages were considered to be RM bleeding or collateral circulation bleeding, which was conservatively treated. The anterior spinal artery aneurysms were followed up closely with imaging exams. In the report of this rare case, we suggest that RM cases, especially CVRM, can present as rare multiple intracranial hemorrhages and as a complication of anterior spinal artery aneurysms. We should pay more attention to RM in clinical practice.


VD model was established by the method of repeated ischemia-Reperfusion plus Sodium Nitroprusside in Wistar rats and the protective effects of Xinghuayu were observed.The author analyzed the cognitive ability of rats with the Morris water maze,and the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax protein of the rat hippocampus with immunohistochemical staining.The results showed that compared with the pseudo-surgery rats,VD model had more increase in the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax protein of the rat hippocampus(P0.01) and significantly decreased in the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax.After the therapy of Xinghuayu a,b and Ginkto,the number of Bax positive cells of rats hippocampal CA1 area were decreased,especially in the Xinghuayu b group(P0.01),whose ratio of Bcl-2/Bax was higher than the pseudosurgery group and model group(P0.05).The number of Bcl-2 positive cells in rats hippocampal CA1 area of all of the group were increased(P0.05),especially the Xinghuayu b group(P0.01).Results suggest that Xinghuayu can improve the cognitive abilities of VD rats,suggesting that there maybe relevant with the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax protein.


This paper identifies sharp bounds on the mean treatment response and average treatment effect under the concave monotone treatment response (concave-MTR) and monotone treatment selection (MTS) assumptions. We use our bounds and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate the mean returns to schooling. Our upper bound estimates of the returns to college education are: 0079 − 0133 for the local returns and 0087 for the four-year average. They are substantially smaller than (1) the estimates using only the concave-MTR assumption of Manski (1997) and (2) the estimates using only MTR and MTS assumptions of Manski and Pepper (2000). They fall in the lower range of the point estimates given in previous studies which assume linear wage functions. This is because sharp upper bounds are obtained when the curve of the concave-MTR function is close to linear. Our results, therefore, imply a possibility that the higher average returns reported in previous studies are attributed to the specification of linear wage functions. JEL: C14, J24


Mixing is an essential process in the deep ocean, as it accoun ts for the raising of the cold abyssal water masses. The role of internal gravity waves in this process has been qu estioned because their breaking leads to localized but ubiquitous mixing. The main sources of energy for intern al gravity waves are the wind and the interaction of the barotropic tide with the bathymetry. We consider the l atter situation in this paper, the internal wave field thus generated being referred to as the internal tide. Jointlaboratory and numerical experiments are used to study the internal tide dynamics, in the academic context of a unif ormly stratified ocean and when the bathymetry is a two-dimensional continental shelf. We focus on the generat ion process and on the structure of the internal tide, and briefly address nonlinear effects which occur when the in ternal tide first reflects from the oceanic bottom.


In the title RuII complex, [RuCl2(C8H12)(C2H3N)2]·CH3CN, the metal ion is coordinated to the centers of each of the double bonds of the cyclooctadiene ligand, to two chloride ions (in cis positions) and to two N-atom donors (from MeCN molecules) that complete the coordination sphere for the neutral complex. The coordination about the RuII atom can thus be considered to be octahedral with a slightly trigonal distortion. There is also one acetonitrile solvent molecule per molecule which is outside the coordination sphere of the ruthenium atom.


The development of methods for statistical analysis of large data volumes and availability of standard information processing packages to users shows signs of widespread their usage, including for medical forecasting. It is a scientifically sound prediction of possible future changes in public health in general or the health status of specific patients. In order to make medical decisions and obtain information about public health in general or the health of individual patients the prediction of possible future changes is important. Different statistical approaches should be applied to validate the projected risks. Comparatively two study groups tested for normality a number of criteria presented for analysis and concerning the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome of residents of Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions and Ukraine as a whole, as well as injecting drug users, injecting drug users specified areas. Using the modern methods of a statistical analysis the authors come to the idea that these absolute and relative data allow to make a complex scheme of HIV/AIDS prediction on the Black Sea region of Ukraine. Therefore, it was shown that Odessa and Kherson regions of


Newer approaches to teaching are being promoted by the onset of the Bologna Declaration. This paper describes the implementation of a methodology for promoting independent group work using tutorial techniques in the context of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) course included in the undergraduate Civil Engineering programme at the University of Minho. The authors were faced with a multi-faceted problem: managing and motivating a large class of civil engineering students in a transdisciplinary and non-traditional civil engineering setting. Given the size of the class and the nature of the course, the authors decided to adopt, for the practical sessions, an approach based on semi-independent group work monitored via a series of scheduled progress meetings. At the end of the semester, the students were required to anonymously fill out a questionnaire regarding the class. The vast majority of the students felt that they were encouraged to express their points of view and in doing so, question the teacher in her own opinions and perceptions. Also, there was a general agreement that schedules were met according to what had been initially planned. An overwhelming majority felt there was concern and interest about the students, an observation supported by a general perception of encouragement, by the teacher, of their participating in the course's activities. When asked whether they would recommend the methodology implemented in the practical sessions to future students, the majority would do so, despite the great effort that would be required on their part. The freedom to manage their own work schedules was particularly appreciated, especially by students with heavier workloads from other courses. Also, the ability to conduct independent work was mentioned by some as an advantageous aspect of the course, particularly when given the chance to select topics more agreeable to their interests.


Body composition and muscle strength change vary by age and ethnicity, and have a major impact on health and physical function. Little is known about the patterns of these changes in African-ancestry populations. Herein, we examined age-specific (5-year age groups) rates-of-change in lean and fat mass in 1918 African-ancestry men on the Caribbean island of Tobago (baseline age: 62.0±11.8 years, range: 40–99 years). Body composition (DXA) and grip strength were measured at three time points (baseline, 4- and 9-year follow-up). Annualized rates of change were calculated with all 3 time-points using Generalized Estimating Equations. We found that whole body lean mass declined at constant rate until age 65 (−0.72%/year; 95% CI: −0.76, −0.67), which accelerated to −0.92 %/year (−1.02, −0.82) among those 65–69, and again to −1.16 %/year (−1.30, −1.03) among those aged 70+. Whole body fat mass increased by a near constant rate of 2.93 %/year (2.72, 3.15%) across the lifespan. Finally, grip strength decline accelerated at age 50, and about 2x faster than lean mass through the lifespan after the age of 50. To conclude, in African-Caribbean men, the acceleration in muscle strength decline precedes the acceleration in lean mass decline by 10–15 years, suggesting decrements in factors other than lean mass drive this initial acceleration in muscle strength decline. We also found that African-Caribbean men undergo a constant shift to a more adipogenic phenotype throughout the adult lifespan (aged 40–99), which likely contributes to age-related loss of muscle and physical function.


CD4 counts are currently used to assess HIV patients for treatment eligibility and to monitor antiretroviral response to treatment. The emerging point‐of‐care devices could fill an important gap in resource‐limited settings. However, the accuracy of CD4‐counting instruments is diverse and data on how CD4 measurement errors have an impact on clinical decisions are lacking.


In recent times due to the advancement in perceptual applications, focus in computer vision has been inclined towards tasks that require a significant level of semantic understanding of scenes. Combination of textual and visual information has resulted in a great improvement in performance on tasks like retrieval, captioning and visual q/a etc. In this regard, scene graphs have become a popular form of structural knowledge. But unlike Word embedding, general-purpose scene graph embedding has not been explored significantly. In this work, we propose a general-purpose scene graph embedding model that combines linguistic and graph processing techniques through a reconstruction based learning network to learn a low-dimensional data-driven vectorized embedding of scene graphs. Visualization of embedding of COCO dataset has shown to possess semantic separability and distance-based abstraction of scenes. When applied to a retrieval task and evaluated using Med-r and recall metric on COCO-stuff and VRD dataset, our model showed promising results.


Any continuous bivariate distribution can be expressed in terms of its margins and a unique copula. In the case of extreme‐value distributions, the copula is characterized by a dependence function while each margin depends on three parameters. The authors propose a Bayesian approach for the simultaneous estimation of the dependence function and the parameters defining the margins. They describe a nonparametric model for the dependence function and a reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for the computation of the Bayesian estimator. They show through simulations that their estimator has a smaller mean integrated squared error than classical nonparametric estimators, especially in small samples. They illustrate their approach on a hydrological data set.


This thesis describes the preparation, surface modification and application of lanthanide nanoparticles (Ln NPs) as elemental tags in bioassays by mass cytometry. The most common elemental tags in mass cytometry are lanthanide metals. Previous studies established polymerbased lanthanide tags for mass cytometric bioassays. My studies focused on developing a new generation of elemental tags based on Ln NPs for bioassays by mass cytometry. The first part of my thesis describes a ligand exchange strategy for making Ln NPs that are colloidally stable in aqueous buffer media. This strategy yielded NaLnF4 NPs capped with PEGPAMAM surface ligands. These PEG-PAMAM-capped NPs were colloidally stable in water but lacked long-term colloidal stability in PBS. This made the PEG-PAMAM-capped NPs incompatible with cell assays by mass cytometry. The second part describes the preparation of small LnF3 NPs as internal labels for Lncontaining polymer microspheres. This work was done by collaboration with Dr. Jianbo Tan. He prepared PMMA microspheres labeled with those small LnF3 NPs. We then developed a streptavidin-biotin binding assay using those LnF3-labeled microspheres as a proof-of-concept bead-based assay by mass cytometry.


The diversity of tree vegetation in Forest Areas With Special Purpose Samboja need to be described as supporting data in forest management and development activities as well as to support the research and education activities in the region. This study aims to determine species diversity of trees and vegetation beneficial provide basic scientific information about the diversity of vegetation types of trees, so it can be used as a data base in the management and utilization by the community and local government. Using a method of combination of lines and line terraced, on 9 (nine) lines with track width of 20m, 300m long track. Purposively placed transect cut contour assuming representation of forest conditions which was researched and diversity of vegetation types. Results of the study consisted of 342 tree species from 57 families. There are 44 types included in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species), CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) 2 and 3 species included endemic. The highest importance value index for seedlings is Fordia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Buijsen 25.2327876%, Sapling is Fordia splendidissima (Blume ex Miq.) Buijsen 32.0401352%, Poles is Macaranga gigantea (reichb.f. & Zoll.) Mull Arg. 29.8578411% and tree is Macaranga gigantea (reichb.f. & Zoll.) Mull Arg. 20.7934681%. Value Dominance Index (C) less than ( 5.0.

Key Word: Diversity, trees, khdtk samboja, index value abudance, index value richnees
Key Word: Diversity, trees, khdtk samboja, index value abudance, index value richnees


This study aims to determine the differences in learning outcomes in engineering drawing class X Light Vehicle Engineering.X TKR SMK Swasta YPD Tebing Tinggi.
This research is an experimental study. The population in this study were all students of class X TKR consisting of 2 classes in the first semester of academic year 2014/2015. Sampling was done by clauster random sampling by taking 2 classes, X TKR1 as the experimental class and the control class X TKR2. The instrument used to determine student learning outcomes is a multiple-choice test as many as 25 questions that has been tested and analyzed first. Prior to treatment in 2 (two) in advance of the class was given a pretest to obtain initial data and determine the ability of these two classes are the same or not. Once the treatment is given then given the posttest to obtain data on learning outcomes as a means of collecting research data. The data is taken from learning outcomes achieved by students and then analyzed to test the hypothesis by using the t test.
 The results of the study showed the results of student learning before learning between the experimental class and the control class has a similar initial ability, indicated by average gain - average pretest score of 49.33 experimental class and control class is 49.07. After treatment of the experimental class learning using problem based learning model learning results are higher than the control class using STAD cooperative learning model. Indicated by the average acquisition - average posttest score of 84.67 experimental class and control class is 78.53. From the analysis of the hypothesis test with a level of α = 0.05 and 58 hp of data comparison posttest values obtained from the two classes that price tcount> t table (2.7598> 1.6723) then H0 is rejected, thus obtained that there are differences in learning outcomes technic drawing students of class X TKR SMK Swasta YPD Tebing Tinggi learning model that uses problem based learning with STAD cooperative learning model 2014/2015 Academic Year.


Background:  Tuberculosis is a common cause of pleural effusion in countries like India where it is highly endemic. However, the organism mycobacterium tuberculosis is seldom detectable in pleural fluid. The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis has been greatly improved by the use of biochemical markers. The pleural fluid activity of adenosine deaminase (ADA) is one of the best providing reliable bases for a treatment decision, particularly in excluding the diagnosis of tuberculosis, due to its high sensitivity. The present study was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of ADA levels in tubercular pleural effusion.  Methods: The study is a clinical, prospective and observational study of 50 Patients of pleural effusion consecutively admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital, Kannouj from Dec 2008 to Dec 2009. Macroscopic findings, cytological, microbiological and biochemical analysis of pleural fluid were performed, including ADA levels in all patients. Results:  Mean age group was 31 years and common in men. In our study, out of 30 patients with tuberculosis pleural fluid ADA was done in them and 28 (93.33%) of them had a level more than 40IU/L. Using a cut off of greater 40IU/L we got a sensitivity and specificity of 93.3% and 90% respectively and positive predictive value 93.3% and Negative predictive value 90%. Conclusions: All patients with TB pleural effusion had elevated ADA levels and there was a statistical significant association (p value <0.05) of ADA levels in differentiating TB pleural effusion from Non-TB pleural effusion.


ABSTRACT Safety concerns pertaining to PAHs occurrence in agri-food commodities have been a source of great concern. Concerns have been expressed about offering additional insights on screening agri-food commodities to benefit consumers, as evidence-based study knowledge on the health risks posed by ingestion of PAHs-contaminated food by people has increased. According to research, the majority of edible oil-yielding seeds are contaminated with PAHs. These toxins of PAHs can enter the human food chain through the consumption of edible oils. At present, the control of PAHs is mainly through the optimization of the production process, and the specificity is not strong. PAHs' contamination levels varied in different edible oils depending on the type of oil, production process and oilseeds' storage conditions. In this overview, we have decisively assessed the existing data on PAH incidence, main sources, and decontamination in assorted edible oils. This review seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of existing and emerging methods/technologies for PAH determination and elimination, in order to bridge information gaps toward ensuring a green and sustainable remedial approach for PAH-contaminated in edible plant-based oils. This work summarizes the very recently published works of the last years. Abbreviations: PAHs, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; HPAHs, high Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; LPAHs, low Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Nap, naphthalene; Acy, acenaphthylene; Ace, acenaphthene; Flu, fluorine; Phe, phenanthrene; Ant, anthracene; Flt, fluoranthene; Pyr, pyrene; BaA, benz[a]anthracene; Chr, chrysene; BbF, benzo[b]fluoranthene; BkF, benzo[k]flouranthene; BaP, benzo[a]pyrene; DahA, dibenz[a,h]anthracene; BghiP, benzo[g,h,i] perylene; IcdP, indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene; 5MC, 5-methylchrysene; BjF, benzo[j]fluoranthene; DBaiP, dibenzo[a,i]pyrene; DalP, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene; DaeP, dibenzo[a,e]pyrene; DahP, dibenzo[a,h]pyrene; GC, gas chromatography; FLD, fluorescence detector; MS, mass spectrometry; SPE, solid-phase extraction; HACA, hydrogen abstraction acetylene addition; SPMD, short path molecular distillation; TP, tocopherol; TBHQ, tert-butyl hydroquinone; PET, polyethylene, HDPE, high-density polyethylene; LDPE, low-density polyethylene.


Abstract BACKGROUND Variation in survival of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors is large between countries. Within Europe, the Netherlands had one of the worst reported survival rates of malignant CNS (mCNS) tumors during 2000–2007. METHODS Using the Netherlands Cancer Registry, we evaluated trends in incidence and survival of pediatric mCNS tumors (behavior /3, 5th digit in the morphology code) diagnosed between 1990–2017. RESULTS 839 newly-diagnosed mCNS tumor patients <18 years were registered between 1990–2017. Incidence of mCNS tumors remained stable (average incidence rate, 21.6 per million person-years). However, an increased incidence of malignant gliomas, NOS was found (Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) 11.6% p<0.001). This appears to be related to a registration shift between 1990–1999 and 2000–2009 as brainstem tumors increased (+25%, n=79) for astrocytomas and other gliomas but decreased (-31%, n=32) for unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms. Overall, 5-year observed survival (5Y-OS) of mCNS tumors increased from 51% in 1990–1999 to 61% in 2010–2017 (P-for-trend<0.001). This increase was not constant over time, as 5Y-OS for the period 2000–2009 was 47%. The only significant decrease in survival was found for malignant astrocytomas and other gliomas with a 5Y-OS of 56% in 1990–1999 decreasing to 48% in 2010–2017 (P-for-trend<0.001). CONCLUSION Between 1990–2017 incidence of mCNS tumors in the Netherlands remained stable and survival increased. However, a decrease in survival was seen for malignant astrocytomas and other gliomas, which is partially explained by the registration shift of brainstem tumors. The impact of this shift on survival for all mCNS tumors is subject to further research.


One of the advantages of metallic fuel is the abilility to cast the fuel slugs to near net shape with little additional processing. However, the high aspect ratio of the fuel is not ideal for casting. EBR-II fuel was cast using counter gravity injection casting (CGIC) but, concerns have been raised concerning the feasibility of this process for americium bearing alloys. The Fuel Cycle Research and Development program has begun developing gravity casting techniques suitable for fuel production. Compared to CGIC gravity casting does not require a large heel that then is recycled, does not require application of a vacuum during melting, and is conducive to re-usable molds. Development has included fabrication of two separate benchscale, approximately 300 grams, systems. To shorten development time computer simulations have been used to ensure mold and crucible designs are feasible and to identify which fluid properties most affect casting behavior and therefore require more characterization.


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A 68-year-old woman with a mass lesion in right hepatic lobe had an elevated α-fetoprotein level (>54,000 ng/mL). The lesion showed higher 68Ga-DOTA-FAPI-04 uptake than 18F-FDG uptake in consecutive PET/CT images. The histopathological examination revealed neuroendocrine carcinoma with Ki-67 proliferation index of 80%.


In image watermarking method we have two common attacks namely, Cropping and random bending. In this paper we propose a method of image-watermarking to deal with these attacks, also with other common attacks. In the embedding process, the pre-processing of host image is done by a Gaussian low-pass filter and then, we select randomly a number of gray levels and the histogram of the filtered image is constructed and these methods are also followed for secret key image . After that, a histogram-shape-related index is given to choose the pixel groups with the highest number of pixels and a safe band is given between the chosen and non-chosen pixel groups. A watermark-embedding scheme is determined to insert watermarks into the chosen pixel groups. The histogramshape-related index and safe band are used to bring about good robustness. Moreover, a high-frequency component modification mechanism is also applied in the embedding scheme to further improve robustness. At the decoding end, based on the assigned secret key, the watermarked pixel groups are discovered and watermarks are extracted from them.


It is shown, that in the cold period of year in the public buildings with the periodic behavior of work it is expedient to support variable thermal condition with a decrease in the temperature of internal air in the idle time to the minimally permissible value, which makes it possible to decrease the energy consumption by the guarantee of internal temperature conditions, the creation of the necessary microclimate in the accomodations.


Isolated and / or purified from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius provides nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides and Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius-derived polypeptide. Furthermore, isolated and / or purified from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius, using the polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences, it provides a method for transporting sugar through the cell membrane.


By constructing a mixed monotone iterative technique under a new concept of upper and lower solutions, some existence theorems of mild -periodic (-quasi) solutions for abstract impulsive evolution equations are obtained in ordered Banach spaces. These results partially generalize and extend the relevant results in ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations.


The UV CD of insulin, its analogs DPI, DEPI and DOI, and the chymotryptic frag- ment I-peptide have been studied. The CD spectrum of insulin shows double minima but atypical. The negative extremum around 207 nm is more negative than that of a trpical protein. AII the CD curves of DPI, DHPI and DOI are similar to that of insulin,but the [θ]at 222 nm decreases from DPI via DHPI to DOI. It is very interesting that [θ] values of these analogs around 207 nm are approximately the same as that of insulin, but the extrema undergo a shift to the blue about 2--3nm. Wo think that hi addition to the usual confor- mers, another structural factor triy also make contributions to the CD curve of insulin. The UV CD of the I-peptide shows a broad negative extremum around 190--205 nm. The effects of ethanol, sodium dodecyl sulfate and guanidine hydrochloride on the CD of this peptide are very similar to those on the analogs of insulin. It is likely, therefore, that a structure em- bedded in the I-peptide contributes to the CD curve of insulin and makes it extraordinarily negative at 207 nm. From the on spectra of the analogs, we can deduce that the backbone conformation of analogs are similar to each other. They contain a-helix, but are more relaxed than insulin. These results may support the hypothesis about the receptor-binding site of insulin molecule, which was previously suggested by us and somewhat later by Blundell et al. The effect of surfactant on the CD of proteins is also studied and it seems that the effects on n--π and π--π transitions are different.


Objective: to reveal the limits and possibilities of educational practices used in disciplines involving administrative aspects of the nursing course. Method: a descriptive and exploratory study, with a qualitative approach anchored in the Historical and Dialectical Materialism, conducted from October 2013 to March 2014 at a university of Paraíba State with professors, students and graduates of the Nursing Course. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using Speech Analysis Technique. Results: four empirical categories were identified: "Nurses' performance as managers in the labor market"; "Educational practices of teachers: overcoming traditionalism"; "Reflections of training in nursing administration" and "Importance to arouse the interest of students for nursing administration." Conclusion: it was observed that the educational practices used by professors of administration and management disciplines in Nursing try to overcome traditionalism. Descriptors: Education; Nursing; Health Services Administration. RESUMO Objetivo: desvelar limites e possibilidades das práticas educativas utilizadas nas disciplinas envolvendo aspectos administrativos do Curso de Enfermagem. Método: estudo descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa ancorada no Materialismo Histórico e Dialético, realizado no período de outubro de 2013 a março de 2014 numa universidade da Paraíba, com docentes, discentes e egresssos do Curso de Enfermagem. Os dados foram coletados por entrevistas e analisados pela Técnica de Análise de discurso. Resultados: identificou-se quatro categorias empíricas: "Atuação do enfermeiro gestor no mercado de trabalho"; "Práticas educativas dos professores: superação do tradicionalismo"; "Reflexos da formação em administração em enfermagem" e "Importância em despertar o interesse dos discentes pela administração em enfermagem". Conclusão: observou-se que as práticas educativas utilizadas pelos docentes das disciplinas de administração e gestão em Enfermagem tentam superar o tradicionalismo. Descritores: Ensino; Enfermagem; Administração de Serviços de Saúde. RESUMEN Objetivo: revelar límites y posibilidades de las prácticas educativas utilizadas en las disciplinas envolviendo aspectos administrativos del Curso de Enfermería. Método: estudio descriptivo y exploratorio, con enfoque cualitativo basado en el Materialismo Histórico y Dialéctico, realizado en el período de octubre de 2013 a marzo de 2014 en una universidad de Paraíba, con docentes, discentes y egresados del Curso de Enfermería. Los datos fueron recogidos por entrevistas y analizados por la Técnica de Análisis de discurso. Resultados: se identificaron cuatro categorías empíricas: "Actuación del enfermero gestor en el mercado de trabajo"; "Prácticas educativas de los profesores: superación del tradicionalismo"; "Reflejos de la formación en administración en enfermería" e "Importancia en despertar el interés de los discentes por la administración en enfermería". Conclusión: se observó que las prácticas educativas utilizadas por los docentes de las disciplinas de administración y gestión en Enfermería intentan superar el tradicionalismo. Descriptores: Enseñanza; Enfermería; Administración de Servicios de Salud. Nurse, PhD Professor in Psychology, Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG Campus Cuité. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Nurse, Master Professor in Nursing, Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande /UFCG Campus Cuité. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: email@example.com; Academic, Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG Campus Cuité. Scholarship of PIBIC during 2013-2014. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Clinical Nurse (Graduate), Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG Campus Cuité. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Clinical Nurse (Graduate), Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG Campus Cuité. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: email@example.com; Clinical Nurse (Graduate), Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG Campus Cuité. Cuité (PB), Brazil. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ORIGINAL ARTICLE Andrade LDF de, Pinto MB, Azevêdo SRF et al. Nursing managers training: limits and... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 10(6):1998-2004, June., 2016 1999 ISSN: 1981-8963 DOI: 10.5205/reuol.9199-80250-1-SM1006201612 The study of Administration and Management in Health and Nursing Services permeates, among other knowledge bases, the densification of the training processes of human resources in nursing to work in managerial positions in health services at various levels of complexity, investigating how the educational practices of teachers involved in this process have an impact on the formation and placement of professionals in the labor market as managers of health services, and identify the limits and possibilities of expansion of this this insertion . In this context, this study is justified by the fact that the teaching of undergraduate disciplines that support the administration and management of health and nursing services have, today, the possibility of implementing new theoretical and teaching trends, with changes in their teaching strategies due to the advent of the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCN), which provided to universities the right to set the curriculum structures of their courses, explaining the skills and abilities they wish to develop with their students, from a Pedagogical Political Project able to meet the educational needs at the local level. It is assumed that the teaching of disciplines involving administrative and managerial aspects in health and nursing, supported by their educational practices, is at odds with the requirements of the new professional praxis presupposed for nurses as managers of services and human resources, in line with current health policy in the country. In the teaching planning, the specific objectives anticipate results and expected process of the team work between professors and students, expressing knowledge and skills (syllabus) to be studied in accordance with the methodological requirements (strategies with procedures and resources) to finally suffer the assessment of their validity. The development of educational practices involving teaching and assessment for the training of human resources leads to the graduation teachers the need to opt for one of two positions: being limited to the transfer of knowledge already established, investing in the development of some very general capacity, outside of any reference to social situations and practices, here called NonEmancipatory Teaching Planning, or they may assume all responsibility in the choice of social practices opting for theoretical and practical frameworks, focusing on issues that can be discussed both at the individual level and collectively, potentially for the formation of a professional profile that meets the needs of the current health policy, which we call Emancipatory Teaching Planning. In this sense, teaching processes, in particular the disciplines that involve administrative aspects, must be presented with transformative potential, especially after the advent of the National Education Plan PNE, which established the National Curriculum Guidelines DCN. This means that the new approach also requires new technical and pedagogical trends, and changes in teaching strategies in the training process. The administrative role of nurses in the context of SUS is based on management of human, environmental and material resources. In the face of the administrative routine, these professionals should be prepared to act as critical thinkers and managers, able to face changes and establish the linkage with the team. The realization of the current health policy in the nursing practice requires not only the technical skills of the profession, but above all that the professional recognizes themselves as a social and historical subject capable of contributing to the transformation of the classic dominant model of health care. For this purpose, the nurse needs training that contributes to the domain of argumentation and critical, reflective and questioning positions, in order to establish effective working relationships with other members of the interdisciplinary team, aiming benefits to the community's health . The challenge ahead for the renewal of the educational process in universities and higher education institutions, particularly in disciplines involving administrative aspects in nursing, is to consider the technical aspects necessary for making the specific work without giving up the educational and political dimensions, as components able to support a praxis intervention in the activities of future professionals. In face of the possibility of realization of new theoretical and pedagogical trends of educational practices in nursing and the consequent changes in teaching strategies and evaluation of the training process, the question is: are the educational practices that underlie the processes of teaching and evaluation of courses involving Administration and Management in Health and Nursing Services in line with the administrative praxis of the nurse, in the context of service management and training of human resources for the Unified Health System? To answer this question, it was designed as objective: INTRODUCTION Andrade LDF de, Pinto MB, Azevêdo SRF et al. Nursing managers training: limits and... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 10(6):1998-2004, June., 2016 2000 ISSN: 1981-8963 DOI: 10.5205/reuol.9199-80250-1-SM1006201612 ● To unveil the limits and possibilities of educational practices used in disciplines involving administrative aspects of the Nursing


A heat assisted magnetic recording disk drive (HAMR) using a heat sensor for precisely monitoring the laser power during writing. The disk drive controller or a separate processor calculates a prediction of the laser power from a history of laser power settings. This predicted value is compared with the measured value of the thermal sensor. If the difference is too large or too small, which indicates that the laser power is too high or too low, an error signal is sent to the disk drive controller. The disk drive controller can adjust the laser power setting and initiate a re-writing of the data. The predicted laser power is calculated from a convolution of a sequence of current and previous laser power settings with a sequence of coefficients. A calibration process generates the sequence of coefficients when the drive is idle or immediately after it is switched on.


This study aimed to describe the environmental literacy of high school students in Bali Province, Indonesia. For that reason, the study conducted was survey research. The population of the study was high school students in the Bali Province, Indonesia. Population of the study was 40.608 students. Samples were drawn by a multistage random sampling technique. Each district was chosen 50 students randomly. Thus, there were a total of 450 students as research samples. The research samples consisted of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade students, each of which amounted to 131, 263, and 56 people and the number of male and female students was 151 and 299 people, respectively. Students' environmental literacy data were collected with an environmental literacy inventory developed by researchers. This inventory consisted of five dimensions, including knowledge (15 items), concern (15 items), sensitivity (16 items), attitude (9 items), and behavior (8 items) towards the environment. Inventory is created in Google forms and circulated online. The data obtained in this study were analyzed by calculating the average score of environmental literacy and then changed from a scale of 5 to a scale of 100, then grouped into the categories of very low (0 - 20%), low (21 - 40%), moderate (41 - 60%), high (61 - 80%), and very high (81 - 100%). The results showed that overall the environmental literacy of students was classified as a high category. However, the dimension of knowledge was in the medium category, while the other dimensions were in the high category.


Spatial neglect (SN) is a heterogeneous syndrome that occurs in individuals after acquired brain injury. It is a disorder of spatial attention, with a negative impact on the individual's functional status and independence psychosocial abilities, with adverse effects on rehabilitation outcomes. SN can be observed during reading and writing tasks in the Speech and Language Therapist's office. Because of the great variability of SN symptoms, it has been suggested that complex diagnostic methods for SN assessment should be utilised. The choice of the appropriate diagnostic tools can be key in revealing the type of neglect and subsequently in setting up an optimal therapeutic approach for SN treatment. However, the most widely used diagnostic tools have been paper-pencil tests, despite their inadequate sensitivity and inability to detect subvariants of SN, especially regarding the functional status of the individual.


The aerovalanchas, as it is called in Cuba to the english term "downburst", are considered as one of the manifestations of local severity. In extreme cases they can cause considerable damage to the economy and society in general. That is why its forecast becomes extremely important for meteorological science and hence numerous investigations are carried out on the subject. However, despite all the efforts that have been carried out, the multiplicity of factors involved in their generation and development, as well as their complexity, prevent it from being known, which elements discriminate when it occurs and when not this severe event. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the physical - meteorological factors in the middle troposphere that discriminate the occurrence of the aeroavalanchas, thus contributing to the elaboration of their future forecast. After a rigorous case selection, the compliance of each factor was verified for real cases of aeroavalanchas and thunderstorms without severity, by calculating physical variables. The most relevant results are attributed to the existence of a dry layer at medium levels and the absorption of latent heat by evaporation and fusion.


Anisogrid lattice structure, consisting of helical and hoop ribs intersecting each other in a regular pattern, is considered to be a superior candidate as the lightweight aerospace structure such as payload attachment adapter and inter-stage structure of launch vehicles. Owing to the nodal structure, it is also expected that lattice structure has high wave attenuation and vibration damping properties. In this study, composite lattice structure fabricated by low-cost process is focused on, and its shock propagation behavior is experimentally evaluated. It is concluded that composite lattice structure exhibits high wave attenuation properties in terms of Frequency Response Function (FRF) and Shock Response Spectrum (SRS) compared to conventional structures.


Neomycin, an inhibitor of inositol phospholipid turnover, prevents Herpes-simplex-virus-type-1 (HSV-1)-induced stimulation of ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation, but does not impair the S6 phosphorylation induced by serum. Long-term treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which down-regulates protein kinase C activity, does not inhibit virus-induced S6 phosphorylation. In ras-transformed cells, S6 phosphorylation is not stimulated after HSV-1 infection. These results suggest that activation of the inositol phospholipid pathway is involved in the HSV-1-induced stimulation of S6 phosphorylation. However, protein kinase C activation does not appear to be necessary for HSV-1-induced S6 phosphorylation.


Disclosed is a specific SGLT-2 inhibition for the treatment and / or prevention of metabolic disorders such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes in patients with renal dysfunction or chronic kidney disease (CKD) to provide a medicine. A to provide the therapeutic use of Empagliflozin. .BACKGROUND


The Hundred Secret Senses is the important contemporary Chinese American writer Amy Tan's third novel,which is of strong postcolonialism characteristic and offers spiritual comfort to the modern diasporas.From the perspective of postcolonialism,the paper analyzes the Others in the novel,explores the universal love through multiculturalism and hybridity,manifests the harmonious relationship between people,hoping to provide beneficial enlightenments to the diasporas' identity pursuit and cultural communication in today's global context.


INTRODUCTION Colic is defined here as an intennittent, griping, deep seated abdominal pain, severe and sustained enough to raise the possibility of hospital transfer for the patient. Classically the word suggests the forcible contraction of obstructed colon, but the pain may occur with fierce contraction of any hollow, muscular abdominal viscus, or be mimicked by extra-abdominal disease. Colic, indeed, is a. non-specific symptom, and it is quite often not possible to diagnose the nature of the underlying pathology from an analysis of this symptom alone.


Devonport, Auckland, photographed circa 1880s. Looks from Mount Victoria to North Head. Torpedo Bay is on the right. Church Street is in the foreground with Vauxhall Road behind. In the centre is Domain Street with the Holy Trinity Anglican Church to the right. Photographer unidentified.
Other - Formerly attributed to the Henry Norford Whitehead collection

Other - Photographer's inscription describing this view as Fort Takapuna appears to be wrong
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Other Titles - Fort Takapuna
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Fort Takapuna
Relationship complexity - See 1/2-018637-G (file print at 11. Auckland. Devonport. North Head. ca 1880s) for similar view taken at a similar date
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative