The organic polycations known as polyamines occur at average intracellular concentrations (as determined by acid extraction) approaching the millimolar level. Positively charged at normal intracellular pH's, they have long been suspected of ionic interaction with cellular macromolecules of functional importance (1). The chain structure of the polyamines (see Table I for spermidine and spermine) distinguishes these polycations from the monoand divalent metal ions in a variety of biochemical interactions. The degree of specificity of polyamine interactions is, however, unclear and it may be that these polycations fulfill general stabilizing and charge-buffering functions within the cell [for general review, see Ref. (2)]. This report will discuss a small area within the vast polyamine literature, that of the relationship between these compounds and the responses of cell populations to elevated temperatures, or hyperthermia. The review will be divided into what have become two major areas of interest. The first involves the interaction of exogenous polyamines with what we believe to be membrane targets. In this mode, we believe the polyamines are acting directly, or immediately upon interaction with some membrane component, as heat sensitizers. The second and recently emerging body of work centers on the use of polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors to deplete critical intracellular target(s) of polyamines in such a way as to achieve delayed sensitivity to heat.


The Debuncher Momentum cooling systems were carefully measured for signal to noise. It was observed that cooling performance was not optimum. Closer inspection shows that the installed front-end bandpass filters are wider than the pickup response. (The original filters were specified to be wider so that none of the available bandwidth would be clipped.) The end result is excess noise is amplified and passed onto the kickers unimpeded, hence, reducing the achievable system gain. From this data, new filters should be designed to improve performance. New system bandwidths are specified on the data figures. Also included are the transfer function measurements that clearly show adjacent band response. In band 4 upper, the adjacent lobes are strong and out of phase. This is also degrading the system performance. The correlation between spectrum analyzer signal to noise and network analyzer system transfer functions is very strong. The table below has a calculation of expected improvement of front noise reduction by means of building new front-end bandpass filters. The calculation is based on a flat input noise spectrum and is a linear estimation of improvement. The listed 3dB bandwidths of the original filters are from measured data. The expected bandwidth is taken frommore » the linear spectrum analyzer plots and is closer to a 10 dB bandwidth making the percentage improvement conservative. The signal to noise measurements are taken with circulating pbars in the Debuncher. One cooling system was measured at a time with all others off. Beam currents are below ten microamperes.« less


Objective To investigate whether the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms of Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene was associated with hypertension and renal impairing in preeclamptic (PE) patients. Methods A case-control study was conduced including 82 PE patients and 45 normal pregnancies. The polymorphism of ACE gene was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The frequency of the genotypes and alleles of ACE gene was compared between the preeclamptic and normal pregnancies. The level of systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, plasma creatinine, urea nitrogen and uric acid were compared by the genotypes in the preeclampsia groups. Results No significant difference in the alleles and genotypes of the ACE gene was found between the preeclamptic patients and the controls. The level of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure was highest in the DD genotypes, lightest in the II genotypes, moderate in the ID genotypes, although no significant difference was found. Serum uric acid was significant higher in preeclamptic patients with D alleles than those without D, but no significant difference was found in plasma creatinine and urea nitrogen. Conclusion The ACE gene I/D polymorphism is associated with the severity of hypertension and renal impairing in preeclamptic patients. D allele is closely related to elevation of serum uric acid and blood pressure. These findings remain further investigation in larger scale, and may provide an potential marker for risk assessment of preeclamptic patients.


Factors Affecting Seasonal Variation of Surf Zone Assemblages in Central California by Gammon Koval Master of Science in Marine Science California State University Monterey Bay, 2022 The surf zone is an important and highly dynamic ecosystem situated at the land-sea interface; however, this habitat is relatively understudied in California. Beaches and surf zones are among the most intensely used coastal resources by humans (e.g., recreation, fishing, development). The dual threats of habitat modification and climate change can alter these ecosystems, affecting the composition and abundance of species that reside there. In addition, oceanographic conditions such as upwelling, water temperature, and stormgenerated waves have a predictable seasonality that may drive shifts in surf zone species assemblages throughout the year. This study investigated the factors influencing spatial and temporal changes in surf zone communities at four beaches in central California from July 2020 to June 2021. I evaluated seasonal trends, the effects of marine protected areas (MPA), and associations with environmental conditions for these communities. Each site was sampled eleven times, roughly once a month, during the sampling window using replicated (n = 6 per sampling day) horizontal baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS). The MaxN statistic (i.e., the maximum number of individuals of the same species observed in a single frame of the video), was used to estimate abundance for fish and invertebrates on each sampling day, while the relative abundance of drift algae was extracted from still frames using percent cover estimation techniques. Environmental data were obtained from in situ observations on the day of sampling (e.g., water temperature, salinity, wind speed, and wave height and period) or weather stations (e.g., wind and wave direction). The abundance and community composition of fish and invertebrates were analyzed separately due to differences in relative abundance and behavior. Surf zone fish assemblages exhibited marked seasonality. Species like the barred, calico, and walleye surfperch and leopard shark were far more common in the winter and spring and the speckled sanddab was more common in the summer. Other species like the silver surfperch, thornback ray, dwarf perch, and black-andyellow rockfish were common throughout the year. There were no impacts of seasonality on invertebrate assemblages, but the system was dominated by benthic species including the purple dwarf olive snail, Pacific sand crab, slender crab, and red rock crab species. Protection inside MPAs had a significant impact on the community structure of surf zone fish. Species such as the reef perch, black perch, kelp rockfish, black-and-yellow rockfish, striped surfperch, rainbow surfperch, señorita, cabezon, and pile perch were observed more commonly within MPAs while species such as the thornback ray, grass rockfish, barred surfperch, and walleye surfperch were more common at reference sites. No effects of MPA status on the invertebrate species diversity or assemblage were detected. Significant environmental variables affecting both fish and invertebrate species included wave height


The article investigates the impact of income tax on the development of the national economic system. The authors conducted a comprehensive analysis of the impact of changes in the size of income tax on the economy of Ukraine, are examples of active and passive state policy to improve the economic situation of the country, in particular through the income tax. Also, the article examined the impact of the application of the mechanism of accelerated depreciation and the introduction of tax incentives for companies engaged in the development of innovation and highlighted the positive experience of reforming the income tax abroad. As a result of this research can be divided into areas of the tax reform that differ from the current date.


Mediterranean salinas, originally built for salt production, function as alternative wetlands. A variety of accompanying lagoon, ditch, and marsh systems are suitable habitats for salt-tolerant submerged macrophytes and often characterized by monospecific beds of Ruppia. Traditionally, birds are considered the main dispersal vector of submerged macrophytes. However, Ruppia spiralis habitats are under marine influence and therefore interference of coastal currents in their connectivity might be expected. In this study, we aim to infer connectivity and spatial patterns from population genetic structures. Using nuclear microsatellite loci, the nuclear ribosomal cistron and chloroplast sequences, we investigated the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of 10 R. spiralis populations along a 25-km coastal stretch of western Sicily encompassing a variety of saline habitats. We tested for local fine-scaled structures, hypotheses of regional isolation by distance, and migration directionality. Our results revealed a high degree of allele and gene diversity that was locally maintained by outcrossing. At the regional level, we detected isolation by distance and identified three genetically differentiated clusters, with a significant structure that matches an overall north-to-south unidirectional migration model. This directionality follows the main sea current, hence indicating the importance of hydrological connectivity in regional conservation management. Significant fine-scale spatial structures only emerged in some populations and were absent in the 'salina fridda' habitat that showed the largest clonal richness. The local site-dependent patterns emphasize a need to examine the influence of disturbances on seed recruitment and clonal growth over small distances.


An integral energy-loss spectrum of air showers is presented for each of four zenith angle intervals 0 degrees -20 degrees , 20 degrees -30 degrees on 2950 showers selected from over 30 000 recorded by the Haverah Park 500m air shower array in a running time of 6.4*107s. Here the energy loss of a shower is defined as the energy dissipated by the shower in an annulus of water 1.2 m thick in the range of distance 100 m to 1000 m from the shower axis. The energy-loss spectra for the four zenith angle intervals may be represented by power laws of exponent -1.94+or-0.06, -2.10+or-0.06, -2.26+or-0.09 and -2.22+or-0.10, respectively, over the energy-loss range 1014.6-1015.6 eV. This corresponds, in so far as the relation between energy loss and primary energy has been established to primary energies in the range 1017-1018 ev. The zenith angle distribution of the selected showers is consistent with exponential atmospheric absorption with an absorption length of 150+or-5 g cm-2. The results show no indication of a change in the slope of the primary cosmic ray energy spectrum within the energy range 1017- 1018 ev.


The formal verification of low-level code is a problem largely ignored by the academic community although it is seen as a major problem in industry. This paper examines the problems associated with verification at this level and describes SPADE-8080, a verifiable sub-language of the Intel 8080. It also shows how programs written in SPADE-8080 can be analysed and formally verified with the SPADE software tools.


W. Brown, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine, 1, Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 (USA) Chylomicrons and very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) are the circulating particles responsible for transport of triglycerides from intestine and liver, respectively. Cholesterol ester exists with the triglyceride as a droplet surrounded by a monolayer of phospholipid-free cholesterol and specific proteins. These apolipoprotein now number nine. Apolipoprotein B (apo-B) is an essential component of both chylomicrons and VLDL. Other apolipoproteins are removed during triglyceride hydrolysis by lipoprotein lipase in the peripheral tissues (e.g. muscle and adipose tissue) but apo-B remains with the residual lipoprotein particles in the bloodstream. This 'remnant lipoprotein' may be taken up by the liver or converted by poorly understood processes to low-density lipoprotein (LDL). The latter is triglyceride-poor but cholesterol-rich. Its long half life in plasma (3 days) results in a large plasma pool of cholesterol in humans and is strongly associated with cardiovascular mortality. Studies in our laboratory have examined the relation between dietary changes and the turnover of apo-B in VLDL and LDL. The first series of studies contrasted the effects of a diet containing 80% carbohydrate and 20% protein to a control diet of 40% carbohydrate, 40% fat and 20% protein. In 6 subjects with mild hypertriglyceridemia (type IV), triglycerides from 150 to 350 mg/dl the VLDL was isolated and labeled with 12δI (50–75 μCi) and triglycerides were labeled by intravenous injection of H-glycerol (300 μCi). The high-carbohydrate diet increased the production rate of triglyceride by 10% in VLDL but did not change the VLDL apo-B production. Thus the output of the major lipid of this lipoprotein is not directly tied to the synthesis and secretion of its major structural protein. A second finding Brown 2 was an increase in the removal rate of apo-B as a component of VLDL before its final conversion to LDL apo-B. Thus the apparent synthesis of LDL apo-B was reduced during a period of increased triglyceride synthesis.


Main problems of agrarian sector of economy of Ukraine are revealed. Main directions of development of agriculture of Ukraine are determined. The necessity of socio-ecologo-economic agrarian sector is proved. Tendencies of institutionalization of forms of economy in a system of agrarian relationship were investigated. The necessity of creation of effective system of institutions with an aim of functioning effective and rational forms of economy in agrarian sector of Ukraine, which could provide a balancing of economic, social and ecologic spheres, is confirmed. In the paper is proved the necessity of creation and function of social-ecologo-economic model of agriculture development, where a social-ecologo-economic development is characterized like economic development of rural territories, rural employment in agriculture, the efficiency of employment, ecologo-safe production focused on human needs and etc., on the one side and on the other side is a significant role of rural social capital. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, it's confirmed that development socio-ecologo-economical forms of economy are accompanied with modification of the institutional structure of regulation of agriculture. It's proved that the functioning of effective forms of economy promotes the competitiveness of the agricultural sector of the national economy. Keywords: agricultural sector, institutionalism, institutionalization, forms of economy, social, ecological and economic development, farming, peasant economy, cooperative.


Epistemic uncertainty, characterizing lack-of-knowledge, is often prevalent in engineering applications. However, the methods we have for analyzing and propagating epistemic uncertainty are not as nearly widely used or well-understood as methods to propagate aleatory uncertainty (e.g. inherent variability characterized by probability distributions). In this paper, we examine three methods used in propagating epistemic uncertainties: interval analysis, Dempster-Shafer evidence theory, and second-order probability. We demonstrate examples of their use on a problem in structural dynamics, specifically in the assessment of margins. In terms of new approaches, we examine the use of surrogate methods in epistemic analysis, both surrogate-based optimization in interval analysis and use of polynomial chaos expansions to provide upper and lower bounding approximations. Although there are pitfalls associated with surrogates, they can be powerful and efficient in the quantification of epistemic uncertainty.


In this paper, we complete the Hopf bifurcation analysis of the preypredator model presented in Li and Wei [8] proving that the purely imaginary roots, that solve the characteristic equation, are simple roots, and providing new findings under the assumption of small time delays. Mathematics Subject Classification: 34K18, 91B62


SUMMARY Recently, a high dimensional classification framework has been proposed to introduce spatial structure information in classical single kernel support vector machine optimization scheme for brain image analy- sis. However, during the construction of spatial kernel in this framework, a huge adjacency matrix is adopted to determine the adjacency relation between each pair of voxels and thus it leads to very high computational complexity in the spatial kernel calculation. The method is improved in this manuscript by a new construction of tensorial kernel wherein a 3-order tensor is adopted to preserve the adjacency relation so that calculation of the above huge matrix is avoided, and hence the computational complexity is significantly reduced. The improvement is verified by experimental results on classification of Alzheimer patients and cognitively normal controls.


Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) is a promising construction material mainly because of the crack-controlling mechanisms that discrete fibers can impart to inherently brittle concrete. Macrofibers, in particular, have been proven effective for providing post-crack ductility and toughness, while synthetic fibers are a promising solution to avoid corrosion-related durability issues. To assess the performance enhancement provided by macro-synthetic concrete fibers, this study performs flexural tests on FRC beams containing three different types of macro-synthetic fibers. The selected fibers include polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and alkali-resistant glass (ARG) macrofibers mixed at volume fractions of 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%. Static and dynamic fresh properties are monitored using the vibrating Kelly ball (VKelly) test. Beam specimens are then placed under a third point bending configuration, as per ASTM C1609 Standard, to measure load versus mid-span deflection. Strength and toughness parameters are derived from the load–deflection data to assess the flexural performance of the FRC composite systems under consideration. The parameters of interest include first peak strength (pre-crack flexural strength) and post-crack residual strength and toughness provided by fiber addition. Of the mixtures tested, ARG fiber mixtures show the highest residual strength and toughness values, followed by PP and PVA fiber mixtures. ARG fibers produce the most workable mixtures at all fiber volumes, while PVA fibers show a tendency to encounter dispersion issues at higher volume doses. The outcome of this study is expected to facilitate the selection of fibers by giving insight into their relative contribution to fresh and hardened flexural properties of FRC.


The aim of the study was to identify and describe the skills of asking questions in learning Pancasila Education Materials Negaraku Indonesia class IV A SDN Sarirejo. This research was conducted with descriptive research using a qualitative research approach. The research was conducted at Sarirejo Elementary School which is located at Jalan Kartini number 151, Sarirejo Village, East Semarang District, Semarang City, Central Java Province. The data collection technique in this study was triangulation, namely observation, interviews, and documentation. The analysis technique used is data reduction, data reduction, and data presentation. The results showed that according to the indicators in the instrument there were 4 points, namely brief and clear, focused, probable or diverging and had clear innotations. Students are more prominent in the short and clear aspects, the sub-aspect of students submitting questions using good and correct Indonesian, there are 18 students who are visible. In the results of the presentation of questioning skills, there were 20 students who were less skilled at asking questions with a percentage of 71%, 5 were quite skilled at asking questions with a percentage of 18%, 3 students were skilled at asking questions with a percentage of 11% and 0% or students who had very skilled skills in asking questions had not yet been seen. Then, from the results of the interview with the class IV A teacher, it was found that the skills of the students in class IV A were that students who asked questions were only those who excelled, other students still liked to play with colleagues, were shy, and were afraid of being made fun of by friends so that it could be concluded that the questioning skills of class IV A in learning Pancasila education material Negaraku Indonesia SDN Sarirejo varied.


The work of the Spanish poet Antonio de Zayas Beaumont (1871-1945) is considered to be one of the few examples of Parnassian poetry in fin de siecle Spain. The aim of this paper is to study the way in which Zayas approaches the Orient through an analysis of poetic texts belonging to Joyeles bizantinos and A orillas del Bosforo. These texts formed the basis of a collection of poems and a travel book; both of which were written following a visit made by the author to Istanbul as a member of the Spanish diplomatic corps. Our work focuses on the topic of eroticism, relating to both women and harems, as well as on religion - linking up to an observation of distinct Islamic celebrations.


In this paper, we revisit some of the well known properties of weight function and finally show that if and where and , then we show that sum function . Moreover, we establish that


Objectives : Besides of malnutrition and neurotoxic effect of alcohol on the prefrontal cortex or subcortical structures, premature aging may be involved in alcohol-induced cognitive disorders. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of alcohol on short-term memory function and histology, and to identify the drug responses and an association with aging process to understand a biological mechanism underlying alcoholic dementia. Methods : In experiment 1, T-maze tests were done in 5 aged controls and 5 atropine-treated rats. In experiment 2, T-maze tests were repeated on every week for a month in 5 normal adult and 5 ethanol-treated rats. In experiment 3, T-maze tests were repeated on every week for a month in seven groups of 5 ethanol-treated rats injected with normal saline, fluoxetine, bromocriptine, bethacholine, nimodipine, clonidine and ketamine. After completion of behavioral tests, rats were sacrificed by the intracardiac pertusion with phosphate buffered 10% formaldehyde solution, and the brain specimen was stained with hematoxylin-eosin to count cells in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Results : 1)Cell numbers of hippocampus(CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus) and prefrontal cortex were reduced in ethanol-treated rats(P<0.05) without significant changes on T-maze tests. 2)Cell numbers of hippocampus(CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus) and prefrontal cortex were recovered by bethacholine(P<0.05), while those of hippocampus raised by bromocriptine and clonidine(P<0.05 respectively). There were no significant changes on T-maze tests. 3)Cell numbers of prefrontal cortex in ethanol-treated rats were correlated with those of atropine-treated(r=0.977, P<0.001), and of normal aged(r=0.448, P<0.05) rats. Conclusions : Alcohol-induced memory disorder might be mainly related with cholinergic system as well as adrenergic or dopaminergic ones. Pathological aging process could be involved in a mechanism underlying alcoholic dementia.


The mode quality of the output of free-electron lasers (FELs) is near the diffraction limit. In this paper, we analyze the optical mode quality in FELs using the M 2 parameter, which is a measure of the size and divergence of the optical beam. We calculate M 2 in two ways: 1) by a direct integration over the transverse mode structure and 2) by allowing the mode to expand beyond the wiggler and analyzing the divergence. A numerical analysis is conducted using the MEDUSA simulation code that shows that M 2, as expected, is near unity at saturation but increases with the higher order mode content if the interaction proceeds past saturation.


Introduction: The majority of the patients would do nothing when facing problems or harm in the hospital if they ignore their rights or how to insist on them. Objectives: The objectives of this cross sectional study were to assess the awareness of the pediatric patients' guardians about Patients' Rights and to detect the factors associated with this awareness. Subjects and Methods: An interview questionnaire sheet was completed by 375 guardians; it included items about their socio-demographic characters and items to assess their awareness about the term of Patients' Rights and its components. Results: About 75% of the interviewed child guardians were familiar with the term of patient's rights, but only 4.8% of them reported they saw a post showing the patients' rights in the hospital. The guardians showed high awareness regarding some rights rather than others. Urban residents were significantly (P<0.05) more aware of two rights than rural ones. There was a significant association between the age of the sick child and the awareness of his guardian about another two rights P (<0.05). Being familiar with the term of "Patients' Rights" and most of its components increased significantly (P<0.05) with higher educational levels of the guardians. Guardians of children with chronic diseases were significantly more familiar with the term (P=0.004). Conclusion: Although a good percentage of the studied guardians were familiar with the term of patients' rights, about one quartet of them did not know that their sick children have rights.


Most terrestrial animals face the challenge of having to conserve water in a desiccating environment. Not surprisingly, the ability to produce concentrated urine has been relatively well studied in birds. Nectar-feeding birds are unusual among terrestrial animals in that they often ingest and excrete prodigious water volumes to obtain adequate energy. Thus, they confront the unusual challenge of having to conserve electrolytes. The diluting abilities of birds and the renal mechanisms that may correlate with them have been relatively neglected. To elucidate diluting and concentrating abilities in nectar-feeding birds, we fed rufous hummingbirds Selasphorus rufus an electrolyte-free nectar and a nectar containing a range of NaCl concentrations. Hummingbirds had a spectacular (and possibly unique) diluting ability: when fed on electrolyte-free food they produced excreta containing less than 0.5 mM l−1 each of sodium and potassium. Hummingbirds also had a poor concentrating ability, retaining sodium and chloride when their food (0.632 M l−1 sucrose) contained more than 35 mM l−1 of NaCl. The kidneys of hummingbirds do not appear to be suited for concentrating urine, and possibly contain structural features that give them a unique diluting ability compared with those of birds that do not feed on nectar.


The forming condition of stratigraphic hydrocarbon reservoir in the south slope of Dongying sag was analyzed.In Dongying sag there are three series of hydrocarbon source rock as following: the Kong'er member,the upper Shasi submember and the lower Shasan submember.Faults,unconformity and permeable sandstone compose the spatial migration passage of oil and gas.The types of reservoir are various and distributed widely.The condition of cap rock is good.The expulsion of hydrocarbon and formation of stratigraphic trap matched well. The above shows that the stratigraphic hydrocarbon reservoirs can be formed in the south slope of Dongying sag.There are three types of stratigraphic hydrocarbon reservoir as following: stratigraphic unconformity screened reservoir,stratigraphic onlap unconformity reservoir and buried hill reservoir.These stratigraphic hydrocarbon reservoirs are mainly located in the stratigraphic onlap and denudation zone of basin skirt,especially the zone which stratigraphic onlap and denudation combines with nose structure belts.


For the first time, growth of high-quality Ge-rich Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf> (0≤x≤0.14) layers on Ge substrate was demonstrated. An effective suppression of the phosphorus diffusion in Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf> and a better thermal stability of the nickel germanide on Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf> were observed. A higher rectifying ratio with a reduced diode leakage current in n+-Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf>/p-Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf> is compared with n+-Ge/p-Ge. These results indicate that it is suitable for Ge<inf>1−x</inf>Si<inf>x</inf> to be used as source/drain (S/D) to fabricate the uniaxial tensile-strained channel Ge nMOSFETs.


Contents comprehension is an important element in the learning process; present didactic ways demand from teaching styles that favor communicative competence in the students. Taking into account the relevance of this topic in the teaching learning process it was decided to develop the present work, which has the objective to offer the students a tool that allow them an efficient comprehension of the contents they receive in the Physical Culture first year career subjects. To fulfil the goal a glossary with specific terms of basketball, chess, swimming, athletics, basic gymnastics, and morphology was designed starting from the results of the initial diagnosis, the scientific observation, as well as the detail revision of the normative documents that rule Communicative Spanish subject. The glossary use favor the students´ texts comprehension development from the mentioned subject.


The Supreme Court judgment upholding the constitutional validity of the Right of children to free and compulsory education (RTE) Act has paved the way for revolution in schooling. The RTE Act gives an opportunity to think, innovate and create new ways of educating the little one in our institution as elementary education is recognized as the foundation of the development of every citizen as also of the nation as a whole. For more than two year since the notification of the historic act, the movement on several fronts has been slow. The paper questions the feasibility of RTE scheme as there still several questions which demands immediate clear answer, like "Can we afford right to education Act?" as this question is increasingly being asked by the middle class Indians. RTE is expected to cost up to Rs. 2.3 lakh crores for the period 2012–14 which is nearly five times more the government's total allocation for school education in 2012–13. The financing of RTE remains a big issue as from where the extra money will come from? Educationalist speculates that may be by adding rising extra funds by increasing government spending, adding to government fiscal deficit, which will further fuel inflation. The scheme envisage for reservation of 25% seats for under privilege. But the other most burning question is, how will school make up for this shortfall? This will lead to other question, will fees rise? There are other hoards of question which demand our immediate attention. The Right to Education is a revolutionary law and it will bring historical changes in the field of education. After understanding the essence of this law we will have to move in a dedicated way for achieving its goal. The RTE has infused new hope in the little one, let us not fail them.\


The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been a potential technology for future radar and wireless communication applications. In this letter, the passive sensing problem using wireless communications signal and RIS is addressed in the scenario with the interference from the wireless access point (AP). An atomic norm minimization (ANM) method is formulated to exploit the target sparsity in the spatial domain and estimate the direction of arrival (DOA), but the conventional semidefinite programming (SDP)-based method to solve the ANM problem is complex and cannot be realized efficiently. Therefore, we proposed a RIS-ADMM method as an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM)-based iterative method. The closed-form expressions are derived, and the interference signal is also suppressed. Simulation results show that the proposed RIS-ADMM method outperforms the compared methods in the DOA estimation performance with low computational complexity. The code about the proposed method is avaliable online \url{https://github.com/chenpengseu/RIS-ADMM.git}.


A CRITERION FOR FAILURE OF CONCRETE UNDER COMBINED STRESSES HAS BEEN STUDIED BY TESTING CONCRETE CUBES TO FAILURE UNDER BIAXIAL COMPRESSION. FROM THE RESULTS OF THESE TESTS, CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE OCTAHEDRAL NORMAL AND SHEAR STRESSES AND THE PRINCIPAL STRESSES IN DIMENSIONLESS FORM WERE OBTAINED. IT WAS FOUND THAT A CRITERION OF FAILURE BASED ON THE PRINCIPAL STRESSES IS MORE USEFUL FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES. SIMILAR RESULTS WERE OBTAINED FOR CEMENT MORTAR. THE FAILURE CRITERION FOR CONCRETE UNDER TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE STRESSES IS ALSO DISCUSSED. A DISCUSSION OF THIS PAPER BY K.T.S.R. IYENGAR, K. CHANDRASHEKHARA AND K.T. KRISNASWAMY, APPEARED IN AM CONCR INST J & PROC, VOL62, NO9, SEP 1965, PP1187-96, 2PHOT, 4 FIG, 10 REF. /RRL/A/


The current issue of Phytotaxa is dedicated to a lichen-forming fungal family that forms an important component of tropical ecosystems. It is one of the most diverse families of lichenized fungi, with approximately 2,500 known species, and has its center of distribution in the wet tropics. The current issue sheds light on how poorly the species diversity of lichenized fungi is still known, with the description of 175 species new to science – all within a single family. We assembled 21 scientific papers, including three general publications and 18 papers focusing on description of new species.


In order to improve the accuracy and stability of the weighing system, under the actual conditions of rapid weighing of static truck scales, a design of weighing system based on improved moving average filter algorithm is proposed. The weighing system consists of data acquisition, analog-to-digital conversion module, processor, control module and display module. Being combined the median filtering method and the moving average filtering method, an improved moving average filtering algorithm that can eliminate occasional pulse interference signals and suppress periodic interference signals is proposed. Through the comparison and analysis of the experiment with the improved moving average filter algorithm, the weighing accuracy of the system optimized by the algorithm is effectively improved, and the display effect is faster and smoother.


According to Wolpe (1964b) "conditioning therapists as a rule undertake treatment of all cases of neurosis". However, some limitations in the application of conditioning therapies must be recognized, and the nature of their difference from psychotherapy requires definition. Considering the problem of unconditioned anxiety, which Wolpe (1964a) defines as occurring with an ongoing conflict situation when there are simultaneous impulses to opposing actions, we observe that Wolpe does not claim that conditioning therapies are applicable here. But behaviour therapists do not believe that anxiety generated by conflict plays a part in the causation of neurosis, and wholly discount the significance of repression. In general, mature personalities tend to resolve their conflicts, motivated by the driving force of anxiety, but in neurotically ill individuals, often unable to face problems arising out of personal shortcomings, these conflicts are not always in full awareness, though they may not be very deeply "repressed". Quite rightly, behaviour therapists point out that in their case material, where conditioned neurotic reactions constitute the main symptoms, the patient may recover, though the forgotten incidents remain forgotten, as for instance in functional amnesia. Accordingly they conclude that resolution of repression is not a prerequisite for recovery. But, as even many psychoanalysts concede, the detail of the forgotten memory, the repressed incident, is of less importance than are the associated affects and attitudes, and it is these which often cannot be squarely faced by the neurotic patient. Unconditioned anxiety aroused by conflict comes indeed within the orbit of psychoneurosis. Wolpe (1964b) alludes to this as follows: "You may find a person who is in a chronic conflict situation … which arouses emotional tension, perhaps all the time; … treatment of neurotic anxiety reactions may be much impeded by emotional disturbance due to the life circumstances. But the behaviour therapist can often instigate action leading to the resolution of difficult situations." How Wolpe (1964a) accomplishes this is described when he deals by behaviouristic analysis with reactions in which "crucial stimulus antecedents are obscure". Claiming that it is possible to establish the stimulus antecedents of reactions in every variety of neurosis, he states that the patient may simply be unaware of certain of his reactions, because of "conditioned inhibition of awareness of particular responses". He quotes a case of unacknowledged rebellion of a patient against domination by her husband, in whom the complete exposure of this set of attitudes within her led to the possibility of their expression and to therapeutic change. Although Wolpe (1958) denies that this type of phenomenon constitutes repression, he appears to imply a very similar event when he discusses "conditioned inhibition of awareness". It seems pedantic to insist that these are conceptually quite different and to claim that behaviour therapists are unique and original in trying to uncover underlying attitudes and affects.


Wnt/FZD signalling pathway regulates proliferation, migration, cell fate and death. Deregulation of this pathway is one of the hallmarks for glioblastoma (GBM), the most malignant brain tumour. Wnt/FZD aberrant signalling promotes glioma cell proliferation, propagation and resistance to conventional chemo and radiotherapy. Current research efforts to understand the signalling deregulation by Wnt/FZD focus on the design of Wnt inhibitors and on the characterization of downstream effectors. However, little is known about the origin of this deregulation. To date, there is no evidence for gain of expression of Wnt or its receptors even though downstream effectors are clearly upregulated in GBM. Among the novel alternatives we discuss here the downregulation of Wnt antagonists and the deregulation of vesicle trafficking system in GBM cells. Both strategies would lead to an oncogenic trigger towards increasing Wnt signalling.


Statistics on production and trade of forest products form a basis for the analyses of the economic and environmental performance of the forest sector and for projecting future developments in the sector and related markets. The forest product statistics FAOSTAT by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are perhaps the most widely used data source for such analyses. This study aimed at systematically scrutinizing this important dataset and identifying regions and product categories where improved data on wood and forest industry production and trade would be needed in order to set the modeling and analyses employing these data on a more solid basis. The consistency of the data on production, imports, and export volumes of wood was examined with some simple tests and with the aid of linear programming. The results show that the data related to the supply of wood chips and particles are unreliable in many countries. Improving these data would be important in order to assess the cascading wood input–output flows, to evaluate resource potentials, and to specify more reliable coefficients for wood use in forest sector models. Moreover, the data show remarkable inconsistencies, even of the magnitude of millions of cubic meters, between the apparent supply of wood (harvests + net imports) and forest industry production in many regions. Errors and uncertainties of such magnitude have important consequences on the results of any analysis using the data and call for special attention by the data users.


The Shouldice technique is the 'gold standard' of open non‐mesh hernia repair. The aim of this study was to compare 5‐year recurrence rates after Shouldice and laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal patch (TAPP) repair for primary inguinal hernia.


Lupis, S.B., Sabik, N.J., & Wolf, J.M. (2015). Role of shame and body esteem in cortisol stress responses. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-14. Lupis, S.B., Lerman, M.H., & Wolf, J.M. (2014). Anger responses to psychosocial stress predict heart rate and cortisol stress responses in men but not women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 49, 84-95. Geiger, A.M., Sabik, N.J., Lupis, S.B., Rene, K., & Wolf, J.M. (2014). Appearance judgments by others moderate the biological stress effects of social exchanges. Biological Psychology, 103, 297-304. Bassett, S. M., Lupis, S.B., Gianferante, D., & Wolf, J. M. (2015). Sleep quality but not sleep quantity effects on cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress. Stress, 18, 638-644.


This paper researches the effect of Ce addition on properties of NdFeB permanent magnet.With the increase of the amount Ce,the remanence,intrinsic coercivity and magnetic energy product of the samples declined.When content of cerium in(Nd,Ce) 2 Fe 14 B was 10%,the romanence,coercivity and maximum magnetic energy product of the sample were 1.2T,1007kA / m and 273.7kJ / m3,separately.The results of XRD showed that diffraction peaks of CeO 2 increased with increase of CeO 2 content.The SEM analysis indicated that neodymium-rich phase increased markedly with increase of CeO 2 content from 5% to 10%,both the number and diameter of pores increased when CeO 2 content was 15% to 20%,which deteriorated the magnetic properties of the sample.


Abstract : This final report presents information on a new generation of graphite electrodes containing iron or manganese that were developed for use in microbial fuel cells and sensor devices. These electrodes were employed to sense chemicals and to produce electricity from sewage sludge and marine sediments.


Planetesimals grow from agglomerates of small particles, either by pebble accretion or by direct growth. In both cases, the stability of macroscopic agglomerates of fine grains plays a crucial role for the growth, the evolution and the fate of planetesimals regarding sticking, fragmentation or erosion. While in the inner protoplanetary disc silicates dominate the system, different ice species are the dominant solids in the outer parts. CO2 ice is one of the most abundant species in the outer parts of protoplanetary discs. Here, we present experiments on the stability of highly porous CO2 agglomerates. The CO2 grains are generated by adiabatic expansion of CO2 gas within a cryogenic environment. The agglomerates are compressed to cylinders and the tensile strength is measured using the Brazilian test. The dependence of the tensile strength of porous CO2 agglomerates on the volume filling is well described by a power law. With the well defined geometry, we calculate a surface energy of $\gamma = 0.060\pm 0.022\, \rm J\, m^{-2}$.


Comparing irregular and event-driven time series data points is beyond the capabilities of most statistical techniques. This limits the potential to run insightful retrospective studies on many cross-sectional time-series datasets. In order to unlock the value of these datasets, we need techniques to standardize observations with irregular events enough to compare them to each other, and ways to select and sample them so as to produce class balances for each strata at modeling time that lend themselves to statistically sound analysis. In this study, we have developed two selection techniques and three sampling techniques for a characteristic cross-sectional time-series dataset. We found that using a Fluid-Balance Similarity-Based Dynamic Time Warp selection procedure with nearest neighbor parameter k=1 and using a Gamma distribution for sampling days produced consistently better class balance than all other methods when bootstrapped over 100 independent runs. We have written, documented and published open source MATLAB code for each selection and sampling technique, along with our bootstrap test. To evaluate our results, we have developed the Class Imbalance Penalty, a new metric that gives the lowest scores to the selection and sampling runs that produce most comparable counts of treatment and non-treatment observations for all strata. We validated our methods in the context of a study of diuretics treatment effects in ICU patients with Sepsis, drawn from the MIMIC II database. Starting from a group of 3,503 unique ICU stays from 2,341 study patients, with a Diureticstreatment cohort of 349 unique ICU stays from 332 patients, we tested each selection and sampling technique, observing the trends across our different methods. We observed that sampling day was the stronger predictor of good class balance compared with selection technique, that the strongest similarity level (k=1) with the shortest history we considered produced the best results, and using a Gamma distribution for timepoint sampling most closely matched the distribution of actual administration days. Ultimately, we found strong evidence that our study lacked an important covariate, physician-id, to more fully account for seemingly unpredictable assignments to Diuretics-treatment in our dataset. Thesis Supervisor: Una-May O'Reilly Title: Principal Research Scientist


The approach presented concentrates on integrating intelligent and unintelligent approaches to come up with an environment that helps novices develop not only problem-solving skills, but also an accurate conceptual and mental model of the programming process. DISCOVER, an intelligent discovery program system supports novices in an initial unintelligent free discovery programming phase and in a subsequent intelligent guided discovery programming phase. In the initial phase, novices explore, observe, and discover the dynamic behavior of individual programming concepts and whole programs as well as of the national machine to build the underlying conceptual programming knowledge. In the subsequent phase, novices compose together programming concepts and language constructs, observed and discovered in the initial phase, to solve given problems under explicit intelligent guidance of system domain expert to transform their programming knowledge into programming skill. Several design issues and decisions that have influenced the development of DISCOVER are discussed.<<ETX>>


Military rescue units EMERCOM of Russia today are specially equipped and the best trained force that can respond quickly to any emergency situation. It is necessary to improve the organizational staff structure of the military rescue units EMERCOM of Russia for the decision of priority directions of development the rescue units EMERCOM of Russia.


A series of computer programs are now available for processing data whose basic form is narrative (natural language), numerical or a combination of the two. This system was developed in the Department of Biostatistics of Roswell Park Memorial Institute, to enable an investigator to have complete control of the data — from the initial stage of entering the data to the final stage of analysis. Specialized knowledge of computers is not necessary in order to implement the different procedures. By following the instructions specified in various manuals and by basically just pushing a button of a remote terminal the procedures are activated and executed. This system is actually used for maintaining the data of a head and neck cancer project.


Oxygen-enhanced combustion permits certain benefits and flexibility that are not otherwise available in the design of practical combustors, as discussed by Baukal. The cost of pure and enriched oxygen has declined to the point that oxygen-enhanced combustion is preferable to combustion in air for many applications. Carbon sequestration is greatly facilitated by oxygen enrichment because nitrogen can be eliminated from the product stream. For example, when natural gas (or natural gas diluted with CO2) is burned in pure oxygen, the only significant products are water and CO2. Oxygen-enhanced combustion also has important implications for soot formation, as explored in this work. We propose that soot inception in nonpremixed flames requires a region where C/O ratio, temperature, and residence time are above certain critical values. Soot does not form at low temperatures, with the threshold in nonpremixed flames ranging from about 1250-1650 K, a temperature referred to here as the critical temperature for soot inception, Tc. Soot inception also can be suppressed when residence time is short (equivalently, when the strain rate in counterflow flames is high). Soot induction times of 0.8-15 ms were reported by Tesner and Shurupov for acetylene/nitrogen mixtures at 1473 K. Burner stabilized spherical microgravity flames are employed in this work for two main reasons. First, this configuration offers unrestricted control over convection direction. Second, in steady state these flames are strain-free and thus can yield intrinsic sooting limits in diffusion flames, similar to the way past work in premixed flames has provided intrinsic values of C/O ratio associated with soot inception limits.


Abstract The viscosity of glass-forming liquids is calculated at constant volume, according to the assumption that intrinsic defects are exponentially distributed in energy. Under suitable conditions, it is shown that the viscosity displays a Vogel-Fulcher behaviour and a cross-over to an Arrhenius regime at lower temperatures. For a different choice of the parameters, a new cooperative expression of the viscosity is found, which is not of Vogel-Fulcher type but fits again an Arrhenius behaviour at lower temperatures.


This paper proposes a model of design research used to structure projects in design education, with relevant connections to design practice. Design projects are phased through exploratory, generative, and evaluative sequences of research and design. Generative methods are particularly unique. Participatory and creative codesign toolkits are distinguished by their potential use as projective techniques, allowing participants to project their thoughts, feelings and desires through ambiguous visual stimuli, and as constructive techniques, providing design elements for users to manipulate in guiding concept development. In addition to established techniques, innovative variations have been inspired by the philosophy of generative research. This paper will utilize examples from a university design program to illustrate a model of design research, with an emphasis on generative methods. The model will be critiqued as a structure for projects in design education and practice, including the challenges and opportunities of teaching research methods in a creative design context.


Objective:To observe the clinical effects on the treatment of local retinal detachment after laser therapy with self-prescribed strengthening spleen and promoting urination prescription.Method: Not more than 1 quadrant of t local retinal detachment in 71 patients(72 eyes).The Argon laser therapy with photocoagulation 2-3 laps at the outer edges of the retinal detachment zone.The patients were randomly divided into two groups,control group without drug treatment,the treatment group with Self-prescribed strengthening spleen and promoting urination prescription treatment 2-3 weeks,1 year follow-up observation two groups of subretinal effusion absorption.Result: Control group 36 patients(36 eyes) 13 eyes cured,15 eyes effective,8 eyes is invalid.The treatment group 35 patients(36 eyes) 22 eyes cured,13 eyes effective,1 eye is invalid.Add the strengthening spleen and promoting urination prescription had better effects than control group,the difference was statistically significant(P0.05).Observe the subretinal effusion absorption time,the treatment group significantly shorter than in the control groups.Conclusion: Laser for the treatment of localized retinal detachment is to avoid surgery safety and effective method,add to the traditional Chinese medicine strengthening spleen and promoting urination prescription treatment can significantly improve the effect of laser treatment.


Data are extremely limited on the effects of temperature on crystallinity and the resulting changes in solubility products of thermally transformed thorium oxide phases. Such data are required to reliably predict thorium behavior in high-level waste repositories where higher than ambient temperatures are expected. Solubility studies were conducted as a function of pH and time and at 0.1 M NaCl for 1) ThO2(am) at 23°C, 2) ThO2 (am→c), a thermally transformed amorphous thorium hydrous oxide at 90°C, and 3) ThO2(c) at 23°C and 90°C. Results show that when ThO2(am) is heated to 90°C, it transforms to a relatively insoluble and crystalline solid [ThO2(am→c)]. At a fixed pH, the observed solubility of ThO2(am) at 23°C is more than 11 orders of magnitude greater than those for ThO2(c) at 23°C or of ThO2(am→c) and ThO2(c) at 90°C. Solubility data were interpreted using the Pitzer ion-interaction model. The log of the solubility product for the thorium dioxide dissolution reaction [ThO2(s) + 2 H2O ↔ Th4+ + 4 OH-] was determined to be -44.9 for ThO2(am) at 23°C, ≥-56.9 for ThO2(c) at 23°C, and -51.4 for ThO2(c) at 90°C. At 90°C, a relatively less crystalline phase, ThO2(am→c), showed slightly higher solubility (log Ksp = -49.2) than crystalline ThO2(c).


Electric field measurement is widely applied in HVDC area. However, it is a challenge to measure dc electric field in ionic environment using a packaged sensor. When the sensor is packaged in an enclosure, the landing of charge particles from environment on the enclosure surface would give an off-setting electric field, and so cause measurement error. In this paper we propose a method to bias an electrically floating metal cover above the packaged sensor, to prevent ions landing on the package cover, while still being able to measure electric field external to the enclosure. Experimental results show that when the floating cover is pre-biased, ionic charge accumulation can be reduced and eliminated. The sensor sensitivity remains at 70 mV(kV/m)-1, with and without ionic charge present in the environment.


When patients undergo imaging investigations to stage malignant disease the finding of a mass in the adrenal gland may not necessarily represent metastasis. Incidental non-functioning adrenal masses have been reported in 0.6% of examinations of the abdomen by computed tomography (CT) (Glazer et al, 1982). We report a patient with such a finding, whose CT scans showed unusual appearances. A 64-year-old Caucasian man with histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate was referred for CT for staging purposes. There were no clinical signs to suggest spread of the disease and no symptoms referable to the abdomen. Prior to this he had been well.


A multiscreening method was experimentally validated for pesticide and antimicrobial residues in spiked eggs at levels of 5, 50, and 500 μg L−1. The residue extraction was performed with acetonitrile and 1% formic acid. The extracted material was stored at −70°C until detection and quantitation within 24-hour period by LC-MS/MS. Pesticide and antimicrobial residue recovery performed adequate standard deviation and the results were from 94.10% (ampa) to 9.20% (carbaryl) for pesticides and from 95.70% (enrofloxacin) to 46.20% (sulfathiazole) for antimicrobial. The method was highly accurate, considering the linearity for all pesticide and antimicrobial residues (), with quantitation limits ranging from 0.78 to 6.25 μg L−1 for pesticides and 0.78 to 3.13 μg L−1 for antibiotics. A highly correlation coefficient () was found, except for carbaryl. Although time extraction and carbaryl recovery remain to be improved, the method has shown a rapid pesticide and antimicrobial residue detection.


Objective
To study the changes in morphology, phenotypes and gene expression profiles of dendritic cells (DCs) following treatment with Seabuckthorn flavones (SF).

Methods
DCs were treated with 200 μg/ml of SF and then cultured for 7 days. Changes in the morphology of DCs were observed under light microscope. Flow cytometry was used to detect DC surface molecules. Total RNA was extracted to construct the library for digital gene expression profiling (DGE). Differentially expressed genes were screened out and further analyzed by gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis.

Results
Compared with control group, SF treatment significantly enhanced the expression of HLA-DR, CD80, CD83 and CD86 on DCs. A total of 355 differentially expressed genes were screened out by DGE, including 176 up-regulated genes and 179 down-regulated genes. GO enrichment was mainly involved in the regulation and development of the immune system and other biological processes. KEGG pathway analysis showed that the significantly enriched pathways were closely related to inflammation, the immune system, cancer and other diseases.

Conclusion
SF can promote the expression of DC co-stimulatory molecules and pro-mature molecules, and regulate the expression of immunity-related genes such as CD11a, SLAMF6, LMCD1, TSC22D3 and IKZF3.

Key words:
Seabuckthorn flavone; Dendritic cell; Digital gene expression profile (DGE); Immunoregulation


Purpose Various blood cell parameters have been identified as predictive markers of tumor responses and the survival of patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. The purpose of this study is to assess the ability of various blood cell parameters to predict therapeutic effects and survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with nivolumab monotherapy. Patients and Methods We evaluated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR) and lymphocyte-to-monocyte (LMR) ratios as predictive markers of patients' survival and effects of nivolumab monotherapy after one or more prior chemotherapies for unresectable advanced or recurrent ESCC. Results The objective response and disease control rates were 20.3% and 47.5%, respectively. The LMRs before, and 14 and 28 days after nivolumab initiation were significantly higher in patients with complete response (CR)/partial response (PR)/stable disease (SD) than those with progressive disease (PD). The NLRs at 14 and 28 days after nivolumab initiation were significantly lower in patients with CR/PR/SD than with PD. The optimal cutoffs for these parameters significantly discriminated patients with CR/PR/SD and PD. Univariate and multivariate analyses identified pretreatment NLRs as a significant independent factor for progression-free and overall survival (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07–1.32, and HR 1.23, 95% CI: 1.11–1.37, respectively; p ≤ 0.001 for both). Conclusion The pretreatment LMRs, and NLR and LMR at 14 and 28 days after starting nivolumab monotherapy were significantly associated with the clinical therapeutic effect. The pretreatment NLR was significantly associated with patients' survival. These blood cell parameters before and during the early days of nivolumab monotherapy can help to identify patients with ESCC who would most likely benefit from nivolumab monotherapy.


We give the twisted version of N = 2 super-Yang–Mills theory coupled to matter, including quantum fields, supersymmetry transformations, action and algebraic structure. We show that the whole action, coupled to matter, can be written as the variation of a nilpotent operator, modulo field equations. An extended Slavnov–Taylor identity, collecting gauge symmetry and supersymmetry, is written, which allows us to define the web of algebraic constraints, in view of the algebraic renormalization and of the extension of the algebraic proof of the non-renormalization theorems holding for N = 2 SYM theory without matter.


To our knowledge, recent oral health data in Romania is poor, as no comprehensive oral health surveys have been carried out in the last five years. The present cross-sectional oral health survey aimed to assess the dental health status in 6 and 12-year old children from Transylvania, in correlation with their family background, oral-health behavior, and the intake of sweets. The study was conducted on 290 children from nine schools in the Transylvanian region of Romania. The study consisted of the clinical examination of children, recording of data in an International Cavity Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) chart, and a questionnaire referring to the child's parental education, frequency, and motivation of visits to the dentist, dental care habits, and the intake of sweets. Our results indicated that the most prevalent ICDAS scores recorded in 6-year-old children were "0A" (p = 0.001464), "03" (p = 0.00366), "05" (p = 0.005563), "06" for rural areas. Restorations were statistically more prevalent in the urban population (p = 0.000076). The ICDAS score for 12-year old children was "03" (p = 0.003614) and prevalent in the urban area. The ICDAS score for the rural area was "04" (p = 0.0056). Comparing dental health status with family background demonstrated a strong correlation for the group of 6-year-old children, and a lack of correlation for the 12-year-old children. The number of dental visits corelated with the parents' backgrounds, and was higher in the urban population. Frequent hygiene habits (toothbrushing) were statistically correlated with lower ICDAS scores: "04" (p = 0.016482), "05" (p = 0.039127), "06" (p = 0.010785). Eating habits in both age groups were associated with statistically significant differences of "03", "04", "05", "06", "0A" in the ICDAS score. The obtained results provided clarification on the dental health situation in Romania and the potential risk factors of caries among the population, and therefore it could be used as a starter point for future studies to investigate, in depth, the effects of various variables on cavities found in Transylvanian schoolchildren.


This book offers a fresh way of thinking about Milton and his writings by exploring the intimate and complex relation between an understanding of his poems and a deep understanding of their maker.


The nuclear inclusion b (NIb) replicase gene of a Chinese isolate of potato Y potyvirus was expressed in E. coli, and the rabbit antibody against replicase was prepared. In order to elucidate the resistant mechanism by PVY NIb gene, -1 frameshift NIb gene was obtained by use of site-mutating PCR. This -1 frameshift NIb gene (UN) was constructed into binary vector pBin438, and then transformed into tobacco NC 89 mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404. Northern blot results showed that the RNA transcript of UN gene was determined in the regenerated tobacco lines. Of 51 independently transformed lines expressing UN gene in T 0 regeneration, twenty-five were resistant to either one of the two different strains of PVY or tobacco etch potyvirus, of which resistance appeared to be the same as that of transgenic lines expressing full-length or deleted 381bp from 5′ terminus of NIb gene in T 2 generation. Despite the high resistance against potyvirus, the expressed product of NIb gene in transgenic plants was not detected by Western blotting in our experimental level. Therefore, these results support the proposal that PVY-C NIb replicase gene-mediated resistance is both at transcription and relatively broad level.


Using Landsat TM imagery,the author investigated urban surface temperature and its relationship with such underlying surface parameters as NDVI,SAVI,NDBI,NDMI,Tasseled Cap Brightness(TCB),Greenness(TCG) and Wetness(TCW),total shortwave albedo,and visible and near-IR broadband albedos in Jinan City,Shandong province.The results show that the mean land surface temperature(Ts) in the built-up areas is 11.04℃,higher than that in the suburban areas.Simple linear models between landcover parameters and Ts derived from Landsat TM thermal image were built by using robust LTS regression and classic least-squares regression.Ts is negatively correlated with vegetation indices(NDVI,SAVI and TCG),wetness indices(NDMI and TCW) and near-IR broadband albedo and positively correlated with brightness indices(NDBI and TCB) and visible broadband albedo at the significant level of α=0.05.However,simple linear relationship between Ts and total shortwave albedo does not exist.Most of the regression models have high fitness score,except only for the two models associated with TCW and TCB.It is also shown that the linear regression model between NDMI and Ts is most robust,while the regression equations associated with visible and near-IR broadband albedo,TCW and TCB are not robust.


We consider the problem of designing dynamic network topologies that self-adjust to the (possibly changing) traffic pattern they serve. Such demand-aware networks currently receive much attention, especially in the context of datacenters, due to emerging technologies supporting the fast reconfiguration of the physical topology. We present the first fully distributed, provably efficient self-adjusting network. Our network called DiSptayNet relies on algorithms that perform decentralized and concurrent topological adjustments to account for changes in the demand. We present a rigorous formal analysis of the correctness and performance of DiSptayNet, which can be seen as an interesting generalization of analyses known from sequential self-adjusting datastructures. We also report on results from extensive trace-driven simulations.


: Market basket analysis is a data mining technique to discover associations between datasets. Association rule mining identifies relationship between a large set of data items. When large quantity of data is constantly obtained and stored in databases, several industries is becoming concerned in mining association rules from their databases. This method examines customer buying patterns by identifying associations among various items that customers place in their shopping baskets. It is helpful to examine the customer purchasing behavior and assists increasing the sales. This paper presents a survey about the existing data mining algorithm for market basket analysis usingweka tool and designing the project in .Net. Weka tool is used to data analysis for mobile showroom


A three-dimensional model of a fluidized bed for sewage sludge gasification is presented. The model describes the complex physical and chemical phenomena in the gasifier, including turbulent flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. The simulation employs the standard κ − e turbulence model for the gas phase in an Eulerian framework, and the discrete phase model for the sludge particles in a Lagrangian framework, coupled with the nonpremixed combustion model for chemical reactions. In terms of the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software Fluent 6.1, the simulations provide detailed information on the gas products' composition and temperature distribution inside the gasifier and at the outlet. The results are compared with the experimental data in literature (Manya et al ., 2005). Effects of temperature and equivalence ratio (ER) on the product syngas (H2 + CO) quality are studied. The model shows good agreement with the experimental data.  2008 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The Qing Dynasty is regarded as the heyday in compiling gazetteers. During this period, the stylistics of gazetteers became mature, and the compilers adopted good advice from all quarters, flexibly chose from among classic style, compendious style, biographic style of innovative style so as to reflect local natural or social situations, and to keep rich and systematic historical materials. After making a study of the various styles in the compilation of the gazetteers, the author holds that the cases of compilations reflect the general trend of the development in compiling gazetteers of the Qing Dynasty.


Romantic relationships in workplaces have remained unexplored from the loversi¯ perspective even though the research on love, partner selection, and workplace romances is relatively extensive. The purpose of this study is to contribute an analysis of partner selection among colleagues, and student teachers were selected as an interesting target group because of the special nature of teachersi¯ work. Two research questions were set for the study: how do teacher-couples start their relationship and what factors explain partner selection among them according to student teachersi¯ perceptions and experiences? The purpose was to describe their opinions on why teacher-marriages are so common, how love begins, and what combines teachers. The data were collected in the form of essays through an email that was addressed to the members of Finnish student organizations in colleges of education. Altogether 32 replies were received. The essays were analyzed with a theory-based approach by categorizing answers into six pre-determined categories. The purpose was to find out how partner selection among teachers corresponded to the select types of partner selection. Homogamy and completion-based partner selection appeared the most common. In addition, teachersi¯ role as emotional educators is pointed out and discussed in the light of the results of this study.


A method was developed for specific estimation of the content of a non-enzymatic protein, karasurin A, in fractions taken during the extraction and purification processes from a natural source. Anti-karokon serum was elicited in rabbits immunized with fragments of karokon, a dried root tuber of Trichosanthes kirilowii Max. var. japonicum Kitam. Rabbit antibody specific for karasurin A was identified in anti-karokon serum by the Western blotting method. After separation by SDS-PAGE, protein bands of purified karasurin A and extracted proteins from a medicinal herb which is a karasurin A source were reacted with anti-karokon serum followed by treatment with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled Fab' of goat anti-rabbit IgG, and then bound HRP-labeled second antibody on protein bands was developed to brown by reaction with a substrate solution of the used enzyme. A novel selected antibody enzyme immunoassay (SAEIA) for karasurin A was developed using selective binding of anti-karasurin A antibody in anti-karokon serum to solid phase karasurin A and HRP-labeled Fab' of the second antibody as the tracer. Specific estimation of the content of karasurin A in several fractions taken during the isolation and purification processes of the protein were possible using the SAEIA method.


Estrogen signaling is mediated by ERα and -β. ERs are converted from an inactive form to a transcriptionally active state through conformational changes induced by ligand and estrogen-responsive element (ERE) sequences. We show here that ERα and ERβ bind to an ERE independently from ER ligands. We found that although the binding affinity of ERβ for an ERE is 2-fold lower than that of ERα, both ERs use the same nucleotides for DNA contacts. We show that both EREs and ligands are independent modulators of ER conformation. Specifically, the ERE primarily determines the receptor-DNA affinity, whereas the structure of the ER ligand dictates the affinity of ER for particular cofactors. We found that the ligand-dependent cofactor transcriptional intermediary factor-2, through a distinct surface, also interacts with ERα preferentially and independently of ligand. The extent of interaction, however, is dependent upon the ER-ERE affinity. In transfected cells, ERα is more transcriptionally active than ERβ. The ERE ...


Objective  To evaluate the residual insecticidal activity of the PermaNet® curtains on Aedes aegypti after 1 year of use in Thai households and to assess the influence of sun and dust exposure, washing practices and detergent use.


Ewe deaths due to immature rumen fluke Amyloidosis in a Suffolk-cross lamb Haemonchosis in Valais blacknose ewes Deaths and diarrhoea due to Salmonella Reading in 26-week-old gilts Feline dysautonomia in a kitten These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for August 2016 from SAC Consulting: Veterinary Services (SAC C VS)


Leo Rangell had an exceptional life. He left us on 29 May 2011, after a very brief illness and just a few months shy of his 98th birthday. He had been quite healthy, self-sufficient, vigorous, intellectually vital and seeing patients until just days before his death. He was actively involved with his three surviving, and very loving children, Judy, Susan and Paul, and enjoyed his relationship with his life partner and fellow psychoanalyst, Beth Kalish, Ph.D. And of course he remained a major figure in the world of psychoanalysis. Leo was in his 8th decade of academic productivity, continuing to write in the scientific and popular press and preparing for an immediate upcoming professional meeting. His legacy is one of remarkable accomplishment in many areas, with an oeuvre of over 450 publications, including nine books, with more in progress. His books and scientific papers covered almost the entire range of key psychoanalytic ideas. His primary concern was the importance of a composite, unitary theory. Leo's origins were humble. He was born in a poor section of Brooklyn in 1913 to immigrant Russian and Polish parents. The major focus for his parents was on survival. English was not spoken in the home, Yiddish was. Leo described home life as offering little intellectual stimulation, which stands in stark contrast to his adult life where he had an unquenchable thirst for understanding our world. Leo initially attended New York City public schools, and graduated from the Boys' High School in Brooklyn, known more at that time for grit than for scholarship. However, his superiority as a Photo provided by Paul Rangell. Int J Psychoanal (2012) 93:451–455 doi: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2012.00556.x


The study was designed to compare effectiveness of hydroechocolonography (HEC) and irrigography (IG) for the detection of signs of Hirschsprung's disease (HD) in 65 children aged 2 days -15 years suffering constipation with special reference to the transition zone (TZ). Sensitivity of HEC and IG was estimated at 75 and 67.9%, specificity 91.9 and 94.6% respectively. The higher sensitivity ofHEC is due to the presence of additional factors during echography facilitating detection of HD. They make possible evaluation of peristalsis simultaneously with visualization of the intestinal lumen and wall structure. HEC is an informative radiation-free method for the study of colon in children allowing to reveal TZ with high sensitivity and specificity. IG is an unnecessary procedure in diagnostics of HD. It can be used only as a tool for TZ screening, but the definitive diagnosis needs to be confirmed by histological and histochemical methods.


Flow-induced acoustic resonators are investigated as adaptive passive devices of separation control. Passive methods do not require an external energy input to manipulate the flow. In this case, fluid in a resonator oscillates by interaction with a cross-flow. Vortices generated at the orifice rearrange the flow downstream of the resonator so that additional momentum is transported into the near-wall region reducing or even eliminating reverse flow in the time-mean. The characteristic parameters of the control (fluctuating momentum flux in the orifice and frequency of the oscillation) can be adjusted to the flow conditions by changing the geometry of the resonator via an adaptive feed-back controller. To determine the natural frequencies and modes of resonators, analytical, numerical, and experimental methods were applied. A cross-flow can trigger resonance, if the frequency at which vortices form in the resonator orifice is close to one of these natural frequencies. The formation of vortices is conditioned by the geometry of the resonator neck. It was optimized such that vorticity production was enhanced resulting in a greater impact on a downstream separation region. Neighboring resonators exhibit a mode of anti-phase oscillation when arranged in spanwise direction. In the wake of the nodes of the oscillation, alternating longitudinal vortices form which increase the wall-shear stress in this region. Therefore, they contribute to a further reduction of a separation region. Compared with a single resonator, the radiated sound pressure is diminished by about an order of magnitude. The method was successfully applied to two flow configurations: the flow in a half diffuser with expansion angle 23◦ and the flow around an airfoil with FX 61-184 profile at high angle of attack (α = 23◦). In both cases, resonators were located just upstream of the separation line. Microphone measurements as well as phase-locked LDA and PIV measurements of the velocity fields in the resonator necks and in their wakes were performed. In the diffuser, a separating turbulent boundary layer was controlled by resonators of rectangular cross-section. The mode of oscillation was of the Helmholtz type. As a result, the extension of the closed reverse-flow region was reduced and the pressure recovery was increased by 13 % with one resonator, and by 18 % using two resonators that oscillated in anti-phase. To adapt the resonator to changing flow conditions, a closed-loop control concept based on an extremum seeking strategy was employed. Manipulated variables were the slit width and the height of the resonator cavity, while controlled variables were the sound pressure in the resonator and the pressure recovery in the diffuser. The global optimum of both parameters was found by the controller independent of the initial conditions. In the airfoil experiments, the laminar flow separating close to the leading edge of the wing section was manipulated by a resonator of circular cross-section oscillating in the first azimuthal cavity mode. The length of the separation region, which initially extended over the entire upper surface of the wing, was reduced. Velocity profiles measured downstream of the resonator showed an increase in momentum near the wall. Thereby, the suction peak in the pressure distribution was partially restored resulting in a lift gain of up to 36 % compared with the unforced case.


Chronic non-communicable diseases in Colombia for the year 2018 were the first cause of care with (74.02%) (Ministry of Health and Social Protection, 2019), where it was possible to identify that the increase in these diseases is mainly due to four important risk factors, one of them unhealthy diets OMS, 2018b), as it was necessary to determine the quality of the diet from instruments that evaluate global dietary patterns based on previous knowledge of the associations between the diet and health (FINUT, 2018) in this case, the HEI healthy eating index, which allows the evaluation of the population's adherence to the recommendations of the Food Guidelines for the Colombian population over two years of age GABA. This is a cross-sectional analytical descriptive study, based on the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study Colombia ELANS-C, with a total of 1077 participants aged 18 to 59 years 11 months. Where it was evident that the Colombian population has a high consumption of cereals, roots, tubers, bananas, fats, sugars and sodium; a low consumption of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats and an almost null consumption of nuts and seeds; concluding that the diet of the Colombian population aged 18 to 59 years 11 months is far from optimal with a HEI score of 64 for women and 63 for men.


AbstractMany assessment procedures used in the classroom fail to measure the student's comprehension of text materials. Using constructing- algorithms to develop the testing instruments, three quizzes and a posttest measuring both critical and incidental content were given to three fourth grade and three sixth grade classes. Three levels of student comprehension were tested: verbatim, paraphrased, and transformed paraphrased. Significant increases in performance over tests, and superior incidental recall by sixth graders indicated that as the learner's sophistication increases, deeper and more comprehensive instructional encoding can be measured by rule-based assessment systems.


Students' mathematical communication skills are still unsatisfactory, the average student error shows an error in expressing daily events in the language of mathematics. This is due to a lack of student understanding of the material that has been taught, and the level of students' creativity in recording important concepts contained in the content of the subject matter is still not satisfactory, student records tend to be still boring. The purpose of this study are: (1) to describe the implementation of mind mapping in the scientific approach to improve students' mathematical communication skills, and (2) describe the results of the assessment of mathematical communication skills that occur in students after learning is done with mind mapping in the scientific approach. The type of research that the author is doing is included in classroom action research (CAR). The author uses interview, observation, test and documentation methods. As for the analysis, the author uses descriptive qualitative analysis techniques, namely in the form of qualitative data and quantitative data that the author obtained during direct observation in the field. The research findings show that the application of mind mapping in the scientific approach can improve mathematical communication skills in students of Jambi City Vocational High School 9. (1) The process of implementing mind mapping with a scientific approach to improve students' mathematical communication skills can run smoothly as planned. The application of mind mapping has provided new experiences for students and teachers and provides several benefits, the benefits of mind mapping obtained include: students become the spirit of learning, students easily remember lessons and students gain drawing experience to find the relationship between one concept and another concept and the teacher easier to explain the subject matter to students; (2) on the assessment of students 'mathematical communication skills, from quantitative data the acquisition of scores on students' mathematical communication obtained a high enough value, namely in the first cycle the average value obtained was 75.87 or around 77.2%, in the second cycle there was an increase namely 80.1 or around 87.1%.Keywords: Mind Mapping, scientific approach, and mathematical communication skills


Within the framework of the Merton model, we consider the problem of concurrent portfolio losses in two non-overlapping credit portfolios. In order to explore the full statistical dependence structure, we estimate the pairwise copulas of such portfolio losses. Instead of a Gaussian dependence, we typically find a strong asymmetry in the copulas. Concurrent large portfolio losses are much more likely than small ones. Studying the dependences of these losses as a function of portfolio size, we moreover reveal that not only large portfolios of thousands of contracts, but also medium-sized and small ones with only a few dozens of contracts exhibit notable loss correlations. Anticipated idiosyncratic effects turn out to be negligible in almost every realistic setting. These are troublesome insights not only for investors in structured fixed-income products, but particularly for the stability of the financial sector.


From the view of grain size, a concept of grain distortion degree (GDD) was brought forward. And a mathematical model was established to describe the flow stress during the hot deformation of structural steels, which possesses some physical basis as well as applicability to the factual process. It can calculate the flow stress not only before the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization when flow stress is hardening, but also after that when the flow stress is softening. The flow stress of two kinds of structural steel was calculated, and the results were compared with the experimental data and other models'.


Indoor environment (IE) consists of indoor air, thermal, acoustic, visual or lighting, aesthetic, spatial and ergonomical quality. Each factor has its own parameters based on either quantitative or qualitative indicators according to acceptable numbers, ranges or characteristics. A balanced IE conditions in museum buildings refer to the preservation of cultural objects and the human comfort both the visitors and the staffs. The current situations of researches on IE control especially in museum environment are mainly focused in largely isolated ways which try to separate solution for each factor. To date, Malaysia has about 56 historical museum buildings where few studies have been done so far on the quality of their IE. This is something that needs close attention and therefore the aim of this paper is to look the IE issues in a holistic approach. Based on an ongoing research, this paper will discuss on the literatures framework in predicting risks in museum historical buildings due to poor IEQ. Keywords-component; IEQ, museum, review, thermal, lighting, indoor air


A problem with simulation of multilayer neural network on transputer array is described in this article. The decomposition and mapping on given architecture is proposed as well as a simple message passing scheme. Practical experiments with inverted pendulum plant are described including useful hints for setting neural network architecture and tuning neural networks parameters. Then neural controller is designed and criterion function is de ned for given control problem. Finally the real-time aspects of the controller design are outlined.


This presentation reports on current and future trends in Australian eSports. The term 'eSports' refers to the treatment of multiplayer videogames as sporting events to be viewed, broadcasted, and engaged with by non-players in much the same way as traditional sporting experiences. Hamari and Sjöblom provide a more theoretically nuanced description: eSports are where "the primary aspects of the sport are facilitated by electronic systems; the input of players and teams as well as the output of the eSports system are mediated by human-computer interfaces." (2015) Such technical descriptions are highly precise, but do not provide a viewpoint onto the significance of eSports as a cultural practice.


RF sheath physics is one of the key topics relevant for improvements of ICRF heating systems, which are present on nearly all modern magnetic fusion machines. This paper introduces developement and validation of a new approach to understanding general RF sheath physics. The presumed reason of enhanced plasma-antenna interactions, parallel electric field, is not measured directly, but proposed to be obtained from simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics® Modeling Software. Measurements of RF magnetic field components with B-dot probes are done on a linear device IShTAR (Ion cyclotron Sheath Test ARrangement) and then compared to simulations. Good resulting accordance is suggested to be the criterion for trustworthiness of parallel electric field estimation as a component of electromagnetic field in modeling. A comparison between simulation and experiment for one magnetic field component in vacuum has demonstrated a close match. An additional complication to this ICRF antenna field characterization study is imposed by the helicon antenna which is used as a plasma ignition tool in the test arrangement. The plasma case, in contrast to the vacuum case, must be approached carefully, since the overlapping of ICRF antenna and helicon antenna fields occurs. Distinguishing of the two fields is done by an analysis of correlation between measurements with both antennas together and with each one separately.


This paper presents numerical and experimental analyses aimed at evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) collectors. An experimental setup was purposely designed and constructed in order to compare the electrical performance of a PVT solar field with the one achieved by an identical solar field consisting of conventional photovoltaic (PV) panels. The experimental analysis also aims at evaluating the potential advantages of PVT vs. PV in terms of enhancement of electrical efficiency and thermal energy production. The installed experimental set-up includes four flat polycrystalline silicon PV panels and four flat unglazed polycrystalline silicon PVT collectors. The total electrical power and area of the solar field are 2 kWe and 13 m 2 , respectively. The experimental set-up is currently installed at the company AV Project Ltd., located in Avellino (Italy). This study also analyzes the system from a numerical point of view, including a thermo-economic dynamic simulation model for the design and the assessment of energy performance and economic profitability of the solar systems consisting of glazed PVT and PV collectors. The experimental setup was modelled and partly simulated in TRNSYS environment. The simulation model was useful to analyze efficiencies and temperatures reached by such solar technologies, by taking into account the reference technology of PVTs (consisting of glazed collectors) as well as to compare the numerical data obtained by dynamic simulations with the gathered experimental results for the PV technology. The numerical analysis shows that the PVT global efficiency is about 26%. Conversely, from the experimental point of view, the average thermal efficiency of PVT collectors is around 13% and the electrical efficiencies of both technologies are almost coincident and equal to 15%.


The sizes of the surface features that a cell might encounter in its natural environment span the nanometer-to-micrometer range of topographies. These environments include extracellular matrix, other cells, organisms, tissues, artificial materials, and various forms of the surface coatings or roughness that have been used for dental and orthopedic implants.


In this paper, a new transformed Semicircular Exponentiated Weibull ( SEW ) distribution of three parameters is constructed by applying the transformation of the inverse stereographic projection that maps a real line to the unit circle. The cumulative distribution function, probability density function, expanded probability density function, and reliability measures are presented. Furthermore, the most important statistical aspects of this new distribution, such as moments, trigonometric moments, characteristic function, simulated data, quantile function, reliability stress strength model, Shannon entropy, and relative entropy are obtained. The maximum likelihood estimation method is implemented to estimate the unknown three parameters. A simulation study is conducted to detect empirically the behaviors of the maximum likelihood estimates of the SEW parameters for different default values of the parameters and different samples size.


Introduction . In the last decades, in dermo-cosmetic field, a lot of cosmetic products, invasive treatments and medical devices were popping up to improve aged skin. Recently several cheap and innovative products called anti-wrinkle pad adhesive appeared but their efficiency against winkles is not really certain. Theoretically this product is intended to reduce local muscular contraction getting a reduction of the existing winkles and forming new dynamical winkles. Commercial advertisements claims that the utilization of pads can temporarily delete winkles with just an application and last longer with a continuous application. A recent study demonstrated that using this product for a month don't have any positive effect on forehead wrinkles but still not demonstrate if this pad have the real ability to temporarily reduce wrinkles (Ryan 2009). For this reason this work focus on the efficiency of this pad in crow's feet temporarily reduction. Materials and Methods. The anti-wrinkles efficiency was valued on 20 volunteers at baseline and 15, 30, 60 minutes after short time (30 minutes) application of the anti?wrinkles pad using Cutometer MPA580® (Courage + Khazaka Electronic GmbH, Koln, Germany) and siliconic replica technique analized with SEM FEI Quanta 200 in low vacuum and profilometric analysis software 3D MEX® (Alicona Imaging, Graz, Austria). Pads are made out of plastic with a vertical strong support fixed at a soft membrane covered by adhesive gel made by emollient and anti-wrinkles materials. Roughness and elasticity differences on values after pads application were valued using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results . The short time application of the pad caused a relevant reduction of all roughness standards parameters (Ra, Rt, Rz, Rp, Rv) till 15 minutes after the treatment (p <0,001). These changes not happened in the contralateral area (non treatment control test). Within 30 minutes after the treatment, all roughness parameters reverted to normal baseline values. Analysing the elastometric measure average, it was not noticed any relevant standards changes (R0, R5, R6 e R7) after the treatment. Conclusions . Finally results obtained demonstrate that the sporadically application for 30 minutes of anti-wrinkle pad have the capacity to stretch temporarily the skin. Ryan WR, Most SP. A Prospective Evaluation of the Efficacy of Topical Adhesive Pads for the Reduction of Facial Rhytids. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2009 Jul-Aug;11(4):252-6.


The multiscale characteristics of initial conditions (ICs), model physics (MO), and lateral boundary conditions (LBCs) perturbations, as well as their interactions, are investigated for an experimental convection-permitting ensemble prediction system used in southern China, with a focus on 32 12-h forecasts collected over a half-month period of the Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX) in May 2014. Forecast perturbations differed from each other in terms of magnitude, evolution, and vertical distribution between components at different scales. The meso-β-scale MO perturbations show faster growth and saturation, as well as larger magnitude than the meso-α-scale ones, especially in the presence of moist convection. For IC perturbations, damping was present for nonprecipitation variables, while rapid growth and saturation occurred for precipitation. Adding LBCs perturbations to IC or MO perturbations caused linear impacts, which caused consistent, although small, perturbation increments. Nonlinear impacts of adding MO perturbations to IC perturbations were evident and were intrinsic to the predictability limits of IC and MO perturbations, which were closely related to moist dynamics. These nonlinear impacts had the most significant effects on meso-β-scale precipitation perturbations and can effectively improve precipitation prediction. These results highlight the importance of developing multiscale and multisource perturbation methods that reasonably include the interactions among different-scale perturbations from different sources, especially the nonlinear impacts of adding MO perturbations to IC perturbations.


In order to optimize the morphology of eutectic Si in squeezecast Al2O3f/Al-15Si composites, the dependence of eutectic Si and solidification conditions in the monolithic Al-15Si alloy and composite was investigated by using optical microscope and SEM techniques. The experimental results show that eutectic Si remains platelike in squeezecast and furnacecooled Al-15Si alloys, whereas eutectic Si changes from platelike to sticklike in Al2O3f/Al-15Si composites; fine modified, needlelike and sticklike eutectic Si could be obtained after Al2O3f/Al-15Si composites were waterquenched, moldcooled and furnacecooled after being remelted at 750 ℃; remelting and furnacecooling is one of the ways to optimize the microstructures of squeezecast composites.


The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between (a) racial identity attitudes and (b) individual and contextual variables. The authors used the Cross Racial Identity Scale, which is based on the expanded nigrescence model, to assess racial identity attitudes in a sample of African American college students attending a predominantly White university in the northeastern region of the United States. One-way multivariate analyses of variance revealed statistically significant differences in racial identity attitudes across gender and community type (i.e., suburban vs. urban), but not across socioeconomic status. Male students had higher internalization Afrocentric scores than did female students, whereas female students had higher internalization multicultural-inclusive scores than did male students. Students from suburban communities had higher pre-encounter assimilation and miseducation scores than did students from urban communities.


Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites produced by plants, and their study has been increased in recent years due to their ability to improve human health. The aim of this work was the determination of phenolic compounds presents in blue corn flour before and after a fermentation process, where different proportions were used of blue corn (Zea mays L.) flour and Czapek Dox culture medium (90 mL of culture medium with 10 g of blue corn flour, 80 mL of culture medium with 20 g of blue corn flour and 70 mL of culture medium with 30 g of blue corn flour) and were fermented at 3 different times (20, 25 and 30 days) with the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides fungus. A determination of the phenolic compounds was carried out with five standard solutions, which were cyanidin 3-glucoside (CYA), pelargonidin 3-glucoside (PEL), chlorogenic acid (CLA), quercetin (QRC) and cinnamic acid (CA). The obtained results showed the presence of CA and PEL. The most abundant phenolic compound in the fermented samples was CLA over the naturally occurring compounds in blue corn, which are CYA and PEL. QRC was the phenolic compound with the lowest concentration in blue corn flour samples fermented with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.