This paper analyses published literature to determine the organizational responsibilities towards business sustainability. Over two hundred published research papers in this space have been subjected to content analysis using NVivo qualitative analysis tool. The results reveal that there are three major types of responsibilities namely social responsibilities, environmental responsibilities and the role based responsibilities which the organizations have in terms of ensuring corporate sustainability. These responsibilities have been found to be effectively achieved through effective corporate sustainability reporting practices, policy level concerns backed by values and principles, coordination of consumer inputs, ensuring stakeholder understanding about their roles and responsibilities and effective risk management backed by proper definition of roles and responsibilities. A number of conclusions along with implications for practice have been derived as the outcome of the documented research.


Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) phenomena of liquid fuel octane droplets in air in detonation tube are simulated here. The numerical formulation is described, on which code-CPTD is developed. Basic properties of liquid-fueled detonation structure together with the effects of partial preevaporation and droplet amount on detonation structure and development are investigated in current study. Simulations reveal that the presence of some amount of initial fuel vapor in the tube will substantially expedite transition to detonation, on the other hand, the existence of some fuel droplets may exhibit a suppression to detonation wave, and increasing amount or concentration of fuel droplets will delay deflagration to detonation transition. The calculations show that the numerical results are in good agreement with experimental ones, which implies that a feasible numerical method has been provided here to simulate pulse detonation engine operation processes including DDT phenomena.


In this paper we introduce the concepts of $SG_C$-projective, injective and flat modules, where $C$ is a semidualizing module and we discuss some connections among $SG_C$-projective, injective and flat modules.


The TAL1 (or SCL ) gene encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that can activate or repress gene expression, depending on its interaction partners. TAL1 proteins are expressed in the vascular and hematopoietic systems and in erythroid, megakaryocytic, and mast cell precursors. TAL1 is essential for hematopoietic commitment and vascular remodeling during embryogenesis and is also important to the differentiation of erythroid and megakaryocytic progenitors postnatally. Although a mouse Tal1 cDNA was cloned from a bone marrow (BM) macrophage cDNA library and we reported expression of Tal1 protein in mouse bone marrow mononuclear cells (Blood 83:1200, 1994), no studies have examined the function of this transcription factor in the monocyte-macrophage lineage. To address this issue, we characterized Tal1 expression in primary mouse BM monocytes and M1 monocytic leukemia cells induced to differentiate in vitro . We isolated BM cells from wild-type C57BL6/J mice and purified a mononuclear cell population by pronase treatment and density gradient centrifugation on horse serum. Monocytes were then induced to differentiate in culture, initially in the presence of both interleukin-3 (IL-3) and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) and subsequently in the presence of L-cell conditioned medium. Tal1 expression was maintained in these cultures, declining by only 14% over the full culture period, while calcitonin receptor expression, a marker of osteoclastic differentiation, was extinguished. In parallel, interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) and macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (M-CSFR) mRNA increased 3.5- and 114-fold, respectively. In M1 cells induced to differentiate with recombinant murine IL-6, Tal1 protein abundance decreased similarly with differentiation. To assess the function of Tal1 in this cell lineage, a full-length Tal1 cDNA was introduced into both primary BM monocytes and M1 cells via retroviral gene transfer. Puurified monocytes were transduced 24 hr after isolation with wild-type Tal1 or a DNA-binding-defective Tal1 mutant, T192P, in the MSCV-GFP vector. GFP-expressing cells were then sorted and induced to differentiate. Gene expression analysis using semi-quantitative PCR carried out after 8 days of culture showed increased expression of Tal1 mRNA in cells transduced with the wild-type Tal1 cDNA compared to the vector control. This was accompanied by upregulation of IL-6R and M-CSFR expression relative to both parental vector- and mutant-transduced cells. Northern blot analysis of M1 cells transduced with the Tal1 cDNA showed similar upregulation of M-CSFR mRNA relative to vector control cells. In summary, these studies show that the TAL1 transcription factor is expressed by murine monocytes during differentiation to macrophages and suggest a role for TAL1 in both gene expression and differentiation of this lineage. Further, they suggest a requirement for direct TAL1 DNA binding.


Abstract Numerical model simulation of mesoscale lifting of the convective environment indicates that the ability of the environment to develop deep moist convection increases as mesoscale lifting increases. Mesoscale lifting produces increases in modeled cloud development (cloud depth, cloud-top height, number of clouds, etc.) in most of the samples of 232 summer soundings observed in the High Plains as part of HIPLEX (High Plains Cooperative Program). These increases were statistically significant at the P = 0.001 level in most cases. The effect of lifting was found to vary geographically from north to south over the High plains. On days when convective cloud lines and clusters were observed in satellite imagery, model simulations produced deep convection only when mesoscale released the conditional instability. On days when isolated convective clouds or clear skies prevailed, model simulations produced less intense convective development; however, lifting was often required to supplement surface heatin...


The main work of the system will be control the flow of traffic as per the flow and indicate that which lane will be open next by seven segment LED and we can manually open that lane and close other lanes for ambulance with the indication light that indicates next cross road carries heavy traffic. As we know Traffic signals are the most convenient method of controlling traffic in a busy junction. Present traffic signals fail to control the traffic effectively when a lane has got more traffic than the other lanes. In this paper an intelligent traffic control system using PLC is proposed. System measures the traffic density on each road by counting the number of vehicles and then takes the decision. Programming is done using ladder diagram. RSLogix PLC is been used for the system implementation.


The order-of-arrival (OOA) estimation of moving items is essential for various emerging applications, for example, baggage sorting and dispatching in airports. In this paper, we show how OOA estimation can be performed by an UWB-UHF RFID system that allows identification and tracking of passive and semi-passive tags attached to objects moving on a conveyor belt. Particle filtering on the energy samples of the backscattered signal is introduced for OOA estimation. A case study shows the performance of the proposed particle filter for various settings of practical interest.


The twentieth-century is the age of educational research evolution. This process follows two lines of interpretation: the first is diachronic and the other is synchronical. This is a complex model where pedagogical research becomes the scientific paradigm of educational operate.


Currently the choice of massive construction models is
the alternative with greater recurrence to acquire a house
in warm humid climate in Mexico, however, much of this
is not adapted to its climatic environment and causes
thermal discomfort in the user because of the internal
environment generated as response of the characteristics
of its architectural envelope. To correct in a short time
the effect of thermal discomfort, the user usually
employs mechanized climatizations solutions such as
fans or air conditioners. It was proposed the use of
schedule for opening hours in the architectural envelope
in a warm humid climate, mainly in windows, as a
strategy to correct the internal thermal environment,
considering its advantages as the immediate application
and easy implementation, in contrast to some
architectural or physical modification of the envelope.
Dry bulb temperature and relative humidity
measurements were made in a massive construction
model to determine its thermal performance in the hottest
month of the year. Subsequently, simulations were made
with EnergyPlus to determine suitable opening times to
correct the thermal environment by prolonging the hours
of interior comfort when compared with the original
interior thermal performance of the envelope.


A rapid and sensitive method has been developed for simultaneous determination of 13 benzodiazepines and metabolites including diazepam, nitrazepam, bromazepam, flurazepam, clonazepam, flunitrazepam, lorazepam, oxazepam, prazepam, temazepam, 7-amino-nitragepam, 7-aminoflunitrazepam and chlordiazepam in whole blood samples by ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS). The separations were carried out on an ACQULTY UPLC BEH C18 column(2.1 mm ×100 mm, 1.7 μm) at 35°C and with a constant flow rate of 0.5 m L/min and the gradient-elution consisting of acetonitrile and 5 mmo L ammonium hydrogen carbonate buffer. The MS parameters were set as capillary voltage(3 k V), desolvation gas temperature(550°C), desolvation gas flow(800 L/h), cone gas flow(150 L/h) and collision gas flow(0.15 m L/min). OstraTM 96-well plate was used to extract the samples. 100 μL of human whole blood containing target drugs and D5-diazepam as internal standard was transferred into the OstraTM 96-well plate, followed by 400 μL of 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile. Phospholipids were removed from the whole blood via the OstraTM 96-well plate effectively, and the filtrate was collected under a constant pressure of 20 psi. Thereafter, the 96-well receiving plate was capped and placed on the suitable position in sample manager and was analyzed with UPLC-MS/MS system coupled with an electrospray ionization(ESI) source. The samples were measured in the mode of electraspray positive ionization(ESI+) and multiple reaction monitoring(MRM). 13 benzodiazepines and metabolites were linear in the range of 0.2~20 ng/m L with coefficients higher than 0.99. The extraction recoveries ranged from 65.2% to 113.9% for all analytes, and the limits of detection(LODs) were 0.008~0.15 ng/m L. The method presented here is validated to be simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate for the determination of trace benzodiazepines and metabolites in whole blood samples.


Neutron induced single event transient (SET) has been measured on NAND and inverter (INV) chain with changing fan-out, drive strength, size of drain diffusion area, temperature and VDD on 40nm and 90nm bulk CMOS technology. As the pulse width distribution varies with the length of SET target chain as well, it is important to use the chain length similar with the actual logic circuits. Using tens of stages of target chain, pulses wider than 150ps have been rarely observed. The results of the measurement show that the SER of SET changes depending on the cell type and fan-out. SER of SET in combinational logic circuits decreases by half from 90nm to 40nm for the same gate count and the same clock frequency.


This paper describes work aimed at producing a "Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space (PARCS)," scheduled for flight on the International Space Station in 2004. The microgravity environment of space will allow this clock to achieve an uncertainty ten times lower than can be achieved on earth. The experimental objectives are to measure several relativistic effects on clocks and to provide both time and frequency references available as an international standards accessible to anyone on earth.


ON THE BASIS OF THE ABUNDANT MEDICAL-PRESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE ABOUT HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE, THE AUTHOR SHOWS HOW IT WAS USED AS A "SCIENTIFIC" INSTRUMENT FOR SHORING UP GENDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE FAMILY IN THE DESIGN OF THIS NEW MODERN NATION THAT BEGAN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN MEXICO. HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE WAS WRITTEN BY DOCTORS TO PROVIDE HEALTH TIPS AND ENABLE MARRIED COUPLES TO LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY. THESE MANUALS ENABLE ONE TO DISCOVER THE NEW ECONOMY OF DRIVES THAT THE AUTHORITIES SOUGHT TO IMPOSE ON MARRIED COUPLES IN THE 19TH CENTURY, SINCE IT WAS ALSO THE PLACE WHERE PHYSICIANS ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO TALK ABOUT "THAT THING" WHICH WOULD SOON BE CALLED SEXUALITY.


Continuously increasing requirements on the quality of flat products demand the further development of both materials and their production technologies. Such development can be achieved by numerical simulation or laboratory tests. In any case, new concepts must be tested on pilot mills for their feasibility and production safety before they can be introduced into industrial production. Laboratory plants and even pilot mills often prove unsuitable for this since they cannot accurately simulate production conditions. To close this gap, a continuous pilot mill for flat products was devised, built and tested in this project. Another subject of the project were first experiments on the influence of the rolling conditions on the properties of hot and cold strip. The pilot mill comprises four rolling stands so arranged in one line that roughing is possible with one reversing two-high stand, followed by continuous finishing with all four stands (reversing two-high plus three continuous two-high stands). Rolling speeds of up to 20m/s are possible in the last stand, allowing deformation rates of more than 800s -1 depending on the degree of deformation. Starting with 45mm samples, strip with a final thickness of 1.0 to 6mm and a width of up to 110mm can be rolled. Samples are heated in an inductor allowing fast heating to 1350°C. Chamber furnaces are used for temperature equalization. A descaler is arranged before the reversing stand allowing to descale the stock surface before every second roughing pass and before the finishing with up to 450bar water pressure. All stands are equipped with roll gap lubrication. Interpass times can be varied by modification of the rolling speeds and the distances between stands. Interstand cooling and subsequent water and air cooling lines allow to control the temperature regime of the rolling stock in a wide range. Quenching right after rolling is possible. Finishing is followed by accelerated cooling in a water cooling line. One or multi-phase cooling strategies can be employed depending on whether a coiler with beatable coilbox is installed for up to 60 m strip samples, or whether a controlled holder furnace for up to 5 m of strip is used. In both cases, slow cooling in the coil from 750°C can be simulated. The new pilot mill thus allows comprehensive investigations on the influence of the rolling technology on mechanical properties, microstructural and textural evolution as well as anisotropies. The second focus of the project was the investigation of the influence of rolling speed on the properties of hot strip and derived cold strip from ULC- IF- and LC-, HSLA(LC+Nb)- and ELC(with/without Co, Cr) steel grades. The following parameters were varied to investigate their effects on strip properties: reheating temperature, finishing temperature, rolling speed, deformation rate, rolling direction (reversing and continuous), roll diameter, cooling conditions, coil temperature, and rolls with roll gap lubrication. The hot-rolled strip was pickled, cold-rolled and annealed. Samples were taken and investigated after each process stage. The parameters determined were microstructure, texture and mechanical properties. An influence of the rolling technology, i.e. rolling on either a single stand or the pilot mill, and the rolling speed on the properties of the hot strip was found.


Based on a number of actual factors interfering with the research, according to the original Lotka-Volterra model andactual situation of marine ecosystem, a modified Lotka-Volterra model was applied to obtain realistic data with attemptsto discuss the stability, limit cycle and ecological significance of the modified model.


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Trials were carried out in order to investigate the effect of hypoxia on seed germination of Datura stramonium L. in Petri dishes and when buried at various depths in soil. Hypoxia was found to cause a decrease in germination capacity and germination rate. This inhibition was partially alleviated by daily exchange of hypoxic gas surrounding the seeds during incubation. Similarly, seed scarification allowed maintenance of a higher germination capacity under conditions of low oxygen availability, showing that the seed coat was only partially gas permeable. Oxygen deficiency led to a decrease in respiratory capacity. However, this was probably compensated for by induction of fermentation metabolism. The possibility of removing the final products of fermentation exerts a decisive influence on seed germination, especially in an environment such as soil, where their diffusion into the surrounding environment is restricted. Thus daily nitrogen flushing partially eliminated this inhibition, even under conditions of low external oxygen availability. It was therefore postulated that the main depth–derived inhibition was not caused directly by oxygen deficiency but by the increasing difficulty in eliminating toxic fermentation products, which was found to be proportional to the degree of hypoxia. Finally, incubation for several days under completely anaerobic conditions induced secondary dormancy. This was probably due to an ecological adaptation mechanism that prevents germination under conditions that are unfavourable for survival.


The aim of this paper is to study the ground state solution for a Kirchhoff‐type elliptic system without the Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition.


This article articulates discussions about the repercussions of the Nao e Nao campaign. In this way, asking the following questions: How is the campaign Nao e Does not answer and / or contest bodily violence on the bodies of women? The analysis corpus consists of clippings of enunciative sayings and images from the Nao e Nao (2017-2020) campaign, posted on digital social networks. The theoretical-methodological path of analysis is inspired by the Foucaultian perspective. We emphasize that the campaign Nao e Nao shifts the silence from violence to publicity and verbalization, in the streets and on networks, a movement that operates with the resistance of women's bodies. The new forms of political conflict are put into practice and articulate bodies and urban spaces and digital media in the public sphere. We conclude that the campaign moves in a double direction: as a movement of bodies and as a political movement.


Due to the effect of water evaporation and moisture transfer,the temperature rise within reinforced concrete members exposed to fire will be affected,so as to alter the temperature distribution.This paper develops the two-dimensional models of water evaporation and moisture transfer,and establishes the temperature field calculation method.The calculation and experimental temperature distributions agree well especially in the high temperature zone.


A series of chalcone derivatives, 1–15, were prepared by ClaisenSchmidt condensation and evaluated for their cytotoxicities on tumor cell lines and also against proteolytic enzymes such as cathepsins B and K. Of the compounds synthesized, (E)‐3‐(3,4‐dimethoxyphenyl)‐1‐phenylprop‐2‐en‐1‐one (12), (E)‐3‐(4‐chlorophenyl)‐1‐phenylprop‐2‐en‐1‐one (13), (E)‐3‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)‐1‐phenylprop‐2‐en‐1‐one (14), and (E)‐3‐(4‐nitrophenyl)‐1‐phenylprop‐2‐en‐1‐one (15) showed significant cytotoxicities. The most effective compound was 15, which showed high cytotoxic activity with an IC50 value lower than 1 μg/ml, and no selectivity on the tumor cells evaluated. Substituents at C(4) of ring B were found to be essential for cytotoxicity. In addition, it was also demonstrated that some of these chalcones are moderate inhibitors of cathepsin K and have no activity against cathepsin B.


Abstract We have prepared novel nanohybrid Li2xMn1−xPS3/GO films consisting of graphene oxide (GO) and exfoliated MnPS3 nanosheets via an easy mixing protocol at room temperature. These films were investigated by SEM and AFM, as well as XRD, Raman and XPS spectroscopies, obtaining information about the nature of the interaction between MnPS3 and GO. In particular, the dark colour of the nanocomposite film and, more to the point, the analysis of (i) the C1s core level XPS spectra, (ii) the interlayer spacing obtained by XRD measurements and (iii) the increment in the intensity ratio ID/IG of the two bands typical of the carbon region of GO Raman spectra, suggest that a partial reduction of GO can be obtained right upon intercalation into Li2xMn1−xPS3.


This article focuses on coding as the expression of a natural
need to positively and perceptibly capture and communicate
meaning, from rational thoughts to intuitive feelings or
emotions.


In the technique described a resistance strain gauge bridge is used. The output from the bridge is amplified and used to pulse-width-modulate a 20 kHz square wave. The modulated waveform is extracted from the shaft, using split brass rings and carbon-copper brushes, and demodulated to give a continuous record of shaft torque. In this way distortion of the torque signal by electromagnetic radiation and variation in contact resistance between brushes and slip rings is eliminated.


On the basis of uniform color space CIE 1976 L*a*b*, using Munsell color system as a contrast system, this paper discusses the influence of different achromatic backgrounds on tourmaline green through quantitative analysis of color indexes such as lightness, chroma and hue of green tourmaline, and draws the following conclusion: in the process of achromatic background lightness transformation, the lightness and chroma of green tourmaline are highly sensitive to it and have obvious changes along with it, and the two also have high synchronization; However, the hue has not changed much. At the same time, the green tourmaline itself has higher lightness and chroma, which can make the lightness of the achromatic background more effectively converted into the visual lightness and saturation of the tourmaline, but the green tourmaline with too high or too low lightness and chroma is hardly affected by the lightness of the achromatic background. This proves that the non-color background is suitable for most tourmaline green quality evaluation.


Primary aldosteronism (PA) is largely subtyped into unilateral and bilateral forms. Unilateral PA is commonly attributed to an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA), for which surgical removal of the host adrenal gland has been the treatment of choice. Many studies have demonstrated that cross-sectional imaging is unreliable in identifying an APA, primarily because coexisting sizable nonfunctional adrenal nodules are common, whereas APAs are often small. As such, expert guidelines recommend adrenal vein sampling (AVS) in all patients with PA >35 years in whom surgery is considered. The development of highly-specific monoclonal antibodies against human aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) has revealed a wider spectrum of PA pathologies than initially perceived based on H & E histology. Although CYP11B2 immunostaining remains primarily a research tool, most clinical pathology laboratories are only able to identify morphologically distinct cortical adenomas or cortical hyperplasia (irrespective of functionality in both cases). The implementation of CYP11B2 immunostaining has debunked the traditional PA subtyping, by demonstrating that the adrenal glands of patients with PA might harbor multiple APAs, micronodules, aldosterone-producing cell clusters (APCC), focal or continuous hyperplasia of the zona glomerulosa, in any combinations. A classical unilateral CYP11B2-positive APA might be neighbored by APCC or satellite micronodules within the same adrenal. Although in the overwhelming majority of cases the contralateral adrenal is not available for study, it is highly likely that similar APCC are present in the contralateral adrenal. To what extent small CYP11B2-positive areas outside of APAs contribute to the autonomous aldosterone excess in PA is difficult to evaluate. CYP11B2-guided DNA sequencing studies have recently identified aldosterone-driver somatic mutations in 94% of APA but also in 15 of 57 APCC adjacent to APA. Affected genes associated with APA include KCNJ5 (encoding inwardly rectifying potassium channel GIRK4), ATP1A1 (encoding the alpha 1 subunit of Na/K-ATPase), ATP2B3 (encoding a Ca-ATPase), CACNA1D (encoding subunit of L-type voltage-gated calcium channel Ca V 1.3), CACN1H (encoding subunit of T-type voltage-gated calcium channel Ca V 3.2), and CTNNB1 (encoding β-catenin). Data regarding the pathogenesis of bilateral hyperaldosteronism (BHA), previously called idiopathic hyperaldosteronism or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BHA) have been limited by the lack of tissue availability, as most such patients are treated medically. In a study of 15 adrenals removed from patients with BHA, true hyperplasia of the zona glomerulosa was observed in only 4 glands. Of 99 APCC from these BHA adrenals, 57 were found to harbor mutations in CACNA1D. Intriguingly, despite being acquired, and not inherited events, such APAassociated mutations have distinct racial and sex distributions, pointing to other predisposing factors, shared among specific populations. Taken together, these data suggest that, in many cases, multiple, yet asynchronous processes are likely to occur within both adrenal glands. AVS is used in many referral centers across the globe, however, standard protocols and criteria for data interpretation are lacking. In view of the complex spectrum of PA histopathologies discussed above, it is not surprising that establishing if one or both adrenal glands contribute to PA through AVS is not a simple task. What AVS can accomplish, in most cases, is to determine if one of the two adrenal glands overtakes the other in producing aldosterone. What is the minimum lateralization index that indicates a clinically meaningful difference between the two adrenal glands in regard to aldosterone production to warrant unilateral adrenalectomy, however, remains elusive. In part, this is due to limited postoperative follow up data available. Moreover, in selected cases, unilateral adrenalectomy might provide clinical and biochemical benefit even to patients with BHA, by attenuating the burden of aldosterone excess. In the current issue of the journal, Kitamoto et al report their experience with serum sampling from segmental adrenal veins during AVS as a tool to accurately identify the intraadrenal source(s) of aldosterone excess (Figure). Such an approach could guide partial adrenalectomy, a strategy particularly useful if distinct sources of PA are found in both adrenal glands. Using a threshold of >1400 ng/dL cosyntropin-stimulated aldosterone in the segmental adrenal vein (threshold The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association. From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (A.F.T.); G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (C.E.G.-S.) and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Medicine (C.E.G.-S.), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson. Correspondence to Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Dr, Jackson, MS 39216. Email email@example.com Segmental Adrenal Vein Sampling in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism Superlative or Superfluous?


After analyzing the characteristics and the teaching situation of Modern Chemical Analysis Technology,the teaching reform of this course was explored,and conducted a series of analysis on the following aspects of optimizing teaching content,using multimedia to exchange theoretical and experimental classrooms,adjusting experimental teaching mode and developing teaching team even enhancing teachers abilities.


The present invention discloses a hydraulic tire removal apparatus comprising a vehicle body, a hydraulic propulsion device (1), hoisting means (2) and the bogie (3), the vehicle body is provided by two parallel sliding rails (4) and connecting together the connecting rod (5), and hoisting means (2) disposed sliding rail (4) and slidably connected to the sliding rail (4), a hydraulic propulsion device (1) fixed to a connector provided therein the rod (5), and means connected to the lifts (2), traveling means (3) fixed at the bottom of the vehicle body. The present invention can be easily tires of heavy vehicles removed from the car, and only one person to complete disassembly of tires, saving human resources, but also can improve work efficiency, and has good generalization.


In this research I aimed for grasping an understanding of how community performance projects serve for building communities through bodily assemblies and affect. I conducted an ethnographic research based on two different performance projects in Malmo. I have used participant observation, embodied ethnography and semi-structured interviews as research methods. Doing so, I attempted to comprehend what sort of circumstances bring people together within the community performance projects and the role of affect in bringing people from different backgrounds together for a specific aim under the roof of these projects. I base my theoretical arguments on Clare Hemmings' interpretation of affect and Judith Butler's performative theory of assembly. I conclude that the capacity of our bodies to produce and share affect is augmented with the embodiment of different states of in-betweenness such as vulnerabilities based on migration and precarity. The potential to assembly as communities is higher where such vulnerabilities are either embodied by the performers or acknowledged and communicated. Then affective solidarities are built among the group which renders these public assemblies as actual communities while the means of community performance provides a solid basis for such solidarity. When such acknowledgment and embodiment of vulnerabilities is lacking, there is a different possibility that oppositional groups are formed and the group is not closely tied together. However, one can still observe that smaller forms of solidarities are established among those more vulnerable bodies, even when the acknowledgement by the larger group is missing. (Less)


Abstract : The disposal of the demilitarization stockpile-unwanted munitions, rocket propellants, manufacturing wastes-is necessary at Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) installations. The disposal methodologies include: (1) recovery and reclamation technology, (2) thermal destruction methods such as incineration and popping finances, (3) research stage technology such as electrochemical reduction and biodegradation, and (4) open burning (OB) or open detonation (OD). OB/OD takes place in an earthen pit, trench, or bermed area and is the most common disposal method in use today; this stems from its low cost, effectiveness, and the capacity to treat a wide range of munitions.


Epidemiologic Methods in Neurology Statistical Principles and Methods for the Analysis of Clinical Studies Clinical Trials in Neurology Clinimetric Methods Alzheimer's Disease Stroke Multiple Sclerosis Seizures and Epilepsy Parkinson's Disease Headache Back Pain Traumatic Brain Injury Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders Brain Tumors Sleep Disorders Neurogenetic Disorders


During the operation of large-scale electric drive test-bed, the driving and loading frequency conversion equipment will produce many different frequency harmonic currents due to their nonlinear characteristics, which will not only affect each other, but also interfere with other transmission and distribution equipment, resulting in current and voltage waveform distortion. In this paper, the operation conditions of a large power drive test bench are analyzed and studied, and the power quality control solution is proposed. The test results prove the effectiveness of the control measures.


Abstract Lorenz knots are the periodic orbits of a certain geometrically defined differential equation in ℝ3. This is called the 'geometric Lorenz attractor' as it is only conjecturally the real Lorenz attractor. These knots have been studied by the author and Joan Birman via a 'knot-holder', i.e. a certain branched two-manifold H. To show such knots are prime we suppose the contrary which implies the existence of a splitting sphere, S2. The technique of the proof is to study the intersection S2∩H. A novelty here is that S2∩H is likewise branched.


The rich spectral information provided by hyperspectral images (HSIs) are useful in discriminating between land cover classes. However, the limited number of training samples in comparison to the dimensionality of HSIs makes feature extraction a necessary step before classification. A common feature extraction algorithm is the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) which has a drawback of discarding useful discriminative information in its lower eigenvectors. This paper proposes a new feature extraction method which addresses the limitation of PCA for HSI processing. The proposed approach which we refer to as Win-PCA attempts to reduce to reduce the loss of spatial information by partitioning the HSI into several windows and compute covariances for each window partition. Experiments performed to compare the conventional PCA and its other variants with WinPCA using the AVIRIS Indian Pine data show that the proposed WinPCA method performs better.


This study aimed to estimate the commitment to mental health research by the European Union (EU) through the 7th framework (FP7) and the competitiveness and innovation (CIP) programmes during the 2007–2013 period.


Amphetamine-like psychostimulants are thought to increase dopamine(DA) transmission by binding to DA transporters(DATs) to facilitate DA reverse transport and/or to block DA reuptake.In this article,we will review evidence from both our own studies and others that psychostimulants can also act through both DA-and non-DA-mediated mechanisms to powerfully influence the firing rate and pattern of DA neurons and thus impulse-dependent DA release.Evidence further suggests that DATs are not absolutely required for the reinforcing effects of psychostimulants,and that changes in impulse-dependent DA release may play a more critical role in behaviors associated with psychostimulant abuse.Based on these and other findings,we propose that the reinforcing effects of psychostimulants depend on both the amplitude and the temporal pattern of DA release induced by these drugs.The latter,determined by the firing pattern of DA neurons,may encode information from brain areas that project to DA neurons,including the prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens.Further understanding of how DA neurons interact with these brain areas in space and time and how this interaction is altered by psychostimulants may shed new light on the neuronal mechanisms underlying psychostimulant addiction.


This paper constitutes a benchmark study of foreign non-corporate investment in Canadian real estate for the year 1981. The data sources are provided followed by the methods used to derive estimates of the market and book values of such investment. Estimates are provided for the year 1977 to 1980. Sommaire Ce document constitue une etude repere sur les investissements etranger s, autres que des societe s, dans l'immobilier du Canada pour l'annee 1981. Les sources de donnees sont dec rites ainsi que les methodes utilisees pour de river des estimations sur de tels investissements. Les estimations sont fournies pour les annees 1977 a 1980.


In asthma, activation and recruitment of eosinophils to the bron- chial mucosa amplifies many cellular functions. The blood eosinophil count and the number of hypodense eosinophils increase with asthma severity. Eosinophils produce numerous proinflammatory mediators in response to a variety of agonists, notably the peptido-leukotriene (LT) C 4 , a potent bronchoconstrictor. In this study, we have evaluated blood eosinophil LTC 4 release and its modula- tion by cytokines in normal individuals and in subjects with asthma of various sever- ities: mild (β 2 -agonist on demand); moderate (inhaled steroids on a regular basis); and severe (inhaled and oral steroids on a regular basis). Eosinophils were isolat- ed using a modified Percoll gradient technique, which recovers both hypodense and normodense eosinophils in a global cell population. Eosinophils released detectable amounts of LTC 4 only in the presence of the stimu- lus (calcium ionophore A23187, 2 µM). The ionophore-induced LTC 4 release was greater in moderate asthmatics (mean±SEM 5.7±1.3 pg×103/250,000 eosinophils) than in normal individuals (1.6±0.4 pg×103/250,000 eosinophils), mild asthmatics (1.8±0.3 pg×103/250,000 eosinophils) and severe asthmatics (2.0±0.3 pg×103/250,000 eosinophils). Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-5 (IL- 5) amplified the ionophore-induced LTC 4 release in the four groups from 1.9 to 2.6 and 1.9 to 2.8 fold, respectively. Interleukin-3 (IL-3) did not increase LTC 4 pro- duction except by the eosinophils of the severe asthmatics whose ionophore-induced LTC 4 production was enhanced by 1.9 fold. These data demonstrate that the asthmatic bronchial inflammatory process may modify blood eosinophil LTC 4 release and its modulation by cytokines according to asthma severity and treatment.


Professor Brown here deliberately—and attractively—swims against the stream of recent critical writing on "Gothic" fictions and their vexed relationship with European Romantic poetry and philosophy. Cultural-historical materialism and gender studies, with some intermixture of post-structural psychoanalysis, dominate the current approaches to the most "classic Gothics" from Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1764) to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), the fictions with which Brown also begins and ends before his "Postscript" on Goethe's Faust (1808; 1832). By contrast, this study draws us back to what "the words actually filling the pages" of Gothic texts most emphasize for Brown (xi; hence the book's title): "the transcendental dimensions of [internal] experience" beyond the known limits of conscious perception and reason (xii), at which level there is a chaotic "secret life" of "unreconciled antinomies" (14–15) where "absolute, pure consciousness" teeters on the edge of "madness" (80). Opening up the verbal representation of this psychic level, albeit in fits and starts and behind some derivative machinery, is the Gothic's signal artistic achievement, Brown argues, and simultaneously its greatest contribution to the development of pan-European Romanticism as it emerges from eighteenth-century "pre-Romanticism" (the subject of this same author's powerful book of 1991). Writing elegant critical prose at virtually every turn, Brown calls forth this "unaccountable" dimension as the most fundamental of all (151) in texts ranging from Otranto itself to Frankenstein, but also from The Wild Ass's Skin of Balzac to The Devil's Elixers of E. T. A. Hoffman. This volume, then, is another of Brown's contributions to comparative literary studies in Romanticism, of which he is one of our masters. However retrograde this approach may seem to some, it is conveyed with such grace of style and such a range of reference here that every student of the Gothic and the Romantic and their relationship ought to take account of it from now on. To be sure, Brown never denies the value of the best recent takes on the Gothic, especially the gender-based ones (see 6–7 and 224n5), even as he, quite early in this book,


The stated goal of this book is to serve as a reference on nosocomial infections and their management as they occur in the pediatric patient. To my knowledge, this text is unique in this respect. This book is not a textbook of bacteriology or of pediatric infectious disease. Attention is focused on specific infections that present distinct infection control issues in pediatrics. Subject matter is organized into four sections: by site (eg, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, surgical wounds, etc), by pathogen (eg, varicella, hepatitis, and respiratory syncytial virus), management of high-risk patients (eg, the neonate and the immunocompromised patient), and personnel and policies relating to infection control. The editor has chosen a highly skilled group of contributors; indeed, the names read like a current Who's Who in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The book will be a handy reference for all who care for hospitalized children. Despite the increased trends for shortened


Uveitis is comprised of disorders of diverse etiologies, including a wide spectrum of infectious and non-infectious entities. Several uveitic disorders share common clinical symptoms and signs, and a significant proportion of uveitis remain idiopathic, at least in early stage of disease. A management plan for each patient is tailored according to the etiology of uveitis, severity of inflammation, age of the patients, the presence of other systemic diseases, and history of drug tolerance. Achieving therapeutic benefit in uveitis depends on accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. However, in some cases the etiologic diagnosis may not be possible in early stage of the disease, and the ophthalmologist may have to empirically control inflammation to avoid devastating damage to the delicate ocular structures. Reversing the inflammatory response may prove challenging and require potentially harmful agents including corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs. In developed countries where primary medical care and screening programs are available, the systemic diseases are often kept under control by the primary care physicians. When the ophthalmologists require specialty referrals, which may include contributions by an internist, rheumatologist, pulmonologist, dermatologist, infectious disease specialist, or pathologist, tertiary care is readily available to the patient. Affordability may not be a great concern when the patient has insurance coverage. Compliance may be good with literate patients. However, in developing countries the ophthalmologist has to deal with a lack of good primary healthcare, low affordability, and poor compliance in addition to managing uveitis.


This article examines the new and increasing role parking lots and garages are expected to play in the growth of solar power in the U.S. The author reports that owners and operators of parking facilities are finding their properties in demand as potential sites for solar installations. The article explains the various solar power technologies currently available, as well as the falling cost of such equipment and novel ways of financing new solar installations. Parking facilities will become more attractive as the need to find locations--and most solar facilities require a great deal of space--increases. Many industrial or commercial buildings, while large, cannot devote all their rooftop space to solar installations because the same space must accommodate HVAC or other equipment. The author describes four different types of parking facilities where solar has been installed: a ground-level parking area at California State University of Fresno, California; a parking and hybrids installation at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California; a multi-story parking garage in Lakewood, Colorado; and, multi-story tracking canopies covering two parking garages at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.


Generalized frequency modulation (GFM) synthesizer has the network architecture like neural networks that can be optimized by the well-known backpropagation technique (Figure 1) [2]. Many of commercial FM synthesizers [3, pp.224-250] provides the presets which are built-in connection patterns of oscillators with predefined parameters of amplitudes and carrier and modulating frequencies because some expert skills for manipulating parameters to generate new desired sounds are required. If we could imagine a single connection patterns of oscillators subsuming every preset, we would reach an idea of a general form of the FM synthesizer which looks like a neural network, the activation functions of which are vibrating functions. Figure 1 presents how oscillator units are interconnected with weights w; the depth is M , the width is N , and Σ stands for weighted sum. The input to the network is vector {A1, A2, · · ·AN}, and the output is waveform S. For an oscillator unit by a typical vibrating function, we first adopt a sinusoidal function y = sin 2π((x+ c) t+ p) with input x and output y (Figure 2, left). Each oscillator unit has two parameters c and p to be tuned corresponding to frequency and phase, respectively. All oscillator units share the identical timing signal t, which moves between starting time Ts and ending time Te, to compute the output waveform (the red solid curve in Figure 3). The network attempts to fit the output waveform to the training waveform only between Ts and Te (dark blue). Thus, in the ranges out of the interval between Ts and Te, the network does not take care of the output waveform (red dashed curves).


A method and a system for detecting sleep event are provided. The system includes a physiological measuring apparatus and an arithmetic processing apparatus. The physiological measuring apparatus can measure a plurality of heart rates at different time. The arithmetic processing apparatus is coupled to the physiological measuring apparatus to collect the heart rates. The arithmetic processing apparatus can convert the heart rates to a first parameter and a second parameter. By using the first parameter, the arithmetic processing apparatus can identify whether the heart rates in an epoch is belonging to a first state or a second state. By using a second parameter, the arithmetic processing apparatus can identify whether the heart rates in the epoch is belonging to a third state or a fourth state.


The computerised Hospital Trauma Registry Project was funded by a grant from the Area Medical Audit Committee of Greater Glasgow Health Board. The Scottish Trauma Audit Group (STAG) was funded by a grant from the Scottish Office Clinical Resource and Audit Group. We wish to thank Ms Sarah Shrouder of STAG for her assistance in data collation for this study. 1 Strathclyde Police report on 'Operation Blade', 1994. 2 Shepherd JP, Shapland M, Scully C. Recording by the police of violent offences; an accident and emergency department perspective. Med Sci Law 1989;29:251-7. 3 Shepherd JP, Scully C, Shapland M, Irish M, Leslie IJ. Assault: characteristics of victims attending an inner-city hospital. Injury 1988;19:185-90. 4 Shepherd JP, Farrington DP. Assault as a public health problem: discussion paper. J R Soc Med 1993;86:89-92. 5 Shepherd JP, Robinson L, Levers BGH. Roots of urban violence. Injury 1990;21:139-41.


The results of studies of high-speed impact interaction of powder materials particles flow, dispersed by energy of explosion, with metal barriers. The effects due to the motion of spherical microparticles in the material are described, and models of interaction the solid particles to the substrate are given.


The invention discloses a fresh-cut vegetable hypobaric storage refreshing chain method. The method refers to that a hypobaric storage technical method must be adopted in links of a fresh-cut vegetable cold chain circulation system. The links of the cold chain circulation system are generally set as 'harvesting, hypobaric storage, cleaning, cutting, packaging, refrigerated transportation, refrigerated shelf and kitchen' in sequence. Refrigerated storage can be performed prior to cleaning and cutting after hypobaric storage. The refrigerated shelf comprises a refrigerator and/or a refrigerated display case. The method includes after fresh vegetables which are raw vegetables are harvested from fields, feeding the fresh vegetables into a hypobaric storage device, placing the fresh vegetables in a low-pressure low-temperature vacuum chamber for a certain period of time, cleaning, cutting the vegetables to needed strips, slices, blocks and the like to form fresh-cut vegetables, performing simple packaging, and performing refrigerated storage or refrigerated transportation. Accordingly, refrigerated storage refreshing time can be prolonged, refreshing time of a cold chain breakage period can be prolonged, and section browning can be resisted.


ald Bailey's ''Northern Cities, Blacks In,'' and James Curtis's ''Ethnic Geography.'' These authors succeed in their attempts to offer some critical perspective on what southern culture was/is, by whom it was/ is reproduced, and for whom, where, and how it resonates today. Billed as ''the most complete look at the spatial character of southern culture ever published,'' this volume arguably delivers in its scope (with entries ranging from ''Appalachia'' to ''Hispanic/Latino Origins Populations'' to ''Piney Woods''), yet fails to bring a critical analytical eye to the broad transformations that have permeated throughout region over the past two to three decades (Pillsbury, xviii). This volume provides a useful introduction to the historical geography of ''The South'' accessible to a lay audience. Ultimately, however, the text leaves the academic reader wanting a more contemporary and analytical approach to the cultural geography of a region that has long distinguished itself (and has long been distinguished) from the rest of the United States.


Optical phase conjugation(OPC) is a technique that generates a light field with reversed wavefront and identical amplitude distribution as the incident light. It has a unique feature of suppressing the aberration of incident beam induced by inhomogeneous or disturbing medium. Although this technique has been extensively studied since the 1970s, it has become more attractive because of unprecedented achievements and prospective potentials in biomedical applications. OPC-based techniques have been successfully utilized to form a focus through/inside highly scattered biological samples. It opens a new avenue by significantly enhancing the light delivery in biological tissue for high-resolution imaging, diagnosis and treatment of medical diseases. In order to provide insight into its further development, recent progress of OPC techniques for focusing light through/inside biological tissue was summarized.


All seven teenagers stopped hiking at the same moment, turning to examine more closely the arrangement of sandstone slopes and clefts that marked the place where a dry streambed joined the broad sandy floor of Coyote Canyon. "It's a sipapu," one of the students, a pale blond girl, said. They argued a little about this. One student said that a sipapu was man made, a feature located in the floor of a kiva, the religious meeting place for Pueblo Indians. The blond girl responded with some heat: she had recently been thrown out of her house and was living week to week with a succes sion of equally unenthusiastic relatives, and was feeling aggressive. She said she knew about kivas. That wasn't the point. A sipapu was an opening to the womb of the world, to mother earth, she said, and they happen in nature, too. As they walked up and down the wash, examining the sandstone forma tion from different angles and talking quietly, the group came to the con clusion that the blond girl was basically right, if not exactly correct in her details. One boy said, with uncharacteristic delicacy, "it looks like . . . well, a vagina," and we looked again, taking in the contours, the steep rounded banks, the narrow channel that emerged from a tangle of ledges and walls to fall ten feet into a round deep hole that melted like a funnel between two sloping sandstone thighs. There was no missing it. "Let's meditate here," a girl said. They paused, thinking: how do you meditate around a sipapu? "Let's do yoga," another student suggested, and everybody agreed: yoga was the thing to do. Another group might have continued the argument concerning the exact definition of the sipapu, discussed the complexities of culture and reli gion, invoked the sciences of geology and anthropology. Not these kids. They slid their packs from their shoulders, walked from the sandy bottom of the wash onto a slickrock ramp that led to a kind of porch attending the opening, a flat triangle bordered by the angled walls of the thighs.


Silicon wafers for photovoltaics could be produced without kerf loss by rolling, provided sufficient control of defects such as dislocations can be achieved. A study using mainly high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR‐EBSD) of the microstructural evolution of Siemens polycrystalline silicon feedstock during a series of processes designed to mimic high temperature rolling is reported here. The starting material is heavily textured and annealing at 1400 °C results in 90% recrystallization and a reduction in average geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) density from >1014 to 1013 m−2. Subsequent compression at 1150 °C – analogous to rolling – produce sub‐grain boundaries seen as continuous curved high GND content linear features spanning grain interiors. Post‐deformation annealing at 1400 °C facilitates a secondary recrystallization process, resulting in large grains typically of 100 μm diameter. HR‐EBSD gives the final average GND density in as 3.2 × 1012 m−2. This value is considerably higher than the dislocation density of 5 × 1010 m−2 from etch pit counting, so the discrepancy is investigated by direct comparison of GND maps and etch pit patterns. The GND map from HR‐EBSD gives erroneously high values at the method's noise floor (≈1012 m−2) in regions with low dislocation densities.


Neurology is one of the most underrecognized and underappreciated specialties in Pakistan.1 The beginnings of clinical and academic neurology in Pakistan can be traced to the 1960s when 3 neurology departments were established in 2 major cities of Pakistan: 2 in Karachi and 1 in Lahore.2,3 One of the 2 departments in Karachi was a combined neurology and psychiatry department.2


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of creativity on individuals' intentions to undertake entrepreneurial activity. A review in the literature illustrates how two constructs are associated. This study also hopes to examine this relationship for female potential entrepreneurs in the Greek context for first time. An empirical research was conducted in order to provide with empirical results. The methodology design is based on a simple regression analysis and a principal axis factoring. The sample consists of 110 female undergraduate students from different academic fields who attended an educational program on "Entrepreneurship" of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The paper ends with discussion of the results and overview of research limitations and some ideas for future research.


The synthesis and characterization of four phosphorus macrocycles (1–4) are reported. The X-ray crystal structures of compounds 1–4 and solvate 1·H2O show the molecules in asymmetric conformations with at least one methyl group of the phenoxy substituents oriented toward the centre of the macrocyclic cavity. Variable-temperature 1H NMR experiments show that in solution the molecules exist mainly as rapidly interconverting conformers. In the 18-membered ring 1, the dynamic process results in the enantiomerization of asymmetric conformers with a barrier of 8 kcal mol–1.‡ The 21-membered ring 3 is more flexible and exists in several conformations.


A method for forming a metal casting metal castings and heat treating systems and methods are provided adjacent the casting station and casting station located downstream of the vertical heat treatment unit, a series of mold filled with the molten metal in the casting station to form a casting. Unit vertical heat treatment furnace comprising a vertically oriented chamber which receives the casting furnace chamber, the furnace chamber and having a reduced footprint in order to reduce the required floor space for manufacturing a vertical heat treatment unit, and such that the vertical the heat treatment unit can be positioned very close to the pouring station.


The Scottsbluff area treated was 182 acres of lowland pasture in which 2 streams and 2 ponds are located. In addition, waste water from surrounding irrigation also drains into the area causing additional moist, swampy areas. The chemical was diluted with water with a pH of 8.2. This mixture was applied by airplane at the rate of 2 gallons/acre. Two applications were made, the first on July 7th and the second on August 11th. Both applications were made at ca 6 p.m. Mean temperature during the spraying and sampling times for the test was 81.2° F. Wind velocity during this same period was less than 5 mph. Tabanid counts were obtained by using two CO2 traps coated with Tack Trap. The number of flies caught in a 2-hr period were recorded. Pre-treatment counts were made 1 day before treatment.


BACKGROUND
Sleep problems are prevalent in American children. A critical need is to identify sources and processes related to sleep disruptions and their sequelae. We examined a model linking parental marital conflict and children's emotional insecurity, sleep disruptions, and their adjustment and academic problems.

METHOD
One hundred and sixty-six elementary school children reported on marital conflict and their emotional insecurity, the quantity and quality of children's sleep were examined through actigraphy, and parents and teachers reported on child functioning.

RESULTS
In the context of exposure to normative levels of marital conflict, children's emotional insecurity regarding their parents' marital relationship is an intervening variable in the marital conflict-sleep disruptions link. In turn, disruptions in the quality and duration of children's sleep have a negative effect on children's behavioral, emotional, and academic performance.

CONCLUSIONS
Findings highlight the importance of marital conflict and children's emotional insecurity as variables that can affect a fundamental aspect of biological regulation, sleep, which consequently influences children's adjustment and academic performance.


Abstract Political reasons have been pushing towards a process of decentralization of powers and responsibilities since last twenty years in Italy. The regional management of mining and quarrying (m&q) should be an interesting case study of this change. This process has begun in the '70s with the Pres. Decree N. 616 of 1977. By examining administrative data and Regional Laws, this paper highlights how misleading is the awareness of policy makers of the real value of raw mineral resources domestically extracted: they seem closer to common goods rather than to public goods . By combining data on local governance with official statistics of Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA), our econometric analysis intends to verify both the existence of an inverse supply curve between m&q domestic producer price index (as dependent variable) and no-energy producing mineral quantity extracted and the effect of Italian Regions Responsibility about m&q activity on m&q domestic producer price index, controlling for construction sector value added, R&D national expenditure, Openness to international trade (1980-2010).


Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio —¿ A community screening program which to date represents approximately 50 per cent of the adult female population of Co lumbus. About 70 per cent are ob tained through private offices and the remainder through the "¿ out patient clinics at the Ohio State University Health Center and from special clinics organized specifically for routine screening of asymptomatic women.―1°


Background and Objectives:The proinflammatory state is considered to be a risk factor for develop atherosclerosis. Recently, certain components of the metabolic syndrome have been related to inflammatory markers. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of white blood cell (WBC) count with different components of the metabolic syndrome (MS). Subjects and Methods:We performed this study to investigate the relationships of white blood cell count, uric acid,and C-reactive protein (CRP) to components of metabolic syndrome (MS), such as abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), high blood pressure, and impaired fasting glucose in 3134 koreans. Results:WBC count, uric acid, and CRP were associated with several components of MS. WBC count increased, as did the number of MS. Conclusion:Our data suggests an association between the metabolic syndrome and WBC count. (Korean Circulation J 2004;34(3):280-287)


AIM
The investigation on protein coronas (PCs) adsorbed onto nanoparticle (NP) surface is representing an open issue due to difficulties in detection and clear isolation of the adsorbed proteins. In this study, we investigated protocols able to isolate the compositions of PCs of three polymeric NPs.

MATERIALS & METHODS
Unfunctionalized NPs and two functionalized NPs were considered as proof-of-concept for the qualitative and semiquantitative analysis of both the corona levels (stably or weakly adsorbed coronas [SC/WC]) of these different nanocarriers.

RESULTS
The protocols applied were able to discriminate between the SC and WC. In particular, experimental results indicated that stably adsorbed coronas are prevalently composed by ApoE, while WC by albumin in all the NPs. Otherwise, some differences in WC could be correlated with surface functionalization.

CONCLUSION
This experimental approach allows characterizing the whole PCs, proposing a protocol for isolation of different types of proteins composing PCs.


With secure verbal exchanges of data over open networks is just about the most critical challenges. Mutually every one of the accomplishments to shield texts and also to split security tend to be quiet popular. With the intention of cut of the probabilities of problems, security necessities on how made to get undetectable. The needs to pre-book ownership data, originality, as properly as strength of wording files in such a way which might not be capable of acknowledged via everyone is in truth felt negatively. Watermarking of the text files is surely an important step towards accomplishing these kind of objectives. Even so, to watermark an easy text report (ASCII) in such a way in which the original text won't transform (and it might possibly end up being quiet difficult to split it), is a big concern. We have established a fresh encoding which can be utilized for you to insert files in simple text miserable of changing the text file as well as decoding scheme which can be utilized for you to extract files from simple text without having changing the text file. A system have been established based upon this scheme including AES algorithm and also DES criteria. This report describes the system and illustrates its ins and outs in MATLAB surroundings.


Helicobacter bilis, an enterohepatic Helicobacter species, represents a carcinogenic risk factor for cholangiocytes owing to the prevalence of infections in patients with biliary tract cancer, cholecystitis, and pancreaticobiliary maljunction. However, the effect of H. bilis infection on cholangiocytes and the process and mechanism of carcinogenesis are not known. We aimed to determine the effects of H. bilis on cholangiocytes, focusing on inflammation and oxidative stress.


A specially designed Li–H2O2 semi-fuel cell based on hybrid electrolytes is proposed. It is a combination of fuel cell and lithium battery. Five "mechanical charge–discharge" cycles (800 hours in total) of the Li–H2O2 semi-fuel cell were conducted. The cell exhibits fast mechanical rechargeability, good stability and high lithium utilization. Output power of the Li–H2O2 semi-fuel cell can be flexibly adjusted by changing H2O2 concentration.


PURPOSE
To evaluate a percutaneous thrombolytic device (PTD) designed for treating thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
To compare the PTD with pulse-spray pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PSPMT) by using urokinase, 122 randomly chosen patients with synthetic, thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts from multiple centers prospectively underwent thrombolysis with the PTD (5-F, low-speed rotational mechanical device) or PSPMT. Major outcome variables included the procedure time, the immediate technical patency rate, the complication rate, and the 3-month patency rate.

RESULTS
Sixty-four PTD and 58 PSPMT procedures were performed with intent to treat. The immediate technical patency rate was 95% (61 of 64 [PTD] and 55 of 58 [PSPMT]) in both procedures. Median procedure times were 75 minutes in the PTD group (range, 25-209 minutes) and 85 minutes in the PSPMT group (range, 50-273 minutes; P < .04). Major complications occurred in 8% (five of 64) of PTD procedures (none related to the PTD) and 9% (five of 58) PSPMT procedures (not significant). Two devices broke (one during training) with no clinical sequela. The 3-month primary patency rate was 39% (25 of 64) in the PTD group and 40% (23 of 58) in the PSPMT group (not significant).

CONCLUSION
The PTD is safe and effective for treating thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts. The technical and long-term success rates are similar to those of PSPMT; procedure times are shorter.


ObjectiveTo assess the demand status of information and communication material on SARS prevention and control among residents and to instruct the production of communication materials for health education. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 274 residents and 244 migrant workers, aged 1860 years old, selected from Chongwen district in Beijing by two-stage stratified sampling. ResultsThe awareness rate of basic knowledge on SARS prevention was over 70%. While the rates of knowledge on law and regulation of prevention and control of infectious disease and SARS treatment were relatively lower. The residents preferred audiovisual products, while the migrant workers preferred printed materials. The difference was significant(P0.01. ConclusionCommunication materials for health education played an irreplaceable role during the special period of SARS epidemic. It could reach expectation effect only to adopt different communication methods for different population and diverse demands. Mental problems of the public should be noticed. Health education institute should pay more attention to psychological problem of the public, and also positively popularize the public policy and related law and regulations of prevention and control of infectious diseases.


In November 1864, Union General William Sherman launched his "March to the Sea" campaign in order to destroy the Confederate forces. Even though his plan was considered to be risky by others during his time, the march would come to symbolize an evolution in the history of warfare as Sherman willingly broke numerous entrenched 'military principles' and ushered in 'hard war' tactics, which preceded the 'total war' tactics of the twentieth century. Sherman's March was a key campaign in the development of modern warfare.


The demand of oyster mushroom has increased. Hence the production should be improved as well. The purpose of research is to know the growth response and production of several varieties of oyster mushroom on the powder media of palm stem waste and sawdust. Research conducted in Sumatra mushroom oyster cultivation. The design used in this study is a Complete Random Design (CRD) factorial that is of 2 factors. The first factor is the composition of the planting media of palm oil and sawdust was conducted with 2 repeats. The Parameter of observation on the study is the percentage of baglogs covered by mycelium (%), the growth of mycelium on the substrate (cm), the age of the body of the fruit (DAI), Number of fruit body (fruit), diameter of the hood (cm2) The stem length of the fruit body (cm) and the wet Harvest weight (g). The results showed that the best treatment for the growth of mycelium and the age of fruit body in total saw dust amd and varieties jamur tiram 58.38 days formation of the first fruit body.


How much DNA segments are transmitted from an ancestor to descendants, and how large the sizes of these segments are, are questions of fundamental interests to the study of inheritance. Tracing, respectively, DNA segments that are transmitted to two siblings or two relatives, one can obtain quantitative knowledge of the identical-by-descent (IBD) segments. This knowledge is important for many molecular biology techniques that compare DNA from two related individuals in order to identify disease genes. In this paper, we initiate a theoretical study, based on the simple one-crossover model, to determine the size distribution of the DNA segments transmitted from one ancestral haploid. We have determined the mathematical expression of such size distribution for descendants at any generation. Due to the equivalence between the size distribution of the vertically transmitted segments and that of the lateral IBD segments, our result can be directly used to characterize the IBD segments between any two related individuals in a pedigree.


ABSTRACT This paper is the first to investigate the impact of banks' organizational memory of past history on the conservatism of accounting policy. Specifically, we investigate two types of bad time history: banks' undercapitalization and the failures of other banks during financial crises. Using a large sample of U.S. banks over the period 1997–2013, we find that both types of bad times are positively related to timelier recognition of earnings decreases versus earnings increases in accounting income. We also find that following bad times, banks increase their allowance for loan losses. The results of path analysis and survey research indicate that bad time memory of banks impacts bank accounting conservatism through CEO tenure and board of directors' tenure. Collectively, our results suggest that banks' organizational memory of bad times and macro-level banking crises lead to greater accounting conservatism in banks.


nounced that breakfast was being served. The inevitable line was formed as the men started for the mess hall. The gloomy silence that had predominated was dispelled somewhat during the meal, but. no one was completely relaxed. It took a long time for fifteen hundred men to pass through the slow-moving line, eat, and then return to the deck. The hot mid-morning sun made the scratchy, woolen uniforms even more uncomfortable. Again the men lined the ship's railing and stared at the docks. Noone heard the engines start, and the movement of the ship was almost imperceptible. The men who finally noticed the widening gap of water between the ship and the dock touched their companions on the shoulder and pointed toward the shore. Conversation hummed then died out as the ship gained speed and the distance from shore increased. The long journey had begun. In spite of the crowded decks, each man seemed to be completely alone with his thoughts; and each man's thoughts were strangely similar. "When will we return? How many of us will get back? What will it be like where we are going?"


Soft ionization methods, in particular, MALDI and ESI, allow for the analysis of large non-volatile (bio)molecules via mass spectrometry. Not only can the covalent structure of analytes be preserved with these techniques, but also the supramolecular structure, and therefore can be successfully probed by MS. While MALDI requires certain steps to be taken to stabilize non-covalent interactions prior to analysis, ESI has the distinct advantage of being capable of transferring intact non-covalent complexes directly from solution to the gas phase. Non-covalent complexes and their building blocks are detected in the ESI mass spectrum as specific signals, allowing for straightforward determination of the complex size, constitution, and stoichiometry. The signal intensities observed in ESI mass spectra correlate with the abundances of the complex and constituents in solution, which is utilized to quantify the respective binding affinities from the spectral data in a direct and label-free fashion. Combining ESI-MS with a number of gas-phase structure-sensitive methods, e. g. gas-phase dissociation techniques, optical spectroscopy in the UV, visible, and IR ranges, ion mobility spectrometry, allows for the probing of some additional aspects of the structure of electrosprayed ions. Thanks to all these aspects, together with the traditional strengths of sensitivity and speed of analysis, ESI-MS has emerged as a powerful tool for the analysis of synthetic and biomolecular non-covalent complexes. Despite the broad applicability and increasing number of successful studies utilizing ESI-MS, the question remains whether the structure and properties of gasphase ions in ESI-MS adequately reflect those of the solution-phase non-covalent complexes. It is not completely understood whether all types of non-covalent interactions, especially the hydrophobic interactions, can survive the transfer from solution to the gas phase. One should consider if the dramatic change of environment forces the complexes to significantly rearrange their structure, possibly loosing some non-covalent bonds and acquiring new ones, so that the detected species have little relevance to solution. Even if the complexes are preserved, it is still not clear to what extent ESI mass spectra represent a snapshot of solution-phase chemical equilibrium of the complex dynamic assembly and disassembly because the influence of electrospray on this equilibrium remains obscured. Hence, the results of ESI-MS investigation of non-covalent complexes can be questioned and even sometimes lead


Community service activitiy for the Biology Education study program UNIROW Tuban was carried out at SMA 1 Kragan 1, it was Training on Making Plant Hormones from Organic Materials. Community service activitie Training for Making Plant Hormones Based on Local Wisdom from Organic Materials was carried out at SMA 1 Kragan because they had never made Plant Hormones Based on Local Wisdom from Organic Materials and the raw material for making Plant Hormones Based on Local Wisdom from abundant organic materials, namely Moringa leaves. The timing of the Community Service Implementation in February - March 2021. The community service that was carried out was able to provide several results, including: (1) there was a collaboration between UNIROW and SMA N 1 Kragan. (2) The results of the good responses from the participants based on the results of the questionnaire after the training amounted to 66.67%, the participants were satisfied with the training on making plant hormones based on local wisdom from Moringa leaves because it was in accordance with the expectations of the participants.


Objective To evaluate the value and indications of combined viscera resection for advanced colorectal carcinoma involving peripheral tissue or hepatic metastases.Methods Thirty-two cases of colorectal carcinoma invading peripheral viscera or hepatic metastases were treated with en bloc resection combined other organs in nearly years.The morbidity of postoperative complication and the overall 5-years survival rates were retrospectively analyzed.Results Three cases of 9 combined with liver resection survived more than 5 years and 11 cases of 23 combined with multi-visceral resection survived more than 5 years with the 5-year survival rate being(33.33%) and(47.83%) respectively.No fatal complications occurred in all the patients.Conclusion Multi-visceral resection could improve the quality of life and the 5-year survival rate of the patients with advance colorectal carcinoma.


Analysis provides a storage cassette (110) comprising a plurality of receiving chambers in the analysis aids (128) (126) was added. Analysis of the cartridges (110) is set to at least two directional accommodated in the analysis system (114). In addition, analysis of the cartridges (110) is set to be, respectively, a plurality of analytical aids (128) provided to the analysis system (114) in orientation. Analysis by means of the auxiliary tool (128) may perform at least one sample collection movement. Analysis of the cartridges (110) is set to the analysis aids (128) restocking possible.


This paper introduces a two-layer UDP datagram-based communication framework for developing networked mobile games. The framework consists of a physical layer and a data-link layer with a unified interface as a network communication mechanism. A standalone two-player mobile game, such as a chess game and the like, can be easily plugged on to the communication framework to become a corresponding networked mobile game.


We report the second record of Thamnophis pulchrilatus in the State of Puebla, and the first record of arboreal behavior for the species and second for the genus. In addition, we provide natural history data for this snake species.


This paper proposes a system for tracking people in three dimensions, utilizing audiovisual information from multiple acoustic and video sensors. The proposed system comprises a video and an audio subsystem combined using a Kalman filter. The video subsystem combines in 3D a number of 2D trackers based on a variation of Stauffer's adaptive background algorithm with spatio-temporal adaptation of the learning parameters and a Kalman tracker in a feedback configuration. The audio subsystem uses an information theoretic metric upon a pair of microphones to estimate the direction from which sound is arriving from. Combining measurements from a series of pairs the actual coordinate of the speaker in space is derived. Experiments show that gains are to be expected when fusion of the separate tracking systems is performed


This essay highlights and analyzes postmodern characteristics of Chu T'ienwen's seminal 1994 novel Notes of a Desolate Man. It simultaneously undertakes a close reading of the novel and engages in a critical dialogue with other interpretations and contextual analyses surrounding this controversial text. This essay's main conclusion is that the novel's representation of gay male culture stigmatized by AIDS, in combination with its cosmopolitan postmodern panoplies, encourages readers to view postmodernity and postmodern literature in Taiwan as twin representatives of a debauched, contagious, and invasive foreign lifestyle and literature.


UPnP is used as a communication protocol for device interaction in pervasive environments. It is based on a client/server model and supports advertisement, discovery and querying of devices such as smart phones, computers, and home appliances. This chapter will describe UPnP as an enabling technology for device communication. It will explain how UPnP can be used in different scenarios such as for entertainment in home networks. It will also explain a number of research efforts for integrating UPnP into other technologies for service convergence in pervasive environments


Surface and subsurface structures of PtSn surface alloy on Pt(111) were determined using in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray diffraction. Different ordered structures of the PtSn alloy layer were observed by STM in HClO4 at coverage of θSn ≤ 0.23. Superstructure of (√3 × √7)R19.1° with small domain size was formed at θSn = 0.23. This structure promoted the catalytic activity for the ethanol oxidation reaction with high durability. X-ray structural analysis showed that the ratio of Sn in the subsurface was below 3(2)%, The PtSn alloy layer was mainly formed at the surface of the Pt(111) electrode. The Sn atoms protruded by 0.02 nm from the Pt layer, which was similar to the surface structure of Pt3Sn(111). One Pt atom in the (√3 × √7)R19.1° structure contacts to one or two surrounding Sn atoms, which lead to the highest activity for the EOR.


This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the Internet of Things (IoT)-based Jigsaw learning model on students' creative thinking skills. This research is meta-analysis research. The data sources in this study come from 19 national and international journals published in 2020-2023. Literature search process through Google Scholar, Eric, Springer, ScienceDirect, Sage journal, and ProQuest. Data collection techniques are direct observation and documentation through the journal database. Inclusion criteria are articles or proceedings indexed by SINTA and WOS. Research is in the form of experiments or quasi-experiments. Research is related to the Jigsaw and IoT learning models on students' creative thinking skills and has complete data to be able to calculate the effect size (ES). Data analysis is a quantitative analysis with the help of the JSAP application. The results showed that the average effect size (ES = 0.882) was very high dengan nilai p < 0.05. These findings explain that the Internet of Things (IoT)-based jigsaw learning model has a significant influence on students' creative thinking skills. Furthermore, the IoT-based jigsaw model helps teachers be more creative in conveying subject matter to students.


The aim of the study is to determine the level of comfort and fatigue on students as well as the percentage of scores between students who are tested the automotive competency practice using the 'continued' and 'discontinued' model. The target to be achieved is to provide school input in the implementation of competency tests in order to be able to use competency test model that can provide more students comfort, reduce their fatigue, and obtain optimal scores for them. It is found that the competency test model conducted in the automotive skill on vocational school has used the 'continued' model, namely students are given several types of tasks and carried out continuously. This condition is tiring and the results obtained are not optimal. In the dissertation, the writer found 'discontinued' model test that the expert ensures will reduce the weaknesses on 'continued' model. This research is conducted by taking the sample of students of SMK N 4 Semarang, as many as 8 students who have been tested with two models. In the 'discontinued', students are given the chance to have a break after completing one task. The results shows that the 'discontinued' model lets the students obtain higher score and lower fatigue level. The conclusion of the study shows that using 'discontinued' model can be more beneficial than using 'continued' model. It is recommended that schools may use this test model in carrying out student competency tests.


In this paper,a 3D numerical simulation,which is based on considering the variable properties and the fluid-structure interaction between the wall of cavity and fluid,was carried out to investigate the natural convection characteristics in a cylindrical cavity solar receiver with constant heat flux boundary condition.The natural convection characteristics of cylindrical solar cavity at different tilt angles under the uniform wall heat flux and at different wall heat fluxes under the same tilt angle have been examined by adopting renormalization group(RNG) k-e turbulent model.The results show that the average temperature at the inner wall of the cavity increases with increasing wall heat flux and the average Nusselt number increases,the increased tilt angle of receiver leads to the reduced average Nusselt number.In addition,with the increment of distance departure from aperture,the cavity wall temperature increases linearly,while the wall temperature difference of various locations for the same cross-section decreases with a small range.


BACKGROUND
The treatment of cancer is a current challenge for public health, causing high rates of morbidity and mortality around the world. Doxorubicin (DOX) and cisplatin (CP) are two well-known chemotherapeutic agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of cancer patients. However, there are two problems associated with DOX and CP, namely, drug resistance and adverse impact. Resveratrol (Res) belongs to the stilbene class and possesses a variety of health-promoting effects, such as antioxidant, an-ti-inflammatory, anticancer, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective effects.

OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present review is to give special attention towards the therapeutic impacts of Res in potentiating DOX and CP's antitumor activities as well as reducing their side effects.

METHODS
PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar were used to search articles for the current manuscripts.

RESULTS
Co-administration of Res can prevent chemoresistance and potentiate the induction of apoptosis as well as cell cycle arrest in cancer cells. Res can enhance the sensitivity of can-cer cells to DOX and CP chemotherapy, via inhibiting the migration and metastasis of cancer cells. Simultaneously, Res, owing to its therapeutic actions, ameliorates the adverse impacts of DOX and CP on normal cells and organs, including the liver, kidney, brain, and testes. As Res suffers from poor bioavailability, to improve its antitumor activity and protective effects, nanoformulations have been developed with promising results.

CONCLUSION
Based on preclinical studies, it is obvious that Res is a promising adjuvant for CP and DOX chemotherapy and its benefits can be utilized in the clinical course.


This is a selection of revised versions of papers originally presented at a conference on the applications of event history analysis to life course research held in 1985 in Berlin West Germany. "The contributions deal with various substantive issues in life course research and with several unsolved methodological problems in event history analysis. By life course research we mean the study of social processes extending over the individual life span or over significant portions of it especially the family cycle (marriage and child-rearing) educational and training histories and employment and occupational careers....By event history analysis we mean various statistical methods for examining shifts between successive states (or categories) within some continuous interval of time on the basis of a complete temporal record for some sample....The chapters in this volume are arranged into three parts. The first two parts deal primarily with some major life domain. Those in Part I deal with job and unemployment processes and those in Part II concern migration and family formation. Chapters in Part III raise and attempt to resolve various methodological issues in event history analysis." (EXCERPT)


We present a model of investors acquiring forecasts from a group of advisers (analysts), some of which are better informed than others. Investors may pick an adviser based on his past performance. In the literature it is typically assumed that agentsa rewards depend solely on the type they are perceived to be, which leads to typical herding results. In contrast here, advisersa rewards not only depend on their own reputation but also on the number of advisers with a similar reputation. There exist two interesting types of equilibria: in the first type it is optimal for investors to ignore advisersa past performance, even though advisers make predictions according to their best knowledge. In a second type investors do use past performance to select advisers. However this induces advisers to predict strategically, i.e. some advisers knowingly make wrong predictions.


Recent advances in packet switching, internetworking, and digital signal processing technologies have converged to allow realizable practical implementations of packet telephony systems. This paper provides a tutorial on transmission engineering for packet telephony covering the topics of speech coding/decoding, speech packetization, packet data network transport, and impairments which may negatively impact end-to-end system quality. Particular emphasis is placed upon Voice over Internet Protocol given the current popularity and ubiquity of IP transport.


A) The Case of a Closed Economy Without Government Activity 1.The case when intended net investment is positive and given 2.The case when net investment depends on national income 3.Changes in national income resulting from changes in the propensities to invest and consume (the multiplier problem) 4.Comparative-static analysis 5.Dynamic analysis 6.The history and development of multiplier theory (the multi-sector multiplier) 7.The case when net investment depends on the rate of interest 8.The quantity theory of money 9.The acceleration principle 10.The acceleration principle and the determination of income 11.The basic principles of the theory of long-run growth B) The Case of a Closed Economy With Government Activity 1. Introductory 2. Various Concepts of Income 3. The effect of government expenditure on the level of national income 4. The effect of taxes and government borrowing on national income 5. The combined effect of changes in government expenditure and revenue 6. The case when taxation varies with the level of income C) The Balance of Payments and National Income 1. The determinants of national income in an open economy 2. The export multiplier 3. The export multiplier in the case of a two-country model 4. The investment multiplier in the case of a two-country model 5. The balance of payments and the rate of exchange 6. Devaluation and the terms of trade 7. The effects of changes in the conditions of demand and supply on the balance of payments 8. Concluding remarks


BACKGROUND Platelet rich plasma is known for its hemostatic, adhesive and healing properties in view of the multiple growth factors released from the platelets to the site of wound. The primary objective of this study was to use autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) in wound beds for anchorage of skin grafts instead of conventional methods like sutures, staplers or glue. METHODS In a single center based randomized controlled prospective study of nine months duration, 200 patients with wounds were divided into two equal groups. Autologous PRP was applied on wound beds in PRP group and conventional methods like staples/sutures used to anchor the skin grafts in a control group. RESULTS Instant graft adherence to wound bed was statistically significant in the PRP group. Time of first post-graft inspection was delayed, and hematoma, graft edema, discharge from graft site, frequency of dressings and duration of stay in plastic surgery unit were significantly less in the PRP group. CONCLUSION Autologous PRP ensured instant skin graft adherence to wound bed in comparison to conventional methods of anchorage. Hence, we recommend the use of autologous PRP routinely on wounds prior to resurfacing to ensure the benefits of early healing.


Both Colombia and Brazil have introduced vaccination programs against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). In 1998, Colombia added free Hib vaccination to the country's routine vaccination program. To date, 600,000 children (60% of the target population) have been reached with the vaccine and this effort has stimulated coverage with all vaccines. Initial coverage rates were hindered by civil unrest, rains, and a hospital strike a week prior to the campaign. In Brazil's Curitiba municipality (Parana State), routine Hib vaccination of all children 2-24 months of age was introduced in 1996, in part because Hib was implicated in 16% of bacterial meningitis cases. Hib incidence among children under 5 years of age dropped from 35.5/100,000 in 1996 to 9.7/100,000 in 1997 and there have been no further cases of bacterial meningitis among vaccinated children. The Pan American Health Organization is establishing a regional epidemiologic surveillance system for Hib-associated meningitis and pneumonia in children under 5 years and standardizing laboratory methodologies in the region.


To establish the stably transfected P815 cell line expressing the fusion protein HSP65-hIL-2,the eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA-HSP65-hIL-2 was stably transfected into P815 cells(H-2d) using the cationic liposome,whose genetic background was identical to that of BALB/c mice.The positive transfected cells were selected by G418,the specific mRNA of HSP65-hIL-2 was detected by RT-PCR and the expression of the fusion protein in the transfected cells was detected by indirect immunofluorescence technique.The result showed that the specific mRNA of HSP65-hIL-2 could be detected and strong specific green immunofluorescence existed in the cytoplasm of the transfected P815 cells.The stably transfected P815 cell line expressing the fusion protein HSP65-hIL-2 is constructed suceessfully,which provided target cells for the CTL experiment for the vaccine evaluation related with HSP65-hIL-2 fusion protein.


Objective To study the influence and pathogenesis of blood lead level on electrical activity of brain in children with tic disorder,and to research the characteristics of electroencephalogram(EEG) in children with different concentrations of blood lead. Methods The level of blood lead and EEG were assessed in 432 children with tic disorder from Jan.2005 to Apr.2011.The level of blood lead were examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry method.Statistical analysis were performed by t-test.According to the blood lead level,the children were divided into 3 groups,group Ⅰ:blood lead50 μg·L-1,group Ⅱ:50-100 μg·L-1,group Ⅲ:100 μg·L-1. Results 1.The EEG abnormal statistics results showed abnormal rate in group Ⅰ,group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ were 7.14%(2/28 cases),14.23%(40/281 cases) and 46.34%(57/123 cases),respectively.There was no significant difference in blood lead level of children with abnormal EEG between group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ(P0.05).There were significant differences between group Ⅰand group Ⅲ(P0.01),and between group Ⅱand group Ⅲ(P0.01).2.The children with tic disorder showed abnormal EEG had obviously higher level of blood lead than those with tic disorder showed normal EEG,two groups had significant differences(P0.01,0.05). Conclusions The brain damage of children with tic disorder become more serious as the level of blood lead increases.Timely chelating treatment had important clinical significance to brain damage recovering of children with tic disorder.


The custom of prepaying land rent, a widespread practice in North China stretching from the Ming dynasty to the Republic, has not been fully discussed in the scholarship. This article addresses two issues surrounding this custom from the perspectives of legal history and the social and economic history of North China. The first issue is the custom itself. The article explores how the Guomindang government institutionalized and legitimized the custom at the normative and empirical levels through the Civil Code of the Republic of China and other laws. The second issue is the institutional consequences. Through historical analysis, this article points out that the rent prepayment custom brought about fluctuations in the grain market in rural North China, plunging peasants into a situation of selling grain at low prices in order to prepay the land rent, which in turn led them into a cycle of poverty.


In this study, low-profile planar triple symmetric arms dipole antenna is proposed for wireless communication applications. Three symmetric arms are etched on the metallic layer of a single sided printed circuit board to form the planar dipole antenna. The size parameters of symmetric arms are changed to design and fabricate the antenna which can be operated at 900/1800/2450 MHz successfully. We use IE3D software to design antenna and choose the better parameters to manufacture the proposed antenna. The influences of dimension parameter of the proposed antenna on the resonant frequency and impedance bandwidth are described. The peak gains of the fabricated antenna are 4.96dBi, 3.58dBi and 4.68dBi at 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2450MHz, respectively. It can be used in GSM 900/1800MHz and RFID 900/2450MHz frequency bands.


The experimental procedure for determining Avogadro's number by the Perrin method includes preparing a monodisperse colloid, ascertaining the mass of the particles, and making an accurate count of the number of particles at two points in the equilibrated colloid.


Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) has been proposed as a potential solution to reduce network power consumption, while providing acceptable quality of service (QoS). In this context, the conventional base station is separated into a Base Band Unit (BBU) and a Remote Radio Head (RRH). The BBUs are located in a cloud data center, whereas the RRHs are geographically distributed across multiple sites. To achieve statistical multiplexing gain, many RRHs may be clustered and associated with a single BBU. We formulate the RRH clustering as a multi-objective optimization problem, using the weighted-sum method and the $\epsilon$-constraint method. Our objectives are to minimize network power consumption and transmission delay. As these formulations result in non-linear problems, exhaustive search is used to obtain optimal solutions. Simulation results compare our solutions against the no-clustering solution, where each RRH is associated with a separate BBU, and the grand coalition solution, where all RRHs are associated with a single BBU. We further investigate the trade-off between our two crucial but conflicting objectives.


By screening an expression library (9) prepared from HeLa cells, we have isolated a cDNA encoding HTF4, a new member of the human helix-loop-helix family of proteins. HTF4 binds specifically to oligomers of E-box motifs related to the immunoglobulin enhancer kappa-E2 and the simian virus 40 AP4 site. By segment in