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The executive resource hypothesis assumes a positive relationship between resource availability and mind wandering. Under the assumption that different modalities of information delivery differentially tax resources, we compared mind wandering across different modalities during the presentation of The Red Headed League (Experiment 1 and 2) and Walden (Experiment 3). An Audio only condition produced the most mind wandering. Two conditions that presumably consumed more executive resources than the Audio Only condition (i.e. Audio + Text and Self-paced Reading) produced equivalent amounts of mind wandering during Experiments 1 and 2. In Experiment 3 the reading time of the Self-paced readers moderated the effect of mind wandering in that the fast readers mind wandered more than those in the Audio + Text condition. Results are discussed in the context of the demands of different modes of information delivery methods and mind wandering as well as the potential effects of material type. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This study was aimed to investigate the correlation between students' knowledge on topic to be written and their ability to write. The writing course for the second semester students of English Department of STKIP PGRI Tulungagung is Academic Reading and Writing. In this course, the students should be able to develop their competence in reading academic essays as well as composing the essays using the correct organization. However, it has been observed that their ability to write the essays are in relation with their knowledge on the topic to be written. From the findings, it can be concluded that the hypothesis can be accepted since the statistical analysis using Kendal Tau showed that the coefficient of the correlation was positive medium correlation 0.473 and the correlation was significant (0.016 < 0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that there is significant correlation between students' knowledge on topic to be written and their writing ability and the students with better knowledge on topics also have better writing ability.


To design a new type moment limiter adapted to different model cranes to improve the working precision,the methods of adjusting multi-parameters and fitting calculated curve and actual work curve are adopted,the work parameter of the moment limiter enacted through combining communication.The moment limiter system which can adapt cranes of different types and sensors of different ranges is realized.The choose of sensor,block diagram of hardware and software are introduced.The perfect performances have been availed in application.Working precision is improved to ±4 %.


A 34-year-old white man presented with a sudden unilateral recurrent visual loss. Fundus examination and fluorescein angiography revealed severe retinal vein occlusion. An antiphospholipid syndrome was discovered during etiological check up. A mutation of Leiden V factor was discovered and the patient started long term anticoagulation after the second occlusive event. However, secondary neovascular glaucoma has developed and despite treatment the affected eye had an important reduction of visual acuity. The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate that retinal vascular occlusion can be the initial manifestation of the antiphospholipid syndrome and that its diagnosis is important because this disease generally affects young people and may endanger ocular and vital prognosis. This diagnosis may imply a long lasting anticoagulative or antiaggregative treatment to reduce the risk of recurrent thrombotic events.


Over recent decades, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has experienced rapid thinning of its 22 floating ice shelves as well as grounding line retreat across its marine-terminating glaciers. 23 The transport of warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW) onto the continen- 24 tal shelf, extensively documented along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and in the 25 Amundsen Sea, has been identified as the key process for inducing these changes. The 26 Bellingshausen Sea sits between the Amundsen Sea and the northern part of the WAP, 27 but its oceanic properties remain remarkably under-studied compared to surrounding 28 regions. Here, we present observations collected from a hydrographic survey of the Bellingshausen 29 Sea continental shelf in austral summer 2019. Using a combination of ship-based and glider- 30 based CTD and lowered ADCP observations, we show that submarine troughs provide 31 topographically-steered pathways for MCDW from the shelf break towards deep embay- 32 ments and ultimately under floating ice shelves. Warm MCDW enters the continental 33 shelf at the deepest part of the Belgica Trough and flows onshore along the eastern side 34 of the trough. Modification of these shoreward-flowing waters by glacial melt is estimated 35 by calculating meltwater fractions using an optimal multiparameter analysis. Meltwa- 36 ter is found to be elevated at the western edge of both the Latady and Belgica troughs. 37 Meltwater distributions, consistent with other diagnostics, suggest a recirculation in each 38 trough with modified waters eventually flowing westward upon leaving the Belgica Trough. 39 Our results show that the Bellingshausen Sea is a critical part of the larger West Antarc- 40 tic circulation system, linking the WAP and the Amundsen Sea. 41 (CDW). This water has been observe along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) 45 and in the Amundsen Sea. The Bellingshausen Sea, located between the WAP and the 46 Amundsen Sea, has exhibited similar rates of ice shelf thinning, yet remains remarkably 47 under-studied compared to regions to the east and west. We present observations of the 48 Bellingshausen Sea from early 2019. Using a combination temperature and velocity data 49 are used to show that submarine troughs provide pathways for the warm water from off- 50 shore to reach the ice sheets. This takes place at the deepest part of the Belgica Trough 51 and along the eastern side of the trough with a recirculation of this now slightly cooler 52 water between the two troughs. The water originating from the ice sheets leaves the Belling- 53 shausen Sea along the western side of the Belgica Trough before flowing west towards 54 the Amundsen Sea. Our results show that this region is a critical part of the West Antarc- 55 tic circulation system, linking the WAP and the Amundsen Sea. 56


In many congenital malformation syndromes the pattern of hand-wrist development does not fit the sequence pictured in the Greulich-Pyle atlas. Not infrequently, there is a difference in maturation level of carpal and phalangeal centers in excess of that found in clinically normal children. Usually, the carpal centers are less developed than the phalangeal centers, whereas overall skeletal maturation is retarded (as in trisomy 18) or advanced (as in cerebral gigantism). In still other conditions, specific carpal centers are disproportionately delayed. By way of example, the capitate is differentially delayed in epiphyseal dysplasia, the lunate in homocystinuria, and the scaphoid in Fanconi's anemia and other radial hypoplasia syndromes. Side to side (i.e., bilateral) asymmetries may also occur in the developing hand, as in paralysis, in conditions involving increased local vascularity (as in hemangioma and rheumatoid arthritis) or in conditions associated with decreased vascularity. In the presence of excessive dysharmonic development or major bilateral asymmetry, with or without agenesis of one or more hand bones, assigning meaningful bone ages in congenital malformation syndromes becomes difficult. On the other hand, the degree and pattern of dysharmonic maturation may be helpful in diagnosis. There is frequently difficulty in evaluating skeletal maturation of children when the pattern does not fit the classic patterns described in the literature. This problem is compounded in children affected with the congenital malformation syndromes because of the high incidence of unusual ossification sequences or patterns and abnormality of configuration of epiphyses and carpals. When variation from normal is extreme, the concept of skeletal age becomes less meaningful In our search for a name for these local variations in maturation, Alex Roche of the Fels Research Institute suggested the term "dysharmonic maturation." The analysis of these abnormalities in the congenital malformations will be the subject of this paper. We will consider dysharmonic maturation, either from the point of view of onset of ossification (Garn, Rohmann and Silverman, '67), or on the basis of maturity indicators (Greulich and Pyle, '59). It (fig. 1). certainly would be possible to consider i t also on the basis of completion of ossification (Stuart et al., '62). In considering dysharmonic maturation of the hand, we will include (1) differences in ossification rate between the carpals and the phalangeal epiphyses, ( 2 ) delay or advancement of specific centers, and ( 3 ) side to side asymmetry. We will not consider differences in maturation between various portions of the body. Certainly these occur in both normal and abnormal individuals (Garn, Rohmann and Silverman, '67), but so far we have relatively little data on this type of dysharmony in the malformation syndromes. We have seen differences in maturation of the teeth and knees in infants with several congenital anomalies, but the data is still sketchy and evaluation tenuous. There is considerable variation in ossification order even in a normal population. In considering only six of the carpals, Garn and Rohmann ('60a) found that only 49% of boys and 61% of girls 41 7 AM. J. PHYS. ANTHROP., 35: 4 1 7 4 3 2 . 418 POZNANSKI, GARN, KUHNS AND SANDUSKY Fig. 1 Hurler's syndrome. Five and eight-tenths year old female. There is marked retardation of the capitate and hamate with irregularity of their margins. The epiphyses are also irregular and retarded. When marked abnormality of configuration is present, evaluation of skeletal age becomes less meaningful. followed the capitate-hamate-triquetrumalso evident when various normal series lunate-trapezium-trapezoid order. For are compared (Stuart et al., '62; Garn these six bones alone, 13 different seand Rohmann, '60a). Variations in sequences were observed in normal boys quence also exist between males and and ten in normal girls. Differences are females (Garn, Rohmann and Blumenthal, 419 DYSHARMONIC MATURATION IN MALFORMATIONS '66). The triquetrum, for example, according to Stuart et al. ('62), is the sixteenth bone in the male and twenty-third bone in the female. In the data of Garn and Rohrnann ('60a) the difference is not as extreme. Sequence variation is also related to race (Lee et al., '68) and may also be genetically determined. Garn, Rohmann and Davis ('63) found a correlation between children and their parents (about 0.3). There was higher correlation between siblings (0.4 to 0.6) and even higher correlations between monozygotic twins (about 0.9). Generally speaking, sisters are more alike in ossification timing than brothers. Malnutrition has been associated with an increased frequency of abnormal sequences (Dreizen et al., '64). This may, however, be due to their slow maturation rate. Garn, Rohmann and Blumenthal ('66) have shown that a slow rate of ossification tends to produce an apparently large number of abnormal sequences if a longitudinal study is not used, since the sampling procedure tends to separate out sequences so they are seen rather than being missed. Also, when children below the fifth percentile of number of centers, using the standard of Garn and Rohmann ('60b), were compared to those above the ninetyfifth percentile of centers in the ten state Nutrition Survey different onset ossification sequences were evident (table 1). The term "relative delay of a carpal" is used for the situation when a carpal is absent but a t least one center which "normally" follows it is present. Relative advancement of a carpal means that a carpal was present ahead of some phalangeal or metacarpal epiphysis which "normally" is present before it. The "normal" sequence with which these ossification patterns were compared was the median sequence described by Garn, Rohmann and Silverman ('67). The triquetrum was relatively delayed in 28.5% of the retarded (5th percentile group of the 10 state Nutrition Survey), but in only 11.5% of the advanced group (95th percentile). Some carpal bone was relatively advanced in 18.7% of the advanced group, but only in 3.3%) of the retarded group. The most commonly advanced bone in the ninetyfifth percentile group was the lunate. From these data it is evident that in the evaluation of sequence variation in children with markedly delayed or advanced maturation in the malformation syndromes a group of normal children with similarly advanced or retarded maturation should be used as controls. There may be a lack of parallelism between the sequence of onset of ossifica-


Objective:To analyze the prescription and establish the quality criteria of Kangjingjie compound disinfectant of Chinese medicine.Method:Physical and chemical identification were carried out on chlorhexidine acetate.Thin-layer chromatography(TLC) was employed to qualitatively identify Sophora flavescens,Fructus Cnidii and Cortexdictamni in Kangjingjie compound disinfectant of Chinese medicine.Result:The results of physiochemical identification were significant.The chromatogram was clear with distinctive spot of good separation.Rf value was suitable with good reproducibility.Conclusion:The prescription is rational.The method of TLC is simple,feasible,reproducible and sensitive,which can be used for the quality control of Kangjingjie compound disinfectant of Chinese medicine.


: The network designing and data modeling developments which are the two significant research tasks in direction to tolerate power control of Microgrid concluded using IEC 61850 data models and facilities. The current casing areas of IEC 61580 include infrastructures in substation automation systems, among substations and to DERs. So, for LV microgrid power control, previously using the IEC 61850 amenities to control the smart electrical devices, we have to model those devices as IEC 61850 data models and design a network topology to maintenance all-in-one communiqué amid those devices. In adding, though IEC 61850 assists modeling a portion by open-handed several object models for common functions similar measurement, metering, monitoring…etc., there are motionless certain missing smithereens for building a multiplicity of functions for household appliances like tuning the temperature of an electric heater or refrigerator.


This paper contributes to the debate regarding trends in consumption inequality in the United States. We present a new measure of consumption inequality based on the redesigned 1999–2011 PSID. We impute consumption to the families observed before 1999 using the more comprehensive consumption data available from 1999 onward. One advantage of this procedure is in sample verification of the quality of the imputation procedure; another is that it yields a long time series (1967–2010). Consumption inequality was stable in the 1970s, as was income inequality. It increased significantly after 1980. The Great Recession was associated with a decline in consumption inequality.


Summary In this study, we attempt to simulate the process of reservoir filling by artificially charging a reservoir core with oils of varying compositions and sequentially retrieving the different charges in order to prove the first in last out hypothesis. Proving this will ensure proper charge history analysis and the mapping of residual oils (from the different charges) at pore-scale, which is a prerequisite to improving the understanding of the distribution of the different hydrocarbon charges within the different pore networks and explaining how variations in fluid composition affect reservoir wettability. This has a direct impact on maximizing recovery strategies. Our analytical protocol includes the analysis and comparison of maturity and source data, and tak ing into account other compositional variations before and after the artificial charging experiment. The biomarker maturity parameters demonstrate that it is possible to retrieve the charges in a fashion opposite to their "artificial fill history". The first sequential extracts are indeed the second charge that is more mature, while later extracts represent the less-mature first charge. This proves the "first in – last out" theory experimentally, which is a key prerequisite to map the different charges at pore scale, and investigate the effect of different charge compositions on reservoir wettability.


Research have been made on total of 150 patients including both genders male and female age 20 - 30 340 -40 50 - 60, 60 -70 and sevently years old and older 56 male and 54 of them women.
The goal of the research was to see their blood sugar level depending on their diet. The research shows that the lowest blood level of glycemia has been noticed with the group of people within 20 - 30 years of age , and the gighest level of glycemia with the aduts within 40 - 50 years of age .
Key words :meat , sugarstatus, diabetes.


Frog larvae (R. sylvatica) which had been raised under nearly optimal conditions up to the 7th week were subjected after the 34th day to the maximal temperature they can endure permanently, i. e., 32° C. The gonads of both males and females grow much slower than those of normal controls. However, the spermatogonia of the testis are of about normal size and the seminiferous tubules differentiate in a typical way. The reactions of the ovaries are more complex and more important. At the time when the temperature was raised the ovaries contained large numbers of young ovocytes in the synapsis stage. Two weeks later this type of germ cells has completely disappeared. The ovogonia are still present and the deeper layers of the cortex contain now large auxocytes. The latter, however, are in way of degeneration. Their nucleoli are extremely large and basophilic and the ovoplasm contains coarse granules. During 2 more weeks the eggs disappear completely, the ovogonia being the only germ cells spared from degeneration. Immediately after the differentiation of further ovocytes has come to an end, the medullary part of the ovaries starts to grow rapidly. Within a few weeks the ovarial sac (rete ovarii) transform into a typical rete testis, vasa efferentia and seminiferous tubules. At first the latter lack completely any germ cells. However, sooner or later the ovogonia migrate from the cortex to the medulla, and after having entered the seminiferous tubules transform into spermatogonia. Thus the experiment leads to the total reversal of sex of the females. The normal controls consisted of 100 females and 96 males. The experimental group contained no typical females after the 2nd week of rise in temperature; but between the 15th and the 33rd day 53 females in different stages of sex transformation and 62 typical males were preserved.


The term pneumoconiosis includes all lung diseases caused by inhalation of dust. Silicosis Among these, due to the action of powdered silica (SiO2) inhaled, is the most important and the qur is in the world a physician-health problem of major proportions. Our country is not immune to this problem. In recent years it has been found, and continues checking the existence of numerous cases of silicosis in the mining areas, where work urgently requires the adoption of preventive measures, with full reasons for the successes that have been provided elsewhere and because it is necessary to retain a human, irreplaceable capital when you take into account the environmental conditions in these areas.


The Integrated Land Use, Transportation, Environment (ILUTE) model system is an agent-based microsimulation model for the greater Toronto–Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, area. The model system uses disaggregate models of spatial socioeconomic processes to evolve the state of the greater Toronto–Hamilton area from a known base case to a predicted end state in 1-year time steps. ILUTE has reached a state of operational implementation in which historical validation runs are being undertaken. The model runs start with 100% of the population of people, families, households, and dwelling units in the greater Toronto area that was synthesized for the year 1986. Twenty-year historical simulations (1986 to 2006) have been run, with model outputs being compared with Canadian census data and Transportation Tomorrow Survey data for 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006. This paper presents recent findings from these historical validation tests and emphasizes the system's modeling of the demographic evolution of the population and the region's housing market.


Analytical theory of wave propagation along a corrugated waveguide filled with plasmas immersed in a finite axial magnetic field is presented in this paper. Preliminary numerical calculations are also done, showing that the intensity of magnetic field has considerable influence on the dispersive characteristics of wave propagation and the properties of such devices.


Kenaf response to weed pressure depends on variations in morpho-physiological traits of genotypes. A study was conducted in Ibadan (7°38' N 3°84' E) Nigeria in the wet seasons of 2014 and 2015 to determine the response of kenaf genotypes to weed pressure. Twelve kenaf genotypes were planted in a conventionally prepared seedbed at 50 × 20 cm, in 5 x 5 m plot and arranged in an RCBD, replicated thrice. Initial weed flora composition revealed that Panicum maximum, Tithonia diversifolia, Mithracarpus viridis, Commelina spp, Aspilia africana, Tridax procumbens and Pennisetum purpureum were predominant in the experimental site. Kenaf plant height varied significantly and ranged from 30.53 cm to 59.73 cm and 60.67 to 76.80 cm at 6 weeks after sowing (WAS) in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Variation in plant height at 10 WAS did not follow the previous growth patterns in both years of the study. Stem girth at 10 WAS ranged from 1.26 cm (V1-400-2) to 1.47 cm (A-60-282) in 2014. In subsequent year, Tianung had 1.47 cm stem girth as the thinnest, while Cuba 108 had the thickest stem (1.70 cm). Ifeken 400 (56.90 cm) and Cuba 108 (53.57 cm) had the broadest canopy width in 2014 and 2015 respectively, while A2Original Research Article Aluko and Anjorin; JAERI, 20(3): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JAERI.52478 2 60-28 (44.85 cm) and V1-400-2 (41.33 cm) had narrowest canopy width in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Genotypes had comparable fibre yield, possibly due to catch-up growth from 8 to 10 WAS. Ifeken 400 (480 kg/ha) and Ifeken DI400 (550 kg/ha) had the highest seed yield in 2014 and 2015 respectively. These were similar with seed yield in other genotypes except V1-400-2 (310 kg/ha) in 2014 and AC-313 (350 kg/ha) in 2015. However, seed yield reduction across genotypes ranged from 55 – 74%, with an average of 68% in both years when compared with the seed yield potentials of genotypes. Evidently, prolonged weed competition might have accounted for the seed yield deficit recorded in the study. Invariably, pre-emergence weed control only may not suffice for weed pressure in kenaf plot when seed production is of interest to the farmers. There was significant weed interference in plots sown to kenaf genotypes with low plant height and narrow canopy width. Consequently, high weed dry weight in V1-400-2 (66.39 g/m 2 ; 89.39 g/m 2 ) might be responsible for seed yield penalty in both years of the study. Whereas, Ifeken DI400 had the least weed dry weight (25.93 g/m 2 ; 26.92 g/m 2 ) and comparable seed yield with the maximum in both years of the study. Genotypic variations in morphological and physiological traits might be responsible for responses to weed interference and crop performance. Early expression of weed suppressive traits evidently influenced genotypes-weed interaction.


Effect of organic and integrated nutrient management practices on phosphorus fractions and total phosphorus (P) in basmati-wheat sequence were investigated in a long term fertilizer experiment which is in progress since rabi 2006–07, at Research Farm of Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana. All the phosphorus fractions (Sa-P, Fe-P, Al-P and Ca-P) were lowest in control and highest in INM2 treatment. Total P also followed similar trend. Ca-P was dominant fraction constituting between 29.1% and 58.05% of total P and representing an average of 49.2% of total P. Sa-P was less abundant P fraction in soils, constituting between 0.72% and 2.88% of the total P. Fe-P and Al-P constitutes between 5.56% and 13.8% and between 13.2% and 18.5% fraction of total P. Correlation coefficients of soil P fractions with basmati yield and nutrient uptake were worked out which revealed that grain yield was strongly influenced by Sa-P, Al-P and Ca-P. Ca-P and Al-P were the dominant P fractions contributing towards P nutrition to basmati crop. Correlation coefficients of soil P fractions with wheat yield and nutrient uptake reveals that yield parameters and nutrient uptake significantly correlated with all soil P fractions.


PURPOSE: To improve heavy load characteristics by providing a negative electrode using a material capable of doping and de-doping a lithium ion, a positive electrode containing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing vinylene carbonate. CONSTITUTION: Vinylene carbonate is expressed by formula. A nonaqueous electrolyte is adjusted by dissolving an electrolyte in a nonaqueous solvent. LiPF6, LiBF4 and the like are preferable for the electrolyte in terms of stability in oxidization, propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate and the like are used for the nonaqueous solvent, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains carbonate. A quality of vinylene carbonate is preferably not less than 1 ppm and less than 100 ppm, and is more preferably 2-98 ppm. A carbon material such as a carbon material hard to graphitize and a graphite material is preferable for a negative electrode material. A lithium complex oxide having LiMxOy (M: transition metal) as a main ingredient is used for a positive electrode. Thereby, an internal resistance is lowered, an initial capacity is heightened and heavy load characteristics are improved.


Several homogeneous tremella polysaccharides, its extraction and medicinal composition as the compound as active ingredient are disclosed. The process is carried out by boiling tremella spore fermentative, depositing by alcohol, gradient extracting by different concentration NaOH solution, column chromatography separating, purifying to obtain base-extracted tremella polysaccharide ATF-A, ATF-B, ATF-C and water-extracted tremella polysaccharide WTF-A and WTF-B, and mixing homogeneous tremella polysaccharide with medicinal accessory material to obtain various preparations. It can decrease immunity, delay senility and have antineoplastic and radiation-resistant functions.


In its first decades, the MBL Trustees and their Director, Charles Otis Whitman, often disagreed over the proper goals and justified expenditures for the MBL. This paper examines the nature of those struggles and the attempts at resolution, leading ultimately to Whitman's disappointment and resignation.


T HE incidence of tonsillitis due to Stretptococcus pyogenes, and the natural occurrence of this organism in the throats of the general population, have been reported from a number of parts of the world. Some of these investigations have been concerned entirely with children (Quinn 1961, Saslaw 1956, Nicholas 1962, Siegel 1961), some with military personnel (Fraser 1963, Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases 1944) and others with family groups (Meyer 1961, Landsman 1951, Harvey 1964). Since no figures appeared to be on record in a general practice setting in Hong Kong, an attempt has been made, over a two-year period, to investigate two things: 1. The natural occurrence of the beta-haemolytic streptococcus, Group A, in the throats of healthy carriers in a general-practice population, and in one or two special groups. 2. The percentage of patients suffering from the common disease entity of 'acute tonsillitis', as seen in the consulting room, who showed Str. pyogenes on a throat culture. During the course of this investigation, some cases of superficial skin infection were also examined, and subsequently a check was made on the skin of 100 healthy individuals, to discover whether the organism might be normally present in some.


Distribution network operators face technical and operational challenges in integrating the increasing number of distributed energy resources (DER) with the distribution network. The hosting capacity analysis quantifies the level of power quality violation on the network due to the high penetration of the DER, such as over voltage, under voltage, transformer and feeder overloading, and protection failures. Real-time monitoring of the power quality factors such as the voltage, current, angle, frequency, harmonics and overloading that would help the distribution network operators overcome the challenges created by the high penetration of the DER. In this paper, different conventional hosting capacity analysis methods have been discussed. These methods have been compared based on the network constraints, impact factors, required input data, computational efficiency, and output accuracy. The artificial intelligence approaches of the hosting capacity analysis for the real-time monitoring of distribution network parameters have also been covered in this paper. Different artificial intelligence techniques have been analysed for sustainable integration, power system optimisation, and overcoming real-time monitoring challenges of conventional hosting capacity analysis methods. An overview of the conventional hosting capacity analysis methods, artificial intelligence techniques for overcoming the challenges of distributed energy resources integration, and different impact factors affecting the real-time hosting capacity analysis has been summarised. The distribution system operators and researchers will find the review paper as an easy reference for planning and further research. Finally, it is evident that artificial intelligence techniques could be a better alternative solution for real-time estimation and forecasting of the distribution network hosting capacity considering the intermittent nature of the DER, consumer loads, and network constraints.


This is an era of wearable gadgets which demands flexible and wearer friendly wireless components. This paper presents a modified inverted-F antenna (IFA) which has seamlessly been integrated with the fabric through inkjet printing. Surface roughness of the textile has been reduced using a rapid UV curable flexible interface layer. Smooth interface layer helps achieving very fine features which may be required for complicated antenna and circuit traces.


Because Contourlet transform has the features of multi-resolution,time-frequency localization,directionality and anisotropy,it can well capture an image's profile features well,while using the Contourlet coefficients can help the feature detection.This paper proposes an image classification method based on Contourlet transform and SVM.First,Contourlet transform is used to deal with color images after grayscale,then the low frequency coefficients are classified as the semantic features of images,and last,SVM classifier is used to classify images.The experimental results show that this method has better classification results.


Demonstrates some links between the normative content of the moral teaching of Leo Tolstoy and the drive to achieve moral self-sufficiency. The author assumes that the process of creating the normative program on the basis of this drive includes following steps: 1) separating the moral quality of actions from their consequences, 2) identifying the normative core of morality with basic prohibitions, 3) formulating principles that forbid particular, easily identifiable actions, 4) assigning a limited and subordinate place to imperatives of helping and care. All this steps can be discovered in philosophical works of Tolstoy. They shape his ethics of nonviolence and Christian anarchism.


A simple method for constructing and displaying activity surfaces obtained by a sequence of successive positron emission tomography (PET) sections is presented. The shape of the surface of activity is reconstructed showing intrusions and protrusions in a 3-D environment. The normal activity of the cardiac muscle leads generally to a homogeneous distribution of the tracer inside the organ. This generates a smoothed activity surface frequently coinciding with the external boundary of the cardiac muscle. By performing a segmentation of the successive slices obtained by a PET scanner and combining them into a 3-D stack, it was possible to reconstruct on a graphic display screen, a 3-D representation of the surface of activity. A numerical evaluation of protrusions and intrusions could be attempted to numerically represent the characteristics of that surface.<<ETX>>


The current article calls for a comprehensive approach to framing research in tourism. Specifically, the identifying and examining of how different levels of frames develop and operate across distinct media writing genres that dialogue with each other to communicate a more multifaceted narrative. By examining American newspaper travel writing, business reporting, and international news reporting on Brazil, the study advances an understanding of the ways in which the US print media interprets and represents Brazil and Brazilians for an American audience. The study proposes three different levels of frames that dialogue with each other and ultimately communicate with the audience: meso-, micro-, and macroframes. The study advances the argument that different levels of frames transmit certain messages on their own, but they also interact with other levels of frames to communicate a more complete or, at times, divergent narrative.


A full custom logic design for adders and their timing analysis followed by FFT plots is proposed in this paper targeting high speed applications using MOSIS C5 process for CMOS. The characteristic of this logic style regardless of the logic type makes it suitable for implementing complicated arithmetic and logic circuits preferably adders and multipliers. A carry-look ahead adder (CLA) or fast adder is a type of adder used in digital logic and is presented for design and analysis. A carry-look ahead adder improves speed by reducing the amount of time required to determine carry bits. It can be contrasted with the simpler, but usually slower, ripple carry adder for which the carry bit is calculated alongside the sum bit, and each bit must wait until the previous carry has been calculated to begin calculating its own result and carry bits. The carry-look ahead adder calculates one or more carry bits before the sum, which reduces the wait time to calculate the result of the larger value bits. Carry Propagator and Carry Generator FFT results are compared in terms of their amplitude, phase and group delays. Several design considerations including timing window width adjustment and output distribution namely sum are discussed. Sum outputs are tabulated for multibit adders namely 4 bits and 16 bits. Their timing analysis is done using suitable SPICE code and C5 process technology.


This study investigates whether managers use classification shifting to classify operating expenses as non-operating. Using a methodology similar to McVay (2006), I find no evidence of classification shifting between operating and non-operating expenses. However, I find evidence that managers classify operating expenses as non-operating in the absence of income decreasing accrual management. This finding can be explained that income-decreasing accrual management both affects operating and non-operating expenses and measuring classification shifting without considering discretionary accrual management produces meaningless results.


Abstract In this paper we consider some methods for optimizing abstract convex functions, in particular generalized cutting plane method and algorithms of branch-and-bound type. Abstract subdifferentials are used in order to compute estimates of the optimal value of the objective function. The efficiency of methods is discussed.


Introduction: One of the highly toxic mushrooms that are common in the northwest region of Iran is Amanita phalloides, which might result in renal or liver failure. Case Presentation: This is a case report of a patient referred a few days after consumption of wild mushrooms to emergency department having gastrointestinal complaint whose experiments indicated liver and renal failure. The supportive treatment was given to the patient prescribing N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and Livergol (silymarin) along with hemodialysis. A few days after admission to the hospital, the patient died due to severe clinical symptoms. Conclusions: The patient was poisoned by A. phalloides complaining gastrointestinal symptoms including nausea; vomiting and watery diarrhea about six hours after consumption and then, amatoxin in the mushroom caused damage to hepatocytes and renal cells and finally led to hepatorenal failure. Deaths caused by this type of mushroom are extremely high and necessary trainings should be provided to the people by the health system not to consume wild mushrooms, especially in spring and summer.


Thermal conductivities of water−agar gels were determined at concentrations with mass fractions between w = 0.001 and w = 0.1 and temperatures from (278.15 to 323.15) K by means of a specifically designed probe system based on the line heat source principle. The thermal conductivity probe was calibrated and validated using glycerin (with mass fraction w = 0.99), glycol (with mass fraction w = 0.99), and ultra pure water (with resistivity 18.4 MΩ·cm, electric conductivity 0.055 μS·cm−1). Their measured and recommended values of thermal conductivity were in good agreement. The experimental data of thermal conductivity values of water−agar gels were sensitive to both concentration and temperature. The thermal conductivity of water−agar gels decreased with increasing concentration, while it increased as temperature increased. Predictive regression models were proposed to give a good fit for thermal conductivity with concentration and temperature.


We measured the photon count rate (PCR) and dark count rate (DCR) of a superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) exposed to either a DC magnetic field (up to 60 mT) or to a low-amplitude oscillating field ( 0.12 – 0.48 mT, up to 50 kHz). In both cases, the results show an increase in the PCR and the DCR as the DC field or the frequency of the AC field increase. However, the ratio DCR/(PCR + DCR) increases significantly with an increasing DC field, whereas this ratio is approximately constant as the frequency of the AC field increases up to frequencies in the kHz regime. The results suggest a more favorable effect of AC fields on the operation of the SNSPD.


Variable speed drives (VSDs) are used extensively for pumping/compressor operations in petrochemical plants of the Jurong Island in Singapore. The VSDs draws harmonic current from the mains which causes power quality issues in the system. Passive harmonic mitigation techniques, 12-pulse/24-pulse transformers are being used in the petrochemical plant to minimize the voltage/current harmonics because of their lower cost and higher reliability, but these methods are less efficient. This paper investigates the power quality and reliability improvement in the petrochemical plants by using active power filters (APFs). The study has been conducted in the petrochemical plant distribution system by connecting an active front end (AFE) converter and shunt active power filter (SAF) with the 6-pulse drive system in place of conventional 12-pulse rectifier-drive system. Simulation were carried out in MATLAB/Simulink environment for 1 MW drive system with 12-pulse rectifier, 6-pulse rectifier with the SAF and the system with AFE. Subsequently, reliability assessment has been carried out for the three test systems under study in DIgSILENT Power Factory simulation software. Harmonic mitigation methodologies are verified through a down scale experimental laboratory setup of 7.5 kW motor drive system to check the effectiveness active harmonic mitigation methodologies.


The VLAN has already become the technique of the indispensability in campus net in high school.It passes the design to campus net VLAN in Daqing Normal School,inquiry into the VLAN the design and the management project in campus net in high school.


We present a simple model for calculating energy levels and envelope functions of electrons in the conduction subbands of doped GaAs-(GaAl)As multiple-quantum-well heterostructures. The model, which has no adjustable parameters, takes into account the discontinuity of the conduction-band edges at the GaAs-(GaAl)As interface and the electrostatic potential in the GaAs wells. Calculated intersubband splittings and Coulomb matrix elements are in full agreement with parameters derived from light-scattering experiments.


This experiment has been successfully used in substoichiometry and isotopic dilution for determining trace content of zinc in mans' hair and urine. Experimental results are compared with those using others methods.


The temperature dependence of the lifetime in silver doped p-Ge, as measured by the PCD method, is shown to be in agreement with a model for recombination through multivalent flaws. New values of capture cross section are determined (?n = 1.5×10-14 cm2, ?n = 0.75×10-16 cm2). Lifetimes of electrons and holes are also measured on a silver doped Ge(Li) detector, by means of two techniques, using a collimated beam of ?-rays (137Cs). Silver causes preferential hole tarpping and therefore cannot be responsible for the preferential electron trapping usually observed.


Bandura's social cognitive construct "perceived self-efficacy" has been used widely to understand individual behavior as a function of domain-specific beliefs about personal capacities. Collective efficacy is the extension of the self-efficacy construct to organizations and groups; it refers to beliefs about collective capacities in specific domains. Our research is investigating the use of collective efficacy in understanding attitudes and behaviors of members of proximal residential communities with respect to issues like attachment, engagement, and sociality, specifically as modulated by use of the Internet and community networks. This paper describes our analysis of the structure and external validity of the collective efficacy construct.


The conformation of polyethylene glycol-bound peptides, synthesized by the liquid-phase method, was investigated. This marcromolecular C-terminal protecting group is transparent in the visible and the ultraviolet range to 190 nm and solubilizes peptides in many different solvents. The CD spectra of the polymer-bound myoglobin sequence 66–73 and of the biologically active undecapeptide "substance P" were measured in each step of the synthesis. In both examples the formation of a secondary structure during the growth of the peptide chain was found.

In the hydrophobic octapeptide containing the myoglobin sequence 66–73, the influence of either the blocked or the free N-terminal amino group on the conformation was observed. The blocked octapeptide in trifluoroethanol showed a higher degree of α-helix contribution than in its free state.

The conformation of the polyethylene glycol-bound nona- and decaalanine in trifluoroethanol and water was determined. The peptide with a free amino end group has β-conformation in trifluoroethanol as well as in water. The corresponding N-Boc-protected derivatives show helical structure. The amino end group has a decisive influence on the formation of β-structure.

The method of CD investigation of polymer-bound peptide sequences during the peptide synthesis in solution enables one to determine the influence of protecting groups and the chain end of a peptide on its conformation. It is also possible to study the relationship between the secondary structure, the chain length, and the kinetic of the coupling reaction in different solvents. Since the crystallization method for the liquid-phase peptide synthesis allows one to synthesize peptides in very short time, a new method of studying peptide conformations is opened.


The diversity of an assemblage of insectivorous-arboreal birds was compared, in two living fences. One located in Maria's Mounts, neighbor to a forest patch, and another in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in landscape of cattle prairie. The area belongs to the tropical dry forest. Each sampling unit had a longitude of 800 m and visual registrations were made by means of fixed point of count. They were in total 6 Families and 12 species, being significant the Family Tyrannidae (p <0,05) with five species. In percentage was settled down that the representation for Family in general, was: Cuculidae (16.7%), Momotidae (8.3%), Furnariidae (8.3%), Formicariidae (8.3%), Tyrannidae (41.7%), Troglodytidae (16.7%). When applying the Index of Simpson (1-D), it presents bigger specific diversity in Maria's Mounts (0,978) that the Morrosquillo gulf (0,829). It is evident that the living fences are important for the conservation of the local biodiversity into fragments landscapes.


This article discusses the prerequisites that enable practical EDA solution for analog fault simulation. It shows that a strict and realistic definition set of targets, compliant with emerging IEEE standards for analog test, is crucial for the success of such a product. The Cadence® product for analog fault simulation is presented and options to mitigate the evergreen problem of analog fault simulation adoption in industrial applications is listed.


Microprocessor technology has been going through fast changes and has been entering all aspects of lives in one nay or the other. One extremely useful application is the low-cost microcomputer called home computer. Most of these microcomputers are provided with facilities to interface them with the 'real world'. Using these input/output facilities, it is possible to adapt a microcomputer into an efficient, and at the same time very economical, data acquisition system for renewable energy related research. The design and development of a low-cost data acquisition system, based on—Commodore 64, is described here, as an example of such an adaptation. This system has been developed to monitor various parameters such as temperature, insolation, fluid flow, fluid pressure, wind speed and direction, in solar cooling research.


THE co-ordination of telephone and power systems has been studied for about 15 years under the auspices of the Joint Subcommittee on Development and Research of the Edison Electric Institute and the Bell Telephone System. Until 1935 the noise frequency studies on distribution systems related chiefly to the types of systems employed in urban and suburban areas.1 Between 1935 and 1937, the work was extended to include rural power and telephone systems, which differ in several respects from the systems employed in urban areas. Measurements of power circuit influence and telephone circuit noise were made on a number of representative rural systems in Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, with the co-operation of the operating companies. These tests were supplemented by a theoretical analysis of the problem.


Objective: The aim of the present study was to compare the
effectiveness of laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) with monopolar
diathermy and CO2 laser on the serum levels of hormone and pregnancy
outcome in clomiphene citrate (CC) resistant infertile women with
polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Materials and Methods: Thirty women
underwent laparoscopic ovarian diathermy (group A) and thirty women
underwent laparoscopic ovarian laser (group B). Serum levels of LH,
FSH, Testosterone and Progesterone, menstrual cycles' regularity,
ovulation and Pregnancy rates were compared between the two groups.
Results: In this study, there was no significant difference in the main
demographic, clinical and endocrinological characteristics between two
groups. The percentage of women with PCOS resumed regular menstrual
cycle in group A and B was 73% and 76% respectively (P-value=0.5).
There was no significant difference in hormonal profiles (LH, FSH,
Testosterone and Progesterone) between two groups. Similarly, there was
no statistically difference in the total ovulation rate between two
groups (40% vs.43.3% in group A and B respectively). Finally, there was
no significant difference in the pregnancy and miscarriage rate in
women with CC resistant PCOS undergoing diathermy compared with laser
therapy. Conclusions: Both laparoscopic ovarian diathermy and
laparoscopic ovarian laser have good effects on ovulation induction in
PCOS women but none of these two methods had any obvious advantages
over another method.


The work deliberates judicial protection of social and economic rights. A comparative overview of labor and social judiciary on two poles of European social model is given. On one side resolution of labor and social disputes in Danish and Swedish court procedure as representatives of the Nordic social democratic model of welfare state is analyzed, where public interest for social system security is emphasized and the role of social partners in resolving labor disputes is relevant. On the other side labor and social judiciary of Spain and Italy as representatives of Mediterranean model of welfare state is reviewed as a model defined by specialization of labor and social judiciary in procedural but not organizational way. All this is analyzed with the aim of affirmation of institutionalization of specialized professional judiciary for resolving labor and social disputes in our legal system.


A pressure fluid-driven apparatus includes a zero point position-determining mechanism, including an oil supply-adjusting knob formed with an arrow-shaped recess for indicating a zero point position, an insert member internally fitted into a hole of the oil supply-adjusting knob, a stopper for setting an assembled state of the oil supply-adjusting knob and the insert member to be at a zero point position, and a first spline section and a second spline section fitted to one another to determine the position so that the zero point position of the recess corresponds to that of a holder.


Introduction and Objectives: The goal of this study is to present results from a series of arthroplasties performed in our hospital in the past 3 years in terms of pain and mobility. Materials and Methods: In this study, a total of 14 arthroplasties were performed on 12 patients (including 2 revisions). Follow-up was lost on 3 patients. Of the 9 remaining patients, 5 were females and 4 were male. Average age was 59 years (42–75) at time of surgery. Two prosthetic models were used: Coonrad-Morrey in 5 cases (including one revision) and GSB-III in 6 cases (including one revision). The following conditions were treated: 5 cases of post-traumatic arthrosis of the elbow, one haemophilic arthropathy of the elbow with the elbow as the target joint, one case of rheumatoid arthritis, one supracondylar fracture with nonunion in an elderly patient, and one humeral fracture with post-traumatic arthrosis of the elbow. Results: At the functional level, a postoperative articular balance of 118° flexion and −20° extension and free pronosupination was obtained, with the exception of 2 cases. There was complete elimination or a significant decrease in pain except in 2 cases where a certain level of pain persisted. Radiographically, poor positioning was not seen, but there was one case of septic loosening (resulting in resective arthroplasty) and one peri-prosthetic fracture requiring revision, since it led to instability and repeated dislocation. Other complications included neurologic problems (2), extension deficit > 30° (2), and residual pain (2). Discussion and Conclusions: Although this study is still in the early stages and follow-up time is short (the study was initiated in 2000), we are seeing promising results in terms of mobility and cessation of pain, similar to various other studies. In terms of the percentage of revisions, complications, and patient satisfaction, results are also comparable to other studies, even though our study thus far has the disadvantage of being shorter. Nonetheless, we wish to present this study to demonstrate that even though elbow arthroplasties are in their infancy, results are promising, and there is hope that they will improve further in future with improved selection criteria, as happened in the past with knee and hip arthroplasties.


While architects, landscape architects and urban planners construct 3D models as a matter of routine (LANGE, 1999), visualisation of historic gardens in practice and academia has relied on abstract, two-dimensional representations. A few examples of 3D visualisation of historic gardens can be found, such as the Park Worlitz Project in Germany (KLEIN 1996), the Koishikawa-Korakuen garden in Japan (HONJO et al. 2001), and the spatial modelling used at Hatfield House, England, for the European Valhalla Project (COUNSEL 2002). While several gardens can be explored by virtual walks based on photos or panoramic photos, on the Internet, or viewed as simple terrain models such as the Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. Most recently, King's Visualisation Lab, King's College London completed a pre-rendered visualisation of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, entitled "How Kew Grew" (KING'S VISUALISATION LAB 2006).


ABSTRACT The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is known to activate multiple proinflammatory signaling pathways in epithelial cells. In this study, we addressed the question of whether expression of the interleukin-8 receptors IL-8RA (CXCR1) and IL-8RB (CXCR2) is upregulated in H. pylori-infected human gastric biopsy samples. Biopsy samples from patients infected with H. pylori strains harboring the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) expressed larger amounts of both receptors. In addition, IL-8RB expression was induced in the gastric epithelial cell line AGS upon infection with a clinical isolate containing the cag PAI, while a strain lacking the cag PAI did not. Our finding suggests that gastric epithelial cells express IL-8R in response to H. pylori infection.


The acceptance inspection of construction by Fluor Daniel Hanford (FDH) is performed to provide assurance that fabrication, construction, and installation are in accordance with approved contract documents. Approved contract documents used to perform inspections may include specifications, drawings, and contractor submittals such as fabrication drawings, procedures, etc. The amount or degree of inspection activity is tailored to the project as determined by the project team so that the effort and cost expended are commensurate with the importance of the facility in terms of function and safety. Inspections are documented to provide verification of the acceptability of the work performed. This document identifies the inspections and documentation forms to be provided. It is prepared and implemented with the understanding that the construction contractor is fully responsible for compliance with contract documents and for the quality of.work performed. Inspections performed are in accordance with approved procedures. The Manager of Acceptance Inspection is responsible for the implementation of this plan and assignment of personnel for the work. Inspections are conducted by personnel who are qualified and certified to perform their assigned task. The Acceptance Inspection Plan is organized in the Construction Specification Institute (CSI) format to cross reference design specification sections with sections of the AI Plan. In each AI Plan section the applicable specification section subject will be identified followed by the appropriate inspection requirements. General surveillances will be listed when applicable. Acceptance Inspection Reports are provided to document inspections not documented on a test report (i.e., Soil Test Data, Concrete Test Report, NDE/Weld Record, Leak/Pressure Test Certification, Backflow Device Test Report, Nonconformance Report, Deficiency Report, and/or Contractors testing forms).


Abstract Media practitioners and policy makers are calling for more public support to facilitate the digital transformation of local journalism. However, newer academic literature focuses on explaining why public support for local media has become a necessity from a market failure and societal point of view. Almost no attention is dedicated to the question which known public support instruments might be considered as helpful from the perspective of local media and their digital transformation strategies. Therefore, this study draws on strategic path dependence theory and investigates how local media's perceptions of innovation constraints (i.e., lock-in mechanisms), their innovation status (i.e., lock-ins) and their preferences for public support instruments to enable innovation (i.e., public un-lock mechanisms) differ depending on the type of strategy. Four strategies are compared: two content strategies (multimedia formats and artificial intelligence applications) as well as two commercial strategies (revenue diversification and digital payment models). Data about the four strategies are collected with an online survey of local media, which operate in the Swiss Canton of St. Gallen. The findings show significant differences between the investigated strategies and suggest a differentiated approach to public support of local media in the digital age.


A series of articles were written regarding International Accounting Standard 41 (IAS 41) – Agriculture in order to outpost the the implication of this standard over valuating the different biological assets. Valuation of crop assets are also a part of the IAS 41 objective.  Anyway,  t his paper investigates the implications of International Accounting Standard 41 for European Union (EU) entities reporting on holdings of crop asset from thre  points of view: implication of production forecast over the accurate accounting, the impact over cash flow and the possibility like companies to use acoounting methodology on own interests.


The entire Rattlesnake Creek drainage is located within Missoula County, Montana. The outlet of Rattlesnake Creek is in the city of Missoula at an elevation of 3200 feet, approximately 100 miles west of the continental divide, in west central Montana (fig. 1). The city of Missoula and the first few miles of Rattlesnake Creek are located within a broad, flat valley utilized for farming. The stream passes through a riparian deciduous forest community of cottonwoods (Populus trichocarpa) which higher up is replaced by a coniferous forest of intermixed yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menz), and the deciduous western larch (Larix occidentalis). At yet higher elevations, Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmanni) is present along with Douglas fir. The bank is lined with willow (Salix sp.),


The objectives of this research were to find out the effects of instructional
strategy and vocabulary knowledge on students achievement in English reading text.
This research was conducted at SMA Kemala Bhayangkari 1 Medan, on second
semester in 2006-2007 academic years to the tenth year students, and the subject of
research were 80 students of two class. The method of research done under quasy
experimental with factorial design 2x2. The sample was taken with cluster random
sampling technique.
Instrument of the research to get data by using test, and the test was given to
the eleventh class first to analyze the validity and reliability of the test. The data were
analyzed by anova two ways.
The result showed (1) the everage of students achievement in English Reading
Text by Meaningful Instructional Strategy is higher than those by Conventional
Instructional Strategy, it was proved by the Fhitung = 11,09 > Ftabel = 3,96 with
a = 0,05 , (2) the students with a high level of vocabulary knowledge is higher than
those in a low level on achievement in English reading text, it was proved by Fhitung
21,62 > Ftabel = 3,96 with α= 0,05 , and (3) there is interaction between instructional
strategies and level of vocabulary knowledge on achievement in English reading text,
that proved by Fhitung 6,59 > Ftabel = 3.96 with α = 0,05 . The next test is used
Scheffe test which prove that students who have high vocabulary knowledge which
taught by meaningful instructional strategy acquire higher achievement in English
reading text than those who taught by conventional strategy. Meanwhile students who
have low vocabulary knowledge acquire higher achievement in English reading text if
taught by conventional instructional strategy.
The conclusion of this research are state that the meaningful instructional
strategy has higher effect on achievement in English reading text than conventional
instructional strategy, while the achievement of students in English reading text who
have higher knoiwledge of vocabulary was higher than students who have low
vocabulary knowledge, and there is interaction between instructional strategy and
vocabulary knowledge on achievement in English reading text.


Recently, a low-level somatic mutation in NRAS gene (c.182 A > G, Q61R) was identified in the specimens of patients with kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA). However, it is unknown how these low-frequency mutated cells can affect the characterization and surrounding environment of their lesions. To understand the pathogenesis and association of these gene abnormalities, we established NRASQ61R mutated lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) transfected with lentivirus vector and undertook morphological and functional characterization, protein expression profiling, and metabolome analysis. NRASQ61R human dermal LECs showed poor tube formation and high cell proliferation and migration ability with increasing ratios of mutated cells. Analysis of signaling pathways showed inactivation of the PIK3/AKT/mTOR pathway and hyperactivation of the RAS/MAPK/ERK pathway, which was improved by MEK inhibitor treatment. This study may show the theoretical circumstances in vitro induced by NRASQ61R-mutated cells in the affected lesions of KLA patients.


The constitutional protection of the right to the labor stability of the pregnant woman is among the most visible cases reviewed by the Constitutional Court to establish important precedents. This article summarizes the discussion about of Law in the light of Pierre Bourdieu's "field theory", and reconstructs this particular jurisprudential line of the Constitutional Court as an illustrative case. To conclude, the article reflects about the relations between the judicial precedent and constitutional activism.


The thesis describes the development of new and improved methods for analyzing degradation markers from organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs).
Paper I and II describes an innovative and s ...


In a recent work Poellmann et al. [Nat. Mat. 14, 889 (2015)] were able to probe, at room temperature, the dark excitonic energy level 2p in a transition metal dichalcogenide via the transition 1s-->2p between the two excitonic states. This is a remarkable experiment around which we developed in this paper a fully microscopic description of this type of dark excitonic transitions. We have used Fowler's and Karplus' methods to access the microscopic polarizability of a non-interacting exciton gas, where the ground state of the excitonic energy series is first populated by a pump laser, followed by a probe which allows excitation of the 1s-->2p transition. When compared with experimental data our theory accounts quantitatively for both the position of the resonance in the measured optical conductivity and the dispersion of the real part of the dielectric function.


Describes the epidemiology of campylobacter enteritis in developed countries, including milk‐borne infection, contamination of poultry meat and intervention measures in poultry meat production. Concludes that the latter is the single most important vehicle of infection and that efforts should be directed towards improving scalding hygiene as the method most likely to counter contamination effectively.


Thermoacoustic engines are energy conversion devices that convert thermal energy from a high-temperature heat source into useful work in the form of acoustic power while diverting waste heat into a cold sink; it can be used as a drive for cryocoolers and refrigerators. Though the devices are simple to fabricate, it is very challenging to design an optimized thermoacoustic primemover with better performance. The study presented here aims to optimize the thermoacoustic primemover using response surface methodology. The influence of stack position and its length, resonator length, plate thickness, and plate spacing on pressure amplitude and frequency in a thermoacoustic primemover is investigated in this study. For the desired frequency of 207 Hz, the optimized value of the above parameters suggested by the response surface methodology has been conducted experimentally, and simulations are also performed using DeltaEC. The experimental and simulation results showed similar output performance.


In lithography simulation dissolution rate equations are used to map development rate to the resist latent image. This work examines the quality of fit of four rate equations to experimental dissolution data for a wide variety of different resists ranging from medium contrast i-line novolak/DNQ materials to the state-of-the-art 248nm and 193nm chemically amplified photoresists. Three of the rate equations are routinely used for modeling: the Mack rate equation, the Enhanced Mack rate equation, and the Notch rate equation. The fourth is the recently developed Enhanced Notch model. Although each class of photoresist can be fitted reasonably well by one of the conventional rate equations, the Enhanced Notch model yields the best fit to the experimental data in all cases.


ABSTRACT This study examined depression trajectories of rural, low-income mothers over 3 years in the co-occurring family health context. Specifically, within a Family Systems Theory framework, we compared 11 mothers who showed ongoing signs of major depression ("constantly depressed") with 12 mothers who exhibited signs of major depression at baseline but whose condition improved over time ("continuously improved"). The constantly depressed mothers experienced more physical health problems, distrust toward health-care professionals, and a more negative outlook on their lives. While both groups of mothers reported similar struggles of dealing with children's health, struggle to deal with children's emotional and behavioral issues tended to be more profound issues among the constantly depressed mothers. These issues were accompanied by a set of challenges in the mothers' lives, including limited childcare options, loss of employment, day-to-day behavioral management, and concerns for delinquent behaviors. The findings highlight the importance of family context in understanding maternal depression, particularly, among vulnerable rural populations.


data would help the reader appreciate the diversity of social roles present in the Upper Belize River Valley. Utilizing excavated data from 14 mounds (including domiciles and associated ancillary structures), Lucero relies on differences in ceramics to provide evidence of social role. Differences in fundamental household traits and activities—including size, storage needs, food diversity, hosting, ceremonial activities, and ceramic production (p. 12)—are all reflected, she argues, in ceramic assemblages. Lucero predicts that elites will have ceramic assemblages marked by greater diversity of vessel form and size, more decorated serving vessels, more vessels, better-made vessels, and more large vessels than commoners. Moreover, elites will be able to control the production of ceramic vessels that require greater labor investment (such as those with more elaborate surface treatments). As Lucero herself points out (pp. 12-14), given the nature of Maya archaeological deposits, she is in fact only able to examine patterns of consumption, although her tables (cf. Table 2.2) and ensuing discussions refer to ceramic traits as indicators of both production and consumption. One might also argue that Lucero's choice of ceramic attributes such as vessel wall thickness, paste color, temper uniformity and amount, and firing environment reflect a variety of prehistoric social phenomena (e.g., vessel function, clay sources, and potter's individual artistic preferences) and not just social roles. Even if one accepts that this variability derives from differences in social status, her data presentation, lacking any use of standard ceramic typological analyses, makes it impossible to differentiate time within what appears to be a 300-year occupation at these sites, or to know if these sites were in fact coeval. Surely social roles were dynamic throughout the span of Late Classic Maya society?


On days when a cool wind combs the leaves of your elms And ripples your split-by-lightning mulberry, And the jasmine your mother planted as a girl Billows and luffs like the hopes of the very young For whom every season is fresh and the hours move slowly, As a caravan of clouds casts Salisano Continually in and out of light and shadow You can still see, in the distance, Mount Soratte, Just as the poet did from another angle When it was inches taller and covered in snow.


Photoluminescent Liquid Crystal Displays (PLLCDs) combine the viewing angle and brightness of a cathode ray tube (CRT) with the flat panel format of an LCD. Manufacture should be possible on existing LCD facilities without major alterations. Here we explain the PLLCD concept, describe some practical implementation issues and report on various architectures being considered. Results are presented for a number of key components used in our demonstration displays. The opportunities that exist for the development of new components are highlighted.


The paper discusses the increasing use of hybridized sensor information for GNSS-based localization and navigation, including the use of 3D map-aided GNSS positioning and terrestrial systems based on different geometric measurement principles. However, both GNSS and terrestrial systems are subject to negative impacts from the propagation environment, which can violate the assumptions of conventionally applied parametric state estimators. Furthermore, dynamic parametric state estimation does not account for multi-modalities within the state space leading to an information loss within the prediction step. In addition, the synchronization of non-deterministic multi-rate measurement systems needs to be accounted. In order to address these challenges, the paper proposes the use of a non-parametric filtering method, specifically a 3DMA multi-epoch Grid Filter, for the tight integration of GNSS and terrestrial signals. Specifically, the fusion of GNSS, Ultra-wide Band (UWB) and vehicle motion data is introduced based on a discrete state representation. Algorithmic challenges, including the use of different measurement models and time synchronization, are addressed. In order to evaluate the proposed method, real-world tests were conducted on an urban automotive testbed in both static and dynamic scenarios. We empirically show that we achieve sub-meter accuracy in the static scenario by averaging a positioning error of $0.64$ m, whereas in the dynamic scenario the average positioning error amounts to $1.62$ m. The paper provides a proof-of-concept of the introduced method and shows the feasibility of the inclusion of terrestrial signals in a 3DMA positioning framework in order to further enhance localization in GNSS-degraded environments.


"The Architectonics of Meaning" is a lucid demonstration of the purposes, methods, and implications of philosophical semantics that both supports and builds on Richard McKeon's and other noted pluralists' convictions that multiple philosophical approaches are viable. Watson ingeniously explores ways to systematize these approaches, and the result is a well-structured instrument for understanding texts. This book exemplifies both general and particular aspects of systematic pluralism, reorienting our understanding of the realms of knowing, doing, and making.


In the pre-colonial period, and in most parts of Southern Africa throughout the nineteenth and well into the twentieth century, marriage, the family and the homestead were embedded in economic, political and religious institutions. The household was the hub of social life, and its layout symbolically expressed the relationships between men, women, cattle and the ancestors. Economically, bridewealth paid in cattle linked the pastoral economy of men and the garden economy of women. Politically, marriages established, sustained and restructured allegiances. The paper concludes with some reflections on the transformations that this traditional structure has undergone in the course of the twentieth century.


The present invention discloses an oral solid preparation containing ambroxal hydrochloride and guaifenesin active components. It is made up by using ambroxol hydrochloride and guaifenesin as active components and auxiliary material according to a certain ratio through a certain preparation process. Said oral solid preparation can be used for mainly curing the diseases of chronic bronchitis and periodic lower respiratory tract infection.


Human vision can be used as a model for computer vision. We have conducted an experiment to investigate several properties of human vision that can be applied to, and that can improve computer vision. This report describes in detail the description of videos done by human subjects. Human descriptions of videos show the importance of higher levels of abstraction and that features of an object related to a task can raise the object's relevance. 1This work was partially supported by the Austrian Science Fund under grants P18716-N13, S9103-N04 and USA AFOSR.


Fatigue loads and fatigue failure come along with high numbers of load cycles. This makes the simulation of fatigue fracture computationally very demanding, if each load cycle is simulated comprehensively with its loading and unloading phase. We present a numerically efficient method for the simulation of fatigue fracture, which avoids resolving the loading path and instead requires only one increment per load cycle at most.


The articles in this issue were all shared during the 4th History of Youth Work conference, sponsored by the University of Minnesota and held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during two days in May 2014. While the first 3 conferences were organized by the University of Minnesota, Extension Center for Youth Development, this 4th conference was supported by the University of Minnesota, College of Education & Human Development, School of Social Work, Youth Studies program. The theme of the conference changed several times before settling on the topic of youth work with young people from marginalized and contested communities. At the time, we wanted to create a forum to share and learn about the history of youth work practice in a variety of marginalized and contested communities, both locally and internationally. The conference did bring together scholars and practitioners from different countries (Northern Ireland, Croatia, and the United States) but mostly focused on work in the United States, and attracted mainly scholars and students at universities in Minnesota. While most presenters were from Minnesota, this did not have an impact on the diversity of presentations. Presenters shared studies about the history of youth work in Northern Ireland and Croatia, the radical camping movement during the 1940s–1960s in New York, the NAACP Youth Advisory structures during the civil rights, work with Hmong young people, youth work in Native Communities, the pedagogy of Highlander and the Citizenship Schools, and Gay Straight Alliances in the United States. During sessions and between, conversations often returned to the disparities found in marginalized communities and the limited official and professional response. In Minnesota, this theme has particular resonance, given the high academic achievement gap between White students and students of color, and the well-known disparities within juvenile justice, child welfare, and public health that continue not only in Minnesota but across the United States.


Programmatic management of drug resistant TB under RNTCP is being implemented in Andhra Pradesh since 2011.During the initial years MDR TB cases were identified based on criteria-A. Since 2013 criteria B is implemented in identifying MDR cases in follow up sputum of new casesof pulmonary tuberculosis.


Seamus Heaney began translating the Middle Irish romance Buile Suibhne in 1972, but his 'version from the Irish', Sweeney Astray, wasn't published until 1983. This article explores Heaney's adaptation of metaphors from J.G. O'Keeffe's dual-language edition of Buile Suibhne, both in the notebook draft of 1972 and in the later published Sweeney Astray, and contends that the metaphorical make-up of each endeavour mirrors Heaney's documented ambivalence as to whether his Sweeney represents a retreat from current Northern Irish politics or a subtle commentary on it. I argue that what Heaney called 'the anxiety of those times' is ultimately reflected in the metaphorical texture of Sweeney Astray.


It is shown in this paper that if βG is the Stone-Cech compactification of a group G, and G satisfying a certain condition, then there is a weakly recurrent point in βG which is not almost periodic, and if another condition will be added, then there is a recurrent point in βG which is not almost periodic point.


Liquid waste in tank 241-AN-107 is below Technical Safety Requirements Administrative Control 5.16 (AC 5.16) limits. Electrochemical corrosion testing was performed on Core 309, Segments 21R1 and 21R2, to provide information on the conductivity and corrosive tendencies of the tank saltcake and interstitial liquid. This report describes data obtained under the execution of RPP-PLAN-29001, 'Electrochemical Corrosion Studies for Tank 241-AN-107 Core 309, Segments 21R1 and 21R2'. Analytical results are presented that show supernatant was within the limits while the interstitial liquid remained below the limits for the analytical cores. Applicable AC 5.16 chemistry control limits for AN-107 are presented.


[1] Dehydration embrittlement of metamorphosed oceanic crust and mantle in the subducting slab may be responsible for the occurrence of intermediate-depth earthquakes. We explore the possibility that this hypothesis can explain the morphology of the double seismic zones observed in northeast Japan, southwest Japan, northeast Taiwan, northern Chile, Cape Mendocino, and eastern Aleutians. We calculate transient temperature structures of slabs based on geologically estimated subduction histories of these regions. We then determine dehydration loci of metamorphosed oceanic crust and serpentinized mantle using experimentally derived phase diagrams. The depth range of the dehydration loci of metamorphosed oceanic crust and serpentine is dependent on slab age. The dehydration loci of serpentine produce a double-layered structure. Because the upper dehydration loci of serpentine are mostly located in the wedge mantle above the slab, we regard the upper plane seismicity representing dehydration embrittlement in the oceanic crust, and we fix the slab geometry so that the upper plane seismicity is just below the upper surface of the slab. We find that the lower plane seismicity is located at the lower dehydration loci of serpentine, which indicates that the morphology of the double seismic zones is consistent with the dehydration embrittlement.


The research for this action research paper was conducted for six months in the spring of 2008. The research focused on the benefits of early intervention for students with disabilities and was conducted to uncover if there are multiple benefits associated with beginning formal education before age three. This paper discusses multiple strategies and approaches for both teachers and parents to assist in teaching students with disabilities. This paper also includes insight into the availability of early intervention resources within the Rochester area. Through the use of a survey, parents and teachers were asked to describe their experiences with early intervention services for students with special needs. The research in this paper overwhelmingly showed that early intervention is an important component in special education. The research supported the idea that there are in fact multiple benefits associated with early intervention education that is vital for the success of students with special needs. Document Type Thesis Degree Name MS in Special Education Department Education Subject Categories Education This thesis is available at Fisher Digital Publications: http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/education_ETD_masters/90 St. John Fisher College Fisher Digital Publications Education Masters Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education 4-1-2008 The Benefits of Early Intervention Marybeth Fortunato St. John Fisher College Follow this and additional works at: http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/education_ETD_masters Part of the Education Commons This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education at Fisher Digital Publications. It has been accepted for inclusion in Education Masters by an authorized administrator of Fisher Digital Publications. Recommended Citation Fortunato, Marybeth, "The Benefits of Early Intervention" (2008). Education Masters. Paper 90. The Benefits of Early Intervention Abstract The research for this action research paper was conducted for six months in the spring of 2008. The research focused on the benefits of early intervention for students with disabilities and was conducted to uncover if there are multiple benefits associated with beginning formal education before age three. This paper discusses multiple strategies and approaches for both teachers and parents to assist in teaching students with disabilities. This paper also includes insight into the availability of early intervention resources within the Rochester area. Through the use of a survey, parents and teachers were asked to describe their experiences with early intervention services for students with special needs. The research in this paper overwhelmingly showed that early intervention is an important component in special education. The research supported the idea that there are in fact multiple benefits associated with early intervention education that is vital for the success of students with special needs.The research for this action research paper was conducted for six months in the spring of 2008. The research focused on the benefits of early intervention for students with disabilities and was conducted to uncover if there are multiple benefits associated with beginning formal education before age three. This paper discusses multiple strategies and approaches for both teachers and parents to assist in teaching students with disabilities. This paper also includes insight into the availability of early intervention resources within the Rochester area. Through the use of a survey, parents and teachers were asked to describe their experiences with early intervention services for students with special needs. The research in this paper overwhelmingly showed that early intervention is an important component in special education. The research supported the idea that there are in fact multiple benefits associated with early intervention education that is vital for the success of students with special needs.


In more and more industry automation project, PLC need to eomminucate with one or more instruments. So in order to meet the requirement of customer, Schneider has add a communication instruction "xxmit" in its PLC software Concept 2.2 + Sp2. With this instruction, you can use the modbus communication pot of the Modicon serial PLC as a modbus master pot or a standard serial communication pot. This article is going to introduce how to use the communication instruction "xxmit".


Nowadays, we are living in the modern era of technological revolution and globalization, where people are giving more priority to proper education to compete among the top countries and to achieve something in their lives. Education improves a person's abilities and creativity, which in turn have a positive effect on the development of a nation's or an individual's economy and also play a productive role in it. The traditional approaches are based only on statistical measures and are not capable of figuring out the most significant socioeconomic factors affecting the performance of a student. Keeping in mind the significance of socioeconomic status (SES) in improving the performance of a student, this study analyzes the important socioeconomic factors that affect the performance of a student in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. We developed our own dataset by collecting data from 100 different schools (both government and private) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, consisting of more than 5550 students who were given a proper questionnaire survey. The created dataset consists of a total of 18 features and a target class. In this research, we used different statistical and machine learning (ML) methodologies to identify the most crucial elements that significantly affect the academic achievements of a student and have a strong correlation with the target class. To select the most prominent features from the dataset, we used two different feature selectors (FCBF and relief) and measured their performances along with ML models. To measure the significance rate of each ML algorithm using the full and selected feature space, we used different performance measures such as accuracy, precision, recall, sensitivity, specificity, etc. The experimental outcomes show that the feature selection algorithms significantly improve the performance of the classification models by providing more relevant features that have a strong association with the target class. This study also offered some advice for decision-makers, particularly in the respective education sector and other authorities, to develop specific solution strategies, plans, and initiatives to address the issue. It is envisioned that the suggested scheme will help the residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in particular, obtain a high-quality education that can help pave the way for an educated and developed Pakistan.


Although AD/HD is a relatively recent term teachers have always had to deal with the associated behaviour in class. Underpinning this paper is the view that the label put on this group of behaviours is not as important as the type of intervention that takes place in the classroom. Suitable intervention and understanding in the classroom is complementary to the medication, and might in some cases replace it. Using a number of contemporary case studies the author describes suitable educational interventions and the ways in which these can interact with medication. 1 This paper is written with the assumption that readers will already have basic knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorder, with and without hyperactivity, and the controversy that surrounds the use of psychostimulant medication. I have referred to children with AD/HD as he, and teachers as she although I am aware that this is by no means always the case.


approved: ________________________________________________________________________________ Arne E. Skaugset III The impact of forest roads on the hydrology of forested watersheds has long been studied. While forest roads have been reported to alter storm runoff at the road segment scale, the potential for changes to be detectable at the small watershed scale has been debated. The purpose of this study was to quantify the road affect at the road segment scale and estimate how those affects are expressed at the mouth of a watershed. This study took place in the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest located in the Oregon Coast Range near Corvallis, Oregon. Claire Creek, a small watershed within the Oak Creek Watershed, and two road segments with the associated inboard ditches and upslope contributing areas were selected to represent the roaded watershed. Runoff from both road segments enters small headwater streams at stream crossing culverts. Discharge was measured from the headwater streams and from the road segments at the stream crossing culvert for five storms during the winter of 2004 – 2005. Discharge was also measured at the mouth of Claire Creek, an adjacent roadless watershed, Finley Creek, and at a gauging station on Oak Creek near the boundary of the McDonald-Dunn Forest. The difference in time of occurrence of peakflows and the length of the stream between the culverts and the mouth of Claire Creek was used to estimate a 'real' travel time of the peakflows for all five storms. Kinematic wave equations were used to model travel times of peakflows from the culverts to the mouth of Claire Creek, with and without the influence of the road. At the road segment scale the road affect was detectable for changes in peakflow magnitude, quickflow, and total stormflow, but the affect of the road on changes in the timing of occurrence of the peakflow was inconsistent. At the watershed scale the road affect could not be calculated for changes in peakflow magnitude, quickflow, or total stormflow because of the unavailability of pre-road runoff data. The modeled travel time of peakflows that included discharge from the road were shorter than the modeled travel time of peakflows of stream discharge alone by less than 10 minutes for all five storms. The road effect on real travel times of peakflows was inconsistent and did not correlate to the magnitude of the increase at the road segment or at the mouth of the watershed. These findings agree with earlier studies that have reported a road affect on storm runoff at the road scale, and suggest that the road affect at the mouth of a watershed may not be detectable. The findings also suggest that other factors are influencing runoff at the mouth of a watershed more than the addition of ditch runoff at stream crossing culverts. ©Copyright by Timothy Adam Royer February 27, 2006 All Rights Reserved Scaling Hydrologic Impacts from Road Segments to a Small Watershed by Timothy Adam Royer


An understanding of ductility influences on structural design has increased considerably beyond that available when, for example, BS 8110-1:1997 Structural use of concrete: code of practice for design and construction was drafted. When Eurocode 2 is finally published for use later in 2004, it will include a classification on reinforcement ductility. This classification will define the nature of design processes used for a particular class of reinforcement.


The slogan, Trample the weak, hurdle the dead, embosses my son's high school cross-country team's practice uniforms. Faithfully adorned by each cross-country runner, this aphorism expresses the individualism and difficulty of their sport. Ask each and they will proudly express that the demands of cross-country are consistent and inflexible, allowing no time outs, endorsing no rest periods or half times, and advocating one man or woman alone against the challenges of themselves and unpredictable yet always challenging terrain. It is my impression, that translating research into clinical practice is a real world representation of the worst and best of the quintessence of cross-country. Only, it's much, much more difficult.

Only recently have scientists began to examine the translation of evidence based knowledge to actual clinical practice1. Practicing evidence based research requires application of knowledge gained through clinical research and at present there is a wealth of information available to practitioners (both good and bad) in all healthcare domains2. Nonetheless, a disappointingly consistent finding is the gap between what is considered best practice and actual clinical care performed worldwide3.

Although the process of dissemination of best practice knowledge is poorly understood, studies have outlined notable barriers to translation4. All parties, whether centered in clinical practice, administration of patient care, academic exploration of knowledge, or dedicated to clinical research, contribute to a delayed or restrictive transition of knowledge. Either willingly or unwillingly, a clinician's or researcher's knowledge, attitudes, and/or behaviors mold the transition of evidence to practice. Three barriers have previously been identified and deserve further exploration4,5.


The effects of leaching temperature,grinding and washing time,washing water quantity,milling intensity on the determination of water-soluble phosphorus in DAP are studied,recovery experiment is done according to preferential leaching conditions,with the recovery rate of 99% ~101%.The essentials of leaching conditions are also suitable for MAP、NPK,which take WPA as raw material.


Abstract Background The recommended doxorubicin (DOX) dose for small dogs is 1 mg/kg. Recent data suggest that DOX‐induced gastrointestinal (GI) toxicosis can be reduced with maropitant treatment. Objectives To investigate the incidence of adverse events (AEs) in small‐breed dogs administered a single 25 mg/m2 DOX followed by administration of maropitant (DOX25). The primary aim was to assess myelo‐ and GI toxicoses for 2 weeks after DOX administration. The secondary aim was to compare the incidence and grades of AEs found in the DOX25 group with a historical control group (DOX 1 mg/kg without administration of antiemetic or antidiarrheal medications). Animals Nineteen small‐breed tumor‐bearing dogs. Methods A prospective, observational study of tumor‐bearing dogs, weighing 5 to 10 kg, administered a single 25 mg/m2 dose of DOX IV, followed by administration of maropitant for the next 5 days. Results Inappetence, vomiting, and diarrhea were found in 7/19, 2/19, and 6/19 of the DOX25 dogs, respectively. Neutropenia and thrombocytopenia was 12/19 and 3/19, respectively. Most AEs were grades 1 and 2, except for grades 3 and 4 inappetence and neutropenia in 3 and 4 dogs, respectively. Furthermore, febrile neutropenia occurred in 3/19 dogs in the DOX25 group. All AEs between the DOX25 and historical control groups were not significantly different. Conclusions and Clinical Importance Vomiting and diarrhea were deemed acceptable with 25 mg/m2 DOX followed by maropitant treatment in 5 to 10 kg dogs; however, additional supportive care might be needed for dogs with inappetence and neutropenia.


Liouville integrable noncanonical Hamiltonian systems with variable coefficient symplectic forms are generated from the AKNS 3×3 matrix Lax pairs by binary symmetry constraints of the AKNS hierarchy. These integrable systems provide new integrable factorization for every AKNS system in the hierarchy.


This paper presents an interface circuit that provides an interface between capacitive MEMS sensors and other signal processing circuits.The interface circuit was based on the switched-capacitor technique,with the sample-charge architecture.The sampling switch KT/C noise elimination technique was used in the front-end readout circuit.The specially designed interface circuit was implemented for applications in open-loop and force-balance close-loop capacitive accelerometers and vibratory rate gyroscopes in a standard 0.35-μm 2P-4M CMOS process.Experimental results indicate that the interface circuit achieves about 5.35 aF of capacitance resolution with a 1 MHz sampling rate and has a rough noise floor of 0.173 aF/rt-Hz@152 Hz at ambient atmosphere.


Accessible online at: www.karger.com/onk Fax +49 761 4 52 07 14 E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com www.karger.com 1,080 mg in total, as i.v. infusion for 22 h on days 1 and 2), standard dose FA (200 mg/m2, 360 mg in total, as i.v. infusion for 2 h on days 1 and 2) and BEV 5 mg/kg (total 300 mg) on day 1 (FOLFIRI/BEV regimen). With the nephrostomies functioning efficiently, the patient did not require hemodialysis after the first cycle of FOLFIRI/BEV (GFR 25 ml/min). Due to excellent tolerability and a lack of severe side effects, the dose of CPT-11 was increased to biweekly 125 mg/m2 (225 mg in total), 150 mg/m2 (270 mg in total), and 180 mg/m2 (320 mg in total). Hematological and non-hematological (such as proteinuria and hypertension) toxicities grade 3/4 were not observed. A total of 8 cycles FOLFIRI/BEV were applied over 4 months of treatment. The patient achieved regression (partial response) and clinical improvement. This is the first case report to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of a biweekly treatment with a full-dose FOLFIRI/ BEV regimen in a patient with metastatic rectal cancer and severe chronic renal failure.


For a graph G and a positive integer k , a vertex labelling f :  V ( G ) → {1, 2, …,  k } is said to be k -distinguishing if no non-trivial automorphism of G preserves the sets f  − 1 ( i ) for each i  ∈ {1, …,  k } . The distinguishing chromatic number of a graph G , denoted χ D ( G ) , is defined as the minimum k such that there is a k -distinguishing labelling of V ( G ) which is also a proper coloring of the vertices of G . In this paper, we prove the following theorem: Given k  ∈ ℕ , there exists an infinite sequence of vertex-transitive graphs G i  = ( V i ,  E i ) such that χ D ( G i ) > χ( G i ) >  k , |Aut( G i )| < 2 k | V i | , where Aut( G i ) denotes the full automorphism group of G i . In particular, this answers a question posed by the first and second authors of this paper.