Video Compression is good for reducing transmission data but very vulnerable to different transmission noise or errors like package loss. In this thesis, a novel data-embedding H.264/AVC coding scheme for error resilience is proposed to conceal and protect various transmission errors. This scheme uses two complementary methods to tackle and reduce the effect of transmission errors. First of all, the encoder uses a technique of data embedding to embed important information to the intra-coded (I) frame and the inter-coded (P) one. The important data includes the intra-coded type and motion vector which are extracted from the intra-coded frame and the inter-coded frame, respectively. When transmitting, the important data is embedded into the AC-coefficients of the H.264/AVC bitstream. Once the video stream is transmitted, the decoder will immediately extract desired embedded data from the stream for error recovering if a transmission error is detected. If unfortunately the embedded data can not be well extracted, the decoder will use the second method to conceal the effect of this error as can as possibly. The second method takes advantages of the BNM (Best neighborhood matching) scheme to find an optimal motion vector for video decoding. Since a smaller window mask is used and different weights are incorporated for balancing the contributions of neighbor windows, the task of correspondence search can be achieved very efficiently and effectively. Even though the corrupted video stream has higher packet loss rate (up to 20%), a higher quality of H.264/AVC video sequence still can be well recovered and maintained. Experimental results have proved the superiority of the proposed method in the efficiency, effectiveness, and robustness of error concealment and resilience for video coding.


The "dark triad" has become a popular area of research with the growing interest in identifying traits that reflect the dark, undesirable and aversive side of personality. In order to assess these properties, various measurement tools have been developed that measure constructs both as independently and as composite. Although some of these scales have been translated and adapted into Turkish, there is not available dark triad scale that developed in Turkish. In addition, especially in the Turkish literature, it is seen that the dark triad is mostly discussed in the context of studies in the field of industrial and organizational psychology, and the studies that examine the relationships between clinical cases and the dark triad are limited. In line with all these, a two-stage study design was planned in order to develop the Turkish dark triad scale, to test the psychometric properties of the scale, and to examine the relationship of the dark triad with clinical cases. In this study, which involved the first stage, the processes of item selection, determination of the factor structure, and examination of the psychometric properties of the selected items were carried out in order to develop the dark triad scale. This study includes two applications. First of all, an item pool consisting of 221 personality descriptive terms was created, and the first application was carried out with a group of 10 experts to evaluate the conformity of the item pool. As a result of the application, the item pool was revised to include 220 statements. In the second application, 529 people aged between 17-56 responded 220 items. The analysis of the data was carried out by using the item analysis and factor analysis methods repetitively. As a result of the analysis, 55 items were selected, and it was seen that the items named "Dark Triad (D3) Scale" explained 39.53% of the total variance with a three-factor structure. The internal consistency reliability coefficients of these factors, called as Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy, were calculated as 0.93, 0.90 and 0.90, respectively. The results obtained were discussed in line with the relevant literature, and it was seen that the D3 Scale largely met the basic psychometric requirements, provided that it was supported by validity studies.


AbstractThe presence of nitrogen compounds significantly affects the quality of water intended for human consumption. The maximum contaminant level (MCL) of nitrogen in potable water in Poland was set up as follows: NO2−–0.5 and NO3––50  mg/L, NH4+–0.50  mg/L. For this reason, the objective of the study was to monitor the chemical composition of water as a priority basis for the water quality information system to provide consumers with water that meets the appropriate health and quality standards. The results of a multiyear study (1992–2003) carried out in four regions and at 12 monitoring sites in northern Poland showed NO2− and NO3− levels significantly below MCL limits. Low nitrate concentrations in water drawn from Quaternary water-bearing horizons indicate the absence of point sources of pollution. Ammonia levels exceeded MCL values at every monitoring site. Supernormal ammonia concentrations in raw water are indicative of the natural origin of ammonia ions. They are correlated with the depth of the...


Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis) is an autoimmune vasculitis of small and medium vessels leading to fibrinoid necrosis. It can involve the vasculature of a multitude of organs, including the lungs, nerves, kidneys, heart, and gastrointestinal system. The condition is slightly more common in males than females, with the age of onset varying from 15 to 70 years. The syndrome has three phases: allergic rhinitis and asthma; eosinophilic infiltrative disease; and systemic mediumand smallvessel eosinophilic vasculitis with granulomatous inflammation. Ophthalmic involvement is very rare and has been documented in only a handful of cases in the literature. We report of a case of Churg-Strauss syndrome who presented to an eye emergency department with bilateral bulbar subconjunctival masses whose biopsy of the lesions showed the presence of an eosinophilic vasculitis. A 27-year-old female with a history of asthma and rhinitis since childhood presented to the eye emergency department with bilateral subconjunctival masses, bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy, and a swelling in the left forearm. Four months earlier, the patient had been investigated while abroad for symptoms including recurrent episodes of shortness of breath and swelling around the eyes, the left side of neck, and the extensor aspect of left forearm. These symptoms responded to a continuing course of oral steroids, oral antihistamine, and an oral mast cell stabilizer. Investigations performed at that time included a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the thorax, which was reported as normal, and venous Doppler imaging, which showed no evidence of an axillary vein thrombus. Routine blood tests showed an increased eosinophil count and raised IgE levels. Her CRP was also raised but her serum tryptase and kininase II levels were both within normal limits. Fecal microscopy was negative for any parasites. Her spirometry readings were consistent with nonobstructive small airways disease. Skin tests and a radioallergosorbent test (RAST) showed an IgE-mediated allergy for house dust mites, weeds, grass pollen, and cats and dogs. She had no other past medical history of significance and was a nonsmoker. On this occasion, her presentation was due to an unusual appearance of her eyes in the mirror. On examination, she was found to have periorbital edema associated with bilateral subconjunctival multinodular swellings in the superior fornix of both eyes, with each nodule measuring 5–6 mm. There were no signs of inflammation in the surrounding tissue (Figure 1A, B). The exophthalmometry did not show any significant proptosis, and extraocular movements were restricted in up gaze in the right eye producing diplopia. The optic nerve functions and appearance were normal. General systemic examination was otherwise normal. However, she did have clear, rubbery diffuse submandibular lymphadenopathy. Multiple subcutaneous swellings were also noted in the left supraclavicular fossa and left forearm which were discrete, firm, and mobile. Her urine dipstick was negative for blood and protein. Parasitic infection, particularly of worms (e.g., Strongyloides stercoralis), was excluded by analysis of blood serology and stool samples. Her blood tests


Background: EEG signal are widely used for detecting abnormalities such as seizures in newborn babies. EEG signals have non-stationary characteristic, therefore time frequency distributions (TFDs) are a preferred tool for their analysis. The classification performance of most time-frequency (t-f) methods is restricted by the resolution limitation of TFDs. Objective: The main objective of this research is to propose a new time-frequency pattern recognition technique that improves the performance of earlier methods by defining a new high resolution data adaptive time-frequency distribution. Methods: The key steps of the proposed t-f pattern recognition scheme are 1. Transformation of an EEG signal in the t-f domain by using a high resolution TFD. 2. Estimation of the instantaneous frequency (IF) and instantaneous amplitude (IA) of signal components. 3. Extraction of statistical features such as mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis from the estimated IF and IA. 4. Training of a support vector machines using...


In the theory of Walsh-Fourier series on the dyadic group G developed so far, such essential concepts as continuity, Lipschitz conditions modulus of continuity ,etc., have been employed. However, with the exception of several articles by J. E. Gibbs, no attempt has been made to define a derivative for functions f given on G. In this paper such a derivative D [1] f is defined which has most properties in common with the ordinary derivative. D [1] is a linear, closed operator, the inverse operator or integral is defined, the fundamental theorem of the calculus is valid for these two notions, The derivative enables one to estimate the order of magnitude of the Walsh-Fourier coefficients, the degree of approximation of f by the partial sums of the Walsh-Fourier series of f, etc. Moreover the Walsh functions are the non-trivial eigensolutions of a first-order linear differential equation. The proofs depend upon a Walsh-Fourier "coefficient method".


In this article, solution-derived amorphous cerium oxide (CeO2) with smooth surface as gate dielectric has been investigated. Electrical analysis has indicated that ALD-derived 3 nm Al2O3 passivation layer on CeO2 surface is benefit to reduce leakage current of CeO2 MOS capacitors. Meanwhile, solution-processed In2O3 thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on optimized Al2O3/CeO2 bilayer dielectric are integrated for the first time. Results indicate that 300 °C annealed In2O3/Al2O3/CeO2 TFT presents high performances with saturation mobility of 18.25 ± 0.92 cm2/<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{V}\cdot \text{s}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${I}_{ \mathrm{\scriptscriptstyle ON}}/{I}_{ \mathrm{\scriptscriptstyle OFF}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> ratio of (1.81 ± 0.30) <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times \,\,10^{{7}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, subthreshold swing of 0.071 ± 0.002 V/decade, interfacial trap states (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${D}_{\,\text {it}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of (6.00 ± 0.48) <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times \,\,10^{{11}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> cm<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{-{2}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and remarkable positive bias stress (PBS) stability, respectively. Furthermore, a resistor-loaded inverter is fabricated with voltage gain of 12.81 at 5 V and good voltage-transfer characteristics (VTCs), demonstrating the potential application of Al2O3/CeO2 as high-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${k}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> gate stacks for future TFTs.


1. Spaces and Classes 2. A Political Consciousness 3. The Free Field 4. The Old Age of the Clinic 5. The Lesson of the Hospitals 6. Signs and Cases 7. Seeing and Knowing 8. Open Up a Few Corpses 9. The Visible Invisible 10. Crisis in Fevers


Since December 2019, 2019 outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) spread all over the world as well as in Turkey. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory effects of covid 19 disease on children. The epidemiological, laboratory, radiological, and treatment features of the 30 pediatric patients with covid-19 evaluated retrospectively. The median age of the patients was 10 years, boys and girls ratio was 1.5 (18/12). Of the patients, 80.7% had family contact and 11.5% had comorbidity. The most common symptom was fever (84.6%), and cough was the second frequency (57.7%). All patients except 1 patient had a mild course, 5 were asymptomatic. One patient needed intensive care who had underlying chronic disease. Neutropenia was the most common laboratory anomaly (36.6%). Increased D-dimer levels were observed in 9 patients (30%), decreased leukocyte was in 7 patients (23.3%) and increasedlactate dehydrogenaz level was in 8 patients (26.6%). Chest computed tomography was taken 14 patients who had an abnormal chest X-rays, and ground-glass opacities were seen in 6 patients (20%). Hydroxychlorachine, azithromycin and other antibiotic treatments were given to the necessary patients. The mean PCR negative time in the treated symptomatic group was 8.8 +5.34 day, while in the untreated asymptomatic group 12 + 5.19 day and there was no statistically significant difference (p=0.154). The correlation between PCR negative time and clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings was examined and no correlation was found. In conclusion, pediatric covid 19 is mostly transmitted by family contact and has a mild course if there is no underlying disease. The most common symptoms are fever and cough. Ground glass densities on lung tomography are similar to adult. More conservative approaches may be preferred in children.


Global food security requires a major re-focusing of plant sciences, crop improvement and production agronomy towards grain legumes (pulse crops) over coming decades, with intensive research and development to identify climate-resilient species and cultivars with improved grain characteristics. Labs contributing to this special issue have undertaken research and breeding to improve pulse crops, together with innovative production agronomy which contributes to the sustainability of cropping systems. The reviews and research together form an invaluable resource for the research community and policymakers.


Background: Research-based, state-of-the-art services for people with serious mental disorders would consist of demonstrably effective treatments, organized synergistically, and financed in ways that create incentives to provide such treatment. While research exists in these domains of treatment, organization and financing, this research base contains significant gaps, and what is known frequently neither informs policy making nor enters practice. Review: The NIMH services-research portfolio has identified successful patient-level and system-level interventions for people with serious mental disorders, but much of this research has yet to make its way into practice. Similarly, while we have made progress in asking 'what is good care?', we have much less information about the answers to 'what constitutes an adequate try?'. Writing a prescription for an efficacious medication does not constitute an adequate trial of that medication. Similarly, offering people boring psychosocial rehabilitation programs does not constitute an adequate try of promoting recovery via rehabilitation services, but what does? Defining what constitutes an adequate try can be a way of allocating scarce resources or it can be a polite way of defining when a system gets to give up on someone. As state governments move to contract with managed care entities for services for Medicaid beneficiaries, one of the great contracting challenges is defining and monitoring the provision of what constitutes an adequate try. Discussion: To obtain better value for our health care expenditures, we need to find ways to get what we know works into practice, whether we are contracting for services or deciding which clinical therapies to pursue. For example, problem-oriented family therapy has been shown to improve clinical outcomes for people with schizophrenia, yet such interventions are rare in practice. We also need to pay more attention to the quality of the clinical care actually being delivered—not what was prescribed, nor what the clinician was trained in, nor what the job description was, but * Address correspondence to Susan M. Essock, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029-6574. Telephone: 212-824-7040. Fax: 212-996-8931, Email address: Susan EssockKsmtplink.mssm.edu Contract grant sponsor: NIMH Contract grant number: ROI–MH52872 Contract grant sponser: NIAAAL Contract grant number: ROI–AA 10265–04 Contract grant sponsor: SAMHSA Contract grant number: VD9–MHS 1958 Contact grant sponsor: The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 9 CCC 1091–4358/99/010009–04$17.50 Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. what actually is occurring. Figuring out how to contract for and disseminate efficacious treatments so that they occur and are effective in real-world settings is critically important yet is a largely unexplored area of services research. We need to answer both 'what is good care?' and 'how do we get it to happen?'. Copyright  1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received 20 July 1998; accepted 20 November 1998.


This is an examination of the use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) for studying the thermal properties and behavior of asphalt. DSC provides parameters for comparing the glass transition temperatures, endothermic behavior of asphalt fractions and whole asphalts, aging, slow cooling and heat rate effects of 8 SHRP (Strategic Highway Research Program) core asphalts and several other asphalts. DSC testing indicates that naphthene aromatics contribute heavily to the endothermic effect of the parent asphalt. Polar aromatics show a small endothermic effect at similar temperature ranges. Asphaltene, due to its chemical nature, shows no endothermic effect. The thermal behavior of saturates is not clearly understood. Test results also show that the higher molecular weight of the No 1 fraction, the smaller the endothermic peak will be. Test results suggest that the average linear side chain length may be a key parameter affecting endothermic behavior.


Ulama are community leaders who have the highest religious competence in society and lead Ulama to become religious leaders. In addition to religious leadership, ulama also have social leadership that is able to control many individuals or groups. This study aims to reveal the form of clerical leadership in South Kalimantan during the Covid-19 condition. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. The research data is taken from some information posted on trusted websites. The results of the study show that ulama in South Kalimantan practice religious transformational leadership in society.


This paper summarizes the teaching methods and material covered in four introductory graduate classes that are jointly offered as senior technical electives in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics. The possibility of teaching two or three slightly different courses can be done with common lectures by designing different homework, class projects, and examinations for the mechanical engineering and electrical engineering students. Mechanical students are typically well prepared in mechanics and materials while find the use of equivalent electrical circuits more challenging. The reverse is typical for the electrical students. The classes involve many acoustic demonstrations and those are universally appreciated by students with all backgrounds. A number of examples will be presented.


The study aimed at finding out the reality of the punishment methods used with pupils with special needs and their relation to the trend attitudes these methods, and the differences in them according to some demographic variables in a sample of 450 teachers, There were differences between the sexes in the methods of punishment in favor of males, while there were no differences in the sample according to the class of pupil, while there were differences according to nationality in the reality of methods of punishment For the benefit of the Egyptian sample, There was also a correlation between the reality of punishment methods and the trend attitudes those methods as described in report of the study, In the light of these findings, the present study presented a number of recommendations that could contribute to improving the status of teachers and their correct understanding of the punishment methods used with pupils with special


Calcified macroalgae play an important role in the settlement and metamorphosis of invertebrate larvae in coral reef ecosystems. However, little is known about the algal-associated bacterial communities and their effects on larval settlement. In this study, the responses of larvae of the coral Pocillopora damicornis to calcified algae (Porolithon onkodes, Halimeda cylindracea, Halimeda opuntia, and Amphiroa fragilissima) were evaluated. The results revealed that P. onkodes and H. cylindracea significantly enhanced the rates of settlement and metamorphosis, whereas fewer larvae settled on A. fragilissima and H. opuntia. Amplicon pyrosequencing of the V3-V4 region of 16S rDNA was applied to investigate the relationship between algal bacterial community and larval settlement. Principal coordinates analysis demonstrated that the bacterial community composition of H. opuntia was more similar to that of A. fragilissima, but clearly distinct from those of H. cylindracea and P. onkodes. Furthermore, the relative abundances of bacteria were highly diverse among different algae. H. opuntia had higher percentages of Thalassobius, Pelagibius, and SM1A02; whereas the abundances of Mycoplasma and Suttonella were significantly higher in H. cylindracea than other algae. Our results showed that larval settlement/metamorphosis was strongly correlated with the bacterial community composition, and with the relative abundance of a few OTUs.


Details about fieldwork dealing with 3D Documentation Using Terrestrial Laser
Scanning of the Remains of the Jesuit Missions in the Region of Lake Tana, Ethiopia.


The paper introduces the applications of Energy Consumption Code Scale of Physical Activities( compendium of physical activities) by case study to solve the problems met in formulating and performing individual exercise prescription by the methods of literature review and case analysis,in order to extend the use of scale as a low cost,convenient and applied tool in performing exercise prescription. Results: It is reasonable to choose individual aerobic exercises in multiform exercise types through the scale and the results of cardiorespiratory fitness test,and calculate exercise time of choosing exercises. It is also possible to help individuals to supervise exercise intensity and achieve the recommended energy consumption of physical activity so as to realize the expectation of performing individual exercise prescription conveniently,and impel the application and popularization of individual exercise prescription.


A novel flow injection chemiluminescence(CL)system for Ofloxacin determination is proposed in this paper. It is based on that CL signal of KMnO4 - NaOH is strongly enhanced in the presence of Ofloxacin. The system offers good selection great sensitivity with a linear range of 5.0 × 10-7-2.0 ×10-5g/mL. The relative standard deviation(n= 11) is 2.5% for 5.0 × 10-6g/mL Ofloxacin and the detection limit is 8 × 10-8g/mL. The method has been applied to-the determination of Ofloxacin in capsle samples with satisfactory results.


In this paper several situations concerning harmonics evaluation of real industrial plants are presented. Basically the situations are related to resonances, harmonic measurements across current and potential transformers, resonant filters design, filters operation criteria and power factor control. The effect of experimental frequency response of real current and potential transformer is considered in the scope of distortion factors THD (total voltage harmonics distortion) and TDD (total current demand distortion) given by IEEE 519 Standard. Finally, based on real situations and in the attempt to be a help for harmonics analysis, several comments and recommendations are given.


We present new meteoric 10Be concentration data from marine sediment cores recovered during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 343 (JFAST) that help constrain the age, origin, and internal structure of the frontal prism at the Japan trench in the vicinity of the 2011 Tohoku‐oki M9 earthquake rupture. 10Be sediment ages from the lower portion of the frontal prism range from ~0–10 Ma, with >60% of analyzed samples above the décollement yielding young ages <2 Ma. Repetition and inversion of high‐over‐low 10Be‐concentration sediments indicate the presence of stratigraphic inversions that correspond to faulting and imbrication of late Miocene and Quaternary sediments. The density of faults inferred indicates that the frontal prism has a fault spacing on the order of 10 s of meters, and the identification of faults in the underthrust section suggests that the plate boundary décollement may be a zone with multiple slip surfaces. Comparison of 10Be concentrations in the frontal prism with those of the incoming and forearc slope sediments indicates that the majority of the prism is sourced from accretion of Pacific Plate sediments, rather than from reworked frontal prism or slope sediments. These data suggest that over at least the past ~1–2 Ma, the décollement preferentially has localized at or near the base of the incoming sediment section, with relatively efficient sediment accretion occurring even in the presence of subducted horst‐and‐graben topography.


1. Stansbury RC, Strollo PJ. Clinical manifestation of sleep apnea. J Thorac Dis. 2015;7:E298–E310. 2. Somers VK, Dyken ME, Clary MP, et al. Sympathetic neural mechanisms in obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Invest. 1995;96:1897–1904. 3. Kent BD, McNicholas WT, Ryan S. Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus in obstructive sleep apnoea. J Thorac Dis. 2015;7:1343–1357. 4. Xu S, Wan Y, Xu M, et al. The association between obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pulm Med. 2015;15:105. 5. Franklin K, Lindberg E. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in the population-a review on the epidemiology of sleep apnea. Sleep Breath. 2012;16:31–40. 6. Peppard PE, Young T, Barnet JH, et al. Increased prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in adults. Gastroenterology. 2007;132:2226–2238. 7. Epstein LJ, Kristo D, Strollo PJ Jr, et al. Clinical guideline for management of OSA. J Clin Sleep Med. 1009;5:263–276. 8. Johansson K. Effect of a very low-energy diet on moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnoea: case reports. Clin Obese. 2011;1:57–60. 9. Stenlof K, Hedner JA, Peltonen M, et al. Two year reduction in sleep apnea symptoms and associated diabetes incidence after weight loss in severe obesity. Sleep. 2007;30:703–710. 10. Ng S, Chan R, Woo J, et al. The effect of a lifestyle modification program in OSA. Chest. 2015;148:1193–1203.


There is no need to compile a list of past criticism to make the case that The Blithedale Romance is a fiction which has given rise to a remarkable number of interpretations and evaluations (even if judged by the strikingly high standards set by over a century of Hawthorne criticism). The text's concern with fluidity and its questionings of authoritative explanation have not made it any easier for a critical consensus to emerge. The Blithedale Romance, I am going to suggest, may usefully be approached by looking at the ways it foregrounds the question of the difficulties of description and the (inevitably) related problems of interpretation — by beginning from the juxtaposition of two names (Coverdale and Fauntleroy) and a recognition of what those names so contrastingly and problematically signify: translation and forgery. Among the dictionary definitions given for "to translate" are: to interpret, to explain, to change, to transform. Among those for " to forge " are: to pretend something to have happened, to make something in fraudulent imitation of something else, to make or devise something spurious.


Abstract Constantin Apostol (1903-1995) was a prominent representative of the interwar Romanian horse riding [1]. He was born in Săgeata, Buzău County [2], attended primary school in his home town, high school in Buzău and military studies in Târgovişte and Sibiu. As far as his military career is concerned, C. Apostol advanced up to the rank of a lieutenant-colonel. He participated in various international competitions, winning many awards, including the first prize, in countries, such as: England, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Italy, Poland. He took part in the military operations of World War II, both in the East and in the West, being decorated for his actions on both war fields. After the establishment of the communist regime, Constantin Apostol was continuosly humiliated, and finally imprisoned. In our work, the author aims to present, for the first time ever, precisely this final stage of his life.


Cadastral databases have unique requirements not shared by other spatial databases: The third spatial dimension must be included, but visualisation using 2D software must also be accommodated. The majority of users of the Cadastre will use 2D software, and should be provided an "instant in time" plan view of the boundaries (with any 3D parcels "flattened"). Some users will have access to and need for fully functioned 3D software, and some to tools with "time sliders" but access to the Cadastre cannot be restricted to such users. A history of the Cadastre must be maintained. It is important that patterns of subdivision and land use can be tracked through the past, and it is highly desirable that planned future activity is included. In addition, a record of the state of knowledge of the database is needed (in case past decisions must be reviewed). That is to say, both the "valid time" and "transaction time" forms of time stamping needs to be accommodated. The accuracy of the data is constantly being improved (each time a new survey is done), and this action must be reflected within the database as it becomes available. Other parties traditionally use the Cadastral database as a "base map", and accuracy improvements need to be promulgated to these parties. This paper builds on previous research and development – mixing 2D and 3D cadastre has already been demonstrated, as has Cadastre with transaction time history. This paper considers what is needed to complete the schema. Specifically: The storage of real-world (valid time) history. The storage of "tentative time" temporal data for proposed developments. Database (transaction) time, supported by versioning. The improvement of accuracy of Cadastral boundaries, both in 2D and 3D spatial units, and of historic spatial units. 2D and 3D views of the data, and 2D update of the data. Making the data available in scalable services, including access to historic items, and update history. The novelty of this research is the combination of the full 4D/5D functionality in a single schema that can be implemented in a practical multi-user Cadastral database. This is the first time such a rigorous solution has been presented.


Interference problem between wireless network devices is alleviated. Evolved Node B (e Node B), when the user equipment (UE) is provided strongly influence cell range extension serviced to a UE operating in (CRE) area by attacking e Node-B, a high cell load or there may be subject to high interference. Higher e node undergoing cell load B or a user equipment that is serving the high interference under (UE) is generally to interference source / attack e Node B, a number of the resource re to request to split. However, subdivision of the resource may have a negative impact on e Node B serving the CRE area UE. In one embodiment, a new measurement of usage may consider CRE status distinguishes the protected resource and the non-protected resource, such as, for example, sub-frame.


Stability studies show that radish red pigment can remain stable under natural light and ultraviolet light.When it is below 80℃,pigment decomposed slowly.pigment decomposition accelerated significantly at 100℃.Loss rate reached 50% after 4hours' heating.Low pH is conducive to the stability of pigment and the capability of higher temperature.Metal ions are significant to the stability of pigment,among which Fe2+and Fe3+are conducive to the stability of pigment,but they are easy to produce complex precipitation with pigment;Zn2+,Cu2+,Al 3+decrease the pigment stability and promote the pigment decomposition;Mg2+has no effect on pigment.Antioxidant activity studies indicate that pigment has a good ability to scavenge free radicals.Half scavenging of superoxide anion,OH· and DPPHradical(IC50) are 0.31mg/mL,0.13mg/mL and 9μg/mL,the antioxidant capacity is slightly stronger than ascorbic acid.


The present study reports the effect of application of nano-Zn oxide on chemical composition and antiinflammatory properties of Trachyspermum ammi Sprague essential oil and its main compounds. The essential oil was obtained from the seeds of the plant by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC/MS. The oil was predominantly composed of γ-terpinene (33.14%). Regarding the anti-inflammatory activity the oil exhibited a potent nitric oxide scavenging effect and inhibited the expression of inducible NO synthase. These results indicate that essential oil Trachyspermum ammi and its main compounds might be applicable in natural medicine as well as healthy food. Introduction Inflammation is a complex biological response of vascular tissue to harmful stimuli caused by injury, infection, environmental agents, malignancy and cellular changes. It is a protective attempt by the body to remove the injurious stimuli as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue (Denko 1992). Inflammation is one of the body's self defense systems that is classified as part of our innate immunity. Nitric oxide (NO) is an inflammatory mediator that plays an important role in a variety of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and atherosclerosis (Guzik et al. 2003). The use of plants and plant products as medicines could be traced as far back as the beginning of human civilization. Medicinal plants are a source of great economic value all over the world. Aromatic plants, such as those from Lamiaceae and Apiaceae families produce a large number of secondary metabolites, namely monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoids which have demonstrated several therapeutic properties, mainly antioxidant, antifungal and anti-inflammatory ones (Zuzarte et al. 2012). Trachyspermum ammi Sprague is an aromatic annual plant grown in Iran. The seeds of T, ammi have several therapeutic effects, including diuretic, antivomiting, analgesic, antiasthma, and antidyspnea effects. In Persian folk medicine, the fruits of T. ammi were used as a diuretic, anti-vomiting, carminative and antihelmentic agent (Zargari 1988). Mohagheghzadeh et al. (2007) showed that T. ammi has two chemotypes, thymol and carvacrol. The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the antiinflammatory properties of the essential oil (EO) from T. ammi seeds and to determine the compounds that contributed to the effects. Materials and Methods Seeds of T. ammi were sown in Jefe pot in experimental greenhouse of Ilam, Iran. Plants at flowering stage (2013-2014) were sprayed with distilled water as a control and nano-Zn oxide at 4 and 6 mM. All spray solutions were sprayed to the point of run off. The experiment was arranged *E-mail: .


Attempts to define those areas or that equipment that makes the largest contribution to an employee's noise dose. Assesses the cost impact of meeting a plantwide noise level criterion vs. an exposure-based criterion. Chooses a 90-dBA level as one criterion, along with the 1974 proposed OSHA criterion and an 85-dBA, 8-hr exposure criterion. Explains that Phase I activities dealt with the acquisition of employee noise exposure data, while Phase II was a followup engineering survey in which individual noise sources and generating mechanisms were identified through a more detailed acoustical analysis, which consisted of close-range measurements and 1/3-octave band analyses. Recommends this work as a point of reference and data base for utilities seeking a constructive and cost/ benefit response to their noise specification problems.


Aim: The aim of the present study was to carry out a detailed pharmacognostical investigation on the rhizome of S. roxburghiana which includes exomorphological, macro-, microscopical characters, macerate, powder, phytochemical analysis and HPTLC studies.
Methods: Rhizomes of S. roxburghiana were collected from Kadavur village, Karur district, Tamil Nadu, India, shade dried and powdered. A few fresh pieces of rhizome were preserved in 70% alcohol to carry out pharmacognostical studies. Dried rhizomes were powdered; successive solvent extraction was carried out to perform preliminary phytochemical analysis. HPTLC studies were carried out on ethanol, aqueous extracts and volatile oil.
Results: The plant is identified by deep concave-channelled linear leaves with a number of dark transverse bands, flowers in long racemes and pedicels jointed in the middle. Rhizomes are identified by the presence of distinct nodes and internodes, cylindrical shape, ground tissue with three distinct zones; presence of oil globules in the cells of outer zone; presence of raphide bundles and mucilage content in the inner zone. Vascular bundles are found scattered in the inner zone of ground tissue. Rhizome contains carbohydrates, saponins, proteins, alkaloids, fats and phytosterols. The percentage yield of volatile oil was 0.2 % v/w by hydro-distillation. Rf values obtained in HPTLC studies will be helpful in identifying and isolating the phytoconstituents.
Conclusion: The pharmacognostical investigation on the rhizome of S. roxburghiana helps in identifying the botanical source of the ayurveda drug Murva, establishing the pharmacopoeial parameters and for undertaking further studies to determine the biomarker compounds.


Graphene has been considered to be a promising material for future electronics due to its extraordinary properties such as high carrier mobility[1], thermal conductivity[2], and strong break strength[3]. Although the extremely high electrical conductivity makes graphene a candidate for replacing silicon-based electronics, Klein tunneling causes that electrical transport of Dirac fermions is insensitive to electrostatic potentials, resulting low current on/off ratio of graphene based field-effecttransistors[4,5,6]. This is a serious problem for the prospect of graphene-based electronics. In order to increase the current on/off ratio, there have been many attempts to open a band gap by studying graphene nanoribbons (GNRs)[7,8,9], mechanically strained graphene[10], and bilayer graphene[11]. However, it has been revealed that, in those case, the electronic quality tends to be reduced compared to pristine graphene. Therefore, it is worthwhile to obtain high current on/off ratio in graphene-based devices without the reduction in the sample quality of graphene. Very recently, increasing interest has been focused on an alternative graphene device structure by using quantum tunneling. In a graphene/silicon junction, large current on/off ratio was achieved by controlling Schottky barrer at the interface[12]. However, for graphene deposited on silicon substrate, carrier mobility is expected to decrease because of carrier inhomogeneity induced by the substrate[13]. Meanwhile, L. Britnell et al. reported the possibility of a graphene field-effect-transistor based on vertical heterostructures with atomically thin insulating barriers, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)[14]. hBN has gained burgeoning interest as a material for use in graphene deiveces because the encapsulation of graphene by hBN maintains the high electronic quality of pristine graphene[15]. In spite of this advantage, the large band of hBN (~5.97 eV[16]) causes an insufficient current on/off ratio. The larger on/off ratio was observed in graphene heterostructures with MoS2, instead of hBN, owing to its smaller bandgap compared to hBN. Therfore, alongside the experimental observation of the significant on/off ratio in the graphene heterostructure with MoS2, it is natural to investigate possible functional devices utilizing its advantages for electronic applications. Herein, calculations of the tunneling current density for graphene heterostructures with MoS2 are presented. The purpose of this study is not only to enhance the performances of existing graphene fieldeffect-transistors based on the vertical heterostructure[14] with MoS2 but also to add utilities to them. Our proposed structures consists of an atomically thin MoS2 layer sandwiched by two graphene sheets as shown in Fig. 1. The MoS2 layer in the heterostructure becomes a tunneling barrier for Dirac fermions in a graphene sheet, and both graphene sheets play the role of high-quality source and drain electrodes. Dirac fermions experience the direct bandgap near K-valley of the MoS2 because of the momentum conservation in the lateral plane, neglecting electron-phonon scattering processes. The transmission probability through the barrier is calculated by using WKB approximation;


The following guide has been created to help identify study resources for the USMLE Step 1-3 and the NBME Subject Exams.


Objective:To assess the value of ventilation-perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism(PE).Method:Forty consecutive patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism were studied,mean age was(38.2±13.9)years.All patients underwent radionuclide ventilation-perfusion imaging and pulmonary angiography.Result:Of the 40 patients,31 with lobe,multiple segment or miltisubsegment perfusion defects and normal or nearly normal ventilation images were reported as PE.30 of them were confirmed to be with PE by pulmonary angiography,1 patients were not confirmed.9 of 40 patients with multiple perfusion defects,ventilative abnormalities were reported as non-PE and the diagnoses were confirmed by pulmonary angiography.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of diagnosis of PE by ventilation perfusion imaging was 100%,90.0% and 97.5% respectively.Conclusion:The results suggest that pulmonary embolism can be diagnosed non-invasively in most patients on the basis of clinical manifestation, chest radiograms and ventilation-perfusion imaging findings.Pulmonary angiography is required while clinical manifestation and ventilation perfusion imaging findings are discordant with each other.


The unusual amino acid S2-(—)-4-amino-2-hydroxybutanoic acid (S-AHBA) (1), a structural component of the antibiotic Amikacin, has been prepared via yeast-catalyzed stereoselective reduction of methyl-4-benzyloxycarbonyloxyamino-2-oxobutanoate (5). The most suitable yeast was found to be Saccharomyces carlsbergensis ATCC2345 and Saccharomyces sp. Edme, which gave 40% and 54% yield, respectively, of (S)-(+)-6 (88% ee).


In view of the frequent events of software piracy in China in recent years,we establish the model of game theory and analyze the interest relationship of the three-party subjects such as the maker of software,the pirate of software and the government.On the basis of the empirical and theoretical analysis,we put forward some suggestions to fight against software piracy.


The present invention can provide an image processing system in which a job setting screen is displayed on a local apparatus in consideration of the capabilities of the local apparatus and a remote apparatus when a plurality of image processing apparatuses cooperatively execute a job. To accomplish this, in the present image processing system, the local apparatus acquires function information on the remote apparatus when the plurality of image processing apparatuses executes one job in cooperation. Furthermore, the local apparatus controls the display contents of a setting screen used when an operator sets a job setting in order to restrict a job function based on the acquired function information and function information on the local apparatus itself.


Successful production of a written product for submission to a peer-reviewed scientific journal requires sub-stantial effort. Such an effort can be maximized by following a few simple suggestions when composing/ creating the product for submission. By following some suggested guidelines and avoiding common errors, the process can be streamlined and success realized for even beginning/novice authors as they negotiate the publication process. The purpose of this invited commentary is to offer practical suggestions for achieving success when writing and submitting manuscripts to The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy and other professional journals. Abstract Sometimes written as an afterthought, the abstract is of extreme importance as in many instances this section is what is initially previewed by readership to determine if the remainder of the article is worth read-ing. This is the authors opportunity to draw the reader into the study and entice them to read the rest of the article. The abstract is a summary of the article or study written in 3 rd person allowing the readers to get a quick glance of what the contents of the article include. Writing an abstract is rather challenging as being brief, accurate and concise are requisite. The headings and structure for an abstract are usually provided in the instructions for authors. In some instances, the abstract may change slightly pending content revi-sions required during the peer review process. Therefore it often works well to complete this portion of the manuscript last. Remember the abstract should be able to stand alone and should be as succinct as possible. 14


Objective To investigate the role of endothelin - 1( ET-1) and interleukin-8( IL-8) in tracheal aspirates (TA) in children with acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS). Methods The levels of ET- 1 and IL - 8 in TA of 13 patients with ARDS and 11 controls were assayed by enzyme - linked immunosorbent assay. Lung injury score was applied to all patients. Results The levels of ET-1 and 1L-8 in TA were significantly higher in ARDS than those in controls (P0.01). Compared with survivors, the levels of ET-1 and 1L-8 in TA were markedly higher in non - survivors than those in survivors (P0.01). Lung injury score had positive correlation with the levels of ET - 1 and IL-8(P0.01). Conclusions ET - 1 and IL - 8 may participate in the development of ARDS. The degree of lung injury and prognosis of ARDS may be early estimated according to the levels of ET - 1 and IL - 8 in TA


This policy note (and the report it is based on) brings together these two objectives, ending poverty and stabilizing climate change, and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a 'win-win' situation, so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building.


Poster: "ECR 2018 / C-0863 / Value of CT-scan based volumetric analysis on the prediction of outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)." by: "D. Timaran, J. Govea Palma, J. Quinones, E. Tapia, J. Orozco Vazquez; Mexico/MX"


First, I think that what this team has done here is excellent, very much needed, and that the data set arising from this work will be very useful. It is something I have always wanted to do myself but, lacking infinite time, have been unable to. What is presented in this paper is what I see as an ideal combination of our knowledge of stratospheric chemistry with all available stratospheric ozone profile measurements to create a definitive 42-year history of the vertical distribution of ozone in the stratosphere.


In this paper, we use a minimal generic base of association rules between terms, in order to enrich automatically an existing ontology. Such associations of terms will enable the domain expert to enhance the existing ontology in case those terms are not already defined in the ontology. Three distance measures are defined to move closer these candidate concepts of the initial ones in the ontology. Application on the ontology of dystonia diseases underlines the feasibility and the interest of the proposed approach. MOTS-CLES : Ontologie, enrichissement automatique, regles associatives.


This article is devoted an estimation a combine multipopulation ant genetic algorithms. This algorithms appropriate for decision complex optimization problem. Complex optimization problem is a multiobjective and a multivalence problem which landscape of goal function have some optimums and a breaks.


This paper has a discussion on the dissipated heat, vibration proof and maintenance of variable frequency speed regulating device in AC electrical haulage shearer, and puts forward some basis of design and methods of maintenance.


1.1IntroductionGrammatical error correction has been known as an interesting as well as commercially attractive problem in natural language processing in particular for EFL learners or ESL learners. Regardless of the growing interest, research has been hindered by the lack of a large annotated corpus of learner text that is available for research purposes. Consequently, the standard approach to grammatical error correction has been to train an off-the-shelf classifier to re-predict words in non-learner text. Learning grammatical error correction models directly from annotated learner corpora is not well explored as are methods that combine learner and non-learner text ( Dahl Meier and Ng; 2011).Therefore one of the main challenges that educational system faced is how to help learners move toward becoming EFL leaner without any grammatical errors. There have been many studies on how to promote learner grammatical errors from 1940 till recent years. In Asian environment, EFL learners considered as passive student in classroom with a lot of grammatical errors, so educational system should change their strategies and teaching method for moving toward learning, and when it is possible that students become learners without any grammatical errors.2. Review of the related literature2.1 Corrective feedbackDiscussion about the significance of providing corrective feedback on EFL learning has been prominent in recent years. Recently, there has been quite some disagreement in the academic field on the benefits of this kind feedback on learners' written output. According to Sheen (2004) there has been considerable interest in corrective feedback(CF) in SLA on both theoretical and pedagogical grounds. On the theoretical side, there has been an argument over whether CF, which is a type of 'negative evidence, is necessary, or even beneficial, for language acquisition. Those who discuss against CF claim that positive evidence alone is sufficient for learners to acquire a second language (Krashen ,1982, Schwartz, 1993) and that negative evidence has no use and may even have a harmful effect on interlanguage development )Truscott, 1996). On the other hand, those who supported CF, argue that negative evidence plays a facilitative and perhaps even crucial role in acquisition.In recent years, there have been various research studies which have explored the role of CF on language learnig. In a study by Oliver (2000) who investigated two variables: age and participatory structure. The participants of the study were from 20 ESL classrooms (10 adult and 10 children classes) and 16 adults and 16 children NS-NNS dyads. She found that the pair-work context as opposed to a teacher-fronted context produced more negative feedback moves, whereas the actual use of CF by the learners was greater in teacher - fronted interaction. Also, children, as opposed to adults, were more likely to use such feedback. Her findings provide evidence for a clear role of pedagogical context as well as age in CF and learner responses to CF.Ohta (2001) takes corrective feedback a step further by showing that if the correct form is provided, learners may have the chance to compare their own production with that of another. Accordingly, corrective feedback may stimulate hypothesis testing, giving the learner the opportunity to grapple with form-meaning relationships. Corrective feedback that does not provide the correct form, on the other hand, may force the learners to utilize their own resources in constructing a reformulation . In either case, corrective feedback may facilitate L2 development.2.2 Direct corrective feedbackTwo recent studies comparing different strategies on specific types of errors have provided more evidence in support of written corrective feedback. Ferris (2002) defined direct feedback as one "when an instructor provides the correct linguistic form for students (word, morpheme, phrase, rewritten sentence, deleted word[s] or morpheme[s]" (p. …


The Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) conducted research and development projects on uranium exploration in Japan from 1956 to 1987. Several mine facilities, such as waste rock yards and a mill tailing pond, were retained around Ningyo-toge after the projects ended. Although there is no legal issue in the mine in accordance with related law and agreements at present, JNC has a notion that it is important to reduce the burden of waste management on future generations. Thus, the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center of JNC proposed a reclamation plan for these facilities with fundamental policy, an example of safety analysis and timetables. The plan has mainly three phases: Phase I is the planning stage, and this paper corresponds to this: Phase II is the stage to perform various tests for safety analysis and site designing: Phase III is the stage to accomplish measures. Preliminarily safety analyses suggested that our supposed cover designs for both waste rock and m ill tailing are enough to keep dose limit of 1mSv/y at site boundaries. The plan is primarily based on the Japanese Mine Safety Law, also refers to ICRP recommendations, IAEA reports, measures implemented overseas, etc. because this is the first case in Japan. For the accomplishment of this plan, it is important to establish a close relationship with local communities and governments, and to maintain a policy of open-to-public.


4581 Background: The integration of chemotherapy and surgery for metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT) results in an overall survival of > 90%. We evaluated NSGCT patients (pts) undergoing post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (PC-RPLND) to assess for associations between year of treatment and clinical outcome. Methods: We evaluated 509 men who underwent PC-RPLND from 1989–2002 for NSGCT at our center. Pts were retrospectively allocated to 3 cohorts according to year of treatment from 1989 to 1992, 1993 to 1997, and 1998 to 2002. Data were obtained from our prospective surgical database and assessed for stage at diagnosis, IGCCCG risk classification, chemotherapy regimen, PC-RPLND histology, and disease free survival. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software; p-values < 0.05 were considered significant. Results: From 1989 to 1992, clinical stage IIa, IIb, IIc, and III NSGCT was seen in 3%, 12%, 25% and 54% of patients respectively, compared to 16%, 23%, 17%, ...


In this paper we will prove some theorems that discover the structure of minimal quasi-ideals in -semigroups without zero. The main result is these are subgroups. We will prove also that this structure is not true for respective quasiideal of -semigroup without zero, living opened the problem of conditions that must satisfy a -semigroup without zero in order to have, in this case, an analogous structure.


EDITOR,—R J Hay and colleagues draw attention to an important issue for many developing countries—namely, excessive expenditure of limited disposable income on ineffective treatments.1 Whereas in Mexico pharmacists, private doctors, and traditional healers seem to be most to blame,1 in China the problem permeates the entire health care system.

The introduction of a market based economy into the health care system in China since the early 1980s has meant that …


The consumers of today are impulse and cautious buyers at the same time. This study basically comprehends the concept of non-linearity towards the consumer purchase behavior for either high or low involvement of products. The research was interesting to note the consumption patterns of different product classes. The peculiarity of this study found the same non-linearity wavelengths between the high and low involvement products' that was shaped by the consumers buying intention and actions. ADF unit root test has justified this result with the mall intercept survey of 1700 respondents buying variety of high and low involvement products. According the many/ various marketing principle of high and low involvement grid, consumers have different behavior towards purchasing high and low involvement but this result signifies that the consumers' purchase intention has become more cautious towards buying both kinds of products, which is due to the economic crises and recession. As the prices have hiked of all kinds of products, consumers while maintaining their lifestyle are attentive towards their expenses and convenience and specialty products. An alert for marketers to divest the old kind of consumer behavior and should focus on consumers' vigilant behavior. Real-life marketing strategy is a sound strategy, which uses common-sense to analyze the environment. This helps the marketers to comprehend the similar non-linearity of high and low involvement products by 'gut-reaction', experience, rational and irrational processes to understand the consumer purchase and consumption to attain their satisfaction, retain them and also to keep the products revenue generation streamlined.


Organic food consumption among consumers is becoming popular nowadays. The attitude has emerged in today's modern world due to the increased in awareness of the importance to maintain a healthy lifestyle by consuming foods without unsafe additives, preservatives, flavor and coloring. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation, therefore promotes the healthy food characteristics. However, based on the reviewed of literatures, there were some inconsistencies in the previous research findings. In terms of perceived value towards organic food product, most of the research found positive and not less also discovered negative result mainly due the lack of some special value in the eyes of consumers. For instance, higher in price, not value for money, satisfied with the existing conventional food, doubts on the product guarantee and unclear declarations of the organic status. The research aims to identify the perceived value factor and its impact towards the customers' purchase intention in Malaysia. The findings of the study indicated that out of four factors, only perceived value and health consciousness influenced the customer purchase intention. However, food safety concern and religious factors were found to have less impact on customer purchase intention. The result has shown some similarities with the previous literature where


Recent algorithms like RTDP and LAO* combine the strength of Heuristic Search (HS) and Dynamic Programming (DP) methods by exploiting knowledge of the initial state and an admissible heuristic function for producing optimal policies without evaluating the entire space. In this paper, we introduce and analyze three new HS/DP algorithms. A first general algorithm schema that is a simple loop in which 'inconsistent' reachable states (i.e., with residuals greater than a given c) are found and updated until no such states are found, and serves to make explicit the basic idea underlying HS/DP algorithms, leaving other commitments aside. A second algorithm, that builds on the first and adds a labeling mechanism for detecting solved states based on Tarjan's strongly-connected components procedure, which is very competitive with existing approaches. And a third algorithm, that approximates the latter by enforcing the consistency of the value function over the likely' reachable states only, and leads to great time and memory savings, with no much apparent loss in quality, when transitions have probabilities that differ greatly in value.


The effect of tofu powder and carrageenan on the functionality, textural parameters and microstructure of surimi emulsion gel were studied. Tofu powder (20, 40, 60 and 80%) was used as a replacement for surimi as a pre-emulsion in the formulation of the emulsion gel. The tofu powder increased the emulsion stability, water holding capacity (WHC) and hardness of the gels. Microstructural observation supported the texture profile analysis (TPA) and functionality results. Evaluation was carried out on the addition of carrageenan at various concentrations (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75%) to the gel that replaced 80% of the surimi with tofu powder. Increasing carrageenan also improved the stability of the emulsion, WHC and hardness of the gels. Microstructural observation showed that the addition of carrageenan resulted in a smoother and more compact gel network.


Satellites and ocean based observing system consists of various sensors and configurations. These observing systems transmit data in heterogeneous file formats and heterogeneous vocabu ...


Due to the nonlinear characteristics of a photovoltaic (PV) array, its regulation is highly dependent on the operating point. Focusing on a dc–dc boost converter, this paper first shows how the PV voltage and inductor current controls are affected by the PV array. It then proposes to emulate an impedance virtually connected to the PV array, making it possible to greatly improve the control robustness. Thanks to the proposed strategy, the crossover frequency variation for the whole operating range is reduced from 42 times for the traditional control to 3.5 times when emulating parallel resistance or to 1.4 times when emulating series and parallel resistances, all with simple implementation. Experimental results with a commercial PV inverter and a 4-kWp PV array validate the theoretical analysis and demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed control.


We present an approach to representing large sets of mutual exclusions, also known as mutexes or mutex constraints. These are the types of constraints that specify the exclusion of some properties, events, processes, and so on. They are ubiquitous in many areas of applications. The size of these constraints for a given problem can be overwhelming enough to present a bottleneck for the solving efficiency of the underlying solver. In this paper, we propose a novel graph-theoretic technique based on multicliques for a compact representation of mutex constraints and apply it to domain-independent planning in ASP. As computing a minimum multiclique covering from a mutex graph is NP-hard, we propose an efficient approximation algorithm for multiclique covering and show experimentally that it generates substantially smaller grounding size for mutex constraints in ASP than the previously known work in SAT.


Colour arises most prominently in the world from subtractive processes, such as pigmentation. When light is shone upon a painted wall, for instance, pigment absorbs portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that the material underneath did not and we view whatever light is reflected/rejected. This translates directly into a colour - the eye's interpretation of one small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

However, there are other methods of colouration that are possible. Structural colour, for instance, instead arises from the interaction between light and a physical structure. The light reflected now depends on the physical spacing, materials and overall construction of structures thinner than a human hair. This incredibly complex process however is seen commonly in nature and can explain the iridescent colours seen in everything from seashells and plants to butterflies and feathers and even explains the rainbow of colours seen in oil on a water puddle. We discuss a range of colour producing structures in nature and the physics that underly them, the concepts of 'colour engineering' and 'bioinspiration' and look toward how we can begin to introduce these ideas to printmaking and manufacture.


The simultaneous adsorption of quinoline and 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene over adsorbents, based on alumina modified with boron and nickel under ambient temperature and pressure, was studied. The adsorbents were characterized by BET specific surface area, a potentiometric method for the determination of acid strength, electrophoretic migration, and X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the adsorbent containing nickel had better adsorption capacity than the adsorbent modified with nickel and boron, which was attributed to its greater acidity and ability to generate π-complexation between the adsorbent and the molecules. In terms of selectivity, quinoline was more adsorbed than 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene in all systems, due to the basic nature of quinoline. The experimental data in all cases were adjusted by three kinetic models (Yoon–Nelson, Yan and Thomas), and the regression coefficients in all models were close to one. Finally, the values of the kinetic constant obtained by the Thomas model were used to relate the adsorption capacity results.


For over 150 years from the early eighteenth century, convict transportation was a primary method of punishing serious crime in Britain and Ireland. Convicts were first sent to the colonies in North America and the Caribbean and then to three newly established Australian colonies on the other side of the world. Conditions were very different between the two locations, yet the fundamental law of transportation remained the same for decades after the process began in Australia.


Performance evaluation of ad hoc routing protocols typically depends on simulation, since the deployment of ad hoc networks is still relatively rare. However, past evaluations of multicast routing protocols have utilized a single, simple mobility model, and thus do not capture the variety of mobility patterns likely to be exhibited by ad hoc applications. In this paper, we explore the impact of several different mobility models on multicast routing performance, using techniques that have been demonstrated to be effective for unicast routing protocols. We demonstrate that three key mobility metrics help to explain the performance variations that we observe for flooding, ODMRP, and ADMR. In addition, we study a high density, high traffic scenario and find that ODMRP copes with this extreme situation much better than ADMR.


Railway corridor plays a significant important role in transportation system. Yet now, more and more high speed lines have been constructed. Against this background, problems as capacity allocation between high speed lines and conventional lines were put forward. In this paper, a model of capacity allocation between high speed lines and conventional lines in railway corridor was built by incorporating theories and approaches in operational research. The mathematical model constructed considered demand of different transport participants. And then a genetic algorithm is designed to solve the model. Finally, a case was constructed and qualitative and quantitative analysis followed to validate that the model is feasible.


In the current battle between humankind and pathogens, it seems that bugs are still having the upperhand. The continuous rise in reported resistance to different antimicrobial agents and the shortage in the development of new antibiotics over the past decades are two facts weighing the results of this battle to the favor of the microorganisms [1]. Since the development of a novel antimicrobial agent may cost millions of dollars and may take a considerable number of years to happen, an alternative approach is becoming nowadays more and more appealing. This approach intends to repurpose older drugs to combat infections caused by certain problematic pathogens [2] or to hinder the bacterial virulence instead of bacterial viability [1]. One of the old drugs that has come back to the clinical stage is ciclopirox. Ciclopirox is an off-patent antifungal agent that has been developed about forty years ago and which possesses several advantages such as a wide safety margin, a profound efficacy and the ability to affect novel targets including resistant Gram-negative pathogens [2, 3]. In Gram-negative bacteria, ciclopirox was reported to affect galactose metabolism, as well as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis; two pathways extremely significant for bacterial growth and virulence [2]. Out of different members of Gram-negative bacteria, Targeting the pathogen viability using drugs is associated with development of drug resistance due to selective pressure. Hence, there is an increased interest in developing agents that target bacterial virulence. In this study, the inhibitory effect of ciclopirox, an antifungal agent with iron chelation potential, on the microbial virulence factors was evaluated in 26 clinical MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected from Alexandria Main University Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Egypt. Treatment with 9 μg/ml ciclopirox inhibited the hemolytic activity in 70% isolates, reduced pyocyanin production, decreased protease secretion in 46% isolates, lowered twitching and swarming motility, and decreased biofilm formation by 1.5to 4.5-fold. The quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that treatment with ciclopirox downregulated the expression levels of alkaline protease (aprA) and pyocyanin (phzA1). Ciclopirox is used to treat hematological malignancies and the systemic administration of ciclopirox is reported to have adequate oral absorption with a satisfactory drug safety profile. It is important to calculate the appropriate clinical dose and therapeutic index to reposition ciclopirox from a topical antifungal agent to a promising virulence-modifying agent agent against P. aeruginosa, a problematic Gram-negative pathogen.


Wireless cut-through transmission, based on in-band full-duplex (FD) technique, has a great potential to improve the end-to-end throughput of a multi-hop wireless network via enabling simultaneous multi-hop relaying transmissions in the same frequency band. Different from single-hop relaying transmission in traditional half-duplex multi-hop network, cut-through transmission has multiple relaying transmission modes, which makes it more difficult to achieve the maximum end-to-end throughput via improving the spatial reuse in a multi-hop wireless network. The goal of this paper is to improve the end-to-end throughput in multi-hop wireless networks with cut-through capability. In particular, we first establish an effective analytical model and find that the achievable end-to-end throughput is mainly determined by the cut-through mode, the spatial reuse factor, the protocol overhead, and the channel rate. Then, we give a comprehensive analysis for these factors in a string-topology multi-hop wireless network. In order to improve the end-to-end throughput in a practical distributed multi-hop wireless network, we design a low-overhead distributed medium access control (MAC) protocol, and propose a transmit-delay mechanism to improve spatial reuse and link scheduling. Furthermore, we design an algorithm to adaptively select the transmission parameters, including the cut-through mode, the spatial reuse factor, and the channel rate. Extensive simulations show that the proposed MAC design can effectively improve the end-to-end throughput by more than 55 percent, compared with the state-of-the-art protocol.


In this study, a well-dispersed gamma-Y2Si2O7 ethanol-based suspension with 30 vol% solid loading was prepared by adding 1 dwb% polyethylene imine dispersant, which allows feeble magnetic gamma-Y2Si2O7 particles with anisotropic magnetic susceptibility to rotate in a 12 T strong magnetic field during slip casting, resulting in the development of a strong (20 (2) over bar) texture in green bodies. Pressureless sintering gives rise to more pronounced grain growth in the textured sample than in the untextured sample prepared without the magnetic field due to the rapid migration of the grain boundaries of the well-oriented grains, which was revealed by constant-heating-rate sintering kinetics. It was found that the use of two-step sintering is very efficient not only for inhibiting the grain growth but also for enhancing the (20 (2) over bar) texture. This implies that controlled grain growth is crucial for enhancing texture development in gamma-Y2Si2O7.


The mechanical properties and sensitivity of fluoropolymer (F 2311 ,F 2314 ) bonded HMX were studied. The results show that F 2314 is prior to F 2311 both in mechanical property and desensitizing effect on formulation.


As the most popular social media at present, WeChat has roundly involved in the learning and life of college students, profoundly influencing their behavioral pattern and ideology. According to the investigation and sample analysis on the utilization of WeChat by college counselors and students, college counselors have achieved results in using the carrier of WeChat in the daily ideological and political education of college students, but some problems also exist. Counselors can exert the advantages of the carrier WeChat in the ideological and political education of college students through strengthening the training of WeChat ability, the construction of the Official Accounts and the media literacy education of college students, in order to improve the popularity and effectiveness of the ideological and political education of college students. Keywords—WeChat; colleges; ideological and political education; popularity; effectiveness


Magnetic skyrmions are topological magnetic structures, which exhibit quasi-particle properties and can show enhanced stability with respect to thermal noise. Recently, thermal Brownian diffusion of these quasi-particles has been found in continuous films and applications to unconventional computing have received significant attention, which however require structured elements. Thus as the next necessary step, we study skyrmion diffusion in confined geometries and find that the diffusion is governed by the interplay between the total number of skyrmions and the structure geometry. In particular, we ascertain the effect of circular and triangular geometries and find that for triangular geometries the behavior is drastically different for skyrmion numbers that are commensurate or incommensurate with a symmetric filling of the element. This commensurability effect is corroborated by molecular dynamics simulation.


A light source apparatus comprising: a plurality of light sources; a light guide, opposite to the plurality of light sources arranged; and a prism, the reflected light of the light guide body. The light guide is configured to include: a first portion, which is a low light distribution region of the light source in a region of low with the plurality of light sources and a light source adjacent to the source of the overlapping portion; a second portion, which is equipped with high light region, the ratio of the boundary line BL to the boundary region with the overlapping portion of the high light with high light distribution region of a light source and adjacent the first portion coupled to each other, the portion located closer to a light source side; the third portion located in a second portion other than the portion of the light, which is high with region. A first prism having a prism pattern, so the first prism pattern of the reflected light component portion to the first side of the second component is greater than the portion of the third reflection side portion.


Distribution of silicified cells in the leaf blades of Pleioblastus chino was investigated using a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray microanalyser. The most dense accumulation of silica was found in epidermal tissues. Little silica was deposited in vascular bundles and chlorenchyma, while more was deposited in bundle sheath and fusoid cells. In the epidermis, silica density and frequency of silicified cells differed depending on cell type, although silica deposition was observed in most cell types. Heavy deposition was found in silica cells, bulliform cells, micro hairs and prickle hairs. Silica cells were the cell type most frequently silicified (96.9–99.7%) in the adaxial and abaxial epidermis. Silica may be deposited as leaf tissues age.


INTRODUCTION: The architecture of the ductal trees was first investigated by Sir Astley Cooper in 1840, using duct injection studies ex-vivo (1). Recently, computer derived tracking of whole-breast ductal trees has been achieved in few human breasts using mastectomy specimens (2). Studying the architecture of the entire ductal trees is very challenging and has not been achieved in vivo, yet (3, 4). The functional breast tissue is composed of many lobes, which are highly variable in size and shape. Each lobe/system has one central duct with its peripheral branches forming a ductal tree and their associated glandular tissues. A new non-invasive MRI method for in vivo tracking of the mammary ductal trees using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was previously proposed using vector maps (5,6). Here we describe a novel methodology towards in-vivo determination of the entire ductal tree system.


The ideological work about athletes, trainers is the cornerstone and the guarantee for completing the task. The article perfects ideological work system and implements the entire aspect to the guarantee of ideological work from the organization, the system, the work goal for promoting ideological work to the training work technical progress factor.


In "Zuangzi", the outer world's completeness is expressed as the full response to one's deeds. A sentence carrying this idea appears in Chapter 4: if one can probe into his/her inside rather than contemplate with their mind, even ghosts will come and obey, not to mention humans. Compared with the Confucian idea that one has to use appropriate methods to pursue what they want and yet whether he/she can get it depends on his/her destiny, Zhuangzi's idea seems more universal, closely connecting the power of virtues to complete realization. This universality contains a strong belief that plays as the core basis of Zuangzi's thought: blessings correspond with virtues. The main goal of this study is to analyze this special quality in "Zuangzi"'s statement on practicing virtuous deeds and to highlight the existence of the correspondence between blessings and virtues by comparing it with Confucian statements. This investigation will surely help readers to know ontologically the essence of Taoism and the differences between Taoism and Confucianism.


The B7 family member HHLA2 delivers costimulatory signals via TMIGD2. The data show that KIR3DL3 is an inhibitory receptor for HHLA2 and that HHLA2 is expressed in kidney cancer separately from PDL1; targeting this interaction could be immunotherapeutic. Blockade of the PD1 pathway is a broadly effective cancer therapy, but additional immune-inhibitory pathways contribute to tumor immune evasion. HERV–H LTR-associating 2 (HHLA2; also known as B7H5 and B7H7) is a member of the B7 family of immunoregulatory ligands that mediates costimulatory effects through its interaction with the CD28 family member transmembrane and immunoglobulin domain containing 2 (TMIGD2). However, HHLA2 has also been known to have inhibitory effects on T cells. Here, we report that we have identified killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three immunoglobulin domains and long cytoplasmic tail 3 (KIR3DL3) as an inhibitory receptor for HHLA2 in T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and have generated HHLA2 and KIR3DL3 antibodies that block the immune-inhibitory activity of HHLA2, preserving the costimulatory signal. It is known that HHLA2 is frequently expressed in several tumor types, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). We found that HHLA2 expression was nonoverlapping with PDL1 expression in ccRCC, suggesting that HHLA2 mediates a mechanism of tumor immune evasion that is independent from PDL1. Blockade of both the PD1 and KIR3DL3 pathways may be a more effective way to reverse tumor immune evasion. See related Spotlight on p. 128


The author studies the Early Paleozoic volcanic rock series systematically in the north slope of Danghe southern mountain in Gansu province Subei county,By comparing and analyzing the field occurrence,petrography constitute,stratum constitute,Rb Sr isotopic geochronology,the time of the volcanic rocks is believed to be Sinian period not Ordovician period.At the same time,the author discusses the significance of the time about the volcanics.


The aim of the paper is a comparative study of co-firing high shares of wooden and agro-biomass with hard coal under oxy-fuel and air conditions in the laboratory scale reactor for pulverised fuels. The investigations of co-combustion behaviour NOx and SO2 emission and burnout were carried out for selected blends. Detailed investigations were concentrated on determining the effect of dosing oxygen method into the burner on NOx emission. The paper presents the results of co-firing blends with 20 and 50% share of biomass by mass in air and oxy-combustion condition. Biomass oxy-cofiring integrated with CCS (CO2 capture) technology could be a carbon negative technology. The reduction of NOx emissions in the conditions of oxy-co-firing is dependent on the concentration of oxygen in the primary stream of oxidiser. A significant reduction of NOx was achieved in the case of low oxygen concentration in the primary stream for each investigated blends. Co-firing of biomass with coal in an oxygen enriched atmosphere enhances combustion behaviour, lowers fuel burnout and as a result increases of the boiler efficiency.


In this paper, aiming at the robustness of the UAV control system and the accuracy of positioning and mapping in complex situations, the visual odometry is used as the front end of the positioning and mapping system, and the data of the IMU inertial sensor is fused on the basis of the monocular camera. The analysis completes the loosely coupled initialization process; the back-end constructs the cost function to realize the tightly coupled optimization, and uses the loop closure detection relocation and the four degree of freedom graph optimization to realize the nonlinear optimization. It is verified by simulation that the algorithm can improve the visual robustness in time when the UAV moves quickly or the scene has wrong results, so that the trajectory captured by the camera and the real-time construction map maintain global consistency, effectively eliminating the integral drift of the IMU, and correcting The noise of the IMU improves its positioning accuracy.


The invention discloses a method for converting an image from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a luma and chroma (YUV) color space. A format control part is encapsulated into an independent module; during conversion of an image, three parameters, namely a source RGB format, a target YUV format and an image resolution, are transmitted into the format control module, processed by the format control module and transmitted out of the format control structure; an image conversion module calls the format control structure to finish calculation of residual values; and the same control structureis used in the conversion of the images having the same source RGB format, the same target YUV format and the same image resolution. By using the technical scheme, a large amount of calculation can be saved and the processing speed can be increased during conversion of a video image.


For the successful operation of any multimedia content requires trained qualified specialists with a range of both creative and technological competencies. There is no doubt that the training of future specialists should be carried out on the basis of modern relevant content component, which should be constantly updated and updated. The article deals with the problem of selection of relevant material for the development of future specialists of the media industry. The author draws attention to the importance of updating the existing scientific and methodological base of training specialists in this field, enriching the conceptual and categorical apparatus, because it is a detailed knowledge of modern concepts and phenomena will allow to understand the current state of Affairs of the media industry and will help to form the professional competence of the future specialist in At the same time, it is obvious that the quality of training of a professional specialist of the media industry depends on many coordinated factors, including the actualization of the content component of training. Particular attention is paid to one of the leading disciplines of the specialty – «Computer graphics and animation». The author reveals the essence of the methodology of teaching the discipline «Computer graphics and animation»: explains the structure of the discipline, the relationship between theoretical and practical tasks, the method of creating a portfolio, the role of creative tasks. The author offers a classification of the main areas of computer graphics, highlights the most promising areas of its development, such as: infographics, motion design.


This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the phenomenological epoche and the phenomenological problem of the relationship between the consciousness and the world. Initially, the article examines the first implication of the exercise of epoche : the idea of "loss of the world." Then examines the second implication of this exercise: the idea of "recovery of the world" in the transcendental consciousness. Finally, the article elucidates the specificity of phenomenological idealism of Husserl. The widespread exercise of the epoche does not imply a denial of the existence of the world. The task of this idealism is elucidate the phenomenological sense of this world that is formed intentionally in the transcendental subjectivity.


This article will focus on various myths associated with schools for students who are blind or visually impaired. These myths continue to persist even though these specialized schools have changed significantly in the past 20 years. While positive changes have occurred, many people's attitudes about them have not. As a result of these myths, some students and parents are not being afforded opportunities for services that may benefit the student in terms of short- or longer-term placements.


This study aimed at assessing the physico-chemical characteristics of effluents from some of Fez main activities: tannery factories, textile industry, metal finishing facility and olive oil mills industry. Samples were analyzed for pH, suspended particulate matter (SPM), major ions (Cl, NO 3 , SO 4 , K, Na, Ca and Mg), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and trace metals. Results showed that all effluent samples were characterized by high concentration of dissolved organic carbon with the highest level recorded in olive oil mills effluents (5960 mg L -1 ). Tannery effluent contained high DOC concentrations (1440 mg L -1 ), SPM (2600 mg L -1 ), sulphate (19300 mg L -1 ) and dissolved chromium (2900 mg L -1 ). A textile effluent was characterized by elevated concentrations of SPM and major ions. High dissolved concentrations of trace metals (600 mg L -1 for Ni) were recorded in metal finishing facility effluents. These results suggested that industrial effluents discharged without proper treatments poses potential threat to the receiving rivers and may represent a risk for the local populations which are exposed to pollutants due to the numerous practices of such river waters.


The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–localized stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is the core adaptor for the pathogenic-DNA–triggered innate response. Aberrant activation of STING causes autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases, raising the concern about how STING is finely tuned during innate response to pathogenic DNAs. Here, we report that the transmembrane domain (TM)–containing ER-localized E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM13 (tripartite motif containing 13) is required for restraining inflammatory response to pathogenic DNAs. TRIM13 deficiency enhances pathogenic-DNA–triggered inflammatory cytokine production, inhibits DNA virus replication, and causes age-related autoinflammation. Mechanistically, TRIM13 interacts with STING via the TM and catalyzes Lys6-linked polyubiquitination of STING, leading to decelerated ER exit and accelerated ER-initiated degradation of STING. STING deficiency reverses the enhanced innate anti-DNA virus response in TRIM13 knockout mice. Our study delineates a potential strategy for controlling the homeostasis of STING by transmembrane ER-associated TRIM13 during the pathogenic-DNA–triggered inflammatory response.


Patriarchal culture cannot be separated from women's lives. Male domination over women has become a daily reality in many countries. Patriarchal culture assumes that women are "objects" and men are humans. In this case, men become subjects, and women as objects are regulated by men in various lines of life and culture. The impact of patriarchal culture is to place women who experience sexual violence in a worse position. At the level of the construction of a large Indonesian society that still uses a patriarchal paradigm, women are placed as second-class citizens. As a result, often the statements and reports from women are not heard. A further implication for women victims of sexual violence is that they are re-victimized by society, considered as the party that caused the violence. This article will raise two legal issues related to legal theory and law. The first legal issue in this paper is related to feminist legal theory based on the feminist view that in history, law is to perpetuate the position of women under the subordination of men. After discussing feminist legal theory, the author will discuss the second issue, namely law related to law enforcement in the field of sexual violence and its relation to feminist legal theory. Feminist legal theory is needed in building the basis of statutory norms (legal dogmatics) and the justice system to eliminate all forms of violence, especially sexual violence.


OBJECTIVE To construct tree models for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and colorectal carcinoma (CC) and explore the oncogeneic process of NPC and CC .METHODS Based on the software that Desper et al. developed, tree models were constructed for CC from the comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) data of 118 CC patients and for NPC from the CGH data of 140 southern Chinese patients, respectively. RESULTS Tree models for CC suggested that loss of 18q and gain of 20q were important early events in colorectal carcinogenesis. As changes in -18q occurred prior to those in -17p, a cause-effect relationship might exist between them. Tree models for NPC suggested that loss of 3p was an important early event in nasopharyngeal carcinogenesis, and deletion of 11q, 14q, 16q and 9p were also nonrandom genetic events in carcinogenesis, suggesting that there might be tumor-associated genes existing on these chromosome arms. The tree model also indicated the existence of oncogenes on the short arm of chromosome 12.CONCLUSION Constructing tree models based on the CGH data to demonstrate the initiation and progression of NPC might help elucidate its multigene, multistep and multipathway development. It may provide valuable clues to explore the mechanism of tumorigenesis.


The sudden occurrence of odor in drinking water is one of the significant challenges for drinking water utilities. The concentrations of 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB)-producing cyanobacteria, Pseudanabaena sp., can be a surrogate...


.Bali's creative economy in 2020 shows that 26.26% was dominated by music, 12.64% from performing arts, 8.29% from culinary, and 52.81% from other sub-sectors. By looking at the data, there are one sub-sector  that is not quite as significant as the others and that is fashion. One subculture actor who is quite active in the local fashion industry is Pica, subdivided by Picamagz and Pica Fest. They are quite constant in holding subcultural events such as music shows and fashion festival. This proves that local fashion industry can give contribution and can also be supported by other industry. The purpose of this study is to analyze the social creative field of Picamagz and Pica Fest. The method used for this study is qualitative descriptive with the validation from interviews and observation. The result of this study shows that that the field of expression, production, dissemination and appreciation filled with active actors who holds their respective role.


A It's unclear, given that no studies directly compare the efficacy of endovascular filters with other types of prophylaxis to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE) in adults with deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Although inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) reduced the incidence of PE in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), patients treated with IVCFs and anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin or lowmolecular-weight heparin had a greater risk of developing recurrent DVT than patients treated with anticoagulation alone (SOR: B, 1 RCT). Patients should be considered for IVCF placement in the following circumstances (SOR: C, consensus guideline): • anticoagulation is contraindicated • a serious complication has resulted from anticoagulation treatment • thromboembolism recurs despite adequate anticoagulation.


The present invention relates to a medical patch, in particular a medical silicone patch preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of medical technology. Silicone Medical patch film layer made of silicone rubber, oil containing β- cyclodextrin inclusion particulate silica gel layer, and the release film. A medical preparation containing a silicone oil patch β- cyclodextrin inclusion particles of the present invention is a process for changing the traditional silicone oil is added to the patch, by using β- cyclodextrin inclusion technology, the essential oil moleculecoated β- cyclodextrin bonded into the cavity, to avoid the phenomenon of vulcanized silicone gel is not in direct contact with oil molecules which caused the platinum catalyst poisoning. Prepared by the method of the present invention have medical silicone patches, the patch may be administered by silica gel β- cyclodextrin and a double layer of controlled release of the active ingredient of essential oils, essential oils repair full dual active ingredient and silica gel the effectiveness of scars, faster and better achieve the purpose of repairing scars.


RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES
The authors assessed the relationship between resident performance on the American College of Radiology in-training examination and subsequent American Board of Radiology written examination.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Percentile scores from the in-training examination (low score, < 20 percentile) and written board examination (low score, < 25 percentile) were collected for 513 residents from 11 university-based programs over a 7-year period. Mean in-training examination scores were compared for the high- and low-score written board examination groups. In-training examination scores were correlated with the written board examination scores. An odds ratio was calculated for the association between in-training examination and written board examination scores; this was adjusted for resident Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) status, clinical training prior to radiology residency, the year the written board examination was taken, program size, and regional location of the program.

RESULTS
The mean in-training examination scores were significantly higher in the high-score than the low-score written board examination group (P = .0001). There was a significant correlation between the in-training examination score and the written board examination score (P = .0001). The crude all-high in-training scores-written board scores odds ratio was 9.618, and the adjusted all-high odds ratio was 7.595. The final model included resident AOA status.

CONCLUSION
Resident average in-training examination score was a strong predictor of the written board examination score, as noted in the earlier report. The resident with a low in-training examination score is at risk for poor performance on the written board examination.


The author studies the lexis-stylistic particulars in the Arthur's pentalogy of Mary Stewart, the English writer. The writer wants to reconstruct a pattern of thoughts of those distant times and to show a specific face of that period with vigorous style. In the pentalogy the spirit of gloomy age is reconstructed with the help of quite few but typical lingual signs of the described period that are connected with life and spiritual culture of that period.