BACKGROUND: Anterior temporal lobe (ATL) resections frequently result in recognition or visual naming declines for several object categories. We propose these deficits reflect "disconnection syndromes" resulting from collateral damage incurred when surgically accessing the mesial TL. We use DTI probabilistic tractography to determine if specific white matter (WM) pathway damage causes these deficits, with the goal of altering surgery to improve outcome.
METHODs: We calculated fractional anisotropy (FA: WM coherence measure) and the number of tractography streamlines for four major TL pathways using 30-direction DTI probabilistic tractography in 30 presurgical TL epilepsy patients. Analyses were repeated for 10 patients 1-year after surgery. WM paths, tracked bilaterally, included the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), uncinate fasciculus (UF), inferior frontal-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), and arcuate fasciculus (AF). Correlations were examined between WM variables and naming and recognition of famous faces and man-made objects pre- and post-surgically.
RESULTS: Significant correlations occurred between one or both WM variables of the left ILF, UF, and AF and man-made object naming (r =.39 to .45, p<.03). For famous faces, presurgical right IFOF streamlines correlated with recognition (r =.47, p<.01), while FA of the left IFOF correlated with naming (r =.38, p<.03). Post-surgical decline in man-made object naming correlated strongly with decreases in one or both WM variables of the left IFOF, left ILF, and left UF (r = .64 to .84, p<.01). For famous faces, naming declines correlated with decreased FA of the left IFOF (r =.89, p<.01), while recognition declines correlated with decreased FA of the right ILF (r =.73, p<.03).
CONCLUSION: DTI evidence suggests several WM pathways play critical roles in naming and recognition of objects/faces, and surgical damage to certain pathways likely contributes to performance declines. Sparing these pathways, possible through the use of minimally invasive technologies (e.g., selective laser amygdalohippocampotomy) or altering surgical routes in open resection, could preserve cognitive function.
Study Supported by: two grants from the NIH/NINDS (K23 NSO49100 & K02 NS070960). Disclosure: Dr. Drane has nothing to disclose. Dr. Glasser has nothing to disclose. Dr. Voets has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ojemann has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saindane has nothing to disclose. Dr. Loring has received research support from UCB Pharmer and Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Price has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ivanisevic has nothing to disclose. Dr. Phatak has nothing to disclose. Dr. Willie has nothing to disclose. Dr. Meador has received personal compensation for activities with Eisai Inc., NeuroPace, Inc., Novartis, Supernus, Upsher Smith Laboratories, UCB Pharma, and Vivus Pharmaceuticals as a consultant for the Epilepsy Study Consortium. Dr. Meador has received research support from Pfizer Inc and UCB Pharma. Dr. Miller has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gross has received research support from Visualase Inc.


The ongoing epidemic of obesity in children has highlighted the importance of body fatness for health and its consequences for childhood physical self-description. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between fat mass, cardiovascular fitness and physical self-description among male children aged 10-12 years old. One hundred and fifty six school children were involved. The participants were 16% underweight, 46% normal weight, 13% overweight and 24% obese. Fat mass (FM) was measured by taking triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness, cardiovascular fitness (CVF) was measured using six-minute walk test (6MWT) and physical self-description was measured using Physical Self Description Questionnaire (PSDQ). Average distance
walked differ from each BMI group (underweight 643±77 m ; normal weight 616±81 m ; overweight 622±101 m and obese children 597±73 m). This study found that FM does
not have any relationship with cardiovascular fitness. Overall physical self-description does not significantly related with fat mass but had significant relationship with cardiovascular fitness. This shows that Malaysian urban children were more concern about their cardiovascular fitness and less attention were paid towards their physical self description.


Thomson scattering was used to determine space- and time-resolved electron velocity distribution components parallel and transverse to the magnetic field direction in a Penning-type reflex discharge in hydrogen. Electron densities were of the order 1013 cm-3, and temperatures about 3eV. For magnetic field strengths less than about 200 G, Maxwellian distributions were obtained over an energy range six times the thermal energy. Temperatures were in excellent agreement with Langmuir probe data. However, for fields of about 4500 G chaotic plasma potentials were observed with the Langmuir probe. In this regime, in which the plasma was unstable, Thomson scattering showed electron velocity distributions having central temperatures of about 2eV and wing temperatures of 15–20 eV. The experiment design employed led to extremely low stray light levels permitting clean measurements at the laser wavelength and detection of scattered signals as faint as two photons.


Abstract Through the renovation of a duplex shotgun house, this pervasive Southern historic house type is given a new identity and is reconnected to the modern city. The methodical renovation inspired the design of a new home type, the Shot-trot, to take its place in the city of the future.


Cross sectional study was conducted from November 2015 to April 2016 to assess the prevalence of bovine gastrointestinal nematodes and its associated risk factors in and around Jimma town, southwestern Ethiopia. A total of 384 faecal samples for the coproscopic examination were collected and processed using direct faecal floatation method in parasitology laboratory of Jimma University, School of Veterinary medicine. Out of the total sampled cattle, 190 (49.5%) had a gastrointestinal nematode infection. Coprological investigation revealed that strongyles (37.5%) were the most prevalent genera than Trichuris (32.3%), Toxocara (15.4%) and strongyloides (11.7%). The eggs per gram count was determined by using McMaster egg counting technique showed that 42 (22.1%), 122 (64.2%) and 26 (13.7%) of the cattle were lightly, moderately and heavily infested, respectively. Parasite burden (EPG) of gastrointestinal nematodes in the current study shown that a statistically significant difference was found between ages and body condition scores (P 0.05) with prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes infections. Prevention of cattle from these nematode infection using strategic deworming and an improved feeding and management of cattle should be attempted. Keywords: Faecal sample, McMaster, Risk factors, Strongyles, Strongyloides, Toxocara, Trichuris


Serum concentrations of testosterone(T), Δ4-androstenedione(A), dehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA) and its sulfate(DS), estradiol(E2), cortisol(F), and CA vere measured by radloimmunoassays repeatedly in 11 girls with PP, treated vith 81-136 mg/M2/d of CA for 2-60 ttonths(Tatle indicates ranges).Hormones were also determined 30' after 0.25mg of tetracosactid i.v.DHEA and A increased in 7/11 and 8/11, T in 2/11, DS in none. There vas no relation to the response of F(normal in 4, subnormal in 3, absent in 4)or to the CA levels. Thus high-dose CA treatment suppressed E2 and adrenal steroids, T remained elevated in half of the girls with high CA concentrations. possibly related to its anti-androgen effect.


Service outage or downtime is a growing challenge to the service providers and end users. The major cause for the unavailability firstly is failure of equipments and applications at various places and secondly failure for proactive diagnosis and rectification. The system activities that are logged and the response of customers and providers in the form of trouble tickets could be studied for minimizing network faults. The downtime can be reduced when the failures are predicted well in time and proactively corrected. Accurate prediction of faults helps in responding to downtime even before the customer tickets are raised or network trouble is encountered. Most of the research focuses on trouble shooting through forecasting the quantity of trouble tickets using the historical ones. If these tickets can be supported with the warning in the form of Syslogs and the technical support of network tickets the predictive models would be more efficient and accurate. Dynamic and truly adaptive machine learning algorithms are essentially required for processing the torrent of data and formulating predictions based on the trends and the patterns existing in it. The work refers to i) identifying number of trouble tickets that are related to the device a few days before the network component fails, ii) predicting fault will occur in broadband networks. Lasso and Ridge regression are used for the first and Bayesian structural time series analysis and prophet are used for the latter. Keywords—Failure prediction; linear regression technique; network fault prediction; lasso; ridge regression; Bayesian structural time series; prophet


Signal strength based localization methods are of great interest due to their low cost and simple implementation. In this letter, a received signal strength difference (RSSD) based approach is presented to localize a source with unknown transmit power. A robust two stage estimator is proposed. First, an RSSD based optimization problem is formulated in the presence of Gaussian mixture measurement noise based on Huber's minimax model. This yields a nonlinear problem which can be approximated by Taylor series expansion. Then, a robust recursive least squares (RRLS) method is developed to provide a robust solution of the approximated problem. The corresponding Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for correlated Gaussian mixture noise is also derived as a performance benchmark. Results are presented which show that the RRLS method attains the CRLB for a sufficiently large signal to noise ratio (SNR).


The development of renewable energy and green technology is a priority for our Government. Quebec is a leader in these fields, but would like to go even further and become a veritable point of reference. To achieve this, we will base our efforts on the commitments set out in our 2006-2015 Energy Stratery, which proposes new ambitions for Quebec.


The discussion that emerged from the moratorium on the Bankruptcy Law and the PKPU, all forms of changes to regulations are the absolute right of the Government which of course, before issuing the policy, the Government has considered and reviewed all inputs from stakeholders. As the main purpose of the decision is in the public interest. the concept of PKPU and bankruptcy only by considering the indications of "Moral Hazard" that may arise in the process. The spirit of business continuity adopted by the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU must be taken into consideration because it has been proven to have saved several debtors from business destruction. The imposition of a moratorium is not the only way out to avoid the threat of "Moral Hazard" which can actually be handled by other mechanisms. The solution or input that can be considered by the Government is to encourage changes, improvements, and improvements in the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU, either through the Perppu mechanism or other mechanisms. Changes or improvements will be good if they go into a more substantial or basic real.


We study the holographic superconductors in f(R) gravity, and show how the critical temperature and the condensate of the dual operator depend on the modifications to Einstein gravity. We first review the black holes with constant curvature, which are clear in f(R) gravity. The dependencies are represented with the modified Newtonian constant and the effective cosmological constant trivially. Then we consider a planar black hole solution for a specific f(R) without imposing the constant curvature, which is asymptotic to AdS spacetime. The corrections to the thermal dynamics of the black holes, the critical temperature and the condensates are all obtained in a perturbative approach. Some comments are given on the affections of the f(R) gravity to the holographic superconductors.


Objective: To study the changes of proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast in rats after GaAlAs laser irradiation and evaluate the effect of GaAlAs laser on dental implantology. Methods: Osteoblast of SD rats were cultured and divided into 7 groups: A, un-pulse lasered with 200mW for 1min; B, un-pulse lasered with 200mW for 2min; C, pulse lasered with 200mW for 1min; D, pulse lasered with 200mW for 2min; E, un-pulse lasered with 300mW for 1min; F, un-pulse lasered with 300mW for 2min; G, not laser treated as control. Cell proliferation was measured by MTT tese while activity of alkaline phosphatase(ALP) and hydroxyproline concentration in cell matrix was checked by ELISA. Results: Compared with control, there was no change in osteoblast proliferation after laser treated, hydroxyproline concentration increased significantly and it was statistically higher in 2-min-group (B, D) than in 1-min-group of the same energy( A, C) separately except group F. ALP activity increased obviously in lasered group but F and there was no difference between study groups. Conclusion: It was suggested that GaAlAs laser irradiation with right energy and time may promote differentiation and mature of osteoblast, but have no effect on the proliferation.


Ten years have now elripsetl since shock ti*eatment was taken into use in psychiatry. Unfortnnrttely we niiisl: atlalit that oiw Imnvledge of the uiotle of acttioil of the vm:ious itietltoda of shock treatniait and of their actual effects bears t i 0 relatioiiship wliatever to the enormous dissemination of these iiietliods throughout the worltl. The reason why we still know 80 little of the niotle of act.ioii of these nietliotls of treatrii[W is, of conrxe, pviiiiarily thilt we ktiow so little o f the contlitioiis tticmselves wliivli we t:rt.'i11:. We ciiii to :I certain exteiit dassify .tlieiii iik groiips, il1id we fx i i often form an apposiittattt prognosis, particnltwly as long as we ahstain froin shock treatment, but we know vwg little, iiidwl, atmiit the iiiorbic'l poeens itself,-if we c;in we! snch


The aim of this study was to quantify the risk of brain abnormalities in single‐twin demise of monochorionic pregnancies and to describe the type of brain injuries using ultrasound and in utero magnetic resonance (iuMR) imaging.


Gamma characterizes the reproduction of tone scale in an imaging system. Gamma summarizes, in a single numerical parameter, the nonlinear relationship between code value--in an 8-bit system, from 0 through 255--and physical intensity. Nearly all image coding systems are nonlinear, and so involve values of gamma different from unity. Owing to poor understanding of tone scale reproduction, and to misconceptions about nonlinear coding, gamma has acquired a terrible reputation in computer graphics and image processing. In addition, the world-wide web suffers from poor reproduction of grayscale and color images, due to poor handling of nonlinear image coding. This paper aims to make gamma respectable again.


Squeeze film dampers (SFD) are devices utilized to control vibrations of the shafts of high-speed rotating machinery. A dual squeeze film damper (DSFD) consists of two squeeze film bearings that are separated by a sleeve, which is released when the rotor experiences abnormal operating conditions. In this part of our study of DSFD we analyze the case when both the inner and the outer oil films are active. Previous studies utilized closed form analytical expressions to describe the forces within the lubricant. In this paper the oil forces are modeled using pressure distributions obtained from numerical solutions of the Reynolds equation. Numerical results are compared with the experimental data.Copyright © 2009 by ASME


We revise the decibel teaching in electric engineering faculties, and propose a few concepts in order to ease the assimilation of logarithmic units and use them in various expressions of free space propagation model. Our proposal proved more efficiently than classical formal approach.


Aim: Although recent developments in surgery led to mortality reduction under 2%, postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) remains high reported from 20% up to 40%. Primary aim of the present in-vitro study was to determine the interaction between pancreatic fluid and three different hemostatic agents. Material and methods: Three different hemostatic agent; fibrin sealant Tisseel, Floseal and Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) were mixed in tubes with pancreatic fluid in equal proportions. The length of the gel aggregate of each sample which covers the pancreatic fluid in the tube was measured as mm and thereafter statistically compared. Results: Tisseel significantly formed an intensely thicker gel than Floseal and ABS (Tisseel vs FloSeal; P<0.0001, Tisseel vs ABS; P<0.0001). Further, the thickness of the gel formation was significantly higher in FloSeal-pancreatic fluid mixture than the ABSpancreatic fluid mixture (P<0.0001). Under light microscope, Tisseel formed a much more homogenous and dens mixture than Floseal and ABS. Conclusion: Tisseel fibrin sealant has beneath its hemostatic properties also the potential of preventing pancreatic fistula development. Further in-vitro and in-vivo studies are needed to reach a definitive conclusion.


Similarity search on time series is an essential operation in many applications. In the state-of-the-art methods, such as the R-tree based methods, SAX and iSAX, time series are by default divided into equi-length segments globally, that is, all time series are segmented in the same way. Those methods then focus on how to approximate or symbolize the segments and construct indexes. In this paper, we make an important observation: global segmentation of all time series may incur unnecessary cost in space and time for indexing time series. We develop DSTree, a data adaptive and dynamic segmentation index on time series. In addition to savings in space and time, our new index can provide tight upper and lower bounds on distances between time series. An extensive empirical study shows that our new index DSTree supports time series similarity search effectively and efficiently.


Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity, of mortality, and of expenditure of medical resources. The etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of CAP pathogens can differ by country. Treatment guidelines need to reflect the needs of individual countries based on pathogen susceptibility studies. Recent treatment guidelines for CAP in Korea were published by the Joint Committee of the Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, the Korean Society for Chemotherapy, and the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases. In this article, the etiologies, diagnoses, treatments for CAP will be reviewed and compared to the recent published Korean guidelines for CAP treatment.


Abstract Native advertising has recently become a prominent buzzword for advertisers and publishers alike. It describes advertising formats which closely adapt their form and style to the editorial environment they appear in, intending to hide the commercial character of these ads. In two experimental studies, we test how advertising disclosures in native ads on news websites affect recipients' attitudes towards a promoted brand in a short and long-term perspective. In addition, we explore persuasion through certain content features (i. e., message sidedness and use of exemplars) and how they affect disclosure effects. Results show that disclosures increase perceived persuasive intent but do not necessarily decrease brand attitudes. However, disclosure effects do not persist over time and remain unaffected by content features.


Brain-related diseases are among the most difficult diseases to cure due to their sensitivity, the danger associated with performing operations, and their unanticipated costs. In contrast, the surgery is not required to be successful, as its effects may be unsuccessful. Therefore, it should be diagnosed at an early stage and the patient should be treated so that they can lead a normal life on their own. WBSN is a novel technology that is applicable in a range of healthcare contexts. WBSNs are made up of several sensors that are implanted in, around, or on the human body to track things like temperature, blood pressure, ECG, and EEG. In developed countries, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major causes of death. Using computer-aided algorithms has produced outstanding scientific findings, but no practically applicable diagnostic approach is currently available. In recent years, deep models have gained popularity, particularly for image processing. Deep learning methods surpass conventional machine learning algorithms in the recognition of complex patterns in vast quantities of high-dimensional medical imaging data. As a result, there is a growing interest in applying deep learning to medical diagnoses. In this paper, we will examine the most prevalent deep learning algorithms for diagnosing Alzheimer's illness using WBSN.


The objective of the study was to explore the effect of deltamethrin(DM) on the metabotropic glutamate receptor(mGluR) of rat brain to make further understanding of the excitatory neurotoxicity of DM.The result showed the specific binding of glutamate to mGluR in postsynaptic membrane in cerebral cortex and hippocampus were increased by DM with the dose of 2×10 -8 ~2×10 -4 mol/L and 2×10 -12 ~2×10 -4 mol/L respectively.Compared with the control,the bindings were significantly enhanced 2×10 -6 ~2×10 -4 mol/L and under the dose of by DM 2×10 -10 ~2×10 -4 mol/L.The in vitro result indicated that the affinity of mGluR to Glu could be raised directly by DM.


The study of parity violation is, at present, the only means of studying the weak nonleptonic strangness conserving nucleon-nucleon force at medium energies. The experiment is a search for parity nonconservation in p-nucleus scattering by observing a change in the total cross section as the helicity of the incident protons is reversed. A nonvanishing helicity dependent cross section, A = (sigma/sub +/ - sigma/sub -//sigma/sub +/ + sigma/sub -/) would imply the presence of a parity-violating interaction. The experiment utilized the 800-MeV longitudinally polarized external proton beam at the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. The result of the most recent run, March 1979, is as follows: no parity violation is observed: A = -2.5 +- 3.2 x 10/sup -6/. The systematic error contributions are not greater than 0.5 x 10/sup -6/. 2 references.


AIM: To observe the protective effect and the safety of freeze-dried rabies purified vaccine for human use (Vero) prepared from continuous cell line of African green monkey kidney (Vero cell). METHODS: 240 outpatients bitten by dog were randomly divided into two groups, the experiment group and the control group were vaccinated with the freeze-dried rabies purified vaccine for human u se (Vero cell) and the freeze-dried rabies purified vaccine for human use (PHK c ell) respectively according to the standard operation process of rabies vaccine. 15 d after vaccination, the neutralization antibody was tested and the adverse reactions were observed. RESULTS: The antibody level of experiment group (96.7 % ) was higher (P0.05) than the control group (90.0 %), whereas, the rate of the adverse reactions in experiment group (10.8 %) was lower (P0.05) than the compar e group (21.7%). CONCLUSION: The vaccination effect of rabies purified vaccine for human use (Vero) is better than rabies purified vaccine for human use (PHK c ell).


Recently imposed working limits on the emission of radioactive iodine{sup {minus}131} to the atmosphere at Hanford, coupled with scheduled high production rates and low fuel inventory requirements have made necessary the early construction of additional facilities for reduction of iodine emission from separations facilities. Many iodine emissions in the multi-curie range occurred during early 1955 owing to the malfunction of silver reactors in Redox and T-Plant and the combination of short cooled feeds and high processing rates. As a result, new working limits were established by the Radiological Sciences Department following a study of HAPO and off-site contamination of vegetation. These are: 1 curie of iodine{sup {minus}131} per day from all separations facilities or 10 curies per week maximum. Allowing 0.3 curies per day from Redox, the maximum allowable iodine evolution from Purex is 0.7 curies per day. A preliminary design was prepared during the week of August 8, 1955 for a backup facility for Purex dissolvers which could possibly have been in service by December 1, 1955 on a crash'' construction program. This design was based on the use of presently available spare Purex heaters and reactors in a new facility. The design has been modified somewhat to incorporatemore » an improved silver reactor design, and is now recommended for the long range back-up facility. The purpose of this document is to present the scope design of the additional facilities required for Purex to control iodine emission within existing working limits.« less


Customer satisfaction and service is perceived as more enduring than cost savings. The managers recognize technology, information, and measurement systems as major barriers for successful supply chain collaboration. However, the people issues such as culture, trust, aversion to change, and willingness to collaborate are more intractable. People are the key bridge to successful collaborative innovation and should therefore not be overlooked as companies invest in supply chain enablers such as technology, information, and measurement systems. Due to the information technology and communication the benefits of SCM have increased the turnover, revenue, and cost reduction. In HLL Life care the executives are rightly aware of the benefits, problems and the impact of SCM. In any organization SCM practices have a number of benefits, problems and impact factors. This chapter describes the benefits, problems and impacts of SCM in HLL Life care and so on.


This study constructs a partially open macroeconomic model (ISLM model) for Zimbabwe, which takes into account imports and exports. By simultaneous-equation approaches, the paper derives estimates of parameters of the IS and LM equations. These estimates have important implications for demand management and growth policy. This is a very important issue for investigation currently in Zimbabwe, because the country is attempting to come out of a recession lasting more than a decade. An understanding of structural conditions that existed before the recession fully set in is critical in making decisions on how to get out of it. The study is, therefore, based on data from 1975 to 1998. The results show that the IS curve is vertical due to the insensitivity of investment to interest rate. The income coefficient in the LM equation, albeit consistent with theory, is insignificant, leaving the LM curve very gentle. The results clearly support a fiscal policy driven growth. A fiscal expansion focused on development of productive resources and efforts to curb corruption and rent seeking, and a monetary policy that encourages productive borrowing, are recommended in order to minimize the inflationary effects of fiscal expansion.


The proposed reversible data hiding technique is the extension of Peng et al.'s technique [F. Peng, X. Li and B. Yang, Improved PVO-based reversible data hiding, Digit. Signal Process. 25 (2014) 255–265]. In this technique, a cover image is segmented into nonoverlapping blocks of equal size. Each block is sorted in ascending order and then differences are calculated on the basis of locations of its largest and second largest pixel values. Negative predicted differences are utilized to create empty spaces which further enhance the embedding capacity of the proposed technique. Also, the already sorted blocks are used to enhance the visual quality of marked images as pixels of these blocks are more correlated than the unsorted pixels of the block. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed technique.


Based on the failure theory of principal tensile stress,the relationship between the point's principal tensile stress orientation and the ratio of horizontal shearing stress to vertical compressive stress is analyzed in the horizontal earthquake.The experimental research shows that carbon fiber sheet can take partial tensile stress of the wall.This paper puts forward the reinforcement suggestion of bonding carbon fiber sheet along the principal tensile stress orientation according to different building walls.


Through the measurement of dielectric dispersion as a function of frequency (100 Hz <f 5 1 MHz). we investigated the trapping dielectric relaxation of r.f.-sputtered (Ba&r,jS)TiOJ film and proposed an equivalent circuit on the basis of the admittance and capacitance spectra. Admittance spectral studies in the temperature range of 200-420 Krevealed the existence of a trap level. The trap, located at 0.05 eV? is envisaged to be responsible for the origin of dielectric relaxation and carrier concentration. The equivalent circuit, consisting of a series trapping resistance and capacitance combination in parallel with leakage resistance and high frequency limit capacitance, is adopted to explain satisfactorily the AC response and to identify the contribution of the shallow trap on the electrical properties of BST thin film.


An as-grown MgB2 crystalline thin film was fabricated at a low temperature of 270°C on an in-plane-lattice near-matched TiZr buffer layer grown on a sapphire Al2O3 (0001) surface. The critical temperature and the superconductivity critical current density of MgB2∕TiZr∕Al2O3 were found to be high compared with those of MgB2∕Al2O3. The film was characterized by using synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The epitaxial relationship in the plane was MgB2[011¯0]∕∕TiZr[011¯0]∕∕ sapphire [112¯0]. In-plane-lattice spacings, d∕∕MgB2, d∕∕TiZr, and d∕∕sapphire obtained were 0.268, 0.258, and 0.239nm for the MgB2(011¯0), TiZr(011¯0), and sapphire (112¯0) planes, respectively.


In this experiment the VAM fungi viz., Glomus fasciculatum (Thaxter) Gerd. and Trappe, Glomus mosseae (Nicol. and Gerd.) Gerd. and Trappe, Glomus intraradices Schenck and Smith. with an un-inoculated control was maintained. The results brought out that marigold responded well to VAM inoculation under field conditions. The treatment inoculated with G. mosseae recorded maximum available N and P (291.67 and 40.67 kg/ ha, respectively), whereas, G. fasciculatum recorded maximum available K (165.67 kg/ ha) in the soil. Likewise, the treatment inoculated with G. mosseae recorded significantly maximum exchangeable Ca, Mg and available S content (26.16 m.eq/ 100 g of soil, 10.29 m.eq/ 100 g of soil and 10.84 ppm, respectively) and least was observed in G. intraradices (11.79 m.eq/ 100 g of soil, 6.03 m.eq/ 100 g of soil and 5.33 ppm, respectively)


The first demonstration of optical packet switching with an InP monolithic 16-channel wavelength selector module is reported. Switching time below 5 ns, wide input power dynamic range of 15 dB, average polarisation dependent loss below 2 dB, and error free transmission are demonstrated.


In accordance with the factor the wide application of chitosan on the cellulose fabric, properties of cotton knitted fabric associated with chitosan were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry.The results showed that cotton cellulose had integrated with chitosan chemically after cotton knitted fabric finished with chitosan.


Abstract:Although Levinas's thinking has generated substantial attention for its emphasis on the irreducibility of alterity, an unconditional responsibility for others, and "ethics as first philosophy," his accentuation of war and suffering, and hence "evil" in a capacious sense, as endemic to existence, has attracted less notice. In this paper, I explore the originality of Levinas's reflections on evil in his essay "Transcendence and Evil" against the backdrop of his earlier identification of the "evil of being" and historical conceptions of evil as "privation of the Good" and theodicy. In shadowing the biblical Book of Job, Levinas's insight into the "transcendence of evil," with its tear in the fabric of being and disruption of subjectivity, represents, as explored in this paper, a striking departure from his previous considerations on evil and categorical rejection of theodicy, in its secular and theological forms, while nonetheless insisting on the redemptive breakthrough of the Good at the heart of darkness.


The Nagisa bridge in Japan is the first hybrid prestressed concrete (PC) cable-stayed and steel cable-suspended bridge in the world. The single-span footbridge was constructed over the Nakamura river. It comprises a combination of prestressed concrete deck and steel deck and a combination of cable-stayed system and suspension system supported by two towers and two anchors. The hybrid system allowed engineers to construct PC bridges with longer spans. Details are given of the design and hybrid bridge features and of the towers and anchorages, decks, cable layouts, joint between the PC and steel decks, and construction process. The bridge is subjected to cold, strong winds and salt attack. A water-cement ratio of under 40% was chosen for the concrete to increase durability. The coatings used to protect the structures from salt attack are described. Details are given of the owner, designer, contractor, costs and service date.


Water maser monitoring observations of W49N were carried out with the 22-m Simeiz radio telescope from 2017 May to 2020 February. A series of flares near a high-velocity spectral feature at −60 km s−1 was detected, including a very short duration flare (less than a month) that was very powerful (at its maximum, it reached a flux density of 77 kJy). This flare occurred on top of a less powerful, but longer-lasting flare. A correlation is revealed between the exponential growth of the flux density and the decrease in the linewidth, which is characteristic of the behaviour of a maser in an unsaturated state. In connection with flare phenomena in the framework of the model of close binary massive star systems (CMSSs), we consider the possibility of detecting gravitational waves from CMSSs in the regions of active star formation.


This paper demonstrates that a principal may optimally remunerate her agents unequally, even if these have equal characteristics. We show this in a simple moral hazard model where agents' efforts are continuous choice variables. Unequal remuneration allows the principal to minimize implementation costs, but causes an inefficient allocation of efforts.


(coherent, lava-like masses showing fiamme) : in the second case such incoherent masses are considered as not having had the internal energy necessary to return to a coherent state, showing fiamme. 1 have studied some of the pumiceous upper flow-rocks from Oramutia and it is clear that Bristow is correct in saying that they are frothy, pumiceous lavas and not true tuffs, notwithstanding their superficial appearance of a tuff. It is also clear to me that these have never suffered complete disintegration to an incoherent state. Finally, 1 must mention the term devitrification used by Bristow (op. cit., p. 160) : is it really certain that the minute cyrstals referred to are due to the slow conversion of a glass to the crystalline state ? These rocks are Pleistocene and not much progress in devitrification is to be expected in the short time that has elapsed since their eruption. 1 believe that a great deal of primary, incipient crystallization is being dismissed as due to devitrification.


IL-4 promotes Th2 differentiation and provides immunity to helminth infections but is also associated with allergy and asthma. This suggests that precise adjustment of IL-4 responsiveness is needed to correctly balance immune responses. The IL-4Rα chain is an essential component of the IL-4 receptor and signals via STAT6. In this study, we show that infection with a helminth pathogen elicited broad upregulation of IL-4Rα on bystander CD4+ T cells in the draining lymph node, while simultaneously resulting in the loss of IL-4Rα expression on activated Th2 cells. IL-4Rα upregulation was restricted to the reactive lymph node, occurred within 4 d of infection, and was driven by an IL-4– and STAT6–dependent mechanism. Mice heterozygous for Stat6 exhibited reduced IL-4Rα upregulation and a correspondingly attenuated Th2 response. Indeed, the enhanced IL-4Rα upregulation in BALB/c mice, compared with that in C57BL6 mice, predicted their stronger Th2 response. The selective downregulation of IL-4Rα on highly activated Th cells was triggered by antigenic stimulation, was accompanied by loss of IL-7Rα, and rendered the cells unresponsive to IL-4. Together these data reveal a tightly controlled program of changing IL-4 responsiveness that characterizes the initiation, amplification, and restriction of a Th2 response in vivo.


Detection of object by Low contrast images is a very crucial task in computer vision and machine learning. There are many existing methods are available but they take much time and results are not accurate. To address this problem here we proposed a novel algorithm. This algorithm mainly consist three phases. First, extraction of foreground region and generate a fine coarse region of interest of object.Second, calculate co –ordinates points of the boundary of object and plot2-D histogram for extract shape feature vector. Third, feed this feature vector into SVM whether it is human being or non-human being. Experimentalresults of this algorithm demonstrate that it is robust enough to handle image of low contrast as well as normal light condition. This algorithm is used in surveillance system.


Objective:The separation and purification of ursolic acid from fungus garden of Odontotermes formosanus shiraki.Methods:Ursolic acid was obtained by extraction,precipitation and macaoporous resin adsorption.The samples were analyzed by HPLC.Results:The purity of ursolic acid was up to 87.63% separately.Conclusion:The product was obtained with high purity and high recovery.


Abstract Homoleptic, 3D coordination polymers of the formula 33 ∞[Ln(3‐PyPz)3] and 3 ∞[Ln(4‐PyPz)3], (3‐PyPz)−=3‐(3‐pyridyl)pyrazolate anion, (4‐PyPz)−=3‐(4‐pyridyl)pyrazolate anion, both C8H6N3 −, Ln=Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, were obtained as highly luminescent frameworks by reaction of the lanthanide metals (Ln) with the aromatic heterocyclic amine ligands 3‐PyPzH and 4‐PyPzH. The compounds form two isotypic series of 3D coordination polymers and exhibit fair thermal stability up to 360 °C. The luminescence properties of all ten compounds were determined in the solid state, with an antenna effect through ligand–metal energy transfer leading to high efficiency of the luminescence displayed by good quantum yields of up to 74 %. The emission is mainly based on ion‐specific lanthanide‐dependent intra 4 f–4 f transitions for Tb3+: green, Dy3+: yellow, Sm3+: orange‐red, Eu3+: red. For the Gd3+‐containing compounds, the yellow emission of ligand triplet‐based phosphorescence is observed at room temperature and 77 K. Co doping of the Gd‐containing frameworks with Eu3+ and Tb3+ allow further shifting of the chromaticity towards white light emission.


Trends in high-performance computing are making it necessary for long-running applications to tolerate hardware faults. The most commonly used approach is checkpoint and restart (CPR) - the state o...


Disaggregated evaluations of AI systems, in which system performance is assessed and reported separately for different groups of people, are conceptually simple. However, their design involves a variety of choices. Some of these choices influence the results that will be obtained, and thus the conclusions that can be drawn; others influence the impacts---both beneficial and harmful---that a disaggregated evaluation will have on people, including the people whose data is used to conduct the evaluation. We argue that a deeper understanding of these choices will enable researchers and practitioners to design careful and conclusive disaggregated evaluations. We also argue that better documentation of these choices, along with the underlying considerations and tradeoffs that have been made, will help others when interpreting an evaluation's results and conclusions.


How do we successfully implement the inspection and testing requirements of the specifications? It is not enough to just reference them. We must set up a coherent written program for the guidance of the inspectors. Several ways to do this are described.


Excimers are aggregates of two atoms or molecules that can only form and exist in the excited state. They were discovered more than half a century ago. Since then they have been used with great success in industrial scale lasing applications and as molecular rulers in biotechnology. Conversely, excimers have been frequently described as detrimental for applications in organic electronics, since they can quench the fluorescence of emitter materials in organic light emitting diodes and act as terminal losses in organic solar cells. This focus article will present the recent progress in the understanding of excimer states and advantages of excimers in organic electronic applications.


The thesis proposes a new methodology of cost dynamic management to realize the whole process of power transmission and transformation project cost dynamic management. Based on historical cost data to modify expected cost control, building cost goal deviation classified warning system, using BP artificial neural network method for the cost of the deviation of the dynamic monitoring, power transmission and transformation project cost target deviation classified warning model is established. In the case of a substation project, to make a validation method. The results show that the proposed method is feasible and can achieve dynamic monitoring and early warning of power transmission and transformation project cost target deviation.


In this study, the effects of cassava starch and rice flour blending compositions and additional of sorbital as plasticizer on mechanical properties (tensile and folding resistance) of edible film blends were studied. The suitable ratio of cassava starch and rice flour to water at 10 % w/v was used for film forming solution through the experiment. Addition of plasticizer up to 30 % w/w of blending compositions trended to improve mechanical properties of films. The mechanical properties of edible blended films with 30% plasticizer were strongly dependent on the blending composition. The experimental results indicated that cassava starch and rice flour blends at ration 70:30 with sorbital 30%w/w of blending composition gave the best tensile and folding resistance. Introduction Nowadays, about 150 million tons of plastics are annually produced all over the world and the plastic production as well as consumption continually increased. This has stimulated researchers to synthesize new polymer that can be returned to the biological cycle after use. Therefore, the use of agricultural biopolymers that are easily biodegradable not only would solve this problem, but would also provide a potential new use for surplus farm production. Edible and biodegradable polymers based on natural polysaccharides, particularly starch, can be produced at low cost and at large scale. Because the wraps are eaten, they produce no waste to harm the environment. Eco-efficient products are the new generation of biobased products prepared with sustainable materials, which agree with ecological and economic requirements including environmentally acceptable disposal of post-user waste. Starch is a polysaccharide which consists of the linear D-glucan amylose and the highly branched amylopectin. Although most of the recent research has been focused on the conversion of starch into thermoplastic material by the extrusion process, another means of preparing films, i.e. from solution or gel, has been used (Bader and Göritz, 1994; Lourdin et al., 1995) as an attractive alternative. Owing to the hydrophilic properties of starch, it provides a minimal barrier to water (Kestera and Fennema, 1986). Nevertheless, starch film possesses good barrier properties to oxygen, carbon dioxide and lipids and protect against lipid oxidation (Banker, 1966). Films from polysaccharides are also stronger and more extensible than proteinaceous films (Krochta and De Mulder, 1995). Rice and cassava are the economically crucial crops in Thailand. Rice and cassava flours are efficient thickeners and binding agents, they are used mainly and extensively in the production of soups, sauces, pastry filling, etc. In the recent studies, cassava and rice flours or starches were used to produce the edible films and plasticized with glycerol and sorbitol (Laohakunjit and Noomhorm, 2004; Phan et al., 2005). Cassava starch based film plasticized with glycerol showed interesting mechanical properties. It is transparent, clear, homogeneous, flexible, and easily handled. Whereas rice starch based films plasticized with glycerol was relatively brittle and have a low tension resistance (Phan et al., 2005). The tensile strength of glycerol-plasticized rice starch film was significantly lower than that of sorbitolplasticized rice starch film, but its elongation was larger (Laohakunjit and Noomhorm, 2004). In recent year, many researches reported the mechanical properties of starch film but there is no information of mechanical properties of cassava starch and rice flour blended films with plasticizer. Therefore, the objective of this study is effect of blending ratio of cassava starch and rice flour with plasticizer on the mechanical properties of the edible films. Materials and Methods Preparation of cassava starch film by various amount of sorbital for mechanical testing Effect of plasticizer on cassava starch film on mechanical properties was investigated. Cassava starch film solution (concentration 10% w/v) was heated at 60C, stirred, and sorbital (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 w/w of cassava starch). The mixture was still stirred for 10 minutes and cooled down to room temperature (27-30C). Film solution was casted by tape casting machine with speed 20 rpm. Casted film was leaved at room temperature for 24 hours. Dried cassava film was peeled off for thickness measurement, tensile strength, %elongation at break and folding endurance test. The results revealed that cassava film added with sorbital 30% w/w gave the best tensile strength and folding endurance. Therefore, this amount of plasticizer ration (30% w/w) was used to investigate the effect of blending composition of cassava starch and rice flour on mechanical properties. Preparation of cassava starch/rice flour film blends with 30% sorbital (w/w) by various blending composition for mechanical testing Effect of blending composition of cassava starch/rice flour on mechanical properties of film blends was investigated. Film solution was prepared at concentration of 10 % w/v by various ration of cassava starch/rice flour at 100:0 90:10 80:20 70:30 60:40 50:50 40:60 30:70 20:80 10:90 and 0:100 (%w/w). Film solution was stirred at 60 C and 30% w/w of sorbital was added in to the solution. The film solution mixture was casted as discuss above. Dried cassava starch/rice flour film blends was peeled off for mechanical testing in the next step. The result showed that ratio of cassava starch/rice flour blended film at 70:30 provided the best tensile strength and folding endurance. Therefore, the ration of 70:30 was used for studying the effect of amount of sorbital in cassava starch/rice flour film blends for mechanical testing. Preparation of cassava starch/rice flour film blends at 70:30% w/w by various sorbital (w/w) for mechanical testing Effect of amount of plasticizer on mechanical properties of cassava starch/rice flour ratio at 70:30 was studied. Film solution (10% w/v) of blended cassava starch/rice flour ratio at 70:30 was added with plasticizer (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50%w/w). The blended film solution with plasticizer was casted as discussed above. All film was kept for mechanical testing. Tensile strength and percent elongation Film samples were cut to 25mm x150mm test specimens. Film samples were preconditioned at 27±2°C with 65±2% relative humidity at least 24 h. Tensile strength (TS) were measured using Instron Universal Testing Machine Model 1000 (H1K-S, UK) according to ASTM Method (ASTM, D882-80a, 1995a). Ten samples were tested. Folding Endurance Film samples were cut to 15mm x 140 mm test specimens and preconditioned at 27±2°C with 65±2% relative humidity at least 24 h. Folding endurance was performed according to ASTM D2176-97a (2002) using MIT folding endurance tester (MIT Folding


THE INVENTION CONCERNS A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POROUS MOLD. IT RELATES TO A PROCESS IN WHICH AN UPPER HOUSING IS PROVIDED 3 4 ORGAN OF FLEXIBLE LINES TEMPORARY HOLD 5. WHEN SUSPENSION WAS iNJECTED BETWEEN THE UPPER BOX 3 AND 7 BASIC AND WHEN THE SUSPENSION cURED THE UPPER BOX IS REMOVED WITH BODIES HOLDING 4. HOLES LEFT BY BODIES HOLDING ARE PLUGGED BY RESIN, FLEXIBLE AND LINES ARE 5 AND THEN REMOVED AND FORM OF THAT CHANNEL open to the outside. THESE CHANNELS ALLOW THE EVACUATION OF WATER AND AIR. APPLICATION TO MOLD MAKING THINGS FOR CERAMIC LARGE.


Maximal power output during cycling exercise relies on the production of maximal force
from the lower limb muscles, through their coordinated activation by the central nervous
system. Larger levels of crank power are produced during the downstroke phase of the
pedal cycle where the knee extensor muscles are highly activated and produce large levels
of joint power. Reductions in force-generating capacity of the knee extensors resulting
from fatiguing cycling exercises have been linked with a reduction in the ability of
individuals to produce crank power and alterations in muscle coordination. However,
fatigue induced by cycling exercises is likely to reduce the force-generating capacities of
the other lower limb muscles, making it impossible to identify the effect of fatigue in the
knee extensors on crank power production and muscle coordination. Isolated reductions
in force-generating capacity of the knee extensors have been observed following singlejoint
exercises requiring repeated contractions of this muscle group.
To date, it is unknown how a unilateral single joint exercise effects power production
during a bilateral movement. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of
repeated contractions of the left knee extensor muscles on the production of crank power
and the activation of the locomotor muscles of both lower limbs during bilateral maximal
cycling exercise.


A medical apparatus for the extracorporeal treatment of blood or plasma comprises a semi-permeable membrane consists of at least one electronegative polymer, such that the surface of the semi-permeable membrane has negative electric charges. Before sterilization of the device and before or after the formation of the membrane, at least one cationic and anti-protease agent is incorporated into at least a portion of the membrane, this agent being adsorbed massiquement or semi-massiquement in the membrane and / or bound by an ionic interaction with the electronegative sites of the membrane.


With the development of marine economy and climate changing, the ecological value of mangrove ecosystem has become increasingly prominent. In this study, the ecological values of China's mangrove ecosystem services was evaluated based on the four services and nine functions of mangrove ecosystem. On this basis, the dynamic changing characteristics of the nine mangrove ecological values from 2001 to 2019 were analyzed. The results indicated that the top four service values were that of preventing coastal erosion, raw material supply, regulating water resources, and regulating climate and maintaining air quality. Significant changes were found in China's mangrove areas which increased during 2001–2013 and decreased during 2013–2019, while the unit area value of mangrove ecosystem services generally showed an upward trend. Subsequently, the evaluation results were applied to mangrove asset management with balance sheets, ecological compensation standard determination, and carbon trading in blue carbon sink. Based on the above analysis, the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions were proposed for mangrove protection and value application to guide effective management on mangroves and further to realize a higher ecological value of mangrove ecosystem.


The allylation yield and regioselectivity of phenyl Grignard reagent in THF was investigated in the presence of complexed transition metals and also uncomplexed or complexed transition metal salts. Additionally, the effect of Lewis acids and Lewis baseson the yield and the regioselectivity of the allylic arylation was also observed. Neither P-containing ligands for transition metal complexes, nor transition metal salts did make a difference on the yield and a : g product ratio and gave the is a -product as the main product. However, donor cosolvents resulted in decrease in the yield and change of the regioselectivity.


A fundamental theme within the Human Resource Management (HRM) practices is about the acknowledgement that 'best practices' intensifies employee commitment. it is conceived that for performance management to have an effect on employees' behavior, employers must derive positive appraisal response from employees. the rationale of the current research is to examine the relationship between employees' performance management satisfaction and the subsequent effect on employees, in terms of organizational commitment.
Based on the research, i find that inherent self-motivation is a pertinent and important mediating variable factor in achieving positive organizational commitment. However, i observe that there is a possibility that adverse employee attitued toward HR practices, in term of dissatisfaction towards performance management process, may have a harmful impact on employee commitment and can produce detrimental outcomes for both the individual and the organization. this topic has received relatively little attention within HRM literature. i am of the view that the conclusion of this research shall have considerable implications for the development by highly commited employees and HR performance strategies within the organization.


For facile access to phenylene-ethynylenes, a new methodology for construction of unsymmetrically substituted di(phenylethynyl)benzenes has been established by taking advantage of double elimination protocol of α-sulfonyl aldolates.


Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been introduced as a remedy for mitigating blockages in millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communications networks. However, perfect or nearly perfect channel state information (CSI) is fundamental in order to achieve their full potential. Tra-ditionally, an RIS is fully passive without any baseband processing capabilities, which poses great challenges for CSI acquisition. Thus, we focus on the hybrid RIS architecture, where a small portion of RIS elements are active and able to processing the received pilot signals for estimating the corresponding channel. The channel estimation (CE) is done by resorting to off-the-grid compressive sensing technique, i.e., atomic norm minimization, for extracting channel parameters through two stages. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme outperforms the passive RIS CE under the same training overhead.


Denotational semantics of programming languages are considered. The core of an aspect-oriented programming language is defined as its subset which is not aspect-oriented. Semantics equivalence between the core of the aspect-oriented programming language AspectTalk and the objectoriented programming language Smalltalk is proven with commutativity of the diagram in which objects are syntax or semantic domains and arrows are homomorphisms. The proof shows in particular that the core of AspectTalk is really an object-oriented programming language and the automatic translation of programs from the core of AspectTalk into Smalltalk and vice versa is possible.


Abstract In this paper we show that a polynomial equation admits infinitely many prime-tuple solutions, assuming only that the equation satisfies suitable local conditions and the polynomial is sufficiently non-degenerate algebraically. Our notion of algebraic non-degeneracy is related to the $h$-invariant introduced by W. M. Schmidt. Our results prove a conjecture by B. Cook and Á. Magyar for hypersurfaces of degree 3.


In the last two decades, high-rise timber buildings have been built using the glulam truss system, even with limited openings. Moment-resisting timber frames (MRTF) with semi-rigid beam-to-column connections can be an architecture-friendly way to provide a load-carrying system to vertical and horizontal loads for timber buildings. In these structures, connections of adequate ductility are crucial to ensure robustness and energy dissipation. This paper presents a review of the main types of timber beam–column moment connections with improved ductility and proposes to carry out a ductility assessment of these connections based on the most relevant ductility factors. Joints have a significant influence on the global performance of MRTF, and the application of ductile connections have improved the mechanical parameters of the timber frame. The reinforced bolted slotted-in steel plate and glued-in rods connections have similar mechanical performance, with high rotation capacity and good ultimate moment, but exhibited different failure modes under cyclic loading. The connections were classified within ductility classes. In general, the glued-in steel rods presented better results because of the high influence of steel profiles in the connection yielding. Despite the excellent mechanical behavior, the reinforced bolted slotted-in steel plate connections presented medium ductility values.


Planetary surface exploration is one of the vital aspects to be carried out for a better knowledge of a planet's interior or surface that paves the way in understanding the planet's evolution. Such a space application depends heavily on landers and rovers to carry highly specialized instruments to the surface of planetary bodies. Amidst the variety of instruments that were flown/to be flown in space missions, the instruments based on Raman spectroscopy are the best‐suited tools for analyzing minerals on planetary surfaces with an additional advantage of detecting water, ice and hydrous minerals. Owing to the constraints space such as size, weight and power, instrument's adoptability to miniaturization too plays an important role in realization. Currently we are in an effort to realize a rover‐based miniature Laser Raman Spectroscope (MLRS) to perform in‐situ mineralogical studies. Here, in‐situ corresponds to a distance in order of 200‐300 mm, instead of meters of distance. This paper sheds the light on t...


This study compares two groups of 30 infants each, less than 1 month old. The first group includes neonates with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) and the second with primary obstructed megaureter without reflux (POM). Diagnosis was made prenatally in 80% of UPJO and 64% of POM. 19 infants with UPJO and 24 with POM no required immediate surgery but have been just supervised. Contrary to UPJO, even grade III POM can present spontaneous resolution. Radiographic improvement is seen generally from 3d to 4th++ months. Tc-DTPA renal diuretic scan (10 cases) and percutaneous pyelomanometry (4 cases) are more accurate tests for UPJO than for POM.


Electrophilic fluorination of aryl α-naphthyl Pt(II) complexes leads to an unprecedented 1,3-migration of the aryl ligand to the β-position of the naphthyl group. The reaction proceeds via the initial oxidative addition of two fluoro ligands to the Pt center followed by C(sp(2))-C(sp(2)) coupling and aryl migration.


An ultra fast quenched plastic scintillation detector was used to measure DT neutron yield in the first experiment performed on the ShengguangⅡ laser facility. The uncertainties of neutron yields were (±7%~10%. The measured implosion neutron yields were in agreement with the calculated ones supplied by Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in the range of ±20%.


In many laser spectroscopic techniques, such as fluorescence Raman and resonance Raman spectroscopy the choice of laser excitation wavelength is of central importance. Thus, it is desirable to have a single laser light source where the wavelength can be tuned fast, easily and continuously without the necessity of changing the optical alignment. Here, such a light source is presented combining a broad spectrum with a spatial light modulator as tunable filter. The feasibility of this setup for Raman spectroscopy is demonstrated.


We report the magneto-impedance measurements in soft-magnetic Co36Fe36B19Si5Nb4 metallic glass nano/micro wires produced by gas atomization. The wire impedance varies with external magnetic fields and the impedance peak position depends on the frequency, indicating ferromagnetic resonance. The postulation of anisotropy directions in ferromagnetic resonance allows to the determination of magnetic anisotropies in the wire. By decreasing the wire diameter, the reduction of magnetic anisotropy is observed.


The sub-standard formulation of tax categories is liable to cause misunderstanding and impair the effect of tax system. This paper contrasts tax payer with tax bearer, resident with non-resident, tax preference with tax privilege, and tax allowance with tax threshold, corrects some real cases of their abuse, and advances some original interpretations.


This paper gives an overview of the options available for repowering existing fossil fuel power plants. It includes an examination of the hot windbox repowering program in the Netherlands. The topics of the paper include efficiency improvement, NO{sub x} emission decrease, power increase, flexibility, and an economic evaluation of repowering.


The South Kerala Sedimentary Basin(SKSB) extending along the coast between Kollam and Kodungallur, is the landward extension of the offshore Kerala-Konkan Basin (KKB). The SKSB has a fill of about 700 m of sediments, of which > 80 m are made up of Quaternary sediments, the rest being Miocene formations. Data from over 120 bore holes drilled for groundwater extraction from Tertiary aquifers, geotechnical investigations and stratigraphic studies form the basis of this paper. Based on sediment characteristics and tectonic setting, the SKSB can be divided into three separate blocks (a) Southern Block (uplifted during Pleistocene end), (b) Central Depression (undergoing subsidence from Early Miocene to Present) and (c) Northern Block (uplifted during Pleistocene-Holocene transition but undergoing subsidence during Holocene). The Late Pleistocene sedimentary sections indicate continental environments at the bottom. The marine influence during Pleistocene predates 42 ky BP. Ecology and environment deduced from sedimentology, palynology micropalaentology and geochemistry suggest climatic variations from higher-Than-Present to low rainfall rates during deposition of Pleistocene sediments. Holocene sedimentation also started in continental environments. The marine transgression giving rise to littoral-Lagoonal environments dates back to 7-6 ky BP. The high precipitation in Holocene gradually got reduced and by ca 3 5 ky BP the area witnessed prolonged exposure and development of ferruginous palaeosols. Within the constraints imposed by insufficient samples and inadequate geochronological data, the paper gives a broad picture of the structural framework, stratigraphy, palynology and depositional environments of SKSB. From these, inferences on sea level oscillations, palaeoclimatic variations and depositional environments are made.


Cold powering by Superconducting Links of high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable assemblies is a key technical requirement for the powering layout of the HiLumi triplets at P1 and P5. These cables, designed to work with helium gas cooling in a moderate temperature gradient between 4.2 K and 25 K, have a significantly changed cooling profile compared with low temperature superconducting (LTS) bus-bars in liquid helium. This report focuses on (1) inter-wire coupling and ac losses in MgB2 conductors used for the SC Links and (2) experimental studies of the thermal stability against local disturbances in the presence of lateral cooling in different regimes by the flow of helium gas.


Author(s): Byers, Ross E.; Merson, M. H. | Abstract: Excellent control of pine voles (Microtus pinetorum) and meadow voles (M. pennsylvanicus) was achieved with several commercially pelletized anticoagulant baits applied as single hand-placed or broadcast treatments. A new pelletized formulation of zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) was shown to kill approximately 30% more voles when compared to another surface-coated 2% Zn3P2 corn-and-oat formulation. Hand-placed cellophane or plastic-packaged rodenticides were effective when placed in vole runways under cinder blocks and split tires.


Abstract Many Latin America are marked over the years by a general fertility decline trend towards replacement level. In this process, couple's education plays an important role in shaping individual's behavior and, therefore, influences on marital and reproductive decisions. Past studies have pointed out that the educational expansion in the region was strongly related to women reproductive intentions, but little is known about the role of husband's schooling herein. In this context, this work aimed to analyze the role of couple's education attainment on cohort fertility of six countries in the region. Our results show relevant effects regarding males and females educational attainment on cohort fertility levels in all analyzed countries. This educational effect occurs especially when we consider the partner jumps to some education, i.e. from incomplete primary to complete primary education. We also confirm that great disparities in education level between couples affects more the levels of fertility.


Objective To investigate the distribution and drug resistance of 171 Staphylococcus strains in nosocomial infection from 2006 to 2007 in our hospital.Methods Strains collected from daily specimens were identified with VITEK-32,and then the drug resistances were measured by standard K-B methods.The antimicrobial resistance rates were analyzed byWHONET5.3 software.Results Among 171 Staphylococcus strains collected,Staphylococcus aureus were predominant(28.1%),and the remains were all coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) accounted for 31.3%,and meticillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus(MRCNS)accounted for 37.4%.The drug sensitivity results showed that meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus(MRS)was highly resistant to 10 commonly used antibiotics than meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus(MSS).Conclusion For effective supervision and control of Staphylococcus infection,detection of MRS should be paid much attention by clinical microbiology laboratory.


The delay-dependent and delay-independent conditions are proposed to guarantee the global exponential stability for uncertain switched neutral system with interval time-varying state delay. New additional nonnegative inequalities are introduced to improve the conservativeness of system. Razumikhinlike approach is used to prove the exponential stability for system. Structured and unstructured uncertainties are investigated in this paper. The solving schemes based on Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) approach along with the selective examples are presented to demonstrate the improvements achieved.


This work examines the role of the nitrated derivative of cyclic GMP (cGMP), 8-nitro-cGMP, in guard cell signaling downstream of nitric oxide (NO) and abscisic acid, finding that 8-nitro-cGMP synthesis is induced by abscisic acid, NO, and reactive oxygen species and that 8-nitro-cGMP triggers stomatal closure. Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous signaling molecule involved in diverse physiological processes, including plant senescence and stomatal closure. The NO and cyclic GMP (cGMP) cascade is the main NO signaling pathway in animals, but whether this pathway operates in plant cells, and the mechanisms of its action, remain unclear. Here, we assessed the possibility that the nitrated cGMP derivative 8-nitro-cGMP functions in guard cell signaling. Mass spectrometry and immunocytochemical analyses showed that abscisic acid and NO induced the synthesis of 8-nitro-cGMP in guard cells in the presence of reactive oxygen species. 8-Nitro-cGMP triggered stomatal closure, but 8-bromoguanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-bromo-cGMP), a membrane-permeating analog of cGMP, did not. However, in the dark, 8-bromo-cGMP induced stomatal opening but 8-nitro-cGMP did not. Thus, cGMP and its nitrated derivative play different roles in the signaling pathways that lead to stomatal opening and closure. Moreover, inhibitor and genetic studies showed that calcium, cyclic adenosine-5′-diphosphate-ribose, and SLOW ANION CHANNEL1 act downstream of 8-nitro-cGMP. This study therefore demonstrates that 8-nitro-cGMP acts as a guard cell signaling molecule and that a NO/8-nitro-cGMP signaling cascade operates in guard cells.


Hrrrkgroinirl: The management of permanent atrial tibrillation (PAF) consistc piimmily of long-term anticoagulation with either aspirin or warfarin to prevent systemic embolization, and modulation of ventricular rate (VR) to improve cardiac function by prolonging the ventricular diastolic filling time. H y ) r l i r s i s : The effects of slow-release formulations of gallopamil ( I00 mg b.i.d.), diltiazem ( 120 mg b.i.d.). or verapamil ( 120 mg b.i.d.) on VR were evaluated in 18 patients with PAF without organic heart disease. Mrtkols: In all patients, each treatment was administered randomly. was compared with oral digoxin, and was assessed by 24-h Holter monitoring during daily life and by a 6-min walking test. K ~ w l t ~ : There were no signiiicant differences in mean and mini mum VR recorded during 24-h Holter monitoring among the four treatments. Peak heart rates recorded during the 6-min walking test with digoxin treatment was 167 k 12 beats/min. This was significantly reduced by gallopamil ( 149 f 23 beats/ min. p = 0.0 I ), diltiazem ( 142 k 24 beats/min, p < 0.00 I ). and verapamil(137f30beats/rnin, p<0.001). There werenosigniticant differences in peak VR during the walking test among the three calcium amagonists. Pauses o f> 3 s were observed


In order to elucidate a relationship between ion components and pH of rainwater, analysis of major ions in rainwater collected in Hirakata City located between Osaka and Kyoto were carried out during a period from May, 1985, to June, 1989. Characteristics of ionic components in rainwater and factors effecting pH of rainwater were discussed by using the data obtained. In this study, average pH value during four years was estimated to be 4.62 (n=214). Comparatively lower pH of rainwater was revealed in winter season. The pH value of rainwater tended to terminate to be pH 4.62 with increasing the amount of rainfall. The relationship between the amount of rainfall (x : mm) and EC (y : μS/cm) was found to be y=bx-a. Comparison of anionic and cationic ion ratio in rainwater demonstrated that NO3- was the largest share in anions and each NH4+ and Na+ was the lowest one in rainwater showing below pH 4.62. It is considered that acidification of rainwater may be caused by the ratio of anionic and cationic components in rainwater.


We generate broadband nonlinear-dispersive similaritons of up to 75 THz FWHM bandwidth (160 nm at 800 nm central wavelength) in LMA-5 single-mode photonic crystal fiber, and compress them to 15 fs using a hybrid grating-prism dispersive delay line. We numerically and experimentally show the large tunability of third-order dispersion of such a hybrid dispersive delay line.


Abstract This paper presents reconfigurable hardware architecture for smart road traffic system based on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The design can be reconfigured for different timing of the traffic signals according to the received and collected data read by the different sensors on the road; the design has been described using VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language). The SRTM (Smart Road Traffic Management) System has some more features that help passenger to avoid traffic jamming by sending the collected information through web/mobile applications to find the best road between the start and destination points, which will be displayed on Google maps, at the same time it will also shows the points of traffic jamming on Google maps. SRTM system can also manage emergency vehicles such as ambulance and fire fighter and also can send snapshots and video streaming for different roads and junctions to show the points of traffic jamming. The design has been simulated and tested using ModelSim PE student edition 10.4. Spartan 3 FPGA starter kit from Xilinx has been used for implementing and testing the design in a hardware level.


Front projection display apparatus includes a video generation source configured to generate an image, and a wide-angle lens system configured to receive the video, is provided and a screen. Wide-angle lens system increases the distortion of the image in the first stage, is configured to reduce the distortion of the image in the second stage, the screen receives an image from a wide-angle lens system of the first side, the first side it can be configured to reflect back an image to a viewer. In another embodiment, the screen is provided for the front projection system, the screen receives light from a steep angle, is configured to reflect back the light to the viewer along the desired display surface it is capable of being configured with any number of surface shapes. .Field


First commissioned in 1994 and installed on a rooftop in SoHo, New York City, in 1998, Rachel Whiteread's Water Tower has been described with tropes identifying it as an alien presence on the New York skyline. In effect, Water Tower– and, by extension, the artist herself – has been classed as an immigrant or a foreign body, marked by difference. Water Tower is a tour de force of resin casting from one of New York's unique and ubiquitous wooden water towers, and has also been seen as a monument or a memorial. The piece was recently purchased and donated to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a once-discreet, sometimes invisible, ephemeral sight, that played on presence and absence, became a permanent monument in the canon of modern art.


An optimization of the method of managing a cache of a dynamic page server that can be accessed by different types of client terminals, and consequently requiring bodies (10) distinct from a dynamic page, in the cache. According to such a method, when a terminal requests (11) a dynamic page, are implemented a step (12) for checking the presence of at least one instance of the dynamic page in the cache, so that if the verification is positive, implements additional steps: - obtaining (13) a set of specifications of the customer terminal of the type, - determining (14) from the specific characteristics of a sub set of features necessary for the return of the dynamic page on a client terminal; - research (15) of the one or the dynamic page instances in the cache of a possible instance, using the subset of features required - assignment (16) the possible instance to the client terminal.


Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) are currently utilized for left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) planning. During the recent global iodine contrast media shortage in 2022, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) was utilized for the first time for LAAC planning. This study sought to assess the utility of CMR versus TEE for LAAC planning.


The Korteweg-de Vries (Kdv) equation has been generalized by Rosenau and Hyman [7] to a class of partial differential equations (PDEs) which has solitary wave solution with compact support. These solitary wave solutions are called compactons Compactons are solitary waves with the remarkable soliton property, that after colliding with other compactons, they reemerge with the same coherent shape. These particle like waves exhibit elastic collision that are similar to the soliton interaction associated with completely integrable systems. The point where two compactons collide are marked by a creation of low amplitude compacton-anticompacton pair. These equations have only a finite number of local conservation laws In this paper, an implicit finite difference method and a finite element method have been developed to solve the K(3,2) equation. Accuracy and stability of the methods have been studied. The analytical solution and the conserved quantities are used to assess the accuracy of the suggested methods. The umerical results have shown that this compacton exhibits true soliton behavior.


Look ahead information can be used to improve the powertrain's fuel consumption while efficiently controlling exhaust emissions. A passenger car propelled by a Euro 6d capable diesel engine is studied. In the conventional approach, the diesel powertrain subsystem control is rule based. It uses no information of future load requests but is operated with the objective of low engine out exhaust emission species until the Exhaust After-Treatment System (EATS) light off has occurred, even if fuel economy is compromised greatly. Upon EATS light off, the engine is operated more fuel efficiently since the EATS system is able to treat emissions effectively. This paper presents a supervisory control structure with the intended purpose to operate the complete powertrain using a minimum of fuel while improving the robustness of exhaust emissions. A supervisory controller assisted by look ahead information, and using a supervisory control interface that works in concert with low level local controllers, can make subsystems operate near optimal. The look ahead parametrized supervisory control calculates the set-points for the subsystems: Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), Lean NOx Trap (LNT) and the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) based on the Emission Equivalent Fuel Consumption minimization strategy (EEFC). The controller performance is analyzed for the World wide harmonized Light vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC) and randomly sequenced WLTCs under different initial conditions. This paper extends upon the earlier work where an LNT-SCR EATS supervisory control structure was proposed that optimizes based on the EEFC strategy. The future work will focus on extending the approach to more subsystems and characterizing the look ahead information.


Abstract This paper takes a critical look at a recent attempt by the Pakistani state to manage religious thought and practice, under the broad banner of 'Enlightened Moderation'. One of the key Islamic thinkers associated in popular imagination with this project is Javed Ahmed Ghamidi. In contextualizing the work and role of Ghamidi, it is tempting to work backwards from his opinions on Islamic truth to situate him as a reformer whose interventions are primarily oriented to the task of reconciling Islam to conditions of liberal modernity. Against such a tendency it is argued here that such an exercise of classification and categorization needs to be undertaken with greater care as against a critique of the imperialist typology of 'good' and 'bad' Islams, a project of delineating authentic from inauthentic Islams has also more recently been activated.


Objective To evaluate the relationship of the pulse pressure to coronary artery disease.Methods 300 patients was diagnosed by coronary angiography,221 male patients,79 female patients.mean age 30~ 82(63.92±10.74)years old.Brachial systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured.Acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed by WHO criterion.The severity of coronary arterty disease was shown as the number of diseased arteries.Results Patients with acute myocardial infarction had higher pulse pressure than those without acute myocardial infarction (P0.05):Compared to patients with pulse pressure60mmHg.patients with pulse pressure≥ 60 mmHg had higher incidence of 2 or 3 coronary artery disease(P0.05).Conclusion In acute myocardial infarction patients with Hypertension,the higher pulse pressure,tbe more severe coronary artery diseased and these patients tend to have acute myocardial infarction.


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This paper describes some parasitic copepods of marine fishes from the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, U.S.S.R. The descriptions and data are given of 21 species and two subspecies of copepods, belonging to 17 genera. The descriptions include one genus (Lateracanthus), five species (Caligus sensilis, Chondracanthodes tuberofurcatus, Parapharodes semilunaris, Lateracanthus quadripedis and Lernaeopodina pacifica) and two subspecies (Eubrachiella gaini dorsituberculata and Dendrapta cameroni longiclavata) new to science.


Background: Down syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality recognized to cause intellectual disability in all human ethnic groups worldwide. Advanced maternal age has been identified as risk factor associated with underlying mechanism of chromosome 21 non-disjunction error leading to free trisomy 21, the most frequent form of Down syndrome. A shift to younger maternal age for Down syndrome births appreciated in some recent studies, earlier data showing majority of Down syndrome infants born to young mothers in Rwanda and regularly diagnosed cases from young mothers have prompted us to conduct a research to verify the magnitude of maternal age effect on Down syndrome births. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Rwanda Center for Human Genetics. Cases of Down syndrome patients diagnosed from December 2006 till February 2016 were identified with respective maternal age at birth. Using Stata SE 13, the Wilcoxon signed test allowed to compare the maternal age for these patients with the reference median age from the 2010 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS). Results and Conclusion: Of 320 patients diagnosed over this period, maternal age was recorded only for 286 patients, of them 276 patients had free trisomy 21 and the mean maternal age at which they were born was 34.6 years [95% CI: 33.835.5]. The z test statistic calculated at the reference median maternal age gave a p-value < 0.0001. That is the maternal age at birth of Down syndrome patients was significantly higher than the maternal age for childbirth in the Rwanda general population.


The invention relates to a shrimp-shaped six-wheeled moving robot which can fit for complex road conditions automatically, has stronger capacity for crossing obstacle and belongs to the mechanical field. The shrimp-shaped six-wheeled moving robot consists of a head part, an abdomen part, lateral wings and a tail part, and the shape likes a shrimp; the head part is articulated with the front wall of the abdomen part; the left lateral wing and the right lateral wing are respectively articulated with the left side and the right side of the abdomen part; the tail part is articulated with the back wall of the abdomen part; the head part is a four bar mechanism; the end of a connecting rod is equipped with a wheel which is driven by a drive motor and realizes the turning by a turning motor; each lateral wing is a parallelogram mechanism, and each parallelogram mechanism is provided with two legs; two wheels are respectively installed at the ends of the legs and are respectively driven by a drive motor; and the end of the abdomen part is equipped with a wheel which is driven by a drive motor and realizes the turning by a turning motor. The shrimp-shaped six-wheeled moving robot can cross the vertical stage 1.5 and 2 times higher than the diameter of the wheel, has stronger bearing capacity and higher mechanism efficiency and can make the turning movement with the gyration radius which is zero approximately.


The present invention relates to a process for preparing fermented seaweed bio-feed method. The present invention uses Actinomycetes, yeasts, Bacillus subtilis, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus Preparation of compound bacterial, algae fermentation, using a variety of synergies between species, in a large number of fibers of cellulose degrading enzymes at the same time full use inorganic nitrogen and organic nitrogen sources saccharides and synthetic bacterial protein fibers produced by the decomposition, algae present invention fermenting organism feeds having a higher content ratio of alginic essential amino acids, higher nutritional value, animal rapid absorption, 47% weight gain can be increased, enhanced immunity, serum alkaline phosphatase activity increased by 15%, alanine aminotransferase activity increased by 6%, the effect of culture more obvious effect. And the production method of the present invention also have a low production cost, short cycle characteristics compared to the prior art.


The need to scale proven approaches towards the mental health care of students in under-resourced, urban public school districts grows increasingly urgent. To help address this challenge, we are developing Connectd for Schools, a mobile app aimed at providing personalized digital and local resources towards the mental health needs of high school students, parents, and teachers in large, urban school systems. The app builds on an established community partnered participatory approach to the design, development, and deployment of resilience-focused prevention interventions for school populations, co-designed by school and academic partners. This novel approach is designed to deploy a personalized and localized privacy-preserving, community sensing technology within a large, urban public school setting to three distinct audiences, with the potential for improving linkage to established behavioral health care pipelines. Along with the opportunities of this app come some challenges: scaling participatory design, the potential for mislabeled data, and community trust. The release of Connectd for Schools will occur in Fall of 2022; we share how we got to this point, and the next steps ahead.


Recently, there has been an increasing trend in automating the process of NAS. Most SOTA approaches required higher computational costs and hardware. Among all methods, the Differentiable Architecture Search (DARTS) made the automating process available within a few GPU days. However, the performance of DARTS is observed to struggle with memory issues and often collapsed when used a larger number of epochs while searching architectures. To overcome the issue of memory overhead and longer search time, the paper proposes a method by sampling the selected channels only, which not only reduces the redundant operations but will also minimize the search time. This method has reduced the GPU search hours drastically to 6.3 hours as compared to DARTS.


This paper presents a new topology for a magnetically sprung electromagnetic velocity damped resonant generator for applications in harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations. It is demonstrated that the use of a magnetic suspension can achieve a low compliant spring rate required for optimal operation of a small resonant generator at low excitation frequencies. Similar characteristics can be difficult to achieve using a conventional mechanical spring. A model of the vibration generator is described and is based on an electrical equivalent network. Analytical expressions are used to determine the network components as functions of the generator geometry and material properties. These are validated through experimental measurements taken from a prototype generator. The model is to be used in the design optimization of such generators.


Transfer standards were assembled for performing an international comparison in hydraulic high-pressure region. For each transfer standard, two electronic pressure transducers were installed to ensure the reliability. In this article, some characteristics of the pressure transducers used, the design and construction of the transfer standards using the pressure transducers, and the general calibration procedure are described.


This review aims to identify the typologies of business incubators (BI) and business accelerators (BA) and to define a taxonomy integrating both the BI's and BA's characteristics and services portfolio, facilitating the adoption of open innovation practices. A systematic literature review (SLR) was carried out encompassing the research topic concerning the relationship between the incubation structures and the performance of technology-based ventures. This comprehensive SLR encompasses a total of 1614 publications, aiming to advance the knowledge on BI and BA. This SLR allowed for the identification of current trends and future challenges, as well as of the most important authors, publications, and journals in this research framework. This SLR establishes a new taxonomy for BI and BA, based upon three main pillars: human capital, social capital, and organizational capital. BI and BA help in the development of new high-technology ventures, by being facilitators for open innovation practices. This SLR is limited by the literature, as the collection of publications was performed exclusively through ISI Web of Science (WoS). Further research can be made into the modes of how these structures impact open innovation practices at the regional level using a knowledge spillover approach.


The first systematic attempt to provide structured model of the relationship between management and organisational effectiveness was Mintzberg's influential Ten Management Roles (Mullins, 2010:439). Mintzberg proposed that these roles could be classified into three categories: interpersonal, informational and decisional (Shapira and Dunbar, 1980:87). The classification is shown in figure 1. While Mintzberg's work was subjected to a degree of academic criticism (Carroll and Gillen, 1987; Martinko and Gardner, 1985; Snyder and Glueck, 1980; Willmott, 1987), his typology remains influential and will be applied here to Oliver's performance on the 'Fifteen' project.


This paper has explored the design considerations pertaining to the 3D printing of a fully autonomous mechatronic device, consisting of an on-board battery powering a standard DC motor without the need of wires or any other classical joining methods. The achieved goal was to make exclusive use of 3D printing to manufacture both the non-conductive geometry of the enclosure and the conductive paths necessary for transmitting the power through the circuit. A conductive connector was designed to provide a snap fit on the battery terminals while contacting the motor terminals at enough pressure to overcome the internal resistance and ensure current flow. The non-conductive holder which applies the required pressure to maintain the assembly in conductive contact was subjected to topology optimization, with future optimization strategies also discussed. The assembly was then manufactured and operational testing was performed, demonstrating a working product.


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The Action of different amount of Y~(3+), Tm~(3+) and Yb~(3+) on E. coli was studied by microcalorimetry, and the metabolic thermal curves were obtained. Low concentration of rare earth cause the increasing of the maximum heat production and growth rate constants, indicating that low concentration of rare-earths ion has stimulative action on them. High concentration of rare earth cause the decreasing of the maximum heat production and growth rate constants, indicating high concentration of rare earth may inhibit growth of bacteria. By comparing Y~(3+) , Tm~(3+) , Yb~(3+) with each other, it can be observed that bioinorganic effect has the close relationship with the ion radii. Smaller ion radii cause stronger action.


Simple Summary Although relatively rare, locally advanced or recurrent rectal cancer (LARC and LRRC) can metastasize. Patients whose advanced rectal cancer has metastasized to the peritoneum face a very poor prognosis. In selected patients, the prognosis might be improved by undergoing very intense treatment. This multimodality treatment, consisting of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT), cytoreductive surgery, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC), is aimed at attaining a microscopic radical resection of the rectal tumor and its peritoneal metastases (PM), as this is the only option for long-term survival. The present study reports on 30 consecutive patients who have undergone this multimodality treatment. The results in terms of complications and survival are comparable to the results described in the literature on IORT and CRS-HIPEC as separate treatment entities. Thus, this multimodality treatment can be considered a treatment option for highly selected patients, provided that it is performed in a tertiary referral center. Abstract Purpose: To assess the safety and long-term outcome of a multimodality treatment consisting of radical surgery, intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT), and cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) or locally recurrent rectal carcinoma (LRRC) and peritoneal metastases (PM). Methods: The present study was a single-center cohort study, including all consecutive patients undergoing this treatment in a tertiary referral center for LARC, LRRC, and PM. Postoperative complications, intensive care stay (ICU stay), and re-admission rates were assessed as well as disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). Results: A total of 14 LARC and 16 LRRC patients with PM were included in the study. The median ICU stay was 1 day, and 57% of patients developed a severe postoperative complication. No 90-day mortality was observed. Median DFS was 10.0 months (Interquartile Range 7.1–38.7), and median OS was 31.0 months (Interquartile Range 15.9–144.3). Conclusions: As postoperative complications and survival were in line with treatments that are accepted for LARC or LRRC and PM as separate procedures, we conclude that combined treatment with IORT and CRS-HIPEC should be considered as a treatment option for selected patients with LARC or LRRC and peritoneal metastases in tertiary referral centers.


Photoreflectance measurements followed by Kramers‐Kronig analysis have yielded the dielectric constants and refractive indices of polycrystalline graphite and five coal samples ranging from high to low rank. The optical efficienceis Qabs are calculated. All species show the σ+π electronic resonance at ∼800 A but only two of the most graphitized samples display a strong π resonance around 2200 A. This π feature weakens, broadens and fades into a structureless continuum when graphitization diminishes. We confirm that the most graphitized coal (anthracite) is the closest fit to the λ2175 bump in the interstellar extinction curve. In additon, we suggest that poorly graphitized coals are adequate model materials to account for the underlying continuum of the extinction curve from the UV onto the visible range.Photoreflectance measurements followed by Kramers‐Kronig analysis have yielded the dielectric constants and refractive indices of polycrystalline graphite and five coal samples ranging from high to low rank. The optical efficienceis Qabs are calculated. All species show the σ+π electronic resonance at ∼800 A but only two of the most graphitized samples display a strong π resonance around 2200 A. This π feature weakens, broadens and fades into a structureless continuum when graphitization diminishes. We confirm that the most graphitized coal (anthracite) is the closest fit to the λ2175 bump in the interstellar extinction curve. In additon, we suggest that poorly graphitized coals are adequate model materials to account for the underlying continuum of the extinction curve from the UV onto the visible range.


"Mohalla" in Hindi language means community or neighborhood. In July 2015, government of Delhi started establishing
Mohalla (or community/neighbourhood) clinics (MCs) for strengthening primary healthcare services in Delhi, India.
Primary objectives these clinics include making primary care accessible and affordable, reducing burden on tertiary
care facilities etc. This article contains a review of past publications concerned with MCs to assess their performance. A
systematic review based on PRISMA 2020 guidelines was carried out and database search was completed on 8 Feb, 2022.
A total of 24 studies were finally selected for review. The review revealed that MCs have the potential to make primary
care services accessible and can help in achieving universal health coverage. These clinics provide cost-effective
primary care services and avoid overcrowding in big hospitals. MCs circumvent self-medication practices and are
highly effective in low-income settings. To improve efficiency of MCs, it is suggested to strengthen health workforce and
expansion of MCs beyond primary care. Additionally, there is a need of functional referral system along with launching
telemedicine services at MCs


The authors study and classify finite groups with their automorphism groups having orders 4pq2, where p and q are primes such that 2 < p < q. In 2013 the first and the third authors classified the nilpotent groups of this kind; here the authors give the classification of those finite non-nilpotent groups with their automorphism groups having orders 4pq2.