Abnormal illness behaviour in primary care, 515 Adolescents life events in, 841 multiple criterion screen in, 661 Affective disorder cognitive correlates of, 297 illness behaviour and rehospitalization in, 521 Affectivity, psychopathology of, 745 Age and increasing right hand dominance, 867 Agoraphobics, repression hypothesis in, 125 Alcohol abuse in Huntington's disease, 815 in South-Verona, 821 Alcohol dependence and the need to drink, 463 ALLEN, D. S. See ALLEN, H. A. AND ALLEN, D. S. ALLEN, H. A. AND ALLEN, D. s. Positive symptoms and the organization within and between ideas in schizophrenic speech, 71 Alzheimer's Dementia multiple memory deficits in, 527 subtypes of, 543 ANGERMEYER, M. C. See MASSING, W. AND ANGERMEYER, M. C. Anorexia nervosa, severe hypoglycaemia and sudden death in, 679 ANTHONY, J. S e e FOLSTE1N, M. F. el 0.1. Anxiety, computer diagnosis of, 99 Aphasia, language dominance and handedness, Monograph Supplement 8 Apomorphine and contraceptive pill, 363 ARMOND, A. See MYRRS, D. H. el al. ARRINDELL, W. A. AND EMMELKAMP, P. M. G. A test o f the repression hypothesis in agoraphobics, 125 Asperger's syndrome and non-verbal communication, 683 Assay-guided isolation of neuroactive substances, 15 ATKINS, P. See SHANKS, J. AND ATKINS, P. Attendance for day care, 395 AUGOUSTINOS, M., SCHRADER, G., CHYNOWETH, R. AND REID, M. Medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry: a conceptual shift, 671 AYLARD, P. R. S e e KING, J. R. el al.


Extracting the fetal ECG signal from the composite maternal ECG signal obtained from abdominal leads is of great interest. The interfering maternal ECG signal is stronger than the fetal ECG one. Moreover, the background noise due to muscle activity and fetal motion strongly degrades the detection capability of the fetal ECG signal. A scheme based on the joint operation of an adaptive noise canceller (ANC) and an adaptive line enhancer (ALE) is proposed to detect the fetus ECG signal from the maternal ECG signal. The proposed scheme exhibits a great improvement in the output signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, the heart rate of the detected fetal ECG signal is calculated and traced over a period of time to help in the discovery of fetal heart disease. Several cases for various weeks of the gestation period for pregnant women are analyzed.


This list represents a series of weekly newspaper columns in the Washington Post that were written by Lederberg in order to
 increase public awareness and understanding of science. Started in 1966, he commented on everything from manipulating genes
 to manipulating weather and from biological and nuclear warfare to fluoridation in drinking water. His columns were syndicated
 in other newspapers as well. In 1972, the columns stopped appearing regularly in the Washington Post and his series continued
 in other newspapers, journals, and magazines.


Through the analysis of the magnetic properties and of the nuclear magnetic resonance response of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 ceramics with different grain sizes, we have found that poorly conducting regions, some ferromagnetic and some weakly magnetic, are located at the surface of the grains. We state that these regions constitute the tunnel barrier responsible for the low-field magnetoresistance usually observed in powders of half-metallic oxides. In addition, the spin disorder accompanying the coexistence of phases with different magnetoelectronic character could contribute to the large high-field magnetoresistance also typical of such ceramic samples. From a more general perspective, these findings can be of relevance to understand the microscopic origin of phase separation in manganites.


AIM: To investigate the effects of artesunate on proliferation and apoptosis in human hepatocelluar carcinoma cell line HepG2 and to study the sensitizing effect of artesunate on HepG2 cells to chemotherapeutic drugs.METHODS: The proliferation of HepG2 cells was determined by the assay of cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) and the colony formation test.The morphology of HepG2 cells with Hoechst 33258 staining was observed under fluorescent microscope.Annexin V/propidium iodide(PI) was used to analyze the apoptosis and the cell cycle.The sensitizing effects of artesunate on HepG2 cells to chemotherapeutic drugs [5-fluorouracil(5-FU),carboplatin and epirubicin] were determined by CCK-8 assay.RESULTS: When treated with artesunate for 48 h,the proliferation of HepG2 cells was significantly inhibited in a dose-dependent manner.The IC50 was 19.2 μmol/L.Compared with the control cells,the colony formation of HepG2 cells treated with artesunate for 7 days was significantly inhibited.The nuclear fragmentation,karyopyknosis,chromosomal condensation,cell shrinkage,and attachment loss in HepG2 cells treated with artesunate were observed.The cells in G2 phase increased obviously,and the percentages of hypodiploid cells and early apoptotic rates were significantly higher in artesunate treatment groups than those in control group.The IC50 of 5-FU,carboplatin and epirubicin combined with artesunate was 3.33,2.02 and 1.71 times sensitized as compared with control group,respectively.CONCLUSION: Artesunate effectively inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of HepG2 cells.Aresunate also sensitizes HepG2 cells to chemotherapeutic drugs.


Perhaps the most insidious and least understood form of segregation is that of the word. (122) This endless struggle to achieve and reveal and confirm a human identity, human authority, contains, for all its horror, something very beautiful. (128) Baldwin says skin color cannot be more important than the human being. (94) Every day I think about where I came from and I am still proud of who I am. (122)


A number of factors can impair the performance of current implementations of concurrent logic languages on multiprocessors. This research aims to address these factors by developing and implementing a unified compiletime analysis which can be exploited by existing compilers. The work divides naturally into three stages: two conceptually different stages of analysis, deriving data dependencies and using these dependencies to improve compilation, and an implementation and evaluation stage. To derive data dependencies we have adopted the approach of abstract interpretation which provides a foundation for a semantic approach to data-flow analysis. We report on how we have used abstract interpretation to derive possible and definite ordering information which is new or more precise than previous analyses.


Objective Timely publication of research is an ethical obligation. The interval between manuscript submission and acceptance affects timely publication, particularly as few manuscripts are accepted without revision. The objectives of this study were to calculate the median time between manuscript submission and acceptance for a large sample of articles from international, high-ranking, peer-reviewed medical journals and to identify factors affecting this time interval. Design The time interval from the date of manuscript submission to acceptance was calculated for 1000 original research articles. This sample comprised 100 consecutive articles published up to January 2005 from each of 10 high-ranking (based on impact factor), international, peer-reviewed medical journals from different therapeutic areas. Analyses of variance were performed to determine the effect of various factors on time to acceptance. Results The median time from manuscript submission to acceptance was 122 days (interquartile range, 76-195 days). The journal selected had a significant influence on this time interval (P < .001). A nephrology journal had the shortest time interval (75 days) and a general medicine journal had the longest time interval (210.5 days). Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship (10% of articles surveyed) was significantly associated with a longer time interval between submission and acceptance (geometric mean [days]: sponsored, 128.3; nonsponsored, 106.6; P < .05). No statistically significant association was detected between the time from submission to acceptance and the manuscript's primary outcome (positive vs negative finding), the type of research (clinical vs nonclinical), the author's country of origin (English as first language vs other), or the declared use of medical writing assistance. Conclusions In this 1000-article sample, the median time between manuscript submission and acceptance was 122 days, although a wide range was evident across therapeutic areas. The journal selected and pharmaceutical industry sponsorship significantly affected the time interval from manuscript submission to acceptance.


Long Term Evolution (LTE) was initially designed for a high data rates network. However, voice service is always a main service that brings a big benefit for mobile operators. Hence the deployment of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is very essential and urgent. LTE network is a fully All-IP network, thus, the deployment of VoLTE is very complex, specially for guaranteeing of Quality of Service (QoS) to meet quality of experience of mobile users. The key purpose of this paper is to present an object, non-intrusive prediction model for VoLTE quality based on LTE-Sim framework and Wideband (WB) E-model. In order to simulate the experiment, we deployed LTE-Sim framework combining C programming in Matlab software. The outputs of the LTE-Sim will be the inputs of the WB E-model. The output of the WB E-model is user satisfaction via Mean Opinion Score (MOS). In addition, due to voice over LTE network (VoLTE) uses Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) for vocoder while LTE-Sim supports only G.729 codec for narrow band, thus, we propose to add AMR-WB codec into LTE-Sim software. The simulation results show that the proposed model can predict voice quality in LTE network via the WB E-model. The proposed model does not refer to the original signal, thus, it is very suitable for predicting voice quality in LTE network for many different scenarios which are configured in the LTE-Sim framework. The proposed model is very suitable for predicting VoLTE quality for transmission planning, and for researchers in Laboratory.


Computer simulation of electric motor operation is particularly useful for gaining an insight into their dynamic behavior and electro-mechanical interaction. A suitable model enables motor faults to be simulated and the change in corresponding parameters to be predicted without physical experimentation. This proposed approach presents both a theoretical and experimental analysis of asymmetric stator winding and rotor faults in induction machines. A three-phase induction motor was simulated and operated under normal healthy operation, with phase to phase winding fault, phase to ground winding fault and short circuit winding fault and with voltage imbalances between phases of supply. The results illustrate good agreement between both simulated and experimental results. For analysis of fault condition conventional method of Fast Fourier transform are first employ and test for different winding fault conditions. Then fuzzy logic controller based on fuzzy rule base design for analysis of stator winding faults. From both the conditions it clear that the FFT analysis only calibrate total harmonics distortion (THD) of faulted voltage and current signal of three phase induction motor input side (stator side). While fuzzy logic controller directly analyzed the type of the fault on induction motor stator winding. Then finally, the results of fuzzy logic controller compare with signal process method as wavelet transform and Fast fourier transform analysis method. Motor model and fault analysis system design in MATLAB 2015 Simulink software. Using this software, motor parameter analysis, fault cases analyzed. Keyword: Three phase induction motor, fault analysis, fuzzy logic, wavelet transform.


This acoustooptic imaging device comprises: an acoustic wave source (1); an acoustic lens system (6') for converting a scattered wave (5) that is caused by a subject being irradiated with an acoustic wave (2) emitted from the acoustic wave source (1) into a prescribed converged state; an acoustooptic medium part (8) that is disposed such that the scattered wave which passes through the acoustic lens system (6') enters therein; a light source (19) for emitting a light beam in which a plurality of monochromatic lights with different traveling directions to each other are superimposed, the light beam entering the acoustooptic medium part at an angle that is non-vertical and non-parallel with respect to the sound axis of the acoustic lens system (6'); an imaging lens system (16) for converging diffracted light of a plurality of plane wave monochromatic lights generated at the acoustooptic medium part; and an image receiving part (17) for detecting the light that is converged by the imaging lens system (16) and outputting an electric signal. The acoustic lens system (6') contains at least two reflective mirrors.


This paper develops optimal strategy for opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) by integrating the design of spectrum sensor at the physical layer with that of spectrum sensing and access policies at the medium access control (MAC) layer. The design objective is to maximize the throughput of secondary users while limiting their probability of colliding with primary users. By exploiting the rich structures of the problem, we establish a separation principle: the design of spectrum sensor and access policy can be decoupled from that of sensing policy without losing optimality. This separation principle enables us to obtain closed- form optimal sensor operating characteristic and access policy, leading to significant complexity reduction. It also allows us to study the inherent interaction between spectrum sensor and access policy and the tradeoff between false alarm and miss detection in opportunity identification.


The financial crisis requires an improvement in our understanding of economic systems. Although a few people foresaw the looming crisis, most economists and regulatory officials were surprised by the events of 2008. Would an expanded economic theory enhance our current understanding and help us to design an improved financial system? This article presents data that reveals a shift of research in cybernetics, a general theory of management, from the U.S. to Europe and Asia. Reflexivity is a key concept in contemporary cybernetics. Reflexivity is also the foundation of George Soros's theory of social systems. Hence, an understanding of cybernetics and therefore reflexivity would lead one to believe that Soros's work is a particularly important addition to contemporary discussions of the financial crisis. However, the shift of research in cybernetics from the U.S. to Europe, places the U.S. at a disadvantage in further developing this important field. The article makes use of time distance analysis, a new analytic method, to describe the shift of activity.


Iran's nuclear program was inherited from the Shah. He had decided that Iran must acquire nuclear energy. Encouraged by Western countries, he spent around 4 billion dollars to achieve this objective. The pursuit of nuclear energy was effectively suspended after the revolution. But, after the end of the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988), Iran began to seek external assistance to complete the construction of the Bushehr nuclear reactor, which had been damaged twice by Iraqi air raids during the war. The new Khomeini Government terminated the French and German contracts supporting the program. This chapter discusses the Iran's obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It also discusses the Iran's obligations under its safeguards Agreement and the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to ensure the Iranian compliance to its obligations. Finally, the chapter describes the Iran's Nuclear Programme in the Security Council (SC).Keywords: Bushehr nuclear reactor; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Iran's nuclear program; Khomeini government; NPT; nuclear energy


Based on the combination of two representative surveys of ninth graders (N = 20,150) conducted in 2013 and 2015 in Lower Saxony, Germany, this article first examines the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and stereotypical bullying perpetration. Second, in addition to already existing research, the prevalence of the simultaneous perpetration of stereotypical bullying and cyberbullying is presented here as well. In order to overcome the limitations of existing research, General Strain Theory (GST; Agnew, 1992) is used to theoretically determine why it is expected that school characteristics are associated with the three forms of bullying. In the students' preceding semester, 6.1 percent of the surveyed adolescents were perpetrators of stereotypical bullying, 1.1 percent bullied someone online, and 1.3 percent of the juveniles engaged in both bullying behaviors. Binary logistic multilevel analyses show that school-related strains are in fact related to the perpetration of stereotypical bullying, cyberbullying, and the perpetration of both behaviors simultaneously. The risk of engaging in the perpetration of stereotypical bullying, and the perpetration of cyberbullying and stereotypical bullying simultaneously, is especially increased by school-related strains. Thus, those respondents who carry out bullying behaviors in the school context seem to be especially affected by school-related strains.


Case report An 11 year old girl presented with inability to close the left eye and water drooling from left corner of the mouth while drinking for one day. There was no history of preceding illness or trauma. Examination revealed isolated lower motor neuron type left facial nerve palsy grade V according to the HouseBrackmann grading system. The rest of the neurological examination was normal with intact sensation. She was treated with oral acyclovir and prednisolone and was referred for physiotherapy. On day 3 of the illness, she developed difficulty in getting up from the squatting position. Examination revealed bilateral weakness of lower limbs (Grade 3) with absent ankle jerks along with the left sided lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy noted three days back. No sensory deficits were noted. During the next 24 hours, weakness progressed to involve both upper limbs and the right facial nerve (HouseBrackmann grade III). External ophthalmoplegia was not noted. Nerve conduction study done on the 4 day gave the following results as shown in Table 1.


Poster: "ECR 2012 / C-1691 / Role of radiological  technique in evaluation of Normal   Pressure Hydrocephalous (NPH)" by: "P. P. singh; rewa, m./IN"


Aim : In this study, ultrasonographic evaluation of digital cushion in dairy cows with claw horn lesion and corium lesion (CHLCL) was aimed. Materials and Methods: In the study, cadaveric feet from Holstein dairy cattle which had the same nutritional and housing conditions and lameness due to CHLCL were used as materials.A total of 240 claws of 30 dairy cows constituted the study ma-terial. The cadaveric feet divided into 5 groups,at its own to 6 dairy cows in each group. After the cadaver feet were subjected to clinical examination, functional claw trimming were made in each claw. Digital cushing and sole thickness was measured by ultrasonography using 7.5 MHz convex prob from axial of sole-heel transition area and they were recorded. The results were evaluated statistically. Results: When digital cushion thicknesses were evaluated, it was found that differences between groups were not statistically (P>0.05) significant. The differences between the groups were statistically significant (P <0.001) in terms of solea thicknesses. Conclusion: Decreasing the thickness of the digital cushion can lead to CHLCL. Therefore, the CHLCL can be prevented by supporting the biomechanical properties of the digital cushion by feeding or genetic selection or by increasing the absorptive ca-pacity of the digital cushion to create trauma and contusions in the claw by controlling the body condition score (BCS)


With the deepening of the reform in China's higher education system,teacher education as a discipline has been included in a number of newly merged comprehensive universities.However,many problems have arisen in this respect.Although many comprehensive universities have made explorations in their personnel training patterns,problems have not been really solved.Therefore,the professional development school abroad can be used as a reference for creating a workable model for the development of teacher education in these universities.


We have assessed the characteristics of clasts along Curiosity's traverse to shed light on the processes important in the genesis, modification, and transportation of surface materials. Pebble‐ to cobble‐sized clasts at Bradbury Landing, and subsequently along Curiosity's traverse to Yellowknife Bay, reflect a mixing of two end‐member transport mechanisms. The general clast population likely represents material deposited via impact processes, including meteorite fragments, ejecta from distant craters, and impactites consisting of shocked and shock‐melted materials from within Gale Crater, which resulted predominantly in larger, angular clasts. A subset of rounded pebble‐sized clasts has likely been modified by intermittent alluvial or fluvial processes. The morphology of this rounded clast population indicates that water was a more important transporting agent here than at other Mars sites that have been studied in situ. Finally, we identified populations of basalt clasts and porphyritic clasts of undetermined composition by their morphologic and textural characteristics; basalts are confirmed by geochemical data provided by ChemCam.


The invention relates to a preparation method of repairing adhesive, in particular to a binder for repairing blade of a wind driven generator, belonging to the high polymer material field. The preparation method of double-component epoxy resin binder used for repairing blade is simple in operation and low in cost. The double-component epoxy resin binder for repairing blade which is made by the method of the invention has high tenacity, high shear strength, low heat and low shrink, thus being suitable for repairing and binding of large structural part; solidification is rapid, the binder can be rapidly solidified in 10-30 minutes at 5-25 DEG C and reach certain strength; and the binder is used for repairing defect of blade of wind driven generator.


Agricultural non-point source pollution has been one main threaten of water eutrophication in Chaohu Basin.The structure and situation of agricultural non-point source pollutants in Chaohu Basin were systemically analyzed.Accordingly,some control measures and strategies of agricultural non-point source pollution were proposed.


This article analyses the traits of Patient Recordand Chinese Traditional Patient Record from historical evolution of Chinese Traditional Patient Record and developing course of Patient Record.It also briefly introduces Electronic Patient Record and Chinese Traditional Electronic Patient Record.


This article describes the development of a software architectural framework for implementing compute-aware control systems, where the term "compute-aware" describes controllers that can modify existing low-level computing platform power managers in response to the needs of the physical system controller. This level of interaction means that high-level decisions can be made as to when to operate the computing platform in a power-savings mode or a high-performance mode in response to situation awareness of the physical system. The framework is demonstrated experimentally on a mobile robot platform. In this example, a situation-aware governor is developed that adjusts the speed of the processor based on the physical performance of the robot as it traverses a path through obstacles. The results show that the situation-aware governor results in overall power savings of up to 38.9 percent with 1.3 percent degradation in performance compared to the static high-power strategy.


Dorothy L. Sayers, the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, has been dead eleven years, and there is many a detective story reader, including some who never read any detective stories but hers, who would, if they could, offer her resurrection on condition that she produce more Lord Peter novels. Over thirty years ago, alas, Lord Peter (having married, solved a most cunning and intricate crime, and wept out his horror at the murderer's execution in the arms of his


The invention provides a preparation method of a top gate metal oxide thin film transistor (TFT), belonging to the technical field of semiconductors. The method comprises the following steps: preparing a source/drain electrode; then preparing a metal oxide material; coating a photoresist on the surface of the metal oxide material and carrying out chemical mechanical polishing on the photoresist layer; processing the metal oxide which is not masked by the photoresist by annealing or plasmas; and finally stripping the photoresist and depositing a gate insulation layer material through magnetronsputtering and forming a gate through wet etching. The method has the following beneficial effects: reliable ohmic contact between the metal oxide thin film and the source/drain electrode can be formed by utilizing the characteristic that the metal oxide material can be converted into a conductor from a semiconductor after undergoing special processing.


A computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based computational tool, named STREAM, is used to analyze fluid flow in a centrifugal blower. The unsteady interaction of the flow in the rotating impeller (rotor) and the stationary volute (stator) is modeled via quasi-steady rotor-stator models. Two such models are developed: one based on a local exchange of information and the other based on a circumferential averaging procedure at the rotor-stator interface. Due care is exercised to ensure that inadequate grid resolution and numerical dissipation do not smear out the small pressure rise typical of the blower considered here. Computed results based on the proposed models with multiblock structured grids are presented; global quantities such as static pressure rise, horsepower, and static efficiency, available from test data for different mass flow rates, are used to evaluate the trends predicted by the CFD results. Overall, the predictions by the proposed models are satisfactory.


British Transport Police (BTP) and members of the local community in Northallerton have launched a Neighbourhood Watch-style scheme to ensure the station ...


The article focuses on the family chronicler of the Moscow merchants Porokhovshchikovs,Abstract: The article focuses on the family chronicler of the Moscow merchants Porokhovshchikovs,discovered in the collection of A. A. Titov in the Manuscripts Departmentof the National Library of Russia. The handwritten Notes are located on the last pages of thehistorical miscellanea of the second half of the 18th century. Annual records were kept from1753 to 1803 first by Petr Isaevich, and then by his son Andrey Petrovich Porokhovshchikovs.The article reflects the history of the creation of The Notes, makes observations aboutthe tradition of keeping such chroniclers in the merchant environment of the second half ofthe 18th — early 19th centuries in general, and in the Porokhovshchikovs family in particular.The authors traced the reflection of the author's "social circles" in the text of The Notes. Thearticle precedes the commented edition of the monument, which will be published in thenext issue of the journal.


A versatile automatic scanner for paper strips which records directly optical density or radioactivity is built around a servo type recorder (Brown). Interference filters provide a narrow band light source. For scanning in the visible or ultraviolet where monochromatic light is desired the monochromator of a Beckman model DU spectrophotometer replaces the filters. The instrument incorporates positive synchronization of strip and recording paper, sequential scanning of strips to provide an optical density curve followed by superposition of the integral of this curve. Areas are easily calculated without the need for planimetry. The slits of varying size are interchangeable and are designed for either optical or radioactive scanning. For medium levels of activity a Geiger‐Muller tube is interchangeable with the photocell, while for low activities, optical scanning of autoradiographs may be performed.


Developmental abnormalities of the appendicular skeleton are among the most common and easily identified birth defects. The aim of this report was to describe the phenotypic characterization of several patients with thrombocytopenia‐absent radius (TAR) syndrome and the orthopaedic interventions performed on them. TAR syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and results from compound heterozygosity of RBM8A mutations.


Metal support is formed for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which a cylindrical honeycomb structure (23) by spirally winding a flat sheet metal strip (21) and overlapping a subsequent, corrugated sheet metal strip (22), while the flat sheet of metal for each revolution (21) on the corrugated sheet metal (22) at a plurality of welds (W wherein the honeycomb structure (23) carrying on its surface the exhaust-gas purification catalyst is mounted in a cylindrical housing (24), characterized, that the laser welding to the axially outermost (W and that the laser welding on each of the remaining welds (W


This paper analyzes the problems existing in life-buoy rescue under heavy wind and waves, and designs a new type of self-rescue device on water, including pressure generator, air bottle, lamp, refraction plate and other parts. By compressing and resetting the spring to change the size and temperature of the airbag, the functions of wave power generation and self-heating are realized, and the design idea of the device, the working principle and main components of the device are described. Finally, the feasibility of the device is analyzed from the aspects of structure, technology, economy and so on. It is believed that the device can be realized. It can provide a new lifesaving tool for water rescue, which is convenient for users to save themselves quickly, to prevent drowning, to provide safety for users, to prevent the health of users.


Extraction and production of inert materials from riverbeds has recently resulted in some serious environmental problems. This is because river beds are exploited by quarries without considering the specific features and material resources of rivers, material carrying capacity of rivers, chemical and mineralogical composition of inert materials and the related impacts made on the environment. Scientific and practical findings of monitoring works, conducted in sand and gravel quarries of river beds present in the territory of Azerbaijan, indicate that unregulated exploitation of quarries violates ecological balance, which in turn causes a number of problems. Solution of these problems requires thorough investigating, based on which influential measures should be undertaken.


We analyze the notion of quantum coherence in an interference experiment. We let the phase shifts fluctuate according to a given statistical distribution and introduce a decoherence parameter, defined in terms of a generalized visibility of the interference pattern. One might naively expect that a particle ensemble suffers a greater loss of quantum coherence by interacting with an increasingly randomized distribution of shifts. As we shall see, this is not always true.


Objective To compare the sensitivity of comet assay and cell-blocked micronucleus for studying the genotoxicity of extractable matter in air particulate matters. Methods Particulate matters (TSP, PM10)were sampled in urban Guangzhou and the DNA damage potential of extractable organics were study by both comet assay and cell-blocked micronucleus (CBMN) on human peripheral blood lymphocyte. Results At doses 0, 4, 12 and 20 m3 eq/ml significant dose-response effects were observed for comet assay while no dose-response effects were observed for the CBMN tests at same doses. Conclusion The results indicated that comet assay was much more sensitive than CBMN.


Resume: En plus d'offrir une parodie du cinema muet melodramatique, la nouvelle de Stephen Leacock, « Madeline of the Movies: A Photoplay Done in Words » (1916) montre aussi comment les spectateurs des annees 1910 ont appris a comprendre les films de l'epoque. Leacock recree de facon humouristique I'apprentissage d'une narratrice naive qui decouvre le langage du cinema, comme les gros-plans, les raccords, les intertitres, les retours en arriere et le montage. Stephen Leacock's early fiction, published in the 1910s, coincided with the middle decade of the silent-film era. While his comic technique derives principally from the fiction of Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and other literary humorists, such as Thomas Haliburton and Thomas McCulloch, Leacock also drew on silent film dramaturgy and on the editing techniques of film innovators such as Edwin S. Porter and D.W. Griffith. In his article "Leacock and the Media," Ralph L. Curry chronicles Leacock's references to film in the short stories "Madeline of the Movies," from Further Foolishness (1916); "The Discovery of America," from The Hohenzollerns in America (1919); "Dead Men's Gold" and "People We Meet in the Movies," from Over the Footlights (1923); "One Crowded Quarter second" and "Done into Movies," from Short Circuits; and "Boom Times," from Happy Stories, Just to Laugh At (1943). Curry observes that Leacock's involvement in the motion picture industry was a more active one than the results would indicate. He could never quite seem to make the right connections, but he was early quite interested in movies. Family legend says that Mary Pickford, formerly of Toronto, tried to have Leacock come to Hollywood to write for Pickfair Productions in the twenties.1 Curry's criticism of the movie references and techniques in these short stories is more taxonomic than interpretive, restricted to brief categorical comments such as, "In 'One Crowded Quarter second' he makes fun of the way movies handle time," and "In 'Done into Movies' he satirizes what happens to stories once the movies get hold of them.2 Leacock's exploitation of contemporaneous films and filmmaking techniques was, in fact, more than referential and categorical. "Madeline of the Movies" is a considerably more complex story than the one Curry categorizes, about which he writes, "Leacock played the unsophisticated viewer who does not understand movies."3 Indeed, his narrator is naive and unreliable, but Leacock himself writes with a superior knowledge of silent film and also with the technical expertise of a director, cinematographer, scenario writer, and actor. The full title of the story, "Madeline of the Movies: A Photoplay Done Back into Words," indicates that the narrator, "the unsophisticated viewer who does not understand movies "-who is not to be confused with Stephen Leacock-is at a screening of Madeline Meadowlark, describing what he sees: "What I set down here represents my thoughts as I sit in front of the moving picture photoplay and interpret it as best I can."4 His is not a running but a stumbling commentary, a dialogic narrative voice-over track accompanying the silent film. With regard to Platonic mimesis, the language of the story is a representation of the narrator's thoughts, which are a representation of Madeline Meadowlark, which is a representation of the actors' performance before the movie camera, which is a representation of the screenplay, which is a representation of the screenwriter's thoughts, which is a representation of a narratological kernel, a reality. The process of transliteration from the words of the screenplay to the words of the short story involves four phases of mimesis, and the process of communication between the thoughts of the screen writer and the thoughts of the narrator also involves four phases of mimesis. Thus, the narrator's story of his viewing of Madeline Meadowlark is six times removed from the original kernel or reality of the story, which might more accurately account for the comic ruptures of meaning in his story than the explanation he offers in his preamble to the story: ". …


The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and mechanism of wind buffeting noise suppression using a new bionic structure inspired by the quiet flight of owls. Firstly, the new bionic schemes based on NACA0012 wing with two sinusoidal leading-edge serrations and one straight leading-edge curve are used in a cavity after verifying the simulation. Then, the results of the three bionic schemes are compared and analyzed. It is found that the schemes with leading-edge serrations and surface ridges can suppress wind buffeting noise effectively. In particular, the sinusoidal scheme with a wavelength λ = 0.24 c (chord length c) can significantly reduce resonance energies above 21 dB over a wide range of speeds. Furthermore, the study reveals that in the bionic scheme, only the negative pressure core moves in the opening and hits the trailing edge, which reduces the pressure fluctuation in the cavity. The boundary layer thickness (BLT) also fluctuates in span under the influence of the leading-edge serration and the surface ridge, which is favorable for suppressing wind buffeting noise. However, the suppression effect is not solely related to the fluctuation of BLT in the span at the trailing edge but is also influenced by the minimum BLT at this point. Therefore, if the BLT has a certain intensity fluctuation in the span, and the minimum BLT at the trailing edge is close to that of the smooth airfoil scheme, the noise suppression effect is significant.


Various secondary phases may form upon alteration of the High Level nuclear Waste (HLW) glass over geological time scales, including hectorite [1] (a magnesian smectite). Such secondary phases represent a significant retention potential for radionuclides (RNs), including actinides. In addition to (surface) adsorption reactions, effective RN incorporation into the bulk structure may occur by coprecipitation. Recently, hectorite was coprecipitated in the presence of the trivalent lanthanide Eu(III) [2], as non-radioactive chemical homologue for trivalent actinides. Time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy data suggested that Eu(III) substitutes for cations at octahedral position.
Polarized EXAFS (P-EXAFS) experiments [3] were performed on Lu(III)-containing samples associated with the hectorite multi-step synthesis protocol [4]. P-EXAFS spectra were collected for the (Mg/Lu) hydroxide precursor and the Lu(III)-coprecipitated hectorite at different angles a between the electric field vector of the X-ray beam and the mineral layer plane. The modeling results for the oxygen shell (d(Lu-O) = 2.27 A) strongly suggest that Lu(III) is located in an octahedral brucite-like environment in the precursor. For this sample, an additional Mg shell is detected at 3.30 A. The apparent coordination numbers for the O and Mg shells decrease with increasing a, supporting the Lu(III) incorporation in flattened brucite layers. In hectorite, the short Lu-O distance (2.19 A) and the detection of Mg (3.12 A) and Si (3.37 A) shells strongly suggest that Lu(III) is located in a strained octahedral clay-like environment. Finally, no surface complex was detected, as evident by comparison with the Lu(III) sorbed smectite.


The invention discloses a calling system based on a femto base station system framework. The calling system based on the femto base station system framework comprises a user plane judgment device, at least one failure analysis program (FAP), and a femto gateway(GT) used for governing the FAPs, wherein the user plane judgment device is used for respectively acquiring the FAPs belonging to calling and called and operator information belonging to the femto GW and identification information of the FAPs of the calling and called after a signaling plane transmission route in a calling process of a pair of calling and called being established, and when the user plane transmission route based on the femto system is established according to the acquired information, the femto identification information belonging to the calling and called is sent to the PAPs belonging to the relative end through the femto gateway belonging to the calling and called, and therefore communication link is established between the FAPs belonging to the calling and called to act as the user plane transmission route, and therefore calling quality between the calling and called based on the femto system framework is better guaranteed, and calling success rates of the calling and called are better increased.


Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify key nursing diagnoses and sub groups of nursing diagnoses for children admitted in pediatric units using a Network Analysis. Methods: Data were obtained from 205 case reports submitted from nursing students who had done a clinical practicum in pediatric units. Five hundred and twenty-four NANDA-I nursing diagnoses were extracted from the case reports. Frequency, Centrality, and Clusters were generated by Network analysis with NetMiner 4.0. Results: Seventy eight different nursing diagnoses were identified. In general pediatric units, Hyperthermia was the most frequently used and highest degree centrality diagnosis. Ineffective airway clearness showed the highest between centrality. In a pediatric intensive unit, Impaired gas exchange showed the highest frequency, degree centrality, and between centrality. Four sub-groups in general pediatric units and 2 sub-groups in a pediatric intensive unit were identified. Conclusions: The results from this study could support clinical decision for selecting nursing diagnoses accurately and promptly.


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The relation between myth, hagiography and fiction is attempted by means of the study of texts written at the beginning of the 20th Century (Tulio Febres Cordero and Picon Febres) concerning the oral tradition about Gregorio de la Rivera who died miraculously in the 18th Century in the city of Merida, Venezuela. A cult formed around his memory has been maintained up to the present time which concedes favours to devotees. The relation between myth, history and fiction is often obscure, and it would appear that these are confounded in the collective view.


Climbing to the summit of any mountain is exhilarating, especially in the company of friends where there have been shared excitements and dangers on the journey, both up and down. Afterwards as we sit around a table enjoying a well-deserved meal we share our recollections, and it is always surprising how different the experiences have been. Given that five people have journeyed on the same granite massif, sharing the same time and space, it is always astonishing that the individual accounts vary so widely. Climbing for me is less about the achievement of reaching a summit, enjoyable as it is, and more about the relationship that goes on between my inner and outer worlds, the embodied relationship I have with the physical demands of the journey, as well as the time and relationship I have with my friends. My opening metaphor of different journeys, on the same mountain, enhancing relationship in often unexpected ways, summarizes the contributions made by Samuels, Carmeli and Blass, Parker, Sanders and Strong. To set their work in context the last decade has seen counselling and psychotherapy in the UK dominated, for good or ill, by the issue of statutory regulation. Running parallel with this has been the Government funded, evidence-based initiative to increase access to psychological therapies through adopting multiple forms of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). By contrast, the USA has seen a spotlight on the 'relational' best illustrated in the work of Stephen Mitchell and other like-minded analysts, who established the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in 2001. This has focussed on developing new initiatives, opening out psychoanalytic and therapeutic understandings on the basis of relational engagement. A key figure, Manny Ghent believed as early as 2002 that relational psychoanalysis marked a sea change in the analytic and therapeutic worlds. The links of IARPP with such influential British figures as Samuels and Orbach has contributed to a focus on relational psychotherapy. A previous edition of this journal examined relational psychoanalysis where Hargaden and Schwartz identified relational themes held across different theoretical traditions. These included:


The inevitable degradation of visual content such as images and films leads to the goal of
image and video restoration. In this thesis, we look at two specific restoration problems : the detection of
line scratches in old films and the automatic completion of videos, or video inpainting as it is also known.
Line scratches are caused when the film physically rubs against a mechanical part. This origin results
in the specific characteristics of the defect, such as verticality and temporal persistence. We propose a
detection algorithm based on the statistical approach known as a contrario methods. We also propose
a temporal filtering step to remove false alarms present in the first detection step. Comparisons with
previous work show improved recall and precision, and robustness with respect to the presence of noise
and clutter in the film.
The second part of the thesis concerns video inpainting. We propose an algorithm based on the
minimisation of a patch-based functional of the video content. In this framework, we address the following
problems : extremely high execution times, the correct handling of textures in the video and inpainting
with moving cameras. We also address some convergence issues in a very simplified inpainting context.


Objective:To evaluate the applying value of 64-slice CT coronary angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery stenosis.Methods:Coronary CT examination of 60 patients with suspected coronary heart disease were used the 64-slice CT coronary angiography diagnosis(MSCT) and coronary angiography diagnosis(CAG).Results:The average length of left main coronary artery were (9.8±2.2) mm in the 60 patients.The left coronary artery diameter were 0.30-0.73cm,the right coronary artery diameter were 0.26-0.73cm. the coronary type:Right dominant type were 30 cases,6 cases were left edge,balanced werecases.In the 60 patients,CAG positive diagnosis were 55 cases,negative were 5 cases;MSCT positive diagnosis were 50 patients,negative were 10 cases.The CAG as a criterion, the MSCT diagnostic sensitivity was 90.9%(50/55),specificity was 100.0%(5/5).Conclusion:64-slice CT coronary angiography in the diagnosis and evaluation of coronary artery stenosis had high value,high sensitivity and specificity,can be reasonably determine the type and length of the coronary artery diameter,coronary heart disease can be an effective diagnostic imaging method,should be widely applied.


Topics in this volume include: the optics of animal eyes; the compound eye of insects; the world as the insect sees it; and the unique visual system of the mantis shrimp.


Yoshiko Fujii, Yutaka Kawakami and Masataka KuwanaHayato Takahashi, Masayuki Amagai, Takeji Nishikawa,http://www.jimmunol.org/content/181/2/1526J Immunol€2008; 181:1526-1535; ;Referenceshttp://www.jimmunol.org/content/181/2/1526.full#ref-list-1This article cites 33 articles, 14 of which you can access for free at: Subscriptionshttp://jimmunol.org/subscriptionsInformation about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: Permissionshttp://www.aai.org/ji/copyright.htmlSubmit copyright permission requests at: Email Alertshttp://jimmunol.org/cgi/alerts/etocReceive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at:


Air plasma sprayed (APS) abradable coatings are used in the turbine hot section to reduce the stator-rotor gap, minimizing gas leakage. These coatings are designed to exhibit controlled removal of material in thin layers when the turbine blades sweep through the coating, which protects the mechanical integrity of the turbine blade. In an effort to lower CO2 emissions, high H2 content fuel is being explored. This change in chemical composition of the fuel may affect the microstructure, abradability and durability of the coatings at turbine operational temperatures. The presence of high water vapor in the combustion chamber leads to accelerated degradation of the sacrificial coating materials. In this work, zirconia based composite materials with a machinable phase and varied porosity have been used to study microstructural evolution, thermal and chemical stability of the phases and abradable characteristics of baseline coating systems in both humid and dry environments. Investigation of the mechanisms that control the removal of materials and performance of abradable coatings through thermo-mechanical tests will be discussed.


This article explores the role of QC group activity in construction site quality management,starting from aspects of creating technique,cost,economical benefit,management level,and quality and so on,expounds the significance of QC group activity,and points out that: QC group is a powerful means for improving technique and quality,and is worth deep developing.


The paper describes the experimental tests of steel bearing elements, which were aimed at obtaining material, geometric and strength characteristics of the fillet welds. Preparation of experiment consisted in defining of numerical models of tested samples using FEM analysis and the commercial software ANSYS. Data obtained from described experimental tests are necessary for further numerical modelling of stress analysis of steel structural supporting elements.


It's easier than you think to reduce, reuse and recycle – you'll be saving money and helping the environment at the same time.


Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWNT) composites were prepared using either decalin or paraffin as solvent. Electrical conductivity measurements were performed for the original and heat-treated composites. The drastic increase in conductivity occurred at low MWNT content for the composite prepared in paraffin, while the conductivity of the composite prepared in decalin increased slightly up to 10 wt % MWNT content. Scanning electron microscopy observations revealed that the MWNTs within the composite prepared in decalin were covered by UHMWPE, and their average diameters were much greater than those of the original MWNTs, while the average diameter of the MWNTs within the composite prepared in paraffin was similar to the diameter of the original MWNTs. Such different morphology was found to be due to the different crystallization. The composites prepared in decalin had high drawability. Interestingly, the conductivities of the drawn (up to 50 times) and undrawn UHMWPE-MWNT composites were almost equal, independent of the MWNT content. As for the UHMWPE-MWNT composite (drawn up to 50 times) with 15 wt % MWNT content, the conductivity reached up to 10−1 S/cm, and the modulus was higher than 50 GPa at ca. 25 °C, indicating that a polymeric material with high modulus and relative high conductivity was successfully prepared.


Two patients with linear ulcers of the greater curvature of the stomach are reported. These patients formed part of a series of 18 patients with mucosal pyloric stenosis seen between 1963 and 1981. The mechanisms that may be important in the pathogenesis of these unusual ulcers are discussed.


The adjustment of train operation is the core issue of train dispatching and commanding. The train operation runs in the predetermined sequence, and the orderly operation sequence is the key to the safety, efficiency and punctuality of the train. However, during the actual operation of the train, the train may be delayed due to equipment failure, extreme weather or human-induced deviation of the train operation from the plan. In order to ensure that the train operation returns to normal as soon as possible, the train operation may be adjusted globally. Based on the big data of train operation, this paper builds an intelligent prediction model for train operation adjustment, and predicts whether the train needs to overrun and other adjustments. It has been verified that the prediction model can achieve a good prediction effect. Model realization The big data based on scheduling experience provides scheduling decision assistance for schedulers, which is the basis for the realization of intelligent scheduling.


This paper is a review of a recently introduced cosmological model from a noncompact Kaluza-Klein theory for a single scalar field minimally coupled to gravity. We obtain that the 4D scalar potential has a geometrical origin and assume different representations in different frames. It should be responsible for the expansion of the universe. In this framework we explain the (neutral scalar field governed) evolution of the universe from an initially inflationary expansion that has a change of phase towards a decelerated expansion and thereinafter evolves towards the present day observed accelerated (quintessential) expansion. Finally, using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism, we study extra force and extra mass from this 5D cosmological model.


The boron-doped single crystal diamond films were grown homoepitaxially on synthetic (100) oriented Type Ib diamond substrates using a Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (MPCVD) technique. Raman spectrum showed a few additional bands at the lower wavenumber regions along with the zone center optical phonon mode for diamond. The change in the peak profile of the zone center optical phonon mode and its downshift were observed with the increasing boron content in the film. A modification in surface morphology of the film with increasing boron content had been observed by atomic force microscopy. Four point probe electrical measurement indicated that different conduction mechanisms are operating in various temperature regions for these semiconducting films.


Lisa McCormick pays attention to the fact that music is a matter of research primarily in two disciplines: musicology and sociology of music. While musicologists focus on the analysis of the elements of musical text, sociologists generally concentrate on the structures of production and consumption of music. However neither musicology nor sociology considers music as a performing art. McCormick proposes to put in a centre the idea of musical performance understood as a social performance. Within this research framework performance of music is an activity which looks like ritual that is social interaction connected with collective representations and at the same time with standard patterns of behaviour. As the most relevant source of inspiration McCormick studies the theory of cultural (social) performance proposed by Jeffrey Alexander.


Compelled by environmental and economic reasons and facilitated by modern technological advancements, the share of hybrid energy systems (HES) is increasing at modern smart house (SH) level. This work proposes an intelligent hybrid energy management system (IHEMS) for an SH connected to a power network that allows a bidirectional power flow. The SH has electrical and thermal power loops, and its main components include renewable energy from wind and photovoltaics, electric vehicle (EV), battery energy storage system, a fuel cell which serves as a micro-combined heat and power system, and a boiler. The proposed IHEMS models the components of the SH, defines their constraints, and develops an optimization model based on the real coded genetic algorithm. The key features of the developed IHEMS are highlighted under six simulation cases considering different configurations of the SH components. Moreover, the standard EV charging techniques are compared, and it is observed that the charging method which is flexible in timing and power injection to the EV is best suited for the economic operation of the SH. The simulation results reveal that the proposed IHEMS minimizes the 24-hour operational cost of the SH by optimally scheduling the energy resources and loads.


The scattering of a 'plane wave' off a submerged body situated in an ocean of finite depth is investigated. The index of refraction is considered to be depth-independent. It is shown that the far field is not unique; hence, the problem of determining the shape of an object from its far field is not well-posed. If solutions are sought among a restricted class of problems the 'dense set' property implies that the problem can be made well-posed.


This paper includes summarization and analysis of previous research results on acoustic attenuation due to particles and flow turning in rocket motors among various damping parameters. Particle damping is the most effective mechanism in suppressing high-frequency combustion instabilities occurring in rocket combustion chambers, which is dependent on the size and the mass fraction of particles. Relatively weak attenuation by flow turning compared to particle damping depends on the geometry of propellant and a combustion chamber. Pumping driving effects need to be taken into account when realizing vorticity generation on the propellant surface. However, its driving effects become cancelled out by flow turning loss when the propellant geometry is cylindrical.


We compare predictions of two of the most advanced versions of the tube model, namely the "Hierarchical model" by Wang et al. [J. Rheol. 2010, 54, 223] and the BoB (branch-on-branch) model by Das et al. [J. Rheol. 2006, 50, 207], against linear viscoelastic G′ and G″ data of binary blends of nearly monodisperse 1,4-polybutadiene 4-arm star polymer of arm molar mass 24 000 g/mol with a monodisperse linear 1,4-polybutadiene of molar mass 58 000 g/mol. The star was carefully synthesized and characterized by temperature gradient interaction chromatography and by linear rheology over a wide frequency region through time–temperature superposition. We found large failures of both the Hierarchical and BoB models to predict the terminal relaxation behavior of the star/linear blends, despite their success in predicting the rheology of the pure star and pure linear polymers. This failure occurred regardless of the choices made concerning constraint release, such as assuming arm retraction in "fat" or "skinny" tubes....


The 2350 m (7710') Yates #2 La Mesa well, west of Santa Fe, is surrounded by a considerable amount of controversy because of different interpretations of formations present in the well. Petrographic analysis of 46 thin sections of cuttings is underway to resolve these controversies, and their implications for the tectonic history of the southern Española basin. The are rocks rich in and clinopyroxene. These rocks lithologically correlate to basanite and basalt lava flows of the Cieneguilla "limburgite" that crop out near La Cienega. The great quantity of vesicular tachylite and sideromelane glass (some replaced by zeolite) implies proximity to a vent. The lower 307 m (5012'-6018') of volcanic material resembles the latitic lava flows and sedimentary deposits of the Espinaso Formation.


In the era of expanding energy program all over the world, the role of radiationbiology has acquired greater relevance and significance in addressing the health issues. In present time, nuclear terrorism and weapons related effects are raising much alarm and concern to public health. Radiation is often used to treat malignant tumours, or in combination with surgery. Ionizing radiation is known to produce deleterious effects on living organisms. Despite the advantage of radiotherapy and improvements in techniques, many patients experience moderate to severe side effects including xerostomia, diarrhea, mucositis, dermatitis, ulceration and fibrosis . Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydroxyl radical (OH),superoxide anion radicals (O2) and hydrogen peroxide(H2O2) were produced as a response to ionizing radiation Mammalian cells are equipped with both enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant mechanisms to minimize cellular damage resulting from interaction between cellular constituents and ROS. Under normal conditions, a delicate balance exists between the generation of ROS and the cellular antioxidant systems. Over production of ROS in both intra and extra-cellular spaces upon exposure of cells to ionizingradiation results in oxidative stress due to the imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant enzyme activities (Superoxide dismutase , Catalase and lipid peroxidation ) in biceps muscle of mice. Mice were divided into 4 groups. Study was performed at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days stage. Present study convincingly demonstrated that Adhatoda extract provides protection against free radical damage.


w In 1897, a man accused of murder admitted to a newspaper reporter that, although he had not committed the murder, he had witnessed the crime. Called upon to testify, the man invoked privilege because of communication witha journalist. The court dismissed his plea with the statement that his request "scarcely merits comment."' During the decades since, the issue of newsmen's privilege has merited much comment from the courts. So much, indeed, that lawyers and journalists alike are confused.2 In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled in Branzburg v. Hayes that newsmen enjoy no constitutional privilege to withhold the names of sources and to conceal information from grand jury praceedings.3 The decision was widely believed to sound the death knell of the newsmen's privilege controversy.4 But a welter of confusing and often contradictory rulings by lower courts have kept alive newsmen's hope of ultimately acquiring broad First Amendment protection from revealing sources and information.5 Critics of shield laws charge that veiled sources are often fabrications or dummies to color stories according to the editor's tastes and undermine the media's credibility.6 At the other end of the spectrum, proponents of absolute shield laws maintain that


In this study we propose a model that represents the importance of large arborescent palms in the dynamics of seasonally-dry Amazonian forests. Specifically, the model is aimed at guiding the investigation of the role of large arborescent palms on forest regeneration and succession. Following disturbance, the high level of luminosity reaching recently formed forest gaps favors the quick proliferation of shade-intolerant lianas that, by casting shade on the crowns of mature forest trees and increasing tree-fall probability, suppress forest succession. Due to their columnar architecture palm trees are, however, not severely affected by vines. As the palms grow, the canopy at the gaps becomes gradually higher and denser, progressively obstructing the passage of light, thus hindering the growth of shade-intolerant lianas and enabling late-successional tree development and forest regeneration. Owing to the long time associated with forest regeneration, the model cannot be tested directly, but aspects of it were examined with field data collected at an Attalea maripa-rich secondary forest patch within a matrix of well-preserved seasonally-dry forest in the Southeastern Amazon. The results indicate that (1) forest disturbance is important for the recruitment of large arborescent palms species, (2) these palms can grow rapidly after an event of disturbance, restoring forest canopy height and density, and (3) secondary forest dominated by palm trees species may be floristically similar to nearby undisturbed forests, supporting the hypothesis that the former has undergone regeneration, as purported in the model.


VB programming design is an important general course for science and engineering majors. Effective learning of VB course is critical for students to develop practical skill in using VB to solve scientific and engineering problems. This manuscript refines our experience in teaching VB courses accumulated in many years. Our discussion and analysis of VB course pedagogy have been shaped to meet the specific characteristic of students in science and engineering majors. Our practice in applying those experiences in VB teaching proves to be effective in improving the quality of education.


In practice there are questions connected with recognition by inadmissible proofs, protocols of identification in connection with abnormality of its carrying out, or incorrectness of fixing of results. The insufficient uregulirovannost the legislator of an order of carrying out identification brings in the subsequent to loss of one of proofs – the protocol of identification inadmissible that affects crime investigation process in general. For ensuring quality of carrying out presentation for identification it is offered to settle more carefully and consistently an order of carrying out this investigative action, to formulate the conditions necessary for its implementation. Need of settlement of an order of carrying out identification of animal and rare objects is proved. The offer on need of settlement of an order of presentation for identification with juvenile children for ensuring their physical and mental protection is proved. The position about a possibility of carrying out repeated identification when carrying out initial identification according to photos of more twelve-year prescription is proved.


Aside from would-be mimetic renderings of characters' voices in fictions, what is voice, in a literary text ? The concept is often used in literary studies but, being volatile, it is very seldom defined. Are there relations between the phone, the physical voice, and the literary « voice » or are we condemned to the metaphorical ? How legitimate is it to talk of the « voice of a text » ? Do we dream it ? Freely commenting on a collage of remarks culled from texts by a variety of writers, philosophers and critics, this introduction aims at framing the question debated throughout this dossier.


Background: Peptic ulcer disease is a worldwide problem. Currently, there is no cost-effective treatment to relieve pain, heal the ulcer and prevent ulcer recurrence. Hence, there is a dire need to search and find a suitable treatment from natural sources. The present study was designed to investigate the anti-ulcer activity of ethanol extract of the leaves of Cymbopogon flexuosus. Methods: The ethanol extract of the leaves of Cymbopogon flexuosus was prepared by hot extraction method. Anti-ulcer activity was evaluated in rats and method employed was pylorus ligation. Animals were divided into four groups of six animals each. The animals of Group I served as normal control (vehicle) which received normal saline (5 ml/kg b.wt., p.o). Group II and III received 200 and 400 mg/kg b.wt. of ethanol extract, respectively. The animals of Group IV served as standard control which received ranitidine (15 mg/kg bd.wt.). At the end of study parameters like ulcer index, free acidity, total acidity, acid volume, and pH were determined. Results: The ethanol extract showed a significant reduction in the total acidity, free acidity, and acid volume. The efficacy of plant extract at high dose was comparable with the standard drug - ranitidine. Conclusion: Our study results support the ethnomedical use of leaves of C. flexuosus .


The paper describes one of possible approaches to control of multi-variable control loops. In the approach to control is used the so called RGA (Relative Gain Array) method, simple approach to ensure of invariance of control loop and simple approach to a design of the so called primary controllers. The RGA serve to determine the optimal input-output variable pairings especially for a multi-variable controlled plant. The so called correction members are then generally considered for ensuring invariance of a control loop. Further, it is considered that primary controllers are determined by arbitrary single-variable synthesis method for optimal input-output variable pairings. Simulation verifications of the mentioned way of control are carried out for twovariable control loop. Key-Words: MIMO control loop, RGA, simulation, synthesis


The dynamic characteristic of the PBN combined with the sensitivity and gene state transition was analyzed.The computing method was obtained by introducing the sensitivity of network from the Boolean networks into probabilistic Boolean networks.Finally,the dynamic characteristic of PBN from the aspects of the structure of network was discussed.One probabilistic Boolean network was divided into several Boolean networks,so sample Boolean networks could be used to analyze complex PBN and its steady-state distribution.


The purpose of this research is to know direct influence mastery of vocabulary, reading habits, mastery of language styles, on poetry writing skill. This research applied survey method with path analytical technique. Research population was student at the State Senior High School 107 of Jakarta in 2014/2015 academic year. Sample was selected with quota technique. Data collection was done by using questionnaire and test techniques. The result of the research concluded that: (1) there is a direct influence of vocabulary on student's mastery of language styles with coefficient path score is 0,250 and level of direct influence is 0,466; (2) there is a direct influence of reading habit on students language styles with coefficient path score is 0,437 and level of direct influence is 0,554; (3) there is a direct influence of vocabulary on student's poetry writing skill with path coefficient score is 0,153 and level og direct influence is 0,548; (4) there is a direct influence of reading habits on mastery of poetry writing skill with path coefficient score is 0,360 and level of direct influence is 0,704; and (5) there is a direct influence of style language on the poetry writing skill, with path coefficient score is 0,496 and level of direct influence is 0,766.


Abstract : This report is a three month study of systematic and intensive field investigations of the Aquilla Creek Watershed. The purpose was to evaluate the cultural resources that includes an archaeological and historical inventory of the area along Aquilla and Hackberry Creeks between State Highway 22 and Aquilla, Texas with regard to the impact of the construction of the proposed lake would have on them. There were one hundred twenty-five prehistoric sites recorded in the area. The rolling hilly terrain makes for environmental variation within a short distance. The report recommends salvage excavations to recover cultural information about prehistoric occupation of the site before construction of the lake. (Author)


[Aims]Flometoquin is a novel quinoline insecticide which was developed by Meiji Seika Kaisha and Nippon Kayaku. To study this class of insecticide, the synthetic method and bio-activity were explored. [Methods] Flometoquin was synthesized by 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenol, 1-chloro-2-methyl-4-nitrobenzene, ethyl 2-methyl-3-oxopentanoate, methyl chloroformate as start materials, and its structure was confirmed by 1H NMR. [Results][Results] The test result showed that flometoquin exhibited good insecticidal activity against Plutella xylostella and Mythimna separata. [Conclusions][Conclusions] Flometoquin provides potent insecticidal activity, it deserves further study as a kind of insecticide with novel chemical structure.


An object of the present invention is a method of friction stir welding, it is possible to carry out that welding the high oxygen affinity alloys and / or whereby high plasticizing energy, good heat flow out of the welding point it is to obtain a method that enables controlled. This object is achieved in the present invention is solved as follows. That is, the cooling ring associated traveling to the pin tool (1) (2), by limiting the location on the side surface area adjacent to the trailing region of the welding point, and pin tool (1), blowing a cooling liquid. From a gas nozzle associated traveling to the pin tool in addition to (3), the pin tool (1), and with respect to the cooling water flowing out from the cooling ring (2), blowing a cooling gas from the front. (Fig. 1)


The patient, a male aged 45, was first seen 13.4.62. Skin nodules were biopsied before ad mission, with a diagnosis of Kapo si sarcoma. History: early in 1961 he developed nodules on right foot and ankle. September 1961 a crop de veloped on right buttock. Since then isolated nodules have appeared on face and limbs. The patient attended hospital with lesion on right buttock fungated (see illustration) . An interesting point is that the left leg was p ractically unaffected; no oedema of legs; X-ra y of chest normal. The patient was given 3 courses of X-ra y therapy first to the lesion on right buttock, th en to the right foot and ankle; 1,800 Rover 6 treatments in 6 days. Following this the lesions improved considerably and the patient became pain-free, while the fungating lesion on the buttock disappeared. Discharged 29.6.62 and no more was heard of him.


The city becomes an ecological niche for birds which provides new sources of food, so they are developing it more actively. Different species react in various manners to an increase in anthropogenic impact. The problem has not been sufficiently studied due to an increase in anthropogenic impact and a wide range of behavioral responses of birds. An attempt is made to analyze the behavior of the synanthropic birds according to the established methods and to identify possible changes on the basis of the collected data.


This study compared the onset of vascular bleeding between osseodensification and conventional drilling of implant osteotomy sites. Patients requiring a single missing tooth replacement with type III trabecular bone were included and allocated to either group A (test) or B (control). In group A, osseodensification group (OD), implant osteotomy was carried out using Densah burs in counter-clockwise (CCW) direction, while for group B (standard drilling group) (SD) Densah burs were run in clockwise direction. An endoscope was introduced into the osteotomy, to visualize and measure time taken for initiation of bleeding (BI) and for blood to fill the osteotomy site (BF). A total of 40 osteotomy sites (23 maxilla, 17 mandible) were included in this cross-sectional study. The mean age of study participants was 50.1 years ± 8.28 years. The mean BI time for groups A and B was 18.54 ± 2.48 seconds and 16.89 ± 1.92 seconds respectively (P = 0.02); while the mean BF time for groups A and B was 41.92 ± 3.19 seconds and 37.95 ± 2.73 seconds respectively (P<0.001). Osseodensification does not seem to negatively affect or induce loss of vascularity of the bone. Clinicians should keep in mind that osseodensified sites might take slightly longer to be filled with blood following osteotomy. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. doi: 10.11607/prd.6542.


Evaluating economic research today is a most contested fi eld. Th is applies, most notably, since individual careers of a whole generation of critical young economists are aff ected. And it applies in economics, perhaps more than in any other discipline, since it is the most important academic discipline for the ideological legitimization of capitalism and one of the few, perhaps the only, fundamentally divided and contested discipline. What the ruling forces of the economy, of professional politics, of science administration, and particularly of economic science have made out of the complex issues and processes of evaluating research quality is reducing them down to a simplistic, allegedly exact, objective, and obvious, but fundamentally mistaken procedure of a one-dimensional ranking of quantitative domination, a cumulative dictatorship of mass. And this is done in surprisingly unprofessional ways, subject to many obvious misconceptions and failures. For example, the Also? Der alte fruchtlose Streit eines ›Entweder/Oder‹ ist, wie schon Schumpeter in Zusammenhang mit der Menger/Schmoller-Auseinandersetzung sagte, »im Wesentlichen eine Geschichte vergeudeter Energie« (Schumpeter 1965: 994). Die Fragen bezüglich Pluralismus, Mainstream-Ansprüchen und dergleichen bleiben aktuell und Gegenstand fortlaufender Diskussionen. Die FAZ/HB-Konfrontation hat allerdings wenig dazu beigetragen.


By the revised Guarantee of Automobile Accident Compensation Act (No. 6969), it became obligatory to buy property insurance in order to guarantee compensation for property damage on the victims of automobile accidents. However, if one buys automobile insurance with the special clause on restricted driving, which discounts the premium in return for restriction on the drivers' age and scope, the insurance does not cover the property damage of an automobile accident caused by a driver who does not fall within the age and scope specified in the special clause even with-in the required insurance amount, different from personal indemnity I. This deviates far from the original purpose of the obligation of property insurance to protect victims, and thus it needs to be reconsidered at this point of time. Although the Guarantee of Automobile Accident Compensation Act was amended, the special clause on restricted driving, which is taken by most of insurance contractors, has been used as it is without amendment be-cause it has many problems as it has been at issue. Thus, the present study analyzed these problems based on theoretical grounds, and proposed solutions for the problems. The suggested solutions are that the contents of the special clause on restricted driving need to include, in addition to personal indemnity I, the provision that the special clause shall not be applied within the insurance amount of the compulsory property insurance in order to protect victims, and that the premium of facultative property insurance should be set higher than the current level in proportion to the increase of the limit of compensation in order to in-crease insurance contractors' burden of insurance premium.


A completely symmetric dual-level spiral inductor structure is proposed. The symmetry, area efficiency, the size dependence of the coupling factor, and the quality factors of the dual-level inductors are evaluated and compared with that of the single-level. This work demonstrates that, with most RF applications, the dual-level inductors are the better choice than the single-level. key words: spiral inductors, symmetric, RF ICs, quality factor


The book is a well researched summary of 'Eponyms' related to the anatomy and surgery of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas. The book is laid out in alphabetical order beginning with Abernethy each section begins with a short summary of the surgical or anatomical details of the eponym. There then follows a page or two on the biography of the person upon whom the eponym is based. The book is an easy read and there are a number of amusing anecdotes-for example on page 3. Abernethy's proposal of marriage was as follows " My time is essentially occupied, and I have therefore no leisure for courting ....... reflect upon this matter until Monday. " This lady subsequently became Mrs Abernethy and they had two daughters!! The book is useful for anyone interested in the history of medicine. However I would also recommend this book to students as the little piece of anatomy or surgery at the beginning of each section is of educational value. For the more serious students of history each section is followed by a brief bibliography. The book is liberally illustrated throughout with photographs of the persons after whom the eponyms are named with many historical photographs of instrumentation, theatres etc. The book is an excellent read for one's leisure time or when travelling for the student of medicine, the anatomist the general physician, the general surgeon or the hepatobiliary specialist. I enjoyed the book immensely and can recommend it thoroughly. Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 24 is another high quality volume from the 'Recent Advances' series. It brings together eighteen chapters by over thirty authors, of topical analysis of developments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in one handy volume. Within obstetrics, nine chapters deal with a wide range of topics. A chapter on gestational diabetes highlights the back to basic principles of high carbohydrate low glycaemic index diets and yet makes reference to the introduction of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic therapy in women with incipient fetal macrosomia, even in those with apparently adequate glycaemic control. Further maternal issues covered include a comprehensive chapter on management of shock. The importance of the team approach and well-rehearsed 'fire drills' in each unit is emphasised. A very informative chapter on HIV and pregnancy from an African perspective not only explores the role of antiretroviral treatment but also discusses the more general issues such as the risks associated with …


Wireless communication capabilities of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) have been utilized in various cutting-edge applications such as Vehicular Social Networks (VSNs). One of the benefits of VSNs is sharing of common-interest information among vehicle drivers. Drivers may benefit from identifying neighbors that have interest common with them along with the extent of their interest. However, there are some privacy issues that should be addressed. Revealing the nature and degree of interests (DOI) of drivers can be in violation of their privacy. In this paper, we propose an efficient chatting scheme among drivers that preserves such privacy. We use attribute based encryption (ABE) technique for anonymous common interest verification and homomorphic encryption technique for anonymous DOI verification. Moreover, we propose an efficient search mechanism to enable vehicles to check if they have common interests with low computation and communication overhead. To secure conversation, a key agreement protocol is used to enable the drivers that have the same interest and the desired DOI to establish a shared secret key. Our extensive evaluations demonstrate that our scheme can successfully preserve drivers' privacy with low communication and computation overhead


This chapter gives an account of a young woman suffering from a personality disorder who killed her baby and her psychoanalytic psychotherapy treatment in high security over several years. The focus is on three main areas. Firstly, the severity of her family dysfunction, especially the relationship with her own mother, gradually emerged in the course of treatment and this led to the infanticide also being viewed as a suicidal or even a matricidal act as the patient's identifications with mother and baby altered repeatedly. Secondly, the course of treatment also raised particular counter-transferential difficulties with this patient who was, at times, extremely hostile and occasionally violent during sessions and these are also described. Lastly, prognostic expectations and hopes for patients with this degree of disturbance are reviewed.


This study extends existing work in the area of interorganizational relationships by exploring the interaction between the strategic posture of small firms and their propensity to form cooperative linkages. The most critical finding is that most small firms do use cooperative strategies, and that these strategies are used differentially by different strategic types. However, it is unclear whether there is a direct relationship between the competitive postures, interorganizational strategies, and small firm performance.


Author(s): Younes, W; Cizewski, JA; Jin, H; Bernstein, LA; McNabb, DP; Davids, CN; Janssens, RV; Khoo, TL; Lister, CJ; Blumenthal, DJ; Carpenter, MP; Henderson, D; Henry, RG; Lauritsen, T; Nisius, DT; Penttila, HT; Drigert, MW | Abstract: Prompt, in-beam γ rays following the reaction Yb170 + 142 MeV Si28 were measured at the ATLAS facility using 10 Compton-suppressed Ge detectors and the Fragment Mass Analyzer. Transitions in Po194 were identified and placed using γ-ray singles and coincidence data gated on the mass of the evaporation residues. A level spectrum up to J10 was established. The structure of Po194 is more collective than that observed in the heavier polonium isotopes and indicates that the structure has started to evolve toward the more collective nature expected for deformed nuclei. © 1995 The American Physical Society.


Texicospirura turki gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Ascaropsinae) is described from two males and 21 females collected from the stomach of Tayassus tajacu from New Mexico, and two female specimens from a peccary taken near Laredo, Texas. The genus is differentiated from other stomach spiruroids by means of a key, and its taxonomic relationships are discussed. The specimens herein described represent two collections of nematode parasites from peccaries. The first, consisting of two females and a male collected from the small intestine of "Pecari a. angulatus (Cope)," Laredo, Texas, was presented to the second author (C. de C) by Dr. R. D. Turk of Texas A. and M. University. Unfortunately, the male specimen was lost in transit and only a sketch of the caudal tip of this specimen was available. The second collection of two males and 21 females from the stomach of Tayassus tajacu (syn. Pecari a. angulatus), received through the courtesy of R. W. Allen, was collected near Lordsburg, New Mexico, by K. S. Samson and B. Donaldson. The holotype and allotype specimens were selected from the second collection. It is presumed that the stomach is the normal habitat and the specimens from Texas had passed into the intestine after death of the host. These nematodes are unique in having a dorsal and a ventral projection of the prostom into the cheilostom and although their relationship to the Thelaziidae is apparent in cephalic papillary structure, their generic relationship is obscure. Therefore, a new genus as well as a new species is proposed for them. The generic name is an arbitrary combination of letters, and the species is named for Dr. Turk. The small intestine of the type host in New Mexico contained several male and female specimens of Parabronema pecariae Ivashkin, 1960 (syn. Parabronema sp. Schwartz and Alicata, 1933). Measurements are in microns unless otherwise specified. Drawings were made with the aid of a camera lucida. Received for publication 13 October 1965. Texicospirura gen. n. Description Spiruroidea, Thelaziidae, Ascaropsinae. Adult nematodes sturdy, moderate in size, males smaller than females. Cephalic cuticle inflated in form of collar without appendages or plaques. Cephalic papillae consisting of internal circle of six and eight externals arranged in two circles of four; amphids circular with sclerotized ring, at level of outermost circle (Fig. 3). Circumoral membrane dorsoventrally elongate; labia, pseudolabia, interlabia, and teeth absent. Dorsal and ventral walls of prostom, projecting into cheilostom in form of two large, rounded knobs (Figs. 2A-C, 4A-B). Long cylindrical mesostom with striated protorhabdions, external esophageal cover loosely applied, but not rugose; esophagus divided into short n rrow muscular, and long glandular parts. Males with caudal alae, spicules unequal and dissimilar, gubernaculum present (Fig. 5). Females oviparous, vulva postesophageal, in anterior part of body (Fig. 1). Type and only species T. turki. Texicospirura turki sp. n. (Figs. 1-9) Description With characters of the genus. Adult females moderate in size, males half the size of females. Both sexes taper from broad preanal region where maximum width is attained, to narrow anterior end, and are slightly attenuated posteriorly (Fig. 1). Freshly collected females of reddish color; males, white, translucent. Cuticle thick, with marked annulations bearing short longitudinal striations (Fig. 4B). Narrow lateral alae beginning near nerve ring, 139 to 150 long, diminishing near base of esophagus; cervical papillae small, sharp, simple, with cuticular ring at base, variable in position. Cuticle of head inflated, forming cephalic collar without appendages (Figs. 2, 4). Circumoral membrane slightly lobed, dorsoventrally elongate (Fig. 3). Esophagointestinal valve present. Male: Length 5 to 9 mm., width 30 at head, 150 in anal region. Distance from anterior end to nerve ring, 140, excretory pore, 165. Protostom 140 to 170 long by 13 to 14; muscular esophagus


The influence of atomic motion on squeezing of the double-mode field in the interaction with a moving V-type three level atom is investigated by means of the quantum theory and the method of numerical analysis. The results show, on the one hand, when the initial photon field is in non-correlative coherent state of double-mode, only the quadrature U1 is squeezed and the squeezed degree of U1 increases with the increasing of the parameter β which describes the atomic motion and structure of the field mode. On the other hand, when the initial field is in the vacuum squeezed state of double-mode, the quadrature U2 is squeezed principally and we can obtain a steady squeezed light by choosing an appropriate parameter β.


Light olefins and paraffins are commonly separated by cryogenic distillation. A process based upon reversible chemical complexation, which employs a mass-separating agent rather than an energy-separating agent, presents an attractive alternative to distillation. Use of such a facilitated-transport-assisted process could substantially reduce the capital costs and energy requirements of olefin/paraffin separations. Copper(I) and silver(I) have long been known to form electron donor/acceptor complexes with olefins. Several chemical systems using these transition metals as the selective separating agent have been studied. A review of copper- and silver-based complexing solutions for olefin/paraffin separations via gas/liquid contacting is presented.


An experiment comprising two irrigation regimes (110 and 160 mm cumulative evaporation from Class A pan) and four salinity levels of irrigation water (5, 10, 20 and 30 dS/m) was conducted on bio-saline production of Panicum antidotale Retz. Results showed that the artificial neural network model could predict dry matter yield variability by 99% using soil chemical properties. The sodium content of 30-60 cm depth had the most important factor affecting dry matter production of blue panic grass. And acidity, concentration of sodium and potassium in the depth of 90-60 cm, pH in the depth of 30-60 cm and organic matter in the depth of 0-30 cm were other important factors affecting the production of dry matter. Establishment of bio-saline system in this condition had a significant effect on soil chemical properties during short time and should be paid attention for productivity, profitability and sustainability of commercial in arid zones.


Traditional foreign language teaching in China attaches great importance to language teaching but ignores cultural teaching, which, as a result, has caused some barriers in our intercultural communication. At present, cultural introduction in foreign language teaching is getting more and more attention from this circle in our country. This article discusses the relations of language and culture, connotations, ways and approaches, and principles of cultural introduction in foreign language teaching, and suggests that successful communication should result in the organic combination of both language and cultural knowledge.


Significance We report that enhancer RNAs (eRNAs), a class of long noncoding RNAs, participate in the androgen receptor (AR)-dependent looping complex that enhances spatial communication of distal enhancers and target promoters, leading to transcriptional activation events. Furthermore, our data show that KLK3 eRNA (KLK3e) selectively enhances the gene expression of AR-regulated genes, and provide evidence for a positive regulatory loop in which AR-dependent transcription is modulated by an intermediate eRNA. These findings may translate into improved RNA-based therapy (eRNA suppression) to enhance the durability of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and prediction of the efficacy of ADT by measuring the enhancer-derived activity (eRNA expression) in prostate tumors. The androgen receptor (AR) is a key factor that regulates the behavior and fate of prostate cancer cells. The AR-regulated network is activated when AR binds enhancer elements and modulates specific enhancer–promoter looping. Kallikrein-related peptidase 3 (KLK3), which codes for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is a well-known AR-regulated gene and its upstream enhancers produce bidirectional enhancer RNAs (eRNAs), termed KLK3e. Here, we demonstrate that KLK3e facilitates the spatial interaction of the KLK3 enhancer and the KLK2 promoter and enhances long-distance KLK2 transcriptional activation. KLK3e carries the core enhancer element derived from the androgen response element III (ARE III), which is required for the interaction of AR and Mediator 1 (Med1). Furthermore, we show that KLK3e processes RNA-dependent enhancer activity depending on the integrity of core enhancer elements. The transcription of KLK3e was detectable and its expression is significantly correlated with KLK3 (R2 = 0.6213, P < 5 × 10−11) and KLK2 (R2 = 0.5893, P < 5 × 10−10) in human prostate tissues. Interestingly, RNAi silencing of KLK3e resulted in a modest negative effect on prostate cancer cell proliferation. Accordingly, we report that an androgen-induced eRNA scaffolds the AR-associated protein complex that modulates chromosomal architecture and selectively enhances AR-dependent gene expression.


AIM To establish an analytical method for the determination of adriamycin in human plasma and bladder by HPLC with fluorescence detector.METHOD Adriamycin in plasma was extracted with mixture of dichloromethane and isopropyl alcohol.The homogenate tissues samples were plunged into dichloromethane isopropyl alcohol and adriamycin was extracted.A Hypersil ODS column was used with a mobile phase of methanol-0.01 mol·L~(-1) phosphate buffer solution-acetic acid(85∶15∶0.5),the detective wavelength was E~(475 nm)_(X),E~(545 nm)_(M) and daunorubicin was used as the internal standard.RESULTS The calibration curve was linear within the range of 10~300 ng·ml~(-1),and 0.1~1.0 μg·g~(-1) in plasma and bladder,respectively.The inter-day and intra-day RSD was less than 10%,the recovery was 104.39% and 94.52% respectively.CONCLUSION The method is simple with high sensitivity and good precision and has proved to be suitable for pharmacokinetic studies of in adriamycin.


Josephson junctions are the most prominent nondissipative and at the same time nonlinear elements in superconducting circuits allowing Cooper pairs to tunnel coherently between two superconductors separated by a tunneling barrier. Due to this, physical systems involving Josephson junctions show highly complex behavior and interesting novel phenomena. Here, we consider an infinite one-dimensional chain of superconducting islands where neighboring islands are coupled by capacitances. We study the effect of Josephson junctions shunting each island to a common ground superconductor. We treat the system in the regime where the Josephson energy exceeds the capacitive coupling between the islands. For the case of two offset charges on two distinct islands, we calculate the interaction energy of these charges mediated by quantum phase slips due to the Josephson nonlinearities. We treat the phase slips in an instanton approximation and map the problem onto a classical partition function of interacting particles. Using the Mayer cluster expansion, we find that the interaction potential of the offset charges decays with a universal inverse-square power-law behavior.


We propose several new models for separate and spatially distributed auction based markets where partici- pants' reactions are described by general price mappings and show that they admit equivalent variational inequality for- mulations. This approach is utilized for the derivation of existence and uniqueness results and for construction of efficient solution methods.


NiO(30nm)∕CoFe2(5nm) bilayers are grown by pulsed laser deposition on Si (001). After annealing under a magnetic field we observe an exchange bias of −86Oe, corresponding to an exchange coupling of 0.06erg∕cm2. While a similar exchange coupling is observed in NiO(30nm)∕CoFe2(5nm)∕SrTiO3(3nm)∕Ni80Fe20(5nm)∕Ta(5nm), the stack SFMO(30nm)∕SrTiO3(3nm)∕CoFe2(5nm)∕NiO(30nm)∕Ta(5nm) does not provide any exchange bias with NiO on the top electrode. Alternatively, we have used a ferrimagnetic oxide (CoFe2O4) as a bias layer of the top electrode. The stack SFMO(30nm)∕STO(3nm)∕CoFe2(5nm)∕CoFe2O4(70nm) provides a shift of −70Oe for the CoFe2(5nm) layer, corresponding to an exchange coupling of 0.05erg∕cm2.


Objective To investigate the expressions of HIF-1α,COX-2 and introtumoral microvascalar density(MVD) in esophageal aquamous cell carcinoma (ESCC),and their impacts on the efficacy of radiotherapy.Methods Expressions of HIF-1α and COX-2 were assessed by immunohistochemistry methods in fifty-five cases of ESCC.Microvessels were labelled in sections of same tissues by CD34 immunohistochemistry.The correlations with clinicopathological features and postradiotherapy survival rates were evaluated and analyzed.Results The MVD ranged from 2 to 29 ( mean of 11.2±4.1 ).The positive rates of HIF-1α and COX-2 protein expression were 92.7% and 69.1%,respectively,both of which were not correlated with intratumoral MVD.The expressions of HIF-1α and COX-2 were not correlated with histological grade or the location of the primary tumor.Univariate analysis revealed that 2-year survival rates and median survival time following radiotherapy were not assocaited with the expressions of HIF-1α,COX-2 or MVD.Conclusions MVD and the expressions of HIF-1α and COX-2 in ESCC are not efficient to predict the outcome of ESCC following radiotherapy.

Key words:
Esophageal carcinoma; HIF-1α; COX-2; Micrevascular density; Radiotherapy; Prognosis