: The new cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) line Yewei A and its maintainer line Yewei B, with better agronomic characteristics, have been developed from a mutant of V20B (a rice maintainer line) through transformation of genomic DNA of wild rice (Oryza minuta J. S. Presl. ex C. B. Presl.). Analysis of molecular markers, DNA sequences, and Southern blot revealed that high DNA polymorphism exists between the mutant and its receptor, indicating that the special DNA fragment from O. minuta may be integrated into the genome of Yewei B. Therefore, transformation of genomic DNA from distant relatives to the plant of a target receptor may open an avenue for creating a new rice germplasm.

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The paper briefly introduced EBZ230 roadheader about composition of hydraulic system,as well as structure and working principle and characteristics of constant power LDRS control system.The roadheader adopted LDRS control system to control the system flow and pressure by load sensitive valve,pressure cutoff valve and constant power valve,thus each hydraulic element can operate to satisfy operators demands and load changes,so as to avoid the flow loss and limit the maximum pressure of control system,prevent overhigh pressure of system to damage hydraulic components.The practices show that the settings of hydraulic system parameters and configuration of hydraulic components are reasonable,and the contamination of hydraulic oil to the system is strictly limited during production and employment.


Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide(HDTMA),acrylamide(AM) and polyaluminum chloride(PAC) were used to modify Chengdu clay,which was devoted to landfill leachate treatment and the adsorption properties of ammonia nitrogen and COD for different modified clays were compared.The modified clays were characterized by X-ray diffraction,infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis technique,analyzing the mechanism of action.Result showed that the spacing of underside of the three modified clays after modification increased by 0.753 3,0.349 6,0.192 9 nm,ammonia nitrogen and COD removal effect of landfill leachate was from high to low as HDTMA modified bentonite,AM modified soil,PAC modified soil,original soil,with HDTMA modified soil as the optimal modified soil.Modified clay pretreatment leachate was feasible,and HDTMA modified soil was the optimal modified soil,with ammonia removal up to 48.68%and COD removal efficiency up to 32.27% under the control conditions as dosage of 100 g,pH 7,speed of 200 r/min(50 min) and standing time 6 h.


We consider a non-Gaussian stochastic process where a particle diffuses in the y-direction, dy/dt = η(t), subject to a transverse shear flow in the x-direction, dx/dt = f(y). Absorption with probability p occurs at each crossing of the line x = 0. We treat the class of models defined by f(y) = ±ν ± (±y) α where the upper (lower) sign refers to y > 0 (y < 0). We show that the particle survives up to time t with probability Q(t) ∼ t -θ(p) and we derive an explicit expression for 0(p) in terms of a and the ratio v + /v - . From θ(p) we deduce the mean and variance of the density of crossings of the line x = 0 for this class of non-Gaussian processes.


Poster: "ECR 2017 / C-0215 / Utility of diffusion weighted imaging in peritoneal carcinomatosis. What the surgical oncologist wants to know." by: "J. de la Calle Lorenzo, A. Iturralde-Garriz, A. De Diego Diez, V. Fernandez-Lobo, E. Torres Diez, H. Vidal Trueba; Santander/ES"


Abstract An example was recently given by McCullagh that shows two remarkably different distributions having almost identical moment-generating functions. The same example was used later by Waller to demonstrate that the characteristic functions can, however, be used numerically to distinguish between the two distributions. We provide further and more general evidence that the numerical usefulness of characteristic functions is much broader than that of moment-generating and probability-generating functions.


Introduction and objectives: The purpose of the present study was to report the children's behaviour during the accomplishment of the videonasopharyngolaringoscopy and the efficiency of the routine adopted by the authors for its execution. In addition, we describe our routine that leads the best execution in the pediatric population. Study design: Prospective clinical randomized. Material and Method: The study was accomplished in 105 children and adolescents, whose mean age was 7,3 years (range, 1-15 years) who underwent nasal endoscopy and or pharyngolaryngoscopy with flexible endoscope. Results: It was impossible to perform the exam in only one child (success rate- 99,04%). The occurrence of nausea did not preclude a good evaluation of the larynx and it was present in 6,7% of the cases. Among the patients enrolled in the study 24,76% of the children cried in some phases of the exam. During the endoscopic examination 42,10% of the children whose age ranged from 0 to 5 years (group I); 20,93% of the patients between 6 and 10 years (group II) and 0,00% of the patients between 11 and 15 years (group III) cried. The nasal cavity was the area more related to its occurrence, corresponding to 80% of the children that cried during the examination. Conclusion: In conclusion, using the routine adopted by the authors, the flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy is a very efficient method and the patient's tolerance is proportional to his age.


Introduction: Approximately 33 million natural Christmas trees were used in the U.S. in 1998. Given a conservative wholesale value of $10.00 per tree, the value of the trees alone approaches $330 million. When associated products are added to the picture, total value is well above $0.5 billion. The National Christmas Tree Association estimates the average retail price for Christmas trees in 1998 at $3.45 to $6.30 per ft. Based on a standard 6to 7-ft tall (2 m) tree, the retail value of natural Christmas trees approaches $1.5 billion. About 25% of the live Christmas trees consumed in the U.S. are sold on Choose-N-Cut farms. This means that 75% of the trees experience some form of storage and shipment after harvest. Storage and shipment times can be several weeks for trees shipped between countries, or less than one day for trees sold in local markets. Natural Christmas trees quickly lose quality if handled improperly. People who grow, sell, handle or use Christmas trees should know something about tree keepability. This is true of the consumer who may use only one tree each year, as well as brokers or growers who handle thousands of trees. Many publications have been written concerning postharvest physiology, handling and keepability of Christmas trees. Despite this, there is often ignorance of the subject, resulting wasted trees, reduced tree quality, erroneous information or dissatisfied consumers. In this article, we provide a summary of information concerning Christmas tree keepability.


Understanding the thermodynamics of ion adsorption at solid/water interfaces is essential for all energy- and membrane-based applications involving electrolytes. At any solid/water interface, the i...


The pharmaceutical industry is facing significant economic challenges due to measures aimed at containing healthcare costs and evolving healthcare regulations. In this context, pharmaceutical laboratories seek to extend the lifespan of their machinery, particularly fluid bed dryers, which play a crucial role in the drug production process. Older fluid bed dryers, lacking advanced sensors for real-time temperature optimization, rely on fixed-time deterministic approaches controlled by operators. To address these limitations, a groundbreaking approach taking into account Exploration Data Analysis (EDA) and a Catboost machine-learning model is presented. This research aims to analyze and enhance a drug production process on a large scale, showcasing how AI algorithms can revolutionize the manufacturing industry. The Catboost model effectively reduces preheating phase time, resulting in significant energy savings. By continuously monitoring critical parameters, a paradigm shift from the conventional fixed-time models is achieved. It has been shown that the model is able to predict on average a reduction of 50.45% of the preheating process duration and up to 59.68% in some cases. Likewise, the energy consumption of the fluid bed dryer for the preheating process could be reduced on average by 50.48% and up to 59.76%, which would result on average in around 3.120 kWh energy consumption savings per year.


Objective: To explore the imaging feature of X-ray and CT in patients with femoral head necrosis.Method: We reviewed the data of 36 cases femoral head necrosis.Result: In all 36 cases,13 cases with two sides necrosis,occupied 36.1%.23 cases with one side necrosis,occupied 63.9%.In X-ray findings.There're 6 cases of abnormal,1 case in stage Ⅰ,9 cases in stageⅡ,12 cases in stage Ⅲ,8 cases in stage Ⅳ.In CT features: only one case without femoral head necrosis.4 cases in stage Ⅰ,8 cases in stage Ⅱ,15 cases in stage Ⅲ,8 cases in stage Ⅳ.Conclusion: It's a basic simply method to diagnose avascalar necrosis of femoral head by X-ray findings,while it's easy to misdiagnose the early stage avasular necrosis of femoral head,It's better for the middle stage and late stage.One the contrary.There's advantage for diagnosing of early ANFH and stage II in pathological by CT than X-ray for the high resolation of CT.


Introduction: The palm beetles, Oryctes rhinoceros L. (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) and Termites, Macrotermes nigeriensis Sjostedt, (Termitidae: Isoptera) are prominent edible insects in Nigeria. Aim: Nutrient analyses were carried out on the winged reproductive termites, M. nigeriensis and the larvae of palm beetles, O. rhinoceros to determine the nutrient composition, mineral composition and the antinutrient / secondary metabolites composition of the two insects. antinutrient/secondary metabolites official of of AOAC (Association Analytical and atomic spectrophotometric respectively. Ash content was 3.24% in M. nigeriensis while O. rhinoceros had 11.83%. The protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrate contents of M. nigeriensis are 37.54%, 48.03%, 5% and 2.06% respectively. In O. rhinoceros, the protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrate contents are 52%, 10.84%, 17.94% and 1.97% respectively. All the important mineral salts were present in both insects. Iron (Fe) was present at levels that commensurate with the daily recommended allowance (8.57 mg/00 g – 10.59 m/100 g) in O. rhinoceros and M. nigeriensis respectively. Phosphorus was highest in M. nigeriensis with a value of 103.47 mg/100 g. This mineral was followed in value by potassium (27.57 mg/100 g and the least was copper (0.01 mg/100 g). Lead (Pb) was not detected in any of the insects. In O. rhinoceros, phosphorus (75.57 mg/100 g) was highest, followed by potassium (25.44 mg/100 g) and the least was copper (0.01 mg/100 g). The levels of antinutrient/secondary metabolites are so insignificant to cause any problem. Conclusion: M. nigeriensis and O. rhinoceros are nutrient-rich insects that can supply adequate quantities of the various classes of food to animals. The insects are also rich in minerals which are important for the normal development of the body. The levels at which antinutrient / secondary metabolites occur is not a threat to animals that feed on these two insects.


I n every jurisdiction rules of evidence permit the courts to call expert witnesses. An "expert," under the liberal legal principles that now prevail in most court systems, is a person who, by reason of specialized training or experience, has the ability to provide the court with a useful and illuminating opinion, inference, or observation relating to an issue in the case. Even on a subject where ordinary persons have some knowledge or familiarity, most courts will still allow an expert to testify if the expert has something to add that will help judge or jury. Increasingly, these rules are being used to obtain the testimony of "moral experts" in cases that seem to present peculiarly moral issues for decision.


The non-ionic detergent, digitonin, acts as a unique mitotic agent on Allium cells. Its effect is similar to colchicine in that it prevents the formation of a mitotic spindle. However, digitonin-treated cells usually develop branched and ramified cell plates. These subsequently develop into well-formed cell wall systems which branch to all parts of the cell. Since cell walls are formed without a mitotic spindle, digitonin may be considered as a mitotic agent which dissociates the function of a mitotic spindle from a functional cytokinetic apparatus. It would seem, therefore, to be useful for the study of the basic cytokinetic processes and also for studying the role of the mitotic spindle in effecting normal cell divisions in plant cells. The digitonin mitosis and other cytological effects induced by digitonin have been described (Olah 1963, 1965). The fine structure of many of the cellular anomalies produced by digitonin, including later stages of phragmoplast and cell plate development have been traced (Underbrink and Olah 1963, 1965). The initial stages of the digitonin mitosis are similar to a colchicine mitosis. How ever, some refringent material appears among the scattered chromosomes. The first appearance of this substance is traceable during the arrested meta-anaphase. Because of its characteristic appearance in the light microscope, this material has been termed descriptively "hyaline substance" (Olah 1963, 1965). After its initial appearance it seems to increase in size and refringency during the remainder of mitosis. The telophasic tetra ploid nucleus reconstructs around this substance and at times it may engulf it completely. More typically, however, the nucleus is reconstructed in such a fashion that it just partially surrounds the hyaline material. This characteristically results in an indented nucleus with the hyaline substance situated in a nuclear indentation. Concurrent with nuclear reconstruction around this substance, carbohydrate material, identifiable by cytochemical tests as a polysaccharide, part of which is cellulose, appears within the hyaline material. The initial appearance of this polysaccharide is always within the nuclear-associated hyaline material. It then gradually becomes more prominent and branches out from the nuclear indentations forming a haphazard cell wall system to any part of the cell. The hyaline substance as well as cytoplasmic regions adjacent to the branching cell plate consist of aggregates of organelles characteristic of the typical Allium phragmoplast (Porter and Caulfield 1958, Porter and Machado 1960). Thus, the hyaline substance is a "true" phragmoplast although it is dislocated from the cell equator


The study on the grease stain thickness of petroleum pipeline was carried out by transmission method which is unwasted.The simulated result of γ-ray passing through petroleum pipeline by Monte-Calo method agrees with the experimented result. Then the weighted method was considered to improve the variance.The response relationship between decay rate of γ-ray and grease stain thickness was found,by means of the unwasted transmission method and the development of measuring instrument.


Evidence-based medicine is the "conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making medical decisions about the care of individual patients" (Sackett et al., 1999 [163]). There has been a general consensus that continuous, comprehensive practice of evidence-based medicine has tremendous potential to improve quality of care and reduce practice variation. However, there is also a widely acknowledged gap between physicians' awareness of these care standards and physicians' consistent application of them in practice. While mounting evidence has shown that clinical decision support systems can improve physician guideline compliance, and thus patient health, widespread use of such systems has not become available due to numerous technological, behavioral, and organizational barriers. These facts motivate the present research. In this thesis, I report findings from a seven-year effort to design, implement, and evaluate a clinical decision support system, called Clinical Reminder System (CRS), in two ambulatory primary care clinics at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. CRS aims to improve quality of care by providing clinicians just-in-time alerts and advisories using evidence-based medicine guidelines. First, I describe the technical aspects of the system and introduce a computational ontology that enables structured acquisition and automated execution of evidence-based medicine guidelines. A mixed evaluation approach is presented next, which combines quantitative developmental trajectory modeling with qualitative assessments to examine the users' technology adoption and acceptance behavior. Synthesizing the findings, I critique and extend the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)—a widely used theory for studying technology diffusion in the information systems area. I show that while TAM explains certain usage behavior at discrete times, methodological pluralism illustrated in this thesis helps reveal and understand more subtle, longitudinal behavior that spans the entire technology diffusion process. Next, I take into account the social context in which the users of CRS are situated. I find that social contagion, particularly through structural equivalence of friendship networks, has great impact on the users' level of adoption. Finally, I use sequential pattern analysis and a first order Markov chain model to analyze the temporal event sequences recorded in CRS. The results lead to a software design pattern for system reengineering, which calibrates the system's user interface so that the within-application workflow is aligned with clinicians' mental model in medical problem-solving. In the last chapter, I present future research extensions and long-term plans for evaluating the system's effectiveness on physician guideline compliance and patient health outcomes. I conclude that this research enhances our understanding of medical, technological, behavioral, and institutional challenges associated with diffusion of decision support technologies into health care practice. The methods and findings may also provide methodological and practical insights into design, implementation, and evaluation issues of other health informatics applications, as well as information systems more generally.


In this chapter I address some current positions that reflect a critical view of coaching. I elaborate on the coaching concept and clarify the necessary reorien tation towards coaching as an open, fruitful and transformative dialogue. With this, I address justified points of criticism by presenting third-generation coaching as a dialogue format that offers an innovative option for people who need to find themselves as a crucial condition for being able to survive the pressures we face, as individuals, in today's society. I outline the key characteristics of thirdgene ration coaching, define and describe its purpose and lay out the foundation for an understanding of coaching as a special form of co-creative dialogue.


A current-voltage expression J=J(V) is derived for an electrochemical photovoltaic solar cell under illumination. The presence of both recombination centers and intermediary states is assumed at the semiconductor surface. The final expression obtained is in a form which is useful for design and analysis of these solar cells.


In the article the concept of development of a regional labour market of Omsk area is offered. Features of realization of strategy of the given concept are shown. Strategic directions of development of inter-regional and international activity of Omsk area are certain. Directions of functioning of activity of institutes of a regional labour market for increase of their efficiency are revealed.


The itinerant-electron metamagnetic (IEM) transition and magnetocaloric effects (MCE's) in the La0.8Ce0.2Fe13−xSix (x=1.6,1.4,1.2,1.0) compounds have been investigated by x-ray powder diffraction and magnetic measurements. The La0.8Ce0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 compound exhibits giant values of the isothermal magnetic entropy change ΔSM around the Curie temperature TC∼186K in low magnetic fields. The maximum value ∣ΔSM∣max∼78.29J∕kgK is under a field of 3T. Such large MCE's are attributed to the sharp change of the magnetization, the field-induced IEM transition and a strong temperature dependence of the critical field BC. The substitution of Ce for part of La in La0.8Ce0.2Fe11.4Si1.6 increases the value of a(T)c(T)∕b(T)2 and enhances the property of IEM.


A user study, with ten participants and three prototypes built on 3D-accelerometers in mobile phones was executed with Think Aloud method, Brainstorming sessions, and DV documentation. McCarthy & Wright's 'Four Threads of Experience' was used as a framework for analysis of the material. The methods were very well suited for the purpose of the project, and the results of the study is encouraging in further design and development of mobile services with new interaction styles.


Numerous applications of nanotechnologies rely on the wide availability of highquality crystalline nanoparticles (NPs). Although the chemical synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles (gold and silver) is well mastered, pushing the optical response of metallic nanoparticles towards the ultraviolet requires other materials, such as aluminum. Although a few demonstrations of chemical synthesis of Al nanoparticles have been reported so far, an elaboration path allowing for a wide range of NP size that is compatible with mass production has yet to be demonstrated. In this article, we report on the production of spherical, size-controlled crystalline Al NPs starting from commercial Al foils and without the use of a catalyst. The proposed method combines sonochemistry with solvochemistry and is fully up-scalable. The obtained NPs have a 10-100 nm crystalline Al core surrounded by a thin alumina shell, allowing long-term stability in ethanol. Well-defined plasmonic resonances in the UV and visible ranges are experimentally evidenced on single nanoparticles. 1 ar X iv :2 11 0. 01 49 9v 2 [ co nd -m at .m tr lsc i] 1 6 M ar 2 02 2


This paper presents the results of an experiment which tested the roles of directed attention and lexical bias on perceptual learning. Attention was manipulated by directing a group of listeners to be aware the speaker had an ambiguous pronunciation of /s/. Lexical bias was manifested by where in the word the ambiguous /s/ was positioned – the first or final syllable. In all conditions listeners were exposed to an ambiguous sound halfway between an /s/ and a /ʃ/ in word contexts for /s/. Listeners who were only exposed to the ambiguous sound in final syllable adapted their category boundary more than listeners who were exposed to the ambiguous sound at the beginnings of words, but only when they were not explicitly instructed to pay attention to the speaker's ambiguous /s/ sounds. These results indicate that perceptual adaptation is at least a partially controlled adjustment.


: The genetic engineering technology(including protein engineering)has given a new revolution of Food Industry.The widespread application of genetic engineering in food industry and the safety problem of genentic engineering food having been paid close attention in recent years were summarized in this paper,and the future development was finally prospected.


S. Vishnupriya, V.Mastan M.Tech (Ph.D.) 1. Mechanical department JNTUA college of engineering (AUTONOMOUS), Pulivendula, INDIA. 2. Abstract: Milling is the technique for removing the metal by feeding the work past a pivoting multipoint cutter. Milling machine is one among the principal fundamental machine tools in an instrument space as about every one of the tasks will be performed on that with high exactness. The objective of the current work is to use taguchi methodology to study the effect of milling parameters like cutting speed, depth of cut, feed rate, on the surface roughness, Material Removal rate (MRR) and chip thickness (Ct). The current work is carried out on vertical milling machine with types of specimens made up of carbon steel and aluminum respectively.


A technique is presented for implementing mixin inheritance using only th e compile-time facilities of existing languages such as C and Modula-2 .


This study investigated the characteristics of balance in persons with hearing impairment (PHI), and analyzed the effect of their vestibular function on balance. The subjects were 22 PHI aged 12 to 20 years. Balance abilities were evaluated by body sway and balance exercises (beam walking and one foot balancing). Beam walking was measured with eyes open and body sway and one foot balancing were measured with eyes open and with eyes closed.(1) Magnitude of body sway in PHI was similar to that in non-handicapped persons (NHP) under both visual conditions. Also, scores of beam walking and one foot balancing with eyes open in PHI were similar to those in NHP. One foot balancing scores with eyes closed in PHI, however, were lower than those in NHP.(2) From these results and the earlier study, it is suggested that the vestibular function does not affect slight body sway but does play a role in greater sway.


Objective
Toexplore the correlation of ApoE gene polymorphism and serum uric acid levels in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,China.

Methods
A case-control study.October 2011 to November 2011,five hundred twenty eight (296 male,232 female) apparently healthy individuals were studied.Questionnaires and physical examinations were performed by standard operation procedure.Fasting blood was collected for biochemistry testing including serum lipid parameters,uric acid concentration and creatinine levels.The multi-ARMS PCR was applied to determine ApoE genotypes,and the relation of ApoE genotypes with serum lipid parameters and uric acid levels were analyzed.Non-normal distribution were compared using cause and inspection.

Results
The common six kinds of ApoE genotype can be detected.The total cholesterol (TC),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and uric acid (UA) levels in different genotype subgroups had statistical differences.The individuals with e2/3 genotype had a significantly greater reductions in TC and LDL-C levels but increment in uric acid concentration than those with e3/3 and e3/4 genotype (P<0.05).The effect of ApoE gene polymorphism on uric acid levels still remained significantly after adjustment for age,gender,region and other factors.

Conclusion
The ApoE polymorphism is associated with serum uric acid levels and individuals with e2 allele have higher serum uric acid levels.(Chin J Lab Med,2014,37:434-438)

Key words:
Apolipoproteins E; Polymorphism,genetic; Uric acid; Lipid metabolism


In order to solve the vulnerability assessment problem of vulnerability management,three attribute groups were selected to qualitatively evaluate vulnerability threat.After the selection of vulnerability attributes,analytic hierarchy process method was used to establish vulnerability classification model,which can divide vulnerabilities into four risk levels: critical,high,moderate and low.The method provides a reference for national standard,vulnerability management,vulnerability handling,risk assessment,risk mitigation,etc.


SUMMARYI. INTRODUCING BAKALAR 170II. THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROBLEM 173A. Defining the Subject of Inquiry 174B. Common Approaches to the Conflict of Laws Problem 1741. The Vested Rights Theory 1752. Interest Analysis 1753. The Second Restatement 177III. THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW IN BAKALAR 178A. Swiss Law 178B. New York Law 179IV. CRITIQUE OF BAKALAR 180V. PURE INTEREST ANALYSIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE 182A. Allowing Flexibility 183B. Principled Departure from the Lex Loci 184C. Simplicity and Universality Over Exceptions 185VI. CONCLUSION 187The realm of the conflict of laws is a dismal swamp, filled with quaking 7uagmires, and inhabited by learned but eccentric professors who theorize about mysterious matters in a strange and incomprehensible jargon. The ordinary court, or lawyer, is quite lost when engulfed and entangled in it.1-Dean William ProsserThe problem of conflict of laws in international stolen art cases appears to the uninitiated observer just as the field of conflicts in general appeared to Dean Prosser: like a pit of bubbling muck. Composed of only a handful of major cases, all purportedly applying different theories in different ways, the law of conflicts in stolen art cases can most charitably be described as "confused." The Second Circuit's recent decision in Bakalar v. Vavra has not helped to clarify this.2 However, in resolving practical choice of law problems, doctrine need not be a stumbling block. Where doctrine builds straightforward rules on clear foundations, it has the power to illuminate difficult legal questions and provide a solid framework for reasoned decisions.This Note assesses the Second Circuit's application of "interest analysis" in Bakalar v. Vavra. It reflects on the meaning of interest analysis and considers Brainerd Currie's interest analysis as a principled solution to the problem of choice of law in stolen art cases. It proposes that courts should apply governmental interest analysis to the transaction by which a disputed property interest was created. If the forum state has an interest in applying its law to the transaction, its law should apply, even if a foreign state also has an interest. However, there will be many cases in which the forum state has no interest in the disputed transaction. In such cases, where a foreign state does have an interest, its law should apply. By considering the interests in play, but providing a clear, rules-based analysis that does not force courts to weigh competing interests or policy justifications, Currie's interest analysis can ensure consistency and predictability without sacrificing rationality. It also prevents courts from applying forum law based on vague policy arguments rather than a genuine interest in the specific transaction at issue. …


The concept of the "Big Clearance" was deeply discussed.The Third "Big Clearance" is quite important.The clearance atmosphere must be bettered,the clearance fee must be decreased,the clearance efficiency must be increase,the clearance time must be shortened.For these purpose,the article given out some methods and channel.


A review of several past studies clearly shows the effect of reduced air voids on improved fatigue and rutting performance of asphalt mixtures, both in the laboratory and field. Depending on mix type and experiment (which included constant-stress bending beam fatigue testing and field results from WesTrack), fatigue performance improved between 8.2 and 43.8% with a 1% decrease in air voids. Likewise, based on rutting results from WesTrack and laboratory flow number testing, rutting resistance improved by 7.3 to 66.3% with a 1% decrease in air voids depending on mix type and analysis. The results of a recent study conducted for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, which included data from 55 pavement sections, also suggest that a 1% decrease in in-place air voids increases asphalt mixture service life by conservatively 10%.


"Dalradian" is the name given to a series of metamorphic rocks in both Scotland and Ireland. One unit, known as the "Boulder Bed," is thought to be of glacial origin and generally is correlated with the bodies of similar origin in the Eocambrian of Scandinavia; sedimentation may have continued into Cambrian time. Evidence from Ireland suggests that the Dalradian was metamorphosed prior to the deposition of the Arenig. It is possible to correlate the Dalradian successions with those in Scotland. In Donegal, north of the Main Donegal Granite, the Creeslough Succession corresponds to the Ballachulish Succession of Scotland; south of the granite, the Kilmacrenan Succession corresponds to the Islay Succession and contains the Boulder Bed at its base. The Creeslough Succession is folded into a recumbent syncline overturned to the northwest, and the Kilmacrenan Succession is folded into a recumbent syncline overturned to the southeast. These large folds are of F2-F3 generation; no large-scale F1 folds have been found, and post-F3 phases are represented in general by a series of small angular folds. The rocks of these successions are a mixed sequence of quartzite grit, limestone, and pelite; metamorphosed dolerite is common throughout. Southeast of the Leannan fault, which is a possible continuation of the Great Glen fault of Scotland, is a succession that contains the Boulder Bed but otherwise is quite different from the Kilmacrenan Succession. It is reasonable to correlate the two in general terms and to suggest that they are younger than the Creeslough Succession. The grade of metamorphism is generally low, but increases on the southeast side of the Leannan fault and around the granites. Two Dalradian outcrops are present in Northern Ireland. One is a natural continuation of outcrops in Donegal and forms the Sperrin Mountains; poor exposure makes correlation difficult, but these rocks seem to belong to the Kilmacrenan Succession. The other group, in County Antrim, can be correlated readily with the Kilmacrenan and Islay Succession.


By using the synergetic approach, the author reveals a number of regularities in the state-territorial arrangement formation process. The author concludes that three main factors determine the state and evolution of the federal system: the external environment, the presence of resource for development and the way the territory is managed.


The persistence and productivity of 12 lines of Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb., encompassing three ploidy groups, and one line of T. montanum subsp. hurnboldtianum were compared in an elevated environment (1150 m) over a 4-year period with one cultivar each of T. repens L. and T. pratense L. Trifolium ambiguum was found to be well adapted to the cold winters and dry summers, all lines persisting throughout the experimental period, whereas the T. repens and T. pratense cultivars disappeared by the fourth year. The T. arnbiguum lines 'Monaro' and 'Kirovakan' (both hexaploid) and 'Alpine' and Forest (diploids) had the highest dry matter production. The control cultivars of T. repens and T. pratense outyielded T. ambiguum in the first year but were substantially less productive in later years as their density declined. T. montanum persisted but produced less dry matter than T. ambiguum and did not produce rhizomes or daughter plants. Ploidy of T. ambiguum was found to affect the date of flowering, persistence, leaflet shape and leaflet area. Productivity was not closely related to ploidy; however, the two most productive lines were hexaploids. All the T. ambiguum lines remained well nodulated over the 4 years, but the diploids had higher leaf nitrogen contents than the other two groups (3.4% vs. 2.5 and 2.4% N). The number of daughter plants produced was positively correlated (r=0.84) with rhizome length, which varied between lines but was not influenced by ploidy. Two bred lines, 'Alpine' (diploid) and 'Monaro' (hexaploid) exhibited superior vigour and spreading ability and warrant further evaluation as possible pasture legumes.


There is great clinical importance in identifying cellular responses in the anterior chamber (AC) which can indicate signs of hyphema (an accumulation of red blood cells (RBCs)) or aberrant intraocular inflammation (an accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs)). These responses are difficult to diagnose and require specialized equipment such as ophthalmic microscopes and specialists trained in examining the eye. In this work, we applied spectroscopic OCT to differentiate between RBCs and subtypes of WBCs, including neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes, both in vitro and in ACs of porcine eyes. We located and tracked single cells in OCT volumetric images, and extracted the spectroscopic data of each cell from the detected interferograms using short-time Fourier Transform (STFT). A look-up table of Mie spectra was generated and used to correlate the spectroscopic data of single cells to their characteristic sizes. The accuracy of the method was first validated on 10um polystyrene microspheres. For RBCs and subtypes of WBCs, the extracted size distributions based on the best Mie spectra fit were significantly different between each cell type by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. A similar size distribution of neutrophils was also acquired in the measurements of cells introduced into the ACs of porcine eyes, further supporting spectroscopic OCT for potentially differentiating and quantifying blood cell types in the AC in vivo.


Hydrogen is a strong candidate as an alternative fuel and energy carrier which could address answers to environmental pollution, emissions and geo-political tensions. This thesis aims to develop modeling codes for rapid simulation and optimisation for hydrogen fuelled engines (H2ICE). A composition and property model is developed for calculating the composition and thermodynamic properties of the multi-components gases in the H2ICE. The framework of this model encapsulates all possible situations from gases that are modelled on a molecular level to gases that are modelled as fresh air with some residuals. A one-dimensional model for a port injection H2ICE is also developed. This model uses a single-zone approach and simulates the different physical phenomena in the intake, compression, combustion and expansion processes. Previous models for heat transfer and heat release are introduced for hydrogen applications after proposing suitable modifications and calibrating factors. In addition, computational models are developed to investigate and optimise injection characteristics in direct injection H2ICEs as well as common rail port injection fuelling system. Following this, a one dimensional model is developed for an engine with dual pure fuels and blended fuels. The considered fuels are hydrogen, gasoline, methane, gasoline-hydrogen blends and methane-hydrogen blends. These models have been calibrated and validated against experimental works and the findings of previous studies. The results have showed the accuracy of the composition and property code and that it is a very useful tool for H2ICE simulations. Less than 0.3% deviation has been noticed for the entire considered range of temperature and equivalence ratio ( ). In addition, the port injection code has highlighted that spark timing as a very important contributor among the different parameters and how an optimisation for these contributors can enhance the performance. A calibration factor of 2.183 has been proved to give accurate results for the new heat transfer correlation. Besides, the deviation in the results of the heat release model was 2.3% in the worst case. From the injection models, it was shown that optimizing the injection parameters, in particular injection timing, are very crucial factors for engine performance and proper operation for the feeding system. The performance of H2ICE in comparison with engines use other fuels was investigated using the dual fuel model. Hydrogen fuel showed its superiority in the lean conditions ( < 0.4). Furthermore, the penalty and benefits from hydrogen enrichment were clarified. It was shown that adding small controllable mass factions of hydrogen (< 10%) to gasoline enhances the burning velocity and combustion process in the low speed range. However, a small reduction in the output power (< 6%) was documented. Adding hydrogen to methane showed greater advantages due to the extremely low burning velocity of methane. It can be recognized that the developed simulation codes are powerful tools for the H2ICE community. With these models, experiments can be supplemented and supported by fast calculations.


This paper discusses how to design and achieve the net examination system . It is a new teaching assistant mode, thus improveing study efficiency of students and working efficiency of teachers.


This study was aimed at looking for a significant influence of Wattpad usage as learning activities on students' ability to write descriptive texts. The main consideration was because an educator in this case should use an interesting instructional media, particularly to teach writing so that the potential of students could be developed optimally. Meanwhile, the development of writing of English Department Students of Putera Batam University was still relatively low in quality. Wattpad was a free online storytelling community where students posted written works such as articles and stories through the website or the mobile application. The design of the research was quasi-experimental research that found out the effect of using Wattpad towards students writing ability. To know students' writing ability, this research used writing test as an Instrument. There were three pre-tests and post-tests. The pre-tests were used to see students writing ability before having treatment and post-tests were used to see the differences on students writing ability after giving treatment. The subjects were the students of English Department of Putera Batam University who took writing class. The data found that the average score of the students on pre-test was calculated as 6.60 and the average score of the students on post-test was calculated as 10.85. Since the obtained Z score was smaller than critical value, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Hi) was accepted. So, based on the results , it was concluded that there was statistical diffrence between the pre-test and post-test score at the 0.05 levels. It means that teaching writing by using Wattpad gave significant effect on students' writing ability


New Schottky-barrier diodes, with an epitaxial layer thickness of < 1000 A and doping 2.5×1016 cm?3, yield a mixer noise temperature of 98 K at 115 GHz. The diodes have a diameter of 1.8 ?m, and show repeatable performance. Measurements indicate negligible capacitance variation to at least +0.2 V. The noise temperature is competitive with values reported for Josephson and quasiparticle junctions.


This study found that items in the subsections on acceptance of sight loss and attitudes toward blindness of the Nottingham Adjustment Scale are free of response bias. Respondents who were given only negative items disagreed significantly more with them than did those who were given both negative and positive statements. In addition, respondents with poor emotional adjustment were more strongly influenced by the presence of positive statements than were those with good emotional adjustment.


This paper discusses the effect of the application of Corrosion Inhibiting Compounds (CICs) on the fatigue life of riveted single lap joints. The joints were subjected to constant amplitude fatigue testing, at different load levels. Two CICs normally used to prevent aircraft corrosion were applied. The results showed that the application of CICs reduced the fatigue life of single lap joints. The greatest reduction occurred when the joints were tested at intermediate load levels and at the upper bound of the low load levels; a reduction factor of two or more was found. At high and low load levels, a lesser reduction in fatigue life was observed.


This study aims to research the separate and collective (direct or indirect) effects of work-family conflict (independent variable) and job satisfaction (mediating variable) perceived by teachers on life satisfaction (dependent variable). Primary and elementary school teachers working at the district of Muratpasa in the Province of Antalya were involved in the study. The data was collected from 330 teachers for this purpose. Three different data collection tools, Life Satisfaction Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale and Work-Family Conflict Scale were used to acquire data within the scope of the study. A path analysis was formed by establishing a structural equation modeling in accordance with the purpose of the study. The collected data shows that work interference with family does not have a direct effect on life satisfaction, and family interference with work (FIW) does not have a direct effect on job satisfaction, either. WIF affects job satisfaction negatively and directly and this effect can predict life satisfaction. In other words, there is the mediating role of job satisfaction on the effect of life satisfaction of work-family conflict.


Ultrasonic horns are tuned components designed to vibrate in a longitudinal mode at ultrasonic frequencies. Reliable performance of such horns is normally associated with the amplitude of vibration, uniformity of vibration amplitude at the working surface and the avoidance of modal participation by non-tuned modes at the operating frequency. In order to maximise vibration amplitude uniformity, standard slotting configurations are included in the horn design. In this work the slot position in the horn is optimised using factorial design of experiments and the mathematical model developed is further interfaced with genetic algorithm. Modal and harmonic analysis of the horn is done using ANSYS software package. It is observed that slotted block horn with optimised slot position vibrates in longitudinal mode with uniform displacement amplitude across the face of the sonotrode.


A vehicle for towing an aircraft, the tow aircraft nose landing gear will be received by the vehicle, said aircraft having an aircraft longitudinal axis. The vehicle has a vehicle longitudinal axis, and configured to tow the aircraft along a straight or curved trajectory, the vehicle comprising a controller directs the operation of, the operations comprising maintaining synchronization position of the vehicle, the synchronization position, the vehicle longitudinal axis is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.


Abstract Variant anatomy and cytomorphological overlap between benign and malignant conditions can coincide to produce diagnostic error. We report the case of an unusually shaped thyroid gland bearing a follicular adenoma interpreted as a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma. The shape of the gland had a striking resemblance to The Scream, a painting by Edvard Munch, and directly contributed to the misdiagnosis. We discuss the known embryological mechanisms of thyroid development, ultrasound radiological characteristics of thyroid examination, and the cytomorphologic interpretation of thyroid tissue. The constellation of these elements and the resultant error is eloquently illustrated by Munch's artistic inspiration.


Abstract Chinese in the recent 15 years, the artwork auction property is rising and flourishing, auction companies increasingly. In this developing country, this non-living of the people essentials market take the lead others starting and yield unusually brilliant result. This market has annual turnover to exceed in 160 hundred million Renminbi (about 2 Billion 50 million US dollars). When faces the market operation, frequently has makes the price, counterfeits, the froth, the money laundering, the bribe, is congenial, the sham, the blackmarket, the operation, the benefit transportation and so on, and therefore the reverse side phrase appears in the artistic market report article. These situations occurrences, are because of the artificial operation? Perhaps under wealth fast accumulation social phenomenon? Or market policy formulation question? How but also has in the chaotic market, to find the property development the kinetic energy? In the nation's economy and power are growing rapidly China, the potential for artwork auction market may anticipate. First understood the market distribution the situation, then separates the market attribute area, and according to annual turnover amount data to describe the market development cross section. Before develop integrity market, we must analyzed the reason that question occur and find the prevent method to precluded market chaotic source thorough. Crosses after a congenial unrest, artistic investment, artistic fund entering the arena, could be further to push forward the 2nd waves for the market increase scope. We hope from the artwork auction market growth experience in China can provide to a reflection for artwork auction market in Taiwan. Affiliation by experience mutual study, the artwork auction market in Taiwan will retrieve a new market turning point in the defeat. Keywords : Refusal , Artistic, Fund, Transaction tax, Auction, Cultural relics preservation law


The question as to whether or not the plane of polarisation of a plane polarised beam of X rays is rotated on passing through a quartz crystal in a direction parallel to the optic axis, is investigated experimentally.


The microbiome of animals, both in the digestive tract and in the skin, plays an important role in protecting the host. The skin is one of the largest surface organs for animals; therefore, the destabilization of the microbiota on its surface can increase the risk of diseases that may adversely affect animals' health and production rates, including poultry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nutritional supplementation in the form of fermented rapeseed meal and housing conditions on the level of selected bacteria phyla (Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and family Lactobacillaceae). The study was performed on 30 specimens of broiler chickens (Ross 308), individually kept in metabolic cages for 36 days. They were divided into 5 groups depending on the feed received. On day 36, skin swabs were individually collected. Temperature and humidity were measured in the room. The temperature was measured every 2 days (18 measurements × 6 points). The results of Real-Time PCR analysis have shown a significant effect of the feed additive on the level of Firmicutes phylum on the skin. On the other hand, a variable level of the tested bacteria was shown depending on the location of the cages. The Firmicutes phylum and Lactobacillaceae family achieved the highest level in the top-window zone. However, in the case of the Actinobacteria phylum, the highest level was found at the top-door and middle-door zones. The obtained results suggest that the conditions in which animals live may affect the microbiota of their skin.


The visual acuity of the human eye is physiologically recks oned to be normal if (e. g.) two distinct objects which move towards each other until the distance between them is seen at a visual angle of abt. 1 minute, are still perceived (if well lighted and set off) as separate, while they become merged as soon as the visual angle between them is further reduced. With this >>minimum separabilea (Aubert's term) as a basis Snellen formed his wellsknown sightstest letter chart. In this chart a number of Roman letters are arranged in rows of dif. ferent sizes, and the construction of the letters (exemplified in fig. 1) is as follows: Each letter is drawn on a background of 25 small squares according to the principle, that all the black strokes of which it is formed and the interstices between them (positive and negative elements, we may call them) should be made equally wide so that all details will appear simultaneously at a certain visual angle. At the testing distance commonly used this angle will be 1 minute for one particular row of lets ters, the reading of which consequently indicates normal acuity of vision. (Other degrees of visual acuity are determined by means of the other sizes of letters according to a simple system.) Experience shows, however, that the function of this appas ratus is rather less precise that might be expected from the rational nature of its construction. For this there are various causes. The Koman alphabet comprises certain letters which are so characteristic in shape that they are recognised at first glance solely by the shape irrespective of details (L, 0, A),


Virtual world simulation for military training is an emerging domain. As such, detailed analysis is required to optimize the performance the simulators. Unfortunately, due to a lack of extensive virtual world performance analysis, simulator administrators often make arbitrary resource allocations to support their environments and training scenarios. In this paper, we provide a lightweight predictive model that will be used in an automated, dynamic resource allocation system in the popular three-dimensional open-sourced virtual world simulator OpenSimulator. Prior to this investigation, only OpenSimulator developers and users with extensive experience with the platform could manually load balance the server resources based on anticipated usage. Now, with the proposed system and its predictive model, the simulator advances towards having an automated mechanism to determine the minimal critical resources that are required to support a target number of concurrent users in the virtual world.


Reiho, possessing rice blast disease resistant gene Pi-ta2 which was derived from Tadukan, was attacked severely after four years from releasing to the extension. Causal pathogenic race is differentiated as T-2', which is well resemble to T-2 except for unstable reaction on Homare-nishiki, Ginga, Norin 22 and Norin 20 among Japanese differential varieties.


Speculative computation is a process which uses default hypothesis as tentative answer and continues computation when resource information cannot be obtained in time. In computing process, if the response is not consistent with belief, then master agent will revise its belief. The more information gotten, the more accurate the result of speculative computation is, and the smaller the risk of decision is, so the negotiation is a key mean in reducing risks of decision. In this paper, framework extended of speculative computation is presented, and the further negotiation framework and negotiation algorithm with belief revision are presented, the algorithm is embedded in speculative computation. Finally three experiments on goods transportation are given. The experiments have proved the algorithm can improve the accuracy of result of speculative computation, and reduce the risk of the result.


Geographical information systems (GIS) are increasingly used in England and Wales as a tool to monitor crime and aid community-safety planning. This is despite the widely known limitations of police-recorded data on crime victimisation, and concerns about the quality and specificity of available data on fear of crime. Meanwhile, improving streetlighting is a popular strategy both for improving community safety and for reducing fear of crime. In this paper we report on research carried out in Northumberland, northeast England, which aimed to identify locations most in need of new streetlighting. First, GIS crime hotspot maps and lighting coverage maps were analysed to identify potential areas to target. Qualitative rapid appraisal techniques were then used in these areas to explore local residents' perceptions and understandings of the relationships between streetlighting, victimisation, and fear of crime. The qualitative data were used to interpret the hotspot maps further, and to inform the location and type of streetlighting interventions. The research demonstrates that people's experiences of crime and fear, and their understandings of the relationships these have to streetlighting, are complex and reflective. At most, streetlighting was held to have a marginal and even then contradictory influence on the problems of crime and fear that people face. The implications are considered. We conclude that qualifying the outputs of GIS mapping was essential in this case, and has wide potential in critical policy research to promote more inclusive knowledge and more effective decisionmaking.


"the strength and weakness of that kind of criticism which knows how to judge and condemn the present, but not how to comprehend it" Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty First Century has enjoyed a reception comparable only to that of Hayek's The Road to Serfdom or Galbraith's The Affluent Society. It restates Piketty and colleagues' statistical history of capitalist inequality and advances an explanation of this based on the operation of pernicious economic forces of capitalism. The book obviously invites comparison with Marx's Capital. However, Piketty's "capital" is entirely divorced from any concrete conception of capitalist production, and his critique of capitalism is merely moralistic in a way which Marx would have scorned. Piketty's explanation of the growth of inequality since 1980, particularly of the growth of managerial "supersalaries", displays a failure to grasp the character of the economic and legal institutions of corporate capitalism.


Objective:To establish the evaluation standard system of nursing process quality for intensive care units.Methods:The evaluation standard system of nursing process quality for intensive care units was preliminarily established by using literature reviewing method,30 experts of nursing management were consulted in terms of their opinions about the evaluation system by using Delphi method.Results:The evaluation system of nursing process quality for intensive care units included 7 first class indexes,24 second class items and their weights.Conclusion:The newly established evaluation system based on Delphi method reflects the changes in the content of nursing process quality for intensive care units.


Hypothyroidism increases the risk for heart disease, and its treatment is not controversial. However, the management of subclinical hypothyroidism is


The femtosecond laser was used for simultaneous single-beam three-dimensional optical trapping of: and excitation of second-harmonic as well as two-photon fluorescence in biotin and biotin ester microcrystals. The single-beam gradient-force optical trap is an efficient method for manipulating and positioning microparticles. In this case the laser acts simultaneously as the trapping beam and the fundamental beam for the second-harmonic generation and two-photon fluorescence. The particles are trapped just below the focus as a result of the gradient forces generated by radiation pressure and scattering forces (l). Biotin or Vitamin H and its' derivations are commonly used in a variety of biochemical applications. Recently the SHG (Z) and two-photon (2p) fluorescence (3,4) detection of bio-objects is developed and wide- used method of investigation of biological important substances and structures. The combination of trapping and excitation of SHG and 2p-autofluorescence of biotin ester microcrystals allow us to investigate the structure and optic properties of it. Additionally, the particles with submicron size are useful as a non-intrusive microscopic probe for high-resolution studies(5). In this study Zp-fluorescence and SHG from microcrystals of biotin and its derivations were observed in femtosecond conditions of excitation in wide spectral range at simultaneous optical trapping. To our knowledge, this is th: first observation of SHG in microcrystals of biotin and biotin ester as well as is the first realization of single-beam three-dimensional optical trapping and SHG and 2p-fluorescence in femtosecond conditions of excitation. The water suspensions of microcrystals of biotin and biotin ester (SIGMA) were used. A femtosecond Tksapphire laser (Mira-900 Coherent) pumped by a solid-state laser (Verdi, Coherent) was used to trap the microcrystals and to excite SHG and 2p-fluorescence. The laser wavelength was tuned over in near IR range 755-930 nm. The average incident laser beam power in focal spot varied in range 3-35 mW. For microscopic imaging, a modified laser confocal microscope (FV 300, Olympus) employing photomultiplier tubes as detectors was used. The reflective and SHG microscopic images of the same microcrystals in transmission direction were also obtained. The intensity and duration of SH and Zp-fluorescent signals emitting were comparatively analyzing for biotin' and biotin ester and for different conditions of experiment (the microcrystal size, trapping; durations, intensity, wavelength of excitation). The Zp-fluorescence and SHG of biotins also were compared with Zp- fluorescence of other biologcally important substances -vitamins, proteins, etc. The biotin ester trapped microcrystals generate intensive and stable second harmonic for the whole laser tuning range in 377.5-465 nm as well as they exhibit two-photon fluorescence in spectral range 510-530 nm. Such microcrystals can be manipulated and positioned by optical trapping and used as a microprobe for high- resolution investigation. Biotin microcrystals also exhibit 2p-fluorescense and intensive SHG, but not so stable


Porphyrin and its derivatives are widely investigated for cancer therapy because of their high selectivity to cancer cells. By labeling gamma and beta emitting-radionuclides to a porphyrin which selectively binds to the cancer tissue will produce a safe and potential radiopharmaceutical. The present study aims to predict the toxicity of meso-5,15-di[3,4-bis(carboxymethylenoxy)phenyl]-porphyrin (D3,4BCPP) andmeso-5,15-di[3,4-bis(carboxymethylenoxy)phenyl],10,20-diphenylporphyrin (D3,4BCPDPP) as well as their complexes with Rhenium (Re).Toxicity prediction using ADMET PredictorTM showed that D3,4BCPP has an acute toxicity in rat; D3,4BCPDPP has an acute toxicity in rat and hepatotoxic; Re-D3,4BCPP has an acute toxicity in rat, hepatotoxic, and likely carcinogenic in rat in which requiring microsomal activation mechanism; and Re-D3,4BCPDPP has an acute toxicity in rat and hepatotoxic.


During the 1970s some changes have occurred in the area of population policies and trends. There has been both progress and failure. The growth in world populaton has begun to slow in both developed and developing nations. The apparent decline in the birthrate of China between 1970-1975 is the most rapid of any country on record and may be regarded as family plannings greatest success story. It reveals what a government committed to reducing fertility can accomplish when it deals with the problem on several fronts simultaneously. Another hopeful sign is the decline by 1/3 in the U.S. population growth rate between 1970-1975. Although most of the slowdown in the global population growth stems from declining birthrates in some poor countries population growth is being periodically checked by hunger-induced rises in death rates. The recent upturns in the national death rates represent a reversal of postwar trends. In some situations population growth now acts as a double-edge sword simultaneously contributing to growth in food demand and to reduced food output. It has become clear during the 1970s that land-based food systems can give as did oceanic fisheries under intense pressure. Population growth along with the lesser effect of rising affluence has pushed food consumption ahead of production in recent years and has become a major preoccupation for the entire world. In a world without an adequate system of food reserves increasing world food prices translate into increasing death rates among the poorest people. Crop failure in a rich country has an economic impact but in a poor country it can also have a measurable demographic impact. Attention is specifically focused on population trends 1970-1975; countries that are achieving or approaching stability; the tragic rise of death rates; and the population prospect.


A growing body of literature is revealing that unilateral knee pathology can cause bilateral quadriceps inhibition. The mechanisms by which these bilateral deficits occur are poorly understood. Research on knee ligament injury and osteoarthritis appears to indicate a link between traumatic disruption of sensory structures in the knee and a dysfunction of the gamma loop. Disruption of sensory structures appears to reduce afferent feedback to the gamma loop, and an intact gamma loop is necessary to achieve full muscle activation bilaterally. However, bilateral quadriceps inhibition is also seen in unilateral anterior knee pain conditions in which there is no obvious damage to the sensory structures of the knee. The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of gamma loop dysfunction in individuals with unilateral anterior knee pain to investigate its role as a mechanism for bilateral deficits.


This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 16232 "Fair Division". The seminar was composed of technical sessions with regular talks, and discussion sessions distributed over the full week.


Al2O3 films were grown in situ by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition at 900 °C on GaN of both Ga- and N-face polarities. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed that the Al2O3 films were crystalline and primarily γ-phase. The Al2O3/Ga-GaN and Al2O3/N-GaN interfaces were both atomically sharp, and the latter further exhibited a biatomic step feature. The corresponding current-voltage (J-V) characteristics were measured on a metal-Al2O3-semiconductor capacitor (MOSCAP) structure. The leakage current was very high when the Al2O3 thickness was comparable with the size of the crystalline defects, but was suppressed to the order of 1 × 10−8 A/cm2 with larger Al2O3 thicknesses. The interface states densities (Dit) were measured on the same MOSCAPs by using combined ultraviolet (UV)-assisted capacitance-voltage (C-V), constant capacitance deep level transient spectroscopy (CC-DLTS), and constant capacitance deep level optical spectroscopy (CC-DLOS) techniques. The average Dit measured by CC-...


Reaction of CuI with 1 or 2 equivalent(s) N,N′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-2,6-diaminopyridine (BDDP) gives two different complexes, [Cu(I)μ-(BDDP-κP,Npy)]2 (1) and [Cu(BDDP-κP,Npy)2]I (2), in high yields. The determination of the molecular structure show that both CuI atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated, rather than a square-planar geometry reported for Cr0, NiII-BDDP complexes before, which contains a planar tridentate chelate ring system. The introduction of AuCl(tht) (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) into [Cu(BDDP-κP,Npy)2]I leads unexpectedly to the formation of a digold complex 2,6-[(ClAuPh2P)HN]2C5H3N and dimeric [Cu(I)μ-(BDDP-κP,Npy)]2.


The best strategy to transfer nanopatterns formed from the self assembly of PS/PMMA bloc copolymers into a silicon substrate is investigated. We show that a hard mask patterning strategy combined with a plasma cure treatment of the PS mask are necessary to reproduce the PS mask pattern into the silicon with a good critical dimension control. In addition, typical silicon etching plasma condition must be revisited to allow the etching of sub-20 nm holes. These results indicate that block copolymer can be readily used as etching masks for advanced CMOS technology.


C Butters, LK Phuong, T Cole, A Gwee. JAMA Pediatrics . 2019;173(11):1084–1094

To perform a systematic literature review of the prevalence of primary immunodeficiency (PID) among pediatric patients with primary or recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and to identify factors associated with risk of PID diagnosis.

Pediatric cases (18 years or younger) of primary or recurrent IPD from 17 studies (prospective, retrospective and case-control published between 1997 and 2018).

The authors identified publications in PubMed, Embase, and Medline using standardized criteria (original data, 5 or more pediatric cases confirmed by isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from a sterile site via culture or polymerase …


This chapter explores the evolution of modern behavioral finance theories from the traditional framework. It focuses on three main issues. First, it analyzes the importance of standard finance theories and the situations where they become insufficient i.e. market anomalies. Second, it signifies the role of behavioral finance in narrowing down the gaps between traditional finance theories and actual market conditions. This involves the substitution of standard finance theories with more realistic behavioral theories like the prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979). In the end, it provides a synthesis of academic events that substantiate the presence of behavioral biases, their underlying psychology and their impact on financial markets. This chapter also highlights the implications of behavior biases on financial practitioners like market experts, portfolio managers and individual investors. The chapter concludes with providing the limitations and future scope of research in behavioral finance.


Does the placement of the IVF embryo differ from the implantation site?

 At five weeks the implanted embryo has not moved in the lateral plane of the endometrial cavity but is slightly lower in the vertical plane.

 We previously showed that vertical placement of embryos approximately 9 mm from the fundus and equidistant from the tubal ostia has the highest implantation rate. Whether the embryo migrates from the point where the droplet is deposited before implantation is controversial. We used 3D ultrasound to compare the point of placement with the location of the gestational sac (GS) at 5 weeks gestational age (GA).

 Prospective analysis of 292 transfers of single egg donation blastocysts (2018-2020) and 139 resultant pregnancies in which the position of the GS in the coronal plane at 5 weeks was compared to that of the embryo flash immediately post transfer. A Voluson 6 with a 4D RAB4-8 transabdominal probe imaged the embryo transfer and a 4D RIC-5-9 transvaginal probe imaged the pregnancy scan (GE Healthcare, Austria).

 Consecutive patients with a normal uterine cavity undergoing egg donation in a single private IVF Center. Embryo transfers were performed under 2D US guidance using a soft Wallace Catheter. A 3D volume of the uterus was acquired immediately post-transfer. A second 3D scan was performed at 5 weeks GA. Distances of the embryo flash and the center of GS from the fundus, ostia and internal cervical os (ICO) were recorded and compared using SPSS.

 Of 292 transfer procedures, 139 pregnancies who had the first ultrasound in our Center were included and analysed. The mean distance between the embryo flash and the uterine fundus was significantly less than the distance between the center of the GS and the uterine fundus [(9,49±3,03 vs 11,02±3,9 mm respectively (p < 0,05)]. The mean distances between the embryo flash and the right and left ostium were 16,66 ± 4,96 and 16,69 ± 4,61 mm respectively, with no significant differences from the same distances taken from the center of the GS.

 As the image is of the embryo flash and not the embryo, this might have been misleading.

 These findings extend and support the proposal of an optimal point of embryo placement for pregnancy. The apparent vertical difference in the implantation of the embryo could be due to uterine growth or it could be consequence of uterine peristalsis. This bears further study.

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Abstract Two new Monocelis species from the Mediterranean are described. Monocelis parvula n. sp. is characterized by small size, absence of bursa and vagina, and by a karyotype with n = 3 with one chromosome pair almost twice the size of the others. Monocelis mediterranea n. sp. is characterized by the morphology of bursa and bursal duct. It is the only Monocelis known with a karyotype with n = 4. Monocelis lineata (O. F. Muller, 1774) is re‐described, and conspecificity of N. Atlantic and Mediterranean specimens is confirmed on morphological and karyological grounds.


Based on the strength reduction method,the anchor reinforced slope has been simulated by elastic-plastic FEM. The safety factor of reinforced slope with anchor was gotten by heuristic search method. The plastic zone running through or not is taken as a standard to solve slope safety factor. The research results show better the distribution situation of stress and strain in slope. It proposes a new method to evaluate the stability of slope with complex boundary conditions. Taking a slope engineering for example, the stability safety coefficients of the slope are calculated when the slope is reinforced with anchors of different length. When the design length of anchor is longer than a certain value, the anchor length has little effect on improving the stability of slope and slope toe. Consequently, the reasonable design length of anchor is put forward


Mechanical loading of the low back and shoulders during pushing and pulling activities Marco JM Hoozemansa; P Paul FM Kuijerab; Idsart Kingmab; Jaap H. van Dieënb; Wiebe HK de Vriesab; Luc HV van der Woudeb; Jan Veeger H. E. J. Dirkbc; Allard J. van der Beeka; Monique HW FringsDresena a Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, AmCOGG Amsterdam Centre for Research into Health and Health Care, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Man-Machine Systems & Control Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands


This paper gives the civil building energy consumption quota,quota includes advanced value,the new access values,limit value,the use of various energy consumption quota,analyzed the difference and the advanced value,the new value of the limit value of access. The method of limit value,the energy consumption limit analysis of Wuhan City 39 building value with the help of SPSS software tool using the statistical analysis method,the paper has also analyzed the judgment rejecting the abnormal value is accurately formulated on the basis of energy consumption quota; according to the building energy efficiency and fair principle,gives 39 kinds of function of Wuhan city construction unit building in the area of energy consumption index and the air conditioning and heating energy consumption ratio,average per capita,given,bed associated with building function,energy consumption indicators are born equal current value,and gives the limit value of standard deviation. According to the design standard for energy efficiency,with the aid of DeST tools using simulation method and apparatus are 15 kind of building new access,advanced value.


This report describes wetlands of the Alice Springs Water Control District (ASWCD). The primary purpose of this report is to support water allocation planning in the ASWCD, so
that the natural values of surface waters can be given due consideration. The report provides
a summary of the district's wetlands that will also be useful for people with a general interest
in nature and wetlands. The different types of wetland that occur are described with
examples, along with known biological values. Wetlands of particular conservation
significance are described.


This research explain about interest Tiongkok to Africa through Forum On China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Economic development in Tiongkok the rapid and the lack of energy sources as a supporting factor the reason why Tiongkok increasingly strengthen its relationship with African countries rich in natural resources especially oil the strengthening of International cooperation in the field of energy is also done by Tiongkok.Tiongkok believe that between Tiongkok and African countries have a common good, namely frienship, peace, cooperation and development. FOCAC is cooperation forum founded by Tiongkok and Africa which was hold from 10 to 12 October 2000 in Beijing Tiongkok. Tiongkok focus on Africa through the cooperation in economic terms beginning at the Meeting Of the High-Level Conference (KTT) Tiongkok Africa that produces FOCAC since the year 2000.In analyze the problem in this study, the authors use the theory of Graham T. Allison where it can be analyze that inthe manufacture of foreign policy of country in influenced by the element of domestic, wether it be values embraced by the leadership of the interest of the bureucrats until on the way leaders analize the domestic situation is very influential about removal decision.


Abstract Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf and I. tomentosa (Harms) Craib & Stapf natural regeneration is studied in the Sudanian zone of Togo on 74 plots (10 m ×10 m). The survey show that both species self—maintain by seedlings (32%), stump resprouts (10.6%) and root suckers (57.4%) in five types habitat (fields, fallows less than 5 years, fallows from 5 to 10 years, fallows more than 11 years forests). Suckering is the most important in fields and fallows. Root suckers and seedlings are more prone to regenerate the Isoberlinia woodlands than stump resprouts. Suckering is a low cost effective way to restore Isoberlinia forests especially in dry areas.


We develop a cooperative diversity protocol coded over space, time, and frequency to achieve improved quality of service for mobile users in the downlink of small-cell frequency reuse networks. The proposed protocol, called cooperative frequency reuse (CFR), leverages the cellular frequency reuse concept to create space and frequency diversity among pairs of adjacent base stations. The CFR protocol is compatible with the half-duplex mode and is distributed in the sense that each base station acts in autonomy, without the need of a centralized entity. It is implemented in two phases. During the first phase, each base station independently serves its own users on its dedicated frequency band. It simultaneously listens to the symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations. Cognitive cooperation is introduced in the second phase, where each base station transmits on two frequency bands to the scheduled users in both base stations, by means of an appropriately chosen distributed space time code based on the Golden code. We analyze and discuss the performance of the proposed protocol in terms of bit error rate, probability of outage, and ergodic sum rate under different scenarios. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol yields considerable improvement over direct transmission frequency reuse strategies.


Today, numerous scientific echosounders are used as continuously monitoring systems in ocean observatories. These echosounders are usually calibrated in shallow water, either in laboratory tanks or at random ocean docks before deployments. If the systems are used for quantitative measurements by the observatories, they should be calibrated at the operating depths to consider the environmental effects on the calibration parameters. In this article, a simple in situ calibration method is presented, which was recently applied to one of the nodes of the Norwegian Lofoten-Vesterålen ocean observatory, when the research vessel with dynamic positioning system suspended and moved the calibration sphere between the vessel and the transducer. The calibration results of a 70-kHz split-beam echosounder demonstrate that this method can be applied to the cabled observatories.


We theoretically consider the proximity effect in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid nanostructures, which are being extensively studied in the context of the ongoing search for non-Abelian Majorana fermions in solid state systems. Specifically, we consider the dependence on the thickness of the semiconductor in the direction normal to the interface, a physical effect that has been uncritically neglected in prior work on the subject. Quite surprisingly, we find the unanticipated result that increasing the semiconductor thickness leads to a suppression of the induced superconducting gap due to proximity-induced interband coupling. As a result, in the limit of strong semiconductor-superconductor coupling, the proximity-induced gap becomes much smaller than the bulk superconductor gap and depends weakly on the interface transparency.


In contrast to the history of the maternity services in the UK, Canada is setting up midwifery services state by state. An opportunity to attend an annual conference of the Canadian Association of Midwives in Ottawa is not to be missed. We can learn so much from the Canadian midwives from their current struggles to develop maternity services for women. The issues in midwifery are of course similar, promoting discussions such as: continuity of care/r; competence to practice; safety standards; transferring women into hospital; home from hospital; home birth; reducing caesarean section rates; developing practices; working with women; leadership issues and developing change.


Knowledge characteristics are essential in leveraging knowledge value; they are more evident with explicit knowledge ease of use, transfer, and mobility. However, tacit knowledge exhibits other characteristics, in order to contribute and transfer. The aim of this article is to show how knowledge management has a positive contribution on e-learning contents through a model proposed to support this perception. The article focuses on the characteristics of knowledge and its effect on e-learning content, the nature of knowledge, and the quality of content in e-learning system, in order to improve the content of the knowledge and facilitate the e-learning system usage, especially that knowledge and e-learning have much to offer each other. The result lead recommends that the education institutions should understand the knowledge characteristics and the potential techniques that support transfer knowledge as Edraak Jordanian initiative goes on doing, in addition, the education institutions should understand which types of knowledge can by articulated or which knowledge can be through practices or apprenticeship. Finally, the education institutions need to organize and categorize the knowledge so that it can retrieve when it's needed, Edraak initiative is successful to introduce many courses in deferent topics and the content was clear and helpful for many learners to have training course and keep continuance learning in all society.


instantaneous frequencies corresponding to the speech signal formant using the wavelet transform. The developed method is based on an analysis of derivative phase of the continuous Morlet wavelet transform coefficients. Using synthesized signals produced by a formant model made it possible to adapt this method to real speech signals and to determinate the instantaneous formantic frequencies for all the types of speech sounds (isolated vowels, syllables and words). Results are satisfactory and join those obtained by other researchers in the field (who were interested especially in isolated vowels).


This paper expounds the application of computer databases in document management, information management and multimedia. The advantage of the application of database management technology based on computer, expounds the content and technology of computer database management.


The measurement of CO2 efflux from forest soils has become of great importance in evaluating the role of forests as sequestering agents of atmospheric CO2. In this regard, it is important to know the part of total efflux that originates from root respiration. We have tried to evaluate it by measuring efflux in the field with a portable infrared gas analyzer, while at the same time, the 0–10 cm soil layer was sampled and incubated in the laboratory during 30–40 days. Comparison of field and laboratory measurements was made by conversion to a common temperature (10 °C) using the Arrhenius equation for both processes. Results indicated an Arrhenius apparent activation energy of 25 kcal (1 kcal = 4.1855 kJ) in the field and 15 kcal in the laboratory. Comparison of the results was also made possible by modelling the cumulative CO2 efflux in the laboratory so that we eliminated the initial flush of mineralization, the value of which was temperature dependent. The grand average of CO2 efflux from the forest soil...


Silicon carbide-based porous body of the present invention, comprising a silicon carbide particle and metallic silicon which is the aggregate, and at the same time, the Si, Al, and characterized in that it has an oxide phase containing the alkaline-earth metal, high porosity, high strength in oxidation resistance, and thermal shock resistance is excellent, in the case of using as a filter, is likely to include the problem of disconnection is very low for causing the leakage of the fluid, is also a silicon carbide-based porous body having a property that the pressure loss is very low.


Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. " (Tukey 1962) The publication of our article in Sociological Methodology was the successful conclusion of a long " sequence " involving one journal's refusal to referee it (for not being in their field), a presentation at the RC33 conference of the ISA in 2012, and submission to SM followed by six rounds of revisions—a record both for that journal and for us. The symposium concerning the article has thus gone much further than we would have hoped when we started the work in 2009. Indeed, we are grateful for the opportunity we have thus had to exchange with specialists in sequence analysis (and life course analysis) and in this way construct a necessarily partial and temporary situation report on the progress made by this family of techniques. We do not have the space in this rejoinder to discuss all the criticisms and observations we have received. However, certain patterns have emerged and we shall try to address the most " robust ". First, we must point out and rectify a few misunderstandings. It all depends The first misunderstanding concerns the contrast between local and global interdependence, which we explain in the first part of the article. This contrast as we see it is a " conceptual " one, in the sense that it concerns the way the interdependence between the dimensions of the sequences is " grasped " and recorded by statistical techniques. It therefore precedes the chain of analysis. For example, in order to study the life courses of two spouses after they formed a couple it is appropriate to consider these life courses as being simultaneous (because they develop jointly within each couple) and to compare the couples from point to point. This is a case of local interdependence and MCSA is particularly appropriate. One of us has indeed used MCSA in exactly this sort of case (Pailhe et al. 2013). But if we now turn to the study of homogamy on the basis of the two spouses' past life courses leading to their forming a couple, their alignment from point to point makes little sense and this is a case of global interdependence, to be analyzed with GIMSA. Fasang, in her commentary, appears to understand this distinction between local and global interdependence in a different sense, concerning the interpretation of results, i.e. subsequent to the analysis chain: are the dimensions of the sequences substantively linked in a general manner or at certain specific points in their development? This recalls the event/sequence dichotomy or, in Billari's terms, that between the atomistic and the holistic approach (Billari 2001). Under our definition of the distinction between local and global interdependence, the comparison between MCSA and GIMSA is less relevant, since the two techniques do not address the same problem. Which is why in the article we compare GIMSA and Strategy 4,


The exploitation of renewable biomass resources toward green, high-value-added functional nanomaterials is promising. Bamboo is a "natural Si reservoir" that contains a considerable amount of silica. Available bamboo charcoal is the carbonated bamboo material with attractive features. Herein, 3D porous silicon is extracted from bamboo charcoal by simple calcination and magnesiothermic reduction. For an improvement in the electrochemical stability, the porous Si is further coated with a layer of N-doped amorphous carbon by carbonizing the polyacrylonitrile precursor. The obtained silicon/nitrogen-doped carbon composite possesses a 3D porous structure and exhibits significantly improved cycling performance along with high rate capabilities. The optimized Si/N-doped carbon composite delivers a reversible capacity of 603 mA h g–1 after 120 cycles at 200 mA g–1 and a high capacity of 360 mA h g–1 at 1.6 A g–1. This demonstrates that the N-doped amorphous carbon layer can effectively accommodate the volume chan...


Acknowledgements. Introduction. Glossary. How to use this book. The mites and ticks - acarina. The insects - insecta. Other harmful arthropods. Delusions of infestation. Books. Methods for identification. Index.


ABSTRACT This paper proposed a new approach of particle swarm optimization (PSO). The proposed modified PSO algorithm is equipped with some specially designed mechanisms of adaptively updating algorithm parameters to preserve the diversity of the swarm and to keep the balance between exploration and exploitation searches. All these mechanisms help the algorithm to avoid the premature convergence and to strengthen its robustness. Experiments are conducted on different complicated, unimodal and multimodal test functions, as well as a typical engineering inverse problem, the TEAM Workshop problem 22. The numerical results illustrate that the proposed PSO shows better performance as compared to other well developed evolutionary algorithms.


Primary malignant non-cutaneous melanomas are rare. We report here five observations collected during 26 years and 4 months of activity in the Medical Oncology Department of Brazzaville University Teaching Hospital. These five observations concerned the followed localisations: cervix, endometrium, high rectum, tongue, and palate. The demonstration of primary character after positive diagnosis, administration of appropriate treatment and conditions of post-therapeutic follow-up were the main points of analysis.


Aimed at the fault bit of engine gushes oil time,has carried out analysis and induction on lot causes of this phenomenon according to the theory of closed cycle control,expatiated on the connection between gushing oil amount and engine vacuum system disclosing.From this thought,have brought forward a new method of vacuum system malfunction diagnose.


An improved time-varying autoregressive model was established for rolling bearing fault diagnosis based on combination of forward and backward estimation.By adopting time-varying forgetting factor,mean squared error based on forward and backward estimation was defined and partial derivatives were derived for weighted coefficients of basis functions to obtain their calculation formulas.Then,the recursion formulas of the weighted coefficients were derived using recursive least squares(RLS).Time-frequency analysis for simulation and experimental signals of a faulty bearing inner ring was conducted using the improved and unimproved models.The results showed that the improved model can overcome the unavailability of frequency estimation at the initial time,it has higher accuracy in temporal and frequency estimation, and better anti-noise performance;so the improved model can extract fault feature frequency of rolling bearing more effectively.


In a lot of change, modern society has been gradually diversified and specialized along the trend of the times, to accommodate a wide variety of cultures and values accordingly. People build a relationship with each other while exchanging information about a particular field with similar interests. Along the flow of the changing times, people with the temperament of mania has been increased and it is also increasing the polulation to form the mania group. In such a society, there is a need for an attempt to modern interpretation of the new community space. In this study, by utilizing the characteristics of mania such a obstructive and openness, we propose a new community space to accommodate the diversified, specialized modern society.


Knowledge transfer between units within MNC's and between independent organisations involved in international business is an important element of performance. Researchers have shown that generally cultural differences place difficulties in the way of both information and knowledge transfer across national borders, both within MNC's and across organisations. This study examines the knowledge transfer process between different cultural groups in a particular setting and concludes that in this situation cultural differences do not hinder knowledge transfer. Explanations are provided for this anomaly and implications for international business managers are drawn.


The antioxidant properties of 1,2,3,4‐tetra‐hydrocarbazole, 6‐methoxy‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydrocar‐bazole (MTC), 2,3‐dimethylindole, 5‐methoxy‐2,3‐dimethylindole, and indole were investigated in the case of hemolysis of human erythrocytes and oxidative damage of DNA induced by 2,2′‐azobis(2‐amidinopropane hydrochloride) (AAPH), respectively. The aim of this work was to explore the influence of methoxy, methyl, and cyclohexyl substituents on the antioxidant activities of indole derivatives. These indole derivatives were able to protect erythrocytes and DNA in a concentration‐dependent manner. The alkyl‐substituted indole can protect erythrocytes and DNA against AAPH‐induced oxidation. Especially, the structural features of cyclohexyl and methoxy substituents made MTC the best antioxidant among the indole derivatives used herein. Finally, the interaction between these indole derivatives and 2,2′‐azinobis(3‐ethylbenzothiazoline‐6‐sulfonate) radical cation and 2,2′‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl, respectively, provided direct evidence for these indole derivatives to scavenge radicals and emphasized the importance of electron‐donating groups for the free radical–scavenging activity of indole derivatives. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 23:273–279, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20289


I have also searched these Glens for some of the old tuireadhs or elegies sung at the wakes of the old families but I could not find one, except one fragment of an elegy composed for a Manus O'Kane who had lived near Garvagh, but at what time no one could tell me. They cannot recite any of Ossian's poems except odd lines here and there. These they have, not from a succession of oral traditions, but from hearing old men (Irish scholars now dead) read them out of Mss, now decayed or lost. – John O'Donovan, Clady, August 11th, 1834.1


Creative music education is the hotspot of nowadays music education reform.This paper,through the author's teaching research and practice,brings forward six teaching principles for creative music education: creating situation to study self-consciously,pointing out the process to do stimulating research,facing the whole but developing the individuality,using all the functions to strengthen the activity,connecting the reality to pay more attention to practice,and improve the surroundings to extend the space.The paper also analyses some teaching methods and points out the demand of creative music education for teachers.


In this paper we describe the goals of a one-day workshop to be held at CHI 2006 whose goal is to form an action plan for the SIGCHI U.S. Public Policy committee for the next year.


This research presents a level set-based topology optimization for electromagnetic problems dealing with geometrical shape derivatives and topological design. The shape derivative is computed by an adjoint variable method to avoid numerous sensitivity evaluations. A level set function interpolated into a fixed initial domain is evolved by using the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. The moving free boundaries (dynamic interfaces) represented in the level set model determine the optimal shape via the topological changes. In order to improve efficiency of level set evolution, a radial basis function (RBF) is introduced. The optimization technique is illustrated with 2-D example captured from 3-D level set configuration and the resulting optimum shape is compared to conventional topology optimization.


Background:
 Telemedicine has enabled hospitals without stroke specialists to efficiently triage acute ischemic stroke patients; however, ~10-15% of patients with posterior circulation stroke present with visual loss, visual field deficit, or visual obscuration that can only be detected by thorough bedside examination. We have developed a novel, provisionally patented, device which allows for remote visual field assessment in patients with suspected stroke. The Eye Telestroke Exam Device consists of 3D goggles and custom software that tracks a patient's eye movements when they respond to visual stimuli within the goggle's screens and verbal commands given by the remote Neurology specialist. The device system is designed to pair (via Bluetooth technology) with any telemedicine system and will allow the remote examiner to perform a detailed visual field examination remotely.

 Objective:
 In this pilot study, we aim to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Telestroke Eye Exam device to evaluate visual fields in healthy individuals and in patients who already have suffered a posterior circulation stroke and have permanent visual field deficits.

 Methods and Design:
 The Eye Telestroke Exam Device for Improved Triage in Stroke (EYE-TEST) Pilot study is a 2-arm, prospective study of patients with either a history of posterior circulation stroke with visual disturbances (stroke group) or patients with no visual disturbances (control). A roll in phase of 5 patients in each group will be performed, prior to enrollment of 20 patients into each arm. Investigators performing the device exam will be blinded to patient history. Device performance (sensitivity and specificity) will be compared to conventional bedside visual field assessment in each group. The device exam will be repeated twice for each patient.

 Results:
 The roll-in phase of the EYE-STUDY showed 100% sensitivity and specificity for detecting visual field disturbances in the stroke group. No abnormalities were detected in the control group.

 Conclusion:
 Enrollment into the study is ongoing and estimated study completion will occur October 2022. Final results of the EYE-TEST study will be presented at ISC 2023. Results of this study will inform future design iterations and studies.