The paper uses the Value Added Intellectual Coefficient VAICTM model, a widely used model to measure the Intellectual Capital efficiency of the banks within Gulf cooperation Council (GCC) using a 5  years period data set from 2007 to 2011. Three value efficiency indicators, Human Capital Efficiency (HCE), Capital Employed Efficiency (CEE) and VAICTM, where used in the analysis. The data set was divided into conventional and no-conventional (Islamic) banks. The results of the rankings of the GCC banks for the last two years (2010-2011) show that for VAICTM, which expresses the intellectual ability and indicates the value creation efficiency of all resources (the sum Capital Employed Efficiency indicator and Intellectual Capital Efficiency), the two top performers for conventional are Qatar National Bank followed by First Gulf Bank ( a UAE bank) and for the non-conventional ( Islamic) banks the two top performers are Masraf AlRayan ( a Qatari Bank) followed by AlRajhi Bank and Investment Company ( a Saudi bank).  However, the results of ranking based on Human Capital Efficiency (HCE), an indicator which measures how much VA is created on each monetary unit invested in HC, shows that  the two top performers for conventional are Commercial Bank of Kuwait followed by First Gulf Bank ( a UAE bank) and for the non-conventional ( Islamic) banks the two top performers are Masraf AlRayan  followed by AlRajhi Bank and Investment Company. And the ranking result based on Capital Employed Efficiency (CEE), an indicator which shows how much VA is created on each monetary unit invested in Capital Employed ( Physical and Financial), shows that  the two top performers for conventional are Oman housing Bank followed by Mashreq Bank ( a UAE bank) and for the non-conventional banks the two top performers are Qatar Islamic Bank followed by AlSalam Bank ( a Bahraini Bank).


Abstract Movement trajectories are usually recorded as a sequence of discrete movement events described by two parameters: step length (distance) and turning angle (bearing). One of the most widespread methods to record the geocoordinates of each step is by a GPS device. Such devices have limited suitability for recording fine movements of species with low dispersal ability including flightless carabid beetles at small spatio‐temporal scales. As an alternative, the distance‐bearing approach can avoid the measurement error of GPS units since it uses directly measured distances and compass azimuths. As no quantification of measurement error between distance‐bearing and GPS approaches exists so far, we generated artificial fine‐scale trajectories and in addition radio‐tracked living carabids in a temperate forest and recorded each movement step by both methods. Trajectories obtained from distance‐bearing were compared to those obtained by a GPS device in terms of movement parameters. Consequently, both types of trajectories were segmented by state‐switching modeling into two distinct movement stages typical for carabids: random walk and directed movement. We found that the measurement error of GPS compared to distance‐bearing was 1.878 m (SEM = 0.181 m) for distances and 31.330° (SEM = 2.066°) for bearings. Moreover, these errors increased under dense forest canopy and rainy weather. Distance error did not change with increasing distance recorded by distance‐bearing but bearings were significantly more sensitive to error at short distances. State‐switching models showed only slight, not significant, differences in movement states between the two methods in favor of the random walk in the distance‐bearing approach. However, the shape of the GPS‐measured trajectories considerably differed from those recorded by distance‐bearing caused especially by bearing error at short distances. Our study showed that distance‐bearing could be more appropriate for recording movement steps not only of ground‐dwelling beetles but also other small animals at fine spatio‐temporal scales.


Purpose
Due to the static condition of the wheels at touchdown, they skid on the runway, which may cause the tyres to burn and wear. This phenomenon occurs in a fraction of a second, known as the spin-up period. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new strategy to reduce the horizontal force, tyre temperature and wear during the spin-up period.

Design/methodology/approach
First, the dynamics of two different phases of landing, namely, spin-up and breaking phases, are reviewed. Second, a strategy to prevent excessive temperature and wear of the tyre is presented.

Findings
It is found that using a lubricant and coolant, such as water, at the spin-up stretch of the runway is a simple and practical solution to prevent excessive temperature and wear of the tyre. It is revealed that, despite increasing the spin-up period, the rise of the tyre temperature is eliminated and the material properties are preserved for effective braking. A rough quantitative analysis demonstrates that the wetting of tyres in the spin-up phase decreases the loads and tyre wear effectively.

Practical implications
Wetting the touchdown region of the runway without significant areas of standing water is the most practical strategy with the technology available today.

Originality/value
A new strategy is presented for landing with reduced tyre wear. It is the hope that this paper can inspire continuous efforts to realize the implementation of the strategy.


For designing of complex number mult iplier basic idea is adopted from designing of mult iplier. An ancient Indian mathematics " Vedas" is used for designing the multiplier unit. There are 16 sutra in Vedas, from that the Urdhva Tiryakbhyam sutra (method) was selected for implementation complex multip licat ion and basically Urdhva Tiryakbhyam sutra applicable to all cases of multip licat ion. Any multi-bit multip licat ion can be reduced down to single bit mult iplication and addition by using Urdhva Tiryakbhyam sutra is performed by vertically and crosswis e. The partial products and sums are generated in single step which reduces the carry propagation from LSB to MSB by using these formulas. In th is paper simulation result for 4bit complex no. mult iplication using Booth"s algorithm and using Vedic sutra are illustrated. The implementation of the Vedic mathematics and their application to the complex mult iplier was checked parameter like propagation delay.


Whereas full scale simulators operated for contextualized simulated training sessions are widely used for occupational training, studies undertaken regarding virtual applications have shown that decontextualized simulated situations could be used as a relevant lever to help trainees improving professional skills. This was here quantified and analyzed through three different experimental conditions (two included virtual training, contextualized and decontextualized) summoning N=33 experienced workers. A pre-analysis for experiment design helped us to define necessary features for decontextualized design with the objective of successful occupational training. Analysis of the benefits induced by each experimental condition was undertaken through comparative assessment of trainees' performance after training. Results showed that, when respecting aforementioned specified features for experienced workers, decontextualized simulation training could significantly increase performance compared to contextualized training. This phenomenon was discussed both from the psychological and neurophysiologic standpoints.


A pained smile spreads across Julia Erofeeva's face. It is a smile that tells you that in the course of 63 years she has learnt to take things as they come. We are standing on the hill directly behind Imeretinskaya Bay by the village of Adler, 30 kilometres south of Sochi and looking out over the Black Sea. Behind us lies a small Orthodox graveyard and before us the largest building site in the world: the Olympic Park, the heart of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Six stadia, arranged around a large square. So far, there stands only a skeleton that has little in common with the glossy rendered 3-D visualisations. Dust billows where the trucks take out excavated soil and bring in building materials by the minute. The site where athletes will be adorned with medals in February 2014 was, until recently, the site of Julia Erofeeva's cottage. Together with 800 other inhabitants, she had to make way for the Olympic Park. She now lives in a house in the newly constructed village of Nekrasovskoe. Without a vegetable garden, but with all the comforts of modern housing.


Diesel engines are considered as a work horse in the transportation, agricultural and power sector. Stringent environmental norms coupled with extinction of fossil fuel have created interest in alternative fuels for leasing a new life to hundreds of thousands of existing diesel engines. In this context, oil derived from thumba plant has been considered as a sustainable substitute to diesel fuel. The objective of the present work is to evaluate performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with neat thumba oil and then to compare the results with baseline results of diesel. The experiments were conducted using a dual fuel engine test rig with the required instrumentation. The results show that BTE (brake thermal efficiency) of engine was lower and BSEC (brake specific energy consumption) was higher when the engine was fuelled with thumba oil as compared to diesel fuel. Emissions from thumba oil were comparable with that of diesel fuel. CO (carbon monoxide), HC (hydrocarbon) and smoke emissions from thumba oil were found to be slightly higher than diesel fuel. Thus, it can be concluded that thumba oil could be a good substitute of diesel fuel in rural areas of India where availability and high prices of diesel pose a challenge of utilising diesel either for electricity generation or for other farming applications.


The main phase of excavation for the basements of the British Library at St Pancras, London, was completed in 1987. The project included basements extending up to 25 m deep, through the London Clay and into the Lambeth Group. The excavations were formed using both the top-down method and open excavation with ground anchors. Existing major buildings lie within 25 m of the site and London Underground tunnels lie below and adjacent to the site. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of displacement monitoring; they are summarised in the paper and presented in more detail in online supplementary data files. The retaining walls advanced towards the site by up to about 32 mm and the clays expanded rapidly on unloading beneath the excavations, causing the Victoria Line tunnels to heave by up to 22 mm. The slow progress of the project provided an unusual opportunity to monitor ground and structure movements in the surroundings before site activity began. Ironically, it was found that the largest sett...


An ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory circuit that has the capability of interfacing two data processing units operating at different speeds is described. The memory is implemented using a circular queue structure, which permits writing and reading of data indefinitely as long as the boundary flag conditions are not met. This memory also has the capability to retransmit only bad data words, not whole memory blocks as most standard FIFOs do. Another feature is dual-port memory operation, which allows bidirectional data transfers through the FIFO. All of the circuit implementations are done using NCR standard cells. This allows the use of automatic routing and test program generation tools provided by NCR VISYS.<<ETX>>


Rhesus monkeys learned a series of conditional visuomotor associations involving two-dimensional "objects" that instructed one of three responses: tapping a touch screen, steady contact with the screen for a brief period, or steady contact for a longer period. Relative to controls, fornix-transected monkeys were impaired in the acquisition of new associations and in the retention of preoperatively learned ones. These findings challenge the view that the hippocampal system participates in associative learning only when spatial information is relevant to either the stimulus or the response.


This paper theoretically discusses the determination of the meshing parameter of pinion machine tool in cutting spiral bevel gears and analyzes the fundamental principle of forming errors and then presents the basis to differentiate the errors,providing the related theoretical basis for the adjustment of the equipment parameter in the processing of spiral bevel gears and also for the computation of imaginary profile coordinates of plane cutter gear as well as the main parameter for determining the distribution of the gear cutters.


The right lung is constituted of the bilobed upper, middle, accessory and lower lobes. The left lung consists of the bilobed middle and lower lobes. The bronchial ramification and lobular divisions are similar to those of the goat lung.


For the super-fine powder filtrating and scrubbing,a horizontal machine with super-fine powder filtrating,scrubbing and press-drying is developed. Some key implementation technologies of the machine including computing the design parameters,the design of the overall structure of the machine and its work process,as well as the main specifications of the machine are presented. The machine has some outstanding characteristics,such as user-friendly,high filtrating accuracy and high efficiency scrubbing,large handling capacity and high degree of automation,and so on.


Lubricants are the life blood of the equipment in a cement plant. A disciplined approach to lubrication practices can improve reliability and productivity while reducing costs. A recent review of lubrication practices in the cement industry has demonstrated that improvements can be made.Lubrication is often delegated to a couple of specialists in the lubrication department. The main tasks of these personnel is to maintain lubricant levels within the proper ranges for the equipment. Often these personnel have been selected from the hourly work force and have only received on the job training. In many plants these seasoned personnel are approaching retirement age.Companies that have achieved maintenance excellence understand the importance of lubrication practices. Lubrication is managed holistically with the key roles and responsibilities understood and implemented. Lubricant suppliers are seen as an important resource in lubricant selection and trouble shooting. Lubricants are carefully selected based on the equipment requirements. Plant personnel, including the lubrication specialists are trained in good lubrication practices as well as trouble shooting. Lubrication is included in continuous improvement efforts.


To analyze the effectiveness of the project the local infiltration of surface water into the aquifer was studied the influence of geofiltration parameters. There were applied methods of multivariate numerical simulation method and experiments planning. It was studied the influence of parameters of an aquifer to groundwater rise and the formation of a groundwater dome. The simulation results showed that the intensity of the rise in groundwater levels in the project depends on the permeability of the alluvial Sands in the aquifer. It was found that the predicted values of filtration parameters of the Sands are sufficient to implement the project. Multivariate decision tasks ensured reduction of uncertainty in the estimate of the coefficient of hydraulic conductivity of soils and provided the opportunity to obtain a reasonable result.


Myoepithelial neoplasms of soft tissue have only recently been acknowledged as a separate diagnostic entity. To know based on histological appearance whether these tumors are benign or malignant is often difficult, and their tumorigenic mechanisms remain poorly understood. We report a myoepithelial carcinoma with an aberrant near‐diploid karyotype, 43∼47,XX,add(1)(p34)x2,add(3)(q27)x2,del(12)(q22),+add(18)(p11)x2,del(22)(q11),+r, found in cells cultured from a lung metastasis. The deletion in 22q led us to search by molecular cytogenetic means for possible EWSR1 rearrangements, and eventually a novel chimeric gene consisting of the 5′‐end of EWSR1 (22q12) and the 3′‐end of ZNF444 (19q13) was found. How the new fusion gene contributes to tumorigenesis is unknown, but the finding of an EWSR1 rearrangement suggests that this, possibly even the EWSR1‐ZNF444, is a defining pathogenetic feature of at least a subset of these tumors. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The purpose of this paper is the thermal analysis of the structure consisting of integrated circuit, heat sink, additional temperature sensor and active fan in which the power dissipation is used as the control parameter to get both maximum throughput of a microprocessor and energy saving. It focuses on adjustment of convection coefficient (in other word adjustment of fan rotation speed) at heat sink level with respect to the amount of power dissipated by the chip and environmental circumstances. The duality between electrical and thermal parameters enables to model the RC thermal network of the structure. Therefore, the dynamic thermal behaviour of the integrated system is investigated by utilizing the RC compact model, which is implemented in Spice environment. The simulation result indicates the case of short temperature peak whenever the power dissipation changes. The benefit of this approach is the rapid removal of internal chip energy accumulation due to the adjustment of fan speed. Consequently the cooling system's energy consumption can be minimized, what enhances reliability and efficiency of integrated circuit.


The Wang eclipse has been discussed in [1] and [2]. Arguments have been presented in these two articles to be in conflict with two different interpretations based on the corona of our sun. It was also demonstrated that gravitational shielding in the combined effect of gravity from our sun and our moon could explain the registration from 1997. The fact that the registration contained two negative bumps instead of one positive bump was explained. The reason to this phenomenon was described by including the shielding effect on our planet together with the effect on the gravimeter mass. This article considers two suggested alternatives. The first one is about an effect caused by the optical shadow of the Moon passing over our planet. The second one is an effect from the solar wind on the gravimeter mass.


The LAN-HUB is a new local area network designed to combine the properties of several existing LAN standards to provide highly reliable communication at a relatively lower cost per station, improve network capacity/delay performance and increase the LAN user's flexibility in configuring his network. The LAN-HUB network is configured around the CODEX 4320 LAN-HUB communication controllers which allow up to eight Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 stations to transparently share one network transceiver or RF Modem. Each LAN-HUB controller executes a fair, collision free, arbitration among its local stations attached to its LAN ports, using a patented collision avoidance algorithm. The HUB's rear panel further provides a Network port which can be attached to a standard 802.3 transceiver, to another HUB or terminated in a loop back mode. The HUBs, thus, allow stations to be organized in a standalone star network, in a "cascading" star configuration, or as an integrated bus/star network. When organized as star or cascaded star networks, the HUB controllers provide highly reliable and controlled, collision free, bandwidth allocation suitable for applications such as CPU room clusters. Alternately, in a bus configuration the HUBs support an Ethernet type bus network, with random access channel control. In the latter configuration the HUBs provide a lower cost/higher performance solution for bursty traffic users, since they reduce cabling requirements, decrease cost by sharing each transceiver among several LAN stations and improve network throughput/delay performance by eliminating local collisions. The LAN-HUB is thus effective in creating a local communication solution with a significant degree of flexibility in choosing the network layout and the type of service, random or deterministic, provided to the network users.


These documents are compiled as Guidelines for Disposal of Solid Wastes and Hazardous Wastes: (1) Landfill Disposal of Solid Waste; (2) Hazardous Waste Guidelines and Regulations; (3) Solid Waste Management Facility Guidelines; (4) Refuse-Energy Systems with Resource Recovery as Alternatives to Landfill; (5) Sanitary Landfill - Planning, Design, Operation, and Maintenance; (6) Recycler's Handbook; (7) Guidelines for Landfill of Toxic Industrial Sludges.


The general question in this dissertation is whether the democracy of schools is carried out in a gender equal manner in Sweden's gender segregated upper secondary school. Students' experiences of ...


Northern shoveller duck (Anas clypeata, Anatidae) is a species of dabbling duck which is highly specialized for filter-feeding on zooplankton. Shovellers display a range of behaviours whilst filter-feeding (Fig.1). In shallow water, they adopt swirling and vortex behaviours, helping to raise prey items to the surface and therefore within the birds' reach. We briefly introduce a model of interactions between feeding individuals and the resource landscape inspired by these duck behaviours, and focus on the emergent movement dynamics resulting from these interactions.


[1] We welcome the comments by our esteemed colleagues Akasofu and Kamide [2005], but we have to disagree with many of their statements and conclusions. We have strong confidence in the accuracy of the Colaba Observatory magnetic data for the 1–2 September 1859 magnetic storm (the magnetometers worked perfectly before, during, and after the disturbed period of 1–6 September 1859), in the (relative) accuracy of our estimation of a peak DH value of about 1760 nT for the storm (designated in our work as ''Dst''), and in the extraordinary value/ usefulness of pre-space-age geophysical data. We think that there is much to learn from data such as those from Indian magnetic observatories and other similar data. [2] Tsurutani et al. [2003] used the Kimball [1960] auroral observations and the Wygant et al. [1998] results on electric field penetration in our equation (1) [Tsurutani et al., 2003; see also Volland, 1973; Stern, 1975;Maynard and Chen, 1975; Nishida, 1978] to estimate the magnetospheric convection electric field that was present during the storm's main phase. From the estimated electric field of 20 mV/m we assumed a reconnection efficiency of 10% to get an interplanetary electric field of 200 mV/m. We next used equation (6) of Tsurutani et al. [2003], the relationship between Dst, Q (the energy input given by Burton et al. [1975]), and t (the ring current decay time). All values were taken at the peak of the storm. The value for t was taken from the Colaba magnetogram. [3] Several consistency checks were made: (1) We performed calculations based on timings provided byCarrington [1859] and empirical relationships developed in the space age to estimate the interplanetary electric field [see Tsurutani et al., 2003, section 4.2]. (2)We noted the Schulz [1997] auroral magnetic latitude versus Dst relationship. (3) We noted the very large negative values of the Colaba DH observations (Colaba is a near-equatorial station (10 magnetic latitude) away from the equatorial electrojet influence and away from severe storm time auroral ionospheric current influence). All of these additional checks gave us confidence in the extraordinarily large Dst value that we derived. However, it should be mentioned that all of the different empirical relationships that were used in our extrapolations were developed for moderate intensity magnetic storms/geomagnetic activity. A data set that could be used to determine whether these relations can be linearly extrapolated to higher values or not does not currently exist. [4] The Colaba magnetometer peak decrease and profile give interesting and new information. The peak DH 1600 nT is the most negative value on record for a near-equatorial station. (It should be noted that Kakioka, Japan (27 magnetic latitude) and Hermanus, South Africa ( 34 magnetic latitude), are located at middle latitudes and are potentially vulnerable to strong magnetic signatures caused by ionospheric currents. They would be useful for studying moderate-intensity magnetic storms but not extreme events such as the one in 1859.) [5] The short duration of the ''main phase'' of the magnetic storm is indeed quite different from ''typical'' storms. However, herein lies the usefulness of the magnetic data for new and improved understanding of space weather phenomena. X.-L. Li et al. (Modeling of 1–2 September 1859 super magnetic storm, submitted to Advances in Space Research, 2005) have reproduced the Colaba magnetic profile and Dst peak value by assuming the existence of a high-density plasma plug that followed a magnetic cloud. This is not at all out of the question. Plunkett et al. [2000, and references therein] have noted that coronal mass injections (CMEs) near the Sun typically have three essential parts: bright outer loops, a dark region, and coronal filaments. It is thought that the dark regions are the magnetic clouds that have been detected in interplanetary space. However, the interplanetary signatures of loops and filaments have been more elusive. Tsurutani et al. [1998] have reported the possible detection of a plasma and field signature of loops at 1 AU for the 10–11 January 1997 JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 110, A09227, doi:10.1029/2005JA011121, 2005


THE INVENTION CONCERNS THE SEWING AN EXPANSION OF 12 IN CROTCH SEAM OPEN IN TIGHTS IN SUPPORTING THE GARMENT 10 ON A CARRIER ELEMENT THAT INCLUDES 22 HEAD ON WHICH THE TIGHTS ARE DRAWN AND DEVICE INTERNAL SUPPORT 32 36 MOVING WITHIN AN OPENING 24 pRACTICED IN THE HEAD TO ENTER THE bELLOWS 12 IN OPENING, THE pERIPHERY OF bELLOWS EXCEEDING THE pERIPHERY OF OPENING pRACTICED IN TIGHTS, BEING DRAWN IN THE BOOT LEAST ONE DIRECTION AND ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY. EDGES OF THE OPENING OF THE TIGHTS AND THE PERIPHERY OF STITCHED BELLOWS ARE MECHANICALLY ONE TO ANOTHER ELEMENT AS CARRIER IS MOVING OVER THE SEWING MACHINE SEWING FOR THE BOOT ON STICKY WITH A UNIQUE COUTURE CONTINUE.


After Chongqing has become the municipality directly under the central government,it develops fast and the electric power consumption increases dramatically.The construction of 110 kV cables also speeds up.In cable transmission,the load can not exceed the permissible ampacity,or the cable will overheat and cause accidents or reduce its service life.The paper has adopted the finite element method to calculate the temperature field distribution of the 110kV 800mm2 YJLW02 in different laying patterns and applied two-point secant method to calculate the current-carrying capacity.The result shows that the temperature of the cable core for installation in tunnel is the lowest,which is helpful to reduce the cable temperature,prolong its service life and increase its efficiency.


Abstract This paper presents a model of a thermostatic valve based on first principles and where the hysteresis effect is modelled using an adaptive model for friction compensation. The grey box modelling approach is applied, i.e. both physical interpretation and statistical methods are used to build and validate the suggested model. The model performance is illustrated using empirical data and issues concerning the modelling of hysteresis in valves are discussed.


To examine the potential role of the neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for subclassification of localised upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUT‐UC).


Large land areas in Sweden are planned to be planted with high producing, short rotation forest stands of willow in the beginning of the 1990s. Since willow is a highly hydrophilic species, this new land use may have strong implications on water resources. To assess these implications, evaporation of Salix viminalis and Salix viminalis x caprea stands in lysimeters was analysed with the simple, yet physically realistic KAUSHA model. Parameter values for the Lohammar equation were deduced (b = 100 m3 kg−1, kmax = 0.01 m s−1), believed to be applicable to other sites. Simulated evaporation during the 1980 growth season for a normal stand with a production of 12 tonnes of dry matter per hectare per season was 526 mm, of which 375 mm was transpiration, 56 mm interception evaporation, and 95 mm soil evaporation. For an optimally irrigated 20-tonnes stand, the total evaporation was 584 mm, of which 430 mm was transpiration. As a comparison, Penman open water evaporation was 430 mm. To avoid soil water stress in the 20-tonnes stand, 140 mm was needed as irrigation, equivalent to 25 per cent of the mean annual precipitation. Since intensively cultivated willow plantations seemed to be using much water, it was concluded that introduction of this agri-forestry practice must be carefully planned to make use of this property, e.g. in biological filters or in reclaiming water-logged land.


Epilepsies represent a spectrum of seizure disorders that arise from known and unknown aetiologies, with varying levels of severity and treatment effectiveness. Most seizures are benign in the sense that they are not typically life-threatening, but a large percentage of epileptic seizures are accompanied by abrupt and major changes in breathing and heart rate. In some cases, apnoea/hypopnoea and bradycardia are prominent features during the ictal or post-ictal phase, and may ultimately lead to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP; reviewed in Richerson & Buchanan, 2011). Although SUDEP is relatively rare, it accounts for as much as 50% of mortality in patients with chronic refractory epilepsy. Yet, the causes of cardiorespiratory dysfunction and/or failure in epilepsy and thus SUDEP are unknown. There are several animal models of seizure disorders derived from genetic or inducible (pharmacological, audiogenic and other) triggers. In an article in this issue of The Journal of Physiology, Totola et al. (2017) sought to assess differences in breathing and ventilatory chemoreflexes in a rat strain with a genetic predisposition to audiogenic seizure (AGS), the Wistar Audiogenic Rat (WAR). Similar to other mouse and rat models of AGS (De Sarro et al. 2015), tonic–clonic seizures can be readily produced in WAR rats with the introduction of mixed frequency and high intensity (120 dB) sound for up to 1 min in duration. Application of this acoustic stimulus twice per day for 10 days leads to kindling, whereby there is increasing temporal lobe involvement (limbic) with increasing AGS number. Interestingly, resting tidal volume (VT) and metabolic rates (V̇O2 ) were reduced in WAR rats compared to control Wistar rats, and VT was similarly reduced during high CO2 exposure leading to a reduction in minute ventilation (V̇E) during hypercapnia. Remarkably, the investigators also demonstrated that these abnormalities in ventilatory control were not affected with kindling in WAR rats. These data suggest that WAR rats have inherent (genetic) differences that not only increase susceptibility to AGS, but also lead to altered ventilatory control mechanisms at rest and during the hypercapnic ventilatory response. The ventilatory CO2 chemoreflex provides feedback control of breathing relative to bodily CO2 levels and/or pH. Thus, it depends upon cellular 'sensors' for CO2 and/or pH, which are currently thought to be subpopulations of chemically coded cells that reside in specific brainstem nuclei (Guyenet & Bayliss, 2015), including 5-HT neurons in the medullary raphe nuclei, phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) neurons, neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) and dorsal motor vagal complex (DMV), and catecholaminergic neurons in the locus coeruleus. Cellular activity increases in these neurons when CO2 increases and/or pH decreases, which can be detected by identifying Fos protein. Increases in Fos+ cell counts were found within each of these regions in control Wistar and WAR rats, but there were fewer CO2-activated neurons in the WAR rats in the medullary raphe and RTN regions. Total numbers of Phox2b-expressing (TH-negative) RTN neurons were lower in WAR rats despite equal numbers of these cells in the NTS/DMV region. This, when combined with fewer serotonergic neurons, reduced serotonergic projections to the RTN and reduced neurokinin 1 receptor immunoreactivity throughout the ventral respiratory column, is likely to contribute to the reduced ventilation and blunted hypercapnic ventilatory responses inherent to this rat strain. It appears that WAR rats have fewer (presumptive) chemosensitive neurons along with general reductions in serotonergic and other excitatory neuromodulatory signalling within the respiratory network, which distinguishes the WAR model from other inbred rat strains with inherently reduced CO2 sensitivity and reduced serotoninergic function (Puissant et al. 2015). Accumulating data increasingly suggest that there is a strong neuromodulatory interaction between serotonergic raphe and phox2b-expressing neurons in the RTN (Mulkey et al. 2007). Many of the neurochemicals synthesized and released by serotonin neurons increase the excitability/activity of RTN neurons, and there are neuroanatomical interconnections among these subpopulations. The data described here further support this concept, as conscious WAR rats had reduced ventilation at baseline and reduced ventilatory responses to serotonin injected directly into the RTN compared to Wistar controls. Thus, the reduced serotonergic neurons, inputs into the RTN, along with the neuronal deficits may underlie the inherent ventilatory chemoreflex dysfunction in WAR rats. These data are particularly interesting as they begin to link ventilatory abnormalities to specific neuronal and neurochemical deficits in a genetically susceptible rat model of AGS. The link may well be the serotonin system, as it plays major roles in determining ventilatory CO2 sensitivity and it is currently thought that increased serotonin is anti-convulsive and reduced serotonin increases seizure susceptibility and reduces the seizure threshold (Richerson & Buchanan, 2011). The data from WAR rats show widespread reductions in a broad marker of the serotonergic system, reduced breathing and ventilatory CO2 sensitivity that are consistent with this concept. What remains unclear is the underlying genetic determinants that increase AGS susceptibility in the WAR strain, and if they are indeed common to those that drive these inherent neuroanatomical alterations and physiological deficits in ventilatory control. It seems a bit unexpected that repeated seizures and kindling with AGS in the WAR rats did not further alter baseline ventilation and the CO2 chemoreflex, although there are no existing data that speak to such an expectation. Additional questions not yet addressed include: what happens to ventilation during the seizures in the WAR rats? Is respiratory rhythm and/or pattern disrupted in the ictal and post-ictal phases? And finally, is the WAR strain an appropriate model of human SUDEP? On one hand, while acute audiogenic seizures are good models


From the Publisher:
Privacy, whether we like it or not, has gone public. We are only just beginning to recognize how the Internet has redefined the relationship between our private lives and the public sphere. Every time we personalize a Web site, join a mailing list, or purchase a book or CD online, we open our lives to an ever-widening data network that offers us scant protection from the prying eyes of corporations, governments, insurance companies, or criminals. Has the e-commerce revolution permanently eroded all personal boundaries, or is it still possible to protect one's personal information in an increasingly wired world?


Nowadays neural networks are omnipresent thanks to the amazing adaptability they possess, despite their poor interpretability and the difficulties they give when manipulating the parameters. On the other side, we have the classical variational approach, where the restoration is obtained as the solution of a given optimization problem. The bilevel approach is connected to both approaches and consists first in devising a parametric formulation of the variational problem, then in optimizing these parameters with respect to a given dataset of training data. In this work we analyze the classical bilevel approach in combination with unrolling techniques, where the parameters of the variational problem are trained with respect to the results obtained after a fixed number of iterations of an optimization method applied to it. This results in a large scale optimization problem which can be solved by means of stochastic methods; as we observed in our numerical experiments, the stochastic approach can produce medium accuracy results in very few epochs. Moreover, our experiments also show that the unrolling approach leads to results which are comparable with those of the original bilevel method in terms of accuracy.


Del Pezzo surfaces are smooth projective surfaces, isomorphic over the algebraic closure of the base ,eld to P P or the blow-up of P in up to eight points in general position. In the latter case the del Pezzo surface has degree equal to 9 minus the number of points in the blow-up. The arithmetic of del Pezzo surfaces over number ,elds is an active area of investigation. It is known that the Hasse principle holds for del Pezzo surfaces of degree at least 5. Counterexamples to the Hasse principle were discovered for del Pezzo surfaces of degrees 3 and 4 (see [17] and [1], respectively). A growing body of evidence (for instance, [5]) led to the question of whether the failure of the Hasse principle for del Pezzo surfaces is always explained by theBrauer--Manin obstruction; this question is speci,cally raised by Colliot-Th@elAene and Sansuc in [7]. Computer veri,cations for diagonal cubics in [6] and theoretical advances, such as [4, 14, 20], lend support to an aBrmative answer to this question. A del Pezzo surface of degree 2 can be realised as a double cover of P rami,ed in a smooth quartic curve. In this note we consider surfaces S over Q of the form


One of the main factor was boilereconomizer friction. It was a difficulty to effect the boiler stability in motion. This paper introduced the function, characteristic and applied condition of Km high temperature anti corrosion and anti friction coating. Based on practice, identified the feasibility, reliabity and economic of Km high temperature anti corrosion and anti friction coating.


This article pus forward a convenient method in solving the spiral perpendicular to the extruded object and introduced it's process. It can create 3D spiral efficiently and quickly by using this method.


The objectives of the study are to assess communication barriers, assess staff nurses' attitude towards the importance of communication, to find out relationship between communication barriers and attitude of staff nurses, association between communication barriers perceived and selected demographic variables, association between attitude regarding importance of communication and selected demographic variables. The descriptive survey approach was used. Study was conducted among 100 staff nurses of various departments of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Convenient sampling technique was used to select samples. 3 tools were used for data collection and they are demographic Performa, tool to assess the communication barriers, and attitude about the importance of communication among staff nurses in caring patients from culturally and linguistically diverse background. Content validity and reliability of tools were established.


The Mun River basin is located on the southern part of the Khorat Plateau in Northeast Thailand. The moated mutang of the title are a distinct group of ancient habitation mounds which are encircled by moats. These ancient settlements are described, analyzed and classified. The main data source for the work has been the Williams-Hunt Collection of aerial photographs of mainland Southeast Asia, an archive of 5000+ World War
II RAf iMages. The creation of the Williams-Hunt Collection was the work of the author, who geographically located each photograph, and then devised a computer
database which makes the archive a useable research tool (Appendix I is the Inventory of the Williams-Hunt Collection). from the 1600+ photographs of Thailand, those covering the Mun River basin were examined for examples of the moated mounds. These archaeological sites
are very visible on aerial photographs in the form of positive vegetation marks. A sample of 91 moated sites was obtained by geographically locating each moated site which was noted. further information on each of these moated sites (and an additional 115 rectangular shaped sites) was gathered using a framework of twenty-seven attributes, the aerial I photographs, and 1 :100,000 and
1 :50,000 scale topographic 1, soil, and land capability maps. These attributes were grouped under five headings:
(1) location data
(2) site form
(3) reference and comments.
(4) topography
(5) sites and their surroundings
Each page of the Guide to Archaeological sites (Appendix II) 'presents one of the 91 moated or 115 rectangular sites within an area bounded by 14.30-15.30n x
101.45-104.30e. The distribution and development of the moated site Slip 11 is then. analyzed topographically and spatially, using the attribute information.
The sites are classified, and the nature of the moated mu'ang described.


This technical note aims at consolidating the main characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the methods usually applied to the control of odorous emissions, with a critical analysis upon the applicability of each method to the treatment of odours in treatment plants of domestic wastewater. It was verified that several methods are sophisticated, present high cost, and are often non-applicable to the treatment of odour emissions from anaerobic reactors treating domestic wastewater. The qualitative analysis of the various methods points out that direct combustion and biochemical processes gather more advantages for the treatment of waste gases produced in anaerobic reactors.


Aerobic plate counts (APC) are used by the food industry to help determine the sanitary state of equipment and bacterial load of finished product. Conventional aerobic count methods for processed meats require approximately 72 h incubation before results are available. Food processing plants with in-house analytical laboratories require methods that are simple, reliable and rapid. New test methods using PetrifilmTM (PF) and RedigelTM (RG) have been developed for determining APC. These methods are faster and easier than culturing in a standard agar medium. A variety of raw, cooked; cured and noncured meat products, cooling brine and environmental surface swabs were collected and analyzed for APC using PF, RG and plate count agar (PCA). Data analyses from over 200 samples indicated that the sensitivity of rapid testing methods for aerobic bacteria can vary depending on sample type.


In this paper, we introduce a new partially functional linear varying coefficient model, where the response is a scalar and some of the covariates are functional. By means of functional principal components analysis and local linear smoothing techniques, we obtain the estimators of coefficient functions of both function-valued variable and real-valued variables. Then the rates of convergence of the proposed estimators and the mean squared prediction error are established under some regularity conditions. Moreover, we develop a hypothesis test for the model and employ the bootstrap procedure to evaluate the null distribution of test statistic and the p-value of the test. At last, we illustrate the finite sample performance of our methods with some simulation studies and a real data application.


— For the HiLumi LHC Upgrade (HL-LHC), new high field and large-aperture quadrupole magnets for the low-beta inner triplets (Q1, Q2, Q3) are being built. These new quadrupole magnets are based on Nb 3 Sn superconducting technology. As part of the US-HiLumi Accelerator Upgrade Project (AUP), ten Cryostat Assemblies (LQXFA) for Q1 and Q3 replacement will be built, tested, and delivered to CERN. The first LQXFA was assembled and tested at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) during fall 2022 and spring/summer 2023, respectively. This paper summarizes the assembly process and experience of the first LQXFA Cryostat Assembly at FNAL.


Purpose This study examines whether the national innovative city pilot policy (NICP) influences urban entrepreneurship (UE). To examine the underlying causal mechanism, this study modeled the city-level intellectual capital index and financing capacity (FC) in the relationship between NICP and UE.Design/methodology/approach An empirical model of NICP, intellectual capital, FC and entrepreneurship is conceptualized based on theoretical analysis. Using a quasi-natural experiment of China's NICP, with a sample of 280 prefecture-level cities in China from 2003 to 2018, propensity score matching with difference-in-differences (PSM-DID) is used to empirically test the NICP's impact on UE, mediating effects of intellectual capital and moderation effects of FC.Findings The results show that the NICP can significantly motivate UE. Intellectual capital plays mediating effects on the relationship between NICP and UE. Moreover, the NICP and intellectual capital's effects on UE are moderated by FC.Practical implications This study provides an important reference for promoting UE through intellectual capital and FC in the construction of the NICP.Originality/valueThis is a pioneering study that develops a theoretical model to incorporate NICP, intellectual capital, FC and UE. This paper applies experimental governance theory in innovative urban scenarios, and verifies its applicability and particularity in the Chinese context.


The invention discloses a method for treating acidic waste water containing heavy metal and reclaiming the heavy metal through a biomass fixed bed, which is characterized in that dry solid biomass capable of being decomposed by microbes is granulated and filled into a container with a supporting layer and a water distributing device so as to form a fixed bed microbe reactor; sewage disposal plant sludge containing sulfate reducing bacteria is taken as the source of microbe bacteria on the fixed bed, and the microbes are cultured, proliferated and acclimated to adapt to the environment of the biomass filler fixed bed through the backflow circulation of the outputted water or taking ferrous sulfate aqueous solution as the inputted water; acid effluent containing heavy metallic ions is led into the fixed bed for direct filtration; and when the water filtering speed can not meet the preset requirements, the operation is stopped, substances in the fixed bed are taken out, the heavy metal is reclaimed through smelting, and the fixed bed microbe reactor is refilled. The method is suitable for waste water containing Cr2O7 , AsO3 , Cu , Hg Ag , Cd and the like. The method can be used for reclaiming the valuable metal resources with low waste water treatment cost.


In this communication, a frequency reconfigurable directive antenna with low-radar cross section (RCS) property is presented. This antenna is composed of a slot-coupled microstrip patch and a two-layer metastructure. The top-layer metastructure integrates a partially reflection surface (PRS) with an absorbing surface, and the bottom-layer one consists of tunable reflection phase cells, which are loaded around the antenna source. The absorbing surface can absorb most of the incoming wave, and thus reduce the antenna RCS. The PRS and tunable reflection phase cells form a Fabry-Perot resonance cavity, making the antenna produce a highly directive beam. In addition, the operation frequency can be dynamically tuned by controlling the varactor diodes in the reflection phase cells. Both simulated and measured results have verified that employing the two-layer metastructure makes the antenna RCS largely reduced at a wide band ranging from 8 to 14 GHz. Compared with the traditional microstrip antenna, this antenna radiates a highly directive beam with gain enhancement of about 7 dB, and its operation frequency can be actively tuned from 9.05 to 10 GHz.


Due to ever increasing traffic, the road capacity has to be increased to accommodate different configuration vehicular dimensions. Toll roads need huge financing to construct a safe, effective, durable road network. Toll financing is one of the technique in which revenue collected from the road users for the service provided by them. This in turn results in development in queues at particular junction where in the toll booths are erected. Long queue could lead to increase in travel time which is drawback of road user. Hence toll should be designed and planned in such a way that minimum time would be wasted in the queuing area. The toll booths are planned on the basis of queuing area. Queuing theory involves parameters such as arrival, number of lanes, service time, waiting time, merging area. In present study road inventory, traffic volume, space mean speed, arrival rate, time headway and service rate are analyzed. Keywords—Arrival rate, Service rate, Space mean speed, Time headway CHAPTER


Since most of the studies are mainly confined to cases reporting coincidence of psoriasis and celiac disease, the authors want to underline the utility of investigating the possible presence of an underlying celiac disease in normal practice for a better approach to the patient. It is necessary to carry out controlled studies on a large number of patients to evaluate the association between these two diseases and the benefits of a gluten-free diet, even when the intestinal symptomatology is not evident.


Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the short term follow up for diabetic patients presented with acute STEMI underwent preventive percutaneous coronary intervention. Background: preventive PCI appears to be safe as culprit artery PCI with effective reduction of refractory angina and repeated revascularization in selected patients but no benefit on mortality or recurrent MI. Methods: Our study was a prospective, observational study conducted at multicenter hospitals included 120 diabetic patients admitted with acute STEMI and multivessels CAD at National Heart Institute, Menofia university hospital, police academy center and some private hospitals patients from June 2017 to august 2018, group (A) Consisted of 70 diabetic patients with acute STEMI undergone preventive PCI in whom PCI will be done for culprit & non culprit lesions, group (B) Consisted of 50 diabetic patients with acute STEMI undergone PCI for culprit lesion only. Results: The total revascularization group were significantly less suffering from refractory angina 5 (7.1%) vs 15 (30.0%), p= <0.001 and less re-hospitalized for cardiac causes 14 (20.0%) vs 22 (44.0%), p= 0.005, cardiac mortality was 2 patients 0 (0.0%) vs 2 (4%) p= 0.092. Conclusion: The preventive PCI appears to be safe as culprit artery PCI with effective reduction of refractory angina and repeated revascularization but no benefit on mortality or recurrent MI in selected hemodynamically stable STEMI diabetic patients with multivessel disease.


In this paper,the mechanism of the prevention and removal of incrustation by sound chemistry is analysed and tested by experiments.The result indicates that the prevention and removal of incrustation is feasible by sound chemistry.


ofthe MC that is s1/4.2d-fold of the bulk value. Findings also favor the mechanism for the high extensibility ofa nanograined NW and further indicate that bond unfolding of the lower-coordinated atoms dominates the grainboundary activities, particularly at temperatures approaching surface melting.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245402 PACS number(s): 81.40.Jj, 61.46.1wI. INTRODUCTION


Aiming at the problem that the different use of structure and coordinate systems while showing, the tackle of hindered among remote sensing image doses of picture and geographical information system vector figure through overlay. Using ENVI rectify the remote sensing image, registration the remote sensing image and correlative vector figure to get two images which have the same GCP, overlay the two image so they superpose in detail. The course combines advantage of the two offering the strong database for GIS.


Terahertz (THz) technology is recognized as an important solution for future high-capacity wireless access, which is expected to support a flexible and broadband wireless backhaul network. However, the THz links would suffer from severe loss and distortions due to the atmospheric effects at the earth-ground, including absorption attenuation and phase shift. In this paper, we analyze the attenuation of the line-by-line absorption with the Van Vleck-Weisskopf (VVW) and the Lorentz theories, and investigate the continuum absorption using the millimeter-wave propagation (MPM) model, where the line-by-line and continuum absorption form the THz atmospheric attenuation. In addition, the phase shift of the THz signals induced by wireless propagation is also analyzed.


Background: Developmental theorists suggest that physical activity during early childhood promotes fundamental motor skill (FMS) proficiency; and that differences in FMS proficiency are largely related to children's experiences. Aim: To examine associations between participation in different types of recreation/leisure and FMS proficiency of boys and girls in their first year of school. We hypothesized that there would be positive associations between FMS proficiency and participation in organized sport, physical activities, and active physical recreation; but not for other types of recreation/leisure. Method: Participants (n = 74) were kindergarten children (Mage = 5y11 m; boys = 55%). Parents completed the diversity dimension of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) survey. The CAPE measures children's participation in everyday activities outside of mandated school activities in the past four months in five types of formal and informal activities, specifically: Recreational activities, Physical activities, Social activities, Skill-Based activities, and Self-Improvement activities. Two categories of activities were also reported: Organized Sport and Active Physical Recreation. Locomotor and object control skills were assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 and static balance was assessed using a stork stand. Sex-based differences in motor skills and participation were examined using chi-squared analyses. Correlation coefficients were used to examine relationships between motor skills and CAPE sub-domains and categories. Linear regression was used to examine whether the type of activity predicted motor skill proficiency and the reverse. Results: There were no sex-based differences in locomotor skills; whereas boys' object control skill scores were significantly higher than girls, and girls' stork stand scores were higher than boys'. Although there were no sex-based differences in the more active categories of recreational pastimes; girls participated in significantly more formal and informal dance and the prevalence of participation in team sports was significantly higher for boys. For boys, participation in physical activities predicted both locomotor and object control skill scores, organized sport predicted object control skills, and active recreation predicted stork stand times and object control skill scores. These relationships were not evident among the girls. Conclusions: These findings illustrate that young children participate in a narrower array of physically active recreational pursuits compared with less active pursuits. There were notable sex-based differences in the relationships between participation and motor skill proficiency. For girls, none of the associations between recreational pastimes and motor skill proficiency were significant. This suggests that the motor proficiency of girls, as assessed in this study, is neither a precursor to, nor an outcome of, participation in active recreational pastimes. Contrastingly, the findings for boys support theory that suggests that physical activity is driving the acquisition of particular types of motor skills. Less active recreational activities were not associated with motor skill levels of boys, whereas each of the more active categories of recreational pastimes (active recreation, physical activities, and organized sport) predicted at least one sub-type of motor skill. It also seems clear from our findings that more light needs to be shed on how to optimally portray young girls' motor skill proficiency; as well as the relationships between their participation and motor skills.


BACKGROUND Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) occurs when a normally sterile site, such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or blood, becomes infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Children < 2 years of age, individuals with certain health conditions or immunosuppression, and those 65 years of age or older are at higher risk for becoming infected. Prior to 2000, S. pneumoniae was a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, leading to approximately 3,000 cases of meningitis and 50,000 cases of bacteremia.1 In children <5 years of age, it caused approximately 17,000 cases of IPD, including 700 cases of meningitis and 200 deaths.2 The CDC estimated that in 1998, 35% of isolates from IPD cases were resistant to at least one antibiotic and multidrug resistance was growing.3 PCV7, a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine containing seven serotypes of S. pneumoniae responsible for 85% of pneumococcal cases in children4 and 78% of the penicillin non-susceptible strains3 at the time, was licensed for use in children in the United States in 2000. In 2001, one year after the utilization of PCV7 began, a 69% decrease in the rate of IPD in children < 2 years of age was observed nationally as were decreases in the rates of IPD in unvaccinated adults.5 Antibiotic resistance to S. pneumoniae followed a similar trend. After the incidence of penicillin non-susceptible cases peaked in 1999, an 87% decrease in the incidence of penicillin non-susceptibility due to vaccine serotypes was observed in 2004.6 With the decreased incidence of serotypes covered by PCV7, a number of replacement serotypes emerged as the cause of IPD. In 2010, PCV13 was licensed for use in the United States to combat the increase in replacement serotypes.


The construction of garden campus has been analysed from the aspects of planning and maintaining in this paper.The garden campus construction must be bring into the general planning of universities,greening guality must be raised continuously,the rule of greening management of campus should be established,and the change of campus environment will promote the changes of teachers and students in ideas and habits.


Phacoemulsification is the technique of choice for most cataract surgeons worldwide. This technique can have complications at any of its stages, including intra or post-operative stages. The frequency of the presentation of intraoperative complications varies according to the surgeon's experience [1], the type of cataract and whether suitable instruments are used [2]. Capsular blockage syndrome (CBS) is one of the recognised intra-operative complications that can occur during the phacoemulsification.


In this ever changing environment the field of manufacturing which plays a vital role in each and every countries economy has to adapt to new techniques and ways of approach to sustain in globalized market. The manufacturing is field which involves high range of information sharing within its floor as well as between the departments such as Human resource, Maintenance, Sales, Logistics which not only supports but also boons its performance in company's overall standing among its competitors. To be market performer the company should look at its Information sharing capacity within its departments which help each other to do its activity productively and effectively. The paper is about making data and information about the company's various departments and its activities, information supporting them to carry out their functions centric i.e. integrated in single database with ambient intelligence technology as a support in shop floor which would help in monitoring activities of people in the floor. The main study will be focused on bringing all those information get integrated for sharing data to manufacturing department to overcome its stochastic nature of working. The information based networking is controlled and supported by AmI as AmI is an emerging trend in smart home environment. This AmI is a technology which brings electronics and Human Activities together to make life more easy and pleasure.


This double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of 2 of the newer endometrial ablation devices-a hot water balloon ablation system (ThermaChoice, Gynecare; Johnson & Johnson, Somerville, NJ) and a bipolar, radiofrequency, impedance-controlled endometrial ablation system (NovaSure Endometrial Ablation Device; Novacept, Palo Alto, CA). One hundred twenty-six patients met the study criteria, which included a normal uterine cavity with no confounding diseases or conditions and a score of 150 or more on the pictorial chart depicting menorrhagia as described by Hingham et al. Participants were randomized in a 2:1 ratio, bipolar radiofrequency ablation to balloon ablation increase the information available on the bipolar technique. All surgeries were performed as same-day surgery. Randomization occurred in the operating room so that patients and investigating doctors remained unaware of the treatment group throughout the study. Follow-up examinations were conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months. Midway through the investigation, after 44 patients had been treated, a malfunction in the NovaSure generator was discovered. It occurred at some unknown point after the first 5 patients were treated. It was decided to form 2 groups for analysis. Group A consisted of all patients who entered the study, including those treated before and after the malfunction was discovered and corrected. Patients randomized after the discovery formed group B. There were 83 women treated with bipolar radiofrequency ablation and 43 women who received balloon ablation. No complications occurred in either set of patients. One woman became fearful in the operating room and dropped out of the study, refusing further treatment. Four patients in each group underwent hysterectomy. In the bipolar group, 2 patients had continued menorrhagia, and 1 each had metrorrhagia and extreme fibroid growth. Adenomyosis was diagnosed in the 2 patients with persistent heavy bleeding. Two of these 4 women were among those treated before the discovery of the malfunction, and 2 were treated after repairs were made. An additional patient in the bipolar group underwent successful hysteroscopic removal of an intrauterine fibroid type 1. All 4 women in the balloon ablation group underwent hysterectomy for treatment of continued menorrhagia. Pathology showed normal uteri in 2 and small fibroids in 2. One patient in the balloon group began using oral contraceptives after balloon ablation failed to relieve her symptoms. Results of ablation therapy are shown in Table 1. The decrease in the median duration of menstruation was significant in both groups, compared with baseline (P <0.001). There was no difference in significance between group A and group B. The number of patients who experienced amenorrhea after ablation was significantly greater in the bipolar group than the balloon group (P <0.001 at 3, 6, and 12 months). This significance persisted in analysis of group B alone. There was a significant decrease in dysmenorrhea in both groups (P = 0.001), but the difference between the bipolar group and the balloon was not significant. However, in group B at 12 months, women treated with bipolar ablation reported significantly less dysmenorrhea than those who had balloon ablation (P = 0.02). Clotting, which was a presenting symptom for nearly all patients, decreased after treatment for all women. The bipolar group experienced a significantly greater decrease in clotting compared with the bipolar group (P = 0.001). Scores on the pictorial chart decreased significantly for all patients after treatment (P = 0.001). The decrease was significantly greater in the bipolar group compared with the balloon group (P = 0.02). This was true at each stage of follow up. Patient satisfaction with treatment was greater for bipolar ablation at 3, 6, and 12 months compared with balloon ablation (P = 0.003).


This research aims to analyze: 1) The correlation between social factors which are domicile and education on household food insecurity experience in Gorontalo, 2) The correlation between demographic factors which are the household members, sex, marital status, and age and household food insecurity experience in Gorontalo, and 3) The correlation between economic factors which are household expenditure on household food insecurity experience in Gorontalo. The method used in this research was descriptive quantitative, and the population was the number of households in Gorontalo. The data collection technique was a probability, bringing about the number of samples of 3,000 households taken from Susenas 2018 data. The data analysis was quantitative through a binary logistic regression analysis using SPSS 23. The research findings indicate seven variables influencing the inclination to household food insecurity experience. The variables were the number of housemaids of 4-6 people (51.8%), marital status with unmarried status (75.95%), sex (86.7%), age of <25 years old (46.7%), education <junior high school (75.95%), rural domiciles (65.58%), and household expenditure <1,000,000 (62.42%). By means of this research, the government is expected to get a new insight and gives more concerns to the areas with food insecurity experience. Besides, the government should make policies which empower households with food insecurity experience.


'Methodological cosmopolitanism' connotes a profound transformation of the (social) sciences as forms of public reflexive social analysis on learning to live well together through building homes in the world: what may be called the 'Beckian vision', in memory of Ulrich Beck. This short note considers how Beck's concept of emancipatory catastrophism may not be the most productive development of his own programme. This is precisely brought out by a methodologically cosmopolitan analysis of a key East Asian response to the global risk of climate change: innovation of low-carbon cities in China. Instead, these presumptively archetypically cosmopolitan initiatives offer something of a political education regarding the irreducibly strategic power/knowledge dynamics at work – including in ongoing contestation about the very term 'cosmopolitan'.


The nursing detail management is a hospital detail management sub-system,the detail improves the surgery grade of service the foundation,the operating room nursing detail management direct relates to surgery's success or not;only then seeps the detail management to the quality specification in carries out,is avoids the accident,dispute's key.The detail is a custom,is one kind of accumulation,only then pays great attention to the work each detail,fosters the good working habit,does strictly according to the nursing working routine,can be responsible well for the patient,is responsible for the society.


This article focuses on tourism in France. The purpose of this study is to explain travel
behavior of French tourists traveling in their own country. It starts with 2004 historical
facts, published by the National Ofice of Statistics, before focusing on in-depth information.
The reader will learn about tourist attractions, transportation and different types of
accommodation relevant to the age, attitudes and preference of French tourists. This study
will allow readers to understand French tourists; the understanding would lead to
market analyses and organizing tours for French tourists in Thailand.


A palladium (Pd) nanowire-based hydrogen (H2) sensor has been fabricated with a novel viral-templated assembly route. A filamentous M13 bacteriophage was used as the viral-template for assembly of Pd nanowires at ambient conditions. Scanning electron microscopy determined Pd nanowire distribution and morphology with the devices. The phage template concentration controlled the number of physical and electrical nanowire connections across the device. A greater phage concentration resulted in a higher connection density and thicker Pd deposition. A lower phage concentration generated devices which formed chain-like nanowires of Pd nanocrystals, whereas a higher phage concentration formed devices with a continuous mesh-like structure. The lower concentration devices showed 51-78% instantaneous response to 2000 ppm H2 and response time less than 30 s.


1. Approximately 10,000 chrysanthemum aphids (Macrosiphum sanborni) were raised in an investigation of the relationship of the time of determination of wings and related structures to the time of their visible differentiation. 2. Determination of wings takes place, on the average, three and three-quarter days before birth. 3. Differentiation of wings takes place approximately one day before birth, shortly after the initial pigmentation appears in the compound eyes. 4. About two and three-quarter days, therefore, elapse between determination and differentiation of wings. 5. Since ocelli and wing muscles are found only in winged forms, the determination of these structures is assumed to be fixed at the same time that wings are determined. 6. The average time of differentiation of ocelli is about two and one-half days after birth, and of wing muscles about one and three-quarter days after birth. If the assumption that these structures are determined at the same time as wings is correct, then a considerably longer time elapses between their determination and visible differentiation. 7. The action of a diffusible chemical substance is suggested as a possible interpretation of the relatively long time period between determination and differentiation of wings.


Introduce the methodologies and steps for the involute straight cone gear in environment of Pro/E 3.0.Based on principle,using equation build up the involute.Consequently we can ensure the accuracy of the involute gear shape.The designer only needs to input the gear parameters,then three dimensional entity models may be created rapidly and precisely with the efficiency of design upgraded.And dynamic simulation is executed by using mechanism module,The foundation for further designing manufacturing and engineering analysis are also established.


This paper develops a tractable macroeconomic model with production and limited commitment (limited enforceability of contracts). The paper provides a characterization of recursive equilibria that is independent of the (endogenous) wealth distribution, which implies that recursive equilibria can be computed solving a finite-dimensional fixed-point problem. The paper also shows that a calibrated version of the model is consistent with some important empirical facts about individual income and consumption. In particular, the model generates a random walk component in individual labor income and, for households with little financial wealth, a limited amount of individual consumption insurance. The quantitative analysis also shows that equilibrium risk sharing is highly sensitive to the degree of contract enforcement as measured by the amount of capital seized upon default. Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, L7,3-5, 68131 Mannheim, Germany. Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951477, CA 90095.


Study background: The aim of this study was the investigation the role of meditation in a cohort of Italy resident subjects coming from Thailand, following only complementary medicine.
Methods: The cohort of subjects has been examined (60 subjects) by the visual analogue scale (VAS) scale for pain measurement. The subjects have been divided in two groups: experts (>10 years) and Lower experts in meditation (<3 years). All the subjects were affected by chronic pain due to osteoarthritis of the knees and low back pain.
Results: 28 subjects with chronic pain reported a mean basal VAS of 5.1 ± 1.8. After 5 consecutive days of meditation, the expert in meditation reported a significant pain decreasing (p<0.01) (VAS 3.0 ± 0.5) compared to the basal evaluation, while the lower experts in meditation reported a not significant decreasing of pain.
Conclusions: Meditation is nowadays a practice that should be highly recommended within a nonpharmacological approach for chronic pain therapy. This study it is further evidence that meditation might be a valuable strategy for chronic pain patients.


The invention discloses a separation and enrichment determination method for Ir, Rh, Pt, Pd and Au in a secondary resource material. The method includes the following steps that 1, samples are dissolved, and after high-temperature firing carbon removal, a Na2O2+NaCO3 mixed fluxing agent is adopted for fusion in a muffle furnace of 750 DEG C; 2, a test solution is oxidized, an appropriate quantity of sodium chlorate solution is added in a dissolving solution, boiling is performed, and Ir in the solution is oxidized so that the valence state can be made stable; the solution is adjusted to be at the appropriate volume, and the volume concentration of hydrochloric acid reaches 50%; 3, tellurium coprecipitation separation is carried out; 4, determination is carried out, an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) is used for determining the content of the Ir, Rh, Pt, Pd and Au in the solution obtained in the third step at the same time. The accurate and fast separation and enrichment determination method is specifically used for the Ir, Rh, Pt, Pd and Au with the content scope being 0.001%-5% in the secondary resource material such as waste and metallurgical middle materials formed in the using process of various precious metal products. The method is also suitable for separation and enrichment determination of Ir, Rh, Pt, Pd and Au single elements in the secondary resource material.


other approaches, such as anti-amyloids, that effect secretion and aggregation of 3-amyloid as well as neurotrophic peptides, appear promising but are still in the early stages of development.


Pronunciation adaptation for spontaneous speech synthesis using linguistic information. This paper presents a new pronunciation adaptation method which adapts canonical pronunciations to a spontaneous style. This is a key task in text-to-speech as those pronunciation variants bring expressiveness to synthetic speech, thus enabling new potential applications. The strength of the method is to solely rely on linguistic features and to consider a probabilistic machine learning framework, namely conditional random fields, to produce the adapted pronunciations. Features are selected in a first series of experiments, then combined in the backend experiments. Results on the Buckeye conversational English speech corpus show that adapted pronunciations significantly better reflect spontaneous speech than canonical ones. MOTS-CLÉS : Adaptation de la prononciation, parole spontanée, synthèse de la parole.


Computer forensics investigations are based on the evidence search process to determine the intruder techniques and activities. Current tools are mainly focused in gathering evidence from the target system however its analysis is a highly complicated task. In this paper, we present an Automated Forensic Diagnosis System composed by a Knowledge Attack Base and a series of log analysis processes working all together to reconstruct the attack actions after a security incident occurred. The log analysis is carried out by an Event Correlation Module which helps detecting multi-step attacks as well as reducing the false positive rate. The goal is to assist the forensic investigator reducing the time and complexity of the process.


Up to the present the classification of the Chlorococcales is still in a state of great confusion. The chief reason is that an adequate taxonomic basis for this Order has not yet been established,and another is that some genera need to be reinvestigated. Regarding the taxonomic basis for this Order,


Making better use of traffic facilities has long been a basic concept of the traffic engineer. However, the installation of operation controls on freeways to obtain better traffic flow was not originally conceived for these facilities. The rapid growth of traffic demand in urban areas, coupled with the long term construction requirements for building an extensive urban freeway system, has required the application of this concept to freeway operations. The accelerated program of research and development in the area of freeway surveillance and control presents firm evidence of the needs in this area. The Texas Highway Department has long recognized the freeway as a vital element of urban transportation facilities, and therefore the need for extensive research to provide a better means of operating and designing freeways. This paper presents a brief description of the research work on the Gulf Freeway surveillance and control project.


Nowadays, the power system is facing new challenges in increasing renewable energy sources' penetration. One of these problems is voltage stability in wind farms equipped with doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) during grid faults. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices can be used for this problem. This paper, investigates the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) application to achieve uninterrupted operation of wind turbine equipped with DFIG during grid faults. The simulation has been done in PSCAD/EMTDC framework.


Abstract. The present study mainly focuses on the comparison and quantification of meteorological droughts with agricultural droughts to understand their relationship to the occurrences and intensities of droughts. This study is based on analysis of the changing agro-climatological drought conditions from the year 2001 to 2017, over the districts of Marathwada, which are known to be the most drought-prone regions of the Maharashtra, India. To quantify the drought severity, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) from TRMM and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) from MODIS datasets have been derived and compared. This study indicated that the years 2002, 2009, 2014 and 2015 were the most severe drought periods over Marathwada. Parts of Nanded, Aurangabad and Latur districts were the highest drought-affected areas from last 17 years, where the frequency of agricultural drought incidence was more than eight years. Over the districts of Hingoli and Parbhani, decreasing rainfall trends plus highly negative values of SPI (≤ −1.5) in the month of July shows a major concern for agricultural activities. Positive correlation-ship (41%) was noticed between SPI and VCI during the study period, but it was not statistically significant. In the year 2015, which was one of the intense drought years, it is noted that the agricultural drought was the most influencing drought type covering about 53% of the affected area. This study thus can help in identification of drought types and their intensities with spatial extent through an area specific interdisciplinary approach which in turn will help to develop region-specific drought mitigation and management strategies.


Optimizing layout of pumping well plays a vital role in curbing the groundwater level decline. A novel optimization model is presented in this study. First, the optimal well number is obtained by taking into account factors of local economy and environment based on nonlinear programming model. Then, the well spatial layout assessment model is attained based on information entropy weight and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). After that, the relative closeness to positive ideal solution of alternative (ci) on the rationality of well spatial layout in cultivated land is calculated, and a set of alternatives are ranked according to the descending order of ci. Finally, the well optimization layout is obtained by combining the optimal well number with well spatial layout assessment result based on the GIS data of pumping wells. As a case study, this method was applied in Yongchang Irrigation District of Shiyang River Basin, the arid region of northwest China. Results show that under the conditions of sustainable use of water resources, the irrigation district needed 724 wells for irrigation, with a decrease of 31.0% when compared with the existing number of wells. The wells with low flow rate and operating efficiency distributed in high density where groundwater is over‐exploitation were recommended to be closed. This well optimization layout method is expected to play a significant role in helping make plans for exploiting groundwater at more sustainable level, curbing the groundwater level decline trend, and improving the local ecological environment. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The purpose of the present study was to investigate the antioxidant properties of rice bran oil on chicken's breast and heart muscles. In this study, rice bran oil (RBO) was injected into the yolk and chorioallantoic membrane in embryonic eggs. Variables such as, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), glutathione (GSH) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) were measured. Results showed that the malondialdehyde (MDA) was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in breast muscle of control group compared to treated groups. The level of GSH and FRAP were considerably higher either in breast or muscle of that group which has been injected by RBO into the yolk. The total carotenoid content of breast muscle was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in control group compared to treated groups. It was concluded that RBO can reduce lipid oxidation and improve oxidative stability in chicken's breast and heart muscles.


Egg temperatures, embryonic metabolism, and water loss from the eggs of two large surface-nesting and three small burrow-nesting Procellariiformes from high latitude were measured for comparison with tropical species of the order. Egg temperatures, measured using blown eggs of the respective species containing transmitters, averaged 32.0 C, slightly lower than that reported for most tropical Procellariiformes. However, the difference appears to be related to different methods used to measure egg temperature rather than to differences related to geographical distribution. Mean daily rates of water loss ranged from 1,062 mg day⁻¹ for the large wandering albatross to 117 mg day⁻¹ for the very much smaller Salvin's prion and were comparable to water loss rates from similarly sized eggs of tropical species. Embryonic oxygen consumption increased throughout incubation and prepipping levels ranged from 1,698 ml O₂ day⁻¹ for wandering albatross to 221 ml O₂ day⁻¹ for Salvin's prions, similar to that of tropical species with similarly sized eggs. However, total oxygen consumed by embryos over the entire incubation period was higher in high-latitude Procellariiformes than in their tropical counterparts as a result of elevated pip-to-hatch and hatchling oxygen consumptions. Elevated hatchling oxygen consumptions may be related to higher thermoregulatory demands of chicks of Procellariiformes reared at high latitudes.


Abstract : The Environmental Protection Agency asked the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine to aid in monitoring aerially a chemical-waste-incineration exhaust plume to obtain HCl concentration data as a function of altitude and distance. This report details the monitoring instrumentation, calibration procedures, and results obtained. Maximum concentration recorded during 3 monitoring missions was 3 ppm (below threshold limit value of 4 ppm) and occurred at about 800-ft altitude (243.8 m) and 0.25 miles (0.4 km) from the ship Vulcanus.


The Mg65 Cu25 Y10 alloy amorphous ribbons were prepare d by single-roller rapidly solidification method, the glass-forming ability and thermal stability of the ribbons were analyzed by means of XRD and DSC. Both the Kissinger method and Ozawa method were used to calculate the apparent activation energies for crystallization of the amorphous ribbons. The results show that Mg65 Cu25 Y10 alloy has good glass-forming ability, its supercooled liquid region width value is between 42 K and 56 K, the reduced glass transition temperature is 0.52. The amorphous ribbons have high thermal stability, the glass transition activation energy and start crystallization activation energy are 352.0 kJ/mol and 137.5 kJ/mol, respectively. The activation energies Ep1 and Ep2 of the two crystallization peaks are 61.2 kJ/mol and 81.4 kJ/mol, respectively. As heating rate increasing, the glass transition temperature, start crystallization temperature and crystallization peak temperatures of the Mg65 Cu25 Y10 amorphous alloy increases, which suggested that both the glass transition and crystallization behavior of the amorphous alloys have typical kinetic characteristics.


SnCo nanostructured alloy embedded in carbon shows great improvement in lithium cycling stability over crystalline tin [1]. It has been used as the anode material in Sony cells. However the exact mechanism of lithiation and delithiation process of this material and its evolution upon cycling remains unclear [2]. Two mechanisms can be considered: lithium intercalation and conversion reaction with cobalt displacement. Small 5 nm particle size and possible amorphous nature of the alloy make standard x-ray diffraction methods not help-full as only graphite peaks show up in lab XRD. The reaction mechanism can be revealed through the change in magnetic properties because formation of Co particles would lead to a strong increase in the magnetization. Moreover, Co nanoparticles are superparamagnetic below a certain size which allows the determination of particle size from the magnetic properties.


Phyllodes tumors of the breast are rare, accounting for 0.3-0.5% of breast neoplasms. The tumors are divided into benign, borderline and malignant lesions according to the histological features. Phyllodes tumors are commonly recurrent, so wide local excision is considered as the only curable treatment. Therefore, an accurate pre-operative diagnosis can reduce recurrence after treatment. On ultrasonography, benign phyllodes tumors are generally seen as well circumscribed, oval shaped, hypoechoic or isoechoic masses, and occasionally, internal clefts or cystic portions are visible. Borderline or malignant phyllodes tumors tend to be larger and more highly categorized than benign tumors. Most phyllodes tumors present as a palpable mass, which usually require sonographic evaluation with a core biopsy; however, the reported diagnostic accuracy is approximately 60 percent, due to limitations of the histological features. Thus, a follow-up ultrasonographic evaluation is essential after a core biopsy and a phyllodes tumor should be considered in cases of growth occurring after a benign biopsy.


The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii This work is dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Peter Francis Ritt, Sr. who always encouraged my love of reading. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to Dr. Paul Strait, who approved my topic and then let me run with it and also to Dr. Peter Garretson who first got me seriously thinking about medieval Spain. And to Victoria Penziner who proofread draft after draft and asked the questions that I didn't think about. Thanks must also go to my wife Leah, who allowed me to spend night after night hogging the computer. A final thanks must go to Father Robert Ignatius Burns, whose lifelong work concerning the history of medieval Valencia led to the translation and publications of a vast amount of primary documentation. Without his previous work I would still be shifting through the Latin.


Metal–ceramic interfaces in Ni–YSZ (YSZ, yttria-stabilized zirconia)-textured porous cermets prepared by reduction of NiO–YSZ directionally solidified eutectics have been studied by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray pole figure experiments. Before reduction of NiO, the interfacial plane isbut after reduction, the Ni phase does not maintain the same crystallographic orientation as the NiO parent phase. Ni undergoes an interface-induced crystallographic reorientation to form the lower energy (002)Ni∥(002)YSZ interface. This process has been studied as a function of the reduction temperature, and it seems to be more effective at ∼800°C. Metal–ceramic low-energy interfaces prevent Ni particle coarsening and impart long-term stability to the cermet.


According to the study on relationship between mineralogy,chemical analysis of pyrite and Au metallogenesis of Yanzijiao Au deposit,The color of pyrite formed in earlier time is deeper,grain coarser and Au metallogenesis better,whereas the later ones are smaller and without Au.And the general trend is the grain coarser the Au content higher.The Au-bearing pyrite shows S depletion,whereas As somewhat higher.


Issues on breach of trust and bribery amongst members of Islamic institutions show that there are weaknesses in understanding their responsibilities as workers. This happened due to the lack of due diligence on the part of institutional managers in giving emphasis on intention (niyyat) in work. This paper has two objectives. The first objective is to identify the concept of intentions of doing work from the perspective of Islamic world-view (Islamic tasawur), and secondly, this paper aims to analyse theoretically the impact of intention on workers in Islamic institutions. This paper adopted the method of study on documents and the data were analysed using the content analysis method. It was found that the concept of intention in work, based on Islamic axis that were belief in oneness of God (tauheed) and on the principle of excellence (ihsan) and sincerity (ikhlas), were through submission of deeds only unto Allah SWT. The impact of true intention in Islam can ensure that the aim of doing work is to gain Allah's pleasure. In conclusion, true intention in Islam needs to be embraced by every worker to discard bad (mazmumah) habits or characters, which are the root causes of wrong doings or wrongful behaviours amongst


In this paper, we study the asymptotics of Fitzhugh–Nagumo-type systems of reaction-diffusion equations with bistable nonlinearity. In the limit, we obtain an interface moving with normal velocity determined by the dynamics and the scaling.


Development of animal behavioural observational skills dates back to Palaeolithic era when the prehistoric hunter human ancestors successfully gamed their prey by understanding how animals behave, in other words, survival needs, instigated the need to master the animal behaviour to find a prey successfully. Greek philosophers, while attempting to describe the order of the world, considered the animal origin and the attribute that makes them unique, differential animal behaviour was the obvious one. The importance of animal behaviour studies lies in better animal welfare and improving animal behavioural experiences preventing animal suffering. The 1965 report on intensive farming practices by Brambell committee that exposed farming practices in Europe paved the way to realise the importance of animal behaviour in animal welfare. Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of animal usage mentioned in Russell and Burch's seminal book principles of humane experimental technique (1959) forms the core of regulatory guidelines in modern laboratory by animal experimentations. Stringent enforcement of legislation on use and care of experimental animals imposed by regulatory authorities have led to better safety and welfare of experimental animals in recent years.


Objective: To investigate the association of rs4619 and rs1065780 in the insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1(IGFBP1) gene to the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Methods: SNPs were genotyped among 77 cases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and 466 normal controls by TaqMan.Data were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression to evaluate the association of two SNPs examined to esophageal quamous cell carcinoma.Results: No association was found between any SNP examined in the present study and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Conclusion: SNP rs4619 and rs1065780 do not play a major role in the development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.


This paper identifies and analyzes what constitutes special education in the revised Swedish preschool curriculum. The paper also contributes with an analytical mode of understanding political, as well as other, documents, in, for example, an educational system. The analytical strategy is mainly built upon discourse theory and discourse analysis, using the ideas of Ernesto Lacalu, Chantal Mouffe and Michel Foucault. The results show a fortified hegemonic discourse about a preschool for all children, where child-centred and inclusive approaches are dominant and where special education, to a large extent, is constituted by more management, stimulation and special support. The paper raises questions about the possible effects the hegemonic discourse may contribute to.Nyckelord: diskurs, diskursanalys, diskursteori, läroplan, specialpedagogik, inkludering, pedagogik, styrdokument, svensk förskola för alla barn, utbildning


Sensoryhaircelllossisthemajorcauseofhearingandbalancedisorders.Mammalsareincapableofsustainedhaircellregeneration,butlowervertebratescanregeneratethesemechano-electricaltransducers.Wepresentthefirstcomprehensivetranscriptome(bymRNA-Seq)ofhaircellregenerationinthechickutricle.Weprovidepathwayandpatternannotationsandcorrelatethesewiththephenotypiceventsthatoccurduringregeneration.Thesepatternsaresurprisinglysynchronousandhighlypunctuated.Weshowhowthesepatternsareanewresourceforidentifyingcomponentsofthehaircelltranscriptomeandidentify494newputativehair-cell-specificgenesandvalidatethreeofthese(ofthreetested)byimmunohistochemicalstaining.Wedescribemanysurprisingnewcomponentsanddynamicexpressionpatterns,particularlywithin NOTCH signaling. For example, we show that HES7 is specifically expressed during utricle hair cell regeneration and closely parallels the expression of HES5 . Likewise, the expression of ATOH1 is closely correlated with HEYL and the HLH inhibitory transcription factors ID1 , ID2 , and ID4 . We investigate the correlation between fibroblast growth factor signaling and supporting cell proliferation and show that FGF20 inhibits supporting cell proliferation. We also present an analysis of 212 differentially expressed transcription factor genes in the regenerative time course that fall into nine distinct gene expression patterns, many of which correlate with phenotypic events during regeneration and represent attractive candidates for future analysis and manipulation of the regenerative program in sensory epithelia and other vertebrate neuroepithelia. to a differentially expressed clustering analysis to g:Profiler and analyzed by gene group functional were predicted from database of interaction visualized Cytoscape. submitted to Gene Expression


Oblivious transfer (OT) is a fundamental primitive in cryptography. It is known that unconditionally secure OT is impossible, even with the help of quantum mechanics. Furthermore, no classical OT scheme has been proven to offer computational security in the usual super-polynomial model, and there is evidence that such schemes cannot be based on one-way permutations. Nevertheless, inspired by Ralph Merkle's 1974 key distribution scheme, we offer a novel classical OT scheme based on one-way permutations and prove its polynomial security: the effort to cheat it scales as t^{3/2}, where t is the legitimate effort needed to implement it. Unfortunately, our scheme melts down under the onslaught of a quantum adversary after an effort merely in the order of t^{5/6}, so that it is actually easier to subvert it than to use it legitimately! By allowing the honest parties to use quantum computation as well, however, it may be that our OT scheme can be repaired so as to resist modest quantum attacks.


Abstract Isobutylidenebutylamine reacts with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of organic bases to give N-butyl-N-isobutenylamidodichloro-or bis(N-butyl-N-isobutenylamido)chlorophosphites depending on the ratio of reagents. Reasons are given in Eavour of the reaction beginning with the nucleophilic attack of the nitrogen atom of the imine on the electrondeficient phosphorus atom of the chloride. Reactions of ethyldichloro- and diethylchlorophosphites with benzylidenmethylamine produce 2-chloro- and 2-ethyl-2-oxo-1,4,2-diazaphospholanes respectively. Interaction of diethylchlorophosphite with benzylidenmethylamine in the presence of triethyphosphite results in the formation of diethyl. (N-methyl-N-α-diethylphosphonobenzylamido)phosphite. As a result of interaction of bis(diethylamino)chlorophosphine with NIN-dibutyl-2,3-butandiimine in the presence of triethylamine new compounds (2-diethylamino-1,3-dibutyl-4,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-diazaphospholane and 4,8-dibutyl-3,7-bis(diethylamino)-[3.3.01-bicyclooctadie...


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The development of knowledge based economy has brought about big changes with international trade in contents, means and management. To meet these changes, it is necessary to intensify the training of basic skills for those dealing in foreign trade and better their knowledge structures so as to raise their well round qualities with creation at its core.


This paper presents a new tool called Extrapolate that automatically generalizes counterexamples found by property-based testing in Haskell. Example applications show that generalized counterexamples can inform the programmer more fully and more immediately what characterises failures. Extrapolate is able to produce more general results than similar tools. Although it is intrinsically unsound, as reported generalizations are based on testing, it works well for examples drawn from previous published work in this area.