The runtime permission model of Android enhances security yet also constitutes a source of incompatibility issues that impedes the productivity of mobile developers. This paper presents a novel analysis that detects the incompatible permission uses in a given app and repairs them when found, hence automatically adapting the app to the runtime permission model. The key approach is to check and enforce the app's conformance to the runtime permission use protocol through static control flow analysis and bytecode transformation. We implemented our technique as an open-source tool, ARPDroid, and initially evaluated it on 20 incompatible and 3 compatible real-world apps, assisted by manual ground truth and verification. Our results show that ARPDroid achieved 100% detection accuracy, 90% repair success rate, and 91.3% overall adaptation success rate at an average time cost of about two minutes.


MDS are characterized by anemia and transfusion requirements. Transfused patients frequently show iron overload that negatively affects hematopoiesis. Iron chelation therapy can be effective in these MDS cases, but the molecular consequences of this treatment need to be further investigated. That is why we studied the molecular features of iron effect and Deferasirox therapy on PI‐PLCbeta1 inositide signaling, using hematopoietic cells and MDS samples. At baseline, MDS patients showing a positive response after iron chelation therapy displayed higher levels of PI‐PLCbeta1/Cyclin D3/PKCalpha expression. During treatment, these responder patients, as well as hematopoietic cells treated with FeCl3 and Deferasirox, showed a specific reduction of PI‐PLCbeta1/Cyclin D3/PKCalpha expression, indicating that this signaling pathway is targeted by Deferasirox. The treatment was also able to specifically decrease the production of ROS. This effect correlated with a reduction of IL‐1A and IL‐2, as well as Akt/mTOR phosphorylation. In contrast, cells exposed only to FeCl3 and cells from MDS patients refractory to Deferasirox showed a specific increase of ROS and PI‐PLCbeta1/Cyclin D3/PKCalpha expression. All in all, our data show that PI‐PLCbeta1 signaling is a target for iron‐induced oxidative stress and suggest that baseline PI‐PLCbeta1 quantification could predict iron chelation therapy response in MDS.


This study aims to estimate the factors determining the perceived behavioral Intention to use the QR code on a smartphone in the commuter line tap-in tap-out ticketing process as an alternative payment. The rapid growth of information technology in the last two decades had become a factor that encouraged individuals and groups to utilize information technology from devices or technological tools as effectively and efficiently as possible to facilitate the activities and business processes being carried out. This research used the probability sampling technique with a random sampling of 100 commuter line passengers. In addition, this research used the data analysis technique of the Structural Equation Model-SmartPLS3.0. The results indicated that perceived compatibility and enjoyment significantly affected the perceived ease of use and usefulness in the consumer's behavioral Intention to use QR Code technology on smartphones as a substitution for purchasing commuter train tickets. However, the three other variables, perceived convenience, self-efficacy, and enjoyment, do not significantly influence the usefulness of using QR Code Technology on smartphones as an alternative for purchasing commuter tickets, and neither do the technological knowledge and perceived compatibility.


The present invention goal is to offer no problem of side effects, with excellent safety antidepressants. The invention further aim is to provide an agent for improving learning motivation that can be taken to useful and continuous to the improvement of learning motivation. The present invention provides an agent for improving motivation and antidepressants, and each includes a click when dipeptide having a structure with 2,5 decade toffee Blow as an active ingredient.


This paper introduces the charger factory test system based on VC ++. We change the charger characteristics into three times curve by curve fitting, calculate the theoretical values. Through the comparison between theoretical values and the actual measured value to determine whether the charger is in accordance with the application requirements. The results of comparison are stored in a database which based on ACCESS for query.


Concept mapping software is emerging as a powerful tool for supporting complex thinking. The Decision Rationale editor (DRed) provides an illustrative example from industry. Eight years after its development, 700+ engineers in Rolls-Royce have received direct training, others have adopted it independently and it is increasingly used for knowledge management, creativity and communication. This study seeks lessons from these experiences to inform broader map-based tools and methods development. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 11 professionals ranging from junior engineers to chief designers. A qualitative analysis of transcripts and sample maps examined the value of new features and methods in practical contexts. Results suggest mapping is often the "path of least resistance" to organise unstructured ideas and conflicting perspectives. The flexible nature of maps, however, presents challenges for standardising methods. Feature development will require a continued balance of simplicity, learnability and functionality supported by integrated help documentation.Copyright © 2011 by Rolls-Royce plc


The research investigations which were involved in the study include: cost analysis/allocation, reliability and product assurance, forecasting methodology, systems analysis, and model-building. This is a classic example of an interdisciplinary problem, since the model-building requirements include the need for understanding and communication between technical disciplines on one hand, and the financial/accounting skill categories on the other. The systems approach is utilized within this context to establish a clearer and more objective relationship between reliability assurance and the subcategories (or subelements) that provide, or reenforce, the reliability assurance for a system. Subcategories are further subdivided as illustrated by a tree diagram. The reliability assurance elements can be seen to be potential alternative strategies, or approaches, depending on the specific goals/objectives of the trade studies. The scope was limited to the establishment of a proposed reliability cost-model format. The model format/approach is dependent upon the use of a series of subsystem-oriented CER's and sometimes possible CTR's, in devising a suitable cost-effective policy.


The Al2O3 films were deposited onto Al2O3-TiC and Si (100) substrates by RF sputtering technique by varying powers sputter target, substrate bias voltages and fixed process pressure 25 mTorr which aim to achieve high deposition rate and investigated film properties onto different types. Result showed significant power sputter target to deposition rate both substrates and film properties depend on type of substrate. The power sputter target at 8kW and substrate bias voltage at -150 V is optimum deposition condition to provide deposition rate is 53.97nm/min for Al2O3-TiC substrate and 51.50nm/min for Si substrate. The Al2O3 film deposited onto Al2O3-TiC substrate surface morphology displayed rather roughness than Al2O3 film deposited onto Si substrate which verified from SEM and AFM as 0.99 nm (Ra) versus 0.46 nm (Ra). The film stress, hardness, reduces modulus and breakdown voltage (BDV) of Al2O3 film deposited were higher than Al2O3 film deposited on Al2O3-TiC substrates which were correspond to surface morphology.


By a Primo Levi's analogy between the writer's trade and the chemist's one, his first and «unique» profession, and a Freud's analogy between the chemist's trade and the psychoanalyst's one, the text shows some aspects of the therapeutic potential of writing. Levi pointed out some of his books as replacements for «Freud's couch»: the writer can indeed rework his orginal material, the experience, in a new and healthier balance; in the same way the chemist can develop a new synthesis for a compound or the psychoanalyst recreate a new psychic order in his patient; in all cases, however, the single elements prove to be hard to manage, unpredicatable, and the outcomes hard to foresee.


With the application of LVDS technique in high-speed digital system,there are some error cases of data and clock by layout or routing.In this article the authors point out that self-checking technology can correct the data received from AD9252 LVDS,so that the stability of data transform is enhanced.This method is implemented with Verilog HDL and has been verified in FPGA.


For a metallic system of ions with interaction potentials of the general form given by pseudopotential theory, and with the motion of the ions treated by classical statistics, strain derivatives of the canonical partition function are constructed. Expressions are obtained for the stresses and isothermal elastic constants, for any crystal in which there are no sublattice displacements accompanying a homogeneous deformation. These expressions are in the form of canonical-ensemble averages, and can be evaluated by standard computer simulation techniques. The nature and magnitude of quantum corrections are discussed.


Las Vegas—Results of a study comparing customized PRK plus mitomycin-C (MMC) against customized LASIK indicate that both are excellent techniques for treating compound myopic astigmatism but suggest that the surface ablation procedure may be somewhat superior, said Anelise D. Wallau, MD, here at refractive surgery subspecialty day, part of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.


We have shown previously that agonistic anti-CD40 mAb induced T cell-independent antitumor effects in vivo. In this study, we investigated mechanisms of macrophage activation with anti-CD40 mAb treatment, assessed by the antitumor action of macrophages in vitro. Intraperitoneal injection of anti-CD40 mAb into C57BL/6 mice resulted in activation of peritoneal macrophages capable of suppressing B16 melanoma cell proliferation in vitro, an effect that was greatly enhanced by LPS and observed against several murine and human tumor cell lines. Anti-CD40 mAb also primed macrophages in vitro to mediate cytostatic effects in the presence of LPS. The tumoristatic effect of CD40 ligation-activated macrophages was associated with apoptosis and killing of tumor cells. Activation of macrophages by anti-CD40 mAb required endogenous IFN-γ because priming of macrophages by anti-CD40 mAb was abrogated in the presence of anti-IFN-γ mAb, as well as in IFN-γ-knockout mice. Macrophages obtained either from C57BL/6 mice depleted of T and NK cells by Ab treatment, or from scid/beige mice, were still activated by anti-CD40 mAb to mediate cytostatic activity. These results argued against the role of NK and T cells as the sole source of exogenous IFN-γ for macrophage activation and suggested that anti-CD40 mAb-activated macrophages could produce IFN-γ. We confirmed this hypothesis by detecting intracytoplasmic IFN-γ in macrophages activated with anti-CD40 mAb in vivo or in vitro. IFN-γ production by macrophages was dependent on IL-12. Taken together, the results show that murine macrophages are activated directly by anti-CD40 mAb to secrete IFN-γ and mediate tumor cell destruction.


The effective conductivity of a potential antenna site is a measure of the field strength that an antenna built on the site would radiate. Only in special cases, however, is this same measure suitable for characterizing the power that the antenna would dissipate. It is shown that in the case of a current-sheet antenna built on a horizontally stratified half-space, a measure that characterizes both the radiation and dissipation properties of the site is the complex surface impedance. This same measure remains substantially valid for an antenna composed of separate cables and for inhomogeneous half-spaces of not too great lateral variation. The most reliable methods of measuring the surface impedance are the E/H and H/I methods, provided both include the measurement of the phase of the ratio.


A method and apparatus for synchronizing contents of devices in a home network are provided. The apparatus includes a determination unit which determines whether a first device and a second device support a common synchronization protocol. A synchronization request unit then requests at least one device to synchronize the contents using the common synchronization protocol determined by the determination unit.


Multiresolution models such as the wavelet-domain hidden Markov tree (HMT) model provide a powerful approach for image modeling and processing because it captures the key features of the wavelet coefficients of real-world data. It is observed that the Laplace distribution is peakier in the center and has heavier tails compared with the Gaussian distribution. Thus we propose a new HMT model based on the two-state, zero-mean Laplace mixture model (LMM), the LMM-HMT, which provides significantly potential for characterizing real-world textures. By using the HMT segmentation framework, we develop LMM-HMT based segmentation methods for image textures and dynamic textures. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the introduced model and segmentation methods.


Review(s) of: Equity and excellence in the public library: why ignorance is not our heritage, by: Usherwood, B, Aldershot UK, Ashgate 2007 45.00 www.ashgate.com.


disc or possibly the more effete "victrola." But much has happened in the phonograph realm since then. After having been almost eclipsed by the coming of the radio it has gradually staged a come-back in a new and more highly developed form. It seems worth while to make a survey of this new world to sum up briefly its potentialities for the individual music enthusiast, for schools and colleges, and for music in general. I do not pretend to be either a phonograph fanatic or a phonograph expert. I speak from the standpoint of the musician who sees the importance for his art of this ever-growing medium of mechanical reproduction of sound. The supercilious disregard for "canned music," so widespread at one time among professional musicians and other intellectuals, has definitely been superseded by a renewed interest in possibilities opened up by an intelligent use of the phonograph. Here is a new medium what is its real worth and how can we best use it for music's sake? No musician worthy of the name would contend that the phonograph as a medium for reproducing music is equivalent to an actual performance by living interpreters. It has hardly more verisimilitude than the black and white reproduction of an oil painting. But no one would argue either that such reproductions do not have their value. Though this "ersatz" quality


Introduction. An inventory was carried out of (1) referral patterns by General Practitioners (GPs) in patients with globus symptoms and (2) the symptoms after 1 year.

Material and methods. In the period between November 1995 and June 1996 50 patients (18 men and 32 women) with globus symptoms were referred. In these patients no organic substrate could be assessed afterwards. A questionnaire was answered by the patient about history, symptoms and 'throat score'.1 After a year the patients were interviewed again.

Results. Neither severity of the symptoms, throat score, age, carcinophobia nor smoking habits appeared to lead to GPs making more prompt referrals. After 1 year the symptoms were gone almost completely in 31 patients.

Conclusion. No factors could be demonstrated to influence the patterns of referral of GPs. In these patients globus symptoms frequently disappeared spontaneously.


Data is growing. We are all aware of this in the IT industry, it is a common mantra. The elephant in the room is the ownership of that data and the use of that data. As with many new technologies, its legal and personal implications are not well understood until the technology has matured. Data ownership has by default resided with organisations that hold the data; utility companies, websites, retailers and data aggregators and brokers. If data could be owned by the people it identifies, the data handlers would have to pay to use that data for sales and marketing purposes. We are not suggesting payment would be the mostly illusory free services and hidden discounts that are the current answer but real money or an asset that can be bartered or purchased. If even the poorest people can gain an income this would revolutionise personal finance for those who register on the web either for purchases or to make their name available for use. We propose such a revolution in data ownership and urge all data generators to establish their rights to a business asset that they frequently gift to already wealthy organisations. Don't be a mere generator of data, become a personal data aggregator, collecting and controlling all your data. Time to man the barricades against entities who are using your data for their profit and pleasure, not yours.


With the superior material properties and geometric benefit of high aspect ratio, various researches have been performed to fabricate carbon nanotube (CNT) point emitters which are capable of providing low turn-on voltage, high current density and long-term operating stability [1]. Especially, extremely high field emission current density of the point emitters plays an essential role in generating sufficient power sources for microwave amplifier tubes, high-resolution electron-beam instruments and Terahertz and Xray sources [2]. Moreover, one-dimensional geometry of carbon nanotube point emitter can reduce the operating voltage in the applications due to amplification of field enhancement. However, it is unavoidable in the process that thermal and electrical contact resistances between metal and carbon nanotube would degrade the emission performance, which issues also have been brought up through past studies [3]. Various efforts have been devoted to improving the electric and thermal contacts between metal and carbon nanotube, including the increase of contact surface area using ultrasonic bonder, the reduction of contact resistances by the aid of carbon layer deposition using EBID (electron beam induced deposition equipment) [4] or the formation of graphitic layer via heat treatment at temperature above 880 K [5]. The methods could improve the contact resistances, however, they require high temperature or additional complicated treatments. In the present study, we have used graphene as an interfacial layer between metal and CNT to improve the contact resistances. Single layer graphene has been proven to show remarkable electron mobility (~150,000 cm2/V•s) and thermal conductivity (~3100-5300 W/m•K). Since graphene basically consists of the same material of carbon as CNT and has a similar level of work function (~4.5 eV), our approach can have great advantages of electric and thermal interfaces between these low dimensional carbon materials. With superior electric and thermal contact characteristics created by graphene layer, the present point emitter shows extremely high current density of 2300 A/cm2, net current of 16 mA and stable, long-term operation over 10 hours.


There is a limited amount of research that has evaluated all three types of modalities and consequences during stimulus preference assessments (SPA) or examined problem behavior during preference assessments with individuals with tangible maintained problem behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to extend this line of research in two ways: (a) compare results of SPAs across three modalities and two consequence, (b) evaluate problem behavior during these SPAs with individuals with problem behavior maintained by access to tangible items. The results indicated that for all participants, there was preference stability across modalities and conditions. For all participants, problem behavior occurred during the no access condition or removal regardless of modality.


While there are a few material models available in LS-Dyna for simulating concrete and strain-softening fiber-reinforced concretes (FRC) under dynamic loads, there is currently no material model that explicitly simulates the inelastic behaviour of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC). This creates a bottleneck for the implementation of SHCCs in the structures subjected to dynamic loads such as impacts and blasts. In this research, one of the material models originally developed for strain-softening concretes in LSDyna, MAT_072R3, is used to simulate an ultra-high strength SHCC in slabs under moderate velocity impacts. This is accomplished by taking advantage of the two separate damage evolution parameters in tension and compression (in spite of only one damage function) in the MAT_072R3 model, and by raising the built-in tensile pressure cutoff. An understanding of the MAT_072R3 material model (its relevant input parameters) from the perspective of a user wanting to simulate the strain-hardening behaviour of SHCC is presented in this paper.


A confidence interval is a range of values that gives the user a sense of how precisely a statistic estimates a parameter. In the present paper, a novel unified computational approach is proposed to construct shortest-length or equal tails confidence intervals in terms of pivotal quantities and quantile functions. In statistics, a pivotal quantity (or pivot) is a function of observations and unobservable parameters such that the function's probability distribution does not depend on the unknown parameters (including nuisance parameters). This approach represents a simple and computationally attractive numerical method for finding the shortest-length or equal tails confidence intervals using the pivotal quantities, which are developed from either maximum likelihood estimates or sufficient statistics. Finding a pivotal quantity is not discussed, but the choice a "good" pivotal quantity is essential for the resulting confidence interval to be useful. The unified computational approach yields intervals in several situations which have previously required separate analyses using more advanced techniques and tables for numerical solutions. Unlike the Bayesian approach, the proposed approach is independent of the choice of priors and represents a novelty in the theory of statistical decisions. It allows one to eliminate nuisance parameters from the problem via the technique of invariant statistical embedding and averaging in terms of pivotal quantities (ISE&APQ). To illustrate the proposed approach, numerical examples are given. In detail, the Pareto distribution is discussed.


wind turbine including a nacelle (1) installed on a mast (2) supported by a floating support, characterized in that the nacelle is articulated relative to said mast in a vertical plane and that it comprises means of correcting the inclination of the gondola means automatically adjusting said correction means depending on detection sensors correction values being synchronous said regulating means with movement of the floating support and being configured to maintain the nacelle permanently oriented along the real axis wind detected inclination and azimuth, and that said nacelle is hinged and suspended on a horizontal shaft.


: Due to environmental concerns agro-waste material namely wheat straw (WS) will be utilized to produce microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) via mercerization, bleaching and strong acid hydrolysis. The current investigation compared MCC produced by phosphoric acid (H3NPO4), sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and hydrochloric acid (HCL). The percentage yield of each process were compared and found to be the highest for the H3PO4 compared H2SO4 and HCL. The morphology of the three products was viewed under scanning electron microscope (SEM). The heat of dissolution was studied for the three samples, and found to be the highest for the H3PO4, which is in line with %yield. This is also indicative that the chemical attack on the amorphous regions was the highest for H3PO4.


A series of bulk amorphous alloys in Cu-Ti-Zr-Ni system was fabricated based on binary deep eutectic. Among them, Cu_(52.55)Ti_(30.05)Zr_(11.4)Ni_6 and Cu_(53.1)Ti_(31.4)Zr_(9.5)Ni_6 can be quenched into single amorphous structure with diameter of 5mm by conventional copper mold casting method. They both possess the relatively higher reduced glass transition temperatures(T_(rg)) of 0.603 and 0.598, respectively, indicating that the alloy compositions are close to deep eutectics and accounting for good glass forming ability. Especially, Cu_(52.55)Ti_(30.05)Zr_(11.4)Ni_6 exhibits relatively higher glass transition temperature (T_g=694K) and wider supercooled liquid region (ΔT_x=52K), implying a good thermal stability.


OBJECTIVE. To compare performance and probability estimates of six algorithms to estimate the probabilities that an ovarian tumor is benign, borderline malignant, stage I primary invasive, stage II-IV primary invasive, or secondary metastatic. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Models were developed on 5909 patients (recruited 1999-2012) and validated on 3199 patients (2012-2015). Nine clinical and ultrasound predictors were used. Outcome was based on histology following surgery within 120 days after the ultrasound examination. We developed models using multinomial logistic regression (MLR), Ridge MLR, random forest (RF), XGBoost, neural networks (NN), and support vector machines (SVM). RESULTS. Benign tumors were most common (62%), secondary metastatic tumors least common (5%). XGBoost, RF, NN and MLR had similar performance: c-statistics for benign versus any type of malignant tumors were 0.92, multiclass c-statistics 0.54-0.55, average Estimated Calibration Indexes 0.03-0.07, and Net Benefits at the 10% malignancy risk threshold 0.33-0.34. Despite poorer discrimination and calibration performance for Ridge MLR and in particular SVM, Net Benefits were similar for all models. The estimated probabilities often differed strongly between models. For example, the probability of a benign tumor differed by more than 20 percentage points in 29% of the patients, and by more than 30 percentage points in 16% of the patients. DISCUSSION. Several regression and machine learning models had very good and similar performance in terms of discrimination, calibration and clinical utility. Nevertheless, individual probabilities often varied substantially. CONCLUSION. Machine learning did not outperform MLR. The choice of algorithm can strongly affect probabilities given to a patient.


Indonesia is a country that is very rich in tree species that grow in forests. Wood growth in Indonesia consists of around 4000 species that have different names and characteristics. These differences can determine the quality and exact use of each type of wood. The procedure of standard identification is currently still carried out through visual observation by the wood anatomist. The wood identification process is very in need of the availability of wood anatomists, with a limited amount of wood anatomist will affect the result and the length of time to make an identification. This thesis uses an identification system that can classify wood based on species names with a macroscopic image of wood and the implementation of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method as a classification algorithm. Supporting architecture used is AlexNet, ResNet, and GoogLeNet. Architecture is then compared to a simple CNN architecture that is made namely Kayu30Net. Kayu30Net architecture has a precision performance value reaching 84.6%, recall 83.9%, F1 score 83.1% and an accuracy of 71.6%. In the wood species classification system using CNN, it is obtained that AlexNet as the best architecture that refers to a precision value of 98.4%, recall 98.4%, F1 score 98.3% and an accuracy of 96.7%.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assure data held in a volatile memory to be loaded on a controller module without increasing power capacity of a backup unit even when power of a RAID system is interrupted. SOLUTION: In a data control method concerning this embodiment, a controller generates, on the basis of the data held in the volatile memory, data for error confirmation of the data; the data held in the volatile memory is transferred to a nonvolatile memory along with the generated data for error confirmation; when an error is generated in writing of the transferred data in a specified storage area in the nonvolatile memory, if the transferred data can be restored, the content of the data for error confirmation transferred to the nonvolatile memory is changed, and if the transferred data cannot be restored, information showing that there is an error in the specified storage area is recorded in management information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT


Fourier analysis is gaining popularity in image synthesis as a tool for the analysis of error in Monte Carlo (MC) integration. Still, existing tools are only able to analyse convergence under simplifying assumptions (such as randomized shifts) which are not applied in practice during rendering. We reformulate the expressions for bias and variance of sampling‐based integrators to unify non‐uniform sample distributions [importance sampling (IS)] as well as correlations between samples while respecting finite sampling domains. Our unified formulation hints at fundamental limitations of Fourier‐based tools in performing variance analysis for MC integration. At the same time, it reveals that, when combined with correlated sampling, IS can impact convergence rate by introducing or inhibiting discontinuities in the integrand. We demonstrate that the convergence of multiple importance sampling (MIS) is determined by the strategy which converges slowest and propose several simple approaches to overcome this limitation. We show that smoothing light boundaries (as commonly done in production to reduce variance) can improve (M)IS convergence (at a cost of introducing a small amount of bias) since it removes C0 discontinuities within the integration domain. We also propose practical integrand‐ and sample‐mirroring approaches which cancel the impact of boundary discontinuities on the convergence rate of estimators.


Aim: Our cross-sectional study set out to identify characteristics and predictors of hypertension control among adults on drug treatment. The aim was to provide current, actionable evidence of the factors that promote hypertension control and hence, improve health outcomes through reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional, and hospital-based study of 90 eligible, previously diagnosed and currently treated adults (18 years or older) with hypertension at the Medical Outpatients' Clinic of Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. Controlled hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure <140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg, on treatment with antihypertensive medication. The distribution of characteristics of adults with controlled hypertension was summarized with descriptive analysis and the predictor of hypertension control investigated by fitting binary logistic regression model.
Results: Mean age of the adult study population was 58.34 years (SD 12.54, 95% CI 55.78 to 60.91). The majority were female (57.8%), married (76.7%), self-employed (64.4%), urban dwellers (73.3%) and all (100%) had at least primary school education. Almost two-thirds (65.6%) had never taken or had stopped taking alcohol, and none self-reported current smoking status. Some 62.2% had excess adiposity, 17.8% had diabetes and 40% had evidence of hypertensive target organ damage. Only 10% (95% CI 4.7%-18.1%) of patients had health insurance coverage. Mean systolic blood pressure was 138 mmHg (SD 21.71; 95% CI 133-142) while mean diastolic blood pressure was 86 mmHg (SD, 13.96; 95% CI, 83-89 mmHg). Slightly over half of the study population (n = 47; 52.2%, 95% CI 41.4%-62.9%) had controlled hypertension. The most frequently prescribed antihypertensive medication was calcium channel blocker (84.4%) either singly or in combination with other drug classes. Majority of the patients (n = 61, 67.8%) were on free-drug or fixed-dose combinations. Fifty-two patients (57.8%; 95% CI 46.9%-68.1%) had good adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medication. Apart from health insurance coverage and good adherence to medications, no other patients' characteristics were significantly associated statistically, with controlled hypertension. The only independent predictor of controlled hypertension was good adherence to antihypertensive medication.
Conclusion: This study adds to the body of literature on hypertension control by shedding light on the attributes of adults with controlled hypertension. However, hypertension control to target among our study population was suboptimal. The salient evidence of gaps in hypertension control provided by this study should be regarded as an opportunity to review and adopt more effective patient-centered and health system-related hypertension control strategies. Wider health insurance coverage and interventions to boost patients' adherence to components of hypertension management are strategies that could make a significant impact on health outcomes, if adequately and sustainably implemented.


ABSTRACT Tephra fallout beds in marine sediments provide chronologically precise and highly resolved records of volcanism at time scales relevant to Quaternary climate cycles. While the record of discrete (visible) thin tephra beds is readily accessible, the significance of the dispersed (invisible) tephra record remains unclear. Here we evaluate the role of dispersed tephra for orbital-scale volcanic time variations in the Quaternary (<1.2 Ma) carbonate mud of IODP Hole U1437B (Northwest Pacific). The carbonate mud contains cyclic series of discrete fallout tephra beds from the oceanic Izu Bonin (~85% of tephra beds) and the continental Japan (~15%) volcanic arcs, respectively. Our results show the inorganic aluminosilicate (lithogenic) fraction is a mixture of dispersed Izu Bonin and Japan ash, and Asian dust. The time distribution of the Izu Bonin ash with its distinct composition appears to confirm and enhance the cyclic time variation of the discrete ash beds at Hole U1437B. Dispersed Japan ash resembles Asian dust in trace elements and is only distinguishable in Sr-Nd isotope space. Collectively, our results confirm the existence of periodic, orbital-scale fluctuations of arc volcanic frequency. Orbital-scale time variations of marine ash may be best established by series of discrete marine ash beds, yet the concomitant dispersed ash flux must also be recorded in order to understand the total flux of arc volcanic ash into the ocean basins and thus the role of the volcanism-climate link.


Paris polyphylla Smith. is a perennial herb, over exploited for its medicinal value and other anthropogenic activities like traditional method of Slash and Burn' (Jhuming) farming practice has reduced much of its habitat. As such the need to describe its potential habitats arises; this is achieved with Climate Suitability Modeling. The model was developed using 12 presence points. Temperature of coldest quarter and precipitation of warmest quarter act as an important determinant in the development of the model, these climatic variables correspond with the climatic conditions in the predicted areas which is necessary for post dehiscence maturation of seeds. Ground truthing work was being carried out to ascertain the highly predicted areas and plants were also introduced in areas predicted as suitable as well as in areas predicted as not suitable to confirm the usefulness of the model. The model also corresponds with an experiment on seed germination by temperature stratification. The study gives a different approach on validation of habitat modeling in addition with the statistical significance by observing plant response introduced in areas predicted suitable and unsuitable as well as matching plant physiology and the influences of the climatic variables on it. This work introduces a new concept modeling named 'Mosaic Model' for those species which are sensitive to different climatic conditions. In this concept model a big area can be fragmented into small areas depending on different climatic conditions. Model can be prepared for each area followed by stitching of these small models into one model (Mosaic model). This model would be able to predict the distribution of a species growing in diverse environmental condition.


In acid-base titrations, indicator are used to show a sharp color changes at end point which are mostly organic dyes. Due to environmental pollution, availability and cost, the search for natural acid-base indicator was started. In the present study the extract of Beta vulgaris was used to replace the synthetic indicators due to the disadvantage of less availability and high cost of synthetic dye. Extract of Beta vulgaris gives sharp and intense color changes as compared to synthetic indicator. The extracts were evaluated by using strong acid-strong base, strong acid-weak base, weak acid-strong base and weak acid-weak base. In all these titrations the extract was found to be very useful and accurate for indicating the neutralization point. Methanolic extract of Beta vulgaris was found to be a very useful, economical, simple and accurate for titration. The proposed herbal indicators can be used as a substitute to synthetic indicators.


The invention provides an M-shaped full-automatic winding machine which is provided with a master controller, a film clamping device, an automatic film-cutting device and a film-lifting device, wherein the film clamping device is arranged on an M-shaped turntable, is driven to work by a motor and adopts a storage battery as a power supply; a second-level controller is arranged on the M-shaped turntable; the second-level controller is in communication connection with the master controller through wireless data and is controlled by the master controller; the second-level controller is used for controlling a second motor to work; a film clamping position of the film clamping device is in front of a vertical column when the M-shaped turntable is rotated to an original position angle; a storage battery charging connecting device is also arranged on an M-shaped winding machine; when the M-shaped turntable is rotated to a charging position angle, the upper part of the turntable and the exterior of the turntable of the charging connecting device are electrically connected with each other; the driving motor of a film frame lifting device, the driving motor of the M-shaped turntable and the power device in the automatic film-cutting device and the film-lifting device are controlled by the master controller. According to the invention, the automatic film clamping can be realized in the M-shaped winding machine, so that the full-automatic film winding is realized.


This autoethnography seeks to open up for re-interpretation and debate three topics that feature within social work practice, research, and education: firstly the value and use of metaphor in understanding practice, secondly approaches to social work reflective writing, and thirdly the issue of poverty and its significance and impact in child and family social work. Metaphors can be valuable in framing understanding of issues within social work practice and advocating for change. Three metaphors have been particularly used in understanding the relationship between social work practice and poverty: The Invisibility of Poverty, The Elephant in the Room, and The Wallpaper of Practice. The three Parts of this autoethnography each adopt a different approach to autoethnographic writing and addresses and unsettles one of these metaphors. The first part adopts a narrative-reflective-analytical approach conventional to reflective writing in social work. The second and third parts adopt poetic and post-humanist approaches, respectively. It is proposed that adopting autoethnography as a methodology challenges the uncritical application of metaphor to situated practice and thereby prevents interpretive foreclosure. 'Writing against' objectified social work knowledge may assist in opening up practice to more challenging critical reflection and re-interpretation. Juxtaposing these three parts demonstrates the potential of non-conventional autoethnographic approaches to provide opportunities for deeper reflection on the experiences of doing social work within the context of poverty than conventional approaches to reflective writing. Furthermore, they indicate a need to reconsider how well these metaphors reflect social work practice experience with poverty.


Ba3Al2O6 was successfully synthesized by using solid-state reaction between BaCO3 and Al2O3 powers. The phase structure and morphologies of product were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The reversible reaction between Ba3Al2O6 and CO2 has been expressed as 1/2Ba3Al2O6 + CO2 = 1/2BaAl2O4 + BaCO3, and the corresponding thermodynamic calculations were also carried out in the present study. Ba3Al2O6 was found to capture CO2 over a wide temperature range with a maximum weight increase of 15.68%. The kinetics of absorption and desorption reactions between Ba3Al2O6 and CO2 were investigated by thermogravimetry, at various temperatures under different partial pressures of CO2. Based on the kinetic analyses, the absorption process of CO2 is controlled by the diffusion in the inner solid product layer, and its kinetics can be described by the widely used Ginstling-Brounshtein function, with the activation energies extracted to be 14.11, 13.85 and 12.89 kJ/mol when the concentration of CO2 are 10, 50 and 100% CO2, respectively.


ABSTRACT The worldwide prevalence of mental health problems has increased noticeably over the last three decades, with approximately 20 percent of adolescents suffering from either mental health or behavioural problems. As it is well known that positive and negative emotions are major influences on mental health, psychological well-being is a particularly crucial component of mental health. The present study investigates the role of intergenerational transmission in the development of psychological well-being in adolescents. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), OLS linear regression models were estimated for 2,794 adolescents and their parents, while taking into account whether the assumed relation depends on the gender constellations of parents and their children. The results of the statistical analysis provided moderate evidence for the intergenerational transmission of psychological well-being, especially with respect to parents' and adolescents' negative affect. However, no significant differences between same-sex and opposite-sex parent-child dyads could be found.


: Background - Although nitroglycerin has remained in clinical use since 1879 the mechanism by which it relaxes blood vessels to lower blood pressure remains incompletely understood. Nitroglycerin undergoes metabolism generating several reaction products, including oxidants, and this 'bioactivation' process is essential for vasodilation. Protein kinase G (PKG) mediates classical nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation, but the 1 (cid:302) isoform is also independently activated by oxidation involving interprotein disulfide formation within this homodimeric protein complex. We hypothesised that nitroglycerin-induced vasodilation is mediated by disulfide activation of PKG1 (cid:302) . Methods and Results - smooth muscle cells or isolated blood vessels with nitroglycerin caused PKG1 (cid:302) disulfide dimerization. PKG1 (cid:302) disulfide formation was in wild-type mouse aortae by in vivo nitroglycerin treatment, but this oxidation was lost as tolerance developed. To establish whether oxidation underlies nitroglycerin-induced PKG1 knock-in that cannot transduce oxidant signals vital redox-sensing thiol. 'redox-dead' knock-in (cid:302) disulfide formation is a significant mediator of nitroglycerin-induced vasodilation and tolerance to nitroglycerin is associated with loss of kinase oxidation. ccurvveve cconnsnsttrtrucuccteeed vevesssssselelelss s d coccompmpmpaarareded bbeetetweweenene gggenenenotootypyppeseses trtrtreaeaateteted d wiwithhh v vehehehiiciclelee GTGTGTNN fooorr


In this paper, we discuss a technology as an industrial application of service-oriented engineering. The technology accomplishes continuous service in a wireless communication system.


In order to reveal the sustainable utilization situation of cultivated land resources in Wenling City and to probe the reasons,this paper applies EF model to analyze the sustainability of cultivated land resources in Wenling City between 2000 and 2006 using the latest data provided by FAOSTAT and other international authorities.The analysis is based on the supply-demand balance of EF,the supply-demand structure of EF and the sustainability of cultivated land resources.Some certain improvement has been made in ecological capacity model.The results show that the ecological defi cit per capita increased from-0.005 9 hm2 in 2000 to 0.049 hm2 in 2006 which means the utilization of cultivated land resources in Wenling City is unsustainable and it tends to be more serious.The supply-demand structure of cultivated land bio-products is obviously asymmetric,and cereals and oil crops suffer a severe shortage.Although the ecological index has plunged with ? uctuation from 2000 to 2006,the EF effi ciency increases steadily,presenting a great potential for cultivated land resources conservation.


Battery is one of the most used technologies in everyday life (cellular, electric vehicle or hybrid cars). Improvement in the specific capacity (energy by weight or volume) and charging rate has a potential to even significantly improve their used. Hence, the research in battery materials is very important, well founded and will have a direct economical and social impact. Most of the actual battery technology is based on the displacement of Lithium ion (Li) from two active materials (i.e., graphite for the anode and LiFePO4 for the cathode). It is thus essential to determine the distribution and the amount of Li with a good spatial resolution (<< 1 μm) In terms of microstructural characterization Li is very difficult to analysed using conventional detector because it is a very light element and emits low energy x-rays (52 eV). Optical Emission spectrometry and XPS can easily detect Li but without any no good lateral resolution. In counterpart, Li has a relatively high sputtered yield and low backscattered coefficient. Mass spectra have been used in dedicated secondary ion mass microscope (SIMS), either static or Time of Flight (TOF) but with, again, with a limited lateral resolution.


This article presents some operating characteristics of a failure counting group replacement policy. A group of identical units are put in service together. The maintenance policy applied for them is a group replacement policy based on failure count; they are replaced altogether when a number of failures reaches a certain amount. For the expected cost rate function under the failure counting group replacement policy, this article presents a method to obtain the optimum cost rate. We also show that the optimum cost rate is an increasing function in the fleet size. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the results.


Objective:To study the effects of LPS on fetal islet function and IL 6 production in vitro.Methods:The islets from fetal pancrease was separated by collagenase type V (0.5 mg/ml)and cultured with or without LPS(10 μg/ml)in vitro.The supernatants of primary culture and second culture of human fetal islets for different days were assayed for IL 6,insulin,glucogon.Results:The results showed①IL 6 secretion was siginificantly chanced and was maximal by 8th day after exposure to LPS and increased 145 folds (50 vs 7 284 mU/islet);②After renewal of new mediual and restimulating with LPS,IL 6 secretion was increased 25 folds(47 vs 1 175 mU/islet);③IL 6 McAb significantly neutralized the IL 6 activity of islet supernatants from each group,indicating that the IL 6 bioassay is specific;④IL 6 mRNA in human fetal islet exposed to LPS is higher than control in dot hybridization;⑤Insulin released to supernatants was increased (0.69~0.86 IU/islet)and glucagon secretion was decreased(1.80~0.18 pg/islet)after exposuring to LPS.Conclusion: Pancreatic islets may produce IL 6 and is promoted by LPS.The importance of IL 6 and LPS in regulating insulin and glucagon is under investigation.


the control. Other considerations include, the degree of interference with the flow when no control is needed, and compatibility of the device with A driven flexible wall transducer has been developed for the operating environment. In order to satisfy these conditions, several controlling unsteady and steady separating flows. The transducer consists non-traditional techniques for controlling separation have emerged (Gadofan array of electrostatically active strips under a flexible surface. The el-Hak and Bushnell, 1991). In spite of these advances, the transducer is at first used as a sensor to detect wall pressure fluctuation implementation of effective flow separation control remains a challenge frequencies which are believed to correspond to instabilities in the on high-speed rotating lifting-surfaces. Rotating stall on axial attached boundary layer and the separated shear layer. Next, selected compressor blades and dynamic stall on helicopter rotors are examples transducer strips are driven at one of the sensed frequencies so as to of undesirable flow separation induced effects involving rotating liftingintroduce vortices close to the wall. Reattachment can occur when these surfaces. Boundary layer flow separation on such surfaces is usually vortices move downstream to the separated shear layer. This method has unsteady, since the spatial location of the separation point and the instant been used to control transcritical flow separation on a circular cylinder of time when the flow separates are generally not known apriori. (Re of 1.5x 10) and reattach marginally separated boundary layers on an Additionally, the high-stress mechanical environment severely limits the NACA 0012 airfoil at Re values slightly under 10'. To increase the choice of hardware. The present work was initiated in order to develop strength and reduce the size of the controlling vortices, an elastomeric a practical device for such situations. The final design developed is based microstructured (EMEMS) version of this transducer is presented. The on an elastomeric microstructured electro-mechanical system or EMEMS transducer also has the potential of being robust and EMEMS. The rationale leading to this design, including proof of inexpensive. concept experiments, are described in this paper. INTRODUCTION WHY USE MEMS FOR FLOW SEPARATION CONTROL Controlling boundary layer flow separation is of interest for Passive devices, such as wall mounted vortex generators, a variety of practical engineering problems. The onset of flow separation generally contribute towards an unacceptably large drag penalty when usually limits the maximum performance attainable by devices used to control unsteady and intermittently separating flows. For employing lifting surfaces. Methods aimed at delaying or preventing optimum control of unsteady separation, an array of sensors is needed to separation have the potential of extending the operational regime of such direct the appropriate control input from an array of actuators to the devices. Examples of such devices range from aircraft wings to correct location at the right instant in time. To accomplish this compressor blades and pump impellers. In order to prevent or delay flow effectively, without introducing an unacceptable level of mechanical separation, the velocity profile in the boundary layer has to be modified. complexity, an array of small scale sensors and actuators as afforded by Traditionally, this is achieved either by removing the low-momentum MEMS is seen as the best solution. fluid or by re-energizing the slow wall-layer by injecting highMEMS based devices can be expected to manipulate smallmomentum fluid or enhancing mixing in the boundary layer. scale flow features in a boundary layer. These have to eventually control The design and selection of a device for flow separation flow separation, which is a large-scale feature. Hence, the relationship control is primarily based upon the efficacy of the device in providing between small scale perturbations and large scale features has to be "Present Affiliation: MAE Dept., Univ. of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90024


[1] Integration of high-resolution geophysical and hydrogeological investigations at Solfatara Volcano, Campi Flegrei, Italy, allowed us to (1) image the shallow and intermediate subsurface to the crater, (2) elucidate patterns in the shallow subsurface degassing, and (3) refine and upgrade volcano-monitoring strategies for this dynamic area. Our results show that the subsurface to the crater can be divided roughly into two zones: a dry, outcropping layer overlying a horizon saturated by hydrothermal fluids. Within this saturated zone, intersections of dominant NW- and ENE-striking structural lineaments act as preferential escape conduits for the fluids which generate high microseismic noise amplitudes in the southeastern part of the crater. Hydrogeological data suggest an uprising of the isotherms below Solfatara crater, and a marked increment of fluid degassing, over the last 40 years. Sudden variations of both seismic noise level and noise cycling are positively correlated with early stages of ground inflation during the AD 2000 uplift. We believe therefore that monitoring of seismic noise can be used for upgrading early warning strategies in this sector of the Campi Flegrei volcanic system.


A technique for measuring the change in sensitivity of a piezoelectric accelerometer in-situ and in real time is presented. This technique consists of electrically stimulating the accelerometer's piezoelectric element in a "diagnostic" frequency band and measuring the frequency response of the sensor's electromechanical properties. Changes in the electromechanical properties are related to shifts in accelerometer sensitivity. The diagnostic frequency band is much higher than the operating bandwidth of the accelerometer and includes the primary resonant frequencies of the accelerometer. A low pass fJlter system separates diagnostic data from the sensor's output signal facilitating the analysis of real-time. in-situ data on sensitivity without affecting the performance of the sensor. In developing this technique. tests are conducted on both piezoelectric elements and a compression-mode piezoelectric accelerometer. The electromechanical properties of several piezoelectric elements are measured using this technique. Test results include varying ambient temperature from 50 0 C to 1750 C. These data help formulate a model of the "diagnostic" frequency response function. called the autocalibration response and relate changes in autocalibration response to piezoelectric properties. A shift in sensitivity due to temperature ( 500 C to 1750 C) is measured for the compression-mode accelerometer and correlated to the autocalibration response data. Nomenclature


Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) is an essential component of Intelligent Transportation System that includes connectivity of vehicles on the road. Out of multiple research issues of VANETs, efficient routing is a major concern. Effective routing is needed because VANETs are applied to critical applications like accident alerts, driver assistance during vague weather. For this reason, a fast vehicle to vehicle communication is required. In this study, a lane based low overhead unicast procedure is proposed particularly for VANETs. The overhead is minimized by omitting the continuous GPS readings and using a novel position estimation scheme. The entire network is designed by using graphs for the comprehension of the problem. The proposed model is described by using Formal Methods. Formal Methods (FM) is one of the novel mathematical techniques used to prove the correctness and consistency of the model. Vienna Development Method-Specification Language (VDM-SL), a FM, is used for the detailed level description of the protocol. The proposed unicast algorithm is then formalized through VDM-SL. Static and dynamic properties, syntax and semantics of the proposed algorithm is verified through VDM-SL Toolbox.


To the Editor.— Surgical closure of an atrial septal defect is advised within the first two decades of life. Surgery performed after the age of 20 years is associated with a higher mortality and morbidity. Residual cardiomegaly is seldom seen unless the operation is performed after the second decade of life. Hugely dilated pulmonary arteries also are seldom seen after successful closure of an atrial septal defect. We describe a case that demonstrates the persistence of very enlarged pulmonary arteries 22 years after successful closure of an atrial septal defect. Report of a Case.— A 63-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea of two weeks' duration. In 1964, a cardiac murmur was detected by his private physician. A chest roentgenogram showed very enlarged pulmonary arteries. A cardiac catheterization demonstrated an atrial septal defect. He subsequently underwent closure of the defect. There were no postoperative complications. He remained


A spray-wall complex guided combustion system was proposed by utilizing the fuel characteristics of liquefied petroleum gas(LPG). Simulation model was verified by the experiment using the Plane Laser-Induced Fluorescence(PLIF),and optimizations on injector position,injection angle,and piston cavity shape were made using a commercial CFD code,Fire V2011. Mixture formation for the new combustion system at typical part load(2,000 r/min)was numerically simulated. Simulation results show that at the injection timing of 40,°,CA BTDC,the LPG sprays injected from the upper two holes reach the spark plug at the ignition timing of about 20,°,CA BTDC,while the LPG spray injected from the lower hole is directed to the spark plug through the vertical vortexes at the same time. These two part of mixture form a stable richer stratified mixture around the spark plug,and the maximum global air-fuel ratio reaches 60.


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Cryopreservation of human gametes and embryos is now considered as an important tool in assisted reproduction treatments as it increases the cumulative pregnancy rates while decreasing cost. Cryopreservation procedures are such unphysiological circumstances mainly on account of severe temperature and osmotic alterations. Since the early 1990s, two common methods of cryopreservation have been used. Both of these methods have finally depended on the freezing and solidification of cell or tissue. Recently, the one known as vitrification has been claimed as the future of cryopreservation because of increased survival and success rates. However, this method is a non-equilibrium technique of cryopreservation that shows critical requirements of much higher concentration of permeable cryoprotectants and rate of cooling. Thus, it is a more vigorous mean of all possible cell damage except the formation of intracellular ice crystals that is totally prevented by vitrification. Nevertheless, there is no adequate cumulative data on the outcomes of vitrification performed at different stages of human embryos. The aim of this study a) is to assess whether vitrification at different early stages (zygotes and cleavage) of human embryos alters the outcomes of vitrification. b) if so, to predict the preferable stage between the two stages of vitrification of human embryos to attain the highest yields. It has been well demonstrated that vitrification of human gametes and embryos have resulted in different success rates according to the developmental stage of the cell. Then, the most preferable stage of vitrification will be identified on the basis of blastocyst formation obtaining from extended culture conditions of the thawed embryos till day 5, using non-transferable embryos.


Why is the Uniform Commercial Code ("U.C.C." or "Code") so "nonuniform?" Might the Code be better understood and characterized as a patchwork of unorthodox local variations rather than a "uniform" statute? Are matters getting better or worse? And does it matter? These questions have come up perennially since the beginning of the Uniform Commercial Code project in 1940, and the recurrence of these questions surely signals our perceived lack of success in dealing with lack of uniformity within the Code. The persistent nature of the problem could suggest either that the affected interests lack the will to solve the problem or that the problem defies solution.


Research-based practice in nursing and midwifery is regarded as a means of ensuring that quality care is provided by integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from systematic research. Previous studies indicate that few midwives strive to achieve their role of safe motherhood by helping women and their families through the pregnancy and childbirth process using research-based practice. The study documents the practice of episiotomy by midwives in an urban setting. This is a cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative descriptive study. All midwives working in the labour ward at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in June–July 2009 were eligible for the study. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data regarding socio-demographic characteristics, professional training and evidence-based knowledge. Consenting and qualifying midwives were eligible for study. In-depth interviews were conducted among key informants over the same period. Data were analyzed using Statisti...


In 1951, Greene declared that he wrote as an "uninstructed Catholic", which means that he did not follow a prescribed or well-ordered formula of what it means to be religious. This conception of himself invites attention on how the relationships between literature and theology are organised and raises the main question which I shall answer over the course of the book, "What is a Catholic novel?", resting, as it does, on various conceptual oppositions, including dogma and experience, and faith and belief. These oppositions can be given shape and meaning within the field of contemporary theological aesthetics, which, according to recent accounts, is revelatory, transformative, and participatory.


In this paper we develop an explicit normal form conjugacy procedure, called an 'LMT normal form', to study linearization of a smooth vector field in the neighbourhood of a hyperbolic equilibrium point with resonant eigenvalues. We give an asymptotic expression for such a linearization in terms of functions of Logarithmic Mourtada type.


Objective To observe the effect of phenolic acids from Arnebia euchroma assist Mifepristone in anti-Earlypregnancy of mice and the effect of the phenolic acids on contractile activity of isolate uterine smooth muscle strips in gravid rats.Methods The mice with phenolic acids during the 6th to 8th days,and the restaining rate of pregnancy was observed.At the same time,the progesterone level in blood serum was deseruined by radioimmunoassay.The equipment of isolate uterine smooth muscle was used to study the effect of the phenolic acids on isolate uterine smooth muscle strips in gravid rats that has been pregnancy for 5~10days.Results 1040 mg/kg phenolic acids could markedly increase the restaining rate of pregnancy(P0.05) induced by Mifepristone dose (1.5 mg·kg-1).In addition,the number of everage still birth increased,however,to the the progesterone level in blood serum,it has little effect.(P0.05).The phenolic acids had a marked effect on contractile activity of isolate uterine smooth muscle strips in gravid rats.Conclusion The effect of the phenolic acids assist Mifepristone in anti-Earlypregnancy of mice is clear which is not relevant to the decrease of progesterone level phenolic acids has a marked effect on contractile activity of isolated uterine smooth muscle strips in gravid rats.


The interaction of heavy metals with sediments is complex and means are required to understand this matter more fully. Soil washing is among the methods available to remove heavy metals from sediments. This research was devoted to evaluating the performance of rhamnolipid for the removal of heavy metals, copper, zinc, and nickel, in batch and continuous flow configurations under different conditions, to investigate the mobility and availability of heavy metals by means of selective sequential extraction, and to find the mechanism for removal of heavy metals from the contaminated sediment obtained from the Lachine Canal, Quebec by using a rhamnolipid. The removal of heavy metals from sediments was up to 37% for Cu which was mostly from the organic, 13% of Zn which was mostly from the carbonate, and 27% of Ni which was mostly from oxide and carbonate fractions when rhamnolipid without additives was applied in the continuous flow configuration. By ion exchange experiments, complexation was found to be the major mechanism of removal for all three metals by rhamnolipid. Adding 1% NaOH elevated the role of ion exchange mechanism up to 67.1% for removal of zinc from the sediment. Rhamnolipid adsorbed to the sediment according to the Freundlich isotherm. The zeta potential of the sediment was measured at -24.3 mV for distilled water, -9.5mV for 2%, and -29.5 mV for 0.5% rhamnolipid. Scanning electron microscopy showed that washing with rhamnolipid does not change the texture of the sediment. Augmentation of the wetted surface area of the sediment improved the removal for all three metals (up to 3.5 times for copper), which emphasizes the role of this parameter in the removal process. A theory was established to explain the removal process of the metals, including wetting, contact of rhamnolipid to the surface of the sediment and detachment of the metals from the sediment. Rhamnolipid has proven its ability as a washing agent in heavy metals removal from sediments, but more research is required to improve the performance of the rhamnolipid before scale-up.


In this paper, the instant messaging service in network of interactive new media is expatiated upon. The applications of the instant message service are introduced, and the connotation of it is declared, as well as the actual social and industrial benefits. As an important part of the paper, the problems and solutions are demonstrated in detail. The instant messaging service of interactive new media network will become the important impetus to network syncretizing and new media economy.


When pulverized coal injection the No.1 1880m3 BF of Laigang is not made, because of low use level of the blast temperature and blast wandering, wet blasting process is adopted. The practices show that at the condition of all-coke operation, wet blasting process is an effective measure of stabilizing the furnace operation condition, and then improving blast temperature, increasing adjusting means of the bottom, the BF is regular working well and keeping stable and high production.


Objective:Patients who receive prolonged mechanical ventilation have high resource utilization and relatively poor outcomes, especially the elderly, and are increasing in number. The economic implications of prolonged mechanical ventilation provision, however, are uncertain and would be helpful to providers and policymakers. Therefore, we aimed to determine the lifetime societal value of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Design and Patients:Adopting the perspective of a healthcare payor, we developed a Markov model to determine the cost effectiveness of providing mechanical ventilation for at least 21 days to a 65-yr-old critically ill base-case patient compared with the provision of comfort care resulting in withdrawal of ventilation. Input data were derived from the medical literature, Medicare, and a recent large cohort study of ventilated patients. Measurements and Main Results:We determined lifetime costs and survival, quality-adjusted life expectancy, and cost effectiveness as reflected by costs per quality-adjusted life-year gained. Providing prolonged mechanical ventilation to the base-case patient cost $55,460 per life-year gained and $82,411 per quality-adjusted life-year gained compared with withdrawal of ventilation. Cost-effectiveness ratios were most sensitive to variation in age, hospital costs, and probability of readmission, although less sensitive to postacute care–facility costs. Specifically, incremental costs per quality-adjusted life-year gained by prolonged mechanical ventilation provision exceeded $100,000 with age ≥68 and when predicted 1-yr mortality was >50%. Conclusions:The cost effectiveness of prolonged mechanical ventilation provision varies dramatically based on age and likelihood of poor short- and long-term outcomes. Identifying patients likely to have unfavorable outcomes, lowering intensity of care for appropriate patients, and reducing costly readmissions should be future priorities in improving the value of prolonged mechanical ventilation.


This chapter offers a process and a series of exercises for achieving the authenticity of a brand via authentic leadership based on an independent evaluation consultant's 10‐year evolution. This process weaves together four aspects: authentic self, authentic goals, authentic relationships, and authentic lifestyle. Each aspect is guided by an inquiry question: Who am I? What do I care most about? What work is mine to do in the world? What partnerships are consistent with who I am? What schedule provides the best work/life balance for me? Together, these inquiry questions generate a learning journey for the consultant or the firm that is iterative, from year to year. The learning journey includes: understanding personal preferences, learning one's positionality, investing in one's self‐development and soft skills, finding one's tribe, and learning who is one's ideal client. Over time, these practices of self‐reflection on past, present, and future work can build one's authenticity, creating a strong and sustainable brand, and strong and sustainable life for the firm's leaders and workers.


This paper shows how a shorter fecundity horizon for females (a biological constraint) leads to age and educational disparities between husbands and wives. Empirical support is based on data from a natural experiment commencing before and ending after China's 1980 one-child law. The results indicate that fertility in China declined by about 1.2-1.4 births per woman as a result of China's anti-natalist policies. Concomitantly spousal age and educational differences narrowed by approximately 0.5-1.0 and 1.0-1.6 years respectively. These decreases in the typical husband's age and educational advantages are important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility declined, which has been the historical trend in most developed countries, husband-wife age and educational differences diminished leading to less division of labor in the home and a smaller gender wage disparity. Unlike other models of division of labor in the home which rely on innately endogenous factors, this paper's theory is based on an exogenous biological constraint.


The late Max Lerner liked to describe himself as "neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist."1 A journalist and teacher of deep conviction, whose career was devoted to interpreting liberal humanism in a changing world, Lerner was a master of the evocative phraseto wit the title "possibilist." HOW, then, might one characterize such a person? I would imagine that a possibilist would have the capacity to temper hope with foresight, dreams with care, and enthusiasm with patience. A possibilist would be able to approach educational problems with an eagerness to explore new ideas and practices, but without a willingness to be carried away by inflated expectations or promises. Knowing that panaceas abound in education and that prudence is rare, a possibilist would profoundly understand the vital importance of education and the perpetually imperfect nature of the endeavor. Most of all, perhaps, a possibilist would recognize the degree to which education is enmeshed in the historic problems and the contemporary and future prospects of the society of which it is a part. Having passed through almost a decade of educational "crisis," people in education may be entering a time that is ripe for the possibilist. This should not suggest that the challenges before us are minor. Quite the opposite is the case. Creating schools that are safe havens for all children seems more difficult today than ever before, and creating such schools is but a necessary first step toward nurturing high levels of knowledge, skill, responsibility, and thoughtfulness. That notwithstanding, the challenges I have in mind at the moment pertain less to the immediate tasks school personnel face in the classrooms of 1993 than to our capacity to think about and plan for education tomorrow. We live in a world in which our most basic maps change constantly. The geographic and geopolitical map of the world in the middle 1990s is not the same as it was in the middle 1980s; nor are our maps of the human mindput otherwise, our conceptions of intelligencewhat they were a decade ago. The technologies we use to communicate have proliferated and they have altered the pace and boundaries of our lives-think of the FAX or of the man running down the street talking on the cellular telephone; think, too, of the


The author differentiates between globalism, an ideology, and globalisation, a process that affects us all. He compares globalism and nationalism, considering the positive, negative, and similar, aspects of each, using examples from Eastern Europe where a struggle is taking place between the two, interdependent, ideologies. He advocates 'the constant presence of both to avoid the hegemony of either'.


BY THE END of the year, nurses across Europe will be piloting what the World Health Organization is calling a 'new concept' in nursing: the family health nurse.


THE AIM
of this study was to compare the effect of the following antihistamines: cetirizine 10mg, desloratadine 5mg, fexofenadine 120 and 180mg, levocetirizine 5mg, loratadine 10mg, and placebo, administered in the recommended doses over the period of 5 days, on the visually assessed histamine-induced skin reaction, using the Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF).

MATERIAL AND METHODS
Forty two volunteers (aged 18-22) who gave a written consent before entering the study, were randomized in seven groups of six subjects each. The skin prick test with histamine solution of 10mg/ml was performed on the ventral forearm, 10 cm from the elbow, before and at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18, and 24 hours after drug administration, as well as once daily for the next 4 days of antihistamine drug or placebo intake, and 9 days following the treatment. Diameters of wheal and flare as well as the LDF index measured with Periflux PF3 flowmeter and skin probe, 5mm from the histamine-provoked area, were assessed 10 minutes after performing the above-mentioned skin prick test.

RESULTS
The current study revealed that during the 5-day treatment with recommended doses of cetirizine, desloratadine, fexofenadine, levocetirizine, and loratadine, a significant reduction of histamine-induced wheal, flare and the LDF index was observed as compared to the initial values and placebo intake, reaching the maximum value within the first 24 hours, weakening on the next day, and then gradually increasing during the following days. After the 5-day treatment drugs used for the study were lined up according to the volume of reduction in histamine-induced skin reaction (largest>smallest): levocetirizine > cetirizine > fexofenadine 180mg = fexofenadine 120mg > loratadine = desloratadine.

CONCLUSIONS
Following the end of the treatment, the effect of the antihistamines on skin reaction was subsiding in such an order: after 24 hours in case of loratadine and desloratadine, after two days for both doses of fexofenadine, and 3-4 days for cetirizine and levocetirizine.


To the Editor: The recent article by Dr Terry and colleagues provides important data on the chemopreventive effects of aspirin and breast cancer risk. It is likely that the preventive effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is actually stronger than reported in this article. The analysis derived from the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project was based only on reported use of aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen, so that any women who used other NSAIDs (including naproxen, etodolac, ketoprofen, and sulindac, which are available by prescription) would have been included in the nonuser category. Given that these medications are often used for arthritis or chronic pain, it is likely that a substantial number of the nonusers were actually regular users of prescription NSAIDs. This misclassification of users and nonusers would attenuate any true inverse association between NSAIDs and breast cancer. In a recent population-based case-control study, we found stronger inverse associations between NSAID use and breast cancer than those reported by Terry et al (regular use 3 years; odds ratio [OR], 0.33; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.210.53). Moreover, the inverse association was stronger for prescription NSAIDs than for nonprescription NSAIDs. These findings stress the importance of having data on all types of NSAID use, not just aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen. Breast cancer chemoprevention with NSAIDs is an exciting prospect. Future studies should strive to collect complete data on NSAID use to obtain more accurate estimates of the protective effects. Furthermore, these studies should determine which NSAIDs are most efficacious in reducing breast cancer risk.


The stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (eldana) causes substantial economic losses in the South African sugar industry. Reliable information is required regarding possible roles of crop nutrition and soil properties on eldana damage levels. The objective of this study was to make use of field trial data to elucidate the effects of macronutrients and soil properties on eldana damage. Data from 16 harvested crops in ten N response trials – with N rates varying from zero to well in excess of crop requirements for optimum growth – revealed only three instances where eldana damage increased with increasing N application rate. In field trials (two sites) where Si was included as a treatment, eldana damage decreased with Si application in one out of the four crops. A survey carried out in the North Coast and Midlands South regions, with soils varying extensively in clay and organic matter contents, revealed that eldana damage increased markedly with decreasing clay and organic matter levels, as reflected by volume weight measurements (R 2 =0.76, n=23). This relationship has not previously been reported. These findings indicate that: (1) crops growing on sandy, lower organic matter soils are more likely to suffer high levels of eldana damage than those with a lower volume weight; (2) the current practice of curtailing N application rates in an effort to reduce eldana damage inevitably results in yield reductions and appears unwarranted on soils with low (<1.25 mg/L) volume weights; and (3) Si and K application (on deficient soils) was highlighted as a means of limiting eldana damage, and research on these and other nutrients' effects on eldana should continue to receive priority.


A main feature of European fisheries management is a programme to reduce the level of capacity in EU fisheries. A criticism of such programmes is that the remaining fleet can increase their level of fishing effort thereby reducing the benefits from the programme. The extent to which the remaining fleet is capable of increasing effort is partly dependent upon the current level of efficiency of the fleet. If the current fleet is largely operating on an inefficient basis, then effort can increase through reducing the inefficiencies. In this study, the level of efficiency of individual demersal trawlers operating in the English Channel is estimated using a stochastic frontier production function. The causes of any inefficiencies are explained based on the characteristics of the boats making up the fleet. Measures are undertaken to distinguish under-utilisation of capacity from technical inefficiency. This study is part of the EU funded project 'Bio-economic modelling of the fisheries of the English Channel' (CT-96-1993).


Abstract Since 1996, a dense network of Alpine automatic weather and snow-measurement (Interkantonales Mess- und Informationssystem (IMIS)) stations has been in operational use for local and regional avalanche warning. The measurements of the IMIS stations are assumed to be representative for spatially extended regions around the measuring sites for applications in avalanche risk management. In this study, the regional representativeness of these stations with regard to the daily amount of new snow is investigated. The results show that the amount of daily new snow is spatially correlated in a range of ∼5–55 km. Regarding simultaneous observations of daily new snow measurements, which are ∼5–10 km apart, the probability of detection (POD) is given as 0.5±0.03. In this paper, the POD of an automatic warning network is introduced as an indicator of the representativeness of point measurement information for avalanche warning applications. The results of this study may mark a reference value for verification of spatially distributed Alpine meteorological models which evaluate the amount of daily new snow in the Swiss Alps.


As it is well known, with the increase of the unit output, the relative starting torque
(related to the nominal value) decreases in the induction machine with squirrel-cage rotor.
This effect can be partially eliminated by using a new type patented rotor, having a
starting disc. The disc, made of ferromagnetic material, is fixed to the shaft near the end
rings of the single-cage basic machine. The discs can be regarded as a solid rotor where
the stator is formed by the end windings of the basic machine. A further effect is that
it causes skin effect in the neighbouring end rings (resistance increase in the rotor circuit
of the basic machine). The increase of the starting torque is proportional to the sum of
the eddy-current losses in the starting discs and the surplus loss in the end rings. The
rotor, with starting discs, can be used with the best results for induction machines of high
output and small pole number (Pn > 500 kW, p < 2).


The present invention discloses a mobile terminal recovers after an application restart, which includes a terminal body and a battery, the terminal body includes a power management module, power monitoring module, baseband chip module, memory module and the backup energy storage module, wherein the battery and detachable connection terminal body, and for supplying the connection terminal body. Energy storage means for back-up battery and the terminal body when the terminal is disconnected main power supply, power monitor module is a feedback signal to the baseband chip off when the battery module is disconnected terminal body. And baseband chip memory module and the module connector comprises a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory, a baseband chip module when receiving the power-off signal to save parameters currently running application in the volatile memory to the non-volatile a volatile memory. By the above-described embodiment, the present invention is able to resume running the application when the mobile terminal power failure restart.


The paper is focused on a system of terms for the effective analysis of the precedent phenomena (text-precedents, names-precedents, situations-precedents, phrases-precedents) in the Chinese discourse. The author classifies four types' names-precedents: names-anthroponyms, names-eventonyms, names-chrematonyms and names-ideonyms.


The composites of Fe1.2Ga0.8O3 (metal doped hematite) and Co1.25Fe1.75O4 (spinel ferrite) have been prepared by weight mixing method. X-ray diffraction pattern and Raman spectroscopy have been used to confirm the coexistence of rhombohedral structure of Fe1.2Ga0.8O3and spinel structure of Co1.25Fe1.75O4. The Energy dispersive analysis of X-ray spectrum has been used to determine elemental composition of the composite samples. The ferromagnetic and dielectric properties of the material have been studied at room temperature by adjusting weight ratio of Fe1.2Ga0.8O3 and Co1.25Fe1.75O4components. The samples have shown properties of ferromagnetic-dielectric material with electrical conductivity 10-8–10-11 S/cm, dielectric constant in the range 0.002-20 and extremely low dielectric loss (<1) above 1 kHz. The composite samples showed good signature of ferroelectric properties, although polarization leakage has increased in the composite samples with the increase of Fe1.2Ga0.8O3 content. The results could be interesting for designing suitable ferromagnetic and ferroelectric composite materials for possible applications in spintronics devices, whose operation can be controlled by simultaneous applications of electric field and magnetic field


Objective To investigate the fatigue status and sleep quality of armymen in a certain training base of armored car and tank and supple reference for appropriate interventions. Methods The armymen in the training base were investigated by fatigue scale-14(FS-14) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI). Results All indexes of FS-14 and PSQI except sleep medication using were higher than those of the normal group(P0.01).Physical fatigue,mental fatigue and fatigue scores of the officers were higher than those of the volunteers(P0.05).The fatigue scores of the officers were higher than those of the conscripts(P0.05).Sleep latency of the conscripts were higher than that of the officers and volunteers(P0.05). Conclusion Armymen in a certain training base have severer fatigue and low sleep quality,which should be highly valued.


A novel strategy of probability density function (PDF) shape control is proposed in stochastic systems. The controller is designed whose parameters are optimally obtained through the improved particle swarm optimization algorithm. The parameters of the controller are viewed as the space position of a particle in particle swarm optimization algorithm and updated continually until the controller makes the PDF of the state variable as close as possible to the expected PDF. The proposed PDF shape control technique is compared with the equivalent linearization technique through simulation experiments. The results show the superiority and the effectiveness of the proposed method. The controller is excellent in making the state PDF follow the expected PDF and has the very small error between the state PDF and the expected PDF, solving the control problem of the PDF shape in stochastic systems effectively.


ABSTRACT The vast majority of research literature concerning the street-level behavior of police has focused almost exclusively on the work of officers employed by large, municipal police agencies. Given this tendency for researchers to focus on "big city" police, the work of county-level policing, primarily done through the office of the county sheriff, has often been overlooked as a subject of study. This gap in the literature is especially salient because of the distinctive political and organizational features of the office of county sheriff. Using data collected through the systematic observation of deputy sheriffs and a comparison group of small-town and rural local municipal officers located within the same Ohio county, the present study provides data concerning the work routines and citizen interactions of these officers. Comparisons concerning the work of deputy sheriffs, the small-town and rural local officers, as well as their more-often studied urban counterparts are discussed.


This paper introduces a online training system for CPP (controllable pitch propeller),which is used in sailor training. Online training system for CPP is implemented using computer network, serial communication, network communication, simulating,Windows program and new results of control engineering. It has the function of real- time control,sailor training,network communicating,data management and alarming.Consequently,the training efficiency is improved.


Abstract : The U.S. Navy is a major investor in ocean model development. The pay-off of such an investment is the value-added ocean nowcast/forecast systems on the naval operations and warfare effectiveness. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the value-added of the Navy s nowcast/forecast system to the naval antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASUW). The nowcast/forecast versus observational fields were used by the Weapon Acoustic Preset Program (WAPP) to determine the suggested presets for Mk 48 variant torpedo. The metric used to compare the two sets of outputs is the relative difference in acoustic coverage area generated by WAPP. Output presets are created for five different scenarios, two ASUW scenarios and three ASW scenarios in the South China Sea. The same metrics used in the nowcast/forecast case were used to generate and compare the acoustic coverage. Analysis of the output reveals that the ocean forecast system outperformed the nowcast system in most scenarios.


Background Palm oil, generally traded as crude palm oil (CPO), is one of the main sources of biodiesel. Biodiesel accounts for over three-quarters of total biofuel consumption in the European Union. The production of CPO to manufacture food, detergents and cosmetics is already extensive and has been further stimulated by demand for liquid biofuels, and the need to replace other food oils diverted for energy consumption.


The aim of this study was to develop a novel semi-dark chocolate product and investigate the effect of guar gum, palm oil, and sucralose addition on organoleptic properties. Six formulations of guar gum and palm oil were analyzed. A control sample was also developed for comparative analysis. The level of fat was optimized by using palm oil and guar gum in the ratio of 10:0, 8:0.1, 6:0.23, and 4:0.4. Developed formulations were evaluated for their physiochemical properties, pH, energy value, polyphenols, antioxidants, sucrose, and reducing sugars, anti diabetic assay. A semi-dark chocolate confection with acceptable organoleptic properties was obtained using cocoa 33%, skim milk 66%. The findings reveal that the 39.9gm of chocolate prepared with requisite 4gm of palm oil and 0.4gm of non-digestible guar gum attained acceptable organoleptic properties as compared to the traditional one. An optimal combination showed lower amount of calories in the final product and higher phenolic/antioxidant content, and also proved to be anti-diabetic. Stability of the final product was also evaluated over a period of 30 days. Results predicted positive effects over the health concerns such as blood cholesterol, glycemic index. Keywords: Organoleptic, Formulation, Anti diabetic, Phenolic, Antioxidant, Glycemic Index


The present work details a study performed for determination of the causes of the premature rupture of a spring used in aviation clutch of a turbo starter. The study is based on the general methodology applicable to failure analysis. Fracture surface, mechanical and chemical properties and microstructure of the spring material are analyzed. The results showed that the fracture of the spring was caused by a mechanical fatigue mechanism. The cracks and fracture initiate on the inner surface, and the opening direction of cracks is consistent with the residual tensile stress of the spring inner surface. The fracture of the spring was caused by a mechanical fatigue mechanism whose origin is related to stress concentrations, probably aggravated by oxide inclusions.


Based fundamentally on the Italian archival documents, this essay examines the internal affairs and the struggle for power of the ṭarīqah al-sanūsiyyah during the First World War, a strongly problematic period for the brotherhood. The decision to take the side of the Ottoman Empire by the sayḫ al-kabīr Aḥmad al-Sarīf was not unanimously shared: his cousin (and future king of independent Libya) Muḥammad Idrīs inclined for an alliance with Great Britain. Inside the Sanūsī tribes, decimated by the war and its scourges, the question arose of the legitimacy of the supreme charge between the branch of direct descent from the founder (to which Idrīs belonged) and the collateral branch represented by Aḥmad al-Sarīf. In 1902 the latter had been chosen to direct the ṭarīqah due to the young age of Idrīs: some thought that Idrīs would have to take up the post that had been his father's when he became of age. This 'family affair', linked to the political and economic control of the country and to the ambitions of the leading members of the brotherhood, remains controversial, and had dramatic consequences even during the monarchy.


2014 The structure of spin-0 meson photoproduction from spin-1 /2 particles is given in several useful optimal frames Polarization experiments for this reaction are then discussed from the point of view of a) determining the reaction amplitudes, b) studying one-particle-exchange mechanisms, c) detecting patterns in the amplitude structure. The existing data are then analyzed in terms of the above considerations, and the need for future experiments is specified. J. Phys. France 51 (1990) 1139-1161 1er JUIN 1990,


For practical quantum computing, it will be necessary to detect the fluorescence from trapped ions using microscale ion trap chips. We describe the first design, fabrication and assembly of a set of diffractive optics for intimate integration into the trap chip and for coupling this fluorescence into multimode fibers. The design is complicated by the constraints of the ion trap environment. In addition, the choice of available materials is restricted to those compatible with ultrahigh vacuum. The completed optics-ion trap assembly has successfully demonstrated ion trapping, as well as ion shuttling, with no necessary modifications to the trapping and shuttling voltage levels.


This article approaches questions around materiality in digital writing practice in terms of performance, sound, and sound-poetry. Using Alan Golding's term 'Transitional Materiality' as a kind of model which connects my own practice-based project 'Sounding.js'. The article also considers the practice of the Language Poets and their exploration of materiality, performance and the sound of language in relation to the propositions of the Italian futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Other works discussed are Steve McCaffery's 'Carnival' and Christian Bok's 'Cyborg Opera'.


And producing a ligand compositions of the individual coating nanostructures provides a device comprising a coating nanostructures themselves and said nanostructures. Reversible denaturation method after deposition shell formation method and nanostructures on the nanostructures are also provided. Ligand and coating the nanostructures of the present invention is particularly useful in close-packed nanostructure composition, it is possible to reduce crosstalk between the improvement and / or nanostructures of quantum confinement.


This paper describes the use of custom Wie Spectrum filters for evaluation of image noise. The met involves dividing the spectrum into radial and angu bands and computing volumes for each band. The b volumes are then compared to visual data to determ desired model form and band weightings. If desired, resulting models automatically account for acquisition a visual transfer functions. An example of mod optimization for Ink Jet mottle and banding rejection described. The optimized model predicts visual qua results.Introduction


The invention provides a substrate for lamination of a flexible photovoltaic assembly, and a lamination method of the flexible photovoltaic assembly. The substrate for lamination of the flexible photovoltaic assembly comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate; and the upper substrate is arranged over a laid flexible photovoltaic assembly in the lamination process, and the lower substrate is arranged under the laid flexible photovoltaic assembly in the lamination process. The upper substrate is arranged over the laid flexible photovoltaic assembly in the lamination process in order to make all layers of the flexible photovoltaic assembly to be well laminated, and the lower substrate is arranged under the laid flexible photovoltaic assembly in the lamination process to make all the layers in the flexible photovoltaic assembly have certain curvature in order to stretch all the layers, so the deformation effect of all the layers is reduced, and the wrinkle and unevenness phenomena formed on the surface layer of the laminated photovoltaic assembly are avoided.