In February of this year, the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture issued a decree to allow peatlands less than 3-m deep to be converted to oil palm plantations (Figure 1), which effectively frees up 8% (~2 million ha) of the country's peatland area for development. This decree reverses President Yudhoyono's decision, in December 2007, to ban the conversion of peatlands to oil palm. While we recognize the country's sovereign right to secure more land for economic development, we argue that this decision is a monumental mistake for Indonesia's long-term economic prosperity and sustainability. This decision is counterproductive for five main reasons: (1) the decree recommends drainage of peatlands to a depth of 60–80 cm, which will release enormous amounts of greenhouse gases that will exacerbate global climate change (Page et al. 2009); (2) although peat accumulation rates in the tropics (4–5 mm per year) are higher than those in temperate and boreal regions (< 1 mm per year), regeneration of peatlands post-harvest optimistically would still take at least several centuries, assuming underlying hydrological and soil conditions remain unchanged by oil palm development (Chimner and Ewel 2005); (3) swamp forests growing on tropical peatlands are some of the most biologically diverse – yet poorly studied – tropical ecosystems on Earth (Sodhi et al. 2004), so their conversion to oil palm plantations further compromises the faltering biodiversity and associated ecosystem services in Southeast Asia (Bradshaw et al. 2009); (4) haze from burning will threaten human health and increase related public health costs, both within and beyond Indonesia's borders (Lohman et al. 2007); and (5) the decision effectively undermines the prospect of REDD (reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) in developing countries to offset some of the opportunity costs of preserving peatlands, or to at least compensate for the diversion of planned oil palm to artificial, biologically impoverished grasslands. Indeed, REDD credits – given price parity with carbon credits traded in compliance markets – might allow such projects to yield up to US$6605 per ha on a 30-year basis, a value comparable to that earned by converting forest to oil palm (US$3835–$9630 per ha; Butler et al. 2009). We propose the following three international policy changes to provide better long-term outcomes for Indonesia. First, Indonesia should postpone its final decision until after the next Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009), when REDD is expected to be recognized as a legitimate Clean Development Mechanism emission reduction activity. Such a delay would give more opportunity to model the profitability of REDD versus oil palm more accurately. Second, beginning this year, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil should stipulate that, as a criterion for certified sustainable palm oil, plantations may not be converted from peatlands. Finally, environmental scientists should immediately start mapping all peatlands in Indonesia to facilitate the identification and exposure of companies planning to develop oil palm plantations on peatlands, to the detriment of the country's long-term sustainability. Lian Pin Koh, Rhett A Butler, and Corey JA Bradshaw Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (email@example.com); Mongabay.com, Menlo Park, CA; The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; South Australian Research and Development Institute, Henley Beach, South Australia, Australia


We begin with defining the ubiquitous concept of a vector space and several properties associated with them, as well as mathematical operations defined on them. The concept of a vector space is, in general, defined over an arbitrary field of scalars. However, we shall restrict ourselves to real vector spaces, i.e. those defined over the field of reals. Definition 2.1 (Vector Space). A real vector space V is a set of mathematical objects which are called vectors, having certain properties, as mentioned below.


This paper examines the APCA/Climate Wise Partnership and its potential energy and environmental impacts. We discuss the issues surrounding greenhouse gas emissions from the production of cement, new and future technologies, and the primary drivers and barriers associated with reducing emissions. The APCA/CW Partner actions and the aggregated impacts of these actions that are undertaken through this partnership are examined. These impacts include cost and energy savings and emission reductions for the current year, and estimated for the year 2000. Comparing these impacts to industrial CO2 benchmarks indicate the level of effort and what additionally needs to be accomplished. The current results from this partnership indicate that if the remainder of the industry adopts their level of effort, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced well below the business-as-usual benchmarks. The U.S. cement industry accounts for about 1.5 percent of U.S. industrial energy use and about 5 percent ofU.S. industrial carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. In 1997 Climate Wise and the American Portland Cement Alliance (APCA) embarked upon a unique partnership to turn energy efficiency and pollution prevention into a corporate asset. This partnership consists of the 16 APCA member companies, representing nearly 60 percent of U.s. cement manufacturing capacity. Climate Wise, working with APCA and industry representatives, developed the cement industry Action Plan Software, reporting workbook, and sample Action Plan. Through these tools, continued technical support, and the hard work of the A companies, this partnership is showing positive results~ Over half of the APCA Climate Wise partners have submitted Action Plans detailing a comprehensive array of current and future actions to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions0 These Action Plans have supplied valuable information about how this industry is reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The limate Wise Program Climate Wise is a partnership initiative sponsored by the U.S. EPA designed to stimulate the voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions among participating manufacturing companies. Climate Wise hopes to spur innovation in turning energy efficiency and environmental performance into a corporate asset, by encouraging broad goals, providing technical assistance, and allowing organizations to identify the most costeffective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Wise currently has over 500 partners across the country whose combined energy use represents about 13 percent of u.S. industrial energy use. As part of their Climate Wise commitment, partner companies develop comprehensive tion Plans that describe their energy efficiency and pollution prevention goals, the specific actions undertaken to achieve these goals, the time frame for


In order to solve the data scarcity problem of massive short text categorization,a semi-supervised short text categorization method based on attribute selection was presented.An attribute selection algorithm based on ReliefF and independence measures was used to overcome the limitation of the attributes independence assumption by deleting irrelevant or redundant attributes,and an ensemble algorithm based on Expectaion-Maximization(EM)was used to resolve the problems of sensitivity to initial values in semi-supervised EM algorithm.The experiments on real corpus show that the proposed method can more effectively and stably utilize the unlabeled examples to improve classification generalization.


FIELD: physics; control. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to remote data collection apparatus for determining installation configuration. The installation system includes devices determined by the corresponding number of elementary nodes. The system has passive transponders for storing corresponding identification data of an elementary node, active transponders for storing at least identification data of several elementary nodes, a node for updating identification data stored in the active transponder of each device, and a node for automatic reading identification data from active transponders. EFFECT: provision for identification of components or nodes and installation configuration through an unambiguous code stored in passive and active transponders of components and nodes. 15 cl, 9 dwg


The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) will be staging an afternoon seminar on pre-stressed and reinforced pre-cast concrete hollow-core slabs at the Midrand Conference Centre on 23 October.


This research will review novel methodologies for understanding the behaviour of microbial communities and their role in pollution storage. Freshwater sediments are inhabited by attached microbial communities (biofilms) which are responsible for the majority of a river's metabolic activity. Biofilms thus provide valuable information on the environmental quality of the river and its surrounding areas. Despite remediation of freshwater sediments, biofilms can still store large quantities of pollutants. Biofilms have the exceptional capacity to adjust to new conditions including natural and anthropogenic environmental disturbances. Gaining a more comprehensive understanding of biofilm behaviour is therefore fundamental to developing improved management strategies. The initial focus of this research will be in the River Doe Lea in North East Derbyshire. The River Doe Lea extends 18km from the South at its source near Tibshelf, to the North at its discharge at the River Rother. In the 1990s the River was famed for having the highest level of dioxins in the world, 27 times higher than the second most polluted. The acute cause of this was a single pollutant event, however the river has also been subjected to long term anthropogenic pollution through industry, agriculture, transport (railways, M1) and wastewater pollution. While previous studies by the Environment Agency have focused on the flow, chemical, biological and ecological quality of the river, no research has been conducted into the role and behaviour of biofilms.


In an exposure of the Fermilab 15-foot neon-hydrogen bubble chamber to a quadrupole triplet neutrino beam, 49 ..mu../sup -/e/sup +/ and 14 ..mu../sup +/e/sup -/ events with e/sup + -/ momenta greater than 0.3 GeV/c have been observed, yielding ..mu..e rates per charged-current event of (0.73 +- 0.11)% and (1.1 +- 0.3)%, respectively. The ..mu../sup -/e/sup +/ rate shows no strong energy dependence in the range from 30 to 300 GeV. The 18 neutral strange particles observed in the 63 events contain 14 K/sup 0//sub S/, 2 ..lambda.., and 2 ..lambda../K/sup 0//sub S/ ambiguities, suggesting that the events are predominantly D-meson production and decay and that the ..lambda../sup +//sub c/..--> lambda..eX branching ratio is very small. The corrected numbers of neutral strange particles per ..mu../sup -/e/sup +/ and ..mu../sup +/e/sup -/ event are 1.2 +- 0.3 and 0.6/sup +0.6//sub -0.3/, respectively. Properties of the events, including strange-particle production, are compared to ..mu../sup - +/..mu../sup + -/ events in the same experiment and to a charm production and decay model, and good agreement is found, apart from a possible enhancement at approx.5--6 GeV/c/sup 2/ in the mass of the system recoiling against the ..mu../sup +/ in ..mu../sup +/e/sup -/ (and ..mu../supmore » +/..mu../sup -/) events. As reported previously, four events show short-lived-particle decays, and D-meson lifetime estimates are reevaluated using the final event sample. One ..mu../sup +/e/sup +/ and three ..mu../sup -/e/sup -/ events were observed. The ..mu../sup -/e/sup -/ events are consistent with background and lead to a ..mu../sup -/e/sup -//..mu../sup -/e/sup +/ ratio of less than 0.07 (90% confidence level) for e/sup + -/ momenta above 0.8 GeV/c. Five candidates for dilepton production by electron neutrinos and antineutrinos in the beam are consistent with approximately 1% rates. No good three-lepton candidates were found, and one, previously reported, four-lepton candidate was found.« less


A model of enhancing the gain saturation power of the forward pumped fiber Raman Amplifier (FFRA) with the phase modulation is presented, which shows agreements with the experimental results, providing an effective reference in practice. © 2020 The Author(s)


We explain the technical bases of the Fourier Optics Technology (OFT) for viewing angle measurement of displays and the increasing capacities of the ELDIM systems over the years. A new generation of OFT systems devoted to quality control is introduced. In spite of a more compact size, the optic shows excellent performances in terms of angular aperture, angular resolution and collection efficiency. The detection is made with a new generation high resolution CMOS camera which allows very short measurement times. In addition, the probe can be used on a robotic arm to offer a cost effective solution for quality control of displays with any kind of size and shape.


BY J. C. BANKIER* I N A PREVIOUS paper (1), mention was made of the possibility of cross immunity to infectious anaemia being established by the virus of lymphocytic chorio-meningitis. Further experiments were undertaken in this connection, in which healthy horses ranging in age from 21/2 to 31/2 years of age were inoculated with graduated doses of lymphocytic chorio-meningitis virus as shown in table I.


The invention relates to a pesticide composition for relieving the phytotoxicity of herbicide. Effective components are a plant growth regulating agent and active polysaccharide, wherein the plant growth regulating agent is any one or a mixed agent of two of compound nitrophenolate and diethylaminoethyl hexanoate; the active polysaccharide is any one or a mixed agent of two of chitosan oligosaccharide and poly-glucosene; and the pesticide composition comprises the effective components in parts by weight of 0.05-90.0 parts of the plant growth regulating agent and 0.05-90.0 parts of the active polysaccharide. The pesticide composition comprehensively utilizes the synergism effect of the plant growth regulating agent and the active polysaccharide to resist disease source force and relieve the phytotoxicity of the herbicide. The pesticide composition is further applicable to crop exogenous damages including hormone phytotoxicity, low-temperature frozen injury, salt alkaline injury and the like, and also can be used for crop diseases of crops virus diseases, verticillium wilts and the like.


Annihilation lifetime spectra have been measured for positrons in N/sub 2/ gas at 77 K at densities in the range 1.9--3.6 amagat, and in N/sub 2/-Ne gas mixtures at 77 K having N/sub 2/ partial densities in the range 0.5--3.7 amagat and with Ne concentrations in the range 0.34--0.98. The annihilation rate of positrons with N/sub 2/ was found to be independent of the Ne concentration in the gas mixtures. (Z/sub eff/)/sub N/2 remains constant at 40.0 +- 0.9 at N/sub 2/ densities below about 2.3 amagat, but increases to about 108 at 3.7 amagat. Shoulder regions in the lifetime spectra of positrons in N/sub 2/ and in N/sub 2/-Ne mixtures have been observed which have a constant width of about 14 nsec amagat at N/sub 2/ densities below about 2 amagat, but which increase to about 24 nsec amagat at 3.7 amagat of N/sub 2/. For N/sub 2/ densities in the range 2--3.7 amagat, the measured shoulder widths correspond to a constant time of about 7 nsec. The slow-positron annihilation rates and the shoulder widths are discussed in terms of the self-trapping of positrons within clusters of N/sub 2/ molecules.


This paper analyzes the cotton assorting by computer, and studies the theory of strategies such as group sorting, elitist preservation, local optimal and self-adaptive mutation which are based upon the basic inheritance algorithm, and designs the hybrid genetic algorithm based computer automatic cotton assorting mathematical model. The computer automatic cotton-blending issue is experimented respectively using the basic genetic algorithms and the improved hybrid genetic algorithm, the results show that the cotton assorting scheme obtained by the improved hybrid genetic algorithm is more reasonable and the accuracy of mixed cotton quality is high. Effectiveness of this model has been verified through example analysis.


The invention provides a spray and pickup all-in-one machine comprising a base, a box rack, a box, a pickup arm, a mechanical gripper, spray arm slide rails, a slider, a spray arm, a spray arm motor and a spray component. The spray arm slide rails are pivotally arranged in the box and located above the pickup arm, the slider sleeves the spray arm slide rails and is screwed on the spray arm slide rails through threads to move, one end of each spray arm is fixed on the slider while the other end extends out of the box to be connected with the spray component, the spray arm motor is fixed in the box and connected with the spray arm slide rails through a transmission part, and the spray component is connected with a spray system. The spray arm motor drives the spray arm slide rails to enable the spray arm to move, the spray arm component is driven, a product on the mechanical gripper is sprayed, spray is uniform, and atomization effect is good; the spray arm slide rails are of double-arm design, the spray arm can slide stably and can be positioned accurately, spray and pickup are performed synchronously, and productivity is increased; the spray arm motor is a servo motor, the whole spray and pickup all-in-one machine is well controlled, and automated production is realized.


This fluid dynamics video showcases how optically induced electrokinetic forces can be used to drive three-dimensional micro-vortices. The strong microfluidic vortices are used constructively in conjunction with other electrokinetic forces to dynamically and rapidly aggregate particle groups. Particle manipulation is achieved on the surface of a parallel-plate gold/indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode that is illuminated with near-infrared (1064 nm) optical patterns and biased with a low frequency ($<$ 100 kHz) alternating current (AC) signal. The fluid dynamics video shows how electrokinetically driven flows in the microdomain can be used for non-invasive particle manipulation.


I call two event-particles which on some or other system of measurement are in the same instantaneous space 'co-present' event-particles. Then it is possible that A and B may be co-present, and that A and C may be co-present, but that B and C may not be co-present. For example, at some inconceivable distance from us there are events co-present with us now and also co-present with the birth of Queen Victoria. If A and B are co-present there will be some systems in which A precedes B and some in which B precedes A. Also there can be no velocity quick enough to carry a material particle from A to B or from B to A.'


In this paper we propose a new technique based on tapering of the waveguide layer along the cavity by Shadow Masked Growth (SMG), which yields low threshold lasers with a narrow farfield. Due to the diffusion limited MOVPE growth process the growth velocity V/sub gr/ on the substrate depends on the width of the channel W and the thickness H of the spacerlayer. The velocity will decrease with decreasing width W and increasing thickness H and vice versa. This makes it possible to change the thickness of the layer at predefined places on the substrate by varying the width of the channel. The prepatterned substrates are defined by lithography and wet etching.<<ETX>>


INTRODUCTION: From introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, many authors have verified advantages of this technique on open cholecystectomy, and it is consider the standard approach for treatment of non-complicated cholelitiasis. However, there was some resistance by surgeons when to be about the acute cholecystitis. Aim of present paper was to present results achieved with early laparoscopic treatment of acute cholecystitis in our service. METHODS: From a total of 142 patients admitted diagnosed with acute cholecystitis, 49 of them were operated on by means emergent laparoscopic cholecystectomy from February 2003 to February 2007. Five criteria was established for patients selection: start of symptoms before 72 hours, clinical and ultrasound diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, non-dilated main biliary route, lack of suggestive image of choledochal lithiasis, lack of high abdomen surgery, and patients with contraindications for laparoscopic surgery. RESULTS: Average surgical time was of 65 minutes. There was a lesion of main biliary route detected at surgery (choledochal wound), two wound infections, and two patients needed conversion: one by biliary route lesion and another by vesicular roof bleeding. Average hospital stay was or 2, 5 days. There were neither re-interventions nor mortality in this series. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that laparoscopic method in case of acute cholecystitis, when it is early prescribed, is safe and feasible. We suggested that it be the first therapeutical option in these patients.


CMS has identified three areas of the proposed Stage 3 rule that could make meeting meaningful use simpler for physicians.


In this paper, the identification of a parametric electromagnetic torque model for induction machines is studied. The data for the identification procedure is provided by the numerical impulse response test performed within a 2-D time-stepping finite-element analysis (FEA). The parametric models are obtained from the theory of electric machines. The parameters are estimated using the data obtained from the numerical field solution. Within the impulse test, an assumption of linear behavior in the neighborhood of an operation point is made. As the real electric machine is a nonlinear, time-variant system, the applicability of the impulse test is studied by several means.


The model explaining the occurrence of the electron concentration step front during oxidation of nitrogen-doped TiO2-δ thin films is presented. This model is based on ambipolar chemical diffusion coefficient analysis, for which immobile and uniformly distributed nitrogen component is assumed. The diffusion species and oxygen activity (pressure) profiles are obtained by numerical and approximate analytical simulation of the chemical diffusion. The profiles indicate the presence of two separate singularities: the electron concentration step front, and the electron-hole recombination reaction front. The electron concentration step front relates to the singularity of the ambipolar diffusion of three types of charged species with essentially different diffusion coefficients.


An acoustic propagation experiment conducted west of Bermuda during the fall of 1978 demonstrated that individual acoustic arrivals at 900-km range were stable and identifiable over a 48-day period. The observed arrival pattern is interpreted by geometric ray theory and by comparison with a 'synthetic sofargram' (equivalent to a synthetic seismogram) constructed from WKBJ theory. Using geometric ray theory, we examine the expected generation and annihilation of ray paths as a result of the seasonal erosion of the autumnal thermocline. Many rays are converted from purely refracted to surface reflected/refracted rays. The ultimate goal of this work is to interpret variability in acoustic transmission in terms of ocean variability.


Nanotechnology define the science and engineering providing entirely new tools and capabilities, concerned with the design, synthesis, characterization and application of materials and devices that have a functional organization in at least 1 dimension on the nanometer (one billionth of a meter) capable to interact with cells and tissues at a molecular - sub cellular level with a high degree of functional specificity, involving innumerable aspects of technology, including neurosurgery, too (1).

The advances in neurosurgery in the near future should be based on (2):

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nano-manipulation – techniques to perform "surgery" on the nervous system at the level of the neuron, neuronal processes, intracellular,

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approaches for the functional regeneration and neuroprotection of the central nervous system after traumatic or degenerative insults,

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nano-imaging - refers to capabilities to view the nervous system at the cellular or sub cellular level,

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non-surgical nano-repair should consider techniques and substances able to promote axonal regeneration, to stop hemorrhage, but also to give a solution for neurodegenerative diseases and consequences of neurologic deficits after trauma, stroke or brain tumor treatment,

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nano-neuromodulation: to control pain, realizing "biologic pumps", used both in neuropathic and chronic pains in cancer patients, to release catecholamine and opioid peptides to block NMDA receptors or local sensorial circuits (3).

Nanotechnology offer a highly interdisciplinary area of research in conjunction with basic and clinical neuroscience advances: molecular biology, neurophysiology, neuropathology of the nervous system; but also chemistry and materials science to define and integration of specific nano-applications to the nervous system (1). Neurosurgeons of the present and future must take an active function in shaping the plan and research of nanotechnologies to ensure maximal clinical relevance and patient benefit, to provide or administer the nano-engineered substrate (materials, devices, or drugs) to the site where it is needed in the CNS itself to the patient.


We consider harmonic generation by atoms exposed to an intense laser pulse of a few femtoseconds. Our results, obtained by solving numerically the corresponding 3-dimensional time-dependent Schrodinger equation, demonstrate that the harmonic spectra are extremely sensitive to the phase of the laser field. Depend- ing on this phase, the harmonics in the cutoff are resolved or not resolved. The position of the cutoff itself varies with the phase and the so-called "plateau" region exhibits two well-distinct parts: a series of well-defined har- monics followed in the high-frequency region by a series of broad peaks which are not separated any more by twice the laser field frequency. These results are explained in terms of both quantum and classical dynamics. We also show that this phase sensitivity may be exploited in order to probe the phase of the electric field of an ultrashort laser pulse in a single shot experiment. Our discussion about this new method of diagnosis takes into account propagation effects.


Objective
To study the effect of arsenic trioxide(As2 O3) on growth of human bladder cancer T24 cells and ectopic tumor growth of nude mice, as well as the related mechanism.

Methods
The cells were exposed to different concentrations(1, 5, 10μmol/L) of As2 O3 and 5- fluorouracil(5- Fu, 4μmol/L).The cytotoxic effects of As2 O3 on cells were measured from 24 h to 48 h by cell counting kit- 8 (CCK- 8)assay.The expression of cyclin D1,p21,B cell lymphoma/leukemia- 2(bcl- 2),bcl- 2 associated X protein(bax) was evaluated using reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction(RT- PCR)and Western blotting.In the experiment in vivo, the average tumor size and tumor inhibition rate were calculated in tumor bearing mice treated with As2 O3(10,20,30 mg/kg·day)as well as 5- Fu(20.0 mg/kg·day).

Results
The cell inhibition rate of T24 cells was 36.53%, 67.44%, 79.60%, and 80.9% after treatment with As2 O3(1,5,10μmol/L)and 5- Fu(4μmol/L)after 48 h respectively.In vivo, the tumor inhibition rate was 29.4%,38.8%,52.1%,and 54.5% after treatment with As2 O3(1,5,10μmol/L)and 5- Fu respectively.After treatment for 24 h, As2 O3 down- regulated the expression of cyclin D1 and bcl- 2,and up - regulated the expression of bax,but had no significant effect on the p21 expression.

Conclusion
The As2 O3 has a significant anti- tumor effect on the human bladder cancer T24 cells and bladder carcinoma in nude mice, which may be related to the induction of the apoptosis of carcinoma cells and regulation of cell cycle,involving in several genes regulation.

Key words:
Arsenic trioxide; Bladder cancer; Proliferation


Abstract Electrocardiographic examinations were performed on 45 Silesian breed horses (group K, 3-16-year-old, 16 stallions, 29 mares) and on 25 Polish Primitive breed horses (group P, 1.5-19-year-old, two stallions, six geldings, 17 mares). Einthoven and chest leads were used. P-wave dispersion was electronically evaluated. There was no correlation between P-wave dispersion and other ECG parameters, age, sex, body mass, or month of pregnancy. The average value of P-wave dispersion for all horses was 30.77 ms (SD 3.92 ms), however in particular groups it was: in group P - 31.89 ms (SD 3.07 ms), and in group K - 30.15 ms (SD 4.27 ms). The maximum value of P-wave dispersion in the studied population was 40 ms, in groups P and K - 37,6 ms and 40 ms, respectively. The physiological value of P-wave dispersion for the group of horses was below 45 ms.


The environmental conditions in solar greenhouse, in Northern China the effective ways to solve the difficulties of low temperature, weak light, water and fertillzer management and integrated disease control were discussed in the paper.


For a model two-band semiconductor with static disorder, suddenly illuminated by intense light, the averaged non-equilibrium Green function can be obtained within the coherent potential approximation. Explicit solutions found previously are analyzed on numerical examples of the transient photoexcited distribution. The results are used to test the semigroup property of the propagators and the analogous factorization of the particle correlation function known as the generalized Kadanoff-Baym ansatz. Both properties hold much better if quasiparticle states are used instead of the bare particles. The quasiparticle modification of the ansatz is motivated formally and verified on numerical data


The article is devoted to the artistic ways of rethinking of the traumatic experience of the postcolonial subject in the modern Ukrainian novels. The artistic gender models are investigated from the positions of the theory of literary genres, in the wide cultural context and in their links with the sphere of the mental archetypes. The main attention in the article is paid to the modern interpretations of national masculine and feminine types; to the spatial artistic models, in particular to the semantic of a border; to the plots of initiation in it's modern re-reading.


Mammary tumours which developed in factorless C3Hf mice when transplanted to MTV-S+ and MTV-S- recipients were found to grow at the same rate' early thymectomy failed to influence their growth. The observed accelerated growth of mammary tumour transplants from C3H/He mice to MTV-S+ recipients, as compared to the MTV-S- ones, and inhibition of the tumour growth after early thymectomy seemed to be connected with the peculiarities of the immunological reaction to the virus-induced antigens.


Chain-code has been shown to be efficient and effective for describing objects in image. Based on the boundary chain-code, we present a method for object recognition. Firstly, we propose a novel method to form a closed contour and convert the chain-code into an ordered array and then transfer it to the frequency domain. Changing the start point of the chain-code, it shows that the amplitude distributions in the frequency domain is kept invariant. Secondly, the features of the amplitude distribution with the changing boundary scale and the adding noises are introduced. Finally, the experiment results have been given to illustrate the validity on the object recognition with the character of the amplitude distributions, while altering the start point of the chain-code and changing the object contour slightly. In addition, the gesture of human motion is analyzed.


Understanding the oxidants transition and SOA property in limonene ozonolysis: Role of different double bonds, radical chemistry, and water" describes a range of aspects of SOA formation from limonene ozonolysis. Experiments were carried out in a flow tube reactor with varying oxidant to limonene ratios and humidity. Scavengers were used to reduce OH concentrations during oxidation. Measurements were based on filter-based methods and collection of gas phase compounds in a coil collector. Peroxides were formed in significant amounts that increased with higher ozone to limonene ratio, suggesting the importance of the ozonolysis of the exo double bond in their formation. The formation and partitioning of carbonyls was also determined, and the partition coefficients (Kp) were found to be orders of magnitude larger


A new study, by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures, of aluminum oxygenic-hole centres in a α-quartz single crystal is reported. The well-known centre [AlO4]0 has been reinvestigated with somewhat improved techniques and computer analysis, confirming previous results in the literature. A previously unreported Al–Li centre has now been well characterized by EPR. From the fitted parameter matrices g, A(27Al), P(27Al), A(7Li), and P(7Li) we have determined not only that the hole resides on a "long-bonded" oxygen anion, as in [AlO4]0, but have also established the position of the near-by interstitial lithium ion. One model for this centre is that it consists of a lithium atom Li0 linked to the diamagnetic centre [AlO4]–, yielding hole-bearing species [AlO4/Li]– via internal charge transfer. PACS Nos.: 7630Da, 7630Mi


Abstract There is an increasing interest in long-term electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring in veterinary clinical practice. ECG is the most essential physiological signal in diagnosing and managing heart diseases both in humans and animals. Electrodes are the main components that affect the quality of the acquired signal. This study focuses on the development of silver-coated textile electrodes for veterinary ECG testing (particularly for dogs). Silver printed polyester, embroidered, and silver-plated conductive hook textile electrodes were used for ECG measurement in dogs. This is an important validation for the use of textile ECG sensors in combination with hairy skin. ECG signals were collected while the animal was in a static position and walking on a smooth surface. The ECG signals collected from the dog using the silver printed polyester and embroidered textile electrodes with slight skin preparation have identifiable P, QRS, and T waveforms and were comparable with signals from standard silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) electrodes. Results revealed that these textile electrodes can be used for ECG monitoring in a dog to avoid associated problems with commercially used crocodile clamps and standard Ag/AgCl electrodes. The hook electrodes show promising results when placed on the hairy regions of a dog without any skin preparation.


Objective: To investigate the curative effect of Qingkailing with Radix Astragali Injection on migrain. Methods: 28 migrain patients (14 cases were light headache (14.3%), 20 cases were mediam (71.4%) and 4 cases were heavy (14.3%)) during an acute attack period were treated with intravenous drip of dilated Qingkailing with Radix Astragali Injection. Results: After treatment, 8 cases were significantly effective (28.57%), 15 cases were effective (53.57%) and 5 cases were ineffective (17.86%). The total effective rate was 87.14%. No Side effect had been observed during the treatment process. Conclusion: Qingkailing with Radix Astragali Injection (intravenous drip) is an effective and safe drug for migrain.


The paper described the structure of Digital Campus,and analysis the Security risks of all parts of Digital Campus.It introduced a Hierarchical Security system for Digital Campus to ensure the Safe operation of Digital Campus.


Spas is complementary to all other forms of tourism, due mainly to the spread in the territory of natural cure factors in all forms of relief from the mountain plateau in the hills and plains and coastline, to the planning in these areas of multiple resorts which offers sporting, cultural, leisure, tourism products included in the health content.


Isothermal and non-isothermal steady helical flows are theoretically investigated under the assumption that the flow is fully developed in both the thermal and hydrodynamic senses. It is well known that the basic gross characteristics of steady isothermal helical flows of non-Newtonian liquids can be found relatively easily if the flow curve (or non-Newtonian viscosity) in simple shearing is known. Nevertheless, evaluation of more detailed viscoelastic properties in this type of flow is also sometimes desirable. These properties are shown to be exactly determined in both the isothermal and non-isothermal cases as soon as a nonlinear viscoelatic constitutive equation is specified. Shear thinning due to fluid rotation and strong temperature dependence of Newtonian viscosity highly increase dissipative heat. This can produce significant non-isothermal effects in intense helical flows, even when the wall temperature is kept uniform and constant. It is shown that the energy consumption in isothermal and non-isothermal helical flows is always higher than in respective annular flows with the same flow rate. Comparisons between our calculations and available experimental data are also discussed.


Electronic voting (e-voting), compared with article voting, has advantages in several aspects. Among those benefits, the ability to audit the electoral process at every stage is one of the most desired features of an e-voting system. In Eurocrypt 2015, Kiayias, Zacharias, and Zhang proposed a new E2E verifiable e-voting system that for the first time provides E2E verifiability without relying on external sources of randomness or the random oracle model; the main advantage of such system is in the fact that election auditors need only the election transcript and the feedback from the voters to pronounce the election process unequivocally valid. Unfortunately, their system comes with a huge performance and storage penalty for the election authority (EA) compared to other e-voting systems such as Helios. The main reason is that due to the way the EA forms the proof of the tally result, it is required to precompute a number of ciphertexts for each voter and each possible choice of the voter. The performance penalty on the EA appears to be intrinsic to the approach: voters cannot compute an enciphered ballot themselves because there seems to be no way for them to prove that it is a valid ciphertext. In this work, we construct a new e-voting system that retains similar strong E2E characteristics (but against computational adversaries) while completely eliminating the performance and storage penalty of the EA. Our construction has similar performance to Helios and is practical. The privacy of our construction relies on the SXDH assumption over bilinear groups via complexity leveraging.


Snakebite envenoming (a neglected tropical disease that affects millions of people worldwide every year) is characterized by a complex pathophysiology. In cases of viperid envenomings, local and systemic hemorrhage is one of the major systemic effects that manifest in patients. This work focuses on studying pulmonary hemorrhage caused by a type P-III snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP) extracted from Crotalus simus venom, and the extent to which inflammation affects the outcome of this hemorrhage. In order to determine the role of inflammation in pulmonary hemorrhage, we created a new automated image analysis methodology using the CellProfiler platform to quantitatively assess hemorrhage under different conditions, in conjunction with a statistical analysis program to process and analyze said image analysis results. With this toolset, we subsequently analyzed hemorrhage under the effects of treatment with three anti-inflammatory agents (a COX inhibitor, a TNF-ɑ inhibitor, and anti-neutrophil antibodies) in combination with the toxin on a murine model. Our findings conclude that inhibiting inflammation reduced lung hemorrhage significantly, which shows promise as a potential novel avenue for the treatment of snake envenomings. Moreover, we propose new hypotheses for how the toxin may enter lung capillaries and subsequently cause basement membrane damage which eventually leads to lung hemorrhage.
 This study was supported by Vicerrectori?a de Investigación, Universidad de Costa Rica (Project 741-B4-524), and by a fund for support of graduate studies of the Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado (Universidad de Costa Rica)


Monte Carlo calculations are used to investigate some statistical properties of random walks on fractal structures. Two kinds of lattices are used: the Sierpinski gasket and the infinite percolation cluster, in two dimensions. Among other problems, the authors study: (i) the range RN of the walker (number of distinct visited sites during N steps): average value SN, variance sigma N and asymptotic distribution: (ii) renewal theory (return to the original site): probability of return P0(N), mean number of returns nu N. The probability distribution of the walker position P(N,R) after N steps is discussed. The asymptotic behaviour (N>>1) of these quantities exhibits power laws, with associated exponents. The numerical values of these exponents are in good agreement with recent theoretical predictions (Alexander and Orbach, 1982; Rammal and Toulouse, 1982).


Recursive algorithm is proposed to generate the coefficient matrix for a system of ordinary differential equations describing non-stationary system service that does not require withdrawal of the general equation of a system of homogeneous differential equations. An example of its implementation and results of the mutual testing of analytical and simulation models of non-stationary system service.


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O ne of the more common calls many network managers and LAN administrators receive concerns different aspects of client computers. While a good portion of such calls are primarily network-related a fair number involve fielding questions concerning the removal of cached and other temporary files, finding and removal of duplicate files and changing Windows startup activity. In addition, we can always expect a few calls concerning cookies and other aspects of Internet privacy. Rather than continue to field such questions the ability to provide our customers with an easyto-use program that performs those activities can considerably eliminate many calls, enabling us to better focus our efforts on pure network problems. One such program we may wish to consider is System Mechanic from iolo technologies, which is the focus of this column. System Mechanic is a utility focused on providing fixes for potential problems and the excessive storage of unnecessary files in three areas. Those areas are referred to as Files, System and Internet, as noted by the program's main menu shown in Figure 1.


The well established variation of radiosensitivity of biological systems with the state of oxygenation, has given rise to the necessity of measuring the oxygen concentration of normal and neoplastic tissue, or of cultured cells in Petri dishes, prior to, or following irradiation.


The present study was designed to determine the quantitative effects of starchy meals containing guar gum on rates of net apparent glucose absorption and net apparent insulin and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) production in growing pigs. The effects of these meals on the viscosity of jejunal digesta were also examined and correlated to changes in glucose absorption. Four growing pigs were each given either a low-fat semi-purified diet (control) or the same diet supplemented with a high-molecular-weight guar gum at concentrations in the diet of 20 or 40 g/kg. Blood samples were removed simultaneously via indwelling catheters from the mesenteric artery and the hepatic portal vein. Samples of jejunal digesta were removed via a T-piece cannula and used immediately for viscosity measurements at 39°. The 'zero-shear' viscosity of each sample was then calculated. Blood-flow measurements were made using an ultrasonic flow probe fitted to the hepatic portal vein. All measurements were made at intervals of 10 or 30 min during a 4 h postprandial period. Meals containing guar gum significantly increased (P < 0·05) the viscosity of jejunal digesta, an effect that was strongly dependent on the concentration of guar gum in the original diet. No significant differences in blood-flow rates were found between the control and guar-containing diets. Both concentrations of guar gum significantly reduced (P < 0·05) glucose absorption and insulin and GIP secretion rates over the 4 h postprandial period. An inverse relationship between the rate of glucose absorption and the 'zero-shear' viscosity of jejunal digesta was found. This study also provides direct evidence for the important role played by the entero-insular axis in modifying the glycaemic response to a meal containing guar gum.


Quantum bases of consciousness are considered with psychosomatic implications of three front lines of psychosomatic medicine (hesychastic spirituality, holistic Eastern medicine, and symptomatic Western medicine), as well as cognitive implications of two modes of individual consciousness (quantum-coherent transitional and altered states, and classically reduced normal states) alongside with conditions of transformations of one mode into another (considering consciousness quantum-coherence/classical-decoherence acupuncture system/nervous system interaction, direct and reverse, with and without threshold limits, respectively) - by using theoretical methods of associative neural networks and quantum neural holography combined with quantum decoherence theory. © 2005 Optical Society of America


Urine sediment detection is of great significance as one of the routine testing items. The traditional urine sediment detection method is mainly manual microscopic examination. Thus, it incurs heavy human workload and complicated operation, while it is easy to miss the targets. To alleviate this problem, a two-stage urine sediment detection method is proposed in this paper. More specifically, the segmentation and classification tasks are transformed into object detection tasks, and the feature extraction is performed by Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN). In our method, HOG+SVM is used as region proposal, and Trimmed MobileNets is used for DCNN refining. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves promising performance.


The doctrines of the "Golden Mean" have had a very important status both in Chinese and Western historical development of ethics. The great ancient Chinese thinker Confucius regards the "Golden Mean" as the "Ultimate Virtues". His Greek counterpart Aristotle takes the "Golden Mean" not only as a virtue, but also a kind of happiness. The paper undertakes a comparative study between the two doctrines in terms of their basic content, orientation or purpose as well as approaches.


The use of community health workers has been identified as one strategy to address the growing shortage of health workers, particularly in low income countries. Evaluation of community health workers 'performance in general, is the focus of much attention at this time, as many countries invest in them as a strategy for the achievement of the sustainable development goals. The effectiveness of Community Health workers (CHWs) has been demonstrated in some studies for example, a CHW programme in India resulted in significant reduction of low birth weight, preterm births and neonatal sepsis. Understanding health system practice and policies context in which CHW interventions operate is an important precondition for the design of successful interventions. The implementation of the CHWs concept in Kenya is marked by unanswered questions of long term sustainability and program effectiveness. Despite the vast experience of CHWs the burden of disease continues to increase in magnitude and diversity and relatively little scientific evidence is available to answer basic questions notably the role of health system factors on the performance of CHW. The objectives of the study were to determine demographic factors in relation to CHWs Performance at level one and to assess the influence of health system practice and policy on the performance of CHWs in Lurambi sub-county. A descriptive Cross sectional design using both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were used. Using systematic sampling, structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 195 community health workers. Qualitative data were collected from community health management team (CHMT), clients (households) and community health extension workers (CHEWs). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to obtain frequencies, mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics were computed using regression and correlation. The majority of the participants 135 (69.2%) were females (88.7%) married, and 93.8% were Christians. Gender was statistically significant in relation to the performance of CHW in delivery of level one of health services (χ=11.0; p=0. 04).All the key targets of CHWs Performance at level one rated below average in Lurambi Sub County (number of 51 households visited 40%, number of Baraza's 35%, health education 28% and referral of patients 23%) while the target of attending CHW meetings rated lowest at 19%. Financial constraints (85%), lack of supplies (82%), lack of transport (65%), inadequate support (85%) and lack of supervision were highlighted by the respondents as daily challenges.


. Th e paper presents description and architecture of a Digital Signal Registrator. Th e soft ware for the registrator which allows us to receive, observe, and analyse the data from an external microprocessor device is described. Also auxiliary devices used for data recordimg are depicted.


The thouht must be an apprenticeship pursued continuously invoking the scope of the architecture. To that extent the sketch is the form of immediate registration of the mind architect conclude that is a comparable process, is incurring a fallacy, is a lawless process. Sketching is a process of refinement, enigmatic. Becomes visible and tangible the inner dialogue of who communicates through the sketch, finding wat for discussion with other actors in the demand of architectural response. This dissertation intends to scrutinize the act of sketching, proposing a reflection on the importance of the sketch as a method debugger architectural thought. A school of basic education and kinder-garden located in Lagoa Algarve, for children between 6 and 10 years of age. We intend to demonstrate that sketching is probably one of the finest methods, capable of externalizing poetic thought as a factor creator of space. This dissertation is divided into three chapters: Theoretical phase, phase of inderct observation and an practice phase


The surface morphology and roughness of (100) P-doped ZnTe homoepitaxial layers grown by horizontal MOVPE using tris-dimethylaminophosphorus have been investigated as a function of substrate temperature under two different source transport rate conditions together with the photoluminescence property. The surface is marked by a dense ridging when the growth is limited by reaction-kinetics on the grown surface, whereas the surfaces of the layers grown in the mass-transport limited regime show morphology consisted of a series of hillocks, independent of the transport rate. The growth condition close to the transition part between the mass-transport and the surface-kinetics regimes provide an optimum growth not only for achieving a minimum surface roughness, but also for a better photoluminescence property of the as-grown P-doped ZnTe layer.


I n one of his few decisions addressing the interface of law and medicine, Oliver Wendell Holmes observed that, The patient has no more right to all the truth than he has to all the medicine in the physician's saddlebag. He should only get so much as is good for him."' During the last 60 or so years, the question of how much medical information is indeed good for the patient has been the subject of innumerable lawsuits. From this plethora of litigation, a clear common law trend which favors maximum disclosure of information has become evident. Relying upon the fiduciary nature of the physician-patient relationship, the courts have imposed upon the physician a duty to inform a patient fully regarding the condition of his or her body. It is appropriate, therefore, to examine various exemplary case decisions in an effort to portray effectively the nature and scope of the physician's rights and responsibilities in this context. Focus in this discussion will not be placed upon the classic doctrine of informed consent, which deals primarily with information that a physician must disclose to a patient in order to obtain valid consent to proceed with a given course of medical care or treatment. Rather, discussion will focus upon a more general issue, that of disclosure to patients of the nature of


Recently the word 'Water Cycle' has become a hot issue as a new approach to the environmental preservation. Some organization have already started discussing measures and taken actions to retrieve water cycle. When we discuss water cycle, it is often necessary to quantify and model it. Models of water cycle are usually the tank models with no consideration to hydrogeological conditions, which makes it easier to conduct a water balance simulation. However, we would not be able to have essential discussions on water cycle, if we just leave the hydrogeological conditions of a target groundwater basin. If these conditions are understood well enough and can be put into an equilibrium groundwater flow analysis model and the application is limited to dry season when the groundwater recharge, storage and flow are minimum, it will be a very convenient tool in solving water cycle problem. This paper presents the possibility of applying the groundwater flow analysis models to the evaluation of measures taken for water cycle retrieval.


Summary The production of virus in somatic cell hybrids between Friend erythroleukemia cells and nonerythroid mouse L cells or hepatoma cells was examined. Virus synthesis was determined by assaying particle-associated reverse transcriptase activity in the culture fluid. Virus production was found to be suppressed in the 37 hybrid clones previously shown to have complete extinction of erythroid differentiation. Treatment of the cultures with DMSO, which enhances virus release in the parental erythroleukemic cells, did not result in recovery of the ability of the hybrids to produce virus.


On-line presentation and site-demonstration delivered at the Symposium 'Out of the e-Box' held 19 and 20 September 2012, at the Carnegie Centre for Library Leadership and Training, Merensky II Library, University of Pretoria.


The cider obtained in laboratory conditions was enriched in valuable and natural bio compounds using several extracts (obtained from blueberry juice and an colorant obtained from black carrot "Black Carrot HC Red-Blue Colored Concentrate" in 2% citric acid solution) and ultrasounds treatments.Compared with the untreated cider, all the cider variants enriched with both types of extracts had higher values for total polyphenols and flavonoids content. This increase in values, from one measurement to another is due to the increase in the amplitude of the ultrasound in the propagation medium (cider + liquid extract). This reveals the importance of increasing the amplitude, in the efficiency of extraction of anthocyanins, demonstrating that a similar application time, but at different amplitude, influences the content of polyphenols and flavonoids, respectively.To assess the antioxidant activity of the cider variants tested in the experimental study, it was estimated the diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free inhibition percentage (DPPH inhibition) by the enriched cranberry extracts obtained from the forest fruits (blueberries) in 2% citric acid, respectively by those obtained by using black carrot juice (0.03% concentration).

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Objective To comparison of effects on periodontal index between self- ligating brackets and conventional straight. Methods 90 orthodontic patients were divided into two groups randomly. 45 patients in traditional group were treated by conventional straight. 45 patients in improved group were treated by self- ligating brackets. The effects of periodontal index in the patients of two groups were compared. Results The periodontal index of improved group was significantly higher than traditional group's,the difference was statistically significant( P 0. 05). There was no serious adverse consequences happened in two groups during the treatment. Conclusion The treatment of self- ligating brackets on orthodontic patients could improve the periodontal condition,degree of comfort and aesthetic,patients' satisfaction. It is an ideal method for orthodontic patients.


The article aims to present the concept of value-based medicine (VBM) in the Polish health care system. The author reviewed the literature on the subject and formulated a research problem and two research questions to solve it. The issue of considering is health programs of the National Health Fund based on value. The author used professional scientific databases: Taylor & Francis online, PubMed, and Google Scholar to collect the bibliography. The literature on the subject covers mainly the years 2020–2022. First, the author presented the study's theoretical framework by defining the EBM and VBM concepts, discussing the three main pillars of VBM, and highlighting its value limitations. Next, the author referred to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global health systems. The author characterized the current state of the health care system in Poland and listed its prospects for the post-pandemic future. Finally, the author presented three selected health programs based on the VBM model implemented in Polish healthcare: comprehensive coordinated care after myocardial infarction (KOS‑Zawał), POZ PLUS model, and comprehensive treatment of chronic wounds (KLRP-1 and KLRP-2). Of course, the discussed programs require further improvement and modification and may constitute the basis for developing other, new value-based programs. The value-based medicine model can complement the three branches of medicine — evidence-based, narrative, and integrative. Including these elements in the VBM model could benefit the entire health system, primarily medical staff and patients.


Despite the amounting interest in improving access to and utilization of family planning methods, contraceptives prevalence rates remain low in Benin Republic. Rates of increase in contraceptives' prevalence are low and underlying risk factors for use and non-use are not well known. This study investigates similarities and differences in factors associated to contraceptive use by type of method among 6,237 women recruited in 2011/2012 BDHS data using multiple logistic regression models. Most women (78.9%) involved in the current study did not use any contraceptive during their last sexual activity, 13.6% were currently using modern contraceptive methods and 7.8% was using traditional contraceptive methods. Significant covariates for modern contraceptive use were: female education, discussion about FP, number of living children, fertility preference, marital status, household wealth index, sex of household head, religious membership, and the area of residence. Concerning traditional methods use, they were: women's ethnic background, discussion about FP, fertility preference and household wealth index. To improve contraceptives usage especially modern contraceptives, findings suggest, among other: fighting against sociocultural barriers; ensuring female's formal education till secondary; encouraging good health behaviours (ANC follow-up, institutional delivery by skilled attendant, enhancing PNC visits) for women during childbirth and to increase FP education during those check-ups.


In this paper, from two aspects, the beginning and its meanings for the Concept of Virtuality and Reality have been triggered in the "Journey to the West". Firstly, Chen Yuanzhi' Preface to Publication of Journey to the West is interpreted, and through the structure layout, the writing intention, which conveys the specific purpose, of the author's preface and postscript is analyzed. Secondly, observed from the prefaces and postscripts in other novels, we state some literature evaluation of the "Journey to the West", and attempt to elucidate the generation rhyme of these evaluations.


At the Stanford Cancer Center, radiologists currently rely principally upon byhand methods in order to analyze MRI cranial scans of patients with brain tumors. With the ongoing development of the application of deep learning to the task of image segmentation, these methods can be applied to brain tumor imaging data in order to expedite the process of identifying and analyzing patient tumors. These brain tumors (the most common of which is called a glioma) can be of an enhancing, high grade type (HGG), which form a clearer outline in tumor imaging, or a non-enhancing, low grade type (LGG). This paper proposes an ensemble model architecture which combines the output predictions of sub-models trained specifically to segment HGG and LGG tumor images in order to segment on new tumor image data. The paper found that the best-performing ensemble method to segment brain tumor images pulled from the benchmark Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) dataset [1] utilizes a a simplified U-Net model architecture (with only one CNN layer per each "depth level" of the contracting then expanding computations) and a max confidence ensemble layer to transform the output predictions of the sub-models


The purposes of this study are to classify the characteristics of parks by park use patterns and the understanding of design concepts and to analyze the difference of cognition of design concept between designers and park users. The literature studies and surveys were performed to analyze park use patterns and understanding of design concepts for Seoul Forest Park, Yeouido Park and Seonyudo Park. Several statistical methods have been used such as descriptive analysis and importance-performance analysis. The results of this research are as follows. As the results of an analysis of park use patterns, Seonyudo Park may he qualified as an urban landmark park, while Yeouido Park can he classified as a neighborhood park. Seoul Forest Park bas characteristics of both. Second, the higher frequency of visits generally leads higher preference. Third, the overall cognition of the design concepts of parks shows 3.51 on average, which is comparatively high. The functional concepts are better transmitted to the users compared to abstract concepts. The cognition of the design concepts of each park are evaluated in the higher order of Seonyudo Park, Seoul Forest Park and Yeouido Park. Fourth, the cognition levels of detailed design concepts for each place are lower than the overall design concepts. On the other hand, levels of satisfaction are increased after the design concepts are noticed. It would he necessary make the effort to give information about the design concept of each space. The results of this study are limited in that it covers only three parks in Seoul, and did not consider seasonal variables. Nevertheless, this study may he significant in that it dealt with the cognition of design concepts for urban parks, focusing on the difference between designers and visitors.


With the new Portuguese Noise Code (and the new European Directive) there is a necessity to develop an expedite methodology to evaluate noise levels at typical urban scenarios, checking for their ability to be reproduced with reliability at urban spaces with similar occupational pattern. In this work, a new urban scenario was studied representing a typical backyard situation in an urban centre, based on continuous measurements of the Short-term LAeq performed during one month. The major goals in this work were: to identify, during each day, the preferred time intervals at which any measurement started during it would achieve, with a pre-determined probability, a significant estimation for the all period LAeq parameter, that is to say, varying within a limited and clearly identified interval relative to the results provided by an integral analysis of noise; to precise the duration of that measurement in order to achieve the referred objective, during daytime and nighttime. The strategy adopted was to idealize a new describer that could be used as a performance evaluation criteria for the chosen time intervals, called the Significant Measurement Starts (SMS). This represents the probability that a single measurement, with a given duration, started in a pre-defined time interval, can provide a significant result. A SMS equal to 0.50 was set as the minimum value from which a time interval could be considered suitable to be held as a preferred time interval to start a measurement. Different conclusions were achieved both for day and night periods and for weekdays and weekend days. The potential uncertainty of performing random measurements was also investigated.


According to Raoult's law, the thermodynamic activity (a1 or ad of each component of a solution is equal to its mole fraction (N1 or Nz) in that solution. For solutions containing only small molecules, this law is known to hold well, if the heat of mixing of the components is negligible. For solutions of high polymers in small molecule solvents, however, this is not the case. Such solutions show very large deviations from Raoult's law, much larger than can be accounted for by the observed heats of mixing. These deviations can he attributed to a large entropy of mixing effect, a result of a randomness of orientation of each segment of the solute molecule chain relative to the adjacent segments. Using the methods of statistical mechanics, Flory' and the writer2-4 (independently) have calculated the entropy of mixing of binary solutions of flexible long-chain niolecules in small molecule solvents and have arrived a t the following equations for the activities of the components.


Thanks to Google, YouTube, and Facebook, finding images is easier than ever. Students and scholars surround themselves and their environments with images, yet when they use them in research, learning, teaching, and publishing, in most cases images play a secondary role to texts in supporting an argument. How can librarians teach users to bring their critical analysis skills to image research? What is visual literacy? This article offers an overview of the current trends and challenges in image research and usage in the field of American history, presents models of good practice, and discusses major academic initiatives to teach visual literacy.


We are in the midst of a hectic season for viral respiratory infections. Respiratory syncytial virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in children. The guidelines from the Norwegian Society of Pediatricians are clear that oral glucocorticoids have no place in the treatment of bronchiolitis, and antibiotics are rarely needed.


Histological examinations were made of biopsy specimens from the testes of 90 cases of schizophrenia and 25 cases of other mental disorders. Pathological changes of varying severity were observed in many specimens ; these changes have been classified in grades according to the intensity of the degenerative process.

The non-schizophrenic specimens were within normal limits, due allowance being made for age and organic disease.

A special form of atrophy involving chiefly the tubules and their contents was found in many cases of schizophrenia, but not in other mental disorders. This atrophy is characterized by changes in the basement membrane leading to its hyalinization, with arrest of spermatogenesis, progressive degeneration of epithelial elements, and eventual destruction of the tubule. The course and development of this atrophy have been described and analysed. It differs in essential features from atrophy due to systemic affections and to the familiar causes of testis degeneration. Interstitial hyperplasia is rare, and when present in schizophrenic subjects is due to some superimposed organic process.

The work of Mott and others has been discussed in the light of this study. Although they reported pathological changes which they regarded as specific for schizophrenia (dementia praecox), the histology differed significantly from what is described in this paper. It is clear that as autopsy was the only source of their material, serious contaminating factors, such as advanced age and intercurrent infections, were introduced, and would inevitably tend to obscure the histological picture.

The importance of a normal basement membrane for preservation of Sertoli cells and seminiferous epithelium has been demonstrated, and it has been shown that hyaline change in the basement membrane in atrophy of the testis is a cause and not a result of degeneration of the epithelium as other writers have suggested.


First record of Siamese twins in Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Girard 1859) Siamese twins at the late eyed stage of development (sensu Reznick, 1981) have been found in a brood of young fish in a wild population of Gambusia holbrooki. The female containing the brood was collected in a temporal hypersaline watercourse located in the most arid zone of Europe, an area highly polluted by agrochemical and urban inputs. Extreme salinity and water pollution, along with other environmental factors, could be related to abnormalities in the embryo's development.


It is only within the past few years that lesions of the conus medullaris and cauda equina have attracted the attention of medical writers. In 1895 Raymond collected 29 cases of spinal disease, in which either one or the other of these structures were involved. Since then Clemens, Schiff, Church, Koster, Mueller, Sachs and a few others have reported similar conditions. The symptoms produced by disease of the conus medullaris and cauda equina are well defined and, as a rule, easy of recognition. Experienceshows, however, that unless one has learned to search directly for them, they may be readily overlooked. My chief aim in presenting this paper is to further the recognition of the clinical picture indicative of disease of these important structures. The conus medullaris occupies a position in the spinal canal directly behind the first lumbar vertebra. Upon exposing the spinal cord, the conus is completely hidden from


In this arti cle we will deal with the issue of a populati on's atti tude to and esti mati on of the geographical environment it lives in with regard to the feelings created in this populati on with the passing of ti me. We will then menti on some of the physical and geographical characteristi cs of the study area: its geographical positi on, relief, climate and fl ora and their role on the development of the study area's populati on. We will make an evaluati on of the area's infrastructure and its role on the communicati on and connecti on with the other areas. The methodology employed is that of a questi onnaire. The questi onnaire, the data analysis and the publicati on of results took us a period of one year. The results were analyzed by giving the social, politi cal and economical reasons that break off the spiritual connecti on to the living place, the present situati on and the tendency by giving conclusions and recommendati ons that we think will be of great help to the soluti on of such an important issue in this period of enormous changes in every aspect.


Postmodern culture was born as a current to combat the Modern Movement and overcome the severity of the so-called International Style and its architecture. Hence, it is proponed not to enforce any rules or style reasons regarding architecture. This has brought with it a series of urban transformations disconnected from the urban experience that the individual had been having until this moment. They change the time and space of the city to become a mere stage of the society of the spectacle.


This study aimed to evaluate the ability of Piriformospora indica to colonize the root of Chenopodium quinoa and to verify whether this endosymbiont can improve the growth, performance and drought resistance of this species. The study delivered, for the first time, evidence for successful colonization of P. indica in quinoa. Hence, pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse, where inoculated and non-inoculated plants were subjected to ample (40%–50% WHC) and deficit (15%–20%WHC) irrigation treatments. Drought adversely influenced the plant growth, leading to decline the total plant biomass by 74%. This was linked to an impaired photosynthetic activity (caused by lower gs and Ci/Ca ratio; stomatal limitation of photosynthesis) and a higher risk of ROS production (enhanced ETR/Agross ratio). P. indica colonization improved quinoa plant growth, with total biomass increased by 8% (controls) and 76% (drought-stressed plants), confirming the growth-promoting activity of P. indica. Fungal colonization seems to diminish drought-induced growth hindrance, likely, through an improved water balance, reflected by the higher leaf ψw and gs. Additionally, stomatal limitation of photosynthesis was alleviated (indicated by enhanced Ci/Ca ratio and Anet), so that the threat of oxidative stress was minimized (decreased ETR/Agross). These results infer that symbiosis with P. indica could negate some of the detrimental effects of drought on quinoa growth, a highly desired feature, in particular at low water availability.


The present workshop addresses the most significant aspects to share research data in a context of open science as an ecosystem. Its objective is to offer a panoramic view that helps the researcher to manage their data as part of enriched science. This workshop offers the basic pillars to achieve success: its political and technical dimensions and the capacities needed to manage them.


The play The birds of the night, by Hilda Hilst, proposes an aesthetic reading about what happened to a priest, Father Maximilian Kolbe, in Auschwitz. The text is crossed by numerous ontological questions. The group of characters locked up to die in the Basement of starvation, thinks about issues like God, death, freedom, hunger, degradation and so on. Violence is an intermittent presence in the death bunker and the body of the characters is a territory of profitable debate on the effects of the restriction of freedom and the difficulty of communication between the characters. In this sense, I propose in this essay a set of reflections that begins from the characters' gaze on their own bodies, on the other's, and the degradation processes on them. In Hilda Hilst's dramaturgy, the body is a persistent territoriality. Among the characters trapped in the Basement of Hunger, the body acts as a rhizome to unite all in the same space for understanding the end. Violence, poetry and finitude sediment the action of those condemned to die of hunger and thirst. In the plot, thinking is a form of resistance in the face of the imminent end, however, this movement to rationalize the "banality of evil" generates symbolic side effects among prisoners. Therefore, I propose the analysis of the text seeking to understand how the body is inserted in the gears of violence and its effects on the mutual observation that the condemned does.


Fifty years of nuclear weapons production has left a legacy of radioactive contamination and radioactive waste at sites throughout the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that over 1 million radiochemical analyses per annum will be required to meet applicable environmental restoration and waste management objectives at these sites. The analytical capacity necessary to meet this demand is not thought to be available within the DOE laboratory system; as such, the cost and speed of commonly requested {open_quotes}problem{close_quotes} analyses (i.e., determination of long-lived actinides, radiostrontium, and technetium in soil and water) are being examined closely with the objective of increasing capacity without increasing analysis cost. In the case of long-lived actinides, the authors are developing procedures that will facilitate rapid isolation and determination of target actinide isotopes by {alpha}-spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The authors are also examining novel sample handling techniques (e.g., flow injection) that would further facilitate sample preparation for actinide determinations. With regard to other analytes, an extraction chromatography procedure for radiostrontium determinations is being validated for widespread use throughout the DOE laboratory system, and novel ion exchange procedures have been developed for radiometric determinations of technetium and radium. All of these proceduresmore » would significantly decrease time, labor, and waste generation for radiochemical analyses; these advantages will be described, as will the procedures themselves.« less


In this paper, a microwave symbolic layout is proposed as an interface between a circuit simulation and a mask pattern. This system is separated from the design of process oriented design rules allowing a designer to design a circuit without understanding the complicated MMIC process. An automatic conversion program has been also developed to convert from a mricrowave symbolic layout to a mask pattern. Using this system, a designer can consistently go from the circuit design operation to the mask data creation.


Abstract This article deals with Poland's membership in the European Union. It outlines both the positive and negative aspects of membership. Among the positive aspects of Polish membership include inclusion in decision-making options within Europe, financial assistance received, economic growth, export possibilities, wage growth, and the positive effect on Polish agriculture. Negative aspects include persistent unemployment, issues relating to the adoption of the Euro, and Poland's health care system. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the possible consequences of a failed European Union on Poland and the other members the group. 1. Introduction "We oppose initiatives aimed at giving Poland less funds from the EU budget on account of our robust economic growth. We do not want to be punished for being a success story!" [Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski to the Polish Parliament on March 29, 2012.] The European Union or EU is made up of twenty-seven Member States with an additional six "candidate or acceding countries" in various stages of the accession process. Croatia is an acceding country; candidate countries include the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey. Since Poland joined the European Union on May 1, 2004 (Hunter, Ryan & Shapiro, 2003, pp. 125-145), even the "Euro-skeptics" have to admit that Poland has benefitted from membership (Baczkowska, 2011).


The history of Naini Lake Basin reveals that this beautiful scenic natural surrounding has been a victim of landslides, mass erosion, rock-fall and slumping.  Its location in highest rainfall zone, weak lithology and topography are the obvious reasons for these activities.  Moreover the rising anthropogenic interferences like construction activities and deforestation on this geo-dynamically unstable zone has added more to the problem. The manuscript accounts of incidences of landslide and erosion activities, their causes and effects afterwards.  An effort to stratify and to mark the comparatively lesser stable zones and patches in and around the lake basin has been made to demarcate the risk prone belt.  Adequate measures for environmental planning and proper implementation of such plans are the utmost need of the hour to safeguard not only the beautiful basin but also the olives and property of population living under the continuous threat of disaster.


Loss of NKX3.1 is an early and consistent event in prostate cancer and is associated with increased proliferation of prostate epithelial cells and poor prognosis. NKX3.1 stability is regulated post‐translationally through phosphorylation at multiple sites by several protein kinases. Here, we report the paradoxical stabilization of the prostate‐specific tumor suppressor NKX3.1 by the oncogenic protein kinase Pim‐1 in prostate cancer cells. Pharmacologic Pim‐1 inhibition using the small molecule inhibitor CX‐6258 decreased steady state levels and half‐life of NKX3.1 protein but mRNA was not affected. This effect was reversed by inhibition of the 26S‐proteasome, demonstrating that Pim‐1 protects NKX3.1 from proteasome‐mediated degradation. Mass spectrometric analyses revealed Thr89, Ser185, Ser186, Ser195, and Ser196 as Pim‐1 phospho‐acceptor sites on NKX3.1. Through mutational analysis, we determined that NKX3.1 phosphorylation at Ser185, Ser186, and within the N‐terminal PEST domain is essential for Pim‐1‐mediated stabilization. Further, we also identified Lys182 as a critical residue for NKX3.1 stabilization by Pim‐1. Pim‐1‐mediated NKX3.1 stabilization may be important in maintaining normal cellular homeostasis in normal prostate epithelial cells, and may maintain basal NKX3.1 protein levels in prostate cancer cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 114: 1050–1057, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


ABSTRACT The Sexual Self-Consciousness Scale (SSCS), developed by van Lankveld, Geijen, and Sykora in 2008, measures self-consciousness in sexual situations distinguishing dimensions of Sexual Embarrassment and Sexual Self-Focus. To date, there is no Spanish translation or validation of this scale for use with Spanish speakers. Therefore, the goal of this study was to adapt and validate the SSCS in a sample of 288 Ecuadorian women (18–55 years old). A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the data showed a good model fit when a three-factor structure was considered: (i) Sexual Embarrassment (items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5); (ii) Sexual Partner-Focus (items 6, 7, 9, and 12); (iii) Sexual Self-Focus (items 8, 10, and 11). This version includes a distinction between sexual self-focus and sexual partner-focus (worries about the impression made on the partner). Reliability was good, and validity supported this distinction. Greater body-image dissatisfaction was positively associated with all SSCS factors, and each factor was differently associated with sexual desire (dyadic, general, and solitary) and with each phase of sexual functioning (desire, excitation, lubrication, orgasm, and satisfaction). Overall, Sexual Embarrassment had the greatest impact on sexual functioning impairment. Implications for clinical interventions are discussed.


Wireless sensor network (WSN) comprises small sensor nodes that have the ability of sensing platform, store and send data. In addition, the sensor nodes pose limited resource such as energy, computing power. Clustering is an effective manner for diminishing energy usage utilized by sensor nodes for sending data from source to base station (BS). The multi-path routing is utilized for routing data amongst nodes. However, the WSN are susceptible to several types of security issues which can degrade network performance. WSN are susceptible to various types of attacks, which degraded the performance of entire network. Hence, the primary purpose of this research is to design and develop attack detection and attack mitigation system in WSN for detecting the attackers. This paper devises an energy efficient and optimization aware deep model for attack detection and mitigation in WSN. Here, the first step is the simulation of WSN nodes. The overall procedure of the proposed model includes simulation of WSN, cluster head selection, routing to BS, Sybil attack detection in BS and finally attack mitigation in BS. The first step is WSN simulation and then the selection of energy efficient cluster head is done using Lower Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) protocol.


Responding to 2016 state lawmakers cut 4 percept to Kansas public universities funding, Wichita State increase tuition for a 2.5 percent. The increase will average to $82 more each semester for students taking 15 credit hours.


Providing appropriate assistance to problem gamblers in gaming venues requires effective interaction amongst problem gamblers, frontline staff, senior and gambling support services. While the South Australian Responsible Gambling Code of Practice prescribes procedures for when a problem gambler seeks help, venue staff must use their best judgement when a patron merely hints at a problem, shows observable signs of problem gambling, or when family or friends express concern. There is scope for much variation in how staff members respond to problem gamblers with different levels of disclosure, yet the appropriateness of these responses can mean the difference between a patron resolving their gambling problem or not. This study was largely a replication of a similar CGER study conducted in Queensland.


A study was undertaken concerning the kinetics and mechanism of the phosphidation of silver at 450 o C in phosphorus vapor at 44.0 to 80.0 kPa. X-ray diffraction patterns and an electron probe microanalysis of the reaction products demonstrated that the films were composed of single layers of AgP 2 . A marker experiment indicated that silver was apparently the component that diffused across these films


Umbilical artery catheterization is considered the standard of care for arterial access in neonates. Studies have shown, however, that umbilical artery catheterization carries a high risk of aortic thrombosis, which can be fatal. Neonatal aortic thrombosis can be difficult to treat appropriately, in part because of the absence of reliable data for this patient population and nonstandardized reporting of the condition. Sonography of the abdominal aorta in neonates provides a noninvasive means of diagnosing the presence and extent of aortic thrombus, which assists in managing the patient's plan of care. An important case also has been made for long-term follow-up studies using sonography as the diagnostic tool in patients who received umbilical artery catheters as infants.


l: l: Email:l: Email:l: Regarding the highly contiguous novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it is unsafe for health professionals, being involved in a hospital isolation ward. The healthcare workers, stationed in a contagious ward provide relentless monitoring of specific health parameters of those patients. The rate of contagion proportionately depends on the time spent by the health workers in an isolation ward. This challenging task is fairly manageable by employing promising Internet-of-Things (IoT) based autonomous robots (i.e. smart bots) thus reducing the hazards of contamination to health workers. In this research paper, we introduce a smart bot that can periodically measure the health parameters of COVID-19 patients, for instance, body temperature, oxygen saturation levels, blood pressure, respiration rate, heart rate, blood glucose level, etc. The proposed smart bot will transfer from one patient to another in a structured pattern and autonomously collect, forward, store the data of the patients for further analysis. The goal of the work is to involve a significantly inferior number of health workers in contagious wards to control contagion, thus creating stress-free environs for health workers. Moreover, smart bots will offer health professionals to pay attention to non-COVID-19 patients and make things easier for regular health check-ups of individuals in need.


How to model global video representation is an important research content of video recognition. Among current convolutional neural network(CNN) based methods, only using first-order representations (i.e. global average pooling) has limitations in capturing spatiotemporal features of videos. Recent studies have shown that high-order statistics are more suitable to model complex feature distributions. To better characterize the spatiotemporal structure for video recognition, we propose a novel High-order Correlation Network (HoCNet) in this work, the core of which is to explore high-order video representations through correlation computation and covariance pooling. HoC-Net leverages the correlation module to obtain complex temporal dynamic information of frames via computing dot product of features in the fixed sliding window of two adjacent frames. As an approximate high-order calculation, the correlation module can be inserted into any stage of the deep network to model high-order representations in various spatial resolutions. Additionally, a robust high-order pooling module, i.e., iterative matrix square root normalization of covariance pooling (iSQRT-COV), is also introduced at the end of the network, and this further boosts modeling complex spatiotemporal distributions of video features. Experiments conducted on four widely used video benchmarks demonstrate the effectiveness of HoCNet, which achieves the comparable performance with the state-of-the-art models.


A low-coordinate dinuclear dysprosium complex {[Dy(N3N)(THF)][LiCl(THF)]}2 (Dy2) with a double bridging 'LiCl' moiety and tris(amido)amine (N3N)3− anions as a blocking ligand is synthesized and characterized structurally and magnetically. Thanks to the use of the chelating blocking ligand (N3N)3− equipped with large steric –SiMe3 groups, the coordination sphere of both DyIII ions is restricted to only six donor atoms. The three amido nitrogen atoms determine the orientation of the easy magnetization axes of both DyIII centers. Consequently, Dy2 shows slow magnetic relaxation typical for single molecule magnets (SMMs). However, the effective energy barrier for magnetization reversal determined from the AC magnetic susceptibility measurements is much lower than the separation between the ground and the first excited Kramers doublet based on the CASSCF ab initio calculations. In order to better understand the possible influence of the anticipated intramolecular magnetic interactions in this dinuclear molecule, its GdIII-analog {[Gd(N3N)(THF)][LiCl(THF)]}2 (Gd2) is also synthesized and studied magnetically. Detailed magnetic measurements reveal very weak antiferromagnetic interactions in Gd2. This in turn suggests similar antiferromagnetic interactions in Dy2, which might be responsible for its peculiar SMM behavior and the absence of the magnetic hysteresis loop.


Characteristics of extratropical cyclones that cause tornadoes in Italy are investigated. Tornadoes between 2007 and 2016 are analyzed, and statistical analysis of the associated cyclone structures and environments is performed using the JRA-55 reanalysis. Tornadoes are distributed sporadically around the cyclone location within a window of 10° × 10°. The difference in the cyclone tracks partially explains the seasonal variability in the distribution of tornadoes. The highest number of tornadoes occur south of the cyclone centers, mainly in the warm sector, while a few are observed along the cold front. Composite mesoscale parameters are examined to identify the environmental conditions associated with tornadoes in different seasons. Potential instability is favorable to tornado development in autumn. The highest convective available potential energy (CAPE) in this season is associated with relatively high-temperature and humidity at low-levels, mainly due to the strong evaporation over the warm Mediterranean Sea. Upper-level potential vorticity (PV) anomalies and the associated cold air reduce the static stability above the cyclone center, mainly in spring and winter. On average, the values of CAPE are lower than for US tornadoes and comparable with those occurring in Japan, while storm relative helicity (SREH) is comparable with US tornadoes and higher than Japanese tornadoes, indicating that the environmental conditions for Italian tornadoes have peculiar characteristics. Overall, the conditions emerging in this study are close to the high-shear, low-CAPE environments typical of cool-season tornadoes in the Southeastern US.


After the occurrence of cyclones Idai and Kenneth, and despite the level of poverty in which Mozambique finds itself, it has been recovering at an acceptable pace with the help of donors and international partners. So, is Mozambique an example in terms of socio-environmental post-disasters recovery or is it far from it? In the first case, what is this contrast due to? In the context of the occurrence of extreme weather events, solid financial management is crucial for good prevention, good mitigation and a fast recovery. Aware of this, the country has been organizing itself in terms of creating institutions dedicated to emergency management and adopting the corresponding legislation. However, the country has been failing in the financial management component. The objective of this article is to assess the extent to which the experience of Mozambique can serve as an example in the region and in the world, while considering that there are other countries that are also victims of extreme climate events. As for the specific objectives, we intend to analyze and discuss how post-disaster socio-environmental management and recovery are conducted by the Mozambican authorities, and whether they are aligned with international practices and standards, so that it can be compared with other countries in the same circumstances. The research methodology used was qualitative, being exploratory in terms of objectives. As for the technical procedures, bibliographic and documentary research was used, based on books, papers, reports, studies, and legislation. The research procedure method was comparative. We conclude that Mozambique may even have experiences to share, but it still has a long way to go to become a reference.


In this paper, single-crystalline Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4 nanocrystals could be synthesized on a large scale by a facile hydrothermal treatment without using templates or organic additives. Ammonia concentration played an important role for the composition, phase structure and shape control of the the Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4 nanobelts. Electrochemical measurement revealed that the asprepared Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4 nanobelts exhibited high specific capacity close to the theoretical capacity performance of β-Ni(OH)2. On the other hand, the single-crystalline porous nickel oxide nanobeltsnanobelts can be obtained through calcination of the Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4. nanobelts.


in experience-woman's experience-and this is as it should be to balance the masculine-weighted emphasis of the past. The difficulty comes when experience is further narrowed to mean only the experience of the writer or her circle of friends. Goldenberg, like Mary Daly, Carol Christ, Judith Plaskow, and others, have had bitter experience in trying to fit into the prescribed moulds of Judaism and Christianity, with the result that they have rejected institutionalized religion and have posited alternative forms of religious experience as valid for them. What they fail to acknowledge is that for many women there is in scripture a liberating word which has always been there alongside the oppressive one, waiting to be appropriated. By ignoring this Goldenberg has tended to invalidate the experience of others. For many women it is possible to be 'religious' and feminist at the same time. And this includes being religious in the Jewish and Christian sense. For them the worship of the goddess which Goldenberg proposes involves a reversal of gender for a deity in a way which has as much demonic potential as the patriarchal worship which she deplores. The book does, however, raise the possibility of adding the feminine side, so long neglected, to the masculine norm for religion, and for this it is to be commended.


It was found that at the stage of fast spreading (τ≤ 0,02c) at constant driving force within the wetting perimeter, the following exerts the main impact on the spreading kinetics: inertial forces that prevent spreading and change their sign when the speed slows, viscous resistance forces, the influence of which increases in proportion to the growth of the thickness of the boundary layer and vertical forces, which begin to appear when the spreading velocity slows down.


A method of operating a wireless terminal (30) in communication with an access network radio (20) in a radio interface (32), and can operate the wireless terminal (30) in a batch mode comprising periods of no reception between periods reception, the method comprising: receiving (3-1) a message from the radio access network (20) whose measurements are performed by the wireless terminal (30) on downlink signals transmitted by one or more network nodes radio access (20); the method being characterized in that: as a result of receiving the message, and when the wireless terminal (30) is in a batch mode; changing (3-2) the wireless terminal to a batchwise mode modified to facilitate the performance of measurements, and wherein compared to batchwise no reception periods are shortened or eliminated in the modified mode; where periods of no reception are shortened or eliminated at least when measurements are performed by the wireless terminal (30) on signals downlink transmitted by one or more network nodes access radio (20) ; and taking measurements.