KINESIOLOGY, 2014, 16(3): 157-169. The Reexamining of Concept and Structure of Kinesiology and Exploring the Directions of Kinesiologic Professionals . [PURPOSE] The purpose of this study was to suggest a direction of Kinesiologist professionals through reexamining of the Kinesiology concept and structure. [METHOD] document analysis was used abundant express and the articles about concepts, structure and the limitations related with sport, kinetics, exercise were collected [RESULT] First, traditionally the concept and name of P. E has been changed in accord with the social trend. The name of P.E., education through the physical, and sport had a weakness to include the whole categories of this discipline itself. Second, the name kinesiology was the alternative of the traditional P.E. and etc. The key concept and structure was suggested through reexamining kinesiology by two ways. That is, one is called academic-based reexamining, the other is professional-based reexamining. Third the direction for collegiate curriculum was suggested in four directions. [CONCLUSION] If this discipline had a concept and structures based on the kinesiology, and collegiate curriculum were provided, then the future of kinesiology in Korea will be prosperous.


This paper describes the implementation of nonlinear optimization methods into the learning of neural networks (NN) and the speed efficiency of four proposed improvements into the backpropagation algorithm. The problems of the backpropagation learning method are pointed out first, and the efficiency of implementing a nonlinear optimization method as a solution to this problems is described.

Two nonlinear optimization methods are selected after inspecting several nonlinear methods from the viewpoint of NN learning to avoid the problem of the backpropagation algorithm. These are the linear search method by Davies, Swann, and Campey (DSC), and the conjugate gradient method by Fletcher and Reeves.

The NN learning algorithms with these standard methods being implemented are formulated. Moreover, the following four improvements of the nonlinear optimization methods are proposed to shorten the NN learning time: (a) fast forward calculation in linear search by consuming a larger amount of memories; (b) avoiding the trap to local minimum point in an early stage of linear search; (c) applying a linear search method suitable for parallel processing; and (d) switching the gradient direction using the conjugate gradient method. The evaluation results have shown that all methods described here are effective in shortening the learning time.


Reef sharks, including blackfins (Carcharhinus melanopterus) reside in the lagoons and on the outer slopes of the barrier reefs of Mo'orea Island, French Polynesia. In general the lagoons are shallow enough to permit underwater observation, while dive clubs hold shark dives at different sites in the lagoons and in the ocean. Thus, the presence of blackfin sharks especially, and other species at times, is confirmed daily. Between about 21 July and 2 August 2002, all blackfin reef sharks under observation, and possibly some of the other species, left their lagoon and ocean ranges and disappeared from human view, a unique evacuation for which no explanation was found. The event suggests an unknown pattern or influence at work which was perceived by sharks, but was not apparent to those investigating.


We report on magnetotransport measurements in intrinsically populated HgSe:Fe quantum‐dot systems in magnetic fields up to 12 T. Depending on the dot density we observe positive and negative differential magnetoresistance, the later similar to hopping conductivity in impurity bands.


This article profiles the collaborative model for speech and language services currently used in the Fountain Valley School District. Describing a variety of techniques, such as team teaching, dire...


Eight families of flat foldable continuous deformations of the waterbomb base origami tessellation are presented, as well as a couple of closely related tessellations. Several methods of deforming a tessellation that preserve flatness are explained. The waterbomb tessellation is a corrugation, so we briefly discuss what this means, and how a deformation can transform a corrugation crease pattern to a non-corrugated flat folding origami tessellation crease pattern.


On the basis of a reduced equation for steady, two-dimensional flow of a perfectly conducting gas with an aligned magnetic field, the M 2 - expansion method as well as the thin-wing expansion method is extended to include the effect of a magnetic field. General formulae obtained by both methods remain unchanged, except that the parameters involved should be read as given in the paper. The transonic thin-airfoil theory is also modified for magneto-hydro-dynamical flow and it is found that the same similarity rule for the flow past a slender body holds for both non-magnetic and magnetic cases with the proper alteration of the parameters.


Granular materials deposited under gravity present inherent fabric anisotropy. The mechanical properties of such materials depend on the angle between shear plane and bedding plane perpendicular to gravity direction. From the literature data of direct shear of glass beads, Fujian and mica sands, the stress-dilatancy relationships are analyzed based on Frictional State Theory. The angle of critical frictional state, and parameters α and β may describe stress-dilatancy relationship for direct sheared granular materials with inherent anisotropy. It is shown that parameters α and β are different for pre-peak and post-peak stage of shearing, contrary to isotropic sand behaviour. It is also shown that Taylor's and Bolton's relationships are correct only for some experiment for which the angle between shear and bedding plane is 0°. The critical frictional angle Φ° is almost equal to the residual angle of granular material.


In this paper, several novel sufficient criteria are derived for checking the uniqueness and global robust exponential stability of the equilibrium point for interval Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays. A new approach combing the Lyapunov functional with the matrix inequality techniques is taken to investigate this problem. Also, some remarks and two examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed results.


The group of parasites known as parasitoids nourish themselves on the tissues of their host and eventually entirely devour it. It follows that the number of parasitoids that can and sufficient nourishment to complete their development on a single host is strictly limited. Most species, indeed, require an entire host for their development, but some, which are small in comparison with their victim, need only a part of its tissues so that a number can reach maturity on one host. It sometimes happens in nature that an individual host is attacked by more parasites than can develop upon it. This phenomenon, the occurrence of more parasitoids of a single species on a host than its tissues can support, is known as superparasitism


With the world into the new millennium there are over a billion followers of Islam making it the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. Muslims in today's world are at a better position to view and practice their faith and culture than their ancestors in the beginning of last century when poverty, illiteracy and colonial rule hindered them to practice their faith and to prosper culturally and economically. Today most of the Islamic countries are free and their fortunes have changed remarkably both economically and socially in the recent past and the extent of change is comparable to the outstanding change in the lives of Muslims in the twenty first century of its spread. Islam is growing rapidly owing to both high birth rate and missionary efforts. Islam is experiencing resurgence along with vigorous intellectual ferment and powerful movements for simplification and purification of the faith and its practice. The situation for Islam has been surveyed in different Islamic countries in this article and their ongoing efforts to maintain their Islamic identity are discussed. The results of these efforts are yet to be seen as the Muslim world has entered the 21 century. Four principles are fundamental to Islamic resurgence since the late 1970s and they are mentioned in the text. Some burning issues the solution to which will hasten Islamic resurgence are also quoted.


The goal of this work is to compare the performances of the Fanuc Arc Mate 100iC robotic manipulator, achieved by both, the current design and an improved design of such a machine, during execution of a specified task. The measured performance is that one regarding the ability of the manipulator to simultaneously produce both angular and linear motions of the end-effector. The enhanced design of the manipulator is that one obtained in a previous work by optimization of the Kinetostatic Conditioning Index of the robot's Jacobian matrix. The results of this study show that the improved design provide more efficient postures during the task.


A patient with an adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma diagnosed at the same time as pregnancy is reported. Treatment was by transsphenoidal tumor resection, which has only been described once previously in such a case. Treatment rationale is discussed, and transsphenoidal tumor resection is recommended as the therapy of choice.


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Gallium Oxide (Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>) is an emerging semiconductor for next-generation power electronics. Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> has been used as a substrate to deposit Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> thin film in most of the previously reported works. However, Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> substrate is costly which makes the technology too expensive. Thus, the cost-effective integration of Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> with the existing silicon technology is the primary motivation for the present research. In this context, the β-Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> film has been deposited on Si (10 0) substrate using pulsed laser deposition. XRD pattern of the deposited film shows the single crystalline nature with β-phase of Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>. FESEM results confirm the film surface is smooth and uniform. Fabricated Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) show good device performance with significantly high breakdown voltage and low ideality factor. Baliga's Figure of merit (V2<inf>BR</inf>/R<inf>ON</inf>) has been computed to be 0.021 MWcm-2. The present research has evaluated the feasibility of cost-effective integration of β-Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> with well-established technology Si and it would provide a new research opportunity of β-Ga<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> on Si with potential commercial applications as well as challenges to overcome for high-performance power devices soon.


Static although structured queries performed on data that is stored in relation databases or data warehouses are not sufficient enough for systems that are running in real-time, where the focus of monitoring is decided during the runtime of an application. Given that the cessation of activity of the core applications may not be admissible only compounded the problem. However, this solves complex event processing where time is perceived as more important than the actual parameter data persistence. There are currently a number of commercial and non-commercial CEP engines but most of them are very robust and non-optimized for use on platforms with limited resources. In this paper we propose modular and non-robust complex event processing solution for mobile devices with Android. This proposal is based on Publish Subscribe design pattern with a view to its possible further extension. Thus implemented prototype allows processing sensor data from various sources, both inside the device, as well as sensors from other connected devices. To demonstrate the usability of our approach, a mobile application for detection of potential threats to health was developed. This application, utilizing the CEP engine, can warn its users of any danger to their health, based on the predefined complex rules. We have analyzed several solutions and their application possibilities for use on platforms with limited resources. We have designed and implemented a prototype to support the development of complex events for the Android platform. Finally we have tested our approach with the existing solutions in comparable level.


The purpose of this study was firstly to investigate the relationship between written corrective feedback and task complexity and secondly, to determine whether language aptitude mediates the effect of written feedback or task complexity in the acquisition of indefinite article. Seventy-nine college students from three classes participated in this study. First, they were assigned to one comparison group and two experimental groups i.e., direct feedback and metalinguistic feedback. Then, all three groups were randomly divided into two groups i.e., complex [+Reasoning demands] and simple [-Reasoning demands], according to task complexity level. They were assessed by grammatical judgment test and writing tasks, and language aptitude, LLAMA-F (Meara, 2005) for grammatical inferencing. The results showed no interaction effect between feedback group and task complexity. The most effective feedback was metalinguistic option, which was meaningful in writing tasks. Furthermore, the language aptitude was related to both feedback group and task complexity, only in writing tasks. Complex task triggered complex sentence structure and contents. Thus, learners improve their accuracy through meaning-making activities under time pressure. Practitioners need to devise different tasks and treatment for learners with different abilities.


The R-curve of an Al2O3 matrix composite reinforced with SiC-whiskers typically comprises two stages in response to crack face bridging processes. The microstructural change in the composite strongly affected the bridging processes, and resulted in a significant change in the R-curve.


We report a case of hepatic portal venous gas which was caused by ischemic enteritis with chronic obstruction of the superior mesenterium artery. The patient was a 73-year-old man previously diagnosed with hard arterioscleosis and an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He developed sudden abdominal pain after dinner and was admitted to our hospital. Abdominal enhanced CT showed hepatic venous gas, wall thick-ening in the terminal ileum and a defect in the origin of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). CT done 14hours after the initial CT showed that the hepatic venous gas had disappeared. Since there were no symptoms of intestinal necrosis, conservative treatment was instituted. After 19 days the ileocolic artery was revasculared. The patient had a good outcome. It is necessary to consider revascularization as an option for the treatment of ischemic enteritis.


Introduction The termination of myxoedema in coma was described in the Report of the Clinical Society of London(i888) and had been noted even before this (St. Thomas's Hospital Report, I879). It is an uncommon complication occurring in longstanding untreated cases and hitherto was fatal, with the possible exception of one patient (Malden, 1955), and here the cerebro-spinal fluid protein was markedly raised and on recovery there was a unilateral hypereflexia suggesting a cerebrovascular accident complicating myxoedema. This article reports the successful treatment of an undoubted case of myxoedema coma with oral tri-iodo-thyronine.


The article examines analyst coverage initiations at the end of the quiet period for banking IPOs between 1990 and 2009. It is found that analyst coverage is initiated for only 15.5 percent of banks, a lower rate of initiation than for nonfinancial firms. This lower level of private sector monitoring suggests that regulation is a substitute, not a complement, for analyst following. The authors also find that banks with analyst coverage initiations experience five-day abnormal returns of -43 basis points versus 7 basis points for banks without analyst coverage initiations. Finally, the article also documents that as the number of operational activities for banks increases with legislative changes, analyst coverage also increases.


We report on the design and instrumentation of an aircraft-certified far infrared radiometer (FIRR) and the resulting instrument characteristics. FIRR was designed to perform unattended airborne measurements of ice clouds in the arctic in support of a microsatellite payload study. It provides radiometrically calibrated data in nine spectral channels in the range of 8-50 μm with the use of a rotating wheel of bandpass filters and reference blackbodies. Measurements in this spectral range are enabled with the use of a far infrared detector based on microbolometers of 104-μm pitch. The microbolometers have a new design because of the large structure and are coated with gold black to maintain uniform responsivity over the working spectral range. The vacuum sealed detector package is placed at the focal plane of a reflective telescope based on a Schwarschild configuration with two on-axis spherical mirrors. The telescope field-of-view is of ~6° and illuminates an area of ~2.1-mm diameter at the focal plane. In operation, FIRR was used as a nonimaging radiometer and exhibited a noise equivalent radiance in the range of 10-20 mW/m2-sr. The dynamic range and the detector vacuum integrity of FIRR were found to be suited for the conditions of the airborne experiments.


Background: Interstitial fibrosis in chronic allograft injury has been suggested as a major cause of the loss of allograft. Methods: To clarify the involvement of circulating fibrocytes (CF) and α-smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive cells in renal allograft injury, we investigated 36 renal transplanted cases at 0 h, 1 h, 2–4 weeks, 4–8 weeks, and 1 year, and 5 normal controls. Double immunofluorescence analysis for both COL1 and CD45 indicating CF (/mm2), and the positive area (%) of α-SMA and Masson trichrome (MT) stain were detected by an image analyzing system. Results: The mean number of CF was 0 in controls and 4.0 in total transplanted specimens (p < 0.05). CF correlated with the α-SMA-positive area in the graft (R2 = 0.39, p < 0.01), but not with Banff 2005 scores. The number of CF increased in 2–4 weeks; however, decreased 1 year after transplantation. α-SMA-positive area gradually increased at 1 year concomitant with the increase of MT-positive area. A similar phenomenon was observed in a case of primary nonfunction kidney from 0 h to 6 weeks after transplantation. The electron microscopy score of fibrosis around peritubular capillaries was correlated positively with COL1-positive area (R2 = 0.72, p < 0.01), but negatively with infiltrated CF (R2 = 0.25, p < 0.05). Conclusion: CF were transiently induced, probably due to ischemia-reperfusion injury, but fibrosis only slightly progressed in this process. The α-SMA-positive myofibroblasts may accelerate the expansion of fibrosis around peritubular capillaries in chronic allograft injury.


Laura Winkiel's Modernism, Race and Manifestos reaches beyond Janet Lyon's foundational Manifestoes: Provocations of the Modern (1999) and Geomodernisms: Race, Modernism, Modernity, coedited by Winkiel with Laura Doyle (2005). Whereas the earlier studies focused on the manifesto's relevance to avant-garde movements, Winkiel argues in this work for an understanding of the event nature of manifestos: by forcefully inserting themselves into Walter Benjamin's Jetztzeit (now-time), they rupture the fl ow of "homogenous empty time." In seeking to restore "modernism to a confl ictual terrain occupied by colonial writers, fl ooded by militant women's movement literature, and fragmented by the avantgarde," Winkiel challenges any "singular notion of modernism, whether defi ned by periodization, location, or form" (4). Winkiel argues that a singularizing narrative of modernism that favors canonized European and American texts systematically excludes racial difference. The manifesto's power to disrupt this singularization is central to Winkiel's theory. The "discontinuous temporality of the manifesto," she explains:


ABSTRACT A mixed method study explored the attitudes and wishes of Arab first-generation immigrants (n = 86) in Canada regarding marital therapy. Results suggested positive attitudes toward seeking marital therapy, and overall attitudes significantly related to the likelihood of seeking marital therapy. Orientation to Canadian or Arab culture was associated with positive or negative attitudes toward marital therapy. Thematic analysis suggested participants wished counselors understood cultural norms and its impact on marriage, religious beliefs, native language, and shame and stigma toward counseling, while using a straightforward counseling style. Participants wished to improve communication, resolve marital conflict, have a supportive third-party, and acculturation support. Recommendations from this study for clinicians include building foundational understanding of the Arab culture, challenging bias, updating knowledge, assessing couple's acculturation, and connecting with communities and religious leaders to inform them of counseling services.


Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are currently attractive materials for a diverse range of applications because of their extra ordinary mechanical and electrical properties. Their application has already been demonstrated in field emission displays, nanoscale electronic devices, biosensors and hydrogen storage medium. The field emission properties of carbon nanotubes are an important field of study because they give very high values of current density as compared to the already existing field emission devices. The effect of various factors such as plasma parameters, substitutional atoms, dimensional effects, anode-cathode distance etc. on field emission from CNT has also been extensively studied. The present talk will cover the plasma production and effect of doping of hetero-atoms on the growth and field emission properties of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) tip placed over a cylindrical surface in complex plasma. A theoretical model incorporating kinetics of plasma species such as electron, ions and neutral atoms including doping elements like nitrogen (N), Boron (B), Potassium (K), Cesium (Cs) and energy balance of CNTs in complex plasma has been developed. The effect of doping elements of N, B, K, and Cs on the growth of CNTs namely the tip radius has been carried out for typical glow discharge plasma parameters. It is found that doping elements affect the radius of CNTs extensively. We obtained small radii for CNT doped with N and large radius for CNT doped with B. The field emission characteristics from CNTs have therefore been suggested on the basis of results obtained. Some of theoretical results are in compliance with the existing experimental observations.


To compare the 12 months visual and anatomical outcomes of treatment‐naïve neovascular age‐related macular degeneration (nAMD) patients diagnosed by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT‐A) compared with fluorescein angiography (FA)/indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), after anti‐VEGF treatment in a real‐world setting.


ADDP was synthesized for modifying light CaCO 3.The properties of modified CaCO 3 were studied by contact angle, particle size, viscosity of liquid paraffin filler paste, oil absorbility, whiteness etc. Of modified CaCO 3 was lipophilic and the average diameter of the particle was reduced. The modified CaCO 3 was filled in various concentrations in PVC system. The investigations showed that the mechanical and processing properties of PVC system could be remarkably improved.


Actual engineering education content, problems of professional self-determination of the senior schoolchildren in the field of engineering and technical education are considered. Factors affecting the choice of engineering trades by senior schoolchildren are analyzed.


Around the globe, people with HIV/AIDS are increasingly those who are most marginalized within their societies and with least access to health education and prevention efforts. Rising HIV infection rates within underserved populations demonstrate a vital need to critically reflect upon the nature and practice of HIV/AIDS education and prevention. Online learning is increasingly being used as a way of bridging gaps of space and time between health educators/ providers and training resources. While the majority of the literature cites little or no difference in learning outcomes between in-person and online courses, the processes by which students learn in these two teaching mediums are markedly different. It is essential to identify those aspects of online education that promote critical reflection so that they can be incorporated into the best practices of distance learning and used in training future health educators and providers. This study examines discussion forums of online AIDS education courses conducted as part of a graduate level health education program. It explores the nature of critical reflection in online discussion forums, details the ways in which students engage in reflection, and makes recommendations for fostering reflective thinking as part of asynchronous health education training.


A polygonian girl tried to make herself look better by using her newly purchased cosmetic tools: Beauty Sculptor DIY (for polygon model-ing, of course). However, she didn't read the user manual carefully (who does?) before using her new tools to edit the vertices of her face. And very soon everything was out of control.


Although the majority of blueberries in The Netherlands are soil grown, interest in soilless culture has increased recently. Modern cultivation with high yield and fruit quality needs maximum control of growth and crop development, which is expected to be achieved with irrigation and nutrient management. At the same time, reduction of nutrient losses is an important issue for all crops. Both aspects are realized more easily in soilless culture systems than in soil. The research discussed here focused on nutrient demand and the development of a specific nutrient solution for blueberry. Valuable information was gained on nutrient demand, from which a standard nutrient solution was developed and fine-tuned. Compared to all other substrate-grown crops, the total nutrient demand by blueberry was low, especially for K. The results did not show any clear shifts in nutrient uptake ratios during the growing season. Uptake of Na and Cl were very limited, suggesting that high-quality irrigation water is needed for profitable soilless production of blueberry.


In the eleventh, twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, figurative floor mosaics were laid in a number of churches in northern Italy, part of a wider revival of the art in Western Europe. The pavements feature a broad range of imagery, including subjects of a geographical, and even cartographical, nature. Two examples from Piedmont, in which such imagery is accompanied by unusually full and specific inscriptions, are of particular interest here: the well-known mosaic from S. Salvatore in Turin, which depicts the oceanic islands and winds familiar from medieval mappaemundi ; and the presbytery pavement of Asti cathedral, which includes personifications of the Rivers of Paradise. While the pavement of Asti cathedral is far less conventionally cartographic than the S. Salvatore floor, it too possesses a strong spatial aspect. Keywords: Asti cathedral; medieval floor mosaics; S. Salvatore


To precisely model the transient behavior of the 4-limb converter transformers used in the Kunliulong VSC-LCC HVDC project during faults or breakers operations, it is required to rewrite a new 4-limb transformer model instead of the built-in 2-limb single-phase UMEC model for use in PSCAD/EMTDC. The modified UMEC model takes the structure and the magnetic paths of the 4-limb iron core into account. Considering that the UMEC and converter model requires a heavy computation load, improving the UMEC algorithm to meet the HVDC simulation requirements is suggested. The model is verified by the factory experiment datasheet and field experiment data of both the 158V 4-limb prototype and 303kV transformer. The model is finally integrated into the Kunliulong HVDC PSCAD model and the results show that the model can precisely model the transient behavior of the power system.


IN HIS RECENT PAPER, Merton Miller [12] extends the notion of tax-induced differential returns on securities into a general equilibrium framework in which firms make adjustments in the supply of corporate debt. In an environment of progressive personal taxation, the interest rates on taxable corporate bonds are greater than rates on tax exempt securities so as to compensate investors for the associated tax burden. On the supply side, value-maximizing firms have an incentive to issue additional debt so long as the personal tax-induced compensation is less than the tax savings from interest-payment deductions at the corporate level. Miller argues that in the final equilibrium, the interest rate differential between taxable and tax-exempt bonds exactly reflects the tax advantage of debt financing at the corporate level. Thus, the tax subsidy disappears in its entirety, and we are back to an environment in which corporate leverage is inconsequential to the value of any particular firm. What emerges in equilibrium is merely an optimal debt-equity ratio for the corporate sector as a whole.1 Miller derives this invariance proposition under the following assumptions: (1) progressive personal tax rates reach a maximum at a level beyond the corporate tax rate; (2) no tax arbitrage by individuals and firms is allowed; (3) there is a personal tax rate differential in favor of income from stocks; and (4) the opportunity for riskless borrowing and lending exists.2 Indeed, Miller's equilibrium analysis is based on a zero effective personal tax rate on income from stocks, but


The invention relates to the field of molecular medicine, and in particular relates to a gene chip for leukemia diagnosis and treatment. The chip contains oligonucleotide probes with sequences in SEQ ID NO:1-137. The chip has the following beneficial effects that: the actual demands in the blood system tumor diagnosis and treatment process in China are met; the gene chip is customized by screening key indicators in examination indicators in leukemia morphology, immunology, cytogenetics and molecular biology; and the multifunctional gene chip integrates early diagnosis, early warning, prevention and diagnosis and treatment of leukemia and can improve the individual diagnosis efficiency and treatment effect of leukemia, shorten the length of stay, reduce the medical expenses and improve the technical levels of the primary-level medical and health institutions.


The content of the potentially anticarcinogenic flavonoids quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, apigenin, and luteolin of 28 vegetables and 9 fruits was determined by RP-HPLC with UVdetection. Fresh foods were purchased in a supermarket, a grocery, and a street market and combined to composites. Processed foods were purchased additionally. Sampling was carried out in spring, summer, winter, and spring of the following year


Branched molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) can self-assemble into nanostructures through complementary cohesive strand base pairing. The production of DNA nanostructures is valuable in targeted drug delivery and biomolecular computing. With theoretical efficiency of laboratory processes in mind, we use a flexible tile model for DNA assembly. We aim to minimize the number of different types of branched junction molecules necessary to assemble certain target structures. We represent target structures as discrete graphs and branched DNA molecules as vertices with half-edges. We present the minimum numbers of required branched molecule and cohesive-end types under three levels of restrictive conditions for the tadpole and lollipop graph families. These families represent cycle and complete graphs with a path appended via a single cut-vertex. We include three general lemmas regarding such vertex-induced path subgraphs. Through proofs and examples, we demonstrate the challenges that can arise in determining optimal construction strategies.


The purpose of the study is to enhance the figure analysis ability for pre-service elementary teacher by using GSP. To do this, we limited to teaching competence divide into ability various problem-solving, extract key elements, predict the difficulty of student and investigated the initial of them, the reality of GSP construction. As results, pre-service elementary teachers made errors, proposed teaching focused on the character using in the problem solving, and found that in one particular difficulties to find the students. The reality of GSP construction activity was possible to explore through the partially constructed a number of various properties, but we found to have difficulty in the connection between concepts. and integrated view of the problem analysis. After visual identification and exploration through the GSP construction, problem-solving ability became a little more variety and changed their direction in order to focus the student`s anticipated difficulties. From these results, we could extract some pedagogical implications helping pre-service teachers to reinforce teaching competence by GSP construction.


phoma had been treated with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplanta− tion. He had evident hematological defi− cits, with thrombocytopenia (56 000 " 109/L), but with normal coagulation. Due to persistent epigastralgia, panendoscopy was conducted in order to take a gastric biopsy and a duodenal biopsy to exclude graft−versus−host disease after the plate− let transfusion. One day later, the boy suffered abdominal pain, fullness, and vomiting. Physical examination dem− onstrated diffuse tenderness over the upper abdominal quadrant. The hemato− crit dropped from 30.8 % to 22.6%. Ab− dominal computed tomography without (l" Fig. 1 a) and with contrast (l" Fig. 1 b) disclosed a diffuse intramural hematoma of the duodenum, extending from the first portion to the fourth portion. This diffuse duodenal intramural hematoma resulted in severe necrotizing pancreati− tis with acute respiratory distress syn− drome and septic shock. The patient died 2 weeks later. Duodenal intramural hematoma is a rare condition, and can sporadically be seen in patients with trauma, hematological deficits, or pancreatic cancer, or in those using anticoagulants [1± 4]. Iatrogenic trauma caused by either endoscopic duo− denal biopsy or therapeutic injection to a bleeding ulcer can also lead to duodenal intramural hematoma, but is usually self−limited without lethal outcome [4, 5]. However, in our patient the duode− nal biopsy induced a lethal hematoma: it was diffusely extended from the first to the fourth portion and thus obliterated the pancreatic drainage, leading to severe necrotizing pancreatitis. Evacuation of the hematoma by surgery was limited by the hematological deficits in this case. Despite the correction of the platelet counts and normal coagulation param− eters, this case shows that the risk of mor− tality from duodenal biopsy still exists. Caution dictates that duodenal biopsy should be avoided during panendoscopy in patients in whom the possibility of sur− gery is limited by hematological deficits.


It is common to find computed tomography scan evidence of prior stroke without a history of such an event. The frequency, risk factors for, and relevance of silent strokes are unknown. The Framingham cohort of 5,184 men and women aged 30-62 years and free of stroke at entry to the study have been followed with periodic examinations since 1950. We studied the silent strokes found on computed tomography scan of all initial strokes that occurred between January 1, 1979, and July 31, 1987. During these 8V2 years, 164 initial strokes occurred; 124 had computed tomography scans performed. There were 13 (10%) with silent stroke, 71 had abnormalities related to their presenting acute stroke, and 40 had normal computed tomography scans. There were 15 silent lesions; eight were lacunar infarcts in the basal ganglia-internal capsule area, seven were small cortical infarcts. Glucose intolerance was the sole risk factor that occurred significantly more frequently (11 of 13) in the group with silent lesions (p<0.04) than in the group with computed tomography evidence of acute stroke. Silent stroke is not rare; it was present in at least 10% of acute initial stroke patients arising in a general population. The relation of these silent lesions to the development of "vascular" dementia and poststroke disability deserves further study. {Stroke 1989;20:850-852)


E Research suggests that certain subskills may be significant in facilitating listening comprehension (LC). This research is of two kinds, the first of which attempts to identify and taxonomize the factors and subskills related to both general LC and academic listening comprehension (ALC). These taxonomies have been compiled on the basis of theoretical models and/or intuition (e.g., Nichols 1948, Brown 1951, Barker 1971, Richards 1983). Two


For many years, the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system has been used in government data collection and numerous related activities. Thus, figures coming out of the Census Bureau and other groups within the federal Department of Commerce related to dollar values, product units, industry capacities, employment data and a host of other statistics could be related to specific business segments by the SIC code number. The classification system was organized to provide a means to specifically and uniquely define a business activity, whether the activity was by a a large corporation or the smallest corner store business unit. By means of the SIC code, the nature of a business activity was immediately established, whether it was a service activity, a manufacturing business, a sales organization or any of a myriad of other business functions. For example, the nonwovens industry has an SIC identification code of 2297; this number identified it as a part of the larger textile category which was itself a part of the manufacturing sector. Classification under the SIC system was both process-, and to some extent, customer-based. While the system was not perfect, it did serve a very useful function and eliminated a lot of confusion in identifying what an organization or sector was actually engaged in. Businesses covered by SIC Code 2297 were described as "Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not elsewhere covered." The last phrase, "not elsewhere covered" or "nec," is an integral part of the SIC system, in view of the complexity of the effort to provide a meaningful classification to such a diverse population as "business." An additional SIC Code, 2299 for Textile Goods (nonwoven felts) also was used in the SIC system. The new NAICS classification for the nonwoven industry will be 31323 "Nonwoven Fabric Mills, Nonwoven Fabrics;" this category is a revision of both SIC 2297 and SIC 2299. The nonwovens industry provided numerous problems for the Department of Commerce, as it was originally distributed throughout various classifications within the diverse textile category. During the early years of INDA (actually The Disposables Association at the DIRECTOR'S CORNER INJ DEPARTMENTS


In Brazil, throughout the 20th century, the photographs published on the pages of magazines and newspapers modeled a visual public space, in which facts and photos were combined in the narrative of events. The city of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital until 1960, was the privileged space for the institutionalization of photographic practice, since it was concentrated, since the 19th century, the main photographic studios, as well as the editorial houses responsible for the circulation and sale of prints.
The article addresses the itineraries of public photography in contemporary Brazil. It focuses on the evaluation of the production of a visual public space, valuing three moments in which the photographic practice is consolidated in spaces of the weekly, daily and independent press: the illustrated magazines from the first half of the 20th century, with emphasis on four magazines: "Careta", "Revista da Semana", "Fon-Fon" and "O Cruzeiro"; the photojournalism of daily newspapers, "Jornal do Brasil"and "Ultima Hora", in the 1950s and 1960s; and the agencies of independent photographers of the 1970s and 1980s, such as: Central, Angular, F4, AGIL Fotojornalismo, Fotocontexto, among others, acting as important instruments of documentation of social movements, and promoting the consolidation of independent production, the practice of archiving originals, control over the publication and dissemination of photographs. It is understandable that in such spaces public photography was forged as one of the dimensions of contemporary historical experience that relied on the technical image to shape its events. In order to inquire about how history was visualized in each of these domains, it proposes a script that begins with a brief consideration of public photography and visual public space, followed by a reflection on news production in the illustrated weeklies, including the registration of events in the regime of the photographic icons and arriving at the independent photographic practice.
Conceptually, photographic practice is understood as ways of seeing, presenting and representing the social world,  a historical experience that founded the contemporary Western world. The social circuits in photography and their uses and functions multiplied in a visual economy sustained by the technical image as a device for the production of social meaning. In methodological terms, it uses the historical analysis of the primary documentation found in the database of the digital library of the National Library of Brazil and in the archives of the Oral History and Image Laboratory of the Universidade Federal Fluminense. The historical analysis is complemented with an appraisal of the communicative forms and the power of meaning of four photographs, highlighted from each of the historical periods analyzed.


This paper reports on the use of p-type polycrystalline Silicon Germanium (poly-Si1-xGex) thin films as a new masking material for cryogenic silicon deep reactive ion etching (DRIE). The proposed masking material can be deposited at CMOS backend compatible temperatures and demonstrates high etching selectivity towards silicon (>;1:270). Moreover, SiGe etches 37 times faster than SiO2 or SiN masks in SF6/O2 plasma resulting in a major reduction in the processing time without the need for a dedicated etcher. Selectivity tests revealed that the etching selectivity of the SiGe mask towards silicon strongly depends on the Ge content, boron concentration and etching temperature. This was attributed to chemical and thermodynamic stability of the SiGe film, as well as the electronic properties of the mask.


D riving at night is widely recognized more dangerous than driving in the daytime because of the lack of proper illumination and misuse of old-fashion high beam. It is highly desirable to design novel types of car head lights, such that the light intensity is not uniform, weaker towards the middle of the road and stronger towards the middle of the road and stronger towards the side of the road. We propose a computational approach to design a reflector for the light to form such patterns to make better illumination on road and reduce potential traffic accidents. Based on optimal transport theory, our reflector designing algorithm is rigorous in theory and robust and efficient in practice. This approach can be easily generalized to antenna design and other monotone signal pattern design such as photo presentation.


This paper describes applicability of semiconductor gas sensor for measurement of dissolved hydrogen gas in oil. On line gas measurement is useful for continuous monitoring of power transformer. Recently many studies on application of hydrogen gas sensors, due to their simplicity and low price, have been done for that purpose. In general responses of semiconductor gas sensors are affected by ambient temperature and humidity and sensing element material. That is, these result in affecting conductivities of the sensors which determine gas concentrations. As the ambient temperature and humidity around power transformers are always changed, it is very important to analyze gas sensing characteristics with their changes to improve measurement of the gas concentrations. In this study, commercial gas sensors are used to study relations between sensor output and circumstances such as temperature or humidity. It is indicated that the increase of ambient temperatures increased the output voltages of gas sensor at same hydrogen gas concentration but any trend of the voltages with humidity was not shown.


Abstract The row between the French and Italian governments over the handling of migratory flows out of North Africa in the wake of the "jasmine revolutions" has raised some serious doubts about the future of Schengen, the policy regime that guarantees the free movement of people across Europe. Does this row really represent, as some commentators have suggested, the beginning of the end for one of the key pillars of European integration? In this paper I contend that the regime, despite facing a critical juncture in its three decade-long history, is not doomed. On the contrary, in the long term it might emerge reinforced from its current predicament. To support this argument, the paper reconstructs the evolution of Schengen's past "crises," showing how their content, dynamics and key protagonists bear striking similarities with the recent Franco-Italian row and its political fallout. From an institutional perspective, these crises represent cyclical adjustment mechanisms that have helped the regime withstand new challenges and consolidate its presence in Europe, a process I refer to as "punctuated gradualism." The correspondences with past events suggest that the latest crisis is leading Schengen towards a similar institutional path.


This review analyzes a new monograph by I.E. Klyukanov, in which an innovative approach to communication as a natural phenomenon and as a source of genesis is being discussed. Such approach gives an opportunity to validate the communicative essence of any scientific knowledge, to interpret message as a central concept for natural-scientific, social, humanitarian and philosophical thought. It has been shown in which way this monograph differs from the others, numerous works on the theory of communication, namely, it is marked by a high level of generalization of scientific knowledge and a successful attempt to develop theoretical bases for communicative science embedded in the multifaceted frame "object-subject-knowledge". Self-succession in the ideas evolution and accumulated scientific observations has been emphasized. This monograph can be regarded as a kind of the summing up of an accomplished work of a famous scientist at a certain point of his career. The potential readers will be attracted by the unique conception, as well as a fascinating style of the material presentation.


This study is to analyze the relationship between rainfall and water level using the measured data. During the rainfall event from September 9 to September 12, 2010, the rainfall and water level data were measured from automatic weather systems and automatic water level measurement systems which have been installed throughout Gangwon province. The result showed that the relationship between rainfall and peak flow change was different by basin and tributary. It is expected that this study will help to build a plan for preventing disasters and rainfall-runoff models for the river basins in Gangwon province. 2011년 1월 24일 접수 Received on January 24, 2011 / 2011년 3월 21일 수정 Revised on March 21, 2011 / 2011년 6월 7일 심사완료 Accepted on June 7, 2011 1 강원대학교 지리교육과 Department of Geography Education, Kangwon National University ※ 연락저자 E-Mail : firstname.lastname@example.com Analysis of Peak Flow Changes Using the Measured Data 2


Introduction The Origins of Jerusalem The City of David King Solomon's Temple The Assyrians and the Babylonians From Cryus to Alexander Egyptian and Roman Rule Jesus of Nazareth The Western Wall Queen Helena and the Byzantines The Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Arrival of Islam The Dome of the Rock The Al-Aqsa Mosque The Crusades Mameluks, Marco Polo and the Black Death The Tower of David Rebirth and Restablishment Outside the City Walls Zion and the Dawn of a New Era The First World War The British Mandate The Second World War Capital City New Institutions The Six Day War The Cultural Life of the City.


Abstract We consider actions of completely metrisable groups on simplicial trees in the context of the Bass–Serre theory. Our main result characterises continuity of the amplitude function corresponding to a given action. Under fairly mild conditions on a completely metrisable group G, namely, that the set of elements generating a non-discrete or finite subgroup is somewhere dense, we show that in any decomposition as a free product with amalgamation, G = A *cB, the amalgamated groups A, B and C are open in G.


Seawater intake system,with important influence on system stable operation and desalination cost,is one vital part of seawater desalination project.The existing practicable seawater intake modes,their advantages and disadvantages,and main choice considerations are briefly described.Furthermore,some points for attention in seawater intake project design are put forward.


We present a case of a 2 year old female with digital fibrous lesions, dysmorphic facial features, stridor, sensorineural hearing loss, and scoliosis. The patient surgical history included digital amputations at the interphalangeal joint line bilaterally on the middle, ring, and little finger. Physical exam demonstrated knee and elbow flexion contractures and a left ankle varus contracture. Radiographic evaluation revealed several aggressive fibromas in the proximal femori and tibia (Figure 1) and a mild dextroconvex lumbar scoliosis (Figure 2) [1,2]. Biopsy of a digital lesions revealed a dermal spindle cell proliferation without atypia or necrosis, and perinuclear inclusions on H&E and trichrome stains. Comparative genomic hybridization and single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping revealed two adjacent duplications of the DMD gene (OMIM 400477): a duplication of 83 kb from the cytogenic band Xp21.2 to Xp 21.1 and a duplication of 555 kb within the cytogenetic band of Xp21.2.


Three Vertisol pedons in Jabalpur district, were morphologically studied, characterized and classified. The soils are very deep, colour ranges from dark brown (10YR3/1) to very dark grey (10YR4/3) in different horizons. The texture of deep soils clay of all pedons throughout the profile. Crack of 2-3 cm wide extends beyond one meter. Slickensides, wedge shaped aggreagates, Fe, Mn and calcrets are observed in all the soils pedons. The soil are imperfectly drained. The soils are calcareous and PH ranged form neutral to mildy alkaline. The organic carbon content in these soils were low to medium in surface and that too decreased with depth. Effervescence was observed in all the soils pedons in lower horizons. The soils are base rich and high in CEC : clay ratio (0.60 to 0.93) and are classifed as Typic Haplusterts.


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There are many ways to develop the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce. The CalTeach program integrates evidence, best practices of pedagogy, internship, and reflection to provide opportunities for students to explore STEM teaching. Whang-Sayson et al.


O2 chemisorption on reduced, rutile TiO2(110) with various concentrations of oxygen vacancies (Ov) and bridging hydroxyls (OHb) is investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy, temperature-programmed desorption, and electron-stimulated desorption. On the annealed surface, two oxygen molecules can be chemisorbed per Ov. The same amount of O2 chemisorbs on surfaces where each Ov is converted to two OHb's by exposure to water (i.e., 1 O2 per OHb). Surfaces with few or no Ov's or OHb's can be created by exposing the hydroxylated surface to O2 at room temperature, and the amount of O2 that chemisorbs on these surfaces at low temperatures is only ∼20% of the amount on the annealed (reduced) surface. In contrast, the amount of chemisorbed O2 increases by more than a factor of 2 when the OHb concentration is enhanced—without changing the concentration of subsurface Ti interstitials. The results indicate that the reactivity of TiO2(110) is primarily controlled by the amount of electron-donating surface species ...


Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones widely used in anti‐leukemia therapy as they can induce apoptosis through certain gene‐regulatory pathways that affect pro‐ and anti‐apoptotic genes. In cell culture models of human acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the synthetic GC, Dexamethasone (Dex), has been shown to induce expression of pro‐apoptotic genes including E4BP4 (a transcription factor that upregulates pro‐apoptotic BIM), and regulators of apoptosis such as FOXO3 and BIRC3, in correlation with apoptosis. Paclitaxel (Ptx), a taxol derived anti‐proliferative alkaloid, induces apoptosis via a distinct but overlapping transcriptional response, and is often used in combination with Dex as an anti‐leukemic agent. In this study we are investigating the effect of Ptx alone, and in combination with Dex, on apoptosis and regulation of key pro‐ and anti‐apoptotic genes, in an effort to understand the molecular implications of combined treatment with Dex and Ptx. The CCRF‐CEM cell lines CEM‐C7‐14 and CEM‐C1‐15 were previously found to be sensitive and resistant, respectively, to Dex. Sensitivity to Dex was restored in CEM‐C1‐15 cells upon ectopic expression of mouse E4BP4 (line CEM‐C1‐15mE#3). We are testing the hypothesis that E4BP4 and BIM play a central role in regulating apoptosis triggered by Ptx as well, and that combined treatment synergistically triggers apoptosis via a greater magnitude of upregulation, in addition to activating a broader spectrum of pro‐apoptotic pathways. All three CEM cell lines were treated with 1 mM Dex and 1mM Ptx either alone or in combination for 24–96h. All three cell lines were sensitive to Ptx, but CEM‐C1‐15mE#3 was least susceptible. Apoptosis was confirmed by staining cells with Annexin V‐FITC followed by epifluorescence microscopy. Reverse transcription and end‐point PCR followed by ImageJ analysis was employed to evaluate relative gene expression in response to each treatment. Our data suggest that Ptx upregulated FOXO3, BIRC3, and BIM, but down‐regulated E4BP4 in the CEM‐C7‐14 cells, suggesting that Dex and Ptx have distinct effects on E4BP4 regulation but may share common downstream pathways for apoptosis via BIM upregulation.


Abstract : The report identifies appropriate FEMA activities in science and technology. These include: research and development to support FEMA's missions, taking a leadership role in setting research objectives in emergency management within the federal government, establishment of a contingency fund to support interdisciplinary field research of actual disasters, development and maintenance of a system for expressing the needs of users in the planning of emergency management research, interpretation and dissemination of important research results to user. (Author)


In this issue of Orthopedics, Dr E. Anthony Rankin, new president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, discusses his role with the organization, his plans for the year, and his priorities in life.


Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), named for it causing multinucleated cells (syncytia) to form in cell culture,1 is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) during early childhood.2,3 Globally in 2015, among children <5 years old, there were an estimated 33.1 million episodes of RSV-ALRI, with 3.2 million RSV-ALRI hospital admissions and 59,600 RSV-ALRI in-hospital deaths.2 In 2015, while >80% of RSV-associated ALRIs occurred in children ≥6 months old, 45% of the hospital admissions and in-hospital deaths were in children <6 months old.2 In New Zealand, based upon the active surveillance study, SHIVERS (Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance),4 conducted at Starship Children's, Kidz First Children's, Auckland and Middlemore hospitals in Auckland from 2012 to 2015, the RSV-ALRI hospitalisation rate was 6.1/1,000 children 0–4 years old during the 22-week surveillance periods (May–September inclusive each year). The year-to-year variance in RSV-ALRI hospitalisation rate was 24% (5.5/1,000 children in 2013 to 6.8/1,000 children in 2012).5 Consistent with global data, 48% of the preschool age group RSV-ALRI hospitalisations were in children <6 months old.5 Hospital admissions of young children represent only a proportion of acute respiratory infection (ARI) healthcare visits caused by RSV. Based upon SHIVERS' data collected at Kidz First Children's Hospital, 3,585 (66%) of 5,412 infant ARI emergency department (ED) presentations from May to September 2014–2016 did not result in hospital admission.6 Of the respiratory viruses tested (RSV, rhinovirus, adenovirus, influenza and human metapneumovirus), RSV was associated with the highest ARI ED-only (34.4/1,000 children) and hospitalisation rates (24.6/1,000 children).6 The SHIVERS surveillance project also showed the considerable amount of RSV disease resulting in hospital admissions of adults in New Zealand.7 8 The year-to-year variability in RSV-ALRI hospitalisation rates among children 0–4 years old that occurs in New Zealand is considerably smaller than the variability between groups of children in New Zealand defined by ethnicity (470% variability) (European/other 2.9/1,000, Asian 2.7/1,000, Māori 9.3/1,000, Pacific 12.8/1,000) or arealevel deprivation (290% variability) (least deprived quintile 2.9/1,000 versus most deprived quintile 8.4/1,000).5


At the border section of the Mur River between Austria and Slovenia, systematic river training and hydroelectric power plants have led to a channel incision with considerable ecological and technical consequences. A sediment transport model predicted further incision if no countermeasures are implemented. The thin gravel layer (≈ 0.5 m) poses the threat of a river-bed break-through, calling for urgent action. In a Basic Water Management Concept, several types of ecologically oriented countermeasures have been proposed. Recently, one measure that combines self-initiated riverbank erosion with sediment input from a newly constructed side-arm has been implemented. To determine the success of the measure, we conducted a detailed survey along with particle tracking by telemetry. The results show the anticipated response. At least for the present, short-term development, the measure effectively mitigated the incision.


. In this paper, we shall develop the linear causal analysis for the system consisting of two flows in a real inner product space and give an algorithm for calculating the non-linear filter for a discrete stochastic system which is given by two discrete time stochastic processes, to be called a signal process and an observation process, based upon the theory of KM 2 O-Langevin equations.


Lo! sweetened with the summer light, the full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow, Drops in a silent autumn night. Seeds may have many potential fates, as shown by the descriptive model (Figure .), which follows the dispersal of the seeds of eastern redcedar. Seed dispersal refers to the movement of seeds or fruit, beginning with seed release from the parent tree and ending with the seed coming to rest at the spot where it will eventually germinate or die. While trees remain stationary over most of their life span, their seeds and pollen can travel great distances during dispersal. Effective seed dispersal, by enhancing the capacity of individuals to colonize new locations, may determine the survival of the next generation of plants. A descriptive model of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) cone-crop dispersal from June through May of the following year (Holthuijzen et al. 1987). Numbers are percentages of the total cone crop and are means for four sample trees.


The present work demonstrates the synthesis of Cu–10 wt% TiB_2 composites with a theoretical density of more than 90% by tailoring the spark plasma sintering (SPS) conditions in the temperature range of 400–700 °C. Interestingly, 10 wt% Pb addition to Cu–10 wt% TiB_2 lowers the sinter density and the difference in the densification behavior of the investigated compositions was discussed in reference to the current profile recorded during a SPS cycle. The sintering kinetics and phase assemblage were also discussed in reference to surface melting of the constituents prior to bulk melting temperature, temperature dependent wettability of Pb on Cu, diffusion kinetics of Cu as well as the formation of various oxides. An important result is that a high hardness of around 2 GPa and relative density close to 92% ρ_theoretical was achieved for the Cu–10 wt% TiB_2–10 wt% Pb composite, and such a combination has never been achieved before using any conventional processing route.


Achalasia is an esophageal disorder characterized by loss of inhibitory neurons of the myenteric plexus in the lower esophageal sphincter, presenting with dysphagia, chest pain, and regurgitation. Although the etiology of achalasia is unknown, it has been associated with viral infections, and recent studies have noted concurrence of achalasia cases with COVID-19 infection. The case discussed in this report pertains to a 20-year-old female with a recent history of COVID-19 infection and subsequent SARS CoV-2 vaccine administration, presenting to the Emergency Department with a complaint of chest pain and shortness of breath. She was incidentally diagnosed with achalasia, after concern for pulmonary embolism prompted CT angiography of the chest. This case is unique due to the patient's young age and lack of confounding ongoing medical issues to consider when analyzing disease presentation, as well as its potential link to COVID-19 infection. We hypothesize that SARS-CoV-2 might have caused a deviant immune response in this patient, leading to vagus nerve damage and the development of achalasia. With this case report, we hope to further explore the connection between COVID-19 and achalasia to help guide clinicians to potential viral etiologies of achalasia, allowing them for a prompt and efficient diagnosis and patient management.


Phenotypic signs of connective tissue dysplasia are widely represented among the population. It is believed that the incidence of dysplasia among athletes is much higher than in the population, since changes in connective tissues lead to the formation of special anthropometric characteristics and predisposition to certain physical qualities, for example, fl exibility. However, the role of the genes responsible for the development of non-syndromic connective tissue dysplasia remains unclear. Also debatable is the question of the relationship between the presence of phenotypic signs of dysplasia and the development of complications from the cardiovascular system that occur under the infl uence of intense physical activity.


The subgenus Stegana (s.s.) from mainland China is revised, with descriptions of five new species: Stegana (Stegana) apiciprocera Cao & Chen sp. nov., Stegana (Stegana)multispinataCao & Chen sp. nov., Stegana (Stegana) polyrhopalia Cao & Chen sp. nov., Stegana (Stegana) quadrata Cao & Chen sp. nov., and Stegana (Stegana) rotunda Cao & Chen sp. nov. A key to species examined based on morphological data is provided. Based on the mitochondrial reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene sequences, the relationship amongst seven Chinese species is discussed, using two species of the subgenus Steganina as outgroups. In addition, a 'molecular' key to these Chinese species is also provided.

© 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 158, 726–739.


In the current study, dual‐active layer amorphous indium‐gallium‐zinc‐oxide (a‐IGZO) TFT has been fabricated by sequential deposition of oxygen‐rich layer on a top of oxygen‐poor layer in the active layer through oxygen partial pressure control in order to improve reliability under negative bias illumination stress (NBIS) condition. The method is very simple as it is performed in situ without any post treatment. Reliability of a TFT that had a thickness of oxygen‐poor layer and oxygen‐rich active layer in the ratio of 6:4, quite improved with the threshold voltage shift Δ of a‐IGZO TFT at around 3.2 V under NBIS condition of 1000 s in comparison with a TFT (8.5 V) that comprised only oxygen‐poor active layer. The increased reliability is attributed to decrease interaction with ambient and the reduction in the total neutral oxygen vacancy concentration due to the oxygen rich layer at the back‐channel region, which was confirmed by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis.


Osteonecrosis(ON)or avascular necrosis is a common bone metabolic disorder,mostly affecting femoral head,called osteonecrosis femoral head(ONFH).One of the most common risk factors for ONFH is use of corticosteroids.Although many biological,biophysical,and surgical methods have been tested to preserve the femoral head with ON,none has been proven fully satisfactory.A number of preclinical animal steroid-induced ON models have been established for testing potential efficacy of various modalities developed for prevention and treatment of steroid-induced ON before introduction into clinics for potential applications.Here is to make a review on a number of different methods for creating experimental animal models of steroid-induced ON.


In this study, a new cavity shape was filled with an extension multi-walled carbon nanotubes-Fe2O3/H2O nanofluid under a constant magnetic field. The Darcy–Forchheimer model is used to account for the inertial impact of advection in the porous layer while maintaining the laminar and incompressible nature of the nanofluid flow. The dimensionless version of the governing equations is used to describe the issue and the finite element approach is used to resolve it. Through this complex geometry, various thermophysical factors such as Rayleigh number [Formula: see text], Hartmann number [Formula: see text], and nanoparticle concentration are considered [Formula: see text]. The porous layer's numerous characteristics are also explored. For example, its porosity [Formula: see text] and Darcy number [Formula: see text], which indicates the permeability of the porous medium. The content of the hybrid nanofluid is considered to be Newtonian, stable, incompressible, and following a constant Prandtl number for the base fluid [Formula: see text]. Calculations are made according to the finite element method. The results of this work are presented in terms of rheology, isotherms, entropy generation, and mean Nusselt numbers. They have demonstrated that increasing the Rayleigh and Darcy numbers improve heat transfer in the enclosure.


The goal of this bachelor thesis is to show the overview about implementation and usage of systems of payments in Slovakia after entering the Eurozone. The first chapter is focused on the basic characteristics of payment systems, its structure, tools of the payment system, and legal regulations of it in SR, general characteristics of systems of payments, and possibilities of participation in the payment system. The second chapter takes a short look into history of Europian Union and Eurozone and information about National plan of implementing EURO in SR. The third chapter brings the overview about systems of payments in Slovak Republic after entering the Eurozone – TARGET2-SK and EURO SIPS and information about project SEPA. The fourth chapter is conclusion about the success to handle tasks related to the change of currency and changes in systems of payments in selected commercional bank – Tatra banka. The end of the bachelor thesis is conclusion of advantages or disadvanteges of implementing and working of banks and systems of payments in SR after entering the Eurozone.


Nanocomposites with core-shell structure usually exhibit excellent catalytic properties due to unique interfaces and synergistic effect among composites. In this study, Au–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) with core-shell structure (Au–Pd cs) by using Au NPs as core and Pd as shell were successfully fabricated and, for the first time, were used to investigate the dechlorination of diclofenac (DCF) at H2 atmosphere in water at room temperature. The degradation products were studied as well by using HPLC/Q-ToF MS/MS. The operational factors such as pH and composition of the Au–Pd cs were also studied. The results showed that nearly 100% of DCF (30 mg L−1, 50 mL, pH = 7) was dechlorinated in 4.5 h by 10 mL of 56 mg L−1 of Au–Pd cs. Ninety per cent of DCF was degraded in 6.5 h by the mixture of Au and Pd NPs. However, the individual Au NPs had no obvious effect in degrading DCF and the monometallic Pd NPs with comparable concentration only degraded less than 20% of DCF. Furthermore, the reaction mechanism of this catalytic process was studied in detail. It was found that the degradation was a second-order exponential reaction. The two main degradation products were obtained by cleaving the carbon–halogen bond of DCF and this made the degradation products more environmentally friendly.


Objective:To explore the mechanism of treatment of endometriosis with Chinese drugs and the mechanism of adverse effects caused by danazol on blood rheology level.Method:Autologus endometrial segments were implanted in the peritoneum of rats,making experimental animal model.Rats were divided into four groups randomly:Control group,Model control group,Danazol group and Herb group,treated with normal saline,normal saline,Danazol and herb decoction respectively for one month.The effects of Chinese drugs and danazol on blood rheology of experimental rats were compared.Result:This experiment has shown that side effects of danazol might relate to its effect on blood rheology.Chinese drugs promoting blood circulation can improve hyperviscosity Syndrome.Conclusion:Endometriosis could be treated with western medicine combined with Chinese medicine,which can increase curative effect and decrease side effects.


In the past decades, the internet has emerged as the fastest way to access information. However, this revolutionary information age comes with its own set of challenges. The privacy of Internet users is at increasing risk with the advances in surveillance techniques. Users' online behavior, activities, and even personal information are being tracked by ISPs and major tech companies. In response to the increasing need for preserving and protecting the privacy of online users, anonymity networks were developed. Tor anonymity network is a low-latency anonymity network that has gained quite a good reputation over the past years and is being adopted by thousands of users. With the great attention Tor's network is getting, the original design of Tor was proven to have performance limiting issues. With the motivation for addressing the performance limitation in Tor, we present QuicTor, a datagram-based design to solve Tor's transport-layer limiting issue. We evaluated the performance of QuicTor in comparison to vanilla Tor as well as other performance-enhancing proposals. QuicTor achieved significant performance improvements for interactive applications as well as streaming applications. Running Tor over a datagram-based protocol entails a careful security analysis. In this article, we assess the behavior of QuicTor under side-channel attacks aiming to de-anonymize Tor's clients. We show that the performance improvements brought by QuicTor do not reduce the anonymity of clients under the investigated types of attacks.


Studies have been carried out across the visible on liquid crystal electro-optic (EO) and nonlinear optical devices. Two geometries were studied, a variable birefringence filter (VBF) and a Fabry Perot (FP) etalon, with a view to using them as (1) EO modulators and (2) EO tunable filters. Restrictions on device design and performance imposed by LC technology are analyzed and discussed. It is shown that for modulators the VBF yields better performance characteristics when employing LC technology, whereas for tunable filters the FP etalon geometry offers advantages. A hybrid spacer layer FP device and a double element VBF, designed to improve the wavelength selectivity of tunable filters, are described. Finally, results on bistable switching in the FP etalon are presented.


Contact, Research Master in Neuroscience: Synaptic transmission, neuronal firing: neuroscience is growing. Do basic or clinical research. Take tutorials and workshops in all aspect of the field, and go on to an academic or research career.


This is the introduction to an special issue of field edited by Schneider and Till, based on a conference (Alternate Currents) that looked at examples of alternative practice from around the world.


Objective:To analyze the common reasons for the misdiagnosis of nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma.Methods:The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of three cases of nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma were analyzed.Results:Nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma was one kind of new reported extranodal lymphoma,which was usually misdiagnosed as sinusitis or nasal polyp.Nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma derived from T cells and natural killer cells.It has the clinical characteristics of midfacial destruction,and is closely associated with EpsteinBarr virus.Histologically,the lymphoma can present broad necrosis,inflammatory changes and soakage of abnormal lymphocytes.The most special immunologic characteristics is the coexpressions of CD56 for NK cells and CD3e for T cells.Conclusion:The nasal-type T/NK cell lymphoma shows distinctive clinicopathologic,immunophenotypic and molecular features.The patients who were diagnosed and treated early have fine prognosis,but the patients who had cutaneous destruction or metastasis have poor prognosis.


Objective To observe the blood routine,coagulation time of the normal group and model group to investigate the mechanism and clinical meaning of blood stasis model induced blooding through the injection of APH to produce the deficiency of blood. Results The haemorheology ,blooding time, coagulation time and foot microcir-culation of the model group have significant difference with the normal group in the whole blood viscosity. Plasma viscosity, whole blood reduced viscosity, red blood cell deformation and rigidity index,increased significantly,with dysfunctional foot microcirculation and prolonged time of blooding time,and coagulation time.(P0.01 or P0.05). There are pathological changes in ischemia ,blood stasis,and bleeding of the organ tissue .Conclusion Blood stasis induced bleeding has relation with the abnormality of haemorheology and coagulation function.


In this brief introduction, which presents Historia da Historiografia's special issue on Medieval Historiography, we want to question how medieval historical writing have been conceptualized by Western historical sensitivity. From the eighteenth century onward, with the rise of the "modern regime of historicity" (Hartog), medieval historiography tended to be treated as anachronistic, fanciful, bafflingly unreliable, if not essentially nonexistent. Conversely, we argue that medieval representations of the past became, in the eyes of Western reason, "subaltern pasts" (Chakrabarty). Nonetheless, in what sense can we talk about a Medieval Historiography? Is "decolonization" a way of pluralizing historical consciousness beyond a modern/Western privilege? Or, by contrast, subscribing medieval narrative genres to the umbrella term of "historiography" comes at the cost of reinforcing universalism? The eight contributions included in this special issue point to possible solutions to these questions. Going beyond this background, they offer a sprawling inventory of genres and analytical tools deemed useful for tackling the challenges raised by engaging with medieval pasts. The diversity of perspectives also demonstrates how the study of medieval representations of the past (as well as contemporary medievalisms) may mobilize theoretically informed approaches alongside erudition and source-analysis.


━━ Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is associated with smoking in its development and com-prises about 20-30% of all lung cancers. Treatment development for squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was gen-erally stagnant for several years. However, in the 2010s, several clinical trials showing the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors or chemotherapy such as nedaplatin combination have been reported, and the number of treatment options has significantly increased. In addition, new evidence, such as findings supporting combination therapy of chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors, is being accumulated. In this review, we will de-scribe various clinical studies mainly involving non-elderly patients with a good performance status. In addition, we will present the results of clinical trials newly reported in 2018. ( JJLC.


Methods: Studies conducted in Brazil, including adults with blood pressure (BP) ≥140/90 mmHg or in use of BP lowering medication were eligible. Meta-analyses were carried out including re-analysis of the databases: population-based studies of representative samples of a capital state and a countryside city, a nationwide cross-sectional study among industry workers (SESI study), and a nationwide register of hypertensive and diabetic patients treated in SUS' primary care facilities. Industrial workers are SUS users, but all other databases provided information on hypertensive patients. Articles found in PubMed, Embase, and the Brazilian Virtual Health Library, with no language restriction, were also eligible. Analyses were performed through random or fixed effects models, with heterogeneity measured by Cochran's Q, and inconsistency by the I2 statistic.


Abstract In recent years, many international studies have investigated the relationship between violent games and violence, aggressiveness and delinquent behavior, but there are scarce studies in Brazil on the subject. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between dispositional behavior and antisocial behavior correlated with the playing of violent content video games. A total of 249 high school students participated in the study, of which 154 were women and 95 were men, aged 13-20 years (M = 15.4, DP = 1.12), who responded the following scales: Big Five Inventory, Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Antisocial and Criminal Behaviors Questionnaire and a new Scale of Video Games Violence. The regressions performed indicated that the violent games, antisocial behavior, anger and sex were predictors for physical aggression. In conclusion, the study confirms the hypothesis of the General Aggression Model on human aggression in which violent games are associated with aggressive behavior.


Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is expressed in the female reproductive tract during early pregnancy and has been implicated in the regulation of preimplantation embryo development in several species. Culture of human 2- to 4-cell embryos in medium supplemented with recombinant human GM-CSF increased the number of blastocyst cells allocated to the inner cell mass (ICM) and reduced the number of apoptotic cells after 5 days (1). In this study we assessed the effect of recombinant porcine GM-CSF (rpGM-CSF) on the development of porcine embryos. One- and 2-cell embryos (n = 274) were surgically collected as described previously (2) from 18 Large White × Landrace gilts. In 5 replicates of the experiment, embryos from each donor were allocated across treatments. Serum-free culture medium of Tn5 cells infected with the AcPGM virus was the source of rpGM-CSF. The biological activities of rpGM-CSF in AcPGM-infected cell culture supernatants was previously demonstrated by porcine bone marrow cell proliferation and haematopoietic cell colony formation assays (3). Embryos were cultured for 7 days at 38.5°C in either North Carolina State University 23 (NCSU23) medium alone, or NCSU23 medium supplemented with supernatants to give a final GM-CSF concentration of 0, 1 or 10 ng/mL. The proportion of embryos developing to the hatching and hatched blastocyst stages was increased by the addition of supernatants containing 0, 1 and 10 ng/ml GM-CSF (62%, 59% and 59%, respectively) compared with NCSU23 medium alone (31%). Addition of 1 ng/mL GM-CSF increased the number of blastocyst cells allocated to the ICM (15.5 ± 1.9 cells) compared with 0 and 10 ng/ml GM-CSF (11.1 ± 1.7 and 8.2 ± 0.9 cells, respectively). The results indicate that factor(s) present in the supernatants other than GM-CSF affected blastocyst formation. Despite this, GM-CSF was found to influence the allocation of cells within the developing porcine embryo.


Various parameters (time, initial concentration, pH value and temperature) are investigated. The results show that with increasing the temperature decreased the absorbance. The optimal condition is that the maximum adsorption is 0.47mg•g-1 at303K, pH 1. Adsorption process fits the Langmuir isotherm equation, the adsorption reaction is exothermal reaction.


The research on task scheduling algorithm is one of the key problems in Grid Computing,having directly relationship with the efficiency and quality of schedule in Grid Computing.Min Min algorithm has the advantage of realization easily and short timespan,and it also has the disadvantage of imbalance of machine.QoS Guided Min-Min algorithm can improve the MinMin algorithm in some way,but there is deficiency of QoS Guided Min-Min algorithm.Proposes the Min-Min algorithm based on task priority and QoS Guided,simulates and realizes the three algorithms on GridSim and verifies the superiority of the improved algorithm.


The present study proposes two types of periodical inspection policies for a scale which weighs products in the final stage of manufacturing some specific products, such as chemical products. The scale is inspected at time iT(i=1,2, … ). Under ModelI, an inspection operation involves detection of a scale malfunction or inaccuracy as well as an adjustment activity. Under ModelII, an inspection is conducted only to detect a scale malfunction. If a scale malfunction is detected, an adjustment activity follows. For each model, the fraction defective and the long‐run average cost are formulated. We then examine the existence of an inspection interval Tα which makes the fraction defective under a prespecified value α (0< α <1). An economical inspection interval T* minimizing the long‐run average cost is also discussed.


Seeking to address the complex problems of individuals who claim more than one minority identification, the volume culls the accumulated wisdom of leaders in the field of minority research and practice and integrates the three major areas of multicultural and diversity studies in a single volume. It addresses social identity, power and privilege, AIDS, multiculturalism as it relates to gender, as well as ethnicity. It also discusses therapeutic approaches, supervisory issues, and interpersonal issues for practitioners. It provides self-administered inventories, to help clinicians assess their need for additional supervision or training.


FIELD: organic chemistry, chemical technology, pharmacy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to novel amides of the formula (I): (R 1 )(R 2 )-X-Y-Q-R 3 (I) wherein R 1 and R 2 taken in common form butenylene or pentinylene being each of that can be condensed with benzene optionally substituted with C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy group; R 3 means phenyl substituted with halogen atom; X means CH; Y means NH-; Q means - C(O)-, under condition that when R 1 and R 2 taken in common form butenylene condensed with benzene then indane ring formed in common with R 1 , R 2 and X is substituted with group Y-R 3 , at position 2, and their salts. Compounds of the formula (I) stimulate cholinergic activity and can be used for treatment and prophylaxis in amnesia, schizophrenia or dementia. EFFECT: improved preparing method, valuable medicinal properties of compounds. 8 cl, 1 tbl, 20 ex


of disciplines were represented including anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, mathematics, linguistics, and zoology. One of the major topics was the complexity and variability of primate societies which depend on factors such as the breeding season, estrus cycles, and formation of new groups. Another theme was the evolutionary trend in the naturalistic and biological approaches. An important aspect of the meeting was the emphasis on quantitative studies, which represents a decisive advance over the former reliance on anecdotal description of monkey behavior. This book is divided into five sections: Reproductive behavior, Agonistic behavior, Causal mechanisms, Social dynamics, and Communication processes. The general level of the articles is highly sophisticated, the bibliography provided is excellent and comprehensive, and altogether this book is the most authoritative survey of our existing knowledge of primate communication. Certainly it will also help to improve the communication among scientists interested in this subject.


DOCUMENT RESUME McAllister, Analysis of College Cou 2001-04-00 26p.; Paper Educational 2001). Reports Research (143) Speeches/Meeting Papers (150) MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. *College Students; *Computer Mediated Communication; *Discussion; Distance Education; Equal Education; Higher Education; Online Systems; *Sex Differences TM 033 398 Catherine; Ting, Evelyn Discussion Items by Males and Females in Online rses. presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Research Association (Seattle, WA, April 10-14, Proponents of computer-mediated education suggest that the reflectivity, interactivity, and collaboration of online discussion provide an egalitarian learning environment for men and women. Others suggest that on-line discussion contains the same gender bias as face-to-face classroom communication. This study analyzed the 456 discussion postings of 34 students in 2 online college courses. Each discussion posting was analyzed for seven variables: frequency, length, readability, audience, purpose, reference, and format. Male and female discussion items differed significantly in length, use of indicators to specify a particular reader, purpose, and use of formal signature. Male and female discussion items did not differ in frequency, readability, intended audience, or references to personal experience or outside sources. From this preliminary study, a number of additional items are identified for investigation. Five appendixes contain figures illustrating points of the discussion. (Contains 10 tables and 29 references.) (Author) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 1 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY


In order to meet the requirement on controlling the computer room temperature,this paper presents a kind of temperature measurement and control system for computer room which is based on GSM Module TC35i,and describes the structure and functions of the system in detail.The system uses MSP430F135 low power chip as its micro controller unit,and incorporates the characteristics of GSM Module TC35i to realize such functions as Alarm by SMS,real-time check of temperature by SMS,and parameter setting by SMS.This system can replace manual method of to monitoring the computer room temperature and monitors the temperature continuously.


A microscopic atypical focus suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. The lesion, 0.3 mm in diameter, was found by chance in a liver biopsy specimen taken from a cirrhotic patient; it was characterized histologically by cytoplasmic basophilia, hypercellularity (high nucleus‐to‐cell ratio) and microacinar structures. The reticulin framework of the focus was relatively sparse compared with the surrounding noncancerous area. The focus had developed in a regenerative nodule apparently no different from other regenerative nodules of the cirrhosis and showed no accompanying preneoplastic lesion such as adenomatous hyperplasia.


Abstract. Two murine monoclonal antibodies, ID12 and 2F7, apparently of the same specificity, define a new red cell polymorphism, MER2. 92% of English blood donors are MER2+ giving the gene frequencies MER2+ 0.7159; MER2‐ 0.2841. Family studies showed that MER2+ is inherited as a Mendelian dominant character and that MER2 is not controlled by any of the main blood group loci. The MER2 antigen is also present on some leukaemia fibroblasts and human cell lines. Using somatic cell hybrids, MER2 appears to be coded for by a gene on chromosome 11 at 11p15.


Objective To explore the effect on airpressure prevent of lower limbs(DVT) in patients with orthopedic postoperative long stay in bed. Methods Selected 86 cases with orthopedic postoperative long stay in bed from September 2013 to September 2014 in our hospital, divided them into the treatment group( n=46) and the control group( n=40) randomly. The control group treatment of conventional therapy and nursing, the treatment group based on conventional therapy treatment of airpressure treatment. Compared with protective effect on patients with lower extremity DVT in two groups after 2 weeks. Results Only 1 case(2.2%) was found withDVT in the treatment group 46 cases. 9 cases(22.5%) were found with DVT in the control group 40 cases, P0.05, had difference statistically significance. Conclusion The airpressure treatment can prevent DVT in patients with orthopedic postoperative long stay in bed simple and effectively.


Service aware network devices coordinate function chains of virtual functions. The network devices are aware of which virtual functions exist and how to interconnect them in the most efficient manner and define and process service graphs that can be maintained, monitored and redirected. The network devices themselves implement and manage the service graphs, as opposed to the virtual servers that host the virtual functions.


Nasal Deformity treated by Cartilage Transplantation— DOUGLAS GUTHRIE, M.D.—Boy, aged 12, was seen six years previously with a large abscess of the nasal septum, following accident to the nose. The abscess was opened, but considerable deformity resulted. There was flattening of the entire nose. On 24th February 1926, operation was undertaken, the nasal bridge being reconstructed by a graft of costal cartilage; access was obtained through a vertical incision in the columella. Result is very satisfactory at present. Dr SYME said he had done a transplantation of cartilage in a child, but was under the same anxiety as the President regarding the age suitable for operation. He (the speaker) was interested in the incision in the columella. He himself had not tried it, but would do so.


* PhD Scholar, Department of Panchkarma, NIA, Jaipur, India. ** Assistant Professor & Head(I/C), Department of Panchkarma, NIA, Jaipur, India. *** Professor, Department of Prasuti Tantra and Striroga, NIA, Jaipur, India. Abstract: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a endocrinological disease of women in reproductive age. Its prevalence is around 5-10% world wide. Oligomenorrhea, weight gain,hirsuitism,anxiety and depression are some the symptoms of PCOS. It can be compared to Arthavakshaya in specific and Bahudoshavastha in general. It is a case study of a female patient aged 27 years, who presented with complains of PCOS since five years, associated with increased TSH levels and increased lipid profile. She took both allopathy and homeopathy treatment but could not find the result, so approached NIA, Jaipur for management. Looking into the severity,Sanshodhana that is Vamana and Virechana was planned for the patient. After Shodhana, there was reduction in the ovarian volume and number of non dominant follicles in USG .TSH and Lipid profile came to normal. Symptomatically also patient had relief in her symptoms along with five kg wt reduction.


In many surveying applications, determination of accurate heights is of significant interest. The delay caused by the neutral atmosphere is one of the main factors limiting the accuracy of GPS positioning and affecting mainly the height coordinate component rather than horizontal ones. Estimation of the zenith total delay is a commonly used technique for accounting for the tropospheric delay in static positioning. However, in the rapid static positioning mode the estimation of the zenith total delay may fail, since for its reliable estimation longer observing sessions are required. In this paper, several troposphere modeling techniques were applied and tested with three processing scenarios: a single baseline solution with various height differences and a multi-baseline solution. In specific, we introduced external zenith total delays obtained from Modified Hopfield troposphere model with standard atmosphere parameters, UNB3m model, COAMPS numerical weather prediction model and zenith total delays interpolated from a reference network solution. The best results were obtained when tropospheric delays derived from the reference network were applied.


The results of the NASA/AIA space station interior national design competition held during 1971 are presented in order to make available to those who work in the architectural, engineering, and interior design fields the results of this design activity in which the interiors of several space shuttle size modules were designed for optimal habitability. Each design entry also includes a final configuration of all modules into a complete space station. A brief history of the competition is presented with the competition guidelines and constraints. The first place award entry is presented in detail, and specific features from other selected designs are discussed. This is followed by a discussion of how some of these design features might be applied to terrestrial as well as space situations.


In order to investigate the relationship between fatty acid composition in thylakoid membrane and the tolerance to drought stress in tomato,WT and sense-transgenic line T(+)-12 were used to measure the fatty acid composition of thylakoid membrane,photosynthetic and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters,the activity of antioxidant enzymes and proline content under drought stress.The results showed that the content of linolenic acid(18∶3) obviously increased and that of linoleic acid(18∶2)concomita ntly decreased in the sense-transgenic line,resulting in the unsaturation increase of thylakoid membrane lipids.Compared to WT,the maximal photochemical efficiency of PSⅡ(Fv/Fm) and photosynthetic rate(Pn) in T(+)-12 line decreased less under drought stress,and could maintain higher activities of antioxidant enzymes and proline content.These results indicated that higher unsaturation of thylakoid membrane lipids enhanced the tolerance of tomato to drought stress.


The wave interference and mode pictures of wave transport in random media are related and used to understand the spatial, spectral, and temporal statistics of diffusive and localized waves.


Abstract: Introduction: Permanent infirmity (disability) is defined as a functional limitation that restricts the ability of a person to perform the daily activities. The incidence of cranial bone defects related to head trauma have increased over the past decades. Cranioplasty could impact the work capability and employability. This study designed to assess the effect of cranioplasty as a method of skull repair on work capability of the patients and their employability. Subjects and Methods: The authors compared the work capability and employment of 35 patients with traumatic cranial bone defects after head trauma treated in the Neurosurgery Department of Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt from January 2013 to January 2018 before and after cranioplasty. Results: Before cranioplasty, 9 patients recorded that they were able to work without limitations according to the WHO classification, 6 patients recorded their ability to work with limitations and 20 recorded being unfit of working. After surgical reconstruction, 26 patients recorded they are able of working without limitations, 5 patients recorded they are able to work with limitations and 4 recorded being unfit to work for a variety of reasons. Conclusions: Cranioplasty is an efficient protective and cosmetic reconstructive operation, contributing to reduce disability and helping early return to work after traumatic cranial bone defects. This outcome may contribute to improved social and economic state of patients with cranial bone defects.


A numerical procedure is presented for determining the deformational response of three-dimensional suspension structures, stiffened and unstiffened, as the loading is increased from the initial state to the ultimate carrying capacity. The analysis accounts for the nonlinear stress-strain relationship of the cables and, in the case of stiffened structures, the elasto-plastic behavior of the flexural members. The equilibrium equations are based on the deformed state. The structure is assumed subjected to static concentrated loads, applied in any direction, at the joints of the stiffening framework. The effects of support movement are considered in the analysis. Numerical studies of stiffened and unstiffened structures are included.