A fluorescent sensor for cadmium (CS) based on the BODIPY fluorophore exploiting the PET (Photoinduced Electron Transfer) mechanism was prepared. CS exhibited high selectivity and sensitivity for detecting cadmium in aqueous buffer solution. In addition, the complex of CS with cadmium could detect pyrophosphate (PPi) selectively and sensitively.


Legumes belong to the family Leguminosae and consist of oilseeds such as soybeans, peanuts, alfafa, clover, mesquite, and pulses, including the dry grains of peas, chickpeas, lentils, peas, beans, and lupins. Production and use of legumes date back to ancient cultures in Asia, the Middle East, South America, and North Africa. They are cultivated throughout the world for their seeds, harvested and marketed as primary products. Grain legumes are grouped into pulses and oilseeds. The pulses are different from the leguminous oilseeds, which are primarily utilized for oil (Schneider, 2002). There are about 1300 species of legumes, with only about 20 commonly consumed by humans (Reyes-Moreno & Paredes-Lopez, 1993). Notable amongst legume species are chickpeas (Cicer arietinum), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), lentil (Lens culinaris), mung bean (Vigna radiata), soybean (Glycine max), winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonoloba), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), pea (Pisum sativum), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), and black gram (Vigna mungo), to mention but a few. Some of the most important legumes in the world are peas, beans, peanuts, soybeans, and chickpeas (Reyes-Moreno et al., 2000). Canada is the leading producer of peas in the world, with about 3,379,400 metric tonnes (MT) produced in 2009 (FAO, 2009). In 2010, the US was the leading global producer of soybeans and the second and third top producer of peas and lentils, respectively (Table 14.1). In the same year, the US was also the fourth leading producer of dry beans and peanuts. Canada again tops the production of lentils and is the seventh and ninth leading producer of soybeans and chickpeas. Similarly, production of dry beans and chickpeas in Mexico is high and the country ranks fifth and eighth in global production, respectively. Brazil was the leading producer of dry beans in 2009. The leading producer of chickpeas in 2009 was India with 7,060,000MT. Cutting-edge research in plant breeding and agronomic practices in the last several decades has allowed suitable varieties and cultivars for the North American climate to be identified, which has resulted in marked increases in legume production in the region. Although a large percentage of the legumes produced in North America are exported, there is growing interest in expanding domestic consumption, due to increased awareness of their health benefits. Legumes have a special place in the diet of humans, because they contain nearly 2–3 times more protein than cereals (Reyes-Moreno & Paredes-Lopez, 1993). Cowpeas, for example, contain about 25% protein (Annor et al., 2010). Legumes are also excellent sources of complex carbohydrates and have been reported as beneficial for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes by some researchers (Hu, 2003; Jacobs & Gallaher, 2004), probably due to the large amounts of water-soluble fiber and a large content of phenolics (Enujiugha, 2010). Legumes are also a good source of vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, and folic acid) and certain minerals (Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, P, K, and Mg), and are an excellent source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic acids) (Augustin et al., 1989). Indeed, several studies suggest that increased consumption of legumes may provide protection against diseases such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases, among others (Hu, 2003; Pihlanto & Korhonen, 2003; Tharanathan & Mahadevamma, 2003). Legumes further offer a practical avenue for diet diversification as consumers look for greater balance between plant and animal food sources. With growing concerns about the impact of agricultural practices on the environment,


Abstract Globigerinidae with two or more apertures found in lower to middle Miocene samples from Oamaru and Clifden (New Zealand) are described in terms of rate of expansion of chambers, relation between observed and theoretical diameters for the penultimate chamber, and angle of attachment of the final chamber. In the samples examined the experimental class includes forms usually assigned to Globigerinoides trilobus (Reuss), G. bisphericus Todd, G. glomerosus Blow, Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann, and O. universa d'Orbigny.


This paper presents our latest work on developing a trace ethane gas sensor using a mid-infrared light emitting diode (LED). Our measurements were carried out by means of mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy in the 3pm region. A lock-in amplifying algorithm was used to dispose the detected signal. The average deviation between the standard and measured concentrations was 1.8%. Through simulation, accounting for the center wavelength drifting of LED34 at a temperature of 15~35°C, we put forward several schemes to achieve a high sensitivity of the system.


The kinetics of the interaction of glycylglycine (diglycine) with cis-[Pt(en)(H 2 O) 2 ](ClO 4 ) 2 and cis-[Pt(dmen)(H 2 O) 2 ](ClO 4 ) 2 (en = ethylenediamine, dmen = N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine) have been studied spectrophotometrically as a function of [substrate complex], [glycylglycine] and temperature at a particular pH (4.0) where the substrate complex exists predominantly as the diaqua species and glycylglycine (diglycine) as the zwitterion. The reaction has been found to proceed through two consecutive steps. The first step involves the ligand assisted anation, while the second step involves chelation when the second aqua ligand is displaced. Rate constants have been evaluated using Weyh and Hamm method. Activation parameters for both the steps have also been calculated using Eyring equation. The low enthalpy of activation and large negative values of entropy of activation indicate an associative mode of activation for both steps.


The paper presents the mechanisms of mass transfer in a material under compressive plasma flows. The work contains numerical studies on mass loss from the surface of a sample treated by Compressive Plasma Flow, in the first case, and by High-Current Electron Beam, in the second case. The mass ablated from the material surface was computed with BETAIN software. The effects of plasma flow pressure on mass transfer of the material and processes of formation of the molten layer and erosion of mass from the material surface were investigated. It was revealed that plasma flow pressure formed a shock-compressed layer on the sample, and molten liquid was displaced from the center to peripheral regions. If sample size is less than the diameter of plasma spot, the melt is displaced out of the sample. This approach can explain experimental values of molten thickness and mass loss.


The Chenjiazhangzi gold deposit is a newly discovered ore deposit in Chifeng, whose veinlike gold orebodies occur in cryptoexplosive breccia pipes consisting of felsic cryptoexplosive breccia-bearing crystal fragments, lithic fragment tuff, and minor black cryptoexplosive breccia. In this paper, geological and geochemical characteristics of the ore deposit are studied in detail, and its genesis and material source are discussed on the basis of fluid inclusion and isotope studies of the gold ores and ore-bearing rocks. The breccia pipe has been intensely altered and shows apparent alteration zoning. Gold mineralization is closely related to silication and adularization. Electrum is the dominant gold mineral and mainly occurs in arsenopyrite, the dominant gold-carrier mineral. The major oxide of ore-bearing breccia belongs to aluminum supersaturated calc-alkaline I-type granite and is characterized by K_2O[KG-*2]Na_2O. The primary mantle-normalized rare earth and trace element patterns of the breccia show the enrichment of LREE, K and the depletion of Eu, Ti, Sr, Ba, Th, U, which is in conformity with the features of non-mature normal arc granites on the continental margin. The homogenization temperatures of fluid inclusions in quartz suggest that gold mineralization mainly took place at temperatures of 150~180℃, 225~390℃, and that the estimated ore-forming pressures are about (72~158)×105 Pa(255~560 m). The sulfur isotope composition of the gold ores is within the range of 5.3‰~9.4‰ δ 34S_ V-CDT. The lead isotope composition of ores and that of ore-bearing breccia are similar to each other, their μ values are in the range of 7.89~8.16, 7.89~ 8.08, and the mode ages are 591~622 Ma and 478~912 Ma, respectively. The lead composition of ores is located at the area between upper mantle and crust evolution lines in the 207Pb/ 204Pb- 206Pb/ 204Pb diagram. I_ Sr, e_ Sr(t), 143Nd/ 144Nd_ (t), e_ Nd(t) of the ore-bearing breccia and monzonitic granite porphyry are in the range of 0.7082~0.70118, 50.64~106.8, 0.511819~0.512001, and -7.99~-11.62, respectively, suggesting that they are derived from the continental crust. t_ CHUR, t_ DM values of the ores and ore-bearing breccia are similar to those of Late Mesozoic basalt and andesite, but different from the data of Early Mesozoic diorite and lower crust xenolith outside the ore deposit. Characteristics of S, Pb, Sr, Nd isotopes indicate that ore-forming materials are mainly derived from the crust, with some probably from the mantle. The Rb-Sr isochron age of early ore-bearing breccia is 191 Ma, and the age of monzonitic granite porphyry emplaced after the early breccia pipe is 177 Ma. The Chenjiazhangzi gold deposit is of the epithermal-mesothermal type formed in Early Yanshanian period.


Some modes of a hexagonal array of parallel identical circular lossless dielectric rods are discussed. The electromagnetic boundary-value problem is solved by use of an expansion of the mode field in circular harmonics. The relation with the guided modes of the single isolated rod is investigated. An approximate result for the lowest-order mode is compared with a result of coupled-mode theory. An estimate of the spread of light in the outer-segment layer of the human retina is derived.


In this paper, we perform a thorough sensitivity analysis on state-of-the-art image captioning approaches using two different architectures: CNN+LSTM and CNN+Transformer. Experiments were carried out using the Flickr8k dataset. The biggest takeaway from the experiments is that fine-tuning the CNN encoder outperforms the baseline and all other experiments carried out for both architectures.


360° videos and Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) are getting increasingly popular. However, streaming 360° videos to HMDs is challenging. This is because only video content in viewers' Field-of-Views (FoVs) is rendered, and thus sending complete 360° videos wastes resources, including network bandwidth, storage space, and processing power. Optimizing the 360° video streaming to HMDs is, however, highly data and viewer dependent, and thus dictates real datasets. However, to our best knowledge, such datasets are not available in the literature. In this paper, we present our datasets of both content data (such as image saliency maps and motion maps derived from 360° videos) and sensor data (such as viewer head positions and orientations derived from HMD sensors). We put extra efforts to align the content and sensor data using the timestamps in the raw log files. The resulting datasets can be used by researchers, engineers, and hobbyists to either optimize existing 360° video streaming applications (like rate-distortion optimization) and novel applications (like crowd-driven camera movements). We believe that our dataset will stimulate more research activities along this exciting new research direction.


The paper is focused on applying Cluster Dynamic to model the precipitation kinetics of niobium and titanium carbides. The simulation was carried on for niobium carbides in austenite and ferrite and titanium carbide in austenite. The results were compared with available experimental data and were analyzed for dependency on initial cluster distribution. The analysis showed that initial distribution does not affect the simulation after a certain point in time. It has also been shown that the case when only monomers present in very dilute alloys has significantly different behavior compare to other cases.


ABSTRACT Despite reforms seeking greater governance over provision of public goods, difficulties in ensuring accountability in hybrid schemes persist. This study investigates the relationship between the regulatory framework and the effectiveness of road concessions in four Latin American countries – Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Peru – to find a governance mechanism that explains variability of performance results. The study was based on evidence from a nested design containing a quantitative analysis of 77 highway concessions from the 4 countries using a comparative-institutional approach and in-depth tracing 2 case studies using original qualitative data. Findings have important implications for institutional innovations in public administration.


E‐services are important in B2C e‐commerce for managing customer relations and enhancing sales. In the electronic world the customer and the merchant do not meet face‐to‐face, and the clients are more discerning with increased options and solutions available to them online. With the click of a mouse a customer can find another provider. As customers embrace e‐commerce their expectations about service, support, and how they make purchases are changing. Services to customers offered electronically to enhance their online shopping experience include search support, e‐response to customer queries, orders and transactions, e‐payment, e‐transaction record management, e‐assurance and trust, e‐help and other online support in the B2C e‐space. This paper discusses the role of e‐services in B2C e‐commerce and how they can be applied to enhance the online customer shopping experience. Findings of two research projects that shed some light on both business and customer perspectives of the role of e‐services in the B2...


The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-16 meteorological satellite successfully completed one year in orbit and scientists at NOAA and NASA have been conducting extensive calibration and validation activities since data collection began in January 2017. The results look impressive and the sensor is performing as expected. ABI imagery has been extensively used to detect monitor and track numerous significant meteorological and environmental events such as Atlantic hurricanes in 2017. This presentation will highlights analysis of sensor data during the first year and showcase the impact of ABI on operational decision making in the United States during the first year.


Enterprises' inter - relationship and the nature are an important foundation to understand the phenomenon of enterprise clusters. Enterprises clusters are embedded into social networks in form of concentration,and promotes enteprises' healthy development by the way of gaining resources advantage and their respective operation mechanism.Enterprise Clusters' social networks and a variety of internal and external network resources jointly promoted the development and evolution of the clusters.From the social network point of view,this dessertation examines the relationship network among the enterprises in order to facilitate the intensive study of the emergence of enterprise clusters,formation and development at different stages and the interaction among social networks.


The aim was to determine the accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of pathological prognostic factors that influence local recurrence and survival in rectal cancer.


The purpose of this study was to find out how SISU reason about cohesion with respect to its own operations, as sports consultants.
There is no previous research on how sports consultants using coh ...


Although the economic and trade cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia started late,it has a broad space for development.Saudi Arabia has become China's largest trading partner in the West Asia and Africa,while China is Saudi Arabia's second largest importer and fourth largest export market.Saudi Arabia is one of the ideal markets for China's "going out" strategy,and is also the key window for Chinese enterprises to develop the Gulf market.The current economic and trade cooperation between the two countries is characterized as:the cooperation is comprehensive and growing rapidly;bilateral trade is complementary;import and export developments are not balanced;mutual investment starts.With the strengthening of friendly relations between the two countries,and sustainable economic development in both countries,bilateral economic and trade relations will enter a new stage of development.


The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays in diagnosis of cancer has been highlighted at a national level. Such a delay represents an ongoing source of mortality and morbidity missing from the COVID-19 statistics. This study examines the delay in investigation of patients referred to the urgent colorectal cancer referral service at a single centre.

 Retrospective data was collated from prospective database for all 1,894 referrals to the urgent colorectal cancer referral service for the period 21 January to 24 December 2020. The time to appointment (TTA) was compared by date of referral and outcome type (endoscopy, CT abdomen pelvis (CT-AP), CT colonography (CT-C), clinic appointment).

 Across 2020, fewer than 25% of patients met the NICE recommendation of appointment within 14 days (median TTA 30 days, first quartile 19). TTA increased dramatically in the first months of the pandemic (February median: 19; March: 80.5). TTA remained high, not falling below a median wait of 28 days until November. CT-C tests were particularly delayed (median TTA: 86) due to concerns regarding aerosol generation and COVID-19 transmission. Patients were offered CT-AP tests while awaiting their delayed CT-C, as CT-AP had a significantly better wait of 15 days.

 COVID-19 was a major disruptor of colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2020, with patients waiting more than twice as long as NICE recommends. This will likely continue into 2021, with further research required to assess the impact of this disruption on mortality and morbidity.


AbstractTo characterize the clinical, virological, and immunological status at presentation as well as the outcome of patients diagnosed with HIV above the age of 50.A retrospective study of 418 patients newly diagnosed with HIV in 1 Israeli center, between the years 2004 and 2013.Patients with new HIV diagnosis ≥50 years of age defined as "older" and <50 defined as "younger." Patients were evaluated every 1 to 3 months (mean follow-up 53 ± 33 months). Patients with <2 CD4/viral-load measurements or with <1 year of follow-up were excluded. Time of HIV infection was estimated by HIV sequence ambiguity assay. Ambiguity index ⩽0.43 indicated recent (⩽1 year) HIV infection.Eighty nine (21%) patients were diagnosed with HIV at an older age. Those older patients presented with significant lower CD4 cell counts and higher viral-load compared with the younger patients. At the end of the study, the older patients had higher mortality rate (21% vs 3.5%; P < 0.001) and lower CD4 cell counts (381 ± 228 vs 483 ± 261cells/&mgr;L; P < 0.001) compared with the younger patients. This difference was also observed between older and younger patients with similar CD4 cell counts and viral load at the time of HIV diagnosis and among patients with a recent (⩽1 year) HIV infection.One-fifth of HIV patients are diagnosed at older age (≥50 years). Those older patients have less favorable outcome compared with the younger patients. This point to the need of educational and screening programs within older populations and for a closer follow-up of older HIV patients.


Galloping of iced conductors under skew winds is always controlling condition.The aerodynamic parameters of iced conductors under skew winds is the key factor of galloping.This paper studies aerodynamic characteristics of crescent iced conductors under skew winds.Under skew winds aerodynamic coefficients of iced conductors carries on the examination on the traditional oblique wind decomposition method.using computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT numerical simulation and wind tunnel test on two kinds of methods,the iced conductor in under skew wind aerodynamic characteristics are studied,the wind tunnel test measured data and numerical simulation results a comparison is drawn,numerical simulation and experimental results are in good agreement.


A MoSi2 susceptor was used to melt and move an iron-rich zone through polycrystalline YIG bars. Crystals 0.25 in. diam or larger, with dielectric constant about 10 and dissipation 0.002, were obtained using the highest stable-zone temperature, a zoning rate of 0.1 in./hr, and an O2 pressure of 100 psig. Silicon contamination, crystalline imperfections, or nonequilibrium phases broadened linewidth, but highly polished test spheres yielded ΔΠ values of 1–2 oe.


Recently, the development of self-driving technology has progressed rapidly. However, self-driving cars have not yet become widespread. Thus, with an aging population, accidents such as road rage and acceleration and brake accidents are likely to continue. Stress is one key reason for such dangerous driving. Thus, technologies must be developed to provide mental support to drivers as required. In this study, we considered estimating driver emotions as a first step along these lines. To this end, we developed a technology to estimate emotions by collecting data on biological signals such as brain waves, heart rate, body movement, and data on a driver's operating status while they are driving. In addition, we introduce a Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) to express the psychological states experienced by drivers. We further present the results of an analysis of data on a driver's emotions from PANAS and data obtained from electroencephalogram (EEG) readings and other biological signals from a car. In addition, the relationship between this experimental environment and the Internet of Digital Reality (IoD) is described.


The deinking of secondary fibers is a very complex processing including much knowledge related to physics and chemistry. The main factors that affecting the quality of the deinked pulps may be secondary fiber species , deinking chemicals, the types of the processing equipments and the technology linkage manner of the deinking equipments. In this paper, three important problems related to deinking process were mentioned. Firstly, the relevant knowledge of printing inks of some new kinds of prints and their deinking experiences were introduced. Secondaly, the categories of deinking additives and their technical development related to investigation and application in deinking process were mentioned. Finally, some key technology processes for example disintegrating of the recycles, screenning, cleaning, flotation and thermal dispersing of the deinked pulp that crucial to deinked pulp's quality were analysed especially.


The marriage of personal computers and business form letters has lead to readily available, inexpensive computer business letter libraries. Much like their typical paperback predecessors, these libraries purport to overcome the drudgery of preparing typical business correspondence. This study examines three library packages. A board of 54 experts found the three packages of about similar quality; rated sample letters as being poor in quality; preferred letters over memoranda; and noted differences between letter categories. The messages were generally seen as being readable.


Brentidae are large, elongate weevils found under the bark of various dead and dying deciduous trees. Females excavate a hole with their rostrum into which they deposit their eggs. Larvae bore deep into the heartwood where they appear to feed on wood and fungal mycelia (Anderson and Kissinger 2002). In North America the family is represented by five species in five genera. Three of these are found in southern Florida, and one in southern Texas. Arrenodes minutus (Drury, 1770) ranges throughout the eastern United States, north to southern Ontario and Québec (McNamara 1991; Laplante et al. 1991; Anderson and Kissinger 2002). Colloquially known as the "oak timberworm," larvae of A. minutus are frequently found boring in oaks (Quercus spp.) and other hardwoods. Adults feed at sap flows on oaks. Males are territorial and aggressive with one another and guard females during egg laying (Buchanan 1960; Sanborne 1983). When Majka et al. (2007) surveyed the introduced Apionidae (pear-shaped weevils) and Brentidae (straight-snouted weevils) of the Maritime Provinces, they reported a specimen of Arrenodes minutus intercepted in Nova Scotia in wooden furniture imported from Indiana in the United States. Recently, specimens of A. minutus have been found in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Figs. 1-2) that establish the presence of this species, and hence the family Brentidae, in the Maritime Provinces. NEW BRUNSWICK: Carleton Co: Jackson Falls "Bell Forest", 46.2210oN, 67.7210oW, 7.VI.2007, R. Webster, under bark of large (0.75 m diameter) fallen basswood, (5♂, 1♀, R. Webster Collection); locality as above, 26.VI.2007, R. Webster, mv light 30 m from fallen basswood, (1♂, 1♀, R. Webster Collection); locality as above, 26.VI.2007, R. Webster, on trunk of fallen basswood at night, (2♀, R. Webster Collection); locality as above, 25.VII.2007, R. Webster, mv light, (1♀, R. Webster Collection); locality as above, 8.VII.2008, R. Webster, mv light, (2♀, R. Webster Collection); locality as above, 8.VII.2008, R. Webster, on standing section of dead basswood at night (2♀, R. Webster Collection). NOVA SCOTIA: Queens Co.: Lake McGowan, 44o25.176'N, 65o03.503'W, 2.VII.2008, K. Neil, (1♂, 1♀, K. Neil Collection). Figure 3 shows both localities where specimens were collected in the Maritime Provinces, as well as locations in neighbouring jurisdictions of northeastern North America (Dearborn and Donahue 1993; Downie and Arnett 1996; Chandler 2001; Sikes 2004; C. Chantal, Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec, personal communication; D. Sikes, University of Alaska Museum, personal communication). Bell Forest is a part of the Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve in Carleton County, New Brunswick. It has been identified as one of the best surviving examples of a rich Appalachian hardwood forest in New Brunswick, a forest-type found on rich calcareous soils in sheltered areas in the central Saint John River valley. Two centuries of land clearance have reduced this once widespread woodland to a series of small isolated patches. Basswood (Tilia americana L., (Tiliaceae)), butternut (Juglans cinerea L., (Juglandaceae)), white ash (Fraxinus americana L. (Oleaceae) and ironwood (Ostrya virginiana (Mill.)Koch (Betulaceae)) are marker trees of this forest with a rich under-story of herbaceous plants such as pointed-leaf tick trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl.) (Fabaceae)), bottlebrush grass (Hystrix patula Arrenodes minutus (Drury, 1770) (Coleoptera: Brentidae) discovered in the Maritime Provinces of Canada


Samarium (ii) iodide (SmI2, Kagan's reagent) is one of the most important reducing agents in organic synthesis. Its unique reactivity and selectivity makes it ideal for mediating key steps in target syntheses often providing outcomes that simply cannot be matched by other reagents. In this review we present selected examples of the application of SmI2 in target-oriented synthesis during the last four years and describe the enabling role the reagent has played in the construction of natural products, unnatural bioactive compounds, and organic materials.


Summary The causal excitant of measles exists in the circulating blood during the febrile stage of the disease. The Berkfeld filtered virus blood induces in the monkey, rabbit and guinea pig the symptom complex of human measles. A living agent capable of causing in the experimental animal a concomitant leucopenia and pyrexia may be propagated and subcultured in vitro through several generations upon hydrocele or semi-solid plasma Ringer medium. In the cultures prepared from the unfiltered human measles blood of reacting animals there frequently occurs a small gram positive coccus, which in subplants to blood agar medium grows readily and under aerobic conditions. Cultures of this coccus are likewise capable of inducing in the rabbit a leucopenia and pyrexia following an incubation period of seven to eight days. The coccus culturally and tinctorially corresponds to the culture reported by Tunnicliff. Since the COCCUS was cultured from the unfiltered measles blood, we prefer to reserve opinion at this writing regarding its significance in measles.


It is clarified that urban and suburban social economy structure leads to urban and suburban education duality,that is,the imbalance between urban and suburban education.It is analyzed that the exist and continuing enlarging of unfair difference between urban and suburban education are grim reality of the current education fair development in China and it also influences the social fair development.It is pointed out that the government,as a body part of public eudcation policy implementation,should set the education resource from a fair angle reason-ably and compensate and take care of the weak suburban area.


Individuals with physical disabilities constitute a social group that is very diverse in terms of the type of body dysfunction, degree of impairme nt, time and causes of the emergence of disability, and the possibility of independent func tioning in the local environment. Common features of physical disabilities include the threa t of marginalization, poverty, and social exclusion, which are often based on stereotypes. Mo st individuals with physical disabilities require rehabilitation, and not only medical rehabi litat on. Individuals with physical disabilities also need social rehabilitation which is important for quality of life. An effective rehabilitation process needs to be adapted to the i ndividual capabilities and needs of the patient, ensuring respect for his/her subjectivity and dignity during the therapy process. The rehabilitation process will need to overcome psycho logical barriers that hinder the creation of positive motivation for perseverance and effort in striving for the fullest possible participation in community life – at local, family, and professio nal levels. Contemporary active social policy, as well as, scientific and technical progre ss, and widespread computerization of life in all areas means that people with physical disabilit y have more opportunities for professional work and comprehensive personal development. These opportunities are particularly important for individuals within the so-called 'wor king age', and will provide richer involvement in the mainstream of social life.


The influence of different relay location and power allocation on SER performance was analyzed for cooperative communication system with single AF relay.The optimum relay location of linear network topology was derived for both EPA and OPA method,which was aimed at minimizing SER of system.Analysis and simulation results show that,joint optimization for relay location and OPA scheme significantly outperforms the EPA case.


The effect of BaCu(B2O5)(BCB)addition on the sinterability and dielectric properties of ZnNb2O6 ceramic were investigated.It was found that the liquid formatted by BCB glass accelerated the mass transfer of particles,promoted the sintering.The sintering temperature of ZnNb2O6 ceramic was effectively lowered to 875 ℃.With increasing of ZBS content,the second-phase appeared.The sample of ZnNb2O6 ceramic with 3% of BCB addition sintered at 875 ℃ for 4 h had the optimum dielectric properties of er=23.4,Q×f=13 230 GHz and the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency τf =-78.41×10-6/℃.The study of co-fired Ag behavior shows that the ZnNb2O6 ceramics and silver internal electrodes were well formed and the silver diffusion was not observed.Therefore,the low temperature co-fired ZnNb2O6 ceramics with BCB additions were promising candidates as a kind of low-temperature sintering microwave dielectric ceramic for realizing the multilayer microwave filters.


Recently obtained spectrograms imply that RY Sct contains two massive stars embedded in an unusual nebulosity whose spectrum shows exceptionally strong (forbidden Fe III) emission. At least one component is probably H-deficient (or He-rich), which may result from the loss of the H-rich envelope. Rapid rotation is thought to be the cause of this. A modern light curve is required before a complete interpretation of the data can be made.


Pilot contamination resulting from pilot reuse seriously restricts the communication performance of the cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. To deal with this problem, an efficient pilot assignment scheme using a weighted graphic framework is proposed in this correspondence paper. Specifically, a novel metric is first introduced for capturing the severity of potential mutual pilot contamination in cell-free topology. On this basis, the weighted pilot contamination graph is constructed to depict the dynamic interference relationship corresponding to the network. Then, the pilot assignment optimization is mapped to the Max k-Cut problem, and a heuristic algorithm is exploited to realize pilot decontamination. Numerical simulation results reveal the superior performance of the proposed scheme, which is capable of achieving a significant improvement in throughput with low complexity.


A female neonate born at 30 weeks' gestation with a birth weight of 1.3 kg was referred to our emergency for progressive distension of abdomen following initiation of tube feeds on day 2 of life. She was born via a preterm vaginal delivery after spontaneous preterm onset of labour. There was no


In this paper we describe a context update model that has been implemented in a dialogue manager. The model is based on the assumptions that utterances in a dialogue can be represented in terms of dialogue acts, and that they provoke several types of effects in the dialogue participant's belief state. In the paper, a step-by-step analysis of the context update during a dialogue will be provided, focusing on the belief states of the dialogue participants.


This paper analyzes EM algorithm for two kinds of mistaken probability of parameter estimation in exponential distribution theoretically,and gives concrete calculating formula.


The monotone likelihood ratio property (MLRP) is widely used in economics. Equivalent to Karlin's (1968) total positivity of order 2 (log-supermodularity), many of its applications follow from Karlin's variation diminishing property (VDP).

I characterize the proportionate likelihood ratio property (PLRP), which also asks that the likelihood ratio grow at a log-supermodular rate, and is equivalent to Karlin's total positivity of order 3: I derive an easily checked differential test for the PRLP in general, and an easier one for location family signals.

While the MLRP preserves monotonicity, the PLRP preserves quasiconcavity and quasiconvexity, and also ensures that expectations of more concave (or convex) functions grow more concave (or convex). So while the MLRP sees application in the vertical economic models, where higher is better, the PLRP is useful in horizontal (variety) economic models, such as matching with the right partner.

I illustrate the usefulness of this theory by many examples, including proofs of a few classic information economics results. I end with a new, quick, and gentle proof of the VDP, hoping to make this theory accessible to a larger audience.


In order to provide a high performance receiving solution for Near Field Communication (NFC), this study presents a non-coherent solution based on energy detection receiving technology of Ultra Wideband (IR-UWB) Impulse Radio. And the circuit chip implementation of the proposed receiver is provided and designed in 0.18μm RF CMOS technology with 1.8V power supply to achieve data–rate of 250Mbps, low complexity and low power dissipation, by employing a LNA, a squarer, an integrator, two amplifiers, and a comparator, of which the squarer and integrator play the important roles in energy detection. At the data rate of 250Mbps, post-simulation results show the total power dissipation is about 36mW, meanwhile, the noise performance is satisfactory.


The invention discloses an Internet-based commodity marketing method, which comprises the following steps of: (1) setting up a platform, namely setting up a network marketing platform managed by an operator; (2) inputting initial data of a supplier; (3) managing a user; and (4) displaying. The commodity marketing method can save the design cost and does not increase the supplier cost or lots of advertising design. The user takes part in the design, and lots of targeted designs which press close to the requirements of terminal users can be produced by using the interaction of a social network. By using matched combined designs of other supplier products, the competitiveness of the product is increased. Each designer is also a marketing person. The interaction design and popularization with the user can bring a wide-coverage and low-cost marketing channel for the supplier.


The past 50 years of treatment of corneal ectatic disease involved delaying surgical intervention until the patient was nonfunctional with any optical aids. Contact lens fitting was the primary mechanism to treat mild to moderate cases. The various skill levels of the contact lens practitioner and the forbearance and perseverance of the patient determined the point at which the next step—keratoplasty—was considered. Intermediate steps, such as intracorneal ring placements, could delay this sequence of events in some cases, but really did not change the overall care of these patients. Advances in keratoplasty with the resurgence and emergence of lamellar techniques have improved surgical outcomes but not the time course for treatment. The development of corneal collagen cross-linking by Seiler et al1,2 has completely changed the treatment of these patients. Instead of delegating the care of such patients to our contact lens practitioners until the time that their endeavors are impossible, we now must identify these patients at the earliest possible moment to halt the disease before it requires heroic contact lens efforts. In no area is this more important than with postrefractive surgery ectasia. These patients are particularly vulnerable to rapid progression that can be missed until the patient is in an unacceptable situation. For this reason, routine state of the art topographical and tomographical follow-up with statistical algorithms designed to identify corneas at risk long before they have visual consequences is mandatory in this environment. The time course for such evaluations should be driven by the time course of ectasia development. Some of the same statistical evaluations designed to screen pre-lasik corneas may be helpful in the early detection of postsurgical ectasia. Measurements of biomechanical properties may aid in the identification of early keratoconus and ectasia or eyes at risk. There will, almost certainly, be unique characteristics associated with postrefractive surgery ectasia that will distinguish these patients from early keratoconus. It has been reported that the posterior surface is modified after a refractive procedure in a predicable manner.3,4 The changes include increased posterior elevation, curvature and asphericity centrally as well as decreased elevation peripherally, all of which are reduced in magnitude over time. It is therefore important to perform routine tomography after refractive surgery so that an understanding of expected changes is developed, and destabilizing changes can be readily recognized as distinct. A single map of increased posterior elevation shortly after refractive surgery will not differentiate a normal postoperative result from an evolving ectasia. However, if the posterior elevation or curvature is increasing, rather than decreasing these patients should be carefully monitored and an intervention, such as cross-linking performed in the early stages. Changes on the anterior surface are less pronounced initially, as the epithelium can modulate the surface shape and thus mask the underlying ectasia. Since the posterior surface has minimal influence on overall corneal power and vision, it is an ideal marker for evolving disease, potentially prior to the condition becoming severe enough to affect vision. Our responsibility to our patients no longer ends when the patient has an acceptable postrefractive surgery result and only take care of problems when they become visually manifest. We must now educate our patients as to the proper longterm maintenance of their surgical results so that interventions can take place in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may be seen as falling below standard of care in the future.


Background: anxiety is a neurotic helplessness, insecurity, immature, and inability
to face the demands of reality (environment), difficulties and stresses of daily life
(Annisa & Ifdil, 2016). Someone's anxiety can be influenced by health problems they
experience (Stuart, 2013). As a person ages, the more diseases that arise and often
suffer, especially in the elderly or elderly. In old age various setbacks will occur in
the body's organs, therefore the elderly are easily affected by diseases such as
hypertension (Andriana, 2013). Patients with hypertension become anxious due to
hypertension which tends to require relatively long treatment, there is a risk of
complications and can shorten life (Hawari, 2013). Purpose: This study aims to
determine the description of anxiety in elderly patients with hypertension. Method:
The number of samples in this study were 96 respondents. This research is
quantitative by using descriptive research methods. The sampling technique in this
study is random sampling. The data collection technique uses the zsas questionnaire
2
ZSAS (Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale).The analysis in this study uses univariate
analysis with frequency distribution. Results: the results of the analysis of the anxiety
level test were mild anxiety by 10 respondents (10.4%) moderate anxiety by 75
respondents (78.1%) and severe anxiety by 11 respondents (11.5%). Suggestion: For
the wider community, especially hypertension sufferers to be more aware of the
importance of maintaining mental health.
Keywords: Anxiety, hypertension


Background: Blood pressure (BP) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but prior studies have predominantly focused on single measurements of BP. Previous studies which have exami...


We consider the degree of conservation of nuclear spin polarization in the process of optical pumping under typical spin-exchange optical pumping conditions. Previous analyses have assumed that negligible nuclear spin precession occurs during the brief periods of time in which the alkali-metal atoms are in the excited state after absorbing photons and before undergoing quenching collisions with nitrogen molecules. We include excited-state hyperfine interactions, electronic spin relaxation in collisions with He and N{sub 2}, spontaneous emission, quenching collisions, and a simplified treatment of radiation trapping.


The invention discloses a train data transmission method and system. The method comprises the following steps of: S1, acquiring train data according to a preset sampling period; S2, analyzing the train data into data items, and determining frequency grades of the data items according to a preset data classification method; and S3, packaging the data items which belong to a same frequency grade and change in a data time window preset for the frequency grades according to the data time window into a data package, and sending the data package. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a data analysis and sorting module and a data packaging and sending module. Being free of adding extra equipment and modifying the existing vehicle-mounted equipment interfaces of the trains, the method and system are simple to realize, low in development cost and short in scene transformation period, and is capable of effectively reducing the data transmission amount of CMD systems, effectively reducing the data transmission cost and enhancing the data transmission efficiency.


With the current developments in optics, including laser optics, there should be more progress on the development of instrumentation for dermatological diagnostics, even clinical diagnostics. This report introduces new microscopy, much still under development, and research. A frank appeal for this program is made for multi-discipline help from optical physicists, biophysicists, biomedical engineers, even laser biomedical engineers, investigative dermatologists, and pathologists. If one is allowed to say, the most current advanced clinical diagnostic microscope is the polarizing microscope under the stimulus of Rox Anderson, Lynn Drake, Steven Jacques, and Peter Dorogi. The other microscopes for clinical dermatological research to be developed include the confocal scanning microscopy with the emphasis for living tissue, the ultrasonic biomedical microscope (UBM) for dermatology, and the holographic microscope, related to our studies on the biomedical aspects of optical phase conjugation. All these are introduced briefly for our studies and for definite pleas to help us.


Two reduced projective schemes are said to be Cremona equivalent if there is a Cremona map that maps one in the other. In this paper I revise some of the known results about Cremona equivalence and extend the main result of [MP09] to reduced schemes. This allows to prove a very general contractibility result for union of rational subvarieties.


This article focuses on how procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants are protected by the European Convention on Human Rights and the increasing impact of the European Union in this area. Criminal procedures vary enormously across European jurisdictions and so does the level of legal protection o ff ered to suspects in criminal proceedings. Initial attempts by the European Union to establish minimum procedural rights for suspects and defendants throughout the EU failed in 2007, in the face of opposition by a number of Member States who argued that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the enforcement mechanism of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rendered EU regulation unnecessary. However, with rati fi cation of the Treaty, criminal defence rights appeared on the agenda again in order to increase mutual trust between Member States and thus improve the operation of mutual recognition. In November, 2009, the European Council adopted the Roadmap on Procedural Rights setting out a step-by-step approach to strengthen the rights of suspects and accused persons throughout the European Union. The fi rst step has currently been taken through the adoption of the Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings of 26 October, 2010, with two EU legislative proposals on the table: one on the right to information and one on the right to legal assistance in criminal proceedings. In parallel with these developments, two research projects have been conducted. One into the way suspects and defendants are informed of their rights throughout the EU and another one on access to e ff ective defence in criminal proceedings across nine European jurisdictions that constitute examples of the three major legal traditions in Europe: inquisitorial, adversarial and post-state socialist. The outcomes of this research are the basis for critical analysis of the way EU policy aims to fi ll the gaps in human rights protection in the area of criminal procedural law. Abstract The reform of French police custody, e ff ective since 1 st June 2011, was provoked at the same time by the evolution of the European and constitutional case law and by a press campaign denouncing the misuse of this measure. The progress is clear, because now the concerned person is informed about its right to remain silent and has the right to be assisted by a lawyer during its custody. Nevertheless, some incapacities remain both towards the European law of human rights (role of the prosecutor) and towards the law of the European Union (right to interpretation and translation, lawyer).


CONTENT
I. Global context for employment policies
II. Policies to face the Global Jobs
Challenge: What kind of growth
generates jobs?


Strategy is the essential ingredient for making war either politically effective or morally tenable. It is the link between military means and political ends, the scheme for how to make one produce the other. Without strategy, there is no rationale for how force will achieve purposes worth the price in blood and treasure. Without strategy, power is a loose cannon and war is mindless. Mindless killing can only be criminal. Politicians and soldiers may debate which strategic choice is best, but only paciasts can doubt that strategy is necessary. Because strategy is necessary, however, does not mean that it is possible. Those who experience or study many wars and strong reasons to doubt that strategists can know enough about causes, effects, and intervening variables to make the operations planned produce the outcomes desired. To skeptics, effective strategy is often an illusion because what happens in the gap between policy objectives and war outcomes is too complex and unpredictable to be manipulated to a speciaed end. When this is true, war cannot be a legitimate instrument of policy. This article surveys ten critiques that throw the practicability of strategy into question. It pulls together many arguments that emerge in bits and pieces from a variety of sources. Some are my own formulation of skepticism implicit but unformed in others' observations; few analysts have yet attacked the general viability of strategy head-on. The notion that effective strategy must be an illusion emerges cumulatively from arguments that: strategies cannot be evaluated because there are no agreed criteria for which are good or bad; there is little demonstrable relationship between strategies and outcomes in war; good strategies can seldom be formulated because of policymakers' biases; if good strategies are formulated, they cannot be executed because of organizations' limitations; and other points explored below. Unifying themes include the bar-


Environmental Health (EH) Departments devote considerable resources to investigating domestic noise complaints. In 1989-90 Environmental Health Officers in England and Wales received 97,798 noise complaints, of which 61% were about domestic noise [1]. The object of investigating a complaint is to determine whether a statutory nuisance exists. In practice, this depends on the judgement of the Environmental Health Officer, which is usually informed by subjective listening and a broadband A-weighted sound pressure level (SPL) measurement. Though practice varies among EH Departments, it is common for more than one visit to a complainant to be made. In the case of domestic noise complaints, these visits usually have to be made outside office hours and thus entail significant overtime costs. In many cases, further action is not found to be justified after an initial visit, so some system of screening noise complaints is desirable.


The rising popularity of high-immersion media has found its way to educational use cases, but such media have not yet been extensively evaluated in their ability to provide fully featured study abroad experiences. As recent events have catapulted virtual study abroad programs to the forefront, and as universities seek to build attractive and effective programs, the necessity of systems that provide immersion and student engagement has become apparent. Using the new concept of Dual-Frame System Design, this paper seeks to find if design thinking methodologies can meet these needs while maintaining system reliability, flexibility, and ease of use. Using off-the-shelf components, including a 360° video camera, smartphones, and personal computers, a system was created and tested through a mixed-methods approach based on a user study of 25 US college students. The results of this research may be useful in the creation of high-immersion virtual study abroad experiences, as well as advancing the interdisciplinary frameworks necessary to make these systems broadly available.


In situ tensile tests in scanning electron microscope (SEM) were carried out using single-edge notched specimens of no larger than 0.5?mm in thickness made of CL60 wheel steel with or without hydrogen charging. Observations under optical microscope (OM) were also done to a wedge opening-loading (WOL) specimen with a thickness of 30?mm which was precracked. The result shows that, for the thinner specimen, plastic deformation occurs firstly in proeutectoid ferrite and then grows along the prior austenite grain boundary, and then, a microcrack initiates and propagates preferentially at the interface of proeutectoid ferrite and pearlite colony. The process of deformation and fracture is almost same each other for both specimens with and without hydrogen, except that the microcrack initiates more frequently by way of inclusion separating and shelling from matrix for the specimen with hydrogen. The fracture surface fractograph of the thinner specimen is ductile fracture. However, for the thicker specimen (WOL), plastic deformation and cracking mainly occurs in the pearlite colony, which results in cleavage fracture.


High Resolution Melting (HRM) measures DNA melting patterns to detect mutations. Hitherto, HRM has not been used to report the nature of the mutation. We reasoned that in conditions with a minor allele (e.g. allelic loss and somatic mutation), CO-amplification at Lower Denaturation temperature (COLD) PCR could change HRM patterns allowing (i) detection of Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH) and (ii) discrimination of somatic mutations from germline variants.

 For LOH, we tested paired tumour/normal samples from 11 cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) which were heterozygous for the SMAD4 SNP rs12455792 and 1 case which was homozygous wild type. To discriminate somatic from germline mutation, we tested tumour from 4 CRCs with somatic mutation in codon 374 POLE, paired tumour/normal tissue from 10 CRCs heterozygous for POLESNP rs4077170 and matched normal samples wild type. All samples underwent both the standard and COLD PCR followed by HRM analysis. In 4/11 tumour samples which were heterozygous for the SMAD4 SNP, HRM patterns changed following COLD-PCR suggesting LOH. Changes in HRM patterns were also seen in 4/4 tumours with POLE codon 374 mutation suggesting somatic rather than germline mutation. No change was seen in the 20 tumour and matched normal samples heterozygous for POLESNP rs4077170. We conclude that combining COLD PCR with HRM (COLD-HRM) allows inference of LOH and somatic sequence mutation without the requirement for matched normal DNA.


Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and HumanOrigins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of History and Philosophy, University of Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China


Solar energy use for groundwater abstraction is one of the most viable options for smallholders' irrigation in current scenario of increasing fuel prices. Therefore, the dissemination and adoption of solar pumps of low capacities among these farmers is in demand. In this paper a case study was in eastern region to assess the performance of 3horsepower solar pump, as this capacity pump is currently being promoted by the governments to small farmers at subsidised rates. In eastern region where groundwater regime in most of the area is ranging5-10 m bgl with annual fluctuation of ±2 to ±4 m, and abstracted groundwater by a 3 horsepower solar pumpis rangedfrom 100-173 m3/day, depending upon the months on a bright day. Thispump also offers a delivery pressure head 1.0- 1.5 kg/cm2, and therefore facilitates pressured irrigation for improved water use efficiency.


The arts of shop image combine the numerous fields such as architectural environment,advertising communication,display packaging,etc.and involves many aspects in marketing,promoting and so on.The arts of shop image embody designers' creative minds and skills,stand for the commercial awareness and marketing concept of merchants.It is really starting from the consumer psychology,all for the sake of our customers and satisfying the customer's desire for material and emotional needs.


Objective: To determine the endemic values of cutaneous leishmaniasis in different cities of Fars province, Iran. Methods: Totally, 29 201 cases registered from 2010 to 2015 in Iranian Fars province were selected, and the endemic values of cutaneous leishmaniasis were determined by retrospective clusters derived from spatiotemporal permutation modeling on a time-series design. The accuracy of the values was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. SPSS version 22, ArcGIS, and ITSM 2002 software tools were used for analysis. Results: Nine statistically significant retrospective clusters (P<0.05) resulted in finding seven significant and accurate endemic values (P<0.1). These valid endemic scores were generalized to the other 18 cities based on 6 different climates in the province. Conclusions: Retrospectively detected clusters with the help of ROC curve analysis could help determine cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic values which are essential for future prediction and prevention policies in the area.


In this research,we used the economic index of social stability risk assessment system. Looking at the economic situation on the basis of social stability,we selected five economic indicators( per capita GDP,GDP growth rate,the Gini coefficient,CPI,and the unemployment rate) for social stability risk assessment. The results suggest that by international comparison,the social stability in China at present has reached the middle- upper level,mainly benefiting from rapid GDP growth as well as low CPI and unemployment rates; by the longitudinal comparison,the social stability risk in China in recent years shows an increasing trend,suffering from widening gap between the rich and the poor as well as rising inflation pressures. The next few years will be critical to the success of transformation in the mode of economic development in China,and its avoidance of the middle income trap.


A security system central monitoring station 18 uses calling information from a publicly switched telephone network 20 to select between alternative handshakes before answering a respective alarm panel call. A caller identification is detected after the first ring before lifting the receiver to complete the connection. The monitoring station retrieves the proper handshake from memory to communicate with the reporting panel and uses that handshake with the proper communications format as soon as it picks up the calling line.


The child's developmental characteristics influence the psycho-social features in the behavior of parents. This aspect is relevant in building effective strategies for psychological and socio-educational assistance to parents for an increased quality of family life. The aim of the present study is to investigate the differences in anxiety, stress, and resilience strategies in the case of parents with children with late psychosocial development and those with children with neurotypical development. The research sample consisted of 620 subjects (380 women, 240 men, divided into two equal categories: parents of children with late development and with neurotypical development). The questionnaire survey (Levenstein's Perceived Stress Questionnaire for stress and Hobfoll's Strategic Approach to Coping Scale for resilience strategies) and interview (Hamilton's Anxiety Rating Scale for anxiety) were used. The anxiety levels did not differ significantly (t = 0.45, p = 0.65), but there were differences in the perceived stress levels (t = −7.10, p = 0.03). As for resilience strategies, significant differences were found for assertive action, social communion, precautionary action, and seeking social support, which were more pronounced strategies that were used by parents of children with late psychosocial development.


Today, the museum is not only the guardian of the past, but also as a center of active communication. Consequently, there is a need for cutting-edge models, the organization of museum activities and all the museum space. At present, all over the world can be seen growing interest in the modernization, renovation and restoration of museums. The main argument for this are: the need for additional space, technical and technological improvements, increased the number of visitors increased interest in «information of a special kind», and the new features inherent in modern museums. Tendencies to expand dictate their conditions and demand include modern structures in historical complexes. Their main aim is to create new space, which not only emphasizes the unity, beauty and architectural integrity of the museum, but also contributed to the solution of problems related to the exposure of works of art, educational activities and work with visitors.


In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), the primary need to achieve effective network communication among nodes is that the nodes should cooperate with each other. While in the presence of malicious nodes, this need might lead to the severe security concerns. Preventing MANET from such nodes has become an important and challenging security issue since most of the routing protocols are vulnerable to various types of attacks. In this paper we reviewed many research works which have focused on using either proactive or reactive defense mechanisms, intrusion detection systems, routing protocols to detect and prevent resource consumption and byzantine attacks.


In a trial with pots, filled with peat, and the treatments 0N, 0P and 0K an unfavourable influence of triple superphosphate on freesias was observed. The crop showed scorching of the leaf margin, that turned out to be a symptom of fluorine excess. Especially monocotyle bulbous and cormous crops were susceptible to excess of fluoride from the substrate. In some trials a relation was found between the contents of fluorine in soil and in the crop, in others a relation between soil fluoride content and percentage of scorched leaf Over hundred samples of soils were collected in the Netherlands and analysed for total fluorine, 'labile' fluoride and water soluble fluoride. The pH of the soil was found to be an important factor regulating fluoride uptake and leaf scorch. Evaporation probably is the cause that other factors, such as electrolyte concentration of the soil, the season, the temperature of soil and air, the occurence of diseases, are of influence on leaf scorch while foliar fluorine is not clearly changed.


Twitter is an often-overlooked professional learning resource for teachers. This article discusses three advantages of using Twitter, offers tips for getting started, and provides lists of educators, blogs, and organizations to follow.


A dust collecting apparatus of a coke quenching tower is provided to more effectively collect dust contained in steam generated when cooling coke by using a mist eliminator newly installed in the coke quenching tower. A dust collecting apparatus of a coke quenching tower comprises: a water storage tank(20) for storing water supplied from the outside through a water inflow pipe(10); a quenching tower(40) which allows a coke quenching car(45) to enter or exit a lower portion thereof, and has a mist eliminator(50) installed in an upper portion thereof to collect dust generated from the coke quenching car; a dust collecting unit(60) for removing dust collected when supplying cleaning water and dust collecting water from the water storage tank to the mist eliminator respectively; a coke cooling unit(65) for supplying cooling water from the water storage tank to a space of the quenching tower between the mist eliminator and the coke quenching car to quench coke; and a central control part(90) for controlling the dust collecting unit and the coke cooling unit to control supply times and supply quantities of cleaning water, dust collecting water and cooling water respectively.


The wake behind a circular cylinder in Mach 4 flow is examined experimentally in the Reynolds number range $2\times 10^{4}$ to $5\times 10^{5}$ . Periodic oscillations of the sliplines in the wake are observed. The Strouhal number of the oscillations based on the diameter of the cylinder is found to increase monotonically from 0.30 to 0.50 with increasing Reynolds number. If the Strouhal number is formed using the length of the sliplines, however, it has a constant value of approximately 0.48 for all Reynolds numbers studied. This scaling indicates that the oscillations in supersonic flow are likely driven by acoustic signals propagating back and forth through the subsonic region between the separation points on the cylinder and the neck where the sliplines converge, unlike in subsonic flow where oscillations are caused by vortices shed from the cylinder surface.


Portuguese travellers, in the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, in their expeditions through the African continent, from the Mozambican coast, discovered a country with its own hierarchy and an absolute king, the Monomotapa, whose habits contributed to create a literary image of this culture across Europe which is more mythological than real.


1 Department of Specialty, Aviation University of Air Force Changchun, Jilin, China, 130022 e-mail: email@example.com 2 Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Naval Aeronautical and Astronomical University Yantai, Shandong, China, 264001 Abstract—On the basis of analyzing massive remote sensing images storage and HBase, Hilbert Curve was applied in image pyramid model. A solution about quickly search in massive remote sensing images was put forward in this paper. The experiment showed that the solution not only could solve the storage problem in cluster that single computer couldn't, but also realized the quickly search in massive remote sensing images. This solution can be used in the further process of massive remote sensing images.


Diabetes therapies in renal impairment Diabetes mellitus is recognized as a leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure. Until few years ago patients with diabetes should be preferably treated with insulin. The management of the patients with hyperglycemia and chronic renal failure demands a close collaboration between the diabetologist and the nephrologists. Some of the new drugs as the Dipeptydil Peptidase-4 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists recently approved for the treatment of diabetes can be used, even if with a reduction of the usual dose, in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure. These drugs showed efficacy on the improvement of HbA1c, several extraglycemic effects together with a low hypoglycemic risk. This article will analyze current status of national and international guidelines and the product characteristics focusing on the treatment of diabetes in patients with impairment of renal function.


The invention belongs to the field of metallurgy, and in particular relates to a method for smelting magnesium through vacuum thermal reduction of precast pellets. The method comprises the steps of: uniformly mixing dolomite, a reducing agent and fluorite by mass, and then adding a binding agent; preparing raw pellets with diameters of 5-20mm by using a disk pelleting machine; calcining the raw pellets under a nitrogen or argon protection atmosphere to obtain calcined cured pellets; and carrying out vacuum thermal reduction for 0.5-2 hours on the calcined cured pellets at a temperature of 1150 DEG C under the vacuum degree of 10 Pa to obtain the magnesium. The method has the advantages of high raw material utilization rate, high reduction rate, short reduction period, low energy consumption and the like; and compared with the traditional ferrosilicon process for smelting the magnesium, the method realizes the technical upgrading of the ferrosilicon process for smelting.


A new azo dye with N3O2 donor set of atoms has been synthesized via coupling reaction of 2,6-diaminopyridine with p-methoxybenzaldehyde. The molecular and electronic structure of the azo dye ligand (L) was optimized theoretically and the quantum chemical parameters were calculated. Molecular docking was used to predict the binding between L and the receptors of breast cancer mutant 3hb5-oxidoreductase, crystal structure of Escherichia coli (3 T88) and crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus (3q8u). The newly synthesized L was used for complex formation with Cr(III), Mn(II), Fe(III), Co.(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions. The nature of bonding and the stoichiometry of L and its mononuclear complexes were deduced from elemental analyses, spectroscopic, magnetic susceptibility, molar conductance, electron spin resonance and conductivity measurements, thermogravimetric analyses and powder X-ray diffraction. Elemental analysis data show that the complexes have composition of ML type with an octahedral geometry for all the complexes. The activation thermodynamic parameters were calculated. The prepared azo dye and its metal complexes were tested against various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and a fungus. Most complexes exhibit antibacterial and antifungal activities against these organisms. Anticancer evaluation studies against standard breast cancer cell line were performed using various concentrations. The activity index was calculated. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Most of industrial processes are nonlinear, not stationary, and dynamical with at least few different time scales in their internal dynamics and hardly measured states. A biological wastewater treatment plant falls into this category. The paper considers modelling such processes for monitorning and control purposes by using State - SpaceWavelet Neural Networks (SSWN). The modelling method is illustrated based on bioreactors of the wastewater treatment plant. The learning algorithms and basis function (multidimensional wavelets) are also proposed. The simulation results based on real data record are presented.


The effectiveness of current chemotherapies for cancer is gradually progressing; however achieving a complete cure through chemotherapy is still difficult and has been the main goal in treatment of advanced cancer. Drug resistance is an issue in cancer therapy, therefore increasing numbers of investigations into drug resistance have focused on the characteristics of the cancer cells themselves. The interaction between the tumor microenvironment (TME) and cancer cells is also intimately involved in the development of drug resistance. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a predominant component of the TME and affect tumor progression by secreting soluble factors. This review summarizes the most up‐to‐date knowledge of CAFs and drug resistance in cancer, with a focus on factors secreted from CAFs including proteins, cytokines, extracellular vesicles, and metabolites. A perspective on the potential role of anti‐CAF therapies in overcoming CAF‐induced drug resistance is also discussed.


Summary Prestack depth imaging can be used to obtain a more accurate image of the earth's subsurface in complex geologic areas. Prestack depth imaging relies on a correct interval velocity/depth model. We show two methods of obtaining a 3D velocity model in the Southern Gas Basin of the North Sea. In the first method a 3D velocity model is created by interpolating a series of 2D velocity models derived from iterative 2D tomography and prestack depth migration. In the second method an initial model is created using 3D coherency inversion. 3D tomography is then used to update the velocity model with a sparse set of CIP gathers. The 3D model building procedure is faster and yields a more accurate 3D velocity model than the 2D method.


Previous work of the authors and their colleagues described the development of an easily-understood design technique for load-resonant converters. Unfortunately, although the technique has been used successfully in practice, it requires some tedious trial and error calculation schemes. In the Letter it is shown how the original design can be modified using circuit scaling laws. These laws require very simple calculations to implement thereby avoiding the tedious calculation required for each design alteration in the prototype circuit.


The concept of cyberspace dimension is proposed for the first time,and electronic warfare is staged based on it as staging criteria. The stages are as follows: three dimensional electronic warfare as the core of the early warning aircraft,four dimensional electronic warfare as the core of the relay satellite,multidimensional electronic warfare as the core of the big data network. The paper discusses the evolution mechanism of electronic warfare in cyberspace dimension with the theories of the metasystem transition and perceptual control. Firstly elements in electronic warfare system vary at random. Moreover,the variation promotes the controlling methods of electronic warfare system. That is the upgrading of the data link. Thirdly,the application scope of electronic warfare system is gradually enlarged. Then,the system transition of electronic warfare system occurs when the application scope is enlarged to a certain degree. Finally cyberspace dimension in the electronic warfare is increased when the transition is finished. The increase of cyberspace dimension is the tendency in the future of the electronic warfare. Based on the increase of cyberspace dimension,the paper puts forward the concept: dimensions are the military's asset.


English-speaking philosophers know little about Frege's life. In 1972 T. W. Bynum published 'On the Life and Work of Gottlob Frege', an introduction of Žfty-four pages to his translation of the Begriffsschrift, in which various facts about Frege's life were cited. These notes are still being used as a guide to Frege's biography today – as in Anthony Kenny's recent book Frege (see Kenny 1995, p. 1 n.). Apparently, many writers on Frege have never heard about a complete revolution in investigating Frege's biography that took place in the 1990s in Germany, falsifying almost every sentence in Bynum's piece. The two volumes under review – I shall refer to them as Spurensicherung and Wirkung for brevity – which are the outcome of two symposia on Frege held at the University of Jena, form the pinnacle of this biographical makeover. Indeed, from 1979 on, four such symposia had already taken place in Jena, resulting in three volumes of proceedings in each of which new data pertaining to Frege's biography were contained. What is new in REVIEW ARTICLE


A series of sputtered FeCoN thin films were deposited on Si (100) at different power levels. Films sputtered with 150 W of power exhibited almost in-plane isotropy accompanied with relatively high coercivity of about 50 Oe due to weak perpendicular anisotropy. When the deposition power was 250 W and above, a well-defined in-plane anisotropy emerged with an anisotropy field in the range of 41 to 109 Oe; the coervivity was significantly reduced to a few oersteds. Dynamic magnetic properties were measured with the shorted microstrip transmission-line perturbation method. Controllable and high microwave permeability was obtained for films deposited under high sputtering power. The differences in soft magnetic properties and magnetization dynamics originate from the changes in film composition and residual stress.


Organizations have different types shaped by variables such as leaders' management style, nature of business, economic environment and culture of the country. In this context, the relationship between teachers' perceptions concerning the bureaucratic, supportive and innovative types of organizations in primary schools and teachers' organizational commitment constitutes the main subject of this research. Teachers working in 24 public primary schools, which were selected by simple random sampling method, in Malatya city center comprise the sample group. These teachers were applied 'Organization Type Scale' and 'Organizational Commitment Scale for Teachers.' At the end, it was found that the dominant type of organization in schools is the bureaucratic type, the teachers' commitment level is moderate and there is a positive moderate relationship between types of organization and teachers' organizational commitment


Turkish acrylic fiber maker Aksa (Yalova), part of the Akkok textile conglomerate, is studying construction of a world-scale polypropylene (PP) plant as part of its diversification plans. The company says it is engaged in discussions with three multinations in the PP business' on the possibility of a joint venture. One of the firms is understood to be Amoco. Aksa is looking at three possible locations for the 100,000 m.t.-150,000 m.t./year plant: Yalova, near Istanbul, where its existing plants are located; Zonguldak, on the Black Sea coast; and within one of the existing complexes or a new site belonging to state-owned Petkim. Aksa has not yet discussed that option with Petkim, which recently received approval to build a $2.5-billion petrochemical complex. The Aksa PP plant would cost about $100 million and would use propylene from world markets. The onstream date depends on Aksa's ability to link up with a foreign partner, but it hopes to complete the unit within three years. Turkey has only one PP plant, a 65,000-m.t./year Petkim unit at Aliaga. The domestic market is currently two to three times that amount and is growing. Petkim also plans a 200,000-m.t./year PP plant as part of its new complex.


Released from dictatorial governments, the Philippines and Indonesia encountered a strong clamor from the international community and local leaders, for distribution and sharing of political and administrative powers. Towards this end, local autonomy was installed in the Philippines through the enactment of the Local Government Code in 1991. A decade later, Indonesia, in a 'Big Bang', mandated by Law 22 and Law 25 launched decentralization. The transfer of powers from the central to local authorities was designed to ensure effective, efficient and equitable delivery of public goods and services. It was also intended to encourage transparent and accountable local authorities and promote inclusive governance. A frequent inquiry raised is how successful is decentralization in the two countries. Has it nourished inclusive governance? The paper joins the chorus of studies concluding that the results are mixed. There are gains in local government administrative modernization; selective engagement of civil society and business sector in governance but overall, deficient in areas of inclusive governance. Inclusive governance is enshrined in a decentralized polity. It guarantees the rights of electorates to vote and be voted. It involves the citizenry in different sphere of decision-making. In an inclusive governance regime, local politicians respond to the needs of citizenry with policies and judicious allocation of resources. Then, they are translated by local bureaucrats in terms of public goods and services, delivered in a transparent, professional, non-partisan and accountable manner. Inclusive governance remains a deficit in the decentralization process. Local councils that are venues for citizen participation in 同志社グローバル・スタディーズ 第 3 号 24 governance are mostly not functional. Political dynasties that have captured electoral exercises and have narrowed the participation of competent people to gain political leadership have grown, both in numbers and strength. Several elements of decentralization have also been used by opportunistic political leaders for their own gain: more revenues led to more opportunities for misuse of funds and more discretionary powers encouraged accommodation of favored individuals and groups. Amidst the externalities of decentralization, the way forward in both countries is authentic local autonomy. Towards this end, the challenge is fine-tuning decentralization by making a reasonable and clear sharing of power between and among different levels of government, business sector and civil society. Decentralization should also be viewed from a systems perspective and to be successful, parallel reforms should be undertaken in the electoral process, political parties, civil service system, social power structure and integrity and accountability mechanism. In doing so, the potential of decentralization to promote inclusive governance is higher.


Salvador Dalí claimed that he made his whole life "a work of alchemy." He saw in alchemy the principle of metamorphosis and "the transmutation of bodies." Carl Jung recognized "imaginatio" as the key to alchemy. As Patrick Harpur suggests: "The Work takes place in a realm intermediate between mind and matter. It is a daimonic process, a 'chemical theatre' in which processes and psychic transformations interpenetrate." The alchemist does not simply work on matter, but on the self.
In Dalí's "paranoiac-critical method," objects similarly seem to exist in an "intermediate realm between mind and matter"; they are animated presences, with a life of their own. The Dalínean double-image is itself a kind of alchemical magic, invoking the "transmutation of bodies."
In 1946, Dalí began work for the Walt Disney Company on a short film, Destino. This would be, he claimed, the "First Surrealist Cartoon." The appeal of animation for him may have been based in part in what Eisenstein termed "plasmaticness": the "ability to dynamically assume any form." Animation, then, may be seen as a kind of "chemical theatre." As a "realm between mind and matter," it also functioned for Dalí as a form of mundus imaginalis, in which he could engage with the "obsessing" images in his psyche.
In Destino, Dalí invoked the alchemical process as a journey to tranfiguration and psychological "rebirth." The film was not completed in his lifetime; this account is based on the original storyboards which he produced.


The cost of drip irrigation can be reduced by using both wider lateral spacings and the same laterals for
multiple years, as with subsurface placement. Multiple, low-rate fertilizer and water applications may reduce N fertilizer
needs by improving efficiency and limiting the potential for leaching. The combination of these technologies may make
drip irrigation of cotton profitable. Four years of continuous cotton and two years of cotton rotated with peanut were
evaluated. Two subsurface drip irrigation lateral spacings (every row, 1 m, and alternate furrow, 2 m) and three
sidedress-nitrogen methods (STD, single application of 112 kg/ha; INC, 112 kg/ha in five equal applications; and GOS,
applications determined by GOSSYM/COMAX) were evaluated for cotton during 1991-1994. Two of the sidedressnitrogen
methods (STD and GOS) were evaluated for a rainfall-only treatment. Lint yields did not differ between the
lateral spacings in any year. Yields for irrigated treatments were 16 and 65% greater than rainfall-only yields in 1992 and
1993, respectively. The GOSSYM/COMAX-managed nitrogen treatment received 30% less nitrogen fertilizer than other
treatments, but had similar lint yield. Several fiber physical properties were affected by irrigation and nitrogen, but these
effects were small and inconsistent. For continuous cotton, or cotton rotated with peanut, the wider lateral spacing is
preferred to the every-row spacing because of its lower initial cost (about 30%). The combination of lower system cost,
longer system life, and lower N-fertilizer requirements could make subsurface drip irrigation of cotton profitable for
southeastern Coastal Plain soils, and reduce the potential for ground water contamination.


This study investigates the effects of magnetic induction, ion slip and Hall current on the flow of linear viscous fluids in a rectangular buoyant channel. In a hydro-magnetic flow scenario with permeable and conducting walls, one wall has a temperature variation that changes over time, while the other wall keeps a constant temperature; the research focuses on this situation. Asymmetric wall heating and suction/injection effects are also examined in the study. Using the Laplace transform, analytical solutions in the Laplace domain for temperature, velocity and induced magnetic field have been determined. The Stehfest approach has been used to find numerical solutions in the real domain by reversing Laplace transforms. The generalized thermal process makes use of an original fractional constitutive equation, in which the thermal flux is influenced by the history of temperature gradients, which has an impact on both the thermal process and the fluid's hydro-magnetic behavior. The influence of thermal memory on heat transfer, fluid movement and magnetic induction was highlighted by comparing the solutions of the fractional model with the classic one based on Fourier's law.


In the transition into adulthood, family and school play a critical role protecting the adolescent from engaging in behaviors that could cause mental health problems. Nevertheless, there are other social groups and structured activities that have shown to act as an educational activity and as a protective factor as well. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between belonging to different types of social groups and the positive and negative mental health indicators of Mexican adolescents. Participants were 840 Mexican adolescents ranging between 12 and 17 years old. Results indicated that belonging to artistic and scout groups reported a statistically significant correlation with higher levels of emotional intelligence. Belonging to sport and artistic groups reported a statistically significant correlation with higher levels of resilience. No statistically significant results were found on anxiety, depression, and/or disruptive behaviors. Further research is needed, especially investigating possible predictive and moderating variables. © 2016 Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Actividades extraescolares y pertenencia al grupo como factor protector en la adolescencia


This paper, which is in two parts, re-employs published evidence to shed new light on the Spartan senator C. Iulius Eurycles Herculanus L. Vibullius Pius. The first part presents a re-edition of the dedication from the heröon of Herculanus, the improved text revealing evidence for a link of kinship between the later Euryclids of Sparta and the dynasty of Commagene. The second part restudies two inscriptions from Mantineia and Corinth which, it is proposed, were originally part of posthumous memorials to Herculanus erected in those two cities.


Corresponding Author: Quyen D. Chu, MD, Department of Surgery, OchsnerLSU Health Science Center, 1501 kings hwy, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. Email: qchu@ lsuhsc. edu The American Surgeon 2020, Vol. 86(5) 513–515 © The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub. com/ journalspermissions DOI: 10. 1177/ 0003 1348 20919739 journals. sagepub. com/ home/ asu Cervical Esophageal Exclusion With Temporary Suture Ligation: A Novel Technique in the Management of Esophageal Perforations


Civilization is dependent upon water-the sea, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and marshes touch every aspect of human life. Much attention has been given to water supply for drinking and domestic purposes, to water power, and to the carrying away of filth and waste from the innumerable operations that are an essential part of modern civilized life. These things are so important and so involved in traditional and vested property rights and the convenience and profits of modern industry that an entire series of important natural aquatic resources has been crowded aside and almost forgotten. These are: (a) Animal resources: fish, turtles, frogs, mussels, shellfish, and aquatic birds and mammals; (b) Plant resources: aquatic vegetation, stream-skirting shrubs and trees, providing feeding and nesting places for important animals; (c) Museum resources: preserves of aquatic and riparian faunas for future scientific investigation and for possible practical uses; (d) Recreational resources: bathing, rowing, camping, angling, shooting; (e) Esthetic resources. The preservation of these resources often conflicts with those more generally recognized. Much has been written on the subject of the balance in nature, but little attention has been given to it even in quasi-biological circles. The tendency has been rather to "improve" and "develop" our water resources, including stream and lake margins, as well as roadsides and right-of-ways,1 without reference to the requirements of animals and plants originally dependent upon natural conditions and of recognized value to mankind. Furthermore, there is reason to believe that the value of the biological products of our coastal and inland waters and water margins has been underestimated. First, the monetary values assigned such products in census reports have, for some items, been too small. The occasional character of the investigation has been productive of inaccuracy. Only those products which have actually been shipped through market channels have been counted; the local and private supplies often, if not usually, have been omitted. In 1908 the fisheries products of the United States, exclusive of whales but including mollusks (oysters, etc.) and sponges, were valued at upward


30 Corbetti is currently one of the fastest uplifting volcanoes globally, with strong evidence from 31 geodetic and gravity data for a subsurface inflating magma body. A dense network of 18 stations 32 has been deployed around Corbetti and Hawassa calderas between February 2016 and October 33 2017, to place seismic constraints on the magmatic, hydrothermal and tectonic processes in the 34 region. We locate 122 events of magnitudes between 0.4 and 4.2 using a new local velocity model. 35 The seismicity is focused in two areas: directly beneath Corbetti caldera and beneath the city of 36 Hawassa. The shallower 0-5 km depth below sea level (b.s.l.) earthquakes beneath Corbetti are 37 mainly focused in EW- to NS-elongated clusters at Urji and Chabbi volcanic centres. This 38 distribution is interpreted to be mainly controlled by a northward propagation of hydrothermal 39 fluids away from a cross-rift pre-existing fault. Source mechanisms are predominantly strike-slip 40 and different to the normal faulting away from the volcano, suggesting a local rotation of the stress- 41 field. These observations, along with a low Vp/Vs ratio, are consistent with the inflation of a gas- 42 rich sill, likely of silicic composition, beneath Corbetti. In contrast, the seismicity beneath Hawassa 43 extends to greater depth (16 km b.s.l.). These earthquakes are focused on 8-10 km long segmented 44 faults, which are active in seismic swarms. One of these swarms, in August 2016, is focused 45 between 5 and 16 km depth b.s.l. along a steep normal fault beneath the city of Hawassa, 46 highlighting the earthquake hazard for the local population.


Quantization is the process of representing a large set of input values with a much smaller set. In signal processing and image processing, Vector Quantization is a classical quantization which extends the scalar quantization to multi-dimensional space. It is widely used in many applications such as data compression, data correction, pattern recognition, and density estimation. This project proposes a parallel implementation of Vector Quantization for image compression processing.


From the Publisher:
The Interactive Marketplace
They're barely two years old, but the "old-fashioned" click-and-buy business-to-consumer (B2C) Web sites are already poised to become a thing of the past. The real innovation today-and the real profit-lies in the principle of interactivity and mass customization between B2C systems linked to integrated business-to-business (B2B) backbones. Call it "B2B2C." With the interactivity that integrated computers are now making commonplace, businesses can now empower customers to design and customize the products they buy as they shop. It is a phenomenon already embraced-and implemented to hugely profitable effect-by such titans as Nike and Ford Auto. And it is the vital key, now and in the future, to your own organization's e-business survival and success. Welcome to The Interactive Marketplace.
Here is the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration and explanation of the most crucial and forward-looking innovation in e-business today: mass customization. Renowned e-commerce visionary Keith Brown guides readers into tomorrow's interactive marketplace, arming business professionals at organizations of all sizes with the resources and wherewithal to create and customize a viable, economical, competitive, and future-ready business models guaranteed to take them beyond the click-and-buy shopping cart plans that today are teetering on the brink of extinction.
In The Interactive Marketplace, Brown looks to a range of real-life examples and industry trends as he explores how customer-targeted e-business is shifting more and more toward an emphasis on B2B platforms that integrate Internet technology into all phases of business operations. Readers will learn exactly how to create a business model that is capable of seamlessly reaching from the manufacturer, through the supply chain, to the contractor and point-of-sale-while delivering interactive capability to the consumer on an extremely user-friendly technology platform.
At once an indispensable survival guide to the future and a fascinating look at the state of e-commerce today through the eyes of one of its leading pioneers, The Interactive Marketplace delivers all the knowledge, skills, and tools required to stay on top and thrive in today's perpetually evolving business world.
Keith T. Brown (Durham, North Carolina) is chairman of BuildNet, Inc., the home-building industry's largest e-business, technology, and project management software company. A privately held company, BuildNet, Inc. manages the construction of over 40% of all residential home construction in the United States. "Keith Brown makes a clear and convincing case for the strategic mandate of personalization and the implementation tactics that lend profitability... A must-read if you want to survive the Interactive Age." -Martha Rogers, Peppers and Rogers Group, co-author of One to One Enterprise "The Interactive Marketplace... reveals the profound impact mass customization will have on business operations, as it tells how to take advantage of this paradigm shift. American consumers already benefit from the great technological revolution, powered by the Internet, but Brown explains how the next step in this revolution will be characterized by interactivity and the delivery of customized goods and services to the great mass of consumers." -Jack Kemp, Empower America Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development "The Interactive Marketplace is one of the few, if only book in the market place today that captures the vision of a new generation. A generation that will demand to have 'what they want; exactly as they want it; when they want it; and THEY will dictate what they will pay.' Mr. Brown's book should be viewed as the definitive text for those companies that intend to do business with the Internet generation. If there was ever a company that is 'Net Ready,' it is Mr. Brown's BuildNet.com-he really does practice what he preaches. This book is a definite 'must read' for those companies that wish to be winners in the E-conomy." -John Sifonis, co-author of Net Ready


Objective:To summarize the results of serum drug concentration monitoring in the Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University from 2003 to 2009.Methods:Serum concentrations of sodium valproate(255 cases),phenytoin sodium(33 cases),carbamazepine(48 cases) and digoxin(141 cases) were determined by immune fluorescence polarization method and the results were statistically analyzed.Results:Sodium valproate was the most frequently monitored drug among the three antiepileptic drugs,which accounted for 75.89%,while phenytoin sodium was the least.Serum concentration of carbamazepine of thirty-five cases was within the normal range,accounting for 72.92%(35/48),which was the highest among the three antiepileptic drugs.Serum concentration of digoxin of 114 cases was within the normal range,accounting for 80.85%(114/141).Conclusion:Serum drug concentration monitoring plays an important role in clinic.Its significance should be interpreted in conjunction with clinical manifestation.


This paper addresses a problem common to many high-technology firms. How can firms balance the needs of management as well as technologists in resourcing projects when both material and knowledge are needed for project success? The union between material and engineering knowledge in the form of projects within a firm is viewed as a matching, and the established literature on matching is brought to bear on the issue. In particular, the project resourcing problem is related to the well-known 'problem of stable marriage'. A formal argument demonstrates that a range of potential choices for project resourcing exists and that such choices are anchored and routinised by the different organisational designs of the firm. Efficient outcomes of project resource matching are related to several well-known organisational forms including the functional form, the project matrix, and the project-based organisation. The paper reveals that the project matrix organisation pays a heavy cost for its compromise between resourc...