The purposes of the present paper were to examine the relations of narcissistic personality to Ss' present recollections concerning their parents' earlier attitudes and home environment. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) revised by Miyashita and Kamiji (1985) , and three other questionnaires measuring mother's and father's attitudes together with the home environment were administered to 270 college students. Correlations were performed between NPI scores and the other three measures. The results showed that in case of females, a significant negative correlation was found between narcissism and the emotional acceptance of the mother : such result supported the theory of narcissism. In the case of male subjects a significant positive correlation was found between narcissism and the father's dominating attitude. With such a result, it was suggested that the father could not be neglected in the theory of narcissism.


This doctoral thesis addresses imaging of the heart with retrospectively gated helical cone-beam computed tomography(CT). A thorough review of the CTreconstruction literature is presented in combination with a historic overview of cardiacCTimaging and a brief introduction to other cardiacimaging modalities. The thesis includes a comprehensive chapter about the theory of CTreconstruction, familiarizing the reader with the problem of cone-beam reconstruction. The anatomic and dynamic properties of the heart are outlined and techniques to derive the gating information are reviewed. With the extended cardiacreconstruction (ECR) framework, a new approach is presented for the heart-rate-adaptive gated helical cardiac cone-beam CTreconstruction.Reconstruction assessment criteria such as the temporal resolution, the homogeneity in terms of the cardiac phase, and the smoothness at cycle-to-cycle transitions are developed. Several reconstruction optimization approaches are described: An approach for the heart-rate-adaptive optimization of the temporal resolution is presented. Streak artifacts at cycle-to-cycle transitions can be minimized by using an improved cardiac weighting scheme. The optimal quiescent cardiac phase for the reconstruction can be determined automatically with the motion map technique. Results for all optimization procedures applied to ECR are presented and discussed based on patient and phantom data. The ECR algorithm is analyzed for larger detector arrays of future cone-beam systems throughout an extensive simulation study based on a four-dimensional cardiacCT phantom. The results of the scientific work are summarized and an outlook proposing future directions is given. The presented thesis is available for public download at www.cardiac-ct.net.


Nowadays the use of renewable energy is one of the most popular topics in engineering where energy self-consumption interest is growing. This paper deals with the design of a small wind turbine generation system (2.5 kW) for single phase grid connection. The system must be efficient and totally autonomous. In this paper is included a hardware description of the system, an overview of the control strategy used and the experimental results showing the system functionality. This paper also includes a description of a wind turbine simulator developed in order to test the system under different wind conditions independently of the climatic conditions for testing the system. This simulator is done in base to the power coefficient Cp estimation.


People usually ask for advices before making decisions, for example, watching movies. It's convenient if user opinions can be automatically aggregated and analyzed. To obtain an exact rating of a movie, sentiment rating can be formulated as a regression problem. Since our goal is only an overall suggestion of worthwhile or not, lexicon-based sentiment classification is used in this paper. To facilitate efficient movie recommendation, we propose to adjust sentiment lexicons for improving the sentiment classification accuracy in movie reviews. Also, we compare several methods of opinion rating aggregation for movie recommendation. In our experiments on Chinese movies, we can obtain high accuracy for the top-rated movies using our proposed approach. Further investigation is needed to evaluate the performance in larger scale.


Properties of state observers depend on proper gains selection. Each method of state estimation may require the implementation of specific techniques of finding those gains. The aim of this study is to propose a universal method of automatic gains selection and perform its verification on an induction machine speed observer. The method utilizes a genetic algorithm with fitness function which is directly based on the impulse response of the observer. System identification using least-squares estimation is implemented to determine the dynamic properties of the observer based on the estimation error signal. The influence of sampling time as well as signal length on the system identification has been studied. The results of gains selection using the proposed method have been compared with results obtained using the approach based on the placement of the poles of linearized estimation error equations. The introduced method delivers results comparable with analytical methods and does not require prior preparation specific to the implemented speed observer, such as linearization.


A series of thiochromone derivatives were synthesized from 3-cyano-2-methylthio-1-thiocromone with hydrazine and guanidine derivatives, and tested for antimalarial activity. Pyrimethamine was used as a reference drug.

3-Amino-[1]-benzothiopyran-[2,3-c]-pyrazol-4-one showed significant antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum in-vitro. The remaining compounds had only modest activity.


Atomic operations are crucial for most modern parallel and concurrent algorithms, which necessitates their optimized implementation in highly-scalable manycore processors. We pro-pose a modular and efficient, open-source ATomic UNit (ATUN) architecture that can be placed flexibly at different levels of the memory hierarchy. ATUN demonstrates near-optimal linear scaling for various synthetic and real-world workloads on an FPGA prototype with 32 RISC-V cores. We characterize the hardware complexity of our ATUN design in 22 nm FDSOI and find that it scales linearly in area (only 0.5 kGE per core) and logarithmically in the critical path.


Industrial application of holographic interferometry may be taken as the headline to describe the research work of Zoltan Fuzessy. Under this general theme investigations from the material properties determination to vibration measurements at running motors are included. In the field of quality control the differential holography has to be mentioned a specialty of his research group, which might have a lot of power in the control of components shape. In this paper a few topics are reported connected with the research work of Zoltan Fuzessy under headline 'Application of Holography for the Investigation of Machines and Systems.' In addition to his work results from other research groups are cited, which may be influenced by him or follow the same ideas.


Performance variations caused by anomalies in modern High Performance Computing (HPC) systems lead to decreased efficiency, impaired application performance, and increased operational costs. While machine learning (ML)-based frameworks for automated anomaly detection (often based on time series telemetry data) are gaining popularity in the literature, practical deployment challenges are often overlooked. Some ML-based frameworks require extensive customization, while others need a rich set of labeled samples, none of which are feasible for a production HPC system. This paper introduces a variational autoencoder-based anomaly detection framework, Prodigy, that outperforms the state-of-the-art alternatives by achieving a 0.95 F1-score when detecting performance anomalies. The paper also provides a real system implementation of Prodigy that enables easy integration with monitoring frameworks and rapid deployment. We deploy Prodigy on a production HPC system and demonstrate 88% accuracy in detecting anomalies. Prodigy involves an interface to provide job- and node-level analysis and explanations for anomaly predictions.


Objective:To investigate the protective effects of Danshen powders for injection(DS- FZJ)on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.Methods:A rat model of myocardial ischemia/ reperfusion injury was set up by ligating and then loosing the coronary artery of rats.Different treatments were giren to the five groups of animal separately.The effects were evaluated based on changes of ST seg- ment in an ECG and pathological status in myocardial tissues,and levels of serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase.Results:Compared with the non-dosing model rats,the up-slop of ST segments was significantly slow down at the iv dosing of 40 and 250 mg·kg~(-1)(p<0.01).The levels of serum cre- atine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase significantly declined(P<0.01).The pathological deterioration was significantly improved.Conclusion:DSFZJ protects rats' myocardial tissues from myocardial ische- mia/reperfusion injury.


Galectin‐3 is an endogenous β‐galactoside‐binding lectin comprising a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) linked to a collagen‐like N‐domain. Both domains are required for galectin‐3 to induce cellular effects; a C‐terminal fragment of galectin‐3, galectin‐3C, containing the CRD but lacking the N‐domain, binds cell surface glycoconjugates but does not induce cellular effects since cross‐linking promoted by the N‐domain is thought to be required. Instead, galectin‐3C is proposed to antagonize the effects of galectin‐3 by competing for binding sites. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of galectin‐3C on galectin‐3 interactions with human neutrophils. Recombinant galectin‐3C inhibited galectin‐3‐induced production of reactive oxygen species in primed neutrophils. Surprisingly, this inhibition was not due to competitive inhibition of galectin‐3 binding to the cells. In contrast, galectin‐3C potentiated galectin‐3 binding, in line with emerging evidence that galectin‐3 can aggregate not only through the N‐domain but also through the CRD. The cell surface interaction between galectin‐3C and galectin‐3 was corroborated by colocalization of fluorescently labeled galectin‐3 and galectin‐3C. Galectin‐3C can be generated in vivo through cleavage of galectin‐3 by proteases. Indeed, in circulation, galectin‐3 and galectin‐3C were both attached to the cell surface of neutrophils, which displayed great capacity to bind additional galectin‐3 and galectin‐3C. In conclusion, galectin‐3C enhances galectin‐3 binding to neutrophils by nonactivating type‐C self‐association, in parallel to inhibiting neutrophil activation by galectin‐3 (induced by type‐N self‐association). This implicates type‐C self‐association as a termination system for galectin‐3‐induced cell activation, with the purpose of avoiding oxidant‐dependent tissue damage.


In case of the close lines among School Physical Education,sports and school education,the natural function of School Physical Education is to enhance the body healthy,which is the cornerstone of School Physical Education.School Physical Education stretches towards to the two fields: sports and school education.However,the various function of School Physical Education bring some problems to the School Physical Education during the real teach life.Therefore,function return will be the right self-saving method for School Physical Education itself.


Taking the Xinyang-Huangchuan test section work in newly-built Xi'an-Nanjing railway as example the construction scheme of large railway maintenance machine is introduced when the speed rise to 80km/h during operation of newly-built railway. The key techniques and matters needing attention in maintenance are also proposed.


Training base construction is the strong quality assurance for vocational college talent training. Through the research for the training base of food major in many vocational colleges, around the training base construction of food major in this college, the author discusses the training base basic situation, main features and problems of food major in backbone and demonstration vocational colleges,aims to provide some help for training base construction in vocational college.


Busse, Margaret M. M.S.E., Purdue University, May 2016. Characterization of a Continuous-Flow Reactor for Solar UV Water Disinfection. Major Professor: Ernest R. Blatchley III. Lack of access to safe water is a common problem in many developing countries (UNICEF/WHO, 2011). Fortunately, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is abundantly available in many of these same areas, and it has been used to accomplish disinfection of drinking water by processes that involve no electrical power, such as solar water disinfection (SODIS). However, conventional SODIS systems are limited by batch processing and exclusion of UVB radiation, which is the most germicidally-active portion of the UV spectrum (Coohill and Sagripanti, 2008). To address these limitations, a continuous-flow solar UV disinfection system was developed to amplify ambient solar UV radiation, while including the UVB portion of the spectrum. With knowledge of the inactivation characteristics of target microbes and ambient spectral irradiance, community-scale, continuous-flow solar UV disinfection systems can be designed. This same information will inform the design of process control devices for these systems that will ensure adequate disinfection.


Panel members from around the globe will discuss the challenges and possibilities of internationalizing education with digital technologies, by addressing the social, commercial, and governmental influences, as well as the enrichment of all stakeholders. Of special interest is the potential for learning and academic engagement provided by Web 3.0 tools that supports cross border discourse and forthcoming international accreditation of teacher preparation programs.


Future development directions are a continuation of that which already exists, are driven by the wish of continuous improvement and are influenced by the realities of the moment. This is why, nowadays, not only questions regarding the quality and productivity of the governing act, but also of government receptivity concerning society's problems are raise (Denhardt and Denhardt, 2009: 4-5). Although real progress in public administration reform has been measured, in order to find new solutions to its problems and challenges, we consider that an integrated process approach throughout should be regarded as a key part of this system. Reducing the issue to organization level, this integrated approach questions should be seen as a starting point for the identification of necessary instruments for management modernization and efficiency growth. Thus implementing modern management processes and integrating audit and internal control activities into organizations should provide better images of the internal processes within organizations of the public sector, and provide better information to management decisions altogether. Governance models for public institutions establish relationships between these components, building a working information system meant to ensure the reaching of organizational objectives and financial and process efficiency.


Given the down turn of economic activities in Nigeria and the agitation for minimum wage increase, this study investigated the impact that increases in minimum wage will have on households welfare in Nigeria using a Computable General Equilibrium Model. The study formulated two scenarios – increase in minimum wage of workers by 211% and 150%, being increase from N18,000 to N56,000 and from N18,000 to N45,000 respectively. The data used for the study is a reformatted Social Accounting Matrix for Nigeria. The simulation results of scenario one revealed that, a 211% increase in the minimum wage of workers will increase agricultural output, industrial output and exports while imports will be depressed marginally and then lead to increase in households welfare indicators of income, consumption and savings by 6.76%, 5.0% and 3.61% respectively. The result of scenario two revealed that, increasing minimum wage by 150% will lead to increase in agricultural output, industrial output and exports while imports will fall and then households' welfare indicators of income, consumption and savings will increase by 5.75%, 4.83% and 2.96% respectively. Similarly, the study found that, the Hicksian Equivalent variation as a measure of welfare impact of the policy is positive and high in all the simulations. The study concluded that an increase in minimum wage of workers has positive and significant impact on household welfare in Nigeria. Therefore, it is recommended among others that the government should as a matter of urgency accede to the demand of the organized labour and increase the minimum wage of workers from N18,000 to N56,000 (211% increase) and ensure that it is fully implemented across board.


The present study models the flow configuration in a tube downstream of multi-branching in a catalytic converter. Convective heat transfer in a thin circular straight pipe is analyzed by direct numerical simulation (DNS). Forced transverse vibration is applied to the pipe itself to enhance the heat transfer. The main computational domain is sufficiently long to capture the spatial development of the vibration effect with the inflow-outflow boundary condition. The representative Reynolds number is set to be less than that in a driver domain which generates the turbulent inflow of the main domain. Profiles of the Nusselt number exhibit that the positive effect of the vibration on the heat transfer becomes apparent at certain downstream locations. The distance to its location is short with the high vibration frequency keeping the amplitude constant. In the region where the heat transfer is enhanced, the main flow with high temperature is shifted to one side and the other side of the pipe wall in the vibration direction alternatingly with the appearance of the organized streamwise vortices. The flow structure in the present spatially developing configuration is governed mainly by the vibration frequency although the terminal heat transfer performance is approximately a function of the velocity amplitude of the vibration.


Obesity is a major threat to the health of the nations and its prevention has been considered as one of the main public health program in many countries around the world. It is a complex epidemic problem that social and cultural factors play an important role in obesity epidemic. Specifically, environment that elevates unhealthy eating habits is the main cause of weight gain. The ability to control eating to prevention weight gain is called self-regulation which is one of the cognitive concepts. In order to better understand the functional brain response in self-control areas, the aim of this research was investigating brain activity in response to palatable food. In this study, a normal weight woman was selected and her functional magnetic resonance imaging scans (viewing food and non-food images) were used for analysis. Neural response in some priori specified regions including the dorsolateral and medial prefrontal cortex (DL-PFC/mPFC), inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and the mid-ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC) was assessed. A new developed Bayesian tool based on integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) was applied for inferences. We examined the effect of food > non-food by defining a contrast vector c = (1, -1, 0)/ 2. We then computed the posterior probability map based on two thresholds (γe and γp). The value of γe is set to 1% the global mean signals and the value of the probability threshold is set to γp = 0.95. The results showed greater activation in responses to food versus non-food stimuli in regions DL-PFC/mPFC, IFG and midvlPFC. Findings represent evidence for counteractive control processes in response to food cues in the brain that it might be helpful to incorporate cognitive reappraisals in obesity prevention via weight management.


N-Alkyl-N,N[prime],N[prime]-trimethylbenzidines (C[sub n]TMB,n = 1, 4, 8, 12, 16) were photoionized in rapidly frozen reversed micelles composed of sodium bis(2-ethyl-1-hexyl) sulfosuccinate or aerosol dioctyl (AOT) in isooctane with 4, 9, 14, 24, 34, and 44 mole ratios of water/AOT. The relative photoyields after irradiation with 300-400-nm light were measured by electron spin resonance. The photoyield decreased as the mole ratio of water to AOT increased. This is interpreted as a more negative surface charge density at the organic-aqueous interface as increased water more completely solvates the sodium counterions. The higher negative surface charge density forms a higher barrier for the photoelectron to surmount to enter the water pool. Electron spin echo modulation spectroscopy was used to probe the local magnetic nuclear environment of the photoproduced cation radicals in these reversed micelles and indicate that the cation radicals are located near the interface. Secondary radicals due to interaction of the AOT headgroup with photoelectrons are observed and assigned. 27 refs., 8 figs.


This study is to explore female leadership in business under the growing discussion regarding female power and the positive characteristics of women in leadership. The previous period in business has been the masculine period, where males have had the primary roles in leadership and work; However, with the increased education of women, and their new roles and skills in the various fields of work, the discussion regarding women's leadership has intensified as an important factor to help eliminate many of the problems that are associated with male attributes in leadership. This study will highlight the advantages of women's essential participation in business, both practically and economically. It will highlight the female characteristics that are of benefit to the needs of the ever changing, innovative, flexible business world today. In this context, this study confirmed that female leadership still faces many challenges such as women and their stereotype at work, the glass ceiling phenomena, male alpha syndrome, and women and ethics.


This work addresses the impact of the performance of nursing professionals on workers' health and has the general objective of characterizing the prerogatives of nurses at work in generating safety and health, in order to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases. This research was of bibliographic character, in which the secondary sources of knowledge were built from books and scientific articles, found through access to SCIELO and MEDLINE. When analyzing the data obtained, it was seen that the actions in the field of occupational health focus on maintaining an adequate standard of physical, mental and social well-being of employees. It can be concluded, then, that nursing has become the object of conquering space in the work area as its methods have collaborated vehemently in preventing or even reversing conditions that are aggressive to workers' health, cooperating to improve your well-being both at work and at home.


Randomization to treatment is fundamental to statistical control in the design of experiments. But randomization implies some uncertainty about treatment condition, and individuals differ in their preferences towards taking on risk. Since human subjects often volunteer for experiments, or are allowed to drop out of the experiment at any time if they want to, it is possible that the sample observed in an experiment might be biased because of the risk of randomization. On the other hand, the widespread use of a guaranteed show-up fee that is non-stochastic may generate sample selection biases of the opposite direction, encouraging more risk averse samples into experiments. We undertake a field experiment to directly test these hypotheses that risk attitudes play a role in sample selection. We follow standard procedures in the social sciences to recruit subjects to an experiment in which we measure their attitudes to risk. We exploit the fact that we know certain characteristics of the population sampled, adults in Denmark, allowing a statistical correction for sample selection bias using standard methods. We also utilize the fact that we have a complex sampling design to provide better estimates of the target population. Our results suggest that randomization bias is not a major empirical problem for field experiments of the kind we conducted if the objective is to identify marginal effects of sample characteristics. However, there is evidence that the use of show-up fees may have generated a sample that was more risk averse than would otherwise have been observed.


The aim of this work is to use machine learning methods coupled with GIS to evaluate the Geomorphodiversity Index (GmI).

The starting assumptions are that:

-          the geomorphodiversity or the variety of landforms reflects not only the geomorphological processes but the geological component too.

-          The numerical assessment is preferable to have a spatial distribution of the geomorphodiversity, being an objective and repeatable procedure and allowing for the comparison of areas in different geographical contexts.

-          The digital data and in particular the Digital Elevation Models, can define the topographic attributes necessary to gain the quantitative index without taking into account the traditional geomorphological maps. The topographic attributes reveal and summarize the presence and the efficiency of the driving forces that shape the Earth surface. The drainage density could fill the gap on the flat areas where the topographic attributes failed (for medium horizontal resolution values).

Trying to do an unsupervised clustering approach a K-Means and Mini-Batch K-Means for "partitional" clustering and Agglomerative Clustering for "hierarchical" clustering algorithms have been used with Anaconda (an open-source software distribution platform used for data analysis and specifically, Spyder was used as IDE -Integrated Development Environment- and Python 3.7 as a programming language) coupled with ArcGIS 10.1 © ESRI software. The research is split in three different steps: the selection of the data into ArcGIS, managing, analysis and clustering of the dataset with Python, reclassification of the data and comparison with the GmI already known in the literature in ArcGIS.

The test area is the Umbria region (central Italy) where the GmI derived from a simple GIS analysis is already available.

The advantages of the unsupervised method are that:

-          no weight was previously assigned to the individual typographic parameters.

-          Calculation times are extremely short.

-          The results are similar but more accurate than GIS analysis alone.


Horsetail embroidery Strap was listed as one of the first batch of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006. It embodies the technique of Horsetail embroidery and reflects the diligence and intelligence of Shui zu people. In order to preserve and generate the people skills and appreciate the beauty of Horsetail embroidery Strap which owns both'luxury' external and'plain'inner beauty we are doing,we are trying our beat to doing some research and discussion on it.


Competency-based learning has been widely introduced in vocational education in Australia. There has been much debate concerning the nature of competency-based learning and its effects upon learning but there have been few surveys which have reported vocational teachers' attitudes to and experiences with this approach. Vocational teachers are in the position of directly implementing competency-based training policy. They are dealing with the teaching and learning problems stemming from this implementation as these arise and are likely to play a very important role in determining the overall effectiveness of this approach to training. This paper reports the finding of a survey of attitudes towards competency-based training using a group of NSW vocational teachers from a wide range of trade and professions in the first and second years of their Bachelor of Teaching degree at UTS.


Objective: To assess the effects of a Physical Exercise Program (PEP) on the components of MetS in women assisted in a primary health care unit. Methods: We conducted a 16-week lifestyle intervention study with physical activity for patients at high risk of developing MetS. 42 patients (21 with MetS and 21 controls) volunteered to take part in a Physical Exercise Program (PEP), a structured and supervised aerobic and resistance exercise program, 4 times/week, 60 minutes/session. Main Outcome Measures: Prevalence of MetS components, Framingham's Cardiovascular Risk (CR), and physical fitness. Results: MetS presented higher values of CR, Body Weight (BW), BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage (%BF), blood glucose, Triglycerides (TG) and VLDL-Cholesterol. Experimental group also brought up lower values of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV 1 ). After the PEP there was a decrease in the CR, in the prevalence of MetS components, BW, BMI, %BF, TG, and VLDL-C, resting blood pressure, increase in lean body mass, exercise heart rate, functional capacity, maximum oxygen consumption (VO 2 max.), FVC, FEV 1 and maximum voluntary ventilation. Conclusion: Physical activity was successful in reducing the components of the MetS and CR, highlighting the potential of exercise in primary health care.


Infections with gastro‐intestinal nematodes elicit immune and inflammatory responses mediated by cytokines released from T‐helper type‐2 (Th2) cells. In vitro assays of cells from the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) of experimentally infected rodents confirm that, after about 1 week, the dominant cytokine responses to mitogens and antigens are those associated with this Th‐cell subset. Polarization of the Th response in this way implies an initial local cytokine enviroment that favours Th2 development. However, experimental infections with Trichinella spiralis and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis show that, within 2 days of worms reaching the intestine, MLN cells (MLNC) respond with a Th1 rather than a Th2 response [i.e. there is an increase in mRNA for the type 1 cytokine interferon‐γ (IFN‐γ), and mitogen‐stimulated MLNC release IFN‐γ rather than interleukin‐5 (IL‐5)]. Antigen stimulation at this time does not elicit IFN‐γ release and the MLNC cannot adoptively transfer immunity. Within a few days the MLNC phenotype changes. There is a Th2 response (IL‐5 release) to both mitogen and antigen stimulation and MLNC can adoptively transfer immunity. Early release of IFN‐γ is T‐cell dependent, with CD4+ T cells playing the major role. The data are discussed in relation to factors regulating the mucosal response to invasion by parasites.


Some examples of industrial wastes which can be used as renewable source of organic products with biological activity are reported. These products can also be used as starting materials to obtain drugs, food integrators, and ingredients for cosmetic applications.


We analysed the proportions of different microparticles (MPs) in plasma from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and assessed their relationship with disease activity/therapy and their in‐vitro effect on proinflammatory cytokine release. Blood and urine samples were obtained from 55 patients with RA (24 untreated and 31 under conventional therapy) and 20 healthy subjects. Fourteen patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were also studied. The proportions of CD3+, CD14+, CD19+, CD41+ and CD62E+ MPs were determined by flow cytometry analysis. The in‐vitro effect of plasma MPs on the release of interleukin (IL)‐1, IL‐6, IL‐17 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)‐α was also analysed. We detected that the proportions of different types of annexin‐V+ MPs were enhanced in plasma (CD3+, CD14+, CD19+, CD41+ and CD62E+ MPs) and urine (CD14+, CD3+ and CD19+ MPs) from RA patients with high disease activity (DAS28 index > 5·1). Accordingly, a significant positive correlation was observed between the levels of MPs and DAS28 score, and these levels diminished significantly at week 4 of immunosuppressive therapy. Finally, MPs isolated from patients with high disease activity induced, in vitro, an enhanced release of IL‐1, IL‐17 and TNF‐α. In SLE, enhanced levels of different types of plasma MPs were also detected, with a tight correlation with disease activity. Our data further support that MPs have a relevant role in the pathogenesis of RA and suggest that the analysis of the proportions of these microvesicles in plasma could be useful to monitor disease activity and therapy response in patients with RA.


Enlargement of the cerebral ventricles is a relatively common phenomenon especially in extremely premature neonates, born below 28 weeks gestational age. In developed countries, the two main entities underlying neonatal ventricular enlargement – apart from congenital malformations – are, first, pressure driven post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) due to impaired cerebrospinal fluid dynamics following an intraventricular haemorrhage and, second, ex-vacuo ventriculomegaly due to diffuse white matter injury. Early recognition of neonatal ventriculomegaly and identification of the underlying condition is essential for clinicians to define the need for intervention and may, additionally, yield significant prognostic information. The main aims of this thesis were to optimize the early recognition of ventricular enlargement in neonates at risk and to explore the prognostic implications of cerebral ventriculomegaly among preterm infants.
New reference values were established for several dimensions of the neonatal ventricles on cranial ultrasound, based on a cohort of 625 neonates born between 24-42 weeks gestational age. These reference values may further contribute to the timely diagnosis of neonatal ventriculomegaly and aid the clinician in evaluating the need for intervention for PHVD.
At present, the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to neonates with PHVD are still a matter of debate. A survey among 32 European centres underlines the need to collaborate on an international consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of PHVD in order to achieve optimal care and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome for these infants.
This thesis draws attention to specific effects of PHVD on the immature brain and elucidates potential mechanisms by which PHVD may affect neurodevelopmental outcome. PHVD was independently associated with altered brain volumes and white matter diffusion parameters in premature infants at term-equivalent age, in spite of early intervention in the majority of infants with PHVD. Reduced volumes were observed for deep grey matter, cerebellum, and extracerebral cerebrospinal volume on term MRI, whereas ventricular volumes were increased in association with PHVD.
Ex-vacuo ventriculomegaly on cranial ultrasound or MRI at term-equivalent age was identified as an independent prognostic marker for adverse cognitive and motor outcome among preterm born infants.


Consumers often learn their preferences as they search. For example, after test driving new cars, a consumer might find she undervalued trunk space and overvalued sunroofs. Preference learning makes search complex because, each time a product is searched, updated preferences affect the value of all products and the value of subsequent (optimal) search. Recommendations that take preference learning into account help consumers navigate search. We motivate a model in which consumers learn (update) the preferences they ascribe to attribute levels as they search. Formal results suggest modifications to the common foci in the search literature and the recommendation-system literature. It may not be optimal to recommend the product with the highest option value, as in most search models, or the product that is most likely to be chosen or has the highest expected utility, as in traditional recommendation systems. Recommendations are more effective if they encourage consumers to search undervalued products and/or products with diverse attributes. Both modifications enhance the value of preference learning. Recommendation systems, based on the formal theory, outperform benchmark models in synthetic worlds, especially when consumers are novices and when the recommendation system can develop its own priors by targeting relatively homogeneous segments.


Background: The treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome is contradictory. Although several biological markers have been used as predictors of prognosis, little is known about the clinical use of biomarkers which can explain contradictory results. We compared the accuracy of urinary beta2-microglobulin (Uβ2m), UIgG, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (Uβ-NAG) and α-1-microglobulin (Uα1m) in predicting renal insufficiency and analyzed the risk factors. Methods: We studied Uβ2m, UIgG, Uβ-NAG and Uα1m in urinary samples from patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy according to the kidney disease progression or not. Kaplan-Meier curve was used to present renal survival rates, and Cox regression analysis was employed to analyze the risk factors. Progression was defined as serum creatinine rise >50%, or serum creatinine rise to an absolute value of >135 mmol/L. Remission was defined as proteinuria <2.0 g/day with stable renal function. Results: Sixty patients were included (41 males and 19 females; age, 33 ± 15 years). So far, 20 (33.3%) patients progressed to the preset end point of renal failure and remission affected 27 patients (45%). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for Uβ2m and UIgG was 0.786 and 0.769, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for Uβ2m (threshold value 1.17 mg/l) were 82% and 70%, respectively, and those for UIgG (threshold value 24.98 mg/l) were 80% and 62%, respectively, higher than those for Uβ-NAG and Uα1m. Multivariable COX model analysis revealed that the relative risk of UIgG and Uβ2m was 1.045 and 1.126, respectively, with the 95% confidence interval of 1.015-1.076 and 1.105-1.137, respectively. Conclusions: Although Uβ2m, UIgG, Uβ-NAG and Uα1m all can predict progression in iMN, Uβ2m and UIgG have a higher specificity and sensitivity, which are independent risk factors for progressive renal function and provide a better guidance for clinical physicians.


Mauryius n.gen., a new bothriurid scorpion genus from the Argentinean Precordillera, is described, and its phylogenetic position is discussed based on a phylogenetic analysis of morphological data. Mauryius n.gen. is the first scorpion genus endemic to the Argentinean Precordillera. It is most closely related to Pachakutej Ochoa, 2004 from the inter-Andean valleys of Peru and to Rumikiru Ojanguren-Affilastro, Mattoni, Ochoa & Prendini, 2012 from the Atacama Desert in Chile. Mauryius cuyanus n.sp., the only known species of the genus, is described. Biogeographical implications of Mauryius relationships are discussed.


Two basic data sources required for research studies have been secondary and primary. Secondary data collection helps the researcher to provide relevant background to the study and are, in most cases, available for retrieval from recorded sources. Primary data collection requires the researcher to venture into the field where the study is to take place; armed with the relevant instruments - questionnaire, interview schedules or arranged meetings with the selected population - to solicit the necessary information. Data collected assist the researcher to answer the research questions and address the research problem. The collection, treatment, analysis and interpretation of both secondary and primary data combine to make the researcher produce a report. This paper proposes to present a systematic methodological application where data collected for a research study can be conveniently treated, analysed and interpreted. Attempt to present the collected primary data in both quantitative and qualitative spheres will be made so that researchers who use either method or both are able to apply them confidently.

 Key words: Research study, researchers, data, analysis, statistics.


Generation of electron beams is an unavoidable property of X‐pinches and other pulsed‐power‐driven pinches of different geometry. Some issues concerning high‐current electron beam transport from the X pinch to the diagnostic system and measurements of the beam current by Faraday cups with different geometry's are discussed. Of particular interest is the partially neutralized nature of the beam propagating from the X‐pinch to a diagnostic system. Two scenarios of electron beam propagation from X‐pinch to Faraday cup are analyzed by means of computer simulation using the PIC‐code KARAT. The first is longitudinal neutralization by ions extracted from plasma at an output window of the X‐pinch diode; the second is the beam transport through a plasma background between the diode and a diagnostic system.


Strength and ductility have been evaluated on various alloy 625 compositions, including carbon contents between 0.009 and 0.045 wt. % and iron contents between 1.1 and 4.2 wt. %. Grain size was between ASTM No 3 and 7. Aging treatments at 600, 700 and 800°C up to 1000 hrs duration cause an increase of yield strength, being accelerated when aging is carried out at 700°C but with highest tensile elongation after aging at 600°C. Accordingly accompanying loss of IS0 V-notch impact strength is least pronounced after aging at 600°C but more severe when the iron content is at 4.2 wt. % compared to lower iron alloyed material. The influence of carbon content on creep strength is the more pronounced the higher the temperature. If 10,000 and 30,000 hrs creep-rupture stress is considered, the influence of carbon is small at 650°C and more distinct at 850°C. In changing ASTM grain size No from 6 to 3 the 30,000 hrs creep-rupture stress is increasing by about 4 % at 650°C and by about 43 % at 850°C. If creep stress for 1 % strain at 750 and 850°C is considered, the influence of carbon is very strong at carbon contents up to about 0,025 wt. %, improving 30,000 hrs creep stress for 1 % strain at 850°C by about 700 % when carbon content is increased from 0.015 to 0.025 wt. %. Creep deformation may be supposed to improve with decreasing carbon content. S~peralloys 778, 625,706 and Various Derivatives Edited by EA. Loria The Minerals, Metals&Materials Society, 1994


This chapter highlights the importance of how the key campaign groups of the Umbrella Movement contested each other through their efforts of "framing" the movement in different ways so as to realize their competing visions of social mobilization. The Umbrella Movement was basically not a battleground between old and new conceptions of identity; rather, the subject matter was, throughout the process, democratic reform. Having said that, no one can take the Umbrella Movement out of the bigger context of ideological contestation happening over the years and how these contestations affected the prodemocracy cause. The Umbrella Movement was indeed overshadowed by an intense struggle for symbolic power, which might not help to organize the movement in a conventional sense. In other words, underneath the common quest for genuine direct election, a battle of anti-elitism was played out according to the populist logic that allowed its adherents to always play taboo breakers, going against political correctness. Disputes over framing and strategies went hand-in-hand with a subterranean campaign against the elites alleged to be gaining personal benefits by being part of the social movement industry or political establishment. The elites were reframed to be worse enemies than the regime in power instead of someone holding different judgments about tactics and action choices. Such an anti-elitist battle deepened the "culture of distrust" in Hong Kong.


Ultraviolet stabilizers are organic chemicals, which protect polymeric and other light-sensitive materials from degradation by sunlight and artificial sources of UV. The absorption theory and application of the organic and inorganic UV absorbers such as benzophenone,benzotriazole,hindered-amine,ZnO nano-particle,nano-TiO2 and the nano-sized tombarthite were introduced in detail. At last, the UV absorber application status in leather chemicals such as dyestuff,fat liquor and coating agents was also introduced, and their development trend was prospected.


The aim of this research was to study the financial feasibility of beef cattle business in Minahasa Regency. Primary and secondary were used as data sources. The former was obtained directly from interviews using questionnaires, and the latter was collected from related agencies and other relevant references. Sampling was done using purposive sampling based on the largest beef cattle population and at simple random sampling with a total of 120 respondents selected in research locations. Data were descriptively analyzed based on investment criteria. Overall results showed that the beef cattle business in Minahasa Regency is feasibly sustainable because all of the measured parameters have met investment criteria, with the break-even point at 25 ind yr−1 and income gain of IDR 334,069,889, IRR is 33.14% > bank interest rate, B/C Ratio > 1, and Payback Period is 1 year 9 months shorter than the project period of 3 years.


The linguistic phenomenon that the clarity principle and economy principle are competing with each other during the process of people's communication is called competing motivations,which requires that meanings should be expressed as clearly as possible and as briefly as possible.Those time-saving and effort-saving forms of expressions in modern Chinese such as unusual verb object relationship and flexible use of word class are unique Chinese grammatical phenomena,in which the principle of competing motivations plays the leading role.


We have all waited to receive evaluations of our performance. Indeed, feedback on some of life's most consequential endeavors—such as writing exams, developing business proposals, and preparing manuscripts for publication—arrives with substantial delay. Although the importance of feedback in learning and other domains is well recognized (e.g., Schmidt & Bjork, 1992), the question of whether people's performance is influenced by when they expect to receive feedback on it has not been examined previously. When anticipated feedback is more proximate, so is the threat of disappointment—the negative affect experienced when an outcome falls short of expectations (van Dijk, Zeelenberg, & van der Pligt, 2003). The desire to avoid disappointment is a powerful motivator, leading people to alter their choices (Mellers, 2000), lower their expectations (Carroll, Sweeny, & Shepperd, 2006; Shepperd, Ouellette, & Fernandez, 1996), and intensify their efforts to perform well (Norem & Cantor, 1986). Thus, we hypothesized that the mere anticipation of more proximate feedback would cause people to perform better. We tested this hypothesis in a field experiment involving a highly consequential behavior: individual presentations in a university course. Each student gave a 4-min oral presentation that was peer-graded. The course comprised seven sections. Within each section, students were randomly assigned to a presentation date; typically, 10 students made presentations in each class session. All students in the audience rated each presentation on a scale from 0 (poor) to 10 (excellent). The mean of these ratings formed the presenter's grade for this component of the course.


This paper deals with determining the dependence of the value of the static modulus of elasticity of concrete in compression on the number of loading cycles. The deformation of specimens during multiple cyclic loading was measured in the elastic region of the stress-strain curve for concrete. The specimens were subjected to up to 1500 loading cycles. The main goal of the experiment was to ascertain whether the multiple cyclic loading causes significant changes in the static modulus of elasticity.


Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a relatively common and potentially devastating condition that can present in young people who have been otherwise fit and well. It has a well recognised mode of presentation, and up to half of those who are ultimately diagnosed with subarachnoid haemorrhage may present initially to primary medical services with warning symptoms. Considering the high mortality rate (10-15% patients die before reaching hospital; over 50% die within the first 2 weeks), coupled with the availability of sensitive diagnostic tests, and well-established treatment algorithms it therefore becomes an important condition to understand. Its relevance extends to all health care professionals, including General Practitioners, Casualty Staff, Radiologists (for diagnosis and intervention), Critical Care Teams, Neurologists and Neurosurgeons, Physiotherapists and Specialist Nurses. This article aims to review the basic clinical presentation and current management regimes, followed by a discussion of the major complications, which have been the focus of several large studies.


The market failure of medical health resources allocation determines its necessity for public finance supply. This paper analyzes the rationales of public finance involvement in medical health. The public medical health system of America has been introduced for reference. Then, this paper conducts a positive analysis of Chinese's situation, and further puts forward policy suggestions about strengthening and standardizing public finance role in medical health expenditure.


ABSTRACT This paper posits that entrepreneurs can operate successfully in high velocity environments by developing cognitive models that compensate for their lack of demographic diversity. To address this issue, we propose a new model of managerial impact on firm performance and action that separates cognitive models from demographic and psychological characteristics. Organizational environments are increasingly characterized by turbulence emanating from many sources. Effectively coping with this turbulence places exceptional demands on top managers of these organizations. Upper echelons (UE) research on high velocity environments, environments characterized by growing complexity and rapid change, centers on the assumption that the intensified complexity in the environment can be met by the diverse attributes and capabilities of a team of managers (Bourgeois, 1985; Eisenhardt & Bourgeois, 1988; Haleblian & Finkelstein, 1993; Sanders & Carpenter, 1998; Simons et. al., 1999). These studies suggest that firms that involve multiple managers with diverse characteristics in decision making will outperform those that do not in high velocity environments. However, entrepreneurs running smaller firms often make decisions on their own, without the input of a top management team, or perhaps with a very thin management team. In this scenario, it is important for entrepreneurs to overcome the limitations inherent in being sole decision makers in order to compete effectively in turbulent environmental conditions. Entrepreneurs may cope with the lack of team decision making input by hiring outside advisors for major decisions, but the increased cost and time concerns limit this option. Typically, entrepreneurs operating in high velocity environments must find within themselves the necessary mix of attributes and capabilities to ensure their firms' success. Throughout this paper we address the conditions facilitating entrepreneurial success from the perspective of the decision maker, with the understanding that successful decision making by the entrepreneur leads to success for the entrepreneurial venture or small business. We propose that no single manager can possess all the necessary demographic attributes that would suggest success in high velocity environments. For example, UE theory suggests that younger, less tenured managers have certain advantages in dealing with high velocity environments, while older, more tenured managers enjoy other advantages. Obviously, a manager cannot be both young and old at the same time, nor can they have both short and long tenures. This suggests that managers must somehow compensate for the characteristics they do not possess. The framework developed here proposes that successful managers in high velocity environments develop a repertory of mental models that are not necessarily linked to their demographic profile or psychological characteristics. In simple terms, a young manager also must learn to think like a veteran, and a long tenured executive must also develop the mental models associated with a newcomer. This framework is a significant departure from the traditional upper echelons model that posits that demographic and psychological characteristics are tightly associated with mental models. Figure 1 contrasts the traditional model (adapted from Hambrick & Mason, 1984) with our cognitive independence model. BACKGROUND High Velocity Environments The external environment clearly is a significant driver of strategic change (Ginsberg, 1988; Meyer, Brooks, & Goes, 1990). However, environmental conditions may range from the relative stability of some regulated industries to extraordinary turbulence in others (Bourgeois, 1985). Recently, volatile environments have been characterized as hyperturbulent (McCann & Selsky, 1984; Meyer, Goes, & Brooks, 1993), high velocity (Bourgeois & Eisenhardt, 1988), or hypercompetitive (D'Aveni, 1994). …


This article is to explain on the ongines and developments of the States' Rightes until the antebellum in the Unites States. States' Rights and their meanings have been interpreted very much differently by American historians. Also, there are many enormous volume of literatures about vistas of States' Rights. In this article, firstly I suggest why States' Rights thoughts and movements happened in the United States. Colonial economic and political situation, agrarianism-oriented republicanism and a new law philosophy, I think, had effected the formation of States' Rights. Specially, the creative American sovereignty thought, Imperium in Imperium in Imperio: supreme power within supreme power could have been formated during the colonial and independent struggle era. Next, I tried to understand the development of States' Rights in America during 1766-1865. Specially I focused such the several important several periods and accidents as the Article of Confederation, Constitutional ratification, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Age of Jackson, and finally the outbreak of the Civil War. Each States' Rights event had been happened by many differently causes and its effect also are very different results. For example, President Andrew Jackson strived to fufill people's voice in the political area. He thought that the preservation of States' Rights against Union's was indispensible precondition to achieve people-oriented democracy. On the other hand, during 18605 the Southern section said the Constitution of 1789 never granted the supremacy of Union's Sovereignty against States' Rights. Southern States thought that States' Sovereignty theory was the most important political economy cause to protect people's right.


Indian crested porcupine, Hystrix indica, is widely distributed and seriously damages trees, field crops and vegetables in Pakistan. Field trials were conducted to determine the efficacy of aluminium phosphide (3 g tablets) against Indian crested porcupine at two locations in scrub forest of Haripur - Havelian (NWFP). In randomly selected burrows, 100% reduction in burrow activity was recorded, by applying eight tablets of aluminium phosphide/ burrow, 85% with six tablets/ burrow and 75% with four tablets/ burrow. In categorized burrows, 100% reduction in burrow activity was recorded when four tablets of aluminium phosphide per burrow were used in small (circumference 100.2±2.93 cm), six tablets in medium (127.7±0.93) and eight tablets in large (157.4±2.44) sized burrows. Aluminium phosphide fumigation is suggested as cheap and manageable approach for the control of porcupines in man-made forest plantations.


Dynamic-contrast optical coherence tomography (OCT) using en face digital holography senses intracellular dynamics in living tumor tissue. Intracellular motions produce ultra-low-frequency Doppler shifts for speeds down to nanometers per second (10 mHz) and up to microns per second (10 Hz). Cancer drugs applied to human tumor biopsies induce changes in these dynamics and produce specific Doppler signatures of therapeutic efficacy. We have developed a new type of deep neural network that performs as a differential autoencoder with high common-mode rejection that isolates Doppler signatures associated with drug response and patient outcomes. The differential autoencoder is applied to Doppler signals from a clinical trial of esophageal cancer patients.


This text will introduce influence factors in choosing mechanical model,in equipping and assembling of construction on asphalt pavement.Some instructions in mechanical construction on asphalt pavement will also be introduced.


This paper discusses the application of a national laboratory`s end-use disaggregation algorithm (EDA) to a Department of Defense (DOD) installation and presents hourly reconciled end-use data for all major building types and end-uses. The goals of the effort were to develop an energy data base by building type and by end use for DOD facilities and to enhance the DOD energy office`s ability to track energy use by end use. The authors initially focused on achieving these objectives and pilot-testing the methodology at Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood is located near the town of Killeen and, with more than 5,000 buildings, was determined to have representative samples of nearly all of the major building types in use on DOD installations. More than 20 prototypes were developed for all major building types. Up to 11 end uses were considered for each prototype, consisting of 9 electric and 2 gas; however, only the electric end uses were reconciled against measured electricity-use data and weather conditions. The EDA was applied to 10 separate feeders from the three substations at Fort Hood. The results from the analyses of these 10 feeders were extrapolated to estimate energy use by building type and end use formore » the entire installation and validate the results with an independent utility`s billing data for electricity use for the installation. The results show that administration, residential, and barracks buildings are the largest consumers of electricity for a total of 250 GWh per year (74% of the Fort Hood annual consumption of 330 GWh).« less


The advantages gained by a reduction in feature size towards the sub-micrometre or nanometre scale have opened the way to new applications for SQUlDs. We describe our work to employ sub-micron or nanoscale SQUIDs for single particle detection and spectroscopy using a novel inductive superconducting transition edge technique


Obstructive sleep apnea is a breathing disorder affecting 2-4% of the adult population. It is characterized by periods of reduced breathing (hypopnea) or no breathing (apnea). Several machine learning algorithms have been proposed to automatically classify sleep apnea events, but little work has been done on predicting such events in advance, which is important for the treatment of sleep apnea, and especially for the development of auto-adjusting airway pressure devices to maintain continuous airflow during sleep.In this paper, we propose three methods for predicting sleep apnea events, based on convolution neural networks and Markov chains. Specifically, we use data from respiratory signals (nasal flow, abdominal and thoracic) to predict apnea and hypopnea events in a 30-second period using the prior 60 seconds' data.We evaluate the performance of the proposed methods for automatically learning the required features and predicting the sleep apnea events on a large dataset containing 48,000 examples from 1,507 subjects. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed convolutional neural network method, which achieved accuracy of 80.78% and F1 score of 80.63%. We also analyse the Markov chain rules and provide an overview of the transitions between apnea and normal events.


Summary. — This paper assesses the effect of the steadily growing remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa. Though the region receives only a small portion of the total recorded remittances to developing countries, and the volume of aid flows to sub-Saharan Africa swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty-mitigating effect, and promote financial development. These findings hold even after factoring in the reverse causality between remittances, poverty, and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access point for ''unbanked " individ- uals, and households.


Abstract This is the second of a two-part study on the archaeology and technological development of the machine textile industry in the 20th century. The previous paper, Part 1 (IAR, 35·2), described the changes in two long-established textile technologies: the production of yarns from short fibres such as cotton and wool; and the weaving of fabrics. The main part of this paper describes completely new technologies that resulted from the manufacture of new continuous filament yarns. Other technologies are also mentioned.


We developed ERL main linac cryomodule for Compact ERL (cERL) in KEK. The module consists of two 9-cell 1.3 GHz superconducting cavities, two 20 kW high power coupler, two mechanical tuner and three HOM dampers. After construction of cERL recirculation loop, beam operation was started in 2013 Dec. First electron beam of 20 MeV successfully passed the main linac cavities. After adjusting beam optics, energy recovery operation was achieved. Main linac cavity was enough stable for ERL beam operation with digital LLRF system and energy recovery was successfully done with CW 90 A beam. However, field emission was a problem for long term operation. In this paper, we express the measurement of the cavity performances during long term beam operation.


Diabetes Mellitus is one of the modern world's most prominent and dominant maladies. This condition later on leads to a menacing eye disease called Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). Diabetic Retinopathy is a retinal disease that is caused by high blood sugar levels in the retina, and can naturally progress to irreversible vision loss (blindness). The primary purpose of this imperative research is the early detection and classification of this hazardous condition, to try and prevent any threatening complications in the future. In the course of recent years, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) turned out to be exceptionally famous and fruitful in solving and unraveling image processing and object detection problems for enormous datasets. Throughout this pivotal research, a model was proposed to detect the presence of (DR) and classify it into 5 distinct stages, factoring in an immense and substantial dataset. The model starts by applying preprocessing techniques such as normalization, to maintain the same dimensions for all the images before proceeding to the main processing stage. Furthermore, diverse sampling methods such as "Resize & Crop", "Rotation", and "Flipping" have been tested out, so as to pinpoint the best augmentation technique. Finally, the normalized images were fed into a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), to predict whether a person suffers from DR or not, and classify the level/stage of the disease. The proposed method was utilized on 88,700 retinal fundus images, which are a parcel of the full (EyePACS) dataset, and finally achieved 81.12%, 89.16%, and 84.16% for sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy, respectively. Keywords—Diabetes mellitus; diabetic retinopathy; DR; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); image processing


S-S relationships and progressive damage of a glass fabric composite were studied at multi-axial stress state when normal (σ1 andσ2) and shear (τ12) combined stresses were simultaneously applied to thin-walled tubular specimens parallel to the material axes. The experimental results revealed that the S-S relationships in both normal directions were represented by two straight lines intersecting each other at their knee points while the S-S curve in shear is curvilinear and convex downward. Initial yielding surface could be represented by quadratic whose bottom is square and the height is given by the shear yielding stress. The Hill's yield criterion is not applicable to predict the non-linear S-S relationships after yielding. The material failure envelope at multi-axial stress state was given by a combination between the maximum stress theory and Tsai-Wu failure criterion.


Ganoderma sp, the causal pathogen of the basal stem rot (BSR) disease of oil palm, secretes extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. These play an important role in the pathogenesis of BSR by nourishing the pathogen through the digestion of cellulose and hemicellulose of the host tissue. Active suppression of hydrolytic enzymes secreted by Ganoderma boninense by various naturally occurring phenolic compounds and estimation of their efficacy on pathogen suppression is focused in this study.


After investing significant parts of three decades in his Triumph of Religion, John Singer Sargent never painted the final image, the panel he called the keynote of the mural program. This article reconstructs the artist's declared intentions for his decoration, clarifies the project's narrative design, anchors the reception of the work in relation to contemporary politics of religion and race, and accounts for the unfinished state of the murals at the time of Sargent's death. Incompletion dramatically altered possible readings of Triumph, redirecting its narrative energies and generating new meanings that stood in marked contrast to the idea Sargent proposed.


Abstract Formation of liquid crystalline (LC) order in thermotropic main-chain random copolymers (containing mesogens of one type and spacers of different lengths) were investigated by IR spectroscopy, DSC, X-ray and polarized microscopy methods. It was demonstrated that in such copolymers (CPLs) smectic liquid crystalline (LC) order can exist. Peculiarities in spacers behavior during transition to LC state are found. Conclusion about the dependence of the mechanism of smectic LC order formation on chemical structure of rigid components of CPLs is made.


Drawing on a case study of Brazil, this paper explores the extent to which and how International Labour Organisation's (ILO) freedom of association norms, supervision and promotion affect domestic provisions for workers' associational power. In terms of its legislative, judiciary and executive dimensions, ILO illustrate key challenges of a 'soft law' regime; indeed, it has allowed successive Brazilian governments to escape key freedom of association obligations. I detail what this means for workers in agriculture: crucially, Brazil's non-standard provisions for associational power exacerbate, rather than countervail, labour's structural disadvantages vis-à-vis capital. ILO norms have nevertheless been of great political significance. They sat at the heart of the discourse through which oppositional labour framed repressive labour–state relations during the late 1970s and 1980s. However, in the context of neoliberal globalisation, the meanings that Brazilian labour inscribed in these norms saw 'rightwards' slide, while the political connotations of the previously discredited corporatism slid in the opposite direction. Eventually, labour failed to support Lula's attempt, during the 2000s, to align Brazil's labour relations system with ILO's standards. Still, the deep historical identification of Brazil's left with ILO norms has, in combination with ILO's regularly issued denunciations and recent domestic 'decent work' promotion, helped a certain permutation of legal and political practice. The case suggests that the force of ILO is highly contingent on particular structural conjunctures.


The article discusses wireless sensor technologies for building energy monitoring and control. This article, also, addresses wireless sensor networks as well as benefits and challenges of using wireless sensors. The energy savings and market potential of wireless sensors are reviewed.


Cowden's disease is a rare entity accompanied with caracteristic mucocutaneous lesions, gastrointes-tinal polyposis, thyroid hyperplasia and breast hyperplasia. We describe a case of Cowden's disease in a 55-year-old woman accompanied with bilateral breast cancers, colon cancer and gastrointestinal polyposis. There were previous histories of undergoing operations for a goiter, left breast cancer, and right breast cancer when she was 40, 50, and 52 years old, respectively. Physical findings showed small popule on the face and extremities and papillomatous oral lesion. X-ray and endoscopic examinations revealed multiple polyps in the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and colon and a cancer of the sigmoid colon. Sigmoidectomy was performed. Histological findings of the cancer was well differenticated adenocarcinoma invaded the propria muscle and those of polyps indicated hyperplastic polyp. It has been reported that Cowden's disease is accompanied with malignant tumor in a high frequency and based on a review of the Japanese literature, malignant lesion have been reported in 18 out of 49 cases. When adiagnosis of Cowden's disease is made, we should screen probable maliganant lesions.


Heritage is represented in everything that is transmitted with customs, traditions, etiquette and arts and transmitted from one generation to the next. The Heritage film is a sub-genre of the documentary film. It carries all the elements of cultural action and artistic work in addition to the scientific act that characterizes it, as it is considered an academic film document that benefits specialists working in the field. The field of cinema and heritage, that visual culture carried by the image devolves into a thought based on information sourced visually and audio and relying on documents, texts and interviews. This helps in the socialization and historiography of an era or a period of it, and transmit it objectively without distortion, and that the information contained in the film is real and away from all false personalities and places, and neutral and objective monitoring based on reliable images and documents, as well as live and objective testimonies, To crystallize trends that differentiate based on the angles of its treatment of reality, the methodologies and methods employed for this, and the technical style and reliance on what is real.The importance of the heritage film is embodied in preserving the heritage through the strengthening of identity, as it allows the transmission of facts based on realistic evidence as an expression of the living reality. This identity must be consolidated in the present generation and transmitted objectively and aesthetically to the second generation, especially since Egypt and the Arab world are characterized by a popular and civilized heritage, as well as the diversity of cultural heritage in each country.The Heritage film, which directly refers to proving identity and belonging and emphasizing the universality of Arab heritage by highlighting its various aspects related to human life and societies, is focused on the revival and preservation of heritage as it expresses identity in addition to the role it plays in entertainment, education, guidance, promotion, and consolidation Dissemination of knowledge, values, and social traditions from one generation to the next.The valuation of heritage requires its preservation, the transfer of information about it on the one hand, its dissemination and the participation of society and the public, in its evaluation and history, on the other hand. We highlight the reason for preservation in the documentary heritage film through cultural events.Therefore, the researcher held the Arab Heritage Film Festival - which was held in its first session from December 5 to December 20, 2020, virtually.Where the festival faced challenges, and on the selection of films that participated in the competition, which aims to highlight the contents of the Arab identity in the sense of films that define and document social practices of customs, traditions, values, cultural heritage, and the cultural identity of each community at the Arab level, and through which heritage is transmitted from one generation to the next. As well as presenting a realistic picture of societies with their history, heritage, civilization, landmarks and others.


A novel in situ reaction system Al Zr O was developed. In situ Al 3Zr and Al 2O 3 particulate reinforced A356 alloy matrix composites have been fabricated by direct melt reaction method. The results show that the maximum sizes of Al 3Zr and Al 2O 3 particulates synthesized in the system ZrOCl 2 A356 are 1 μm and 3 μm respectively, and they are well distributed in the matrix. The investigation shows that the Al 3Zr crystal is in the shape of polyhedron and rectangle. There is a faceted growth phenomenon on Al 3Zr crystal surface. It is firstly found that the Al 3Zr crystal grows in the mechanism of twinning. The twinning plane is (1 1 4), and the twinning direction is [2 2 1] . The crystal morphology of in situ α Al 2O 3 particulate is rectangle or sphere. Furthermore, (Al 3Zr+Al 2O 3) p/A356 composites have not only higher tensile strength at room temperature (376.2 MPa) but also higher yield strength (319.4 MPa) and higher tensile strength at elevated temperature (200 ℃) than those of the A356 alloy. The dry sliding wear test shows that the wear resistance of the (Al 3Zr+Al 2O 3) p/A356 composites is greatly enhanced with increasing particulate volume fraction.


Combined with the practical project of evaluation on stability of an ancient landslide which is under the industrial square of Shanxi Lingshi Longxinfa Coal Industry Co.,Ltd.,using the principle of finite element method to carry on the numerical simulation and analysis to the displacement and stress condition of the ancient landslide in initial state and two kinds of exploitation state,some distribution rules of displacement and ground pressure of the ancient landslide in initial state and underground mining are summarized.In the initial state,displacement mainly occurred in the midst of the slope,this slope is in compression and the sloping strip is in tension.Meanwhile stress concentration occurred in local.After mining,displacement is increasing and the region of concentrated area transferred and diffused.The tension is also increasing.Compressive stress concentration occurred in local.The tensile stress is also increasing at the sloping strip and the phenomenon of stress concentration is more distinct.


Neuro-ophthalmological conditions in children must be analyzed carefully and some emergencies must be recognized. Clinical and practical cases are illustrated. On that basis the most important aspects of the field of neuro-ophthalmology are covered succinctly but sufficiently to enable the practitioner to determine an appropriate diagnosis and course of treatment. Rare and unusual diseases are included but those that are especially critical to the patient's vision or general health and life. Some specific clinical signs and symptoms need to be carefully evaluated as papilledema, papillary abnormalities, ptosis, diplopia or ocular motility abnormalities. Each clinical case deals with a symptom that leads the patient to seek medical attention or a sign that is demonstrated on physical examination. The proper diagnosis is frequently made with the imaging but must be repeated if necessary. Specific techniques in children are described including oculomotor and electrical testing, tomodensitometry and magnetic resonance imaging. Different treatment as medical surgical and neurosurgical are discussed. The physician evaluating neuro-ophtalmic patients needs to have a broad background of medical information. So the patient's workup is properly managed and therapeutic orientations can be done.


The present article considers the correlation of two key categories of human economic behavior: needs and values. As the socio-cultural attitudes of modern society change, values become the main reference point of the individual, and the ways the person chooses to realize his or her needs characterize the formation of value orientations and stereotypes of human behavior. From the point of view of development of various consumption models, the axiological attitude to goods and services is undergoing a transformation. The vector of transformation depends on how this process is reflected by human consciousness. The way one chooses to satisfy his or her needs depends on the prevailing value stereotypes in one's economic behavior. The formation of needs and their assessment are determined by the economic reality and the socio-cultural environment. A person has the right to determine the trajectory of their economic behavior, as long as it is legal and conscious, both in the technological and economic sense. From the point of view of the subject of activity and consumption, a person is a reflection of social identity, due to the socio-cultural environment, limited by a certain awareness and understanding of the quality of life. The author focuses on the fact that certain negative socio-cultural practices caused by inefficient and problematic activities of state institutions result increase irresponsible behavior, legal nihilism, unjustified tolerance and / or zero tolerance, as well as the transformation of value stereotypes.


This article, examining the interface of research university and knowledge society, argues that India will have to build a strong research base in its universities since a modern research-oriented university is the mother of knowledge society—a society in which knowledge industry plays a vital role in enhancing its power and wealth. Universities play an important role in sustaining the knowledge society as well, since the universities, through their research activities, train students who are capable of original thinking and can become the next generation's elites, that is, scientists, engineers, teachers, industrial entrepreneurs and political leaders, enabling society to adapt to rapid changes. Furthermore, taking the USA as a paradigm of knowledge society, it asserts that the country has become rich and powerful by promoting scientific research in its universities. Concurrently, while appraising India's progress towards knowledge society, the article concludes that if India aspires to be a world power in the 21st century, it will have to become a knowledge society by promoting research not only by guaranteeing substantial financial support, but also by regenerating a research culture and ceaselessly transmitting it among the coming generations of students.


ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of decreased organizational slack in public sector organizations, we investigate the direct and indirect effect of teams on safety behaviour in an Italian acute care hospital. Quantitative and qualitative findings confirm the positive contribution of teams to individuals' safety behaviour. The study contributes to the limited empirical research on safety behaviour in high-reliability settings as part of a wider conversation about public sector professionals under crisis. The findings can assist managers of public sector hospitals to facilitate conditions for effective team communication in the interest of patient safety, and can, conceivably, be extended to other public sector high-reliability settings.


MIRACLES, BIG AND SMALL, ARE MUNDANE on a medical campus. Hearts are mended, brains rewired, rashes soothed, wounds healed, and diseases cured. Miracles are harder to come by in the forgotten neighborhoods of America, where lives and days are made of the stuff that breaks hearts and opens wounds.


ABSTRACT The Chinese diaspora brought tablets and effigies of their Taoist gods with them when they migrated to Southeast Asia. Temples in the region hold annual festivals to evoke this passage from the sea to the shore, assisted by makeshift sets, props, and generators with floodlights. In this article, I examine the durational performances of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore, which consist of people and deities moving in processions. What does it mean to perform spirituality between the sea and the shore? What happens when this coastline is constantly redrawn with land reclamation? There is a mobile imagery described here: technological media transport yet circumscribe the spiritual to the material stage onshore as devotees invite the deities to land. The spiritual is eventually pulled back, leaving behind its residue (ashes, footprints on the sand, talismans) as the deities depart. Spirituality performed along the coast through technological mediation reveals the contemporary nature of these religious practices.


Linguicide, the death of a language, is a gradual process that starts with language corruption, graduates to abandonment, and ultimately results in ethnocide, the death of an ethnic group, because if a language dies, the owners of the language cease to exist. Indigenous language is the local language of a people, spoken by the indigenes of the region. The importance of indigenous language cannot be over-emphasised. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one's indigenous language shapens one's personal identity as it strengthens such a person's bond to his ethnic group. Apart from this, good health, reduction of suicide and chronic diseases have been traced by many researchers to ability to communicate in their indigenous languages. It is also proven that the heart and soul is contacted with indigenous language. For instance, there was an undergraduate student of a South-Western state University in Nigeria who suddenly ran berserk without a cause and all efforts to calm him down proved abortive. An old man who witnessed the incidence suggested that his lineage praise (oríkì) be chanted to him, this mysteriously calmed him down. If he did not understand the language of the oríkì, it might not have had such effect on him. Furthermore, indigenous language is the strongest and most reliable means of passing on cultural heritage and knowledge from generation to generation. It keeps people connected to culture and this strengthens feelings of pride and selfworth. Given the indigenous language is an important aspect of culture, and indigenous cultures are some of the strongest modes we have to live in harmony with the earth and each other, we cannot afford its loss. Unfortunately, as important and useful as the indigenous language is, it is fast disappearing. People in the South-Western part of Nigeria, especially youths and children, no longer speak Yoruba and this will ultimately culminate in the demise of the language. Many researchers in this part of Nigeria have suggested various laudable ways of curbing the menace of loss of indigenous language in seminars, conferences, and workshops but it seems as if their reports all end on the shelf without bringing it home to the notice of the stakeholders. Also, there have been little or no researches into the real causes of this menace, hence this research. The researcher sees that no permanent and effective cure could be proffered without first identifying the root cause and exposing the stakeholders to the unpalatable consequences of their acts in future. The effective cure could even be derived from the identification of the causes.


This collection of essays is the first sustained look at the emerging ethical concerns in composition and English studies. Unlike other works that may have used ethics as a way to set a particular code of conduct or to examine a particular area of study, this book describes a range of situations, obliging us to reevaluate the ethical systems that we have previously accepted. Fontaine and Hunter have organized the essays into conceptual sections that focus on three of the many ways in which our current situations can be reconsidered. In the first section, "Reevaluating Contemporary Pedagogies," the authors identify ethical problems that arise within some of our most widely accepted pedagogical strategies and perspectives. "Competing Obligations" refers to the ethical problems that emerge as teachers and administrators find themselves faced with allegiances to more than one group and more than one vision in the academy. And the authors in "Professional Evolutions" consider ways in which developments and changes in the world outside the English department create ethical conflicts close to home. Together, these essays provide ethical vantage points from which it is incumbent upon us to view our agency in our profession and in our classrooms. The book's wide range of voices and perspectives helps us begin to understand our own personal and professional ethical awareness and to anticipate the issues we all must face.


In this paper,a demostration program of digital signal encoding is worked out by means of VB 6.0 and has been applied in the class teaching for the course of computer Network and communications more times,which can enable students to observe three kinds of waveforms in the proccess of transmission and get some good effects.


Bicycle seat or also known as bicycle saddle is one of the important parts in the design of a bicycle. Failure to design bicycle seat can cause extreme pain to the riders. The objectives of this investigation were to design a reliable and comfortable seat for bicycle due to the pain suffered by sport bicycle users and perform the stress analysis or Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on the developing concept design and the existing seat by using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software to compare both results. This analysis was conducted to determine the strength level of the bicycle seat. The researches were carried out by referring to the engineering and medical journals, books, and websites. At the end of this research, a design concept has been developed and the comparison of both products which exist and new seat concept design with the value of von mises stress and translational displacement showed the capability of the new concept are strong enough and acceptable.


This paper presents a tele-wound framework for monitoring chronic wound status based on color variation over a period of time. This will facilitate patients at remote locations to connect to medical experts through mobile devices. Further this will help medical professionals to monitor and manage the wounds in more timely, accurate and precise manner using the proposed framework. Tele-medical agent TMA collects the chronic wound data using smart phone and send it to the Tele-medical hub TMH. In TMH, the wound image has been segmented using Fuzzy C-Means which gives highest segmented accuracy i.e. 92.60%, then the wound tissue is classified using proposed Bayesian classifier. The smart phone supported prototype system has been demonstrated with snapshots using very compatible and easy to integrate Hypertext preprocessor PHP and MySqL. The proposed system may facilitate better wound management and treatment by providing percentage of wound tissues.


Cystic lesions of the liver in the adult can be classified as developmental, neoplastic, inflammatory, or miscellaneous. They occur in symptomatic or asymptomatic patients with or without preexisting liver disease. Many of the lesions represent a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician and usually a single imaging study is not diagnostic. The physician must understand the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic characteristics of these cystic lesions including benign lesion such as simple (bile duct) cyst, autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease, biliary hamartoma, Caroli disease, congenital hepatic fibrosis, and premalignant lesion such as biliary cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma. In this review, we review the clinical, radiological, and histologic features of the most common benign cystic liver disease and also present current management options. An understanding of these facts will allow more definitive diagnosis and shorten the diagnostic workup for focal cystic liver lesions. (Korean J Med 2013;84:341-345)


Stellar-mass binary black holes (BBHs) may merge in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole (SMBH). It is suggested that the gravitational-wave (GW) emitted by a BBH has a high probability to be lensed by the SMBH if the BBH's orbit around the SMBH (i.e., the outer orbit) has a period of less than a year and is less than the duration of observation of the BBH by a space-borne GW observatory. For such a BBH + SMBH triple system, the de Sitter precession of the BBH's orbital plane is also significant. In this work, we thus study GW waveforms emitted by the BBH and then modulated by the SMBH due to effects including Doppler shift, de Sitter precession, and gravitational lensing. We show specifically that for an outer orbital period of 0.1 yr and an SMBH mass of $10^7 M_\odot$, there is a 3%-10% chance for the standard, strong lensing signatures to be detectable by space-borne GW detectors such as LISA and/or TianGO. For more massive lenses ($\gtrsim 10^8 M_\odot$) and more compact outer orbits with periods <0.1 yr, retro-lensing of the SMBH might also have a 1%-level chance of detection. Furthermore, by combining the lensing effects and the dynamics of the outer orbit, we find the mass of the central SMBH can be accurately determined with a fraction error of $\sim 10^{-4}$. This is much better than the case of static lensing because the degeneracy between the lens' mass and the source's angular position is lifted by the outer orbital motion. Including lensing effects also allows the de Sitter precession to be detectable at a precession period 3 times longer than the case without lensing. Lastly, we demonstrate that one can check the consistency between the SMBH's mass determined from the orbital dynamics and the one inferred from gravitational lensing, which serves as a test on theories behind both phenomena. The statistical error on the deviation can be constrained to a 1% level.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic characteristics of sugarcane as a function of the no-tillage system (NTS) compared to the conventional one (CS) with, and without, manuring. The experimental design was completely randomized, using four repetitions, in a factorial scheme 4 x 2. The treatments were: sugarcane NTS on sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea); sugarcane NTS on jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis); sugarcane NTS on black mucuna (Mucuna aterrima) and sugarcane CS with incorporation of spontaneous vegetation (control), being duplicated, since each one was with, and without, manuring. In nutritional terms, the sugarcane CS on leguminosae was 43% superior in content of K, and the prominence was jack bean and mucuna that on average provided 26% more foliar N in relation to sugarcane CS. The nutritional diagnosis also indicated N and K as the main limitants of the productivity of sugarcane CS, while Ca, Fe, Zn and Cu were independent limitants of the management system. K was the main nutrient limitant of the productivity of unfertilized sugarcane. Sugarcane NTS on leguminosae provides larger foliar contents of N and K, besides increasing in 27, 32 and 37%, respectively, the number, the diameter and the productivity of stems in relation to the sugarcane of CS. The sugarcane in NTS on leguminosae, besides being more productive, guarantees larger preservation of the environment due to the harvesting of the cane without prior burning.


The objective of this study focuses on the characterization of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) application. The PEEK membrane was modified with sulfonation and charged surface modifying macromolecule (cSMM) using MDI, DEG and HBS in NMP solvent. The characterized of membrane were done using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), water uptake, contact angle, thermal stability, methanol permeability, proton conductivity and DMFC test. DMFC tests were performed at room temperature to obtain polarization curves that show voltages and power density of each variable. The results showed that the cSMM methode of the polymer increases water uptake, thermal stability, methanol permeability and proton conductivity. In terms of morphology, it was found that cSMM method can be applied for membrane modification for DMFC application. In terms of the DMFC tests of the membranes, SPEEK without modification proved to have the best performance in stability because of its low methanol permeability. In contrast, the best performance was achieved by the SPEEK/cSMM (with modification) in highest voltage and power density because of its high proton conductivity.


A counselor educator was recently These two illustrations are examples of retained by a school board to do a large an increasing number of contacts we have scale study of their at-risk student popula- had with professionals who are confused tion. The project involved sifting and in- about issues of confidentiality. It is some terpreting an enormous amount of raw what surprising that this confusion occurs, data gathered by the district's counseling because all preservice counselor education staff. Because there was a sense of urgency programs devote time to the subject. There about completing the task, the consultant is, however, a considerable difference be drove more than 2 hours to personally tween making decisions in college class pick up the data, only to return empty- room scenarios, which are designed to call handed. The reason? No one on-site was forth specific answers, and making those sure of the legality of releasing the data, same decisions in the field under time and which contained students' names and ad- legal pressures. Thus, as with most con dresses, and the attorney for the district cepts that are received at the preservice was not available. level, it is necessary to pause and brush That same day, a call came in to the office up on them occasionally, from a counselor who had been sub- The nature of helping means that those poenaed to testify at a child custody hear- involved in counseling relationships are ing. The counselor was considering refus- privy to a great deal of very private and ing to appear or testify, because she was often threatening information. This afraid she would be asked to share infor- knowledge can lead to conflict between mation from counseling sessions. She the counselor's responsibility to safeguard wanted to know whether her code of ethics the client's trust and the demands of


In this paper, I will present a method for constructing correlatedseries of granularity-dependent distance and diameter measures onthe basis of a theory of qualitative spatial concepts. Eachgranularity-dependent measure function has as its range a discretesubset of R. As we proceed through a series of such functions, thedistance between the values in the range will become smaller andthe measurements returned by the functions will becomecorrespondingly more precise. My method for constructing the seriesof functions is partially based on work in Kranz, Luce, Suppes, andTversky, The Foundations of Measurement, Vol. 1. I use aresult from that volume to prove that my series of distance anddiameter measures converge to continuous, extensive distance anddiameter measures. But it is the discrete measures in the series,not the continuous limit measures, that should be used in analysesof common-sense concepts. Unlike the continuous measure functions,arbitrary values for the discrete measure functions can, in mostcontexts, be determined through practical procedures. Moreover, theability to move from one granularity-level to the next isappropriate for common-sense contexts in which the level ofprecision is typically kept at the minimum necessary to accomplishthe task at hand.


The present invention discloses a cell selection method for a mobile terminal in a home base station cell, which is proposed as a solution to the current inability of mobile terminals to perform cell reselection in a cell having a home base station. The solution comprises: after a mobile terminal accesses a home base station cell in open mode, the home base station cell transforms to a closed mode; the mobile terminal compares the subscriber group identifier of the home base station cell with an accessible home base station cell identifier list stored in itself; if the subscriber group identifier of the home base station cell exists in the accessible home base station cell identifier list of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal continues to reside in the home base station cell, otherwise the mobile terminal searches neighboring cells and performs cell reselection. The present invention also discloses an apparatus implementing the above method. In this invention, the mobile terminal can reselect other available cells when the home base station cell is unavailable, thus reducing the impact on service.


Objective:To observe and analyze the clinical effect of omeprazole combining with famotidine on the treatment of reflux esophagitis.Methods:45 patients who were diagnosed and treated with reflux esophagitis in our hospital from May 2008 to May 2012 were randomly divided into three groups.Group A(15 cases):the patients were administrated oral drugs with omeprazole(20 mg) before breakfast and famotidine(20 mg) at bedtime;Group B(15 cases):the patients were administrated oral drugs with omeprazole(20 mg/once) twice a day;Group C(15 cases):the patients were administrated oral drugs with famotidine(20 mg/once) twice a day.The average time of the treatment was 8 weeks for the three groups.On the basis of gastroscope,we comprehensively observed and analyzed the improved situations about the main symptom of three groups,such as the pectoralgia,reflux,heart rot and so on.Results:The efficacy of group A that was administrated with omeprazole and famotidine was obviously better than either of the omeprazole group or the famotidine group,and there was statistically significant difference(P0,05).Conclusion:The secretion of gastric acid can be effectively restrained which has reliable curative effect on reflux esophagitis.It is suggested that the secretion of stomach acid could be effectively restrained by omeprazole combined with famotidine.It is well worthy of promoting for the treatment of reflux esophagitis in the clinical field.