The development of the ovine placenta begins with an apposition to the endometrium of the blastocyst means of a surface-to-surface contact the 10th day A temporary placenta during a brief after heavy expansion of the vesicle chorionic villi in establish a chorio-allantoic placental relationship with the endometrial caruncles. The placentomes thus formed grow in number and size the 80th day of gestation 144-150 days) diminish the ovine placentome consists of chorionic villi fitting into maternal crypts separated from each other by septa. The chorionic villi consist of vascular mesenchymal cores provided with cuboidal trophoblastic cells and binucleate giant cells. The uterine epithelium is found to be eroded and the crypts are lined syncytium the trophoblastic giant maternal in the placental barrier


Delirium is a serious medical problem and recognized as a common syndrome in critically ill children. Without routine screening, delirium diagnosis is often missed by the medical providers. Internationally, there are tools to assess pediatric delirium (PD), but none currently available in Danish. The aim of this project was to translate the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD) into Danish and determine its feasibility and reliability in a Danish clinical setting.


High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was coupled with pulsed amperometric detector, a kind of electrochemical detector by combining with post-column sodium hydroxide solution in order to analyze glycosides. Using this method, the contents of amygdalin, baicalin, naringin, and hesperidin in TCMs were determined with isocratic elution of 13% acetonitrile with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.9). The coefficient of linear regression was 0.9997–0.9999 for concentrations between 1 and 100 µg/mL. The precision (RSD %) was less than 8.89% in Chong-Phyo-Tang and Run-Chang-Tang. This method showed high selectivity for analyzing glycosides without any interfering peaks. Therefore, glycosides in TCMs were conveniently analyzed without any pretreatment steps.


Lung growth as determined by changes in lung volumes in adolescent men aged 17-19 years is poorly documented in the literature. This study was designed to investigate lung growth in a population of shipyard workers. One hundred and ninety eight apprentices participated in a longitudinal study. Lung volumes including FRC by helium dilution and anthropometric measurements including thoracic dimensions were obtained. In this growing population, lung growth exceeded the growth in stature. The subdivisions of TLC showed a greater increase in FRC than IC and was shown not to be due to lowering of the diaphragm. Lung growth was associated with an increase in the thoracic dimensions which contributed to the description of lung size in this age group. To determine whether the elastic properties of the respiratory system may have contributed to the change in the thoracic dimensions and lung growth, a cross-sectional study was undertaken. Two subgroups of men were selected from the longitudinal study; one group had large lung volumes, the other small lung volumes. Static lung compliance and elastic recoil were measured and tracheal dimensions obtained from chest X-rays. The level of physical activity reported by each individual was not associated with their lung size; neither was their respiratory muscle strength as measured by maximal respiratory pressures. Lung growth was not associated with changes in lung elasticity, although men with larger lungs did have more distensible lung tissue. There was no correlation between lung and tracheal size in agreement with the concept of dysanaptic growth (r = 0.16; p > 0.05) It was concluded that growth of the chest wall, with the consequent increase in thoracic dimensions, was accompanied by an increase in lung volume (r = 0.52; p < 0.05). The lung developed within the enlarged thoracic cavity by actual tissue growth rather than expansion of existing structures.


Completely antipersistent binary time series are sequences in which every time that an N-bit string μ appears, the sequence is continued with a different bit than that after the last occurrence of μ. This dynamics is phrased in terms of a walk on a DeBruijn graph, and properties of transients and cycles are studied. The predictability of the generated time series for an observer who sees a longer or shorter time window is investigated also for sequences that are not completely antipersistent.


Background: Malaria parasites detoxify copious amounts of heme during human infection but enzyme involvement remains unclear. Results: Parasite-infected and uninfected erythrocytes contain indistinguishable low levels of heme catabolites, and a heme oxygenase-like parasite protein binds but does not degrade heme. Conclusion: P. falciparum parasites do not enzymatically degrade heme. Significance: This study comprehensively answers a long-standing question regarding heme metabolism in this important parasite.


Objective To summarize the method of applying laparoscopic choledochotomy with primary suture for the treatment of choledocholithiasis and bile duct stenosis.Methods From Jun 1992 to Aug 2004,449 patients were received the therapeutical procedures,i.e.laparoscopic common bile duct exploration was first adopted in order to clear the stones with choledochoscopic exploration,then followed the primary closure of duct incision direct or after balloon dilation,fine duct external drainage via cystic duct,internal drainage of biliary endoprosthesis and stent.Results 426 out of 449 patients had obtained successful duct clearance,or the dilation of the stenosis to reach the expected expansion,easy and smooth drainage of biliary endoprosthesis and stent without bile leakage.4 patients had residual stones then cured with endoscopic sphincterotomy or papillary balloon dilation.4 patients had residual stones then no cured with endoscopy.12 patients had bile leakage cured through conservatively.2 patients had fallen off fine duct via cystic duct cured through to place again fine duct via cystic duct or T shape duct with laparoscopy.One patient of pancreatic head carcinoma died in MSOF postoperation 15 days.Conclusion Eventually it was safe and effective for some patients who had completed successful duct clearance and the dilation of the stenosis to reach the expected expansion adopted bile duct incision primary closure in laparoscopic bile duct exploration.


In mid-2004, it was decided that the list of optional modules available to students taking the MSc programme in Computing, Internet Law and Management at King's College London (KCL) should be supplemented with a module in computer forensics (CF) and cybercrime. It was proposed that this module should be delivered as a reading course to be assessed by means of a dissertation and a linked viva voce examination. We trace the evolution of this module over the three academic years from 2005/2006 to 2007/2008 inclusive and discuss the range of dissertation topics selected by the students. The results and the evidence from anonymous student feedback surveys are analysed quantitatively and are compared with those from a longer established module on forensic computing and CF which forms an integral part of the interdisciplinary MSc in Forensic Science at KCL. We conclude with a critical assessment of the success of both modules.


The feeding experiments first made by Hopkins1 have led to widespread recognition of the importance of small quantities of hitherto unidentified substances-in addition to the protein, carbohydrate, salts, and fat-as essential components of a ration adequate for prolonged maintenance or growth. The development of our own views on this subject has been alluded to in a recent publication.2 RBhmanna hoprev&, has taken vigorous exception to the vitamine hypothesis. He asserts that "accessory foodstuffs are not necessary for the continued maintenance of fully grown animals,"4 and believes that if the long familiar nutrients are suitable in quality and quantity, nothing further is essential in the ration. Thus he says: "The assumption that some unknown substances are indispensable for growth is a convenient device for explaining experiments that result in failurea device that becomes superfluous as soon as the experiment succeeds."5


effusion and showed a large mass and associated effusion filling the suprapatellar bursa, with inferior joint space extension. The mass appeared to be composed oftwo parts, with the more superficial portion having a more homogeneous echo texture than the deeper component (Fig. lB). The superficial component showed peripheral hyperemia on color Doppler sonography, whereas the deeper portion was devoid of detectable flow. MR imaging berter delineated the extent of this process and its extension into the joint and posteriorly. TI-weighted images (650/16, TRITE) showed what appeared to be only a large joint effusion with a plication in the suprapatellar bursa. However, sagittal conventional proton density-weighted (2400/12) and T2-weighted (2400/90) MR images revealed a heterogeneous mass with a nodular appearance


Specimen records for an adventive darkling beetle, Ceropria induta (Wiedemann) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae; Diaperinae) show that this Asian insect has become established in southern Florida, USA. Illustrations and a diagnosis of the beetle are provided, with notes on habitats and possible polyporaceous hosts, and the genus is incorporated into a key to the related North American taxa.


A low-temperature route for the synthesis of the Re(IV) diphosphate starting from ReO4 − is presented. The ReP2O7 polycrystals have been prepared in 63% yield by an interaction of NH4ReO4 with molten phosphoric acid at 673 K with subsequent cooling down to 298 K. The synthesized ReP2O7 was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and DRIFT spectroscopy.


© 2012 Chackrewarthy and Thabrew, licensee InTech. This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Hypoglycaemic and Hypolipidaemic Effects of an Ethylacetate Fraction of Artocarpus heterophyllus Leaves


The article deals with the paradigm shift in the health policy of the European Union, its role, and functions. An attempt to reveal the main stages in the development of the European Community is being made. The aim of the article is to identify the sources and directions for the evolution of the importance and role of the EU health policy, related to the systematic transformation of sociopolitical and socioeconomic conditions in the European Community. It is summarized that the EU has made efforts to develop general legislation in this field and has strengthened its role in protecting the citizens` rights of Member stated in terms of funding, the introduction of common standards for healthcare services, and ensuring the accessibility to healthcare services. The author tries to highlight the main stages of the development of the EU`s health policy. Firstly, the financial and administrative stage; secondly, the regulatory and political integration; thirdly, the reaction stage. According to the analyzed healthcare policy crisis caused by COVID-19, it was supposed to be the next stage related to the transformation of the European Union`s healthcare policy. Examining the changing role of the EU health policy-making, the author uses a normative approach. The institutional method has made it possible to determine the place and role of the EU institutions in the implementation of healthcare policy. The methods of analysis and synthesis, induction, and deduction are also used in this article to study the evolution of the EU policy. Prospects for further research in the field of healthcare policy can be an analysis of conditions, ways, and prospects of overcoming the current healthcare crisis and the possibility of using such experience within the Ukrainian realities.


This research gives an idea about the jurisprudence opinions that relate to the way of giving Al-Zakat on depressed trade. It deals with this whether according to the possibility of giving Al-Zakat from goods itself, from its value with delaying giving it, paying Al-zakat only on one year after the goods are sold, or changing the intent of trading without giving Al-Zakat until there is a new intention for trading.
 Then, the probability of working with all the previous jurisprudence opinions has been recommended as per the situation that doesn't cause hardship and abashment to the payer in a way that also achieves interests to Al- Zakat's deservers .


Six different amounts of acquisition training and two conditions of reinforcement were manipulated to ascertain their effects, singly and in combination, upon acquisition performance and resistance to extinction in a st_ light run way situation. In acquisition, partial groups were expected to surpass the continuous groups* levels of performance late in training. In extinction, a U function was expected to describe the performance of the different acquisition groups, resistance first increasing as a function of amount of acqui sition training, reaching a maximum, and then decreasing. Each of seventy-two Holtzman male albino rats was as signed to either the 1005K reinforcement or the 50JC random partial reinforcement groups and to either the 20, 50, 70, 100, 150, or 200 acquisition trial groups. For any one com bination of acquisition group and reinforcement condition six animals were assigned. All animals were handled, tamed, and pre-trained during a seven day habituation period prior to the start of acqui sition, during which time a 23 hour deprivation schedule was established. Each animal was given two 5 minute and two 3 minute periods to explore the runway without food reward present. Two final pre-training trials were given prior to


In the article the data have been presented which allow timely introduce corrections in competitive activity. They are based on results of work with the team in a precompetitive period.


We all spend time analyzing our inner thoughts and
feelings; past research looked at this activity as
being unitary in nature (i.e., simply focusing on the
self), examined how frequently people introspect,
and identified the effects of self-focus on behavior.
Current studies indicate that people actually engage
in two different types of self-analysis: self-reflection
(enjoying analyzing the self) and self-rumination
(not being able to shut off thoughts about the self), each leading to opposite consequences.


As is well known, Frege (1892) argued that the sentential complements of propositional attitude predicates refer to propositions. W.V. Quine, who disdained intensional objects like propositions, briefly suggested instead an analysis of such complements crucially involving quotation (1956), and Donald Davidson took up and elaborated this suggestion in a number of papers (1969, 1975, 1979). The main purpose of this paper is to argue against quotational analyses of propositional attitudes, although I'll suggest at the end that the result may have consequences for the analysis of quotation itself. In the second section below we will review Quine's comments and Davidson's development of them. In §3 we look at considerations involving proper names which seem at first to go in favor of this kind of analysis, but which ultimately probably do not. In §4 we turn to an argument against quotational analyses – the fact that it seems to deny languageless creatures propositional attitudes. The final section contains some concluding remarks.


In rural areas in South Africa, the 33 kV and below power lines can cover long distances due to the low density of consumers. These networks form the final link in the chain of supply to customers. They are equipped with pole-mounted auto reclosers, sectionalizers, and air switches for fault protection and the sectionalising of lines when searching for faults. Faults on these lines can take many hours to investigate due to their large geographic area. Repairs are effected using traditional manual inspection techniques and operators in control centres initially have to rely on telephone calls from end users to identify approximate fault locations. This results in customer dissatisfaction, high cost of maintenance, and lost energy sales. In the late 1980s, Eskom formulated a long term vision that defined the end objectives in the implementation of a co-ordinated technology strategy. This paper describes a pole-mounted RTU SCADA system that was developed for monitoring and control purposes in line with this Eskom vision.


We propose a novel facial tracking method that uses a distributed network of individual trackers whose interactions are modeled using coalitional game theory. Our tracking method maintains a high level of accuracy and can negotiate surface deformations and occlusions. We tested the method on a substantial video set featuring non-trivial face motion from over 40 subjects in both the infrared and visual spectra. The coalitional tracker demonstrated fault tolerant behavior that exceeds by far the performance of single condensation trackers. Our method represents a shift from the typical tracking paradigms and may find broader application in demanding imaging problems across the electromagnetic spectrum.


SUMMARY The assumptions basic to a number of shear zone theories are discussed, the final shear strain values predicted by the theories being compared with the results of published experimental data. Theories and experimental data concerning chip grain direction are also discussed.


Markdown is a presentational markup language that is designed for readability. It is also very context sensitive, which makes it difficult to highlight correctly using the syntax highlighting mechanisms available in existing text editor programs. In this report we discuss the implementation of a Markdown syntax highlighter that is able to handle this context sensitivity by adapting the parser of an existing Markdown compiler. We evaluate five compilers for qualities we would like to see in our highlighter (correctness, embeddability, portability, efficiency), as well as for how easy they are to modify, and pick peg-markdown as the one to take the parser from. We then adapt its parser for syntax highlighting purposes and integrate it with the Cocoa GUI application framework. The end result is a portable syntax highlighting parser for Markdown, written in C, as well as Objective-C classes for using it in Cocoa applications.


Neospora caninum infection is an important disease affecting bovine and canine populations worldwide. The dense granule antigen 7 of N. caninum (NcGRA7) is considered to be an immunodominant antigen. In the present study, the gene encoding truncated NcGRA7 (NcGRA7t) lacking an N-terminal signal peptide was expressed in Escherichia coli, and its diagnostic potential in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was evaluated. The ELISA could clearly discriminate between known N. caninum-positive and -negative sera from dogs. Serum samples randomly collected from dogs in Japan and China were examined for the diagnosis of neosporosis using the ELISA. Twenty-three of 135 samples (17.03%) and 9 of 95 (9.47%) samples from Japan and China, respectively, were positive for antibodies to N. caninum. Of the 32 ELISA-positive samples, 29 (90.62%) were confirmed as positive by Western blot analysis with whole tachyzoite antigens. These results indicate that the recombinant NcGRA7t would be a reliable antigen in ELISA for the diagnosis of canine neosporosis.


Health technology is an indispensable part of any nation's healthcare system. During the past 50 years, all member states that comprise the European Union have increased their technological base for health care, both in terms of knowledge and by investments in equipment, devices, and pharmaceuticals. Generally, this process has gone well. However, several problems have emerged related to the acquisition, diffusion, and use of modern health technology. Concerns have been also raised about the effectiveness and efficiency of already established procedures in health care.


Abstract The Mongolian steppe zone constitutes a major part of East Asian grasslands. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quantitative dependence of ecosystem respiration (Reco) on the environmental variables of soil water and plant biomass in a semiarid grassland ecosystem. We determined Reco using opaque, closed chambers in a Mongolian grassland dominated by graminaceous perennial grasses during six periods: July 2004, May 2005, July 2005, September 2005, June 2006, and August 2009. Using the data collected when soil water content and aboveground biomass were relatively constant, values of Reco were fitted to an exponential temperature function, and the standardized rate of Reco at 20°C (R20) and temperature sensitivity (Q10) of Reco were calculated for each measurement plot and period. The results indicate that aboveground biomass significantly affected the variation in R20, and the relationship was expressed with a linear model. The R20 residuals of the linear biomass model were highly correlated with soil water content by a quadratic function. The Q10 values showed a weak positive relationship with soil water content. Temporal and spatial variations in Reco were well predicted by the exponential temperature model with R20, which relates to aboveground biomass and soil water content, and with Q10, which relates to soil water content.


© 2020 American Physical Society. Amorphous carbon (a-C) materials have diverse interesting and useful properties, but the understanding of their atomic-scale structures is still incomplete. Here, we report on extensive atomistic simulations of the deposition and growth of a-C films, describing interatomic interactions using a machine learning (ML) based Gaussian approximation potential model. We expand widely on our initial work [M. A. Caro, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 166101 (2018)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.120.166101] by now considering a broad range of incident ion energies, thus modeling samples that span the entire range from low-density (sp2-rich) to high-density (sp3-rich, "diamondlike") amorphous forms of carbon. Two different mechanisms are observed in these simulations, depending on the impact energy: low-energy impacts induce sp- and sp2-dominated growth directly around the impact site, whereas high-energy impacts induce peening. Furthermore, we propose and apply a scheme for computing the anisotropic elastic properties of the a-C films. Our work provides fundamental insight into this intriguing class of disordered solids, as well as a conceptual and methodological blueprint for simulating the atomic-scale deposition of other materials with ML driven molecular dynamics.


Introduction Compared with techniques for analysing genetic variation at the DNA level, the older established technique of protein electrophoresis has made by far the largest contribution towards our understanding of population and evolutionary genetics. Protein electrophoresis measures biochemical genetic polymorphism as allozymes, that may be defined as the product of different alleles at a single locus. Numerous studies of allozyme variation have established that genetic diversity is very high within animal species (for a recent review, see van Delden, 1994). This suggests that the consequences of biodiversity, which is often only assessed in terms of species, should also be considered both within and between populations of the same species. An emerging body of evidence indicates that genetic variation does not simply result from the neutral processes of mutation, genetic drift and migration. Positive relations have been predicted on theoretical grounds between fitness and multiple locus heterozygosity, assessed for each individual as the proportion of measured polymorphic loci that are heterozygous (for an example, see Charlesworth, 1991). Such associations have frequently been confirmed in many species of animal (for reviews, see Mitton & Grant, 1984; Zouros & Foltz, 1987). Further investigations have established that genetic differences in the catalytic efficiency of specific enzymes have profound effects on physiological performance, and which may represent the mechanistic basis for long-term adaptation resulting from the functional consequences of natural selection (for reviews, see Nevo, 1983; van Delden, 1994).


Plasma proteins, including phosphorylated threonine‐181 of Tau (pTau181) are used as biomarkers for differential diagnosis and preclinical detection of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, observation and measurement of these biomarkers are mostly from individuals of non‐Hispanic, European ancestry. Given differences in AD risk, generalizability of these findings is not assured in individuals of diverse ancestry. This study evaluates the utility of plasma pTau181 in discriminating clinically diagnosed AD from cognitively intact, age‐matched controls in ancestrally diverse, admixed cohorts.


New tomato hybrids, symptomless to TYLCV. Six national tomato F1 hybrids, of known growth habits, grown in open field conditions and destined for fresh consumption, resistant to tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), were included in a competitivity trial together with the tolerant Israeli hybrid 'ARO 8479'. The cultivar 'Campbell 28' was also included as a susceptible control. TYLCV severity and incidence were measured 60 days after transplant in all cultivars, and productivity was measured at harvest time. Natural infection was high in the susceptible control, in these conditions, and the new hybrids were symptomless, while only mild symptoms were observed in 'ARO 8479'. Five out of six of the national hybrids showed a higher climate adaptation level than the foreign hybrid, yielding more fruits per plant (35.3-53.5) and showing higher fructification percentages (84.695.8). Yield per plant was also significantly higher in five out of six combinations than in the foreign hybrid. Nevertheless, only one national hybrid showed a mean fruit weight value higher than that of 'ARO 8479'. In addition, the new hybrids were less affected by leaf fungi.


This study inspects the capability of LDAP in improving the performance of query operation in the trading service. Thus, an experiment is conducted to distinguish the performance result gained from a trading service which uses LDAP with a trading service that uses relational database as its backend storage. From the outcome of the experiment conducted, we verified that a trading service that use LDAP provide a better performance as compared to a trading service that relational database.


Black seeds from papaya plants are utilized as traditional medicine in African and Asian cultures to improve the functioning of the male reproductive system and management of prostate cancer. This study analyzed the phytochemical composition, cytotoxicity and antiproliferative activity of C. papaya black seeds against the Prostate cancer cells and Vero cells. The phytochemical screening was performed by means of standard procedures. Methyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell viability assay was employed in the evaluation of the cytotoxicity and antiproliferative activity of papaya crude extracts in the selected cell lines. Glycosides, alkaloids, terpenoids tannins, flavonoids and saponins were found in papaya seeds' crude extracts. The crude extracts were not toxic to Vero cells. All papaya seeds' extracts had antiproliferative activity towards prostate cancer cells. Ethyl acetate extract was found with higher antiproliferative activity, with inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 3.64 µg/mL. Further scientific studies focusing on the isolation and characterization of active phytocompounds from crude extracts of papaya seeds are needed.


The paper does not give a systematic account of DUG. A concise description of DUG (Hellwig 1993) can be downloaded through the internet. Hopefully, an on-line demonstration of the DUG parser will be available in the Web before August '98. Here are just a few historical remarks. In the beginning of the seventies I developed an NLP system called PLAIN (Programs for Language Analysis and Inference). The system was influenced by Terry Winograd's SHRDLU, but I applied different methods to it both in syntax and semantics. I combined a dependency-based syntax description, which I called Valency Grammar, with transformations that simulate logico-semantic relationships (dissertation 1974, published as Hellwig 1978). The implementation of PLAIN was completed in 1980, programmed in PL/1 on an IBM main frame (Hellwig 1980). Right from the beginning, I had used complex categories with attributes and values and a subsumption mechanism to compute agreement. At the COLING-86 conference I decided to emphasize the affiliation of my approach with the family of unification grammars by coining the new acronym DUG (Hellwig 1986). Since then, DUG descriptions and the PLAIN software have been applied in many projects (see for example Hellwig 1995). There were many revisions, many augmentations. The system is now implemented in C under Unix. It seems that improvement is a never-ending enterprise so that any documentation becomes obsolete too soon.


The mechanism of self-repairing smart structure based on optical-fiber sensing and shape memory alloy are introduced,then starting from the researches on materials selection and control system exploitation,the status of the research in this field is presented.Problems of each study and future research directions in this field are discussed.


Non-trivial topology and unconventional pairing are two central guiding principles in the contemporary search for and analysis of superconducting materials and heterostructure compounds. Previously, a topological superconductor has been predominantly conceived to result from a topologically non-trivial band subject to intrinsic or external superconducting proximity effect. Here, we propose a new class of topological superconductors which are uniquely induced by unconventional pairing. They exhibit a boundary-obstructed higher-order topological character and, depending on their dimensionality, feature unprecedently robust Majorana bound states or hinge modes protected by chiral symmetry. We predict the 112-family of iron pnictides, such as Ca$_{1-x}$La$_x$FeAs$_2$, to be a highly suited material candidate for our proposal, which can be tested by edge spectroscopy. Because of the boundary-obstruction, the topologically non-trivial feature of the 112 pnictides does not reveal itself for a bulk-only torus band analysis without boundaries, and as such had evaded previous investigations. Our proposal not only opens a new arena for highly stable Majorana modes in high-temperature superconductors, but also provides the smoking gun evidence for extended s-wave order in the iron pnictides.


This praxis article outlines the value of using a critical and dialogical model (CDM) to teach multicultural social justice education to pre-service teachers. Based on practitioner research, the article draws on the author's own teaching experiences to highlight how key features of CDM can be used to help pre-service teachers move beyond thinking about multicultural education as ethnic tidbits. Illustrative examples of CDM-in-use demonstrate that  learning about multicultural social justice education is a social and developmental process that requires teacher educators to scaffold complex ideas by using dialogical approaches to learning that incrementally build on emergent and shared knowledge.


With wide-spread of Internet and rapid development of multimedia technology,network teaching has become an important method in modern education.The author provides a deep and thorough analysis about the publication of Authorware multimedia courseware on Internet in this article,and presents a comprehensive and easy way to publish the Authorware multimedia courseware to the web.


In this paper we develop a new Taylor series expansion method for computing model output metrics under epistemic uncertainty in the model input parameters. Specifically, we compute the expected value and the variance of the stationary distribution associated with Markov reliability models. In the multi-parameter case, our approach allows to analyze the impact of correlation between the uncertainty on the individual parameters the model output metric. In addition, we also approximate true risk by using the Chebyshev' inequality. Numerical results are presented and compared to the corresponding Monte Carlo simulations ones.


In this research, we focused on the recycling of food waste using sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Pyrolysis of rice, one of the major elements of food waste in Japan, was carried out to obtain carbon material with adsorption ability, together with fuel gases (H2, CH4). As a result, it was possible to convert rice into carbon material while generating fuel gas. With increasing the NaOH addition and temperature, the contents of CO and CO2 decreases, those of H2 and CH4 increased in the generated gas, and the mass of the residue after pyrolysis with NaOH decreases to one-tenth weight of raw rice. The residue after pyrolysis is a carbonaceous material with approximately 80% carbon content, and the residue after pyrolysis with NaOH ( rice sample : NaOH = 1 : 1 ) has smooth porous surface with higher specific surface area (901 m 2 /g) than that after pyrolysis without NaOH (72 m 2 /g).


A method for a.c. midband analysis in transistor amplifiers with no feedback loops is presented. This process is easy to apply and can be used to determine the characteristics of the structure in its two versions, both B.J.T. and F.E.T. Three typical amplifiers are shown to illustrate the effectiveness and simplicity of the method.


Yim et al1 are to be congratulated on demonstrating the number of instances in the setting of so-called heterotaxy in which there is discordance between the various systems of bodily organs. There are, however, certain flaws in their own investigation and discussion. In the first place, they suggest that it is not always logical to categorize cases into right or left isomerism based on the morphology of the appendages. They offer no explanation, however, as to where they find the lack of logic. It would seem that this reflects their lack of …


System delay caused by mechanical transmission, control calculation and data communication are the main factor affecting the man-machine collaborative control of lower extremity exoskeleton. Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (IPSO) was proposed to optimize BPNN (Back Propagation Neural Network) to predict the future joint angle of human lower limb. The 3d motion capture system was used to collect the Angle data of human lower limb joints, and time span was added to reconstruct the time series, which was taken as the input of the model. Compared to PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization), IPSO added a three-route competitive optimization trajectory, the training feedback of BPNN and mutation operation, which accelerated the convergence of the algorithm and avoided local optimization. Besides, we established a prediction evaluation criterion with prediction duration, iteration efficiency, Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Determination Coefficient (DC) as the core to analyze the prediction results of BPNN, PSO-BPNN (Support Back Propagation Neural Network by Particle Swarm Optimization) and IPSO-BPNN (Support Back Propagation Neural Network by Improved Particle Swarm Optimization). The results show that the average RMSE of IPSO-BPNN is less than 0.75 and DC is more than 98%. IPSO-BPNN can make more accurate prediction of human lower limb joint angle, which is beneficial to improve the man-machine coordination performance of exoskeleton.


Single crystals of KCl doped with KF and exposed to high dosages of Co60 γ-radiation develop a simple doublet absorption on the high frequency edge of the KCl reststrahl. This 403.7—399.8 cm−1 doublet is assigned to the fundamental internal vibration of the FCl− heteronuclear molecule ion. The doublet separation, intensity ratio, thermal decay, optical bleaching and polarization properties support this assignment. The internal stretching frequency of FCl− in KCl is not markedly different than would be approximated from gas phase data for the neutral species.


Objective To investigate the value of the presence of the left septal fascicular block(LSFB) and the QRS duration on a standard ECG in assessing left ventricular diastolic function in patients with congestive heart failure(CHF).Methods 75 patients(39 men and 36 women,mean age 69.3±13.4 years) with CHF satisfying NYHA class Ⅱ-Ⅳwere examined.Using the Doppler-Echocardiogram(Doppler-Echo)as a standard,all of the patients were divided into diastolic heart failure(DHF) with the LVEF ≥50% and systolic heart failure(SHF) with the LVEF 50% respectively.A QRS(ms) cut-off value of detecting DHF was defined.The sensitivity and the specificity of QRS duration,LSFB and the combination of both criteria in the diagnoses of DHF were tested respectively.Results The QRS duration in the DHF group was shorter than in the SHF group(p0.01).For the prediction of DHF,the QRS duration of 100ms was less sensitive(61.29%) though it was highly specific(95.45%);whereas the QRS duration ≤120ms was more sensitive than ≤100ms(87.10%,vs.61.29%) and more specific than QRS duration≤140ms(81.82% vs.43.18%);the LSFB was also highly sensitive(90.32%) but less specific(61.36%).The specificity for DHF of QRS duration≤120ms and the presence of LSFB was improved by the combination of both criteria,though the sensitivity was decreased.Conclusion The combination of QRS duration≤120ms and the presence of LSFB yields a higher specificity compared with the two criteria alone and can be used to estimate DHF.


Geniessen, jouissance, bliss: with these words some contemporary thinkers would like to remind us of the tenor of a truly aesthetic experience. That aesthetic experience culminates in pleasure is a view which is sanctioned as much by the history of aesthetics as by aesthetic experience itself. Reading for pleasure has surely only gained its dubious reputation among philosophers and aestheticians. Nevertheless, even the most high-brow of thinkers may sometimes be surprised enjoying a good book. It is aesthetic enjoyment, pleasure or, however rare it may be, aesthetic bliss that Hans-Robert Jauss and Roland Barthes examine apologetically in a number of writings. They deem such an apology necessary because in certain trends of thought, such as Marxism, neo-Marxism and phenomenology, pleasure is thought to be a purely bourgeois and extra-aesthetic phenomenon. Barthes and Jauss set out to rehabilitate this victim of contemporary aesthetics by reminding its detractors of a simple but illuminating fact: pleasure existed before capitalism and will exist long after it has gone the way of all ideologies. Nevertheless, Jauss and Barthes do not agree on a number of important points. Jauss will in fact take Barthes to task for his vagaries. I shall therefore compare and contrast Jauss and Barthes on the notion of pleasure in reading. If pleasure is anything, it is polemical. In his Aesthetische Erfahrung und literarische Hermeneutik, published in 1977 in Munich, Jauss states that, among other things, he is attempting to clear the way for a reintegration of pleasure into aesthetic experience. Jauss believes that pleasure will allow him to account for the aesthetic aspect of the communication of norms from aesthetic experience into everyday experience-a communication assured by catharsis. The German word Jauss chooses to refer to pleasure is "geniessen."


With the increasing demand for faster data connectivity, different wireless technologies have been deployed in the last decade, creating a heterogeneous wireless environment. Such wireless diversity is mainly composed of 2G/3G/4G cellular base stations, IEEE 802.11 hotspots and Community Networks. Previous work suggests that the increasing popularity of IEEE 802.11 networks would mitigate the overloading of current operator-based cellular deployments. However, the unpredictable characteristics of IEEE 802.11 deployments and its loose coupling to cellular architectures limit its user performance in terms of throughput and mobility capacity. In this paper, we describe an evaluation study of a commercial-grade hotspot network in the city of Luxembourg, namely HOTCITY. Through a set of experiments, we provide a characterization of the hotspot network and give a set of performance indicators. Finally, we evaluate hotspot networks' potential to support cellular offloading through the integration of outdoor hotspots and private access points deployed indoors in a single Community Network.


The equations of magnetohydrodynamics are used to show that the energy released at the inner surface of the crust of a neutron star generates magnetosonic wave beams that propagate to the star's surface. These equations can be linearized under the conditions appropriate for the matter in the crust of neutron stars and for the frequency range 107 – 1011 Hz. The solutions describe a beam of standing wave with approximately constant transverse cross-section (radius). The outer base of this beam on the star's surface is a source of radio emission. Electrical currents are excited in this source and it becomes an antenna that emits radio waves into the circumstellar space. The intensity of the radio emission decreases at higher frequencies, so that the spectrum of emitted radiation by pulsars is limited from above (ω ≤ 1011 Hz).


We consider the problem of modeling count data where the observation period is determined by the survival time of the individual under study. We assume random effects or frailty model to allow for a possible association between the death times and the counts. We assume that, given a random effect, the death times follow a Weibull distribution with a rate that depends on some covariates. For the counts, given the random effect, a Poisson process is assumed with the intensity depending on time and the covariates. A gamma model is assumed for the random effect. Maximum likelihood estimators of the model parameters are obtained. The model is applied to data set of patients with breast cancer who received a bone marrow transplant. A model for the time to death and the number of supportive transfusions a patient received is constructed and consequences of the model are examined.


Creative education is an urgent requirement for higher education in the days of knowledge based economy, creativeness can′t be taught, but the crux of the creative education lies in teachers themselves.


This article presents a radio direction finding prototype for developing countries. The algorithm used is based on angle of arrival estimation techniques. An antenna array designed for this task and the measurement setup are presented. Experimental results are included for an urban scenario.


Aircraft noise can cause annoyance and sleepdisturbance.
In order to obtain a goodimpression of annoyance one should predict the audible aircraft sound and determine the impact of the sound on people. The goal of this project is to develop a tool for the auralization of aircraft noise in an urban environment where reflections and shielding can play an important role.The main research topic of the past project phase was to develop a filter to emulate the effects of atmospheric turbulence on sound propagation.


This paper proposes a piecewise two-phased optimal control scheme for fast nanosatellite deorbit by a short electrodynamic tether. The first phase concerns the open-loop control trajectory optimization, where the optimal control problem is formulated only for the tether libration motion by assuming the slow-varying orbital elements of the electrodynamic tether system as constant within a discretized interval. The second phase deals with the closed-loop optimal control for tracking the derived optimal reference trajectory subject to multiple major orbital perturbations. The finite receding horizon control method is used in the optimal trajectory tracking. Both optimal control problems are solved by a direct collocation method based on the Hermite–Simpson method using discretization schemes with coincident nodes. The resulting nonlinear programming problem significantly reduces the problem size and improves the computational efficiency. Numerical results for fast nanosatellite deorbit by an electrodynamic t...


The aim of this document is to present how the interpretation of the RVM (Recovery Voltage Measurement) test can be improved through the use of a Debye equivalent circuit. As it is described in the literature the interpretation of the RVM test requires expertise and if the transformer presents a high interfacial polarization it is not possible to diagnose it in detail. Debye model is proposed in this work for enhancing RVM interpretation. This model is based on an electrical circuit that includes basic R-L-C components, that allows two interesting features: on one hand, isolation physical effects can be separately represented and, on the other, the values of the R-C components can be calculated from the RVM response (L components are not used in this work as long as no magnetic field effects are taken into account). Thus, the different isolation effects that are indistinguishable merged in the RVM transient response can be split into different R-C branches, each one corresponding with a single (not merged) isolation effect. Finally, several case studies are presented, in which it is correlated a dielectric oil treatment carried out and the equivalent circuit changes.


Government-employed community health workers in Bangladesh are essential actors in the COVID-19 response in communities. Ensuring the workers' equitable access to supportive mechanisms for their work, including training, infection prevention supplies, and supportive supervision, is critical for successfully preventing and managing COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Key Findings During the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh, across all health areas, community health workers (CHWs) described a slight decrease in the routine services they were able to provide due to restrictions in movement posed by lockdowns and other challenges. The government and various nongovernmental organizations provided supportive mechanisms to CHWs through training, supplies, and supportive supervision; however, these supports were not always uniformly distributed across cadres, leading to some discontent among CHWs. CHWs were crucial actors in the government's COVID-19 response, as they took on new pandemic-related responsibilities in their communities to prevent the spread of the disease while continuing their routine work. Key Implications Government actors such as policy makers and nongovernmental actors involved in the community COVID-19 response in Bangladesh should consider CHW perspectives on supportive mechanisms and include them in future pandemic programming. National stakeholders can strive to ensure equitable support, incentives, and supervision to family welfare assistants and health assistants working across all health areas as they undertake new COVID-19 responsibilities in their communities. ABSTRACT Introduction: Understanding community health workers' (CHWs) experiences of sustaining routine health care promotion and provision activities as well as their challenges in adopting new responsibilities within a dynamic context is critical. This study explored the roles and perspectives of CHWs within the government-led coronavirus disease (COVID-19) community health response in Bangladesh. Methods: We conducted a mixed methods study to explore the government's response to COVID-19 and its association with community health programming through a telephone-based survey of 370 government-employed CHWs. We also conducted 28 in-depth interviews with policy makers, program managers, CHW supervisors, and CHWs. We conducted exploratory and regression analysis of survey data and qualitative analysis of interview data. Results: The majority of CHWs reported receiving training related to COVID-19, including community-based prevention strategies from government and nongovernment stakeholders. Access to infection prevention supplies differed significantly by CHW cadre, and perspectives on the provision of adequate supplies varied qualitatively. CHWs reported slight decreases in routine work across all health areas early in the pandemic, and a majority reported added COVID-19-related responsibilities as the pandemic continued, including advising on signs/symptoms in their communities and referring suspected cases of COVID-19 for advanced facility care. Regression analyses showed that government support and integration of CHWs into their response—particularly being trained on COVID-19—predicted CHW capacity to advise communities on symptoms and provide routine services. Discussion: Government-employed CHWs in Bangladesh continued to provide health education and routine services in their communities despite pandemic- and response-related challenges. Varied support and differential CHW cadre-specific effects on COVID-19 awareness building in the community, referral, and routine service provision merit attention in Bangladesh's pluralistic community health system. While COVID-19 infection and government-mandated lockdowns restricted CHW mobility, the workers' capacity to continue service provision and education can be leveraged in vaccination and surveillance efforts moving forward.


With the fast development of computing, communication, control technologies, the proliferation of heterogeneous sensors with data communication capability can provide a wide variety of data for our daily life, such as road monitoring, health-care systems, structure health checking, military applications etc. However, there are still many interesting open research problems left to be explored as well as many issues to be addressed. In this special issue, we plan to focus on various research and application issues in heterogeneous sensors based object identification and information fusion. The first paper, 'A novel distributed air index for efficient spatial query processing in road sensor networks on the air' by Yanhong Li et al., explores the problem of spatial query processing in road sensor networks by means of wireless data broadcast. In addition it presents an efficient method to partition the record-keeping information about the underlying road sensor network and its associated objects, by which develops a fully distributed air index, called integrated exponential index, based on an extended version of the Hilbert curve. Besides, this paper also proposes efficient client-side algorithms to facilitate the processing of several kinds of spatial queries, including kNN query, CkNN query, and range query. The problem of enforcing the integrity of the outsourced data remotely is addressed in the paper, 'Parallel checking of content integrity in multi-cloud storage of heterogeneous sensor systems' by Jian Mao et al.. They propose a parallel cloud data possession checking scheme for the multi-cloud environment, which utilizes the homomorphic verification tag created by the Paillier cryptosystem to support unlimited query challenges and introduces the error-correction encoding method to ensure error localization and data correction. The paper, 'Subscribing to fuzzy temporal aggregation of heterogeneous sensor streams in real-time distributed environments' by J. Medina et al., presents an approach for distributing and processing heterogeneous data based on a representation with fuzzy linguistic terms, to solve the problems of the data fusion of sensors and the design of processing information. What's more, in order to illustrate the usefulness and effectiveness of this proposal, the authors present the results of the fuzzy temporal aggregation of sensor streams with alpha-cut subscriptions in a case study where an


Mineral filler is one of important materials and affecting on properties and quality of asphalt mixtures .There are different types of mineral filler depended on cost and quality , the matter encourages us to achieve this study to evaluate hydrated lime filler effects on properties of asphalt mixes related with strength and durability. Conventional asphaltic concrete mixtures with Portland cement and soft sandstone fillers and mixtures modified with hydrated lime were evaluated for their fundamental engineering properties as defined by Marshall properties , index of retained strength , indirect tensile strength , permanent deformation characteristics , and fatigue resistance .A typical dense graded mixture employed in construction of surface course pavement in Iraq in accordance with SCRB specifications was used .The materials used in this study included mineral aggregate materials (coarse and fine sizes) were originally obtained from Najaf Sea quarries and two grades of asphalt cements produced from Daurah refinery which are D47 and D66 . The physical properties , stiffness modulus and chemical composition are evaluated for the recovered asphalt cement from prepared asphalt mixes containing various filler types .The paper results indicated that the addition of hydrated lime as mineral filler improved the permanent deformation characteristics and fatigue life and the use of hydrated lime will decrease the moisture susceptibility of the asphalt mixtures. Key word: Hydrated Lime, Mineral Filler, Chemical Composition, Retained Strength Index, Indirect Tensile Strength, Indirect Tensile Creep, Indirect Tensile Fatigue, Rutting Distress, Absolute viscosity, Stiffness Modulus. Introduction Permanent deformation, fatigue and moisture damage are common distresses found in asphalt pavements today. In many cases , mineral fillers will increase the mixture stiffness. In Iraq , the performance of asphalt pavements has deteriorated over the last decade . Heavy axle loads coupled with the hot climate and poor drainage systems in middle part of Iraq are major contributing factors to the development of severe pavement distresses such as permanent deformation and loss of structure because of moisture damage. The use of lime to reduce moisture sensitivity has been promoted by FHWA for many years (Shah,1963). The structure of hydrated lime consists of different size fractions. The larger size fraction performs as a filler and increases the stiffness of the asphalt mixture. The smaller size fraction increases asphalt film thickness enhancing viscosity of the asphalt , and improving the asphalt cohesion and stiffness. Adhesion between the aggregate and asphalt increases (Dickinson ,1984) , resulting in decreased mixture segregation. The water sensitivity of asphalt mixes treated with hydrated lime and antistrip agents was evaluated previously (Kennedy et.al.,1982 and Kennedy et. al. , 1991). Results from these tests depended on the actual combinations of aggregate , asphalt and additives. However, Mohammed Abbas Al-khwarizmi Engineering Journal, Vol.4 , No. 1 PP 6879 (2008) 69 among the antistrip agents, hydrated lime was most effective in increasing the tensile strength and in improving the water sensitivity of the mixture. This paper presents the results of a comparative study conducted on various asphalt mixes with three different mineral filler types to determine if the use of hydrated lime as a mineral filler leads to any improvement in the fundamental engineering properties. In addition, effect of hydrated lime on physical properties and chemical composition of asphalt cement has been investigated in this study. Materials Asphalt cement The two grades of asphalt cement used in this work included: (40-50) and(60-70) penetration grade asphalt from Daurah refinery .The different physical properties of asphalt cement are evaluated according to ASTM standards including absolute viscosity (D2171) , standard penetration (D5),ductility (D113), specific gravity (D70) , solubility in trichloroethylene (D2042) and thin-film oven test (D1754). The chemical composition of the asphalt cement is determined by the modified precipitation method of Rostler (ASTM D 4124 ) , in which the asphalt is separated into four fractions (Rostler and Rostler ,1981) as shown in Table 1. The physical properties and chemical composition of the two asphalt types (D47 and D66) as well as State Commission of Roads and Bridges , SCRB (SCRB, 2003)specifications are presented in Table 2 . Aggregate and Mineral Filler Properties Mineral aggregate materials (coarse and fine sizes) were originally obtained from Najaf Sea quarries. The aggregate properties are listed in Table 3. Three different types of mineral filler were used as mineral filler in preparation of various asphalt mixes because these types were available in a large quantity during study period. The hydrated lime filler was obtained from Karbala'a factory. The Portland cement filler was brought from Kufa cement factory . The soft sandstone powder filler was obtained from Najaf Sea quarries. The physical properties of the mineral filler types are shown in Table 4. Asphalt Concrete Mixtures The asphalt concrete mixtures are prepared using crushed gravel and sand with three different mineral fillers and two asphalt cement types . The mid limits of the 12.5 mm nominal maximum size dense gradation in accordance with SCRB (SCRB, 2003) specification requirements are used in preparing six asphalt mixtures ( two asphalt cements and three mineral fillers) as reported in Table 5. The six asphalt mixture types included in this study are coded as shown in Table 6 . The optimum asphalt contents (O.A.C) of various asphalt mixtures which were determined from standard Marshall mix design in accordance with ASTM D1559 (ASTM,2003) are reported in Table 7 . Also, Marshall properties at (O.A.C) and SCRB (SCRB ,2003) specifications for asphalt mixes used in the construction of surface course are presented in Table 7. Fundamental Test Procedure Four fundamental tests were conducted to characterize the six mixtures and determining the effects of the hydrated lime mineral filler on the properties of asphalt mixes. Three specimens were prepared and the average results are reported for all tests .A brief description of each test is given below: Index of Retained Strength Test Index of retained strength test is used to evaluate moisture damage of asphalt pavement in accordance with method ASTM D1075 (ASTM ,2003). It is one of tests required by SCRB (SCRB , 2003) specifications to be performed on asphalt mixes used in surface course in addition to Marshall tests. This test is intended to measure the loss of cohesion resulting from the action of water on compacted bituminous mixtures containing penetration grade asphalt. A set of six cylindrical specimens 4 in (101.6mm) in diameter by 4 in (101.6mm) in height was prepared for each asphalt mixtures in according with the procedure described in the standard method of test for compressive strength of bituminous mixtures of ASTM D1074


We focus on motion estimation using a block matching approach and suggest using a minimum-entropy criterion. Many entropy-based estimation procedures exist, such as plug-in estimators based on Parzen windowing. We consider here an alternative that is applicable to data of any dimension and that circumvents the critical issues raised by kernel-based methods. To the best of our knowledge, this criterion has not yet been considered for image processing problems. The inherent robustness property of entropy is expected to provide a robust and efficient estimation of the motion vector of a block of a video sequence. In particular, the minimum-entropy estimator should be robust to occlusions and variations of luminance, for which standard approaches like SSD usually meet their limitations.


Mechanial deformation of the YBa2Cu301-o high temperature superconductor under a number of different processing conditions resulted in the formation of and edge dislocations, both having a (001) slip plane. Subsequent high temperature annealing at 9oo·c resulted in the formation of extrinsic stacking faults with a large separation of the partial dislocations, up to 0.35 Jlffi, suggesting a very low minimum stacking fault energy of 1.2 x 10-2 Jfm2. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) in conjunction with image simulations revealed that the stacking faults were comprised of an extra CuO plane between the Ba layers with an offset of b/2. The stacking fault vector of 1/6[031] requires some separation of the Burgers vectors into the c-axis direction. A model in which [010] separates into 1/6[031] + l/6[03I] is consistent with the observed stacking faults.


Foreword H.Pharo Introduction: Peacemaking in Asymmetrical Conflicts M.Fixdal PART I: THE MIDDLE EAST Peacemaking as State Diplomacy: Samuel Lewis C.Daigle & T.Wittes The Sustainable Dialogue Approach: Harold Saunders C.Albin & A.Jarblad The Psychology of Peacemaking: Terje Rod-Larsen K.Aggestam Pro-Active Peace Diplomacy: Jan Egeland H.H.Waage PART II: THE BALKANS The Priority of Peace: Thorvald Stoltenberg M.Fixdal The Undiplomatic Diplomat: Peter Galbraith M.Fixdal & I.O.Busterud Peacekeeping and the Utility of Force: General Sir Michael Rose J.W.Honig Peacemaking in a Transitional Phase of Statehood: Hans Haekkerup A.J.Semb Peacemaking and State Creation: Soren Jessen Petersen P.V.Jackobsen Peacemaking in Conflicts over Independence: Martti Ahtisaari S.Bose Postscript: War and Peace in a Trans-national Age J.Winter


ABSTRACT DEVELOPING MUSCLE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE FOR MANY ATHLETES. BECAUSE EMERGING EVIDENCE CHALLENGES TRADITIONAL BELIEFS REGARDING THE PRESCRIPTION OF HYPERTROPHY-FOCUSED TRAINING PROGRAMS, THIS REVIEW PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE RELATING, SPECIFICALLY, TO PROGRAMMING VARIABLES. EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE DESIGN OF EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE-TRAINING PROGRAMS, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING AN ATHLETE'S SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS.


Introduction: The impact of frailty on patients with chronic pancreatitis has not been studied previously. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality, readmission rates, and healthcare utilization among hospitalized pancreatitis patients in the United States. Methods: A retrospective study using Database on with a validated The NPHL group had higher rate of malignancy (29/105; 28%) compared to those with AP (35/305; 11%, p , 0.0001). NPHL patients without malignancy had a higher mortality rate (63/80; 80%) compared to those without malignancy in the AP group (17/270; 6.3%, p , 0.0001). The most common malignancy in patients with AP was breast (6/35; 17%, vs. 3/29; 10%, p 5 0.4943). In NPHL, the most common malignancies were pancreatic (4/29; 14%, vs. 3/35; 9%, p 5 0.6920) and bowel malignancies (4/29; 14%, vs. 4/35, 11% p 5 1.0000). Conclusion: Patients withNPHL without malignancyhave higher mortalitythan thosewith pancreatitisdespite lower serum lipaselevels. A limitationof our study is thedi ff erence betweenage and BMIof AP versus NPHL patients. Whether this impacts the prognostic relevance of NPHL on survival need to be explored in future studies.


Taguchi Ukichi's Nihon kaiks shoshi first published in 1877 was an instant bestseller. It was part of the so-called 'Bunmeishi', i.e, Enlightenment history, widely written and read during the late 1870s and the 1880s. Enlightenment history was accepted by Japanese intellectuals as the answer to their quest for a new and rational form of history writing. Taguchi's book was one of the first of that kind. The characteristics of Nihon kaika shoshi can be summerized into two elements. Firstly, it strove for a rational and systematic history, criticizing the earlier imperial histories as irrational. Secondly, it paid high regard to the role of the general population, denouncing the repressive government. The popularity of Enlightenment history in the Meiji teens had clear political connotations. Most of all, it had sympathy with the Popular Rights movement in its vision of the New Japan. Both agreed on the central role of the general population in the construction of the modem Japanese state. In particular, Taguchi's history shared with the Popular Rights movement the vision of placing the general population in the center of the new nation. With the decline of the Popular Rights movement, the emphasis of Enlightenment moved from the popular elements to methodological issues, as clear in the case of Miyake Yonekichi's books. In short, Enlightenment history in Meiji Japan reflected the historical stage in which Japanese society searched for a new kind of state-building. In particular, Taguchi's history provided a historical model for the Popular Rights movement. However, as Japanese society moved away from the movement, Enlightenment history also shedded off political implications, indulging in methodological issues.


Multi-level classes, which have become a permanent fixture in many schools, are often difficult to effectively evaluate, says the author, a former foreign language teacher. She offers some guidelines for administrators who are evaluating multi-level for eign language classes.


ABSTRACT Engagement with heritage is a potential site for the exploration, creation and re-creation of identity. Leisure, a cultural manifestation, provides a path to the better understanding of heritage and identity construction. The purpose of this paper is to explore how religious leisure, particularly circumambulation and pilgrimage, contributes to the building of identity. Nine Tibetan students in a key university in eastern China were selected for interview by snowball sampling. Results show that their religious leisure is not only a way to experience and keep their heritage, but it also plays an essential role in their identity formation, which fell into three stages, i.e. identity development, identity maintenance and identity moderation/reconstruction. This research reflects the call for interdisciplinary studies between leisure and heritage studies.


In order to achieve the fusion of innovation chain and fund chain in strategic emerging industries, improve industrial innovation performance, and realize capital appreciation, based on the connotation and structural characteristics of the two chains, this research analyzes and summarizes the fusion mechanism from three aspects, including the elements, the process of fusion as well as the law of evolution. After research, it is found that the fusion of the innovation chain and fund chain is to integrate on the basis of synergy, then, deepen the synergy and form a spiral system. Lastly, from the point of view of fusion elements, a strategy which can promote the incorporation of the two chains is proposed. This research can be regarded as a reference for the fusion development of the innovation chain and fund chain in strategic emerging industries.


database at the Norwegian Cancer Registry. Results from the Norwegian cervical cancer screening programme have been published in international medical journals (1–3). In order to do so, the SNOMED codes had to be translated into BS. A national advisory group is continuously evaluating the cervical screening programme. The lack of a unifying terminology/classification system with clearly defined subclasses and a wish to have a nomenclature that is familiar to most colleagues in scientific publications, were important reasons for our decision to adopt a somewhat modified BS. The issue was discussed at the annual meeting of the Norwegian Society for Clinical Cytology (NSCC) in 2002, but apart from that there has not been much debate, perhaps indicating that we were ripe and really in need of a change. The Norwegian BS will be used as of 1 January 2005. The recommendations for cytological follow-up, eventually biopsy confirmation, will not be changed, but HPV-testing will be required in equivocal and low-grade cases (ASC-US and LSIL). We do not expect major changes in diagnoses and reporting. Even so, proper introduction and training is important, and will be the main topic of the coming annual meeting of the NSCC and future diagnostic courses.


This paper describes a recently developed syntactic foam material designed to collapse under precisely defined conditions of temperature and pressure to protect ultra-deep high pressure offshore oil and gas wells. Each grade of syntactic foam is engineered to have a specific set of characteristics, tailored for the region of the well it occupies. In the startup phase, the materials remain intact, with no significant volume change. As pressure and temperature in the well rise during operations, the materials begin to compress and relieve pressure in the narrow, confined space of the annulus. Finally, when conditions reach preset limits, the syntactic foam undergoes a sudden and dramatic collapse, preventing excessive overpressure, and protecting the steel casing. An important advantage of this material is that it is passive, requiring no controls or active intervention. It responds automatically to protect the well casing from overpressures and temperature spikes. The properties of the material can be adjusted to suit a wide range of conditions inside a given well, or from one well to another.Copyright © 2003 by ASME


The article discusses (the restoration of a sense of) continuity as a necessary part of transformative learning. Using the lenses of rhythm theory, biographical learning, and memory studies, it highlights both the individual and social dimensions for making sense of the past after a period of change. Discussing the example of an individual transformation and the social transition of Eastern Europe in the 1980s–1990s, it explores two aspects of the transformation process: the need for stability and the selective and altering nature of our process of remembrance. It advocates for developing the capacity to reflect on how we relate to our past and how we narrate the course of our lives.


Abstract The addition of ethylene-propylene random copolymer (EPR) to polypropylene (PP) homopolymer and the synthesis of polypropylene/ethylene-propylene block-sequential copolymer (PP/E-P) have been developed in order to improve upon the mechanical properties of PP resin. The block-sequential polypropylene/ ethylene-propylene copolymer or the appropriate blend of EPR with PP gives improved impact properties without loss of elastic modulus [1–3].


The COVID‐19 pandemic has been an unprecedented public health emergency with wide‐ranging psychological impacts. The resulting uncertainty surrounding employment, finance, and health could impact how individuals think about and pursue their personal goals. Specifically, we anticipated that pandemic‐related goals would be perceived as less controllable, presenting a unique opportunity to test effects of controllability on self‐regulation. We elicited spontaneous self‐regulatory thought (SRT) data for personal goals related and unrelated to COVID‐19, predicting that (A) the relative prevalence of different SRT modes (e.g., dwelling, indulging, mental contrasting) would differ between COVID‐related and unrelated goals;and (B) the typical motivational benefit of mental contrasting (i.e., considering a desired outcome followed by present obstacles) would be attenuated for COVID‐related goals. As anticipated, UK‐resident adults (n = 288) judged COVID‐related goals such as keeping one's family safe to be less controllable compared to unrelated goals, and tended to engage different SRT modes (e.g., higher incidence of dwelling vs. indulging). Mental contrasting occurred equally for both goal types, but when predicting goal commitment, its typical beneficial effect was absent for COVID‐related goals. Results are consistent with the proposition that low subjective control influences both the cognitive processing of goals (i.e., promoting dwelling) and subsequent motivational outcomes. This poses a challenge to current theory, calling for greater emphasis on controllability as a contributing factor in self‐regulation and goal pursuit. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Applied Social Psychology is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)


Final planning and development is underway for a High Capacity Mobile Telecommunications System (HCMTS), a nationwide, compatible, cellular system that will permit a dramatic increase in the quantity of available mobile telephone service in the United States. In this cellular system the total coverage area is divided into a grid of small hexagonal cells. The radius of each cell is planned to be eight miles for startup systems, but might eventually shrink to one mile (by cell splitting) as traffic density increases. Mobiles located within the cells are serviced by low-power 850 MHz FM transceivers contained within cell-sites which are situated at alternate corners of each hexagonal cell. Two types of antennas may be used at a cell site. A startup system would employ omnidirectional antennas, since for this case traffic density is low and it is important to minimize first cost. Mature, high density systems, would employ three sets of directional antennas at alternate corners of each cell site, arranged such that the 120deg; beam from each antenna set would illuminate the interior of the corresponding cell. All cell sites are interfaced with one central control and switching center, the Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO), by means of four-wire voice and data trunks. A call from the DDD telephone network is first routed to the MTSO, then over a voice trunk to the cell site which is to serve the mobile, and finally over an available radio channel to the called mobile. At call setup the mobile is located by measuring its received signal strength and range. During the call the mobile may be relocated several times a minute. If the mobile enters a new cell it is "handed-off" to a new cell site and radio channel by digital commands from the MTSO.


Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in individuals receiving dialysis can have devastating consequences with a mortality ranging from 21% to 27% (1–3). In Ontario, Canada, the risk of infection for patients on in-center hemodialysis was 2.5 times higher than home dialysis (1). In Europe, only 125 patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) contracted SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with 3160 receiving in-center hemodialysis, although the coronavirus disease 2019–attributable mortality was similar at 20% (2). Patients on PD may be at less risk because they have less comorbidity, but also, they have a greater ability to self-isolate. Although hemodialysis programs have instituted strict practices to prevent transmission, outbreaks within hemodialysis units have been reported among staff and patients (4). PD offers the advantage of being a simpler form of home therapy to institute with less training time than home hemodialysis. For these reasons, it seems prudent to promote PD during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. One of the key steps to expanding PD is successful PD catheter insertion, which requires advanced planning, prioritization of operating room time, expansion of percutaneous methods, and new operator training. Government policy and patient education should reframe PD access as a potentially lifesaving procedure (Figure 1). The most common method of creating elective PD access in North America is laparoscopic catheter placement. Laparoscopy enables PD access in patients with prior major abdominal surgeries, previous peritonitis, and pronounced central obesity. Laparoscopic PD catheter implantation permits adjunctive procedures (e.g., rectus sheath tunneling, omentopexy, and adhesiolysis) to prevent common mechanical complications, such as leaks and flow restrictions. Disappointingly, the North American PD Catheter Registry reveals that these advanced proactive techniques are only being used less than half the time (5). Laparoscopy requires general anesthesia, representing a contraindication in patients with significant comorbidities, especially acute pulmonary disease. During intubation and extubation, only anesthesia personnel should be in the operating room and attired in appropriate personal protective equipment (N95 masks and face shields or goggles) because it is an aerosol-generating procedure. Even though preoperative SARS-CoV-2 testing may be negative, consideration should still be given to using precautionary measures. To date, there has been no substantial evidence against the use of laparoscopy during the pandemic. Aerosolization of the virus from the abdominal cavity can be minimized by effective evacuation of smoke from electrosurgical devices and using reduced abdominal insufflation pressures. Fortunately, laparoscopic PD catheter insertion seldom requires energy devices or high pneumoperitoneum pressures. During the pandemic, acute PD has been used to treat AKI with percutaneous catheter placement at the bedside by a surgeon or nephrologist or percutaneous insertion by a radiologist using ultrasonographic and fluoroscopic guidance (6). The advantage of this approach is that the procedure can be performed under local anesthesia. Contraindications for percutaneous placement include previous multiple or major abdominal surgeries, marked central obesity, significant abdominal wall hernias, and the inability of the patient to lay flat or control anxiety. Percutaneous techniques, even with image guidance, do not allow adhesiolysis or omentopexy, resulting in a higher incidence of catheter flow dysfunction, necessitating laparoscopic revision at a time when operating room resources are already strained. Despite these limitations, expanding percutaneous approaches, which may be more common outside North America, should occur where possible. Pericatheter leakage is a possible complication with all methods of insertion. The risk of leaks can be minimized by paramedian catheter insertion through the body of the rectus sheath and muscle, musculofascial tunneling of the catheter in a long tangential passage through the rectus sheath, positioning the deep Dacron cuff in the rectus muscle, and placement of a fascial purse-string suture around the catheter (7). Both laparoscopic and percutaneous methods introduce port and sheath conduits for catheter insertion by radial tissue expansion as opposed to cutting a pathway through Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California


Jacob Kats, a weaver, emerged as a playwright, an orator and a journalist very soon after Belgium became independent. He spoke up for his fellow workers in all these capacities and thus participated in the first social struggles in Belgium. This article highlights several events in 1836, when Kats enjoyed initial success with his documentary theatre avant la lettre, in which he focused on his personal life and that of his fellow workers. Also, in the same year, Kats established a socialist periodical, Den Waren Volksvriend(The True Working-Class Friend), in which he denounced social abuse. And he set up a public meeting with workers and sympathizers to talk about social rights and obligations in an orderly way. However, material progress was not the only issue Kats was concerned about. Social struggles in the newly-independent Belgium were also about the intellectual, artistic and political emancipation of the working class, as has been indicated by Jacques Ranciere's La nuit des proletaires, a study about the early French labour movement.


To better define the role of 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) on transcriptional regulation of the human tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α gene, monocytic human THP-1 cells were transfected with two TNF-α promoter constructs spanning base pairs −1897/−1 and −1214/−1, respectively, and linked to the rabbit β-globin gene. Quantitative globin gene expression of chimerae was measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. A construct linking the chicken β-actin promoter and a deleted portion of the β-globin gene was cotransfected and used as internal standard. Unexpectedly, when THP-1 cells were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide or toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, gene regulation was hardly detected. In contrast, endogenous TNF-α gene regulation measured by the same reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction procedure was vigorous. Remarkably, ligation of 3′UTR to chimeric constructs led to a drastic drop in the basal level of chimeric gene expression, resulting in a 15- to 40-fold induction of the reporter gene. Consistently, when the TNF-α promoter was replaced by the cytomegalovirus early immediate promoter, gene expression was also uniformly reduced but was no longer up-regulated upon stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. These data provide the first line of evidence that, in addition to its role in TNF-α transcript stability and translation, human TNF-α 3′UTR also participates in modulating gene expression at the transcriptional level.


Globalization connotes the interconnectedness and increasing interdependence of the world. This condition is experienced as transformative. This is not to assert that the world used to be entirely disconnected. There has always been travel, but with much less intensity. Technologies—paper, for example, the printing press, or the military possibilities of the horse—did travel worldwide, transforming the world, but they did not lead to the interpenetration of the world to the point of inseparability. Nile Green has elegantly argued in his article "Spacetime" that the impact of new technologies in steam and print generated not only routes between spaces, but the integration of space/time in fundamentally new ways. The web of interactions spread worldwide, reshaping the local, as well as the global. As Green explained, "the new deracinated notion of a 'Muslim world' spread to all corners of the globe" (American Historical Review, 2013, p. 118). In this book, Green takes up the question of global Islam, which he defines as "as the doctrines and practices promoted by transnational religious activists, organizations, and states during the era of modern globalization" (p. 1). In Green's rendering, global Islam emerged as a solution to the "actual or perceived threats from colonialism, nationalism, socialism, and capitalism, along with the materialist drift of modernization and the cultural pressures of globalization itself" (p. 2). Despite similar impulses propelling the creation of global Islam, Green warns against oversimplifying the results. "Globalization has not brought about a single, unified Islam," he notes, but rather "a more complex kaleidoscope of shifting and competing forms of faith" (p. 2). In four succinct chapters organized chronologically, Green explores the various individuals, movements, and states which have articulated and propagated various "global Islams" over time, from the age of empire, to the present. This is a valuable book, particularly for Green's ability to capture the longer histories of these new global Islams—their inception, evolution, and deployment of new technologies, such as the cassette tape, television, and the internet, to "go global." It is also geographically capacious, discussing global Islams wherever they emerged and developed: in the Middle East, but also in South Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. While it is outside the purview of this short introduction, we need to remember that it was not only opportunity that led to the redefinition of Islam, but necessity. The emergence of new Islams was tied to the fragmentation of authority—the destabilization of religious tradition, traditional institutions, and actors that lost their monopoly on Islam. Global B O O K R E V I E W S


Influences of certain insecticides, i.e. abamectin, Primiphos methyl Bemistop, Trigard and pyriproxyfen versus releasing the ectoparasitoid, Diglyphus isaea were evaluated to estimate their effectiveness for controlling the leaf miner liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) infesting Phaseolus vulgaris grown under field and glass house conditions. Results indicated that all treatments caused increased in the tested pest's and Diglyphus isaea populations in both applications. Highest reduction values in L. trifolii population occurred after 1 and 2 applications of Trigard (87.2 & 81.0%) followed by Actellic (68.6 &75.8%), Vertimec (67.5 &75.3 st nd %) and Admiral (60.5 & 66.2 %). While the low effect was shown after treatment by Bemistop (54.9 &57.1 %). In case of releasing Diglyphus isaea in the green house, data showed that in order to obtain satisfactory control of Phaseolus vulgaris, weekly releases of the parasitoid are needed and that the rates of 4/30 and 2/30 (parasite / larvae) proved as best rates for release. Therefore, D. isaea can be considered a good promised control element especially in successful release of some IPM programs of Phaseolus vulgaris grown under glass house conditions.


Entanglement of bosonic modes of material oscillators is studied in the context of two bilinearly coupled, nonlinear oscillators. These oscillators are realizable in the vibrational-cum-bending motions of C-H bonds in dihalomethanes. The bilinear coupling gives rise to invariant subspaces in the Hilbert space of the two oscillators. The number of separable states in any invariant subspace is one more than the dimension of the space. The dynamics of the oscillators when the initial state belongs to an invariant subspace is studied. In particular, the dynamics of the system when the initial state is such that the total energy is concentrated in one of the modes is studied and compared with the evolution of the system when the initial state is such wherein the modes share the total energy. The dynamics of quantities such as entropy, mean of number of quanta in the two modes and variances in the quadratures of the two modes are studied. Possibility of generating maximally entangled states is indicated. PACS: 03.67.Bg, 03.65.Ca


Since the publication of Between Facts and Norms, Habermas's concept of communicative power has been the topic of significant discussion. This article contributes to this conversation by examining Habermas's account of what makes communication powerful. I argue that Habermas's conception of communicative power describes a nonviolent and noninstrumental mode of acting and being with others in language. This mode of engagement underwrites a conception of power that is structurally different from willing, one that builds meaningful worlds and (trans-)forms those engaging in communicative procedures. In drawing out this aspect of Habermas's conception, I show that he is not a rationalist and proceduralist whose account of communicative procedures protects decision-making from irrational aesthetic powers. Rather, he presents communication as a mimetic achievement, a set of aesthetic practices and experiences that affectively alter its participants. With this position, Habermas makes an important contribution to and not just against the analysis of the aesthetic dimensions of political life. In casting communication as a mimetic achievement, Habermas presents an account of how communication opens worlds and forms subjects. Yet since these aspects of communication arrive in linguistic form, he can also examine affective and aesthetic experiences within discursive procedures. We can understand world-opening and aesthetic (trans-)formation as an essential part of democratic politics while also identifying the perspectives and resources by which actors can reflect on and critically evaluate whether an opinion is justified or whether a political project is worth pursuing.


Jugular venous pressure (JVP) assessment is an important step in cardiovascular examination. JVP is an indirect measure of right atrial pressure / central venous pressure. The desire to measure JVP at bedside, though necessary during physical examination, is not easily achieved in most cases because of the difficulty in application of the two-ruler traditional method for its assessment. Jugulometer, a medical device designed and introduced at Ile-Ife in Nigeria for the purpose of non-invasive measurement of JVP at bedside. It is portable and easy-to-use. It consists of two bars (horizontal and vertical). The horizontal bar is embedded with spirit level while the vertical bar is graduated in centimetre. The two bars are assembled perpendicular to each other with a special mechanism which enable the vertical bar to slide over the horizontal bar without disrupting their perpendicular relationship. Jugulometer simplifies non-invasive measurement of JVP and makes the procedure more reproducible at bedside. This article is a documentation of the description, history of evolution of jugulometer and its uses in cardiovascular medicine and education. In conclusion, jugulometer is a medical device introduced at Ile-Ife in Nigeria to advance the traditional method and skill of non-invasive bedside assessment of jugular venous pressure.


The Mandarin Ba-construction is one of the most challenging constructions for L2 learners. The present study attributes the difficulty in developing the taxonomic representation of the Ba-construction to the interference of competing constructions. I conducted a syntactic priming experiment to investigate the representational relationship between the Ba-construction and its SVO counterpart in native Mandarin speakers and L2 Mandarin learners with or without the equivalent of the Ba-construction in their L1. It was found that native speakers and L2 learners whose L1 features a structure equivalent to the Ba-construction represented the two constructions distinctly, manifesting as a resistance to priming and a robust syntactic preference for the Ba-construction in the picture description task. Conversely, L2 learners whose L1 does not possess an equivalent of the Ba-construction were sensitive to syntactic priming, which indicates a lack of taxonomic representations of the Ba-construction in relation to its SVO counterpart. Such reduced differentiation between the two target constructions suggests a blocking effect that stems from L1 interference.


Objective:The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of oxidative stress generated by stroke upon erythrocytes' membrane and plasma and upon antioxidant enzymes in hypertensive patients associated with stroke.Design and method:This study has been done on 80 patients:40 male and 40 female aged


There are many natural resources available in the nature to produce power like solar, wind, bio-gas and hydel etc. By producing power through these resources, we can decrease the burden to the other power generation units. In this project we are using the application based on the hybrid power systems like (SWHPS). It includes solar radiations, solar panels, turbine, permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), controller, converter and finally inverter. In this photovoltaic method the algorithm used is (P&O) for both power systems as a control logic for increasing the power generated using the method called maximum power point tracking system (MPPT). In this project we will show the total survey of power controller is done by P&O algorithm for both hybrid power systems, the MPPT controller is executed through Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) by both renewable sources in hybrid power systems. MPPT controlled boost converter is common for both power generation units. The voltage and current are the common inputs for the hybrid power systems but the wind generation unit has the extra input known as speed related to the PMSG device. The SWHPS with the Fuzzy Logic Control based MPPT exhibits for having a greater and quick run when related with the other controllers. In this the presentation of the various implementations (solar, wind) of MPPT controller are explored through this project are shown in Matrix laboratory application through simulation. Simulated outputs are in the load voltage, load current and load power of SWHPS.


In this paper, we deal on the time scale that its delta derivative of graininess function is a nonzero positive constant. Based on the Taylor formula for this time scale, we investigate the difference transform method (DTM). This method has been applied successfully to solve Riccati type difference equations in quantum calculus. To demonstrate the ability and efficacy of this method, some examples have been provided.


Despite the fact that the residents' participation is stipulated to possibly make and propose maintenance plan by law, in reality, it is merely the maintenance planning by most government and specialists and pros and cons voting level of citizens. This is because support for general citizens to participate in writing process of technical maintenance plan is not prescribed. For this matter, this study will debate on residents' passive local activities of the housing maintenance process that include maintenance after the repair, not formal/passive residents' participation by beneficial support of administration, will create self-supporting resident organization, and will provide support system/method of related activities. For this reason, example of successful housing regeneration of depressed region, Ballymun in Ireland, is selected, and analyzed Ballymun regeneration newsletter, which has been published from the initial point of regeneration period. Based on the case of continuos resident-led community development through residents' participation program after the repair of physical regeneration, the effect of local newsletter and program are analyzed. This study will introduce various examples of residents' participation programs, clarify the effect of residents' participation program through newsletters of introduced regions, and introduce and debate on overall process, which groped for support of specialists and government for residents' participation newsletter publication support. This study establishes and progresses the plan from early stage of housing regeneration business to show how local regeneration is effectively and smoothly accomplished, when programs, which residents voluntarily participate in, is executed centered around people and society in process of physical environment completion and development. Also, this study is effective in terms of accumulating data of program execution, and how it can be reflected on additional planning. Also, it will have significant value as good example of housing regeneration maintenance process for other regions.


Unstable software requirements are common and call for Agile practices. On the other hand, quality standards and recommendations, to which companies must adhere to play in selected markets, enforce formality in the development process. We present an approach, tailored for a real company, which reconciles these extremes. We used as inputs the original software development process and its formality constraints, the difficulties felt by the company, and various agile approaches. The outcome has been tested in various cases with encouraging results regarding awareness over project progress, requirements management, control of allocated effort and time, and product quality. Although the approach was customized for a specific company, it may be insightful to others facing similar challenges.


Palliative care has emerged in response to the comfort needs of the terminally ill cancer patient. From our experience with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients and their families in different care settings, we believe that palliative care is also an appropriate approach for this population. The extent to which palliative care, as it is generally practised, fits the needs of the ALS patient and family and the ways that palliative care should be adjusted to meet their needs are discussed in this paper.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-0852 / A comparative analysis of two different imaging systems to study urinary stone characteristics by an Urologist and a Radiologist" by: "F. Balestra, G. Grimi, S. Tresoldi, N. Flor, E. Montanari, G. Cornalba; Milan/IT"


Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of Acid Red 112 by TiO2 nanoparticles Titanium dioxide (TiO2), also known as titanium (IV) oxide or titania is the naturally occurring oxide of titanium [1]. Titania is a very well-known and well researched material due to the stability of its chemical structure, biocompatibility and better physical, optical and electrical properties [2]. Basic chemistry and physical properties of TiO2 have been understood and used by man for centuries. TiO2 naturally occurs in three crystalline phases: anatase, rutile, and brookite. Of these, anatase and rutile are the most commonly encountered phases. Rutile is the thermodynamically stable form of TiO2 at all temperatures and at normal pressures. The melting point of rutile ranges from 1830 °C to 1850 °C. Anatase transitions to rutile upon heating and this phase transformation occurs across a broad temperature range of about 500 °C to 900 °C, depending on the type of sample.


Standards GB 150.3-2011 and JB4732-1995 (Confirmed in 2005) provide design methods for the cylindrical pressure vessels with spherically dished head under internal pressure. It is available for the ratio of the internal pressure p to the allowable stress Sm, p/Sm≥0.002. Engineers desire the design curves for p/Sm<0.002. This paper presents a stress analysis method based on elastic thin shell theory for a spherically dished head jointed to the end or the middle of the cylindrical shell. The design criteria in the current standards are modified. Based on the theoretical stress solution and design criteria, the suitable range of the design curves is extended to p/Sm≥0.001. Nonlinear elastic perfectly-plastic finite element method ensures the reliability of the design curves.