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[The fourth edition of the French translation of Francesco Colonna's Poliphilus , published in 1600 (reprinted in or shortly after 1610) is the least known. Closer examination reveals that the editor of this fourth edition, Francois Beroalde de Verville, added various paratexts. In so doing he not only placed the original text in an alchemical atmosphere (quite in accordance with the mannerist ideas of his time), but also treated it as an iconographic manual., The fourth edition of the French translation of Francesco Colonna's Poliphilus , published in 1600 (reprinted in or shortly after 1610) is the least known. Closer examination reveals that the editor of this fourth edition, Francois Beroalde de Verville, added various paratexts. In so doing he not only placed the original text in an alchemical atmosphere (quite in accordance with the mannerist ideas of his time), but also treated it as an iconographic manual.]


The economics contains its original humane foundat ion.The "egist idea" of Smee has become the basis of market economic system.Ge rson discovered the regular pattern of reducing edge-effects step by step and m aximus law of hedonism.Kane used peoples basic law of psychology and successfu lly realized the policy of macro-adjustment.Becker analysed economy of human be haviour and solved many difficult issues of development from the human nature.Th e system economics may perfect human nature,promote peoples positiveness by sy stems stimulation and restrict peoples negatineness by systems limitation which have become the key of development.The essential purpose of developing eco nomy is to fully develop human nature and in turn the development of human natur e also has a great anti-function for economic development.


This paper introduces a new image feature, in the form of a signature, based on the color and spatial information of images. It also presents a fast simple filter for image retrieval in terms of this feature. Requiring little storage space, the proposed filter can prune away many unqualified images quickly. The experimental results are also given to show the performance of the filter.


The performance and power of the memory system cannot gradually follow the improving speed and power of the computational cores. To improve the memory performance, the L3 cache implemented with SRAM is generally used. However, the SRAM is not suitable for L3 cache, which has a low access rate (about 0.01%) and a large capacity (tens of MB) because the SRAM L3 cache has large area and consumes significant amount of leakage power. The STT-MRAM which is a next-generation memory, has a smaller cell area and very lower leakage power than that of SRAM. However, STT-MRAM is slower than SRAM in read and write operations, but it is fast enough to be used in the L3 cache. In this paper, we evaluate the STT-MRAM L3 cache by comparing with the SRAM L3 cache in 7nm FinFET process which maximizes the performance and integration of cores. Compared to the SRAM L3 cache, the STT-MRAM L3 cache has 50% smaller area, consumes 95% smaller leakage power. Although STT-MRAM has penalties in read/write latency and dynamic energies, these problems can be ignored because of low access rate of L3 cache. Therefore, it is attractive to replace the SRAM with ultra-low leakage STT-MRAM for L3 cache.


Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is responsible for more than one million hospital visits and causes disability and death in all age groups and genders. Every day, 153 people die from injuries including traumatic brain injury. Methods: We use a retrospective, cross-sectional study design. We collect data from patients admitted to our hospital on November 2018 that was diagnosed and treated for traumatic brain injury. The clinical information at follow-up was also analyzed. Results: We collected 60 cases of TBI, that consist of 35 male (58%) and 25 females (42%) with an average age of 18-39 years. 42% of patients had post-traumatic amnesia. The leading cause of TBI was from motor vehicles accident, which constitutes to 90%, followed by falls (8%) and others (i.e. self-harm and assaults 2%). Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) were examined, and we found 85% of patients presented with GCS scores > 9 and 25% with score < 8. Brain Ct scanning findings showed cerebral oedema (25%), epidural hemorrhage (18%), intracranial hemorrhage (15%), and subarachnoid haemorrhage (12%). Laboratory findings showed an increase of leukocyte count (80%), high segmented neutrophils count (72%), hyperglycemia after TBI (7%), hyponatremia (2%), hypernatremia (11%), hypokalemia (22%), hyperkalemia (17%) and hyperchloremia (30%). Conclusion: We reported 60 cases of TBI and collected demographic data upon patients arrival in the hospital, such as; GCS score, brain imaging and laboratory findings. This information can help prevention strategies, identify research and education priorities, and support service needs among those living with TBI.


After three successive treatments with oxamniquine the continuing elimination of Schistosoma mansoni eggs was observed in patients, who came from various regions of Brazil, with different clinical forms of schistosomiasis. The objective of the present study was to determine the experimental behaviour of five different S. mansoni isolates in Swiss Webster mice that were submitted to treatment with the same drug. The experimental group with failure of treatment showed higher mean number of surviving male worms when it was compared to the group without failure of treatment. These date suggest the possibility of resistance to oxamniquine.


In this paper we will try to question a dominant idea about the political intervention of the argentine bourgeoisie: the strength of the most concentrated agrarian bourgeoisie to impose their-corporate economic interest to different government in the second half of the twentieth century, discussing the appropriateness of the concept of "oligarchy." After critically assessing the production on the issue, we'll analyze some quantitative data that allow us to question the dominant assumptions. Finally, we present a case study in which we will observe the political relationship established between the agricultural bourgeoisie and the governments that followed the 1966 coup. Specifically, the efforts of the various teams that passed through the Agriculture portfolio between 1966 and 1971, their relationship with agricultural corporations and the limits found to display their policy.


By basing on observations of skeletal structures of the Sun and assuming that some of them are located inside of star, and also that a filamentary (linear) matter (whose a model earlier was put forward by B.U. Rodionov) is in basis of these internal structures the author consider possible processes of images formation of these structures inside the Sun and theirs coming out into space and also gives an elementary estimations of its parameters, which allow: i) to form their images in a flux of electronic neutrinos; ii) to carry out these images from within of the Sun into space; iii) to develop these images in form of a concomitant flux of soft x-ray, which next is recorded by telescope of soft x-ray. It is supposed the processes considered here, actually, can be accepted as future base of neutrino astronomy with high spatial resolution.


An obstacle avoidance mechanism is developed in this paper for formation control of multiple mobile robots. This mechanism is designed based on the sequential situations when the robots likely have a chance to collide with each other. First, the obstacle avoidance is enabled if the distance between robot and obstacle is smaller than a designed distance and the obstacle is located on the way where the robot is moving to. Second, the time to turn on the mechanism for obstacle avoidance is decided by a predefined distance. Finally, an alternative path is generated for the robot to avoid obstacles by using a vector operation. Meanwhile, a robot behavior-based formation control is also constructed which has architecture of three levels. The developed mechanism is applied to the formation control of a group omni-directional driven robots. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is efficient for robot formation control.


Speed loop is the key factor affecting the performance of induction machine (IM) drives. Conventionally, the proportional integral (PI) controller is applied for its simple implementation and static-errorless; however, its performance degrades apparently under sudden external load torque changes. To address this problem, this paper presents a nonlinear control strategy, combining the conventional PI control with a high-order fast terminal sliding-mode (HOFTSM) load torque observer. The external load torque is estimated online by the proposed HOFTSM observer, and then the estimated torque is used as feed-forward compensation for the PI controller. Moreover, the designed HOFTSM observer shows superiorities in fast convergence rate and chattering elimination. Comparison experiments show that the load torque rejection of the IM speed loop is significantly enhanced by using the proposed approach.


Targets and objects registration and tracking in a sequence of images play an important role in various areas. One of the methods in image registration is feature-based algorithm which is accomplished in two steps. The first step includes finding features of sensed and reference images. In this step, a scale space is used to reduce the sensitivity of detected features to the scale changes. Afterward, we attribute feature points that obtained in the first step, descriptions using brightness value around the feature points. In this paper, a new algorithm is proposed based on Binary Robust Invariant Scalable Keypoints (BRISK) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithms. The proposed algorithm uses the directional pattern to describe the edges which are around the keypoints. This pattern is perpendicular to the direction of keypoints which shows the direction of the edge and provides more useful information regarding brightness around the feature point to make descriptor vector. Furthermore, in the proposed algorithm, the output vector consists of multilevel values instead of binary values which means further useful information is involved in the descriptor vector. Also, levels of output vectors can be adjusted using a single parameter so that the processor with low computing ability can tune the output to a binary vector. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is more robust than the BRISK algorithm and the efficiency of the algorithm is about the same as BRISK algorithm.


This essay reflects on the prison stories of three women migrant workers in Hong Kong. All three women initially entered Hong Kong as domestic workers, then overstayed their visas and worked illegally before surrendering to immigration and serving prison time. Their stories of life inside and outside of prison raise many questions, especially about the forms of power and control they encountered. Drawing from what Deleuze, building on Foucault, has provocatively characterized as "societies of discipline" and "societies of control" (1992), I show how both sorts of discipline and control (and punitive sovereign ones) coexist in migrant's lives. Prison, as Foucault described, is characterized by carceral forms of discipline aimed at reforming individuals. Women's experiences of prison, I argue, are colored by its conventional disciplinary form and function, including expectations of post-incarceration societal reincorporation. Life outside of prison, by contrast, is characterized by more fluid and diffuse assemblages, information technologies, and networks of control. The lives of overstayers before prison, can offer them freedom and temporary escape from networks of control, but also produce anxiety, fear, and exclusion. These women's experiences thus point to limitations and provocative aspects of Foucault and Deleuze's models, and to ways in which migratory lives are shaped and characterized by multiple types of control and discipline.


Plasma heating was studied in a cusp-injection magnetic trap where both an intense rotating relativistic electron beam and a plasma are confined. A mirror system is selected because many exploratory experiments have already established that intense relativistic beams can be trapped and various mechanisms for energy transfer have been discussed in the literature. An analysis Was carried out which shows that the decay of the return current in the proposed geometry produces a very strong trapping mechanism similar to the resistive rings employed by Christofilos. If the resistive medium is the plasma through which the beam passes, the problems inherent in external resistive rings are absent. The objective of the program is to study the various heating mechanisms in a situation where the beam is confined in order to determine which mechanisms are important and are consistent with confinement. Calculations for the decay of the azimuthal return current show that ions will be primarily heated, which is to be contrasted with earlier calculations of decay of the current which mainly heats electrons. A detailed design of the experiment was carried out including a cost analysis. In addition, some questions concerning stability of a rotating annular beam were resolved. (auth)


[1] Doppler-shift measurements of the thermospheric 630.0 nm emission recorded by two spatially separated imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometers in Alaska have been combined to infer F region horizontal wind vectors at approximately 75 locations across their overlapping fields-of-view. These "bistatic" horizontal wind estimates rely only on an assumption regarding the local vertical wind (and assume a common observing volume), and thus represent a more direct measurement of the wind than do the monostatic (single-station) vector wind fields routinely inferred by these instruments. Here we present comparisons between both the independently derived monostatic wind fields from each instrument and the bistatic wind estimates inferred in their common observing volumes. Data are presented from observations on three nights during 2010. Two principal findings have emerged from this study. First, the monostatic technique was found to be capable of estimating the actual large-scale wind field reliably under a large range of geophysical conditions, and is well suited to applications requiring only a large-scale, 'big picture' approximation of the wind flow. Secondly, the bistatic (or tristatic) technique is essential for applications requiring detailed knowledge of the small-scale behavior of the wind, as for example is required when searching for gravity waves.


Venous stasis ulcers are the most common cause of ulceration of the legs. Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) may develop at the sites of chronic venous leg ulcers, although this event is rarely described in the medical literature. PG should be suspected in susceptible patients whose venous leg ulcers undergo inexplicable and painful deterioration. PG misdiagnosed as vascular ulcers has also been reported. This fact also stresses the importance of an extensive search for etiologic factors apart from the macroscopic aspect of the ulcer, including Doppler ultrasound and cutaneous biopsy. On the other hand, several studies confirm that relevant arterial and venous diseases can be found in approximately half of the patients with rheumatoid disease (RD), and it has been suggested that revascularization and vein surgery improve the healing of leg ulcers in patients with collagen vascular disease.


According to the problems exited in the coordinated control system for primary frequency regulation and AGC, the optimal solution for a 600MW ultra-supercritical coal fired units is proposed in details. It has been proved by experiments to improve the stability of the grid, reduce the grid frequency fluctuations, and enhance the ability of the grid to against accidents, which should be widely used.


Abstract Public responses to the risks of both a novel emerging pandemic and of getting vaccinated against that disease affect both population health and wider societal relations, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify factors – including demographics, beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 and its vaccines, trust of authorities – associated with vaccination intentions, as prior pandemic studies did not converge on explanations, and potential factors from risk analysis remained untested. It also tested whether and how such associations changed over time, as previous cross-sectional studies could not assess whether prior intentions entirely determined later intentions. A nationally representative sample of Americans was surveyed in late October 2020 (n = 1028), before vaccines became available in the U.S., and in February 2021 (n = 803), when 11% of U.S. residents had been vaccinated. The survey instrument asked about vaccination intentions and hypothesised factors in both waves. Perceived vaccine attributes (efficacy, riskiness, affect, dread), seasonal flu vaccination experience, and trust in authorities and belief in conspiracy theories were the strongest factors overall, particularly in Wave 2 (with Wave 1 intentions as a control); demographics were stronger factors when COVID-19 vaccines were still hypothetical. The strongest factors in vaccination intention concerned vaccine experience and vaccine beliefs and attitudes potentially influenced by education, and by trust and belief in conspiracy theories, likely more resistant to change. Further use of this novel longitudinal design, which revealed moderate differences in intention-predictive factors over time, is warranted in future research on vaccine hesitancy.


Technological characteristics of Prestressed High-strength Concrete(PHC) pipe pile are summarized.Through analysis the technological principle of PHC pipe pile,construction technology and key points for construction operation of this kind of pile are introduced,at the same time practical quality control measures are proposed.In the end combined with practical construction works elaboration is made,in order to promote the application of PHC pipe pile.


Abstract Seagrass ecosystems are important contributors to mitigation of climate change, since they are responsible for large carbon sinks. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the importance of variability of carbon storage in various ecosystems. In this study, we estimated carbon storage in several structurally different seagrass meadows along the west coast of Thailand and determined whether degree of exposure, human disturbance, and meadow type influenced carbon storage within these meadows. Carbon content within the living vegetation was on average 3±2.7 Mg ha−1, whilst average storage of carbon in the sediment was 122±35.3 Mg ha−1. Meadow type and disturbance had a significant influence on total carbon storage in the ecosystem, while the degree of exposure of the bay did not show great differences. Uniform meadows had a higher average total carbon storage than mixed meadows (133±36.2 and 110±41.3 Mg ha−1, respectively). Undisturbed meadows had a higher average total carbon storage than disturbed ones (140±36.5 and 103±34.8 Mg ha−1, respectively). The results obtained contribute to our understanding of carbon storage on an ecosystem scale and can provide a baseline for proper management, conservation, and climate change studies in the region.


Aim:  The association of serotonin 1A receptor (5‐HTR1A) gene polymorphisms with suicidal behavior has been reported in several previous studies, but the results have been inconsistent, which might be due to ethnic differences. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate the association between polymorphisms −1019C>G, 47C>T (Pro16Leu) and 815G>A (Gly272Asp) and suicidal behavior, taking into account age, gender, and the presence of stressful life and loss events in 1 year prior to suicide.


1. A method of encoding video data, the method comprising the steps of: - determining the context for encoding the transform coefficient of the video block of video block based on the area in which there is a conversion factor; u entropy coded transform coefficient using a certain konteksta.2. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein the region comprises one of a first area containing one or more of the upper left 4x4 sub-blocks of transform coefficients of a video block and a second region containing the transform coefficients of the video block beyond the first region.3. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein the region comprises one of a plurality of video block, wherein each of the domains comprises respective sets of one or more subunits videobloka.4. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein the encoding transform coefficients comprises the step of encoding one or more of relevance information associated with the transform coefficient level information and sign information conversion coefficient associated with preobrazovaniya.5 coefficient. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein the video block comprises one of a transformation unit (TU), the prediction unit (PU), coding units (CU), the largest coding unit (LCU) and blokov.6 group. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein a context definition comprises the step of determining a context using one of the content information based on the position and context information based on the environment based on oblasti.7. A method according to Claim. 1, wherein a context definition comprises the step of determining the offset applied to the context based on the position for the video block based on a


We develop a volatility estimator that works in the presence of (i) dependent noise which can have diurnal features and be dependent on the latent price process, and (ii) irregular observation times which can be endogenous. Our estimator can hence be directly applied to tick-by-tick data. We show that the estimator enjoys the optimal rate of convergence. Simulation as well as empirical studies demonstrate clear advantages of our proposed estimator.


Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of magnesium sulfate combined with dexamethasone in the treatment of patients with explosive deafness.Method Thirty five cases were randomly divided into two groups:combined therapy group(n=20) and glucocorticoid group(n=15).The subjects had received magnesium sulfate plus dexamethasone therapy in the combined therapy group and dexamethasone therapy in the glucocorticoid group.The routine audiometric evaluation and ABR testing were performed and recorded pre-and post-treatment.The statistical analysis was carried out on the data obtained from two groups with SPSS 11.0.Result The hearing of all the patients ware improved after treatment,but there were stastistically significant differences between two groups.Conclusion Magnesium sulfate combined with dexamethasone had better effect than the therapy with alone dexamethasone on preventing sensorineural hearing loss after acoustic trauma by explosion in patients.


Traditionalism, difficult transformation and hard adaptability to demanding and changing market, are characteristics of construction industry. Compared to the other industries those characteristics can be called disadvantages. The effort of construction companies to maintain pace through its business and competitiveness with the current market is perhaps the main reason for problems they are dealing with today. Foresight and clear business strategy are obvious solutions to be one step ahead on the current market and to be a respected competitor. In time of the economic crisis this might be difficult to achieve. Other industries found the solution in reengineering which has been showed in long terms successful. In this paper authors have analyzed reengineering and its aspects as a possible response to construction company's poor performance. In the first part of the paper authors analyzed experiences with reengineering in companies which are not in construction sector, abroad and in Croatia, then they discuss the conditions and possibilities for implementation of reengineering in construction companies based on the case study construction company. This paper aim is to determine the methods, the most appropriate way and time to carry out the reengineering in construction companies. It has been pointed that reengineering as a Business Process Reengineering (BPR), which has been helpful for companies in non-construction sectors, isn't fully applicable for companies in construction sector.


Remittances are an important source of external financing for a country like Morocco. We show in this paper the properties of these financial flows. Indeed, we show that remittances are more stable than foreign direct investment. They are pro-cyclical in some periods and countercyclical in others. We show also that they reduce the gender inequalities in education. They do not cause Dutch disease and promote financial development. While Moroccan officials in charge of migration issues have managed to maintain an uninterrupted flow of transfers for decades, but the question of the assignment is acute. The multiplication of actors in charge of migration issues is a key obstacle to the effectiveness of these transfers. An aggiornamento of governance of migration issues in Morocco seems more than necessary.


Crystals of Na 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].H 2 O and K 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].2H 2 O were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions at T < 503 K. Their crystal structures were determined from single crystal X-ray data (Na 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].H 2 O : a = 9.716(1)A, b = 5.203(1)A, c = 13.362(2)A, β = 115.03(1)°, Z = 2, space group C2, R = 0.033 and R w = 0.036 for 1683 reflections, sin ∂/λ ≤ 0.707 A -l ; K 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].2 H 2 O : a = 9.964(4)A, b = 5.237(2)A ; c = 14.307(6)A, β = 89.67(5)°, Z = 2, space group C2, R = 0.053 and R w = 0.053 for 1437 reflections, sin ∂/λ ≤ 0.707A -1 ). A pronounced C2/m pseudo-symmetry is observed especially for the potassium compound : non-space-group restrictions according to this local higher symmetry were applied to some of the structural parameters during the refinements. Both compounds form topologically the same [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 .(AsO 4 ) 2 ] layers, linked to each other by alkali atoms and by water molecules : The Bi(III) atoms are coordinated one side by four nearest neighbors, the Cu(II) atoms show a [4 + 1] and [4 + 2] coordination. The different stereochemical behavior of the alkali atoms Na and K obviously requires the incorporation of one and two H 2 O molecules per formula unit, respectively. Adjacent layers are shifted by a/2 ; in addition, the layers are more apart in K 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].2 H 2 O as compared to Na 2 [Bi 2 Cu 3 O 4 (AsO 4 ) 2 ].H 2 O, thus increasing the interlayer space.


An indoor feeding experiment using 16 late lactation Friesian dairy cows measured effects of increased proportions of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus; Lotus) in the diet on the partitioning of nitrogen (N) between milk, faeces and urine. Cows were housed in metabolism stalls for 12 days and fed diets containing 0%, 15%, 29% or 45% Lotus (% Lotus dry matter (DM) per DM intake (DMI)) with the remainder perennial ryegrass pasture. Increasing the proportion of Lotus in the diet did not affect DMI but increased milk (P <0.001) and milksolids yields (P <0.01). The percentage of N intake partitioned to milk increased from 16% (0% Lotus) to 21% (45% Lotus) (P <0.01) with an increasing proportion of Lotus in the diet. The percentage of N intake excreted as faecal N also increased from 29% (0% Lotus) to 38% (45% Lotus) (P <0.001) while the percentage excreted as urinary N was reduced from 49% (0% Lotus) to 34% (45% Lotus) (P <0.01). Partitioning of N towards faeces has a favourable environmental impact since faecal N is largely retained in soils whereas urinary N is subject to volatilisation as ammonia, losses as nitrous oxides (a greenhouse gas) and leaching into groundwater.


OLED metal substrates on one surface of the Fe-Ni alloy substrate graphene composite oxide layer is formed and is provided with a method of manufacturing the same. According to the invention, the flexible, it is possible to provide a heat radiating property, domestic minute component, OLED metal substrate for which the economic efficiency, while the workability is excellent, and the control of the surface roughness and the coefficient of thermal expansion easy.


[Objective]To understand the status of food hygiene in Tieling,strengthen inspection and management to food processing and shop food,improve the quality of food hygiene.[Methods]834 food samples collected in 2005 were tested for total number of colony,coli group and pathogenic bacteria.[Results]Among 834 samples,the qualified rate for the total number of colony,coli group and pathogenic bacteria was 86.93%,89.57% and 100.00% respectively.The qualified rate of the samples was 85.25%.Refrigerated beverage was seriously contaminated,the qualified rate was only 64.29%.[Conclusion]Preventive and regular supervision and management to food enterprises should be strengthened especially during summer.


A reading list that consists of valuable articles on dentistry is compiled quarterly to assist the practitioner in the development of an effective home-study program. One year after the initiation of the program, a questionnaire was mailed to the participants to determine the effectiveness of this endeavor. Feedback from the questionnaires indicated a favorable reaction and an enthusiastic desire for the continuation of the program. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry compiles quarterly a reading list that is designed to keep the practitioner abreast of current developments within the profession.


The interest for traditional genetic resources, here comprised local pig breeds, has been increased in the last decades. Yet, at the time being, majority of local pig breeds still need to be supported with subsidies to ensure their conservation. However, the best strategy is if breeds could reach self-sustainability which is possible by an efficient marketing strategy of their products. The majority of studied breeds in project TREASURE are untapped, so the ambition is to develop an "umbrella" collective trademark that would gather together all breeds and that would create added values for their products. Major socio-economic aspects related to the implementation of the collective trademark include rights, responsibilities and expected added value for end-users. Based on the results obtained by an internal survey conducted in TREASURE, we have identified the main features of the collaborative trademark: 1) it should attract end-users such as farmers, breeders associations and meat processors; 2) it should be developed and promoted by an operational committee of end-users, under the coordination and supervision of TREASURE Consortium; 3) it should emphasize local pig genetic resources as the key common point, considering also production systems and nutrition; 4) it should explore possible collaboration or conflict with existing EU protected products (PDO, PGI, TSG) in order to optimally promote local products. An overview of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the context of pork value chains existing in the European Union is presented and prospects for TREASURE trademark analysed.


We showed earlier that BAGE (B melanoma antigen) loci are hypermethylated in normal tissues and hypomethylated in 98% of human cancers. More recently, we provided evidence that hypomethylation of BAGE loci represents an informative marker for colon cancer detection. In this study, we show that hypomethylation of BAGE loci was an early event that occurred in 43% of colorectal adenomas. Interestingly, hypomethylation of BAGE loci was frequent (50%) in tubulo-villous and villous adenomas, these adenomas having a high probability of being transformed into colorectal cancers.


mangrove communities (mangals) by Leeuw et al. matches nicely Plaziat's chapter that specifically discusses these complex ecosystems. But overall interconnections and cross-references are too seldom spelt out, and might argue that without a wider synthesis progress may be delayed. Somehow, despite the scope and timeliness of these well-edited reviews, there is an aura of complacency. Have we really got everything sorted out? S. Conway Morris


The invention discloses an automatic material-changing device. The automatic material-changing device comprises a first track, a second track, a telescopic device, a picking device and a control device, wherein the second track is movably connected to the first track; the telescopic device is movably connected to the second track; the picking device is connected to the telescopic device; the control device is used for controlling the second track to move on the first track in the first direction, controlling the telescopic device to move on the second track in the second direction and to stretch out and draw back for driving the picking device to move in the third direction and controlling the picking device to pick and place materials. Accordingly, by arranging the first track extending towards the first direction, the second track extending towards the second direction and the telescopic device which can stretch out and draw back in the third direction, the picking device can be made to move to any positions in a space for picking and placing the materials, so that automatic material changing is achieved; manual operation is avoided, the labor cost is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved; in addition, the structure of the device is simple, the cost is low, and material changing is conducted rapidly, accurately and safely.


Acoustic sensors derived from U.S. Navy equipment used to locate enemy submarines could help doctors detect brain aneurysms, according to scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Brain aneurysms dilate blood vessels and may cause them to rupture, leading to crippling or even death if the aneurysm is not found soon enough and cannot be controlled.


a new signal processing method is put forward in basis of geomagnetic sensor for High Rolling Velocity Guided Projectile (HRVGP), whose Zero Position of Rolling Angle (ZPRA) is unable to bind directly and whose real-time rolling angle can be recorded. Through reconstructing attitude transformation matrix, the mathematic model of computing method of ZPRA is established. Then it's used the model to compute and simulate the ZPRA in the foundation of triaxial geomagnetic information simulated by Matlab R2006b/Simulink, and it is validated by the pitching experimentation of the sample magnetic product. The results indicate that the computing method of ZPRA can be used in some type of guided projectile.


Prior et al. complain that our study is flawed because it relies on an inadequate estrogen deprivation concept as the sole explanation for differences found in the prospective data for midlife women. However, our study was not designed to sort out the complex physiological changes of perimenopause, and our naming of the groups as "postmenopausal" (PM) and "estrogen replete" (ER) groups was not intended necessarily to reduce the perimenopausal changes to one idea, "estrogen deprivation." We could just as well have labeled the groups "menopausal" and "menses continuing." Either way, the study accomplished what we set out to do, that is, to track longitudinal changes in bone mass across menopause. It focused on accompanying changes in bone mass and in serum levels of estradiol and gonadotropin. It showed that those still making or receiving estrogen did not experience the bone loss of those whose menses ceased. Finally, and probably most important, at least in our view, itquantifiedthe changes occurring at this important life stage. We argue that although estrogen deprivation may not be the total explanation for physiological changes at the time of menopause, it must be a principal component thereof. For example, Fig. 1A from Recker et al. (1) shows that serum estradiol levels declined in parallel with decline in bone mass and began nearly 2 years before the last menstrual period, about the time the decline in bone mass began. The decline in serum estradiol levels was profound, reaching approximately one-fifth or one-sixth baseline values. Further, spinal bone mineral density (BMD) showed no decline in the group that we labeled "estrogen replete." In addition, the small rates of decline in total body and hip BMD in this group were not different from the rates occurring in the other group before and after the period of perimenopausal loss. Thus, although progesterone levels surely fluctuated and tended to decline at the same time estrogen levels fluctuated and declined because of ovarian failure at menopause, surely, estrogen deprivation was a prominent, if not the only, component of the transmenopausal changes in bone mass. Prior et al. suggested that we used a mechanism to allow use of all the data by labeling "estrogen replete" those women who continue to menstruate as well as those who started hormone therapy before menopause. We point out at the definition of menopause was cessation of menses followed by 12 months of no menses, serum estradiol levels of ,20 pg/ml, and serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels.74 mIU/ml. Surely, this definition qualifies as estrogen depletion regardless of whatever else is happening. Those criteria were not met by any of the 10 menstruating women who were included in the estrogen replete group. Further, there were no significant differences in any of the variables measured among the estrogen replete group when sorted by ovariectomy, exogenous hormone therapy, or normal perimenopause, although the numbers were too small in each of these subgroups to detect anything but fairly large differences. We point out that the serum FSH levels tended to rise in th estrogen replete group although mean serum estradiol levels were higher in that group than in the combined group at baseline. This accords with the suggestion by Prior that other physiological events are taking place, perhaps including changes (lowering) in progesterone levels in perimenopausal women who are continuing to menstruate or who have exogenous hormone therapy. Prior et al. suggest that because progesterone levels are low at perimenopause, exogenous progesterone therapy alone would be a more appropriate therapy in the years b fore the last menstrual period and that prescription of estrogen may have negative consequences. We suggest that although that may be true, there are insufficient clinical trial data to support that and it is not standard practice in most communities. Exogenous progesterone therapy also may have negative consequences.


The situation produced by the First World War greatly influenced communities of European immigrants in America, like the settlement of Finns at Astoria, Oregon. The war changed the relationships of Finns there among themselves, with their old homeland, and with the American population of the town. These changes, the last in particular, were felt most acutely by a large group of Finnish socialists. The war encouraged them to increased activity and brought to the Americans a heightened awareness of them both as foreigners and as radicals. This led to attempts by the Americans to suppress radicalism among the Finns.


RANZCP Keynote Abstract

Background: Emotional dysregulation secondary to borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be exacerbated in the postnatal period, related to the developmental tasks of motherhood. In addition, infants of mothers with BPD often show a pattern of disorganized attachment that can further amplify maternal distress. There is limited research describing treatment models for BPD in the postnatal period. The Fiona Stanley Hospital Mother and Baby Unit (FSH MBU) is a new unit, offering multi-disciplinary psychiatric treatment for a broad range of mental health problems, in an inpatient setting, for women referred with their babies under the age of 1 year.

Objectives: To examine the rate of referral and admission of mothers with BPD in comparison with mothers with other diagnoses admitted to the FSH MBU and to describe the development of an evidence-informed treatment model of care for this patient group.

Methods: Retrospective case note audit of all admissions to the FSH MBU in its first 12 months (February 2015–2016), to examine psychosocial needs and outcomes and to correlate these with standardized screening tools. Furthermore, identification of treatment goals and treatment pathways for mothers with BPD will also be examined.

Findings: Mothers with BPD are frequently referred for admission to the FSH MBU due to emotional dysregulation, comorbid depressive or anxiety disorders or complex social problems impacting their ability to cope with the care of their infants. They often face multifaceted challenges that require comprehensive assessment and care.

Conclusions: Data collected and analysed will be essential to the understanding of the needs of these women and their families as well as necessary service provision. Collaboration between Australian MBUs with regard to further research and to refine current treatment models for this patient group is needed.


Using aspen alkaline peroxide mechanical pulp( APMP),chemithermomechanical pulp( CTMP),kraft pulp( KP)and wheat straw CTMP as material,before enzymatic bleaching,the pulp was moderately pretreated by ionic liquids of Bmim Cl1. 0%( relative to the amount of dry pulp,the below was the same) and Emim DMP 1. 2%,respectively. The results showed that ionic liquids could optimize the pulp enzymatic bleaching properties,and Emim DMP gave better results. The whiteness of poplar kraft pulp( KP) increased by 4. 27 %( ISO),opaqueness increased by 2. 46%,and the tensile index,burst index,ring crush index,tear index as well as the folding number of wheat straw chemithermomechanical pulp( CTMP) forming paper increased by12. 21 %,29. 80 %,22. 45 %,44. 82 % and 52. 50 %,respectively,after the pretreatment of Emim DMP. The fiber quality analysis( FQA), X-ray diffraction( XRD), and scanning electron microscope( SEM) were employed to characterize its properties. After pretreated with ionic liquid,there was a improvement of fiber quality with the average length increasing,the fines content reducing,and the fiber crystalline increasing. The crystalline of Emim DMP pretreated poplar KP increased by11. 21 %. The surface of pulp occured obvious fibrillation,and this phenomenon could increase the penetration of liquids.


The utility model provides an auxiliary vertical device of a laser ranging device, which resolves the problem in the prior art that detectors have large working intensity and measurement data are likely not accurate in detection of volume of large-sized containers, especially oil storage tanks. The auxiliary vertical device comprises a vertical rectifying device provided with a part connected with a laser ranging device body. The auxiliary vertical device has the advantages of improving accuracy of measurement data of the laser ranging device, reducing measurement times and operation difficulty, reducing working amount of the detectors and the like and is mainly used for helping the laser ranging device to accurately measure relative data of the large-sized containers.


Our research was devoted to the impact of broadband pulsed THz radiation in the frequency range of 0.05 to 2 THz on the neurite growth in the sensory ganglia of 10-12-day chicken embryos. Dependence of changes in functional responses of cells on the average output power has been found.


In 314 women with advanced progressing adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus (endometrial cancer) no longer responding to established anticancer measures, hydroxyprogesterone caproate Hydroxyprogesterone caproate, 17‐alpha‐hydroxy‐progesterone‐n‐caproate; Delalutin, E. R. Squibb and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1.0 or more g/week intramuscularly for 4 or more weeks) induced an objective response (averaging 20 months in duration) consisting of regression in 30.2% or arrest of the disease in 6.8%. These responders survived an average of 27 months, four times as long as the nonresponders. The incidence of responders was significantly greater in patients with slowly growing tumors and in those treated for 12 or more weeks. Neither the objective response rate nor the duration of survival was influenced significantly by the age of the patient, the amount of hydroxyprogesterone caproate per week, the site of neoplastic metastasis or recurrence, the type of previous anticancer therapy, or presence of concomitant established anticancer therapy. Hydroxyprogesterone caproate (up to 7.0 g/week) was safe and well tolerated; undesirable manifestations occurred infrequently.


The concept of distance is one of the basic concepts in Mathematics. How fa r two objects (vertices) are apart in a discrete stru ctu e is of interest, both theoretically and for its applications. Since discrete structures are naturally modeled by graphs, this leads us to studying distance in graphs. Starting from Me nger, an explosion of interest in finite metric spaces occurred. Now finite distance metric have become an essential tool in many areas of Mathematics. This paper discussing about f our distances in weighted graphs, namely distance , strong geodesic distance , strongest strong distance and -distance . They are all different metrics in weighted graphs . When strength of connectedness between every pair of vertices and in equals to the weight of the edge , , becomes self-centered with respect to the metrics , , and . Also it is proved that every connected weighted graph is elf centered as well as –self centered.


Kinematic and statistical descriptions of the physical aspects of speech and music are given in this paper. As the speech or music proceeds, the kinematic description consists in giving the principal melodic stream, namely, the pitch variation and also the intensity and the quality variations. For speech and song, the quality changes are principally described by giving, besides the main melodic stream, two secondary melodic streams corresponding, respectively, to the resonant pitches of the throat and mouth cavities. To this must also be added the positions of the stops and the high pitched components of the fricative consonant sounds as functions of the time. The statistical description consists in giving the average, the peak, and the probable variations of the power involved as the various kinds of speech and music proceed. These general ideas are illustrated by numerous experimental data taken by various instrumental devices which have been evolved in the Laboratories during the past fifteen years.


Variety of bibliographic resources disposed in Scientific electronic library is shown. Possibilities of their use in the process of bibliographic aids and bibliographic service both researchers and professional bibliographers are defined. Main variants of search and use of prepared bibliographic information and also creation of indexes and bibliographies (thematic/subject, personal, mono-documentary, poly-documentary, current, retrospective) are examined.


We describe the clinical prevalence and profile of dia betic children seen in our centre over a 1-year period. All subjects admitted for type 1 diabetes within the review period were recruited. Data retrieved include age, sex, family history, clinical features, and anthropometry. Eight subjects were admitted with a hospital prevalence of 10.1/1000 per year. Mean and modal age were 12 years and 15 years respectively. Five were newly diagnosed (prevalence of new diagnosis 6.3/1000 per year). Five (67%) had a family history of diabetes. Major complaints were polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia. Two had altered sensorium on admission. Five (67%) had a body mass index (BMI) >-2 standard deviation Z scores. Six (75%) were in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) on admission. All DKA subjects had sepsis. Complications noted during admission were cerebral oedema (1) and acute kidney injury (1). Seven were discharged, while one subject died. This paper highlights an emerging problem in our environment. Efforts need to be intensified in education of health workers and the populace at large for quick presentation and prompt diagnosis.


The present article describes the application of a new capillary rheometer that allows direct measurements of pressure in the capillary 1 . Commercial canned Norwegian liver paste was used as a food material for testing the new instrument which is made as a fixture in a Lloyd LR50K Plus texture analyzer. The tested rheometer seems to represent a new and feasible objective off-line method for texture characterization of liver paste (Herschel-Bulkley fluid). Further testing and optimization of the equipment is continuously going on.


A solution of astatic attitude control problem for an aircraft is considered. The traditional solution method on the base of integral for the error can lead to the system dynamic accuracy breakdown. In the paper a contradiction between dynamic accuracy and the request of an astatic control is solved on the base of variable structure control principle.


The quality of the scallop embryos is determined by the spawners characteristics as well as by the external factors they support during the maturation and the spawning phases. All these parameters are not still well controlled during the artificial conditioning in the hatcheries. As a consequence, the quality of the embryos is drastically variable and with them, the lanme performances in terms of survival and growth rates. It would be interesting to get a simple and quick test which would allow the estimation of the spawns quality. The embryos density, evaluated by isopycnic centrifugation of percoll medium, is well adapted to this objective. Actually, a centrifugation of embryos two hours after fertilization separates them in 3 stratum with their density ranging from 1,018 to 1,075. The medium stratum contains the best embryos. The relative thickness of this medium stratum is positively correlated with the larvae survival at day 2, 9 and 16, and with the larvae growth between day 2 and day 23. That is why the thickness of this medium stratum is a good indicator of the quality of the spawning.


Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to design a DVL-RPM based VKF (Velocity Kalman Filter) design for a performanceimprovement underwater integrated navigation system. The proposed approach relies on a VKF, augmented by a altitude fromEcho-sounder based switching architecture to yield robust pe rformance, even when DVL (Doppler Velocity Log) exceeds themeasurement range and the measured value is unable to be valid. The proposed approach relies on two parts: 1) Indirectfeedback navigation Kalman filter design, 2) VKF design. To evaluate proposed method, we compare the results of the VKFaided navigation system with simulation result from a PINS (Pure Inertial Navigation System) and conventional INS-DVLmethod. Simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the underwat er navigation system assisted by the additional DVL-RPM basedVKF in underwater environment.Keywords: IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), Kalman filter, VKF (Velocity Kalman filter), INS (Inertial Navigation System) Copyright© ICROS 2013


The maxillary canine is commonly displaced or impacted. Monitoring the normal development of the dentition is important to identify and treat potential problems and hence minimise the need for later, more complex therapy. This paper discusses some problems that may occur and the subsequent treatment of these problems, by illustration with five case reports.


Background: This programme targets community living clients with emotional or sleep disturbance, anxiety and dissatisfaction with present life style. It aims at promoting happy lifestyle through happiness inducing activities, goal setting and health qigong Baduanjin in a small group format. The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an occupational lifestyle redesign programme. Methods: Forty-nine subjects (12 male, 37 female; age range from 45 to 87 with mean age 69.34 years old) were recruited from two district elderly centres and one general out-patient clinic (GOPC) starting in 2007. Subjects were allocated into seven groups undergoing and eight-session lifestyle redesign programme. The WHO-5 Well Being Index (WHO-5), Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS; Hong Kong Chinese version) and General Happiness Scale (GHS; Hong Kong Chinese version) were used as outcome measures. Data were captured at pre and post-programme. Subjects from GOPC were also assessed again at 3-month and 6-month follow-up. Results: Seven subjects dropped out of the programme. Results of the remaining 42 subjects were analyzed by paired sample t tests using SPSS. There were significant differences between the preand post-test scores for all assessments, the WHO-5 (p = .001; 95% CI, –5.434, –1.633), LSS (p = .009; 95% CI, –4.405, –0.668), and GHS (p = .000; 95% CI, –5.699, –2.001). Analysis of the GOPC groups (n = 17) showed significant difference also in the preand 6-month follow-up scores for the GHS (p = .025; 95% CI, –0.873, –3.162). Conclusion: This programme seems effective in improving happiness and life satisfaction for community living clients.


Women, Violence, and the "Arab Question" in Early Zionist Literature Andrea Siegel This dissertation examines the themes of rape and domestic violence in Zionist literature on the "Arab Question" published in Hebrew from the last years of Ottoman rule in Palestine through to the 1929 riots that erupted during the British Mandate. By bringing to light the import of rape and domestic violence in works by authors such as L.A. Arieli, Yehuda Burla, Aharon Reuveni, Yitzhak Shami, and Shoshana Shababo, I demonstrate that Zionist motions of race and gender developed in an intertwined manner as writers imagined the future of JewishArab relations in Palestine. Moreover, while scholarly treatments of gender in the yishuv have thus far largely concentrated on questions of masculinity, I show how reading for masculinity and femininity together reveals Zionism's horrorstricken sexual underbelly; as authors do away with early fantasies of JewishArab interweaving in an increasingly volatile political climate, they translate pogrom-associated fears of bodily violation from Russian and Eastern European settings into the Palestine arena. In novels, short stories, poetry, medical literature, and propaganda pamphlets Zionist intellectuals also urge reform of Jewish family life, sexual partnering, and hygiene education̶this, all the while that they mount a case against turning to the Arabs as a viable folk source and partner for the New Jew.


The inspection target region of the surface of the steel material, the first and second illumination light can be discriminated, respectively irradiated with substantially the same incidence angle from a direction inclined opposite to each other, illuminated by the first illumination light a first image of the examination target region which is, respectively imaging a second image of the examination target region that is illuminated by the second illumination light. Generates a difference image between these first and second images, from the bright portion and a dark portion of the difference image, the bright portion along the predetermined direction corresponding to the irradiation direction of the first or second illumination light and based on the dark part of the sequence, to remove the bright portion and a dark portion of the combination of the convex portion of the examination target region, based on the remaining bright portion and a dark portion of the shape feature or sequence along a predetermined direction after the removal process on, to determine the presence or absence of the recessed portion in the examination target region and detects the depressed portions was determined that as the surface defects of the steel material.


A flux-reversal permanent-magnet motor with the magnetic-differential application is presented in this paper. The motor adopts radial-field double-rotor structure. By artfully integrating a set of windings into the motor, the motor is able to realize differential without the bulky differential gear, making the propulsion system in electric vehicles more compact and reliable. The scheme to optimize this newly proposed motor is discussed in detail in this paper. One of the key requirements of the optimization is to keep the inner and outer rotors having balanced torques while maintaining relatively large torque, as well as keeping the torque ripple low. The optimized trapezoidal armature current largely improves the efficiency of the proposed motor. Performances of the presented motor, including the back electromagnetic force, the torque, and the differential mechanism, are thoroughly studied by implementing finite element method.


Using daily returns to LIBOR and the US Treasury, we study prominent non-parametric jump measures to test whether the periods of highest jumps occur at the same time as FOMC and MPC meetings, and NBER recession periods. The results suggest important behavior patterns of the FOMC and MPC; unscheduled meetings by the Fed tend to occur before dates when jumps in UK and US interest rates are strongly correlated and in the presence of jumps in monetary policy. The suggested patterns provide implications for portfolio managers who can use jump detection to devise strategies for optimal diversification of correlated events.


[Extract] Australia enjoys one of the highest life expectancies and one of the best health care systems in the world. Yet the persistence of huge social, economic, educational and health gaps between the first Australians and the rest belies claims to inclusive social policy and universal access to health care. Where other OECD countries appear to have narrowed their Indigenous health gap over past decades, Australia seems uniquely unable to achieve this, and still reports a 17-year difference in life expectancy.


Feminist translation theory maintains that translation is the media for the translators and feminists to realize their theoretical and political destination and advocates that translation should be the language space for those women who employed feminist translation strategies.This paper attempts to investigate the application of the feminist translation strategies and to realize creative infidelities in literal translation.


AbstractThe following sections are included:What Is the Definition of "Public Services"? How Are They "Regulated"?Do International Investment Agreements (Whether Bilateral, Regional or Multilateral) Cover "Public Services"?Investment Liberalization and Investment Protection Provisions in International Investment AgreementsAdditional Provisions in Investment Agreements Relevant for "Public Services"Impact of International Investment Treaties on "Public Services": Investor-State ArbitrationsEmergency legislation and gas transportation sector in Argentina: CMS v ArgentinaUniversal service obligation in the telecommunication sector in Hungary: Telenor v HungaryTermination of 30-year concession agreement for the provision of water and sewage services in the Argentine province of Tucuman: Vivendi v ArgentinaReversal of privatisation of the energy sector in Hungary: AES v HungaryReversal of liberalization in the health insurance services in the Slovak republic: Eureko v Slovak RepublicImpact of International Investment Treaties on "Public Services": Preliminary FindingsConclusionReferences


The quasi-mutual entropy in the Jaynes–Cummings model is rigorously derived without using the diagonal approximation. The variation of the correlation in this model for the time development and the statistical mixture parameter is discussed.


Strategic talent management in the healthcare tourism industry is facing new challenges in this post-covid 19 era. The
 so called "Digital Revolution" intensified due to the pandemic, namely, bringing new organizational dynamics, more
 and more knowledge-based organizations and functions, greater demand for high-quality professionals, and a global
 shortage of qualified and talented professionals. The existing literature has been essentially focused on organizations
 and what they perceive as crucial and expect from their employees. In contrast, this study aims to identify which
 employer branding dimensions are perceived to be the most impactful by the professionals themselves and how that
 affects the levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, intent to stay and turnover intentions. For this
 purpose, an online questionnaire (N=300) was distributed to medical, engineering, management, and ICT
 (Information and Communications Technology) professionals in the healthcare tourism sector, which have shown
 greater difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified professionals. Based on results, we conclude that all the
 employer branding dimensions demonstrate a positive correlation towards job satisfaction, organizational
 commitment, intent to stay and an inverse correlation towards turnover intentions.


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The method includes following steps: setting up default space of buffer memory; obtaining length of data to be stored, and available buffer space; when length of data to be stored is larger than available buffer space, expanding default space of buffer memory according to prearranged expanding rules; when length of data to be stored is smaller than available buffer space, reducing default space of buffer memory according to prearranged reducing rules. The disclosed device includes following units: parameter maintenance unit, unit for capturing buffer space, comparing unit, buffer adjustment unit, buffer allocation unit. The invention avoids overflow of data and waste of space of buffer memory, and reduces frequency of dynamic adjustment so as to raise integral efficiency of system.


The article deals with the clarification of the forms of teaching philosophy and the characteristic mistakes in teaching, in the interpretation of the French Catholic philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973). The place and influence of philosophy in the living space of culture was not, as it is known, static and permanent. In different epochs, it was called either a queen or a servant, and its perception, both by the philosophers themselves and by merely educated and poorly educated people, changed, as did the forms of "wisdom lessons". Today, the positions of philosophy in the world leave much to be desired, the point of its meaning, place and role in modern society turns out to be debatable, and the teaching of philosophy and the teaching of philosophizing are problematized. These problems are closely related to Marcel's definition of the essence of philosophy and the role of the philosopher in society. Marcel argues that philosophy presupposes openness to others and unity of people on the basis of ascent to the transcendent. To examine these topics, the thinker introduces the concepts of intersubjectivity, philosophical experience, etc., and distinguishes between the concepts of problem and mystery. The philosopher is called to a deep examination of the foundations and prospects of the modern world. These definitions are becoming radically relevant in the era in which the possibilities of nuclear suicide of mankind have opened up and the philosopher cannot stand aside while remaining unbiased. This means, Marcel concludes, that teaching philosophy should be based on openness, inclusiveness and integration of people, passing them "flame, not ashes".


The study of the female reproductive system is an excellent example of the importance of molecular pathology to diagnosis and treatment. The classic example is infection of the uterine cervix by human papillomavirus (HPV). The recent FDA approval of vaccines against HPVs 6, 11, 16, and 18 mark the culmination of years of work where HPV detection has increased the accuracy of the Pap smear. These vaccines, which have little to no side effects, most likely are the harbingers of less toxic and effective therapies against cervical cancer that invariably contains HPV. Similarly, molecular testing for targets such as p16 is becoming more useful in the diagnosis and more accurate characterization of endometrial cancers and may also herald changes in the treatment of these cancers. Ovarian tumours represent another fertile area for molecular clinical-pathology correlation. This is because of the very well characterized ovarian cystadenomas of low malignant potential where histologic markers are usually a poor indicator of clinical behaviour. It is very likely that additional research will identify protein and/or RNA targets that differentiate the aggressive from benign acting tumours in this group and lead to more effective treatment. This chapter will combine the classic histopathology of the female reproductive system with clinical correlates and add to this important mixture newer insights provided by molecular diagnostics.

Keywords:

cervix;
SIL;
HPV;
endometrium;
carcinoma;
ovary;
placenta;
trophoblasts


The Cadaster together with the Land Registry are an important part of the basis of the actual economic system. The Cadaster, issued out of the economic needs in taxing countries, has gradually lost this taxing aim as opposed to the other types of taxes, being even more so for the Cadaster of farming land. However, the present tendency of the different cadasters is to diversify the use of cadastral information, therefore the necessity of its updating has arisen for other uses, either private or public. Taking as a model of cadastral updating the running of the Land Registry, in which the field owner is interested in such updating, one has noticed the user ́s interest in performing such a task. The updating of the Cadaster, and more specifically the cadastral cartography, is however performed massively taking the whole of the municipal area. That is why we realised that it would be of interest to bring forward a methodology of discrete updating of cadastral cartography, and all this should be done by integrating most of the tendencies of the Cadasters in the world, that is to say by using GPS and SIG techniques. Our proposal for a discrete updating methodology of cadastral cartography is divided into a system of data entry and a system of exit of such data, corresponding these two systems to the two techniques mentioned above. The system of data entry is in itself subdivided into three subsystems: Subsystem of Data Capture. This subsystem allows the accuracy required by this type of cartography and at a reasonable cost based on GPS techniques in differential mode and with receivers C/A allowing a maximum base line distance of 100 km. Subsystem of Georeferencing. This subsystem implies the homogenisation of the system of geodesic reference for all the data collected with GPS. To avoid problems with the transformation of coordinates, the subsystem itself makes the transformation in order to homogenize the parameters of datum change. Subsystem of integration of Cadastral Cartography. Generally the formats used are usually a cad format, without topology. This format must be change into a format capable of doing algebraic operations with spatial elements such as polygons. The system of analysis and results must permit the graphic comparison of boundaries between the cadastral cartography and the measurements done with GPS, that is the modification of boundaries. It must also allow to quantify the surface variation and to identify the boundaries of the plots analysed. This system is formed by SIG (System of Geographical Information), based on the topology of surface entities such as the polygons which represent the cadastral plots and the measurements with GPS. To check upon the efficiency of this methodology, such methodology was applied to the practical case of the updating the public communal land in the municipal area of Níjar (Almería Province in the south of Spain), where 234 plots were measured in 71 cadastral polygons, representing a total amount of 3000 hectares measured. In this application the subsystem of data capture was a GPS with code C/A, using the differential mode for point positioning with a maximum base line distance of 50 km. The reference system used was the WGS84, which used the datum change by means of the parameters proposed by the IGN of Spain (with 5 parameters). The original cadastral cartography in this work was presented with the format DXF, and so are also presented the measurements done with GPS. Therefore after selecting the analysis system, SIG ArcView 3.1, we proceeded to transform it into a format capable of achieving this type of operations, Shape format (SHP), which does not present a proper topology but is however, capable of achieving algebraic operations for the required analysis. The possibility of implementing applications that allow to hurry up the processes, this task was of great importance in the programme selection for the SIG creation. So the application CAT-MP was developed. It is formed by 36 scripts in AVENUE language. The application allows to select the cadastral plot which is going to study, and it is able to overlap the plot measured with GPS. The analysis of the differences between both is automatically done and the software application provides information about the percentage of discrepancy between the original plot and the plot measured with GPS. In this way the Council, discrete user in this particular case, is able to decide about the problem of updating or not. Whenever it is necessary to make a report, this one can be issued to inform the affected owners about the performance. The reports contains two sort of information, in one way, a window with the cartographic information of the analysed plot, the problematic areas in the plot, their corresponding plot identification numbers. And in the other way the alphanumeric information about the studied plot and the problematic areas in the displayed window; this alphanumeric information includes the identification number of the plot, its location, its total surface, the affected area, the percentage of discrepancy between the measured plot with GPS and the original cadastral plot, and the data of the owners of the neighbouring plots. Julio 2005


The invasive alien species Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) was first observed in the UK in 2004. Previous studies have demonstrated the adverse effects on other species of H. axyridis during its early stages of establishment. However, habitat factors are important in determining distribution and population trends of ladybirds. Whilst the abundance of H. axyridis is well known in the UK within urban and other managed habitats, much less is known about its abundance in the wider countryside. Here we present the results of surveys from rural woodland habitats to assess whether or not H. axyridis dominates coccinellid communities in these rural habitats. Additionally, we explored the relationship between coccinellid and aphid abundance within these habitats. All field sites were in Cambridgeshire or Suffolk, East Anglia, UK and were surveyed between May and October 2016 and 2017. Three deciduous sites and three coniferous sites were included in the study. Surveys were conducted using a standardised approach involving sweep-netting within grass margins and tree beating to sample ladybirds from trees. Three distinct vegetation structures or layers were surveyed within both the coniferous and deciduous sites; tree, shrub and herb layer. All captured coccinellids were identified to species-level. Seventeen species of coccinellid and over 1300 individuals were recorded during the study period from two distinct site types (deciduous, coniferous). Species richness was lower at deciduous sites (n = 12) in comparison to coniferous (n = 16) sites. The coccinellid community also did not appear to be dominated by H. axyridis at rural sites, in contrast to urban areas. Deciduous woodland appeared to be a lesser preferred habitat of H. axyridis than coniferous woodland. Additionally, there was a distinct difference in the coccinellid community in relation to vegetation structure (across the tree, shrub and herb layers) between coniferous and deciduous sites. Our results indicate that there appear to be distinct native coccinellid communities at deciduous and coniferous sites. We discuss the way in which rural woodlands could act as a refuge for some native coccinellids.


This research is a type of descriptive qualitative research that aims to find out. The subjects in this study were 6 class teachers at SDN 216 Talungeng. Data collection was carried out by interviews, and observations. Data analysis techniques are data reduction, data display, Conclusion Drawing/Verification. The results of this study indicate that in planning and implementing authentic assessments at SDN 216 Talungeng, Barebbo District, Bone Regency, there are still difficulties experienced by teachers in planning and implementing authentic assessments in the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains, but there are also several aspects that teachers carry out without any difficulties. . The conclusion of this study is that there are still some difficulties experienced by teachers in planning and implementing authentic assessments. Therefore, special attention is needed in conducting coaching and training for teachers related to authentic assessments in order to be able to assess students optimally.


The generation, detection and processing of arbitrary complex-field optical waveforms can be significantly simplified by new techniques inspired in the temporal counterparts of spatial-domain holography. Several applications of time-domain holograms are presented and experimentally demonstrated.


HPC offers tremendous potential to process large amounts of data often termed as big data. Distributing data efficiently and leveraging specialised hardware (e.g., accelerators) are critical in order to best utilise HPC platforms constituting of heterogeneous and distributed systems. In this paper, we develop a portable, high-level paradigm for such systems to run big data applications, more specifically, graph analytics applications popular in the big data and machine learning communities. Using our paradigm, we accelerate three real-world, compute and data intensive, graph analytics applications: a function call graph similarity application, a triangle enumeration subroutine, and a graph assaying application. Our paradigm utilises the MapReduce framework, Apache Spark, in conjunction with CUDA and simultaneously takes advantage of automatic data distribution and accelerator on each node of the system. We demonstrate scalability and parameter space exploration and offer a portable solution to leverage almost any legacy, current, or next-generation HPC or cloud-based system.


The ponderosa pine forests (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) in the Davis Mountains of west Texas recently experienced a major mortality event that resulted, in part, from profound regional drought predisposing trees and stands to mortality from both western pine beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis) and wildfires. To evaluate alternatives for restoration and recovery, the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) initiated "Operation Ponderosa" in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), on the TNC Davis Mountains Preserve in Jeff Davis County, TX. The loss of overstory pines and lack of natural regeneration pose a considerable challenge to management. A pilot study was commisioned to investigate artificial regeneration of ponderosa pine using containerized seedlings and site preparation alternatives. Early survival was poor, mainly due to below-ground herbivory, which was identified as the principal short-term obstacle to artificial regeneration in the Davis Mountains. The larger question of ponderosa pine recovery, particularly if local climatic conditions become increasingly unfavorable, remains.


The hot tensile deformation behaviour of the 6061/Al2O3, 2618/Al2O3 and 2618/SiC particulate reinforced composites was investigated over a range of temperatures and strain rates. A unreinforced 6061 monolithic alloy was also considered for comparison purposes. The composite materials exhibited a similar hot working behaviour with anticipated onset of matrix restoration mechanisms as a function of temperature with respect to the unreinforced alloy. Microstructural analyses on broken specimens allowed to observe reinforcement damage and matrix evolution during hot deformation.


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The leading order corrections to the Glauber model are evaluated. It is stressed that the main contents of the theory of multiple collisions can be reproduced with the aid of the dynamical optical potential which represents an improvement both over the eikonal model and the static Watson potential.


In 2010 in Savelletri of Fasano (Brindisi) a preliminary archaeological excavation was conducted in a wide area destined for a parking lot along the coastal road to Monopoli in order to establish the presence of structures of archaeological interest in a high risk area in the immediate vicinity of the necropolis and the walls of the Roman town of Egnatia.
The area selected for the project was investigated through the excavation of three parallel trenches and a more extensive trench in the eastern sector. The excavated surface led to discovery, for a distance of 75 meters, of a road oriented NS, parallel to the coastline and characterized by parallel grooves carved into the bedrock. Along the road were highlighted traces of a settlement characterized by the presence of structures (huts with postholes) and pits used as cisterns, channels, walls made of stones and limestone blocks, and concentrations of pottery fragments that document the use of the road between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D.


The material was collected from grassland glires in the region of Xilinguolemeng Baiyinxile pasture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in July to August 1994-1996. 416 individuals which, belonging to 12 species of glires have been examined.Altogether, 104 (25%) individuals (7 species of glires) were found to be infected by cestodes. Of which 18(4.33%) individuals (5 species of glires) were infected by cestodes of Anoplocephaloidea Spassky, 1949. Six species of parasitic cestodes belonging to 4 genera of the 2 family (Anoplocephalidae and Linstowiidae) have been identified and enumerated in Table 1 in the Chinese text. Among them, two are considered as new to science.(Diuterinotaenia polyclada Yun et Lin, 2000 and Aprostatandrya (A.) neimongguensis sp. nov.).And 4 are recorded for the first time from China. In addition, 7 species of glires are found to be new hosts of the cestodes.Aprostatandrya (A.) neimongguensis Yun et Lin, sp. nov. (Figs.1-4) Host. Microtus maximowiczii Schrenk. Location. Small intestine. Locality. Xilinguolemeng Baiyinxile Pasture (43°48′N, 117°25′E), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Holotype and paratype are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Description. Strobila 31-56*!mm in length and 0.7827-0.9653*!mm in maximum width.Neck present, (0.5739-0.6261)*!mm×0.4696*!mm, Immature proglottids (0.0521-0.1304)*!mm×(0.5218-0.6783)*!mm;mature (0.1826-0.3130)*!mm×(0.5218-1.0956)*!mm;gravid(0.5478-0.6522)*!mm×(0.4957-0.5739)*!mm.Longitudinal excretory ducts 2 pairs. A single set of reproductive organs per proglottid. Genital pores irregularly alternating, opening at posterior part of the lateral margin of the proglottid. Scolex rounded, unarmed, (0.7827)*!mm×(0.7044-0.8348)*!mm. Suckers 4, roundish, without spines, (0.2252-0.2512)*!mm×(0.2338-0.2598)*!mm. Testes 12-23, roundish or elliptical, (0.0433-0.0693)*!mm×(0.05196-0.0693)*!mm,distributes in anterior and antiporal side to the female genital organs. Cirrus poush shuttle-shaped, (0.0953-0.1695)*!mm in length, (0.0473-0.0606)*!mm in diameter, with the bottom of the pouch reaching the ventral longitudinal excretory ducts. Internal seminal vesicle pear-shaped, (0.0866-0.0953)*!mm×(0.0344)*!mm. External seminal vesicle and prostate absent. Cirrus short and sturdy, (0.0433×0.0258)*!mm,covered by exceedingly small spines. Female genital organs located in posterior half of the central area of mature proglottid, inclined to the poral side of the middle line of proglottid. Ovary elliptical or fan-sphaped, consists of many digitiform or pear-shaped lobes, (0.3377-0.3870)*!mm×(0.1992-0.2165)*!mm. Vitelline gland compact, slightly lobed, dorso-posterior to the ovary, and situated close to longitudinal excretory ducts on poral side of proglottid. Seminal receptacle present, (0.1386-0.1906)*!mm×(0.0519-0.0866)*!mm. Uterus reticular longitudinally oriented when immature, anterior to the ovary. Fully developed uterus lobulate saccular, eggs fill in each saccule. Later on it is degenerated gradually, at last disappered. The new species resembles Aprostatandrya (A.) causasica (Kirschenblatt, 1938) and A.(A.) microti (Hansen, 1947), but the latter 2 species differ from the new species by the following features. 1) Size of strobila of latter 2 species is much larger than new species 〔(31-56)*!mm×(0.7826-0.9653)*!mm〕, whereas A.(A.) caucasica 〔(100-170)*!mm×(0.9-1.3)*!mm〕,A.(A.) microti 〔(90-200)*!mm×(1.71-2.09)*!mm〕. 2) In the new species the testes are 12-23 in number, while in A.(A.) caucasica 26-34 in number, in A.(A.) microti 28-35 in number. 3) The cirrus pouch of the new species (0.0953-0.1046)*!mm×(0.0473-0.06062)*!mm smaller than latter 2 species [A. (A.) caucasica 0.13-0.17*!mm in length, A. (A.) microti (0.178-0.233)*!mm×(0.055-0.069)*!mm]. 4) Shape of uterus of the new species differs from the latter 2 species. In the new species, uterus reticular longitudinally oriented when immature, later lobutate succular when fully developed, later on gradually degenerated, at last disappe


Preferential attachment graphs are random graphs designed to mimic properties of real word networks. They are constructed by a random process that iteratively adds vertices and attaches them preferentially to vertices that already have high degree. We prove various structural asymptotic properties of this graph model. In particular, we show that the size of the largest r-shallow clique minor in Gm is at most log(n)O(r )mO(r). Furthermore, there exists a one-subdivided clique of size log(n)1/4. Therefore, preferential attachment graphs are asymptotically almost surely somewhere dense and algorithmic techniques developed for structurally sparse graph classes are not directly applicable. However, they are just barely somewhere dense. The removal of just slightly more than a polylogarithmic number of vertices asymptotically almost surely yields a graph with locally bounded treewidth. 2012 ACM Subject Classification Mathematics of computing → Random graphs


Including scatter in material properties has received attention in the last decades but, it is not fully mature yet. Industry has cooperated with academia to progress the topic, but at the same time devised simpler ways to start analysis anyway. Robustness analysis is a pre-requisite for process optimisation. Tata Steel has been in material modelling for Sheet Metal Forming for many years and has developed its own yield locus model to enable better customer support. The accuracy of this Vegter model comes at a price, however: more parameters to be measured. Wiebenga devised a robustness analysis but it requires more input than is usually available. At the same time leading software vendors introduced options to evaluate statistical behaviour. Obviously, process optimisation is only useful when accurate models can be employed, so in this paper we will focus on how the scatter in material properties translates in scatter in yield locus for the BBC2005 model vs. Vegter 2017. Automated statistical analysis was not available for Vegter 2017. So, finally, to enable estimation of scatter in forming processes in the short term with Vegter individual simulations were done on a selected number of input datasets. This is shown to give markedly different results to BBC2005.


Background: Psoriasiform term implies that a lesion clinically or histologically mimics psoriasis. Psoriasiform dermatoses often poses diagnostic dilemma to both pathologists and dermatologists. It is essential to follow a systematic approach and use appropriate clinicopathological correlation to arrive at a diagnosis. Aims and objectives: To study histomorphological features of psoriasiform disorders. Material and methods: This is a prospective study of 57 patients diagnosed clinically as psoriasis or with psoriasis as one of the differential diagnosis. Relevant clinical history and physical examination were noted. The skin biopsies taken after the consent were processed in histopathology laboratory and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. A detailed microscopic study of the histomorphological features was done. Obervations and Resutls: The psoriasiform lesion comprised 6% of the total skin biopsies received in the department of pathology. The age distribution pattern revealed that the highest percentage was in the age group of 21-50 yrs with a male preponderance with a ratio of 1.1:1. Psoriasis was the most common lesion noted in the study. Other psoriasiform disorders were parapsoriasis, Pityriasis rosea, Bowens disease, mycosis fungoides, seborrheic dermatitis. Conclusion: There is certain amount of overlap of both clinical pattern and of psoriasis and psoriasiform disorders. Recognition of these commonly encountered psoriasiform disorders clinically and confirming it on histopathology is the key to correct diagnosis and better patient care.


Abstract: The endothelial cells cultured in collagen gel caused upregulation of KDR expression, which resulted in an increase in tube formation. Endothelial cells exposed to high glucose (33 mmol/l) for 30 days increased the tube formation induced by VEGF, but not by serum and bFGF. Immunohistochemical study showed that KDR expression was upregulated by the high‐glucose treatment. The endothelial cells treated with 0.5 ∼ 5 μg/ml eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5, n‐3) for 48 h displayed a dose‐dependent suppression of tube formation, VEGF‐induced proliferation, and activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase but not bFGF‐induced ones. Pretreatment with arachidonic acid (20:4, n‐6) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6, n‐3) did not show such effects. The expression of KDR was downregulated by the EPA pretreatment. The bone is the richest tissue in microvessel networks except for the liver. Osteoblasts produced VEGF and some factor(s) that could induce KDR upregulation in endothelial cells and could enhance tube formation. These results lead to the speculation that the regulation of KDR expression as well as VEGF production is deeply involved in angiogenesis under various conditions.


Nesfatin‐1 (encoded by NUCB2) is a cardiac peptide possessing protective activities against myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury. However, the regulation of NUCB2/nesfatin‐1 and the molecular mechanisms underlying its roles in MI/R injury are not clear. Here, by investigating a mouse MI/R injury model developed with transient myocardial ischaemia followed by reperfusion, we found that the levels of NUCB2 transcript and nesfatin‐1 amount in the heart were both decreased, suggesting a transcriptional repression of NUCB2/nesfatin‐1 in response to MI/R injury. Moreover, cardiac nesfatin‐1 restoration reduced infarct size, troponin T (cTnT) level and myocardial apoptosis, supporting its cardioprotection against MI/R injury in vivo. Mechanistically, the Akt/ERK pathway was activated, and in contrast, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress was attenuated by nesfatin‐1 following MI/R injury. In an in vitro system, similar results were obtained in nesfatin‐1‐treated H9c2 cardiomyocytes with hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury. More importantly, the treatment of wortmannin, an inhibitor of Akt/ERK pathway, abrogated nesfatin‐1 effects on attenuating ER stress and H/R injury in H9c2 cells. Furthermore, nesfatin‐1‐mediated protection against H/R injury also vanished in the presence of tunicamycin (TM), an ER stress inducer. Lastly, Akt/ERK inhibition reversed nesfatin‐1 effects on mouse ER stress and MI/R injury in vivo. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that NUCB2/nesfatin‐1 inhibits MI/R injury through attenuating ER stress, which relies on Akt/ERK pathway activation. Hence, our study provides a molecular basis for understanding how NUCB2/nesfatin‐1 reduces MI/R injury.


This paper concerns the so-called "filtered nonlinear servos," i.e., servos where the signal undergoes a filtering effect from a linear part of the device. "Hereditary phenomena," such as Coulomb friction, gear backlash, and so on, are dealt with. A general stability criterion is derived, and it is shown how the Nyquist criterion appears as a particular case. The criterion indicates whether or not a servo is liable to hunt, but it is still necessary to state whether or not the possible hunting will have a limited amplitude. An approach to this problem is sketched and it is shown how the first results may be considered as quantitatively valid for quasi-linear systems. Some conclusions previously derived by assuming the transfer functions to be analytic appear as a limiting case of the present results.


The fabrication of monolithic integration of InP/InGaAsP/InGaAs semiconductor optical waveguide and InGaAs PIN photodetector using liquid phase epitaxy(LPE) method is reported. The principal paraneters representing the performance of this device are closed to the level of foreign devices.


The purpose of this paper is to enumerate and define the exact patterns of glomus jugulare tumor invasion in the temporal bone. Special attention will be focused on those pathways which lead to central nervous system (CNS) invasion.


OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of Tongmai Jiangzhi tablets(tablets for invigorating circulation and reducing blood fat) for hyperlipemia.METHODS: Pertinent literature was reviewed and the efficacy of Tongmai Jiangzhi tablets for hyperlipemia was evaluated with Zhibituo as a control.RESULTS CONCLUSION: Tongmai Jiangzhi tablets can down-regulate total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG) and LDL,but up-regulate HDL,and improve clinical symptom in traditional Chinese medicine treatment of hyperlipemia.Yet there has been no report about the adverse drug reactions of Tongmai Jiangzhi tablets.


This paper investigates the impact of the Central Bank's credit to the Federal Government on the effectiveness of open market operations (OMOs) as a tool of monetary policy in Nigeria from 1993Q1-2021Q4. The monetary instability in Nigeria is a result of the ineffective use of market-based monetary policy instruments which have worsened liquidity conditions and sparked inflationary pressures in the economy. The study used the ARCH/GARCH method in order to analyse the quarterly secondary data collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria and the National Bureau of Statistics. The findings of the study showed fiscal deficits rise or fall as the Central Bank's credit to the Government rises or falls. Also, CBN credits to the Federal Government had a significant negative impact on the effectiveness of OMO sales in Nigeria. The ARCH and GARCH terms in OMOs implied that volatility is persistent in the open market for treasury bills in Nigeria. Furthermore, the OMO sales forecasts showed that the conditional variance of the model converges to a steady quickly stated thereby implying that OMOs are effective. The study concludes that OMOs if more efficiently utilised, could stabilise monetary aggregates and stabilise prices in the economy.


RATIONALE
There is an aspiration to retain increasing numbers of older workers in employment and strategies to achieve this need to make provision for the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases with age. There is a consistent body of cross-sectional evidence that suggests that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are more likely to have adverse employment outcomes.

OBJECTIVES
We report the findings of the first longitudinal study of this issue.

METHODS
We recruited full-time employed men and women in their 50's and followed them for a period of 18 months; we examined, after adjustment for potential confounders, the associations between breathlessness and airway obstruction at baseline and loss of employment in the intervening period.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
Among participants responding to the follow up questionnaire (1656/1773 (93%)), the majority (78.5%) continued in full-time employment, but 10.6% were in part-time employment and 10.9% were no longer in paid employment. The adjusted risk of loss of employment was significantly increased for those with moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (RR 2.89, 95% ci 1.80-4.65) or breathlessness (3.07, 2.16-4.37) at baseline. There was no evident modification by sex or by manual/non-manual work.

CONCLUSIONS
Airway obstruction and breathlessness are independently associated with premature loss from the workforce in older workers; these observations provide strong support to the available cross-sectional evidence and suggest that interventions to help those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who wish to remain in work need to be tested.


An important part in the design of real-time systems is the allocation and scheduling of the software tasks onto the hardware architecture. This faces the challenge of meeting deadlines, completion times, earliest start times and tolerating faults. Unfortunately, these processes are far from trivial due to the wide range of complex constraints that typically appear in real-time systems. The lack of edibility and expressive power in existing scheduling frameworks makes it difficult to model the system accurately. Moreover, the designed system must be cost-effective in terms of resource utilization which implies the need for an optimization approach. In order to tackle these deficiencies this paper proposes a schedulable fault-tolerant hardware-software mapping methodology for real time systems. The design optimization approach decides the mapping of jobs to nodes such that the timing constraints of the application are satisfied. Experimental studies show that the proposed method outperforms existing dominant work.


Network operators are actively pushing towards the new 5G era and a crucial part to accomplish this is the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). FPGAs and their hardware accelerators are a promising solution for NFV and 5G cloud environments because of their fast turnaround time and great speedup potential through application parallelism mapping on the reconfigurable fabric. Recently, consolidation reached a plateau in this field with lightweight virtualization techniques, that require a high overcommitment of FPGA accelerator resources to cope with numerous demands of guests. Although FPGAs can play an important role for the future 5G networks their capability to manage and control them from the upper layers of the software stack is inadequate. The lack of such support coupled with cloud integration and programmability issues can repel potential providers from utilizing FPGAs at their data centers. This paper presents the communication mechanism of the vFPGAmanager, an FPGA virtualization framework which can be orchestrated, monitored and enables accelerators overcommitment with direct guest access. These are key features to allow potential adopters of FPGA technology to include them in the next generation of NFV systems. The communication mechanism architecture is detailed and then benchmarked to show that even under heavy load on the system it demonstrates a minimal overhead to orchestrate and monitor the FPGA as a resource.