ii Acknowledgements iii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Anarcha-Indigenism as an 'N-dimensional' Space of Meeting 31 Chapter 3: Finding Resonance: Indigenous and Anti-Colonial Research Methodology and Anarchism 74 Chapter 4: Solidarity as Methodology: Recognizing the Imperative of Anti-Colonial Resistance 91 Chapter 5: Toward An Intersection of Feminist Resistance: Anarcha-Feminism, Indigenous Feminism and the Development of Anarcha-Indigenism 139 Chapter 6: Anarchism, Anti-Colonialism and Riot 2010: Anti-Colonial Resistance to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and the G20 Summit in Toronto 172 Chapter 7: Conclusion 201 References 207


The possibility of processing natural and industry-caused materials by carrying out mechanochemical reactions participated by the material of milling bodies is investigated; this possibility is based on the use of abrasive (desirably amorphous) inert additives, such as glass or fused quartz. The essence of the method is the abrasive-reaction wearing of the material of milling bodies of the mechanochemical reactor. Metaoxide-sulphide composites (during the treatment of tenorite and galena) and composites based on pyrite and quartz (during mechanical activation of a mixture of sulphur and amorphous quartz) were obtained in a planetary AGO-2 mill with steel equipment.


Introduction. The problem of ulcerative skin lesions is urgent due to chronicity, severe course, resistance to basic methods of therapy and a decrease in the quality of life of patients. According to statistics, among skin diseases, ulcerative lesions of various etiologies account for about 11.4-14.7 %. Aim of the study. To assess serum procalcitonin levels in the clinical course of ulcerative skin lesions. Patients and methods. We observed 44 patients with ulcerative skin lesions aged 11 to 57 years. The level of procalcitonin was measured in all patients using immunofluorescence assay. The control group included 23 healthy individuals from the same age group. Results. Among 44 patients with ulcerative skin lesions, 22 were diagnosed with a trophic ulcer, 12 patients with necrotizing ulcerative vasculitis, and 12 with chronic ulcerative pyoderma. In patients with ulcerative skin lesions, there was an increase in the level of procalcitonin by 1.3 times compared with the healthy control group (p>0.05). Serum procalcitonin levels were in a significant direct correlation with the skin level of S. aureus (r=+0.8) and in inverse correlations with skin levels of S. epidermidis (r=-0.9) and S. saprophyticus (r=-0.3). Conclusion. The results obtained indicate that procalcitonin has a significant relationship with opportunistic microorganisms, and even a slight increase in its level may indicate a local invasive process of an infiltrative-inflammatory nature, caused by the bacterial flora.


The key parameters of processing temperature,reaction time and screw speed for(poly(p-phenylenebenzoxisoxazole))(PBO) were investigated by orthogonal analysis methods.The processing temperature is the most important,then is the reaction time,and the screw rotation speed is the least in this extruding polymeration process.The post-polymerization kinetics was studied.The polycondensation (is controlled) by diffusion rate and the kinetics is accorded with the irreversible reaction of the second(order.) When the extrude temperature heats up from 160 ℃ to 190 ℃,the rate constants of reaction(increase) by 4 folds.The activation energy is 84.4 kJ/mol.


EKA AL-ROZI HIDAYATULLAH PUTRA. Analysis of Monthly Rainfall Using Exponential Smoothing Method (Case Study: Katulampa Bogor). Supervised by YON SUGIARTO. Rainfall is one of important climate element in Indonesia due to high variations either in time or place. Katulampa Bogor is area in West Java that has high rainfall intensity and variation, and has a moonsonal rainfall pattern, so this research did for rainfall forecasting in Katulampa Bogor. One of many methods have used is Exponential Smoothing method. Need a comparison of forecast result in each Exponential Smoothing methods. Exponential Smoothing methods that will be compare is Single Exponential Smoothing (SES) method, adaptive SES method, Linear Exponential Smoothing (LES) method from Brown, and LES method from Holt. The result of good method for rainfall forecasting from January until December is different. The result of LES method by Brown and LES method by Holt showed the trend in Mart, May, and November rainfall at Katulampa Bogor. The result of SES and adaptive SES method didn't show the trend in January, February, April, June, July, August, September, October, and December rainfall at Katulampa Bogor. Exponential Smoothing method for trend analysis is more effective and better than for forecasting Katulampa Bogor rainfall.


This paper compares several imputation methods for missing data in network analysis on a diverse set of simulated networks under several missing data mechanisms. Previous work has highlighted the biases in descriptive statistics of networks introduced by missing data. The results of the current study indicate that the default methods (analysis of available cases and null-tie imputation) do not perform well with moderate or large amounts of missing data. The results further indicate that multiple imputation using sophisticated imputation models based on exponential random graph models (ERGMs) lead to acceptable biases even under large amounts of missing data.


Battery equalization is the key technology in battery management system, and many equalization circuits and arithmetics have been researched to improve equalization effectiveness. This paper puts forward a non-dissipative equalization program based on fuzzy logic control (FLC) to improve the inconsistency of Lithium-ion batteries connected in series. The bidirectional equalization circuit with energy transferring inductors is designed to achieve the equalization of cell to cell. The equalization based on the state of charge (SOC) is proposed, and temperature-dependent battery model is designed for SOC estimation. For effective equalization, the FLC is proposed to reduce energy consumption and equalization time. A comparison of the proposed FLC based on the mean-difference arithmetic is carried out to validate the advantages of the proposed program. The simulation results show that energy and time effectiveness can be significantly raised during battery equalization.


Teachers' love can satisfy the students' psychology of being loved and soften their strong character. In teaching and educating, teachers' love will trigger students' emotive feelings and help them to put right the negatives. This paper promotes teachers' smile, praise and care expressing their love to the students. In such a way, a teaching circumstances full of love and harmoniousness is created in which the teachers and students are on very good terms to achieve their educative purposes.


Automatic roof style classification using point clouds is useful and can be used as a prior knowledge in various applications, such as the construction of 3D models of real-world buildings. Previous classification approaches usually employ heuristic rules to recognize roof style and are limited to a few roof styles. In this paper, the recognition of roof style is done by a roof style classifier which is trained based on bag of words features extracted from a point cloud. In the computation of bag of words features, a key challenge is the generation of the codebook. Unsupervised learning is often misguided easily by the data and detects uninteresting patterns within the data. In contrast, we propose to integrate existing knowledge of roof structure and cluster the points of target roof styles into several semantic classes which can then be used as code words in the bag of words model. We use synthetic variants of these code words to train a semantics point classifier. We evaluate our approach on two datasets with different levels of degradations. We compare the results of our approach with two unsupervised learning algorithms: K-Means and Gaussian Mixture Model. We show that our approach achieve higher accuracy in classification of the roof styles and maintains consistent performance among different datasets.


Several thyroid function abnormalities are observed in the elderly (1, 2). An increased prevalence of serum thyroid antibodies and clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism have been consistently reported, reaching a value as high as 20% in women older than 60–65 yr (3). The prevalence of subclinical hyperthyroidism is also increased in aged subjects of both sexes, affecting 1–1.5% of the general population in iodine-sufficient areas (3) and up to 7–8% in iodine-deficient areas (4). Moreover, the coexistence of several age-associated diseases may account for serum thyroid hormone and TSH abnormalities characteristic of the nonthyroidal illness (NTI) syndrome (1). Finally, an age-dependent decline of thyroid function, at least partially independent from associated NTI, has been documented, particularly in the oldest-old ( 85 yr) population (1, 5). Despite a very large number of studies, no consensus has been reached so far about the actual health impact of subclinical thyroid dysfunction, and different recommendations have been made recently about screening and treating these conditions (3, 6–10). One of the strongest arguments employed in favor of active detection and treatment of subclinical thyroid dysfunction is the possibility that subclinical thyroid disease may directly or indirectly influence the aging process and/or the pathogenesis of age-associated diseases. Several investigators found a significant association between thyroid autoimmunity and/or subclinical hypothyroidism and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, possibly mediated by dislipidemia and poorly defined autoimmune mechanisms, but this finding has not been confirmed by others (see Ref. 1 for review). Divergent results were also obtained in recent large epidemiolgical studies, two supporting a role of subclinical hypothyroidism in atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction in middle-aged Dutch women (11) and in Dutch males aged less than 50 yr (21), and two failing to find any relationship between thyroid autoimmunity, mild thyroid failure, and ischemic heart disease in an English community (12) and in a cohort of subjects older than 65 yr from New Mexico (22). Recently, a significant increase of all-cause mortality was observed in a cohort of middle-aged Japanese men with subclinical hypothyroidism followed for 12 yr (13). However, no agreement has been reached in favor or against active screening and/or treatment of mild thyroid failure (3, 6–10); l-T4 therapy has been discouraged in aged subjects, because the increased oxygen consumption consequent to thyroid hormone administration could be dangerous in the presence of coexisting coronary heart disease. Subclinical hyperthyroidism may also represent an important health problem in the elderly. A large longitudinal study of subjects aged 60 yr or older, forming part of the Framingham population, provided evidence for three times increased risk of atrial fibrillation in people with suppressed ( 0.1 mU/liter) serum TSH concentrations (14). The concept that mild thyroid hormone excess might result in an increase in cardiovascular morbidity is also supported by a subsequent large longitudinal study carried out in the UK in subjects aged 60 yr and older (15) followed for 10 yr. A significant increase in all-cause mortality (mostly accounted by mortality for cardiovascular diseases) was found from the second to the fifth year of follow-up in subjects with low, but not necessarily undetectable, serum TSH concentration ( 0.5 mU/liter) at the beginning of the study. Several questions remain unsolved, particularly the potential interference of associated NTI and the lack of thyroid function data during the follow-up. Subclinical hyperthyroidism might also be implicated in other health problems of the elderly. For example, both exogenous and endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism are associated with reduced bone mineral content, which could lead to an increased risk of fractures (16). Moreover, in a short-term (2 yr) longitudinal study on 1843 Dutch subjects aged 55 yr or older, low serum TSH and higher serum T4 concentration were associated with a more than 3-fold increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease (17). In contrast to subclinical hypothyroidism, the recommendations of recent guidelines tend to support active treatment of most patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism, despite an almost complete lack of evidence-based data on the effectiveness of antithyroid therapy (3, 7, 9). This attitude is probably the consequence of a prudent clinical approach, given the universally recognized dangerous effects of excess thyroid hormone on the heart and skeleton. Until recently, no studies were available on the health consequences of subtle thyroid dysfunction on the oldest-old fraction of the elderly population. Although a decline of serum T3 and TSH and an increase of rT3 (partially independent from associated NTI) has been consistently reported after the ninth decade of life (1, 5), whether and to what extent this phenomenon represents a physiological adaptive mechanism to different metabolic needs, or a subtle dysfunction Abbreviations: FT4, Free T4; NTI, nonthyroidal illness. JCEM is published monthly by The Endocrine Society (http://www. endo-society.org), the foremost professional society serving the endocrine community. 0021-972X/05/$15.00/0 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 90(12):6735–6737 Printed in U.S.A. Copyright © 2005 by The Endocrine Society doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-2214


The invention relates to a motion analysis device. An inertial sensor is attached to a sporting gear held by the hand (for example, a golf club). A static state determination unit determines a static state of at least one of the sporting gear and a subject, using an output from the inertial sensor. A notification signal generation unit outputs a static state notification signal according to the static state. The static state notification signal can induce a certain physical change perceived by the subject with the five senses. In response to the physical change, the subject can start a swing movement.


AimTo identity stressors and measure the intensity of stress perceived by clinical students in a Nigerian institution.MethodsThis study was a cross-sectional study of fifth and sixth-year medical students using the 40-item Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire(MSSQ). Students marked their responses to each of the 40 questions on a Likert scale ranging from-causing no stress at all (0) tocausing severe stress (4)ResultsThe median stress scores for the six domains were as follows: Academic related stressor (ARS)- 2.1, Teaching and Learning relatedstress (TLRS)-1.29, Desire related stressors (DRS)- 1.00, Group activities related stressors (GARS)- 1.00, Social related stressor (SRS)– 0.83, and Interpersonal related stressor (IRS)- 0.57. Overall, ARS was perceived to cause high-level stress in 51.6%, and severe stressin 7.8% of students. Specifically, 'Heavy workload' and 'large amount of content to be learnt' caused severe stress in 45.3% and 40.6%of students respectively. Skipping meals was frequent and associated with high stress scores in IRS, SRS and GRS domains.ConclusionAcademic related stressors cause high-severe stress among a considerable proportion of medical students studied, while interpersonalrelated stress caused mild stress. 'Heavy workload', 'Tests/Examinations', and 'lack of time to review what has been learnt' are somemajor stressors identified. Universities need to prioritise accessibility to healthy meals, improved students' living environment, provisionof psychological support and formal training on time management and other soft skills, to reduce stress and promote better academicperformance. There may be a need to review medical students' curriculum to prioritise relevance over breadth of content.


BACKGROUND
End-stage heart failure is a progressive disease with high mortality and limited medical therapeutic options. Heart transplantation remains the gold-standard treatment for these patients but its utility is minimized by the advanced age and multiple comorbidities of affected patients, as well as the limited number of donor organs available.

METHODS
We researched alternative medications needed to improve survival and quality of life in patients refractory to standard medical therapy and excluded from cardiac transplantation lists.

RESULTS
Promising new inotropic agents have been developed in recent. Waiting for their advent in clinical practice, some small studies showed that traditional drugs can also be effective in improving symptoms and in prolonging survival in the end-stage heart failure. These are: the association of dobutamine infusion with amiodarone or ivabradine in patients with symptomatic hypotension, and high-dose furosemide associated to hypertonic saline solution, levosimendan, hydralazine/isosorbide dinitrate, sodium nitroprusside or ivabradine in hemodynamically stable patients. Among newer inotropes, istaroxime represents the most promising agent for the treatment of cardiogenic shock, having been the only one to show an increasing in blood pressure and a reduction in heart rate.

CONCLUSIONS
Traditional drug associations and newer inotropes represent promising agents for the treatment of end-stage heart failure. Large trials are desirable in order to improve prognosis of these life-threatening patients.


This paper presents an experimental study on gelation of a xanthan/chromium(III) system in unconsolidated sandpacks at frontal velocities between 3 and 120 ft/D. High flow resistance developed at specific locations in the sandpacks in experiment conducted at velocities up to 35 ft/D; the locations correlated with velocity. No significant flow resistance developed in the sandpacks at frontal velocities of 83 and 118 ft/D. The effects of flow and shear rates and permeability on development of high flow resistance in the sandpacks are discussed. A conceptual model of the gelation process that incorporates filtration of gel aggregation is presented.


This paper analyzes reports of the participants of the scientific conference dedicated to the memory of V. N. Sherstoboev - the first Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of the Irkutsk Financial and Economic Institute.


Riley, Ryan D. Ph.D., Purdue University, August 2009. Architectural Approaches for Code Injection Defense at the User and Kernel Levels. Major Professors: Dongyan Xu and Xuxian Jiang. Code injection attacks, despite being well researched, continue to be a problem today. Modern architectural solutions such as the execute-disable bit have been use ful in limiting the attacks, however they enforce program layout restrictions and can often still be circumvented by a determined attacker. In this dissertation, we analyze the code injection problem from the perspective of a vulnerable system's memory architecture. We propose an alternative memory architecture, the split memory ar chitecture (SMA), which is not susceptible to code injection attacks. This memory architecture can be implemented either in software running on a von Neumann mem ory architecture or through slight modifications to the von Neumann architecture. The SMA is also able to support the execution of unmodified programs and operat ing systems designed and compiled for a von Neumann system. We demonstrate the efficacy of the SMA approach at the user-level by presenting the design, implementation, and evaluation of an operating system level patch to run a process inside an SMA. The results show that the system is able to prevent a variety of code injection attacks while imposing less than 20% overhead on average. We also demonstrate an SMA at the kernel-level with NICKLE, an instantiation of an SMA in a virtual machine monitor (VMM). We use NICKLE to verify the applicability of the SMA design to the prevention of code injection based kernel rootkits. Our evaluation reveals that NICKLE is able to prevent the execution of these rootkits while imposing less than 10% overhead to QEMU. The VMM-based


A power grid frequency tracking algorithm based on phase diversity is presented,which can be applied to real time power harmonics analysis.The algorithm consists of fast Fourier transform of sampled data,phase difference calculation and frequency calculation.The electric frequency tracking system based on COM components is characterized with the qualitios of VB and MATLAB softwares.The method can provide very high accuracy for harmonics analysis of power signal.Simulations show the interface is friendly and the system is stable.


Public Health England is looking at the feasibility and potential benefits of including a dementia component in the midlife NHS Health Check, in pilot schemes at general practices in four areas of England.

Adults in England aged 40-74 are offered an NHS Health Check every five years to assess their risk of future ill health and to raise awareness of lifestyle changes that can lower that risk. The focus of the midlife check for people aged 40-64 is on the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but the check for people aged 65-74 also contains a dementia component, which aims to increase awareness of dementia risk in this group and …


This paper proposes using a common preamble among DSRC and Wi-Fi devices for harmonious coexistence. Using a common preamble can significantly improve the sensing range of DSRC devices. The performance of the coexistence between Wi-Fi and DSRC has been evaluated through the simulations performed using the event-driven simulator. Simulation results show that using common preamble can reduce delay and significantly improve the delivery ratio of safety messages by extending the sensing range of DSRC devices. With only marginal 2.1% of Wi-Fi throughput reduction, the safety messages delivery ratio increased by 42%.


Chromolaena odorata is a noxious invasive perennial herb in tropics and subtropics throughout the world. However, photosynthetic induction of this invader is not well understood. Here, we measured the induction of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young and mature leaves of Chromolaena odorata. During photosynthetic induction, the young leaves exhibited higher biochemical and total limitations to photosynthesis than that of the mature leaves. Photosynthetic induction in this invader was affected by a mix of biochemical and stomatal limitations. Under a strong photosynthetic photon flux density, nonphotochemical quenching was rapidly activated to dissipate excessive light energy in both young and mature leaves. Furthermore, the induction of photosynthetic electron flow was faster than that of net photosynthetic rate for both young and mature leaves. The rapid activation of nonphotochemical quenching can dissipate excess light energy and regulate photosynthetic electron flow during photosynthetic induction, especially in the young leaves.


An often injured area of the body recognized as a primary and common source of functional disability for many older individuals as well as athletes is the shoulder complex (Scuderi, McCann, & Bruno, 1997). Using the basic musculoskeletal assessment skills as outlined in a previous column will allow health care practitioners to recognize musculoskeletal injuries, disorders, and pathologies. Of course, accurately assessing injuries requires the use of special orthopedic tests, which is beyond the scope of this specific column. However, what follows is an overview of overuse-acquired problems and traumatic injuries of the shoulder that may be seen in hospital or outpatient clinical settings. A brief discussion of the anatomy, biomechanics, and muscles will be given initially.


Owing to the lack of large-diameter and affordable AlN bulk crystals, high-quality AlN films grown on sapphire substrates have been intensively analyzed for the potential applications in optoelectr...


Hybrid organic-inorganic metal perovskites (chemical formula: ABX3, A-organic cation, B-metal ion, X-halide) are the latest advancement for increasing efficiency in thin-film solar cells or Dye Solar Cells (DSC). They have become the fastest growing technology in solar cells, rising in efficiency from 3% to 22.7% in less than a decade. This work focuses on a time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) study of $\pmb{\text{CH}_{3}\text{NH}_{3}\text{PbCl}_{3}}$ -methyl ammonium lead chloride- a perovskite material of potential and current research interest. The work focuses on the cubic phase. Electronic and optical properties including transition energy, band gap, and vibrational frequencies are examined. The Density of States (DOS) spectrum, IR and UV-VIS spectra are calculated. It is observed that the cubic phase of $\pmb{\text{CH}_{3}\text{NH}_{3}\text{PbCl}_{3}}$ shows responsivity for optical excitation between wavelength ranges from 180 nm to 350 nm, with the peak observed at 240 nm. This work will help significantly to understand charge transport and optical properties, and design optimized solar cells involving these materials.


This is an outline of a proposed project to build a speech synthesizer as a computational process that emulates speech production as a time variant dynamic system which is controlled by discrete multi-dimensional processes in an abstract space of feature variables. These features are closely related to speech articulation, rhythm and pausing, yet are assumed to be derived from the input text. Together with phrase and rhythm features, the syllable and syllable features play a central role in the control of this synthesizer. So it is intended to use foremost syllables instead of phonemes as speech units, for which Fujimura's C/D model provides the framework but not all the details. The system will be built as a generative model of speech production that makes it possible to use system identification procedures, analysis-by-synthesis methods, and other methods of machine learning, in order to find the details and to obtain the large number of parameters that are deemed necessary to specify with some accuracy the properties of observed speech production from one or more speakers, in one or more languages.


The eruption of Miyakejima volcano started on 8 July 2000. As of September 2002, SO2 emissions measured by COSPEC average 11000 t/day. As the volcanic gas tends to behave together with the plume, we may infer the advection of the gas from the observation of the plume. Ground observations have been performed from Mikurajima using CCD cameras since September 2000. These pictures clarify the vertical structure of volcanic clouds. The horizontal dispersion of the clouds is well shown in NOAA/AVHRR, Terra/MODIS and other satellite images. Ash-rich clouds at the first stage are well detected by the difference image of NOAA/AVHRR 5 and 4, while vapor-rich clouds are insensitive to the difference. Instead, the latter are detected by the difference of AVHRR 1 and 2, and discriminated well from meteorological clouds in many cases. MODIS data is sensitive to the ash and sulfates of Miyakejima plumes in the 8.6 mm channel, and can detect the fine structure of the plumes with its high-resolution visible channels. Miyakejima plumes contain large quantities of volcanic gases, and their daily monitoring using satellites and ground observations in conjunction with upper wind data helps to understand high concentration events of sulfur dioxide downstream from the volcano.


Results of 134 feeding trials by lactating cows under high temperature conditions (more than 20°C of minimum temperature) were used to predict dry matter intake (DMI) in summer. The equation obtained was as follows: DMI= 0.0128BW+0.343FCM+0.083R/C-0.372CP+0.229 TAVE+0.088 HAVE-7.00 R2=0.683 RSD=1.56 (BW: body weight, kg, FCM: fat corrected milk yield, kg, R/C: roughage ratio, %, CP: crude protein, %DM, TAVE: average temperature, °C, HAVE: average relative humidity, %). This equation was suggested that DMI in summer was controlled by heat production described by BW, FCM, R/C and CP, and environments which affected heat losses.


Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of disability and death in the world and especially in older adults. The aim of this study was the comparison of predictor variables of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the male and female elderly of Hamadan City. Method: In this study, the study population consisted of Hamadan city elderly (n = 321) men and women, which were selected by Cluster random sampling technique among the elderly in the Hamadan City in 1393. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisting two parts: demographic characteristics (age, gender, etc.) and the factors related to cardiovascular disease (body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, etc.) The validity of the questionnaire was measured by the content validity index and the reliability was determined by Cranach's alpha coefficient (93%). In addition, other data related to variables such as height and weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipids, and fasting blood glucose were collected. The data were analyzed through using descriptive and analytic statistics by SPSS Version 16


On several occasions over the past year, I have received requests to give more attention to publishing articles written by women who are involved in pastoral care and counseling. As .one person so graphically put it, "In my pastoral contacts across the country, I take pride in saying without reservation that I continue to meet outstanding women who are engaging in exciting and innovative forms of ministry. Truly, they are pioneers who press the frontiers of the church effectively. My regret is that we are not seeing enough of their contributions in print." These words moved me deeply and influenced my seeking articles by women on frontier subjects for this issue of The Joumal. In getting ready for this emphasis, I did a historical search and found that TheJoumal ofPastoral Carehas in fact addressed this vital concern not only by requesting articles from women for publication, but by publishing many such articles over the years. Addressing this finding, I discussed my intent with members of the Editorial Committee and gained their hearty support for my seeking assistance from twenty-five women to write contributions for this issue. In due time I heard from everyone, and again and again received affirmation of the intent even though most of them expressed regrets over their inability to participate due to overloaded schedules of speaking, traveling, writing and other professional commitments along with their regular pastoral responsibilities. What became apparent to me from this endeavor is how few clergywomen are in pastoral care and counseling though the number is increasing steadily, and how many requests and expectations are placed on them professionally which in turn limits their time for writing. My hope is that they and others will be motivated and encouraged to see the need for scheduling more writing time to make their unique contributions to the theoretical and practical frontiers of pastoral care and counseling.


[Objective]To study the effect and complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in treating osteoporotic spinal compression fractures.[Method]Eighteen patients with twenty-seven vertebras in group,PVP(percutaneous vertebroplasty)were performed in fourteen patients(twenty-three vertebras),PKP(percutaneous kyphoplasty)were performed in four patients(four vertebras),VAS(Visual analogue scale) and mobility were evaluated 3 days before and after operation.Relief of back pain、recovery of living ability and complications were observed in the follow-up.[Result]All patients were operated on successfully and their back pain relieved immediately after operation,VAS was distinctly decreased from(7.5±0.7)pre-operation to(2.5±0.6)at 3 day after operation with a significant difference(P0.01);Scale of patient,s mobility was distinctly decreased from(2.4±0.6) pre-operation to(1.2±0.4) at 3 day after operation with a significant difference(P0.01).During average 15.6 months follow-up,one patient died because of heart disease after two months,neighbor vertebral fracture occurred in four patients,bone cement leakage in three patients.All patients got satisfactory clinical effect.[Conclusion]Under strict selection and elaborate operation,PVP and PKP are ideal methods in treating osteoporotic spinal compression fractures,but the complications relevant to operation shoud be considered.


This paper deals with territorial features of modern greening of agricultural land use, caused by new land relations and the continuation of land degradation.


Eight novel polypyridine and phenanthroline complexes of Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II) and Zn(II) (1-8) of the type (M(N-N) 2(L))Cl 2 where N-N is 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) 2 and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) 2 with three benzothiazolyl hydrazone ligands L1-L3 were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, thermal conductance, UV-Vis, IR, 1 H NMR, electronic absorption and emission spectral methods. The IR, 1 H NMR, electronic absorption and emission spectral data revealed that the ligands coordinate with the metal ions in a bidentate fashion through azomethine nitrogen and phenolic oxygen to form complexes. The analytical and thermogravimetrical data correlated with the observations from IR, 1 H NMR, electronic absorption and emission spectra permitted to attribute that the metal ions are six coordinated in all the complexes.


With the opening up of domestic gold market, the core competence of gold mine companies is being challenged.Exclusive right to the resource cannot guarantee competitive edge.How to evaluate the core competence of gold mine companies and foster it becomes vital for the companies to gain sustained competitive advantages in the market.This study has established an evaluative index system of core competence according to the characteristics of gold mine companies,and conducted evaluation of core competence for gold mine companies,employing the improved fuzzy synthetic evaluation model.This model first avoided the information overlap caused by the fuzziness and complexity of the indexes by the orthogonal transformation.It also adopted entropy method to reduce the subjectivity during the evaluating process.


Galesburg, Ill., Dec. 5, 1908. To the Editor: —To one who knew the late Dr. John H. Rauch, it is gratifying to read the appreciative letter of Dr. George Homan of St. Louis, inThe Journal, December 5, regarding the work of Dr. Rauch while secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health. The committee on necrology of the Illinois State Medical Society for 1894 reports that Dr. John H. Rauch died at his birthplace, Lebanon, Pa., March 24, 1894. Whether or not he was buried there is not stated. Dr. Rauch was the unconscious product of the demand for greater things in medicine. With clear vision he saw that the great thing, as well as the first thing, was the preliminary education of the individual seeking to practice medicine in Illinois. I well remember that when I entered this state from Minnesota to practice my profession, I was considerably


Using a latent institutional lens to examine the reproductive conditions of academic knowledge creation, this article examines several interrelated problems facing communication studies. Primarily, these problems are indicative of wider social forces that shape academic and disciplinary inquiry. As such, the fate of communication studies is linked to the broader political economic transformations that are underway in the early 21st century.


This study investigated the fiscal policy variables that contributed to growth in Nigeria for the period of 1981 to 2010 in view of hypothesizing the fiscal policy variables-growth effect. Secondary annual time-series data were used. Data on Productive expenditure, Unproductive expenditure, distortionary taxes, non-distortionary taxes, fiscal deficit and real growth rate of GDP were analyzed using cointegration and ordinary least square techniques. Cointegration results show a long run relationship among the variables. Results of fiscal-growth effect model invalidate the claim that only productive expenditure, distortionary taxes and fiscal deficit contribute to growth in case of Nigeria. These results draw attention towards the significance of non-distortionary taxes as addition to three fiscal policy variables that contribute to growth and government should reduce expenditure on recreational-cultural-religious affairs and other functions like political administrative expenses in order to achieve stabilization policies in Nigeria.


Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) will play important roles in future naval operations by mitigating risk during dangerous tasks such as mine hunting and reconnaissance missions. However, a reliable UUV launch and recovery system (LARS) for naval platforms, especially submarines, has yet to be developed. This paper summarizes work on a Defence Research and Development Canada project to develop such a system for submerged slowly moving submarines under waves [1] and adapts the active dock from this work to concepts for a small UUV LARS installed under the deck but outside the pressure hull of a generic 70 m long diesel submarine. The LARS is located in free flooding, plausibly sized cargo space aft of the submarine's sail. The current paper focuses on system design considerations and LARS characteristics particular to UUV deployment from submarines. A range of UUV sizes are considered to highlight various system limitations and advantages, and various charging and data transfer possibilities that can be integrated into the cargo hatch are discussed. The goal is to explore the various technical issues a UUV/submarine LARS system faces to provide guidance for future UUV deployment strategies.


Qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 participants enrolled in an outpatient congestive heart failure clinic to explore referral patterns and influences on attending and staying enrolled. All participants recommended earlier enrollment in the clinic due to their positive results.


Stem taper functions are valuable tools for the study of stem profile and predict volume estimates. Such functions have long been analyzed for different birch species in the world. However, Asian w...


This paper shows the main results after the experience of building tools for VHDL applications using some commercial VHDL front-ends. To this purpose we have evaluated several VHDL analyzers for performance, compliance and application support. This work has been done in order to implement tools based in a formal model of VHDL. We stress the necessity of a safe way to comply with the standard avoiding cumbersome interpretations.<<ETX>>


By using the PAGE (Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis), the effect of water-borne Cu2+ on the isozymes in gills of E. sinensis was studied. The experimental groups were treated with different concentration of Cu2+ as 0.01, 0.10, 1.00, and 5.00 mg/l, respectively. The results showed that different isozymes had specific responses. The activity of LDH and MDH decreased gradually along with the increasing of Cu2+ level. Increasing of Cu2+ level followed by decreasing of ALP was observed, and the variation of EST wasn't significant. These isozymes variations reflected the toxic effects of Cu2+ sensitively.


Subject. Despite the macroeconomic stability, the rate of economic growth is still low. Seventy two constituent entities of the Russian Federation need governmental subsidies, with six of them being highly subsidized. Moreover, the government allocates substantial funds to subnational transfers.
Objectives. The study aims to determine what causes the low efficiency of the governmental subsidizing mechanism for highly subsidized regions. We also try to find how the situation can be improved.
Methods. We applied methods of logic and statistical analysis.
Results. We found that highly subsidized regions are not motivated to effectively utilize fiscal funds and find their own sources of finance. The article also indicates weaknesses and inaccuracies of fiscal forecasts and planning, including fiscal potential assessment techniques. There are no clear mechanisms incentivizing the regions to increment their financial potential. We also should note the clinging behavior and excessive centralization of the fiscal system.
Conclusions and Relevance. The fact that the Russian fiscal practice predominantly depends on subsidies is caused by geographical, resource, socioeconomic, political and fiscal issues. As for highly subsidized regions, the modern subsidizing mechanism is insufficiently effective, since the regions are not motivated to effectively use the fiscal subsidies and find their own financial resources, and do not have appropriate levers to regulate and increment their financial potential. To eliminate this, they should expand financial opportunities and responsibility of regions as part of their economic policy. The economic policy should encourage innovation and harmonize the regional budgetary and fiscal policy. It is reasonable to cover more aspects for the assessment of the fiscal potential index, including fiscal expenditures of regions and their efficiency, improving the existing approaches to estimating expenditure commitments of the regions, using the model budget and proliferating the practice of budgetary expenditure reviews.


In this paper we present a knowledge base for the generation and optimization of query execution plans for parallel database systems. This knowledge base builds the basis of a novel extended blackboard architecture for the optimization of parallel query execution plans, which is based on a bottom-up building block approach. It allows to find (near) optimal execution plans out of a possibly huge search space in reasonable time.


Whole body fat mass (BF) can be predicted by different bioimpedance (BIA) techniques measuring the whole body (tetrapolar hand‐to‐foot technique, HF), lower body (bipolar foot‐to‐foot technique, FF), or upper body (bipolar hand‐to‐hand technique, HH). This study analyzed 146 healthy volunteers (age 18–84 years) for whether these three techniques differ in their estimates of BF, and whether sex and age of the subjects influence estimates of BF. Reproducibility of the techniques was tested by calculating the technical error (TE). Effects of BIA technique, sex, and age on predicted BF were analyzed with ANOVA for repeated measurements in a mixed effect design. Results showed high reproducibility for the three BIA techniques (TE = 0.01–0.03 kg). ANOVA indicated interactions between BIA technique and sex (P = 0.035), BIA technique and age (P < 0.001), as well as effects of sex (P = 0.004) and age (P = 0.001) on variation in BF. The HH technique gave the highest values for BF in males, but lowest values in females, whereas the reverse was found for the FF technique. The HH technique yielded the lowest values for BF in young adults, but highest values in older ones. The reverse was noted for the FF technique. The data suggest that the observed differences in the three BIA techniques in predicting BF reflect sex differences and age‐associated changes in body fat patterning. Therefore, the whole body impedance method is preferred over the HH and FF techniques due to the interactions with sex and age. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 16:593–597, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Objective To observe the expression changes of NMDAR1 (NR1) under inflammatory pain. Methods Histochemistry technique associated with pain-behavior-rating were applied to observe the expressionchanges of the RA1 in the dorsal mot ganglion(DRG) and spinal cord following the injection of 5% formalin 50μl. Results It was found that the NR1 expression in DRG and dorsal horn of L4-5 segment of the formalin group was significantly stronger than that in the normal saline group. Conclusion The results Suggested that the up-regulation and activation of NR1 in the DRG and spinal dorsal horn maybe significantly contributeto the hyperalgesia that accompanies inflammation.


Exploration of the Foundation Volcanic Chain (33°S–131°W; 37°S–111°W) revealed the existence of different magmatic provinces with relation to their geological settings. (1) The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR) is made up of several en echelon segments where both glassy midocean ridge basalts (MORBs) with low incompatible elements (K2O 150 ppm) and Ce (>48 ppm)) at about 306–1300 km from the PAR axis, (4) The Old Pacific Seamounts built on a crust older than 23 m. y. located west of longitude 124°W (>1300 km from the PAR axis) consist of T and EMORB. On the PAR axis, extensive crystal fractionation (>65%) produced the silicic lavas. On the basis of Pacific plate reconstruction using a half spreading rate of about 50 mm/yr and integrating the observed compositional changes with respect to the structural settings, it is inferred that the last volcanic events giving rise to the FS took place at about 110 km from the PAR axis about 5 m. y. ago. The Oblique Ridges built between 5 m. y. and 23 m. y.) with MORB volcanics comparable to those of the the Oblique Ridge-PAR provinces, could also have been formed by an interaction between the Foundation Seamount (dredge site 28) hotspot magmatism and that of an ancient accreting ridge magmatism precursor of the PAR.


In this paper,shortcoming in measuring method of permeability of concrete was considered.Physical parameters on the sample were presented based on the Darcy's law and electrokinetic effect which is produced by of the pressed electric double layer on the interface between the solid in the pores of concrete sample,and similarity conditions and important similarity coefficients of sample machining were provided by dimensional analysis.


Abstract Acinetospora crinita is present year-round at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina (USA) but individual plants are small and rarely collected during warmer months. Light-temperature cross-gradient culture experiments failed to explain this phenology since plants grow well at all temperatures between 10 and 30°C. Since reproductive structures are not observed in nature or in culture, it is concluded that this A. crinita population is maintained solely by vegetative fragmentation. Elsewhere, this species has been implicated in the life histories of species of Giffordia and Feldmannia. No such relationship was observed in this study.


ABSTRACT Background: Public health professionals advocate school-based and community physical activity (PA) interventions as an effective method to increase PA levels and improve physical fitness. Purpose: This evaluation independently assessed a school–community linked PA intervention by exploring the provision, process, and impact of the program and its outcomes. Methods: Students aged 7 to 12 years (n = 468, intervention group [IG]; n = 128, control group [CG]), teachers (n = 19), head teachers (n = 4), school program contacts (n = 4), and program administrator (n = 1) took part in the evaluation. Program content and processes were assessed using questionnaires and semistructured interviews. A mixed effect model was used to assess changes in physical fitness, PA levels, and attitudes toward PA at baseline and postintervention. Results: CG increased body mass (P > .001), aerobic capacity (P > .001), and push-ups (P = .005), as well as improved attitudinal scores toward health and fitness and vertigo (P < .05) compared to the IG. Process evaluation revealed struggles with implementation and design, including pedagogical issues to facilitate program goals. The intervention did not improve attitudinal outcomes, PA levels, or physical fitness above that of the CG. Translation to Health Education Practice: Sustainable PA interventions should consider adopting a sociocultural approach that is grounded in learning models and delivered by staff with relevant pedagogical content knowledge.


In Pakistan, mango orchards are traditionally irrigated through basin flooding method. Basins are made around a mango tree and flooded through a small channel. A huge quantity of water is lost in these basins as well as in these channels. To minimize water losses, modern micro-irrigation methods such as drip and sprinkler irrigation are introduced. They save precious water, produce quality fruits and higher yields. Several progressive farmers have installed drip irrigation systems in their orchards. This study describes, the water distribution pattern, irrigation frequency, required number of emitters and their orientation under drip irrigated mangoes. Each mango tree was irrigated by four drippers installed at a distance of about 50 to 80 cm from the trunk. They did not provide sufficient moisture around the canopy hence trees were under dry stress. To cover entire canopy, the system should be operated for additional hours. Also, the placement of the drippers was inappropriate which failed to irrigate the outer edges of the tree canopy. The lateral could be placed with circular orientation around the canopy to provide moisture and avoid dry stress. Several operational problems were observed that need to be locally resolved. The frequency and time of application should be set according to the daily consumptive use of the mango tree. The plant growth was almost similar under drip and basin irrigation methods. However, the signs of leaf wilting were observed under drip irrigated trees whereas lush green leaves were seen under basin irrigated trees. The fruit drop was higher under drip method; while the fruit quality and yield was better under basin irrigation method; this is attributed to dry stresses due to limited availability of water around the tree canopy.


Aiming at happening bridge collapse accident when bridge is stroked by shipping,all the countries' scholars according to their respective research results put forward many simplify calculation formulas of boat ramming force,it comparatively studies highway,railway in China and other countries' boat ramming force criterion,obtain some beneficial conclusions.


This paper describes a search for dark photons ($\gamma_d$) in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The dark photons are searched for in the decay of Higgs bosons ($H \to \gamma\gamma_d$) produced through the $ZH$ production mode. The transverse mass of the system, made of the photon and the missing transverse momentum from the non-interacting $\gamma_d$, presents a distinctive signature as it peaks near the Higgs boson mass. The results presented use the total Run-2 integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$ recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The dominant reducible background processes are estimated using data-driven techniques. A Boosted Decision Tree technique is adopted to enhance the sensitivity of the search. As no excess is observed with respect to the Standard Model prediction, an observed (expected) upper limit on the branching ratio BR$(H\to \gamma\gamma_d)$ of 2.28$\%$ (2.82$^{+1.33}_{-0.84}\%$) is set at 95$\%$ CL for massless $\gamma_d$. For massive dark photons up to 40 GeV, the observed (expected) upper limits on BR$(H\to \gamma\gamma_d)$ at 95$\%$ confidence level is found within the [2.19,2.52]$\%$ ([2.71,3.11]$\%$) range.


The current emphasis in developing NiAl-based alloys for use in gas-turbine aircraft engines requires a fundamental understanding of the creep mechanisms dominant in these materials. Here, a comparison of published creep data on binary NiAl showed that there is a discrepancy in the reported magnitudes of the stress exponents, n, which usually vary between about 4.5 and 6.5. In general, a close examination of the data suggested that n {approx} 4.5 for cast materials and 6.5 for powder-metallurgy extruded NiAl. Constant load compression creep tests were conducted on a cast and extruded binary NiAl between 800 and 1,200 K over a wide range of initial applied stresses varying between 4.0 and 200 MPa. The microstructures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The observed variations in the creep behavior of the extruded cast and powder-metallurgy NiAl appeared to be due to a grain size effect. Despite similarities in the values of n, no significant substructure was observed in most of the grains in the cast and extruded specimens at 1,100 and 1,200 K in contrast to the PM-extruded alloy, which revealed a wide range of substructural features in the power-law creep region. However, extensive subgrain formation and dislocations were widely observedmore » at lower temperatures and higher stresses in the cast and extruded material.« less


This is a major update of ellip (STB-46: gr32). ellip7 is version 1.3 of ellip for Stata 7 for graphing confidence ellipses. ellip7 is more tested than ellip6 for Stata 6, which is version 1.2. ellip7 also has a new/fixed by() option, a nograph option, and a new boundary constant. The pool() option requires the gphdt and gphsave files, which are installed as part of this package.


Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is a probabilistic topic model to discover latent topics from documents and describe each document with a probability distribution over the discovered topics. It defines a global hierarchical relationship from words to a topic and then from topics to a document. Word2Vec is a word-embedding model to predict a target word from its surrounding contextual words. In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach to extract features from documents with bag-of-distances in a semantic space. By using both Word2Vec and LDA, our hybrid method not only generates the relationships between documents and topics, but also integrates the contextual relationships among words. Experimental results indicate that document features generated by our hybrid method are useful to improve classification performance by consolidating both global and local relationships.


Perhaps the greatest takeaway gleaned from these texts is that the opioid crisis is not easily explained. Because of this, the solutions are not easily explained either. But there are things that can be done: we can stop thinking about addicts as criminals, rather understanding that there is a need to rebuild civil society and a return to the community for health care. Through this cultural shift we may come to better ameliorate the conditions under which addiction persists; we can offer means to help those in need through harmreduction initiatives. Criminalisation and the war on drugs remain institutionalised villains that have been shown to create nothing but societal decay. All three texts must be regarded a required reading for anyone curious about how we got to where we are, amidst the opioid crisis. For historians, they are invaluable texts regarding the socio-political context within which the contemporary opioid crisis has emerged. Through investigative journalism these authors produce a common narrative that clarifies the complexity of the crisis, identifies its main actors and defines important milestones. However, I encourage readers to keep a critical eye on what the future may hold.


With increasing interest from both the academic and industrial communities, this work is planned to keep the communities up to date about the developments in communication technology in the smart grid.

Smart grid can be defined as an electric system that uses information two-way cyber-secure communication technologies and computational intelligence in an integrated fashion across the entire spectrum of the energy system from the generation to the end points of consumption of the electricity. Some of the key requirements of the smart grid from the aspects of global multimedia communication include: integration of renewable energy resources, active customer participation to enable energy conservation, secure communications, better utilization of existing assets to address long term sustainability, management of distributed generation and information storage, integration of communication and control across the information system to provide interoperability and open systems as well as to increase safety and operational flexibility. Three fundamental functionalities are desirable for the communication infrastructure of the smart grid: sensing, transmission, and control. Embeded sensing is carried out by a large number of smart meters or sensors to detect the states of the various points of the grid in a real-time manner. Two-way transmission links should be established for data transport between sensors and control centers. Control instructions are delivered from the smart meters or sensors located in different places to support efficient operations of the smart grid and reliable access to grid components. To fulfill these purposes, the smart grid infrastructure has to integrate enabling networking technologies. The communication infrastructure of the smart grid has to cover the entire region with the intention to connect a large set of nodes. Thus, the communication infrastructure is envisioned to be a multilayer structure that extends across the whole smart grid from the home area to the neighborhood area and the wide area. Home area networks (HANs) communicate with various smart devices to provide energy efficient management and demand response. Neighborhood area networks (NANs) connect multiple HANs to local access points. Wide area networks (WANs) provide communication links between the NANs and the utility systems to transfer information. This three-layered structure of the communications networks provides a potential operation of the smart grid to work economically, efficiently, reliably and securely. The design of the communication network associated with the smart grid involves detailed analysis of its communication requirements, a proposal of the appropriate protocol architecture, the choice of the most suitable technologies for each case study, and a scheme for the resultant heterogeneous network management system.

This work presents key issues to current communications networks status for smart grid. At first, te focus is on components and communication requirements. The main component of the smart grid is the sensor network with a system of distributed sensor nodes that interact among themselves with processing and routing capabilities using either wireless or wired medium. Smart grid networks will manage real-time information and will collect information from established intelligent electronic devices for control and automation process. In the second part, issues related to smart grid communication architecture will be discussed. Next, mesh network architecture using IEEE802.11s as its core technology is described. Finally, the mesh routing on a hybrid tree-based routing protocol in a multiple gateway environment, will be performed. Further research issues conclude this presentation.


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Extending the bipartition model of electron transport to the case of light-ion transport, the approximate solution for the light-ion distribution function under the continuously-slowing-down approximation has been developed so as to go a step further in obtaining the light-ion-range profile and other transport quantities (Luo Zhengming, Phys. Rev. B B32R, 812 (1985); B32R, 824 (1985)). The comparison with existing theories and experiments shows that the new theory not only has the precision which can match with that of the current-transport theory, but is far more flexible in describing the transport process of energetic ions in matter.


SYNOPSIS. Cultivation of the mammalian trypanosomes can be accomplished in the following artificial environments: monophasic and diphasic blood agar, dialysate, undefined, and partially defined liquid media, semisolid media, avian embryos, and tissue cultures. The experimental purpose for cultivating a species usually determines the type of medium used. The various media are considered with reference to problems concerned with diagnosis, serology and morphology as well as metabolic, biochemical studies, etc., for which the different types have been utilized. Nutritional and environmental requirements for in vitro growth are noted. Most mammalian trypanosomes, regardless of the medium, multiply in stages peculiar to the invertebrate host. In certain species these forms are infective, in others they are not. In only a few instances has there been development beyond the usual invertebrate forms to an infective form or of the adult trypanosome of the vertebrate. Considerable progress has been made toward attaining a defined medium, but the exact nutritional components as yet have not been determined.

Development of chemically defined media and of media which will support the growth of trypanosome stages which thus far have not been cultivated in vitro are major problems for the future.


e14113 Background: The addition of oxaliplatin to FU/LV has been shown to significantly prolong DFS in patients (pts) with stage II/III colon cancer. Capecitabine can replace bolus FU/LV, with the added benefit of the convenient oral administration compared with more-cumbersome infusional therapy. XELOX regimen was compared to bolus FU/LV in 1,886 resected colorectal cancer pts, showing superior DFS, but higher rate of withdrawals for toxicity, especially in over 65 years pts (30% vs. 9%). Given this threefold rate of toxicity-related interruptions reported for XELOX, we performed a retrospective analysis to verify if the dose intensity of chemotherapy is administered in routine clinical practice in a consecutive non-selected series of over 65 years pts with resected colorectal cancer.

METHODS
All pts over 65 years, treated with adjuvant FOLFOX or XELOX, between 01/08-12/10, were retrospectively identified. We assessed the completion of the prescribed adjuvant chemotherapy and dose reduction due to toxicity. Dose intensity was calculated as follows: dose intensity = actual dose given/planned dose.

RESULTS
Thirty-one pts began Adj XELOX. and 44 Adj FOLFOX. Median age (XELOX vs. FOLFOX): 71 vs. 70; ECOG PS 0-1= 71% vs. 77%.

TOXICITY
(XELOX vs. FOLFOX): grade 3/4 neutropenia (19% vs.16%); grade 3/4 thrombocytopenia (26% vs.18%); grade 3/4 neuropathy: (26% vs.16%); diarrhoea 2/3 (23% vs. 14%), nausea/vomiting 2/3 (23% vs.18%); hand-foot syndrome (23% vs.0%). A toxicity-related withdrawals was registered in 32% vs 18%. The median oxaliplatin dose intensity of XELOX was 0.70 compared with 0.85 for FOLFOX. A delay of drug administration there was in 18% of XELOX cycles and in 15% of FOLFOX.

CONCLUSIONS
Given the convenient oral administration of capecitabine respect to infusional therapy, XELOX is often used in adj setting, but data from large phase III trial indicate that a very large rate of elderly pts undergo to withdrawals for toxicity. Our retrospective analysis in a non selected series of pts over 65 years confirms that in clinical practice the oxaliplatin planned dose density is rarely administered, so a different schedule (i.e. CAPOX) could be explored in this setting of pts.


In this thesis, we study the physics of the quark gluon plasma (QGP) using holographic methods borrowed from string theory. We start our discussion by motivating the use of such machinery, explaining how recent experimental results from the LHC and RHIC colliders suggests that the created QGP should be described as a strongly coupled liquid with small but nonvanishing bulk and shear viscosities. We argue that holographic dualities are a very efficient framework for studying transport properties in such a medium.

Next, we introduce the underlying physics behind all holographic dualities, the AdS/CFT correspondence, and then motivate the necessity of implementing conformal invariance breaking in them. After this, we present the phenomenologically most successful holographic model of the strong interactions - Improved Holographic QCD (IHQCD).

Working within IHQCD, we next move on to calculate energy momentum tensor correlators in the bulk and shear channels of large-Nc Yang-Mills theory. In the shear channel, we confront our results with those derived in strongly coupled N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory as well as weakly interacting ordinary Yang-Mills theory. Close to the critical temperature of the deconfinement transition, we observe significant effects of conformal invariance breaking. In the bulk channel, where the conformal result is trivial, we make comparisons with both perturbative and lattice QCD. We observe that lattice data seem to favor our holographic prediction over the perturbative one over a wide range of temperatures.


This research investigates the Role Multimedia and information technology for Business Graduates. Data were collected from 100 Business graduates by using simple random technique. Structural Questionnaire was developed for the reliability and validity of Data. Data were analysed by using E-views 7 version. It was revealed that different reuse scenarios have to be taken into account right from the beginning when the content is created. Powerful tools will help to create slightly different versions of the same content for different areas of use with little additional effort but with a maximum of benefit. However much research and development has to be done till this works well enough so that it will get accepted by producers and consumers of RLOs. In the future standards will also cover all for e-learning relevant areas, not only small parts as now, but still will be flexible enough to allow further innovation. It was further revealed that multimedia help the business students in their work productivity.


The BBC has escaped the existential threat that so many of the luvvies who get highly paid by the BBC told us was planned by the Government. Whittingdale's White Paper contains challenges for the corporation but generally it avoids serious structural change. Longer-term though (and in the current media context that is an unusual time-frame) something much more radical might still be about to happen.


As a perusal of Colombia's economic history makes clear, agriculture has been central to the economy's generally satisfactory performance. Agriculture's postwar growth rate (3.7 percent over 1950-80) was well above the average for developing countries and was unusually high in relation to the growth rate of GDP (5.1 percent over 1950-80). During the years of fastest GDP growth (5.9 percent in 1965-80), agriculture grew at 4.5 percent, which was somewhat higher than its longer-period average. This chapter therefore gives special attention to the latter period. Despite this record, the relatively low ratio of nonagricultural growth to that of agriculture might suggest a smaller positive spinoff from agriculture than might have been hoped for; the nonagricultural sector as a whole grew a little less than 6 percent annually over this period. Why the ratio was low is a complicated matter to explain, since there is no "correct" ratio between the growth of agriculture and nonagriculture, given that countries vary greatly in their resource endowments and policy options. That Colombia achieved its creditable growth rate with a rather low gross investment ratio in comparison with that of other countries of Latin America suggests that its growth process has been relatively efficient. Of interest from a longer-term perspective, Colombia took off on a path of fairly sustained growth following the rapid expansion of coffee production and exports during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During much of the nineteenth century, the country had a variety of agricultural and extractive exports, but the quantum per capita remained low. That ratio increased substantially once coffee became the leading export (Ocampo 1984, 1991). Coffee has been the main commodity export ever since, accounting for 60-80 percent of legal exports during most of that period, falling to 55 percent during the 1970s and to less than 50 percent during the 1980s (table 10.1). For most of the study period agricultural exports as a group accounted for 70 percent or more of total legal commodity exports (the 1970s average was 78 percent); in the early postwar years bananas came a distant second to coffee,


Bangladesh is suffering severely from power crisis in past few years. Fossil fuels are getting diminished day by day. Bangladesh should look for renewable sources of energy. Wind can be a solution to this problem. Wind is a good form of renewable energy. Bangladesh has a long coastal area. Wind blows in different patterns in different seasons. Wind turbines should have the capacity to withstand against 250 km/hr wind in coastal zones. Previously collected data have been analyzed to evaluate the potential of wind energy in different spots of Bangladesh. Feasibility to establish wind turbines in different zones in mass scale to produce electricity and for irrigation purpose are described briefly. Working principle and design considerations to install wind turbines are also discussed in this paper. Effect of height in average wind speed and probable power generation is shown here. An effort has been made to estimate the relevant costs regarding establishment of a wind turbine.
Index Terms— Fossil Fuel, Windmill, Coastal Zone, Wind Speed, High Altitude, Wind Energy Costing


Analysis of privacy-sensitive data in a multi-party environment often assumes that the parties are well-behaved and they abide by the protocols. Parties compute whatever is needed, communicate correctly following the rules, and do not collude with other parties for exposing third party sensitive data. This paper argues that most of these assumptions fall apart in real-life applications of privacy-preserving distributed data mining (PPDM). The paper offers a more realistic formulation of the PPDM problem as a multi-party game where each party tries to maximize its own objectives. It offers a game-theoretic framework for developing and analyzing new robust PPDM algorithms. It also presents equilibrium-analysis of such PPDM-games and outlines a game-theoretic solution based on the concept of "cheap-talk" borrowed from the economics and the game theory literature.


Playa lakes are shallow, circular basins within the High Plains that were formed by wind during the Pleistocene Era. These basins are often referred to as {open_quotes}buffalo wallows{close_quotes} by local residents. When rainfall occurs, playas pond water, allowing formation of hydric soils and wetland vegetation. Playa provide excellent waterfowl habitat and are second only to the Gulf Coast in importance as winter habitat for birds in the Central Flyway. Highly variable climatic conditions along with extensive changes in surrounding hydrology on agricultural lands contribute to alternating wet and dry cycles within the playas. As a result, the vegetative mixture of the playas can change drastically from one season to another.


PVCs originating in the RVOT are the most common form of idiopathic PVCs. However, numerous medical reports have identified RVOT changes using cardiac MRI in patients with idiopathic PVCs. Therefore cardiac MRI is an examination that has begun to be increasingly used for ablation procedures. We present the case of a patient with high number PVCs and VT, originating in a dilated portion of RVOT. A 49-year-old male patient was referred to our cardiology department for high-burden PVC. The ECG showed frequent PVCs with an LBBB morphology and precordial transition in lead V5. Holter ECG showed > 30.000 PVC/24 hours (> 37%) with repeated episodes of nonsustained and sustained VT. Cardiac MRI excluded an ARVC, but identified a type ostium seccundum ASD with mild dilation of the RV and RVOT. Electroanatomical mapping during PVC and VT showed earliest activation at the anterolateral RVOT region. Catheter ablation was performed using radiofrequency current applied with a 4 mm Navistar Biosense catheter resulting in the complete disappearance of PVCs and VT episodes. At the 30 day follow-up, Holter ECG showed no PVC. At the 12 month follow-up the patient remained asymptomatic, with no PVC at Holter ECG. Our case report demonstrates that RVOT VT can associate with ASD. This association may be accidental, or due to the presence of dilated RVOT.


Objective In order to observe the efficacy of four disinfectants to Mycobacterium.Method Suspension quantitative germicidal test were carried out to observe germicidal efficacy of quaternary ammonium compounds,ethanol,isopropanol and peracetic acid.Results At normal temperature,the average killing logarithm exposed to the solution containing 45%(v/v) ethanol or isopropanol for 0.5 min were above 4.00.The average killing logarithm exposed to the solution containing peracetic acid 400 mg/L for 2.5 min were above 4.00.The solution containing benzalkonium bromide 400 mg/L for 20 min did not have germicidal efficacy.With the increasing concentration and contact time,the killing efficacy of alcohol disinfectants and peracetic acid increased.Conclusion The disinfectants of alcohol disinfectants and peracetic acid can effectively kill Mycobacterium in suspension at lower concentration.And low concentration of quaternary ammonium compounds had no germicidal efficacy to Mycobacterium.


Analysis of biological samples in large cohort studies may provide insight into the mechanism of, and risk factors for, disease onset and progression.


The typical structure of energy management system for new electric vehicle was analyzed to summarize the function. The research trend was pointed out based on the analysis of performance characteristics of energy management system for electric vehicle.


We consider the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) with forward hopping rate 1, backward hopping rate q and periodic boundary conditions. We show that the Bethe equations of ASEP can be decoupled, at all order in perturbation in the variable q, by introducing a formal Laurent series mapping the Bethe roots of the totally asymmetric case q = 0 (TASEP) to the Bethe roots of ASEP. The probability of the height for ASEP is then written as a single contour integral on the Riemann surface on which symmetric functions of TASEP Bethe roots live.


Viruses are the numerically dominant microbes in every oceanic environment from sea surface to sediments. One liter of surface seawater from a typical mesotrophic area contains 10 10 viruses, about an order of magnitude greater than the number of bacteria. While total counts of viruses are becoming easier to make, we still know very little about the viruses that comprise a given assemblage. Infectivity assays are extremely useful and still the best way to assay for infectious viruses for any particular host. However, this approach requires that each potential host organism be cultured making it impractical, if not impossible, to completely characterize natural assemblages. Morphological studies have been enlightening, but are time consuming and difficult to do quantitatively. Here we report on a fingerprinting approach to characterize natural viral assemblages. In this approach the viruses are concentrated, and intact viral genomes separated based on their size using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The number of distinguishable bands produced provides a minimum estimate of the number of different viruses, while band position and staining intensity reveal the genome size distribution within the assemblage. With this technique we have detected spatial and temporal differences, as well as many similarities, in viral assemblages among a variety of marine habitats. Current efforts are directed toward combining this technique with other methods of fractionation and sequence analysis to allow both morphological and genetic description of uncultivated marine viruses. Direct investigation of dominant or particularly widespread viruses may ultimately provide clues as to which marine organisms contribute most to the viral pool, and which organisms are likely to be significantly influenced by viral mortality.


This paper traces the development of history of logic in Ukraine in the 19 century and early 20 century. The author particularly discusses and compares the logical concepts of representatives of Kyiv philosophies, who made their contribution to the development of logic as a science and academic discipline. Some of them had sunk into oblivion for a long time and their names are still unknown in the logic community.


Symbolic Chord Detection consists in the transcription of chords of a fragment of music on a symbolic representation, and with this paper we present a reimplementation of Pardo-Birmingham's algorithm for symbolic chord detection, in which the task is defined by two main problems: segmentation and chord labeling. These are processed in parallel, scores are given to possible chord templates, proposing both chord labels and their segmentation.Then, the combination of labeling and segmenting with highest score defines both the resulting chords and segmentation. The chord labeling is done similar to the way the Krumhansl-Schmuckler pitch profiles are used for key detection. Finally, an evaluation method for this task is also proposed.


Ultrastructural examination of 7-day-old rye proembryos did not reveal distinct differences in the cell structure of its particular parts. It was noted, however, that in the cells of the apical part vacuoles and multivesicular bodies were more numerous than, in the basal part. These specific features of the cells of the apical part of the proembryo (together with data of other authors) seem to indicate an early stage of development of the embryonal scutellum.


Two newly established inbred strains derived from Mus musculus musculus, designated PWD/Ph (F29) and PWK/Ph (F33), were examined for their alleles at 37 biochemical loci located on 12 different chromosomes. The allelic pattern showed characteristic differences from those observed in common inbred strains. The genetic distance D between PWK/Ph and PWD/Ph was 0·027, whereas the corresponding values for the genetic distances between PWK/Ph and C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, BALB/cJ and SWR/J were 0·777, 0·721, 0·721 and 0·838 respectively. New allozymes are described as being controlled by the loci Es-23, Pre-2 and Tam-1. The genetic relationship to M.m. molossinus is indicated by identical alleles at six other loci (Es-2, Es-9, Es-10, Es-11, Es-18 and Es-22).


In this paper, a novel multi-modal biometric based encryption scheme for medical images is proposed. It is based upon the ever-secure Advanced Encryption Standard Cipher Block Chaining (AES-CBC) mode of encryption and Indexing-First One (IFO) hashing for the generation of the secret keys. The proposed system utilizes two biometrics of the user, the iris and the fingerprint, but instead of using the features of the biometrics directly, they are hashed through the IFO process to create a secret key that can be revoked and regenerated in case of a compromise ensuring the security of the users biometrics. The IFO hashes obtained from the biometric feature vectors are then used as two different secret keys in a two round AES-CBC system to encrypt the medical image. The medical image can be decrypted by performing the AES-CBC rounds in reverse with the correct keys, meaning that with high probability, only the correct user will be able to decrypt the image. This encryption technique improves upon many existing medical encryption schemes based on biometrics, which do not take the protection of the biometric template into account. We were able to perform one full key generation, encryption and decryption in.027 seconds. In addition, this processes is lossless, meaning that there is no change in the pixels of the medical image during the encryption or decryption process, which is necessary of a medical image encryption system.


During a visit to Achill Island in 1946 the writer made notes and drawings of certain primitive types of buildings still surviving in ruin or in use, and of which no adequate record had been made. The intrinsic interest of these, as well as their significance in the wider comparative study of peasant architecture in the British Isles, makes their publication desirable. Achill Island is in Co. Mayo, off the west coast of Ireland, though now joined to the mainland by a bridge and road across Achill Sound. The buildings described here all lie in the neighbourhood of Dooagh and Keem, at the western end of the island. The most important series is that associated with the practice of 'booleying', or the transference of cattle to summer pastures, which approximates to the use of shielings in the Scottish Highlands or of the hafod in Wales. This custom, and its associated folk-lore, has been discussed in a series of articles in Irish and English which includes a study of the area under discussion, though without adequate plans or structural details of the buildings involved.


under the Obama regime and the US approach to its allies and other Asian powers. The analysis is clearly in favour of American activism and involvement in South East Asia and adherence to pragmatic and constructive US policy approaches to key Asian issues. A comprehensive discussion of India's interests in the Indian Ocean follows, with the progress made by India in building beneficial relations with littorals in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, as well as various strategic arrangements, disaster relief mechanisms, and so on. Bilateral and multinational exercises at sea as part of military diplomacy give a clear indication of the predominant regional role aspirations of India. The author surmises that the rise of India as a regional sea power will be welcomed by the US to the extent that it helps in balancing China. From China's point of view it will be beneficial as India will reduce the hegemony of Western powers. In addition, the increasing Russian presence in the Indian Ocean would make the Indian Ocean a multi-polar region. Thus in the near future an environment of co-operation is likely to prevail, with the Indian Ocean becoming a playground of multinational navies to safeguard the SLOCs and ensuring crucial oil supplies. With China stepping up the modernisation plans of its navy, and with multinational navies in the region, it would be imperative for India to speed up its modernisation plans, which appear to move forward rather slowly. It appears that China would first concentrate on the South China Sea, while ensuring that the Indian Ocean remains an 'open ground' until the Chinese navy can foray into farther regions. The maritime multilateralism policy favoured by China has proved beneficial in its strategy to get access to the Indian Ocean. In the last chapter the author has recapitulated various arms control proposals for the Indian Ocean Region. The book provides a comprehensive insight into the full gamut of issues relevant to the topic and is worth reading to acquire an overall perspective on the subject.


Adam Curry: The role of shear heating in producing crystal-poor obsidian (Under the direction of Allen F. Glazner) The reasons for obsidian's lack of phenocrysts (<1 vol%) are poorly understood. Modal analyses of obsidian from the Long Valley and Coso volcanic areas in California were completed to better understand the crystallization history of obsidian. Crystal-poor samples (< 2 vol%) contain plagioclase but lack sanidine and often quartz, whereas crystal-rich samples (>2 vol%) contain plagioclase and sanidine but sometimes lack quartz. Crystal-poor samples contain dominantly rounded phenocrysts indicative of resorption, whereas phenocrysts in crystal-rich samples contain sharp, defined corners. Thermal models of ascending, high-silica magma were run using COMSOL Multiphysics to assess temperature increases caused by shear heating, which could potentially resorb crystals. Models show large (>300 K) temperature increases at the conduit edges capable of resorbing crystals. Though model dike geometry is unrealistic, obsidian mineralogy and thermal modeling are consistent with shear heating-induced resorption during ascent of high-silica magmas. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Allen Glazner for his help throughout this project. Thanks also to the rest of my committee, Dr. Martin Fund at UNC for financial support.


The complexity of hormone‐dependent gene regulation is hard to convey in teacher centered learning scenarios due to a considerable diversity of roles, processes and implicated mediators. This is a rich field of knowledge that student's can explore, since 1) each of these molecules influences the expression of several genes, 2) there is tissue specificity, and 3) it involves interaction with several transcription factors. Furthermore, gene regulation is of increasing interest, with emphasis on its clinical and pharmacological applications. This work advances a student centered approach that fosters learning of responses mediated by hormone‐dependent nuclear receptors. Students are challenged to explore a specific hormone receptor and its role in mediating gene expression. Given a short DNA sequence of a gene promoter, and by using free bioinformatics resources, students are then required to identify the nuclear receptor and to discuss the function of the gene in the context of its hormonal regulation in health and disease. By exploring the regulation of a specific gene, students get involved in understanding the mechanism underlying hormone‐dependent gene regulation. To satisfy the need of identifying the genes and macromolecules involved, students get familiarized with important internet databases and online bioinformatics resources. The approach was found to be effective with 2nd year medical undergraduates.


Drug courts have become an increasingly popular response to the increased burden placed on the criminal justice system by substance abuse. However, evaluation findings have been less than consistent with respect to the ability of drug courts to have the desired impact on drug use and criminal behavior. This paper reviews the literature describing the growth, operations, and evaluations of drug courts. It concludes that, contrary to most "models," drug courts emphasize punishment (e.g., graduated sanctions) and make limited positive, or at least inconsistent, use of reinforcement to promote behavior change and abstinence from drug use. Contingency management techniques that involve the systematic application of reinforcement based on the performance of specified behaviors are presented and reviewed. The success of this model in promoting pro-social behavior and abstinence from illicit drug use suggests that drug courts could benefit substantially from the integration of contingency management-based interventions.


Recollection is one of the major characteristics of Chi Zijian's narrative novels. From the psychology point of view, the root of recollection is the nature of tracing basic to the sourse of the spirit of mankind. There are two main notes of the recollect in his words: forming the narrative angle of childhood and realizing the pursuit of aestheticism. Moonlight night is chosen to the backing of recollection. Hometown and childhood are paid close attention in recollection.


Important Findings Dilution of Marek's disease (MD) vaccines is a common practice in the field to reduce the cost associated with vaccination. This study evaluated the effect of diluting MD vaccines on the protection against MD, vaccine and challenge MD virus (MDV) kinetics, and body weight when challenged with strains Md5 (very virulent MDV) and 648A (very virulent plus MDV) by contact at day of age. The results showed that dilution of MD vaccines can lead to reduced MD protection, reduced relative body weights, reduced vaccine DNA during the first 3 wk, and increased MDV DNA load. The detrimental effect of vaccine dilution was more evident in females than in males and when the challenge virus was 648A. However, lower relative body weights and higher MDV DNA load could be detected in chickens challenged with strain Md5, even in the absence of obvious differences in protection.


Sexuality is expressed throughout an individual's whole life, most prominently during adolescent. The reproductive choices made during the period of adolescence produce great effects on an individual's health, education and, career prospects. It also influences adolescent's overall transition into adulthood. The major objectives of this study are to determine the level of awareness on contraceptives among adolescent in selected secondary schools in Oredo local government area; as well as to ascertain if contraceptives are commonly used by adolescents in the area. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. Quantitative data were collected from 374 respondents which were analyzed using frequency tables, percentages and pie- charts. The result from the study showed that there was a significant difference across gender regarding level of awareness about contraceptives with female adolescents having some edge over their male counterparts. However, contraceptive use among adolescents in the area was very low. This has led to unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions as well as pregnancy- related mortality and mobility. The need to strengthen reproductive health education among in-school adolescents in Oredo local government area of Edo state, Nigeria was recommended.


Background: The need for training of schoolchildren on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as potential bystander CPR providers is growing globally but Nigeria is still behind and lacks basic necessary data. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of age, gender and school class on CPR skills of Nigerian secondary school students. Methods: Using a pretest-posttest quasi experimental study design, 322 senior secondary school students recruited from four schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South- South, Nigeria.  The cohort was assessed on CPR skills before CPR training, immediately after the training and six weeks later for CPR skills retention. Descriptive, parametric and non-parametric statistics were used to analyze the data with statistical significance set at P .05). Conclusion/Recommendation: If our current findings are confirmed after further research work, CPR training in our schools should be encouraged for incorporation into our schools' curricula focusing on the senior secondary school students. Keywords: Age, Gender, School Class, CPR Skills, Nigerian Schools


With one of the world's fastest rates of economic growth since the 1990s, Vietnam could be seen as Asia's next tiger economy. This study examines whether there has been policy convergence between the older East Asian developmental state model of economic development and that adopted by Vietnam. The economic development trajectories of South Korea and Vietnam are compared to identify similarities and differences. It was found that while policy convergence is evident there is also some divergence between the two countries.


NURSES ARE replacing doctors who look after suspected criminals under a pioneering scheme which could be extended across England and Wales.


In order to determine whether there is an association between mumps orchitis and serum sperm antibodies, we tested patients at the time orchitis was diagnosed (n=7) and individuals who had had orchitis at least 1 month previously (n=14). Data were compared with the results for a control group of blood donors (n=20). Sperm antibodies were detected by the gelatin agglutination test of Kibrick, the tray agglutination test of Friberg and the ELISA. Clinically significant sperm antibody levels were not found in patients in the early stages of the disease. Four subjects tested post‐disease were positive in the Friberg test and one was positive in the ELISA. One control serum was also positive in the latter test. Significant differences were not found between levels in patients in the early stages of the disease and levels in individuals post‐disease, although the results of the Friberg test differed significantly between controls and former mumps orchitis cases. These data do not support the assumption of an involvement of humoral immunity against spermatozoa in mumps orchitis patients.


As result of recent investigations related to the inventory of the mammals from Venezuela, new data have been gathered on six bats and two rodents previously not recorded in the country, or whose distribution is known only from few specimens and localities. The material examined is deposited in the following Venezuelan institutions : Estacion Biologica de Rancho Grande (EBRG), Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS), Museo de Biologin de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV), Coleccion de Vertebrados de la Universidad de los Andes (CVULA) and Museo del Institute de Zoologia Agricola de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (MIZAUCV). Measurements are given in millimeters and correspond to adult specimens. Cranial measurements of bats do not include the incisors, excepting the condylobasal length of Pteronotus gymnonotus. Nomenclature of the molar components of Oryzomys yunganus follows Reig (1977).


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The present invention relates to a sealing film for a lead tab of a secondary battery for sealing between the lead tab and exterior materials in the secondary battery. The present invention includes: a main layer; a first skin layer formed on one surface of the main layer; and a second skin layer formed on the other surface wherein the first skin layer and the second skin layer have a non-polar resin layer with non-polar polypropylene-based resin and a polar resin layer formed on one surface or both surfaces of the non-polar resin layer and having polar polypropylene-based resin, and the non-polar resin layer provides the sealing film for the lead tab of the secondary battery having a melting point higher than the polar resin layer. The present invention enhances an adhesion force between the lead tab and the exterior materials and has excellent physical stability and dimensional stability.


The ATENAA-Project[4] aims on the development and validation of several technologies that are able to offer broadband communication services to civil aircraft passengers. The proposed Mobile-Ad-Hoc-Network (MANET) in conjunction with broadband data links would allow high data rate services, like In-Flight-Entertainment such as Video-On- Demand or High-Speed Internet Connections. Besides that, flight-relevant information with high amounts of data, e.g. high-resolution weather maps, could be made available for airplane-captains and -crews. This paper is intended to give an overview about the optical data link system that has been investigated in the scope of ATENAA. It provides a broadband communication link to enable the mentioned services. The developed validation platform consists of a Fixed Terminal (FT) as well as a Mobile Terminal (MT) mounted on top of an airplane simulator. A reliable Fast-Ethernet service has successfully been demonstrated. Furthermore, the results of a measurement campaign, which was performed in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich at the End of January 2007, are presented and an outlook to the follow-up project MINERVAA is given.


Single‐step purification of boar sperm P68/62 that is cross‐reactive with a polyclonal antibody against sulfolipidimmobilizing protein 1 (SLIP1) was achieved by chromatofocusing. This method is useful for obtaining P68/62 in quantity. The two proteins, P68 and P62, were antigenically related, since the antibody generated specifically against the 68‐kDa band reacted with both the 68‐ and 62‐kDa bands. Like rat testis SLIP1, purified boar sperm P68/62 bound to sulfogalactosylglycerolipid (SGG) and inhibited sperm‐egg binding in a dose‐dependent manner when added exogenously to sperm‐egg coincubates. This inhibitory effect occurred at the level of the zona pellucida (ZP), and further studies showed that biotinylated boar sperm P68/62 bound to the ZP of unfertilized mouse eggs. Furthermore, biotinylated boar sperm P68/62 bound to isolated ZP of unfertilized eggs from other species, including pig, rat, cat, dog, and human, as well as to ZP of intact fertilized mouse eggs and preimplantation embryos of various developmental stages, although the degree of its binding to the ZP of intact eight‐cell embryos, morulae, and blastocysts was much lower than that of fertilized eggs and two‐cell embryos. These results suggest that P68/62 of capacitated sperm must act together with other sperm surface proteins/molecules that regulate zona binding specificity within homologous species and in unfertilized eggs. Together with our previous findings, we suggest that rather than being a true ZP receptor, sperm P68/62 may be involved in the initial step of sperm‐ZP binding that is adhesive in nature. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 49:203–216, 1998 © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Color control for computer input image is a key and difficult technique in the color reproduction in information optics. A new color control model based on subsectional fitting to correct color conversion error for scanning image is presented. First, color error sources and color rendering mechanism are analyzed in theory. Then, the paper takes standard color target for experimental sample and substitutes color blocks in color shade district for complete color space to solve the difficulties of experimental color blocks selecting. Third, the model uses subsectional fitting algorithm to built three dimension color conversion curve to correct color conversion error. Finally, the experimental results show that the model can improve scanner color control accuracy and can be used in scanner color control practically.