The article states that under the influence of global migration processes and international obligations Ukraine's migration policy has also changed. Significant development of migration policy began after the country's independence and Ukraine's choice of European integration. The article is devoted to the analysis of risks of implementation of the state migration policy for temporary stay of foreigners and stateless persons. Measures to introduce effective control over compliance with migration legislation within the country aimed at strengthening national security are considered. The issue of the content and main characteristics of the concepts of «state migration policy» and «public administration» in the field of migration is studied. The peculiarities of the status of the State Migration Service of Ukraine as a subject of the state migration policy are determined. Key words: state migration policy, public administration, subject of state migration policy, illegal migration, national safety


We develop a theoretical model based on the Formal Concept Analysis to study the interval-valued information that arises from the opinion of a group of experts about the relationship between a set of objects and a set of attributes, taking into account that each expert has a different weight. The study analyzes the posibility of working with exact or interval-valued values. Finally, we include a simple example to illustrate it by showing its potential applications.


*Drs. Renzulli and Callahan are the authors of a three Volume creativity training program entitled New Directions in Creativity (Harper and Row, 1973). Dr. Renzulli is professor at Connecticut University, and Dr. Callahan at University of Virginia. Although research has consistently shown that almost all students can improve the quantity and quality of their creative output, many elementary and secondary school teachers experience a great deal of difficulty when they attempt to encourage youngsters to express themselves creatively. Part of this difficulty is due to IN group pressures toward conformity that typically exist among adolescents, but the problem is also a result of our failure to teach students the basic skills of creative thinking. All too often we have assigned students higher-level creativity tasks without first providing them with the underlying techniques that are necessary for more complicated assignments such as writing expressive poetry, creative stories, or imaginative essays. The purpose of this chapter is to point out some of the basic techniques for encouraging youngsters to think creatively. The first part of the chapter will deal with the general strategies for developing creativity training activities. This will be followed by brief descriptions of some specific activities that can be used to give students practice in creative thinking.


NOAA/NESDIS is producing on an experimental basis global data sets of total aerosol optical depth over oceans. These data are derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) measurements aboard NOAA polar orbiting satellites. Effectively, the retrieval algorithm correlates aerosol optical thickness with the radiance from the upwelling Channel 1 (0.58-0.68 μm) as described by Rao et al.1 and Griggs and Stowe2. Regions containing clouds have been filtered out in the aerosol retrieval algorithm.


It is not entirely clear which adhesion molecules are responsible for the site‐directed traffic of T cells within the tumor microenvironment. The present study investigated whether colon carcinoma tissue and normal colon differ in the expression of functionally relevant molecules. In addition, we identified adhesion molecules involved in the binding of activated T cells onto colon carcinoma in situ. Malignant colon epithelium expressed few adhesion receptors, i.e. CD44 (HERMES), CD49b (integrin α2) and CD162 (PSGL‐1), whereas the stromal compartment within colon carcinoma was positive for numerous binding molecules, e.g. CD44, CD49a (integrin α1), CD49e (integrin α5), CD51 (integrin αv), CD54 (ICAM‐1), CD99 (MIC2) and CD162. Lymphocytes infiltrating tumor stroma contrasted with lymphocytes within normal colon interstitium by lacking CD28, CD154 (CD40L), CD56 (NCAM) and CD98 (4F2). Normal activated T cells bound to the lymphocyte‐rich areas within the stroma of colon carcinoma using CD44, CD50 (ICAM‐3), CD99, CD102 (ICAM‐2) and CD162 on the T lymphocytes. We conclude that lymphocytes within colon carcinoma stroma may lack several functionally crucial cell surface molecules. We present a panel of adhesion molecules that could mediate the migration of activated T lymphocytes into the stroma of colon carcinoma.


The exposed Maastrichtian and the overlying Paleocene-Middle Eocene succession at northern Sinai (Gabal El Dokh and Gabal Meshrak sections) and southwestern Sinai (Gabal Matulla and Gabal Ekma sections) are closely investigated for their ostracod content. Four lithostratigraphic units are detected and arranged from the base to the top as Sudr Chalk (Maastrichtian), Esna Shale (latest Maastrichtian-Early Eocene), Thebes Formation (Early Eocene), Minia Formation (Early-Middle Eocene and Mokattam Formation (Middle Eocene). The detailed investigation of these ostracodes has led to the recognition of 68 species and subspecies belonging to 34 genera, 13 families and 2 suborders. The vertical range enables the detection of 4 local biostratigraphic zones covering the studied interval. The paleobathymetric discussion of these assemblages reveals a wide habitat range from the inner neritic to upper bathyal environment. The cosmopolitan distribution of the recorded species reveals a direct connection all over the Tethyan realm through which the migration of the benthic organisms had occurred and supports the idea of Trans-Saharan seaway with some connection to the western Atlantic coast during that time.


Target in nuclear physics experiment plays a crucial role in measuring the reaction cross-section, especially in nuclear astrophysics where the cross-sections are very low (∼nanobarn or picobarn) with large backgounds [1]. The nuclear astrophysics experiments rely on inverse kinematics technique to counter high background and low cross-section events [2]. However, it is difficult to make light targets such as H and He for the inverse kinematic reactions. Sometimes it is possible to produce a solid compound containing light nuclei, or build gas cells with thin windows. They may also require backing materials for mechanical stability, which contribute additional backgrounds. Therefore, these strategies may not always be appropriate because of the low density and the presence of other materials in the compound or the windows. In addition, the accurate measurement of reaction cross-section require the targets to be well confined, high density, thickness to maximize the count rates but minimize the energy loss and straggling of reaction product, etc. Therefore, making an window-less gas-jet target is only the optimal solution.


Abstract: Going through college is stressful for everybody. Caused by many reasons, the stress is present whether one is in their first year of college or their last. However, most seniors have an easier time dealing with stress because they have experience handling it. Most of the reasons for so much stress fall into one of three categories: academic stress, that is, anything to do with studying for classes, financial stress, which has to do with paying for school, and personal stress, which is stress associated with personal problems in college. College students experience many effects of stress and depression. They are Physical symptoms, Emotional symptoms, Cognitive symptoms. In this paper the main symptoms of stress on college students is analyzed using Combined Disjoint Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (CDBFCM). This method is introduced by W.B. Vasantha Kandasamy and A.Victor Devadoss is analyzed in this paper.The Combined Disjoint Block FCM is defined in this method becomes effective when the number of concepts can be grouped and are large in number. In this paper we analyzed the problems and find out the main symptoms of stress using neutrosophic tool. This paper has five sections. First section gives the information about the development of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and about the symptoms of stress on college students. Second section gives the preliminaries of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Combined Disjoint Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. In section three we explain the method of determining the hidden pattern. In the fourth section, we give the concepts of problem. Final section gives the conclusion based on our study.


C60-cored star polyfluorenes were synthesized and fully characterized. A high yield (81%) hexakisaddition of C60 was developed by using Prato reaction and bulky fluorene addends. Suzuki polycondensation of the hexakisadducts of C60 carrying six 2-bromofluorene addends and AB-type monomer (2-bromo-9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl- [1,3,2]-dioxaborane) with Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 as the catalyst precursor afforded the desired C60-cored star polyfluorenes. Their three-dimensional structure can effectively reduce the aggregation of the polyfluorene chains. Annealing studies indicated that the C60-cored star polyfluorenes are of good color stability.


© Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Friederike Welter 2015. All rights reserved. 6. Determinants and measurement of entrepreneurial self-efficacy among women entrepreneurs: empirical evidence from Germany Silke Tegtmeier and Jay Mitra INTRODUCTION Women play an increasingly important role in entrepreneurship and economic.


This paper presents the results of an experimental study on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) containing Sidoarjo Mud (Lusi) mud to utilize the mud.  Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) made from fine Artificial Lightweight Aggregate from Lusi mud and Fly Ash as a filler, sintered Lusi mud as the binder, aluminium powder as the foaming agent. Autoclaving process was conducted at 14 bars for 6 hours. AAC prepared in 3 (three) compositions, based on the variation of filler. The filler used in the research were sands (M-sand), fine ALWA made from Lusi mud (M-0), and fine ALWA made from Lusi mud mixed by fly ash (M-50). The workability of AAC investigated in this research was compressive strength of the AAC after 14 days, density, and X-Ray Diffraction. Experimental data showing that the compressive strength of AAC depends on the filler that is used, AAC classified at AAC-3 and AAC-4. The density of all the AAC can't be classified as lightweight concrete. Experiment data showed the density occurs at 1148,0 kg/m3 to 1206,4 kg/m3. Chemical compounds of AAC with fine ALWA filler consisted of quartz, hematite, tobermorite, calcite, anorthite, magnetite, lime, and forsterite.


Being aimed at the requirement of high precision of CNC machine tool,the high-rank model of CNC machine tool servo system is constructed.The simulation of dynamic property of CNC machine tool servo system is presented by dynamic simulation software,Matlab/Simulink.It describes T-domain characteristics and S-domain characteristics more precisely and conveniently.It describes the influence of multi-parameters change.


The CO oxidation on the Au(321) surface was investigated using spin polarized density functional theory based calculations within the GGA-PW91 exchange-correlation functional. This was done by stud...


Salicylic acid (SA) has recently been used in higher concentrations as a superficial chemical peeling agent. The author evaluated the efficacy and safety of SA peels as a treatment of acne vulgaris in Asian people. The results prove that this peel is the agent of choice for a number of reasons. Firstly, the lipophilic nature of salicylic acid attacks the comedone with a specific comedolytic action. Secondly, the anti-inflammatory property of salicylic acid is helpful for inflammatory acne lesions and post-inflammatory erythema. Thirdly, this non-inflammatory peel is safe in darker skin types and in the treatment of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.


An exterior-applied plaster for treating menalgia, as well as rheumatalgia, stomach-ache, menoxenia and abdominalgia by omphalotherapy is prepared from Chinese-medicinal materials for warming channels, promoting blood circulation, circulating qi and relieving pain, and features simple preparing process, convenient application, no harm to human body, high curative effect, and quickly taking its effect.


A new intraoperative approach to tumor localization using radiolabelled monoclonal antibody (MAb) 672.3 involves the use of a hand-held gamma-detecting probe (GDP) by the surgeon and, subsequently, the pathologist. We report here the use of 1251-labelled MAb 672.3 IgG and a GDP to localize primary and metastatic colorectal cancer in 31 patients. The patients were administered radiolabelled MAb i.v., and all underwent surgical exploration 5 to 35 days post-injection. In vivo localization of the MAb was evaluated using a GDP, with tumor and normal tissue counts being obtained. In each case, the subsequent tumor and normal tissue that were resected were analyzed in vitro for MAb localization; this was evaluated by calculating the radiolocalization index, i.e., the ratio of the injected dose per gram localized to tumor versus that of normal tissue. When the GDP was used intraoperatively, MAb 672.3 localized tumors in 68% (21131) of the patients; the arbitrary criterion of tumor-to-normal tissue ratios higher than or equal to 2.0: I in vivo being taken as positive. Resected tumor radiolocalization indices ranged from 0.5 to 543, and 71% (22/31) of the patients studied


Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of farm labor contractor to: (1) broaden specified exclusions from such definition (thus broadening certain exemptions from coverage under such Act); and (2) exclude from such definition (and such coverage) any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, ranchers, duly incorporated under appropriate State laws, and operated solely for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and any full-time or regular employee of such association or cooperative who engages in such activity solely for such employer. Adds other definitions relating to such revisions. Revises the definition of agricultural employment to specify that listed activities take place on a farm or ranch. Limits the definition of migrant worker to only those workers who cannot regularly return to their domicile each day after working hours, or who are transported from and to their domicile each workday by the person who recruits, solicits, hires, or furnishes such worker for agricultural employment on a farm or ranch owned or operated by another person.


The criminal policy of "lenient punishment and strict control" would prefer to emphasize the side of leniency,but in the area of juvenile crime,the concept "combining punishment with leniency" is not enough to be palpable or direct.Basing on this,we propose the juvenile criminal justice policy of "lenient punishment and strict control".It stresses punishing juvenile softly,and requires us to strengthen the discipline to the juvenile diverting from the criminal proceedings at the same time.Either the existing juvenile criminal legislation or the juvenile criminal justice in practice,there is no lack of scintillation point of "lenient punishment and strict control" policy,we normally only be lack of Abstraction and systematism of it.The realization of the criminal policy of "lenient punishment and strict control" in the juvenile criminal justice depends on the conviction and sentence and all the process of implementation.


Most models of the low frequency quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) explain the dynamical properties of those QPOs. On the other hand, in recent years reverberation models that assume a lamp-post geometry have been successfull in explaining the energy-dependent time lags of the broad-band noise component in stellar mass black-holes and active galactic nuclei. We have recently shown that Comptonisation can explain the spectral-timing properties of the kilo-hertz (kHz) QPOs observed in neutron star (NS) LMXBs. It is therefore worth exploring whether the same family of models would be as successful in explaining the low-frequency QPOs. In this work, we use a Comptonisation model to study the frequencydependenceof the phase lags of the type-C QPO in the BH LMXB GRS 1915+105. The phase lags of the QPO in GRS 1915+105 make a transition from hard to soft at a QPO frequency of around 1.8 Hz. Our model shows that at high QPO frequencies a large corona of ∼ 100−150 '6 covers most of the accretion disc and makes it 100% feedback dominated, thus producing soft lags. As the observed QPO frequency decreases, the corona gradually shrinks down to around 3−17'6, and at 1.8 Hz feedback onto the disc becomes inefficient leading to hard lags. We discuss how changes in the accretion geometry affect the timing properties of the type-C QPO.


In this work we show that the zebrafish stpm mutation interferes with the craniofacial development by disrupting the gene that encades far the Gpt enzyme which is involved in the first critica/ step of the N-glycosylation pathway.


The increasing scale of British NGO activities over the past decade, and the growing importance of funding from donor agencies, have meant that far more attention is now paid to questions of appraisal, monitoring and evaluation than was formerly the case; but there is considerable uncertainty as to how best these functions might be discharged. Starting from a review of the dominant paradigms which have shaped NGO practice, this paper seeks to establish which procedures are likely to be appropriate under different circumstances, and to identify key areas to methodology where further attention will be required during the 1990s.


Maculopathy is one of the main reason of causing diminution of vision or bereaved.Various kinds of operations and laser therapentic methods for difference typologic maculopathy have been presented for discussion.


contained in cream B. The vehicle of cream B was not available for testing (Table 1). Tests with the Hollister-Stier vehicle series revealed positive reactions to wool wax alcohol 30%, propylene glycol 10% and parabens 15%. Finally, several steroids and vitamin B6 derivatives were tested. At 96 h, there was a + + reaction to 1 % pyridoxine HCl and + to pyridoxal HCl and pyridoxal PO •. Pyridoxamine was negative (Table 2).


The aim of this work was to investigate adhesion increasing of titanium nitride coating deposited at hard alloy tool's surface pretreated by intense pulsed ion beam of different energy density. Two alloys were treated by high-power pulsed ion beam of 1÷3.75 J/cm2 energy density. Analyzing the data obtained from tunnel microscopy, X-ray spectrum and measurements of surface relief geometry characteristics, such as roughness and profile length, we came to the following conclusion. First, the value of energy density of ion beam plays the key role in the formation of the relief and phase structure of the surface. Second, these two characteristics are almost independent of the initial characteristics of the irradiated alloys.Also, the article touches the results of scratch-test of the titanium nitride coating. The results demonstrate changes in wearing and destruction mode of the coating deposited at the tool treated by ion beam.


Research in our laboratory has focused on defining bidirectional regulatory interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune systems.' The results of these studies prompted us to predict that novel regulatory molecules may participate in the bidirectional regulation between the neuroendocrine and immune systems. To test this hypothesis, we investigated products from the pituitary gland for their ability to alter immune cell function(s). Our rationale for studying products of pituitary tissues was based on experiments showing that pituitary hormones affect lymphoid cell and that lymphoid cells can synthesize and secrete pituitary hormones when stimulated by the appropriate hypothalamic releasing hormone! Both of these observations suggest a strong participation by products of the pituitary gland in the cellular dynamics of the immune system. In this report, we present experimental evidence that validates our hypothesis; this prediction and the results of these studies indicate that an apparently novel immunoregulatory molecule is synthesized and secreted by the pituitary.' Here we describe the partial characterization and the cellular properties of suppressin (SPN), an inhibitor of lymphoid and neuroendocrine cell proliferation. Suppressin was initially purified to apparent homogeneity from bovine pituitaries using sequential (NH4)2S04 precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography, and preparative native gel electrophoresis. Biochemical characterization of SPN showed that it is a monomeric polypeptide with (I) a Mr = 63,000 d; (2) apparently intrachain disulfide bonds, and (3) a PI of 8.1. The size of SPN and its molecular structure are two characteristics relative to other endogenous inhibitors of cell proliferation, which indicate that it is apparently novel. This molecule is a potent inhibitor of DNA synthesis and cell proliferation (up to 95%) in primary murine splenocytes and established lymphoid and transformed neuroendocrine cells. Proliferation is inhibited in lymphocytes independent of whether they are resting or activated (mitogen-stimulated) and both T and B lymphocyte proliferation was reduced (TABLE 1). These effects occurred without any change in cell viability. SPN is apparently tissue-specific since it inhibited lymphoid and neuroendocrine cell proliferation, but did not affect transformed epithelial cell or fibroblast proliferation (TABLE 2). Cell cycle analysis showed that in SPN-treated lymphocytes, cells were blocked from entering S-phase, which confirms our previous


A greenhouse study was conducted with winter maize on ten calcareous soils collected from nine well established soil series of Punjab to evaluate the efficacy of various soil tests for available P. Crop responded to both native and applied P. Calcium-P was the dominant inorganic P fraction (92.8%) followed by At-P (5.4%), Fe-P (1.4%) and saloid-P (0.4%). Among different indices of P availability, Olsen's soil test method was found to be the most snitable. Olsen-P had a sigoificant negative relationship with CaCO3 and clay content. Olsen's P showed sigoificant relationship with Fe-P and this relation improved by 7 per cent on inclusion of saloid-P along with Fe-P. Both Fe-P and saloid-P controlled P availability to maize in these soils. These two fractions of soil-P seemed to be important as these correlated sigoificantly with Olsen's P and various yield and P uptake parameters of winter maize grown on calcareous soils.


Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) is a high deposition rate metal Additive Manufacturing process. Its applications are basically repair, cladding and manufacturing. The two most commonly used LMD processes are powder-based (LMD-p) and wire-based (LMD-w). Despite the fact that wire-based LMD is more material efficient, process stability is a major concern. By adding a modulated laser beam to the continuous process beam, a change of the melt pool geometry and increased energy absorption are observed. This relation shows great potential to increase process stability. In this contribution, the positive effect of the dual laser-beam use on LMD-w processes is demonstrated. To understand the cause-effect relation, the workpiece temperature field was investigated by optical backscatter reflectometry (OBR). The results were then correlated to simultaneously performed IR camera measurements of the workpiece's upper surface. By better understanding the thermal phenomena in dual-beam LMD, research can improve process temperature control. This leads to a new perspective for the LMD-w manufacturing process in many industry sectors such as mobility, energy and engineering.


Abstract In order to thrive, acarologists should embrace the principles of successful publishing in the private sector and should take the fullest possible advantage of today's arbiter of advertising: the World Wide Web.


This paper presents a structure of Directional coupler for LTE band application is presented, which has a coupling level accuracy 20dB at 2.4 GHz frequency and FR4 dielectric material use. The design uses single section coupled line method that simulated using simulation software ADS 2011.10. In this paper a lumped element method is also implemented and compare with the conventional design approach and found that directivity and isolation is reasonably good for LTE application.


Purpose – This research in the paper seeks to extend the findings of Jeffery et al. by describing and testing two communication processes for improving collaborative modeling and team performance.Design/methodology/approach – This paper frames the process of collaborative modeling in terms of developing task independent communication skills that help group members determine how to communicate and what to communicate about. Two training devices, the STUFF architecture and SCRIP reports, are tested using a prisoner rescue simulation.Findings – In the paper a significant relationship is found between implementation of the training devices and improved shared mental models, including spatial awareness of other team members and homogeneity of perceived time demands. A significant relationship was also found between high degree of mental model overlap and improved performance on the rescue task. Overall, groups who implemented the communication training also felt better about themselves and their performance.Re...


The spatial distribution of rock fractures during water injection in hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal is essential information for evaluating geothermal well fracturing. The rock fractures produce anisotropic electrical characteristics, which may facilitate geophysical methods for monitoring fracture distribution. This paper studies the anisotropic magnetotelluric (MT) response in water injection fracturing based on the finite difference method (FEM). It uses the residual phase tensor (PT) method to calculate the characteristics of fracture strike and dip angle. The feasibility analysis of the technique under a different angle and resistivity conditions in geothermal reservoir investigation is discussed in detail. The results demonstrate that the MT can explain the characteristics of anisotropic resistivity structure changes from the water injection fracturing of HDR at the 5 km depth. The time-lapse MT monitoring method can provide a reliable scientific basis for fracture distribution direction and spreading characteristics.


Tourism is one of the main incomes of Thailand that is directly contribute to the national GDP.� Tourism affects not only on economic sector but also on the environment society. �Sustainable tourism (ST) has become more important in conserving and maintaining natural resources for the next generation.� The ST requires an efficient use of natural resources, particularly water resource.� The objective of this research is to study water resource efficiency towards sustainable tourism at Patong Municipality, Kathu district of Phuket.� Water shortage has taken place in Patong municipality for decades.� A set of semi-structure questionnaires was used to in-depth interview respondents selected by using a purposive sampling method.� The total respondents were 44 composing of 4 groups including hotel businesses, local communities, governmental organization, and tourism-related associations.� Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and content analysis method.� The study found that the Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PPWA) and the Patong Municipality are two major water suppliers in Patong municipality.� 50% of respondents used water from the PPWA, while 13.51% of them used water from the Patong municipality.� However, 43.24% of them also obtained water from their shallow well, natural canals, village water supply, groundwater, and purchasing water. �89.18% of respondents faced with water shortage yearly that be solved by collecting rainwater in bigger storage tanks.� Concerning water usage leading to sustainable tourism, water saving, efficient water use and water treated reuse for gardening would be powerful actions.� The environmental awareness would play a vital role on water use for sustainable tourism.� Therefore, a stronger collaboration among stakeholders including governments, state-enterprises, private sectors and all local people would sustainably reduce water shortage in Patong municipality.


From Storyville brothels and narratives of turn-of-the-century New Orleans to plantation tours, Bette Davis films, Elvis memorials, Willa Cather's fiction, and the annual prison rodeo held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Jessica Adams considers spatial and ideological evolutions of southern plantations after slavery. In "Wounds of Returning", Adams shows that the slave past returns to inhabit plantation landscapes that have been radically transformed by tourism, consumer culture, and modern modes of punishment - even those landscapes from which slavery has supposedly been banished completely. Adams explores how the commodification of black bodies during slavery did not disappear with abolition - rather, the same principle was transformed into modern consumer capitalism. As Adams demonstrates, however, counter-narratives and unexpected cultural hybrids erupt out of attempts to re-create the plantation as an uncomplicated scene of racial relationships or a signifier of national unity. Peeling back the layers of plantation landscapes, Adams reveals connections between seemingly disparate features of modern culture, suggesting that they remain haunted by the force of the unnatural equation of people as property.


ynthia Hampton is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She also serves as program and student support for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED). While at Virginia Tech, Cynthia has directed summer bridge programs, led peer support initiatives for underrepresented groups, and served on various commissions, committees, and research groups focused on student support, organizational change, graduate student policy, and culturally responsive evaluation. Her research interests include organizational behavior and change as it pertains to engineering education and broadening participation, faculty change agents, and complex system dynamics. Her research investigates narrative inquiry of faculty who use their agency to engage in broadening participation in engineering activities. Cynthia received her B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from Kansas State University and will receive her M.S. in Management Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2019.


Beneficial tended. Within the domain of historical writing, both exist. A famous example of intended historiographical contact was the arrival of the German historian Ludwig Riess (1861-1928), a student of Leopold von Ranke, in Japan. On the recommendation of the director of the bureau of historiography, Shigeno Yasutsugu, Riess began to lecture at the Imperial University (renamed Tokyo Imperial University in 1897) in 1887. He spoke about the Rankean method with its emphasis on facts and critical, documentand evidence-based history. At his suggestion, Shigeno founded the Historical Society of Japan and the Journal of Historical Scholarship. Riess influenced an entire generation of Japanese historians, including Shigeno himself and Kume Kunitake, then well known for their demystification of entire areas of Japanese history.1 However, this famous case of planned acculturation has less well-known aspects. First, Riess, who was a Jew and originally a specialist in English history, went to Japan, among other reasons, possibly on account of the anti-Semitism and Anglophobia characteristic of large parts of the German academy at the time. Only in 1902 did he return from Japan to become an associate professor at the University of Berlin.2 Second, Riess and other German historians (such as Ernst Bernheim, whose Lehrbuch der historischen Methode und der Geschichtsphilosophie, published in 1889, was popular in Japan) were influential only because Japanese historical methodology focused before their arrival on the explication of documents.3 Riess's legacy had unexpected


Thorium is a common impurity in many materials processed at the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility. Although the thorium impurity level is usually less than 1000 ppM, it frequently exceeds the maximum allowable limit of 100 ppM. Thorium is especially difficult to separate from plutonium because it accompanies plutonium in the three aqueous nitrate processes used at Los Alamos: nitrate anion exchange, oxalate precipitation, and peroxide precipitation. Nitrate anion exchange, the major aqueous plutonium purification process, has recently been modified to remove most of the thorium from sorbed plutonium by washing the column with 4.7 M nitric acid-0.007 M hydrofluoric acid. This chromatographic washing technique requires careful process control that is readily attainable with the recently developed Los Alamos On-Line Gamma Monitor. The successful separation of thorium using this modification has been demonstrated in routine, full-scale, nitrate anion exchange operations. 3 refs., 8 figs.


Various foreign companies produce a wide range of watercontaining explosive mixtures. Gelatinized suspension and water-gel mixtures are patronized in polyethylene packaging of different diameters, various energy additives are introduced, their density and volume concentration of energy are regulated over a wide range. Kazakhstan became one of the sovereign large mining countries of the world after gaining independence in 1991. The mining industry forms the basis of industry, the economy of the country as a whole. It achieved this situation through mining mainly by the open method (more than 70 %).


Tertiary storage areas are integral parts of compute environment and are primarily used to store vast amount of data that is generated from any scientific/industry workload. Modelling the possible pattern of usage of storage area helps the administrators to take preventive actions and guide users on how to use the storage areas which are tending towards slower to unresponsive state. Treating the storage performance parameters as a time series data helps to predict the possible values for the next `n' intervals using forecasting models like ARIMA. These predicted performance parameters are used to classify if the entire storage area or a logical component is tending towards unresponsiveness. Classification is performed using the proposed Skyline ranked Ensemble model with two possible classes, i.e. high response state and low response state. Heavy load scenarios were simulated and close to 95% of the behaviour were explained using the proposed model.


Technology transfer (TT) is a mechanism designed to accurately make knowledge, innovations, and advancements available to the general population. TT is conducted through scientific papers, educational and governmental initiatives, and the commercialization of technology. The TT process per se is complex, involving many stakeholders and factors that can impact implementation. Feasibility studies are needed to assess the types of technology that can be transferred, the economic options to be chosen, and to stimulate the receptive part, making understandable the whole transfer flow. Furthermore, TT involves a dynamic mechanism that has advanced with the development of technology, with different linear, non-linear, and alternative models being proposed and scientifically validated, and with the possibility of addressing different perceptions of the factors involved. The international TT level, as well as the level of innovation in the economic context, differs from nation to nation. The need for this paper is based on the lack of a comprehensive detailed presentation of the TT infrastructural concept, approached in a novel and in-depth way by assessing international TT, technology flow, technology distribution and expansion, collaborative networks, TT centers and TT models, regional operational programs etc., all of which are related to national/international legislation and sustainable development. The deficit of representation and implementation of this concept in Romania was also covered, the assessment providing the current status and suggesting the need to develop and optimize the implementation of TT in this country.


last sentence: expand on the implications for aging policies as related to compliance and efficacy. Also discuss such implications in detail within the Introduction and Discussion sections. Answer In the introduction part we have one paragraph on health locus of control (HLC) and its importance on health and health policies. Gender differences on HLC associations were also investigated. As such in the last sentence of the abstract we changed the sentence to: "...increase efficacy by targeting health locus of control". Compliance is not discussed so we eliminated the word in order reduce probabilistic interpretations, as well-noted by the referee. Introduction has already expanded on HLC. In the conclusion section, implications are addressed in the last paragraph. We quote: "In conclusion, this group of centenarians is important for research on successful ageing, taking into account gender differences on both the demographical, health and personality level. According to our preliminary findings, self-directness for men and optimism for women emerged as significant putative determinants of health locus of control, a valuable public health measure. Future research on the psychosocial profile of centenarians should adopt a more comprehensive and modeling approach by gender group. This gender informed approach could increase the efficiency of future ageing and well-being policies and programs." P. 3: Provide a rationale (and supporting literature in the Introduction) for the major disease categorization including the inclusion of diabetes mellitus as the only specific disease category. Answer Cardiovascular, neoplasmatic and neuropsychiatric diseases are the most prevalent disease categories world-wide and in Greece. Under the term category one can include different rare or more frequent diseases; hence these are "umbrella" terms. The decision to set diabetes mellitus as a separate, common category was based on the fact that it has distinct phenotypical and prognostic characteristics from the other three categories, thus it represents a syndrome deserving special attention. This reason was also added in the methods section. P. 4: The internal consistency of the HLC was low. What is the implication? Is this typical within an oldest old sample or with this measure? At the minimum, the effect of such a low reliability should be noted in the limitations. Answer Cronbach's alpha for internal and external HLC were 0.77 and 0.671 respectively. Values of 0.6 and above are widely accepted for analysis with some debatable exception for multivariate tests, which were not the case in our analyses (see above answer). In that case, no serious effects on our results were found. A note was added in the limitations section in accordance to your suggestion. P. 7, paragraph describing bivariate correlations: The wording within this paragraph was unclear. Answer Wording within the paragraph was changed. Please see text. P. 9: Define and elaborate discussion of "self-referential concept of health" as well as the next sentence describing worry and the role of external factors influencing health perception. Answer We changed it to "internalized health locus of control". The following sentence was changed to: "Finally, not surprisingly, centenarians' harm-avoidant temperament was positively correlated with higher external HLC, suggesting that in both genders, inclination to inhibition, uncertainty and worry enhance health dependence to external resources such as physicians etc." Minor Essential Revisions The manuscript would benefit from review by a native English speaker as well as a careful proof reader. Answer Several grammar and spelling corrections were done. Please, see revised text (corrections highlighted in blue with "track changes" system). Other types of changes were noted as light blue. Ensure that decimal points are used rather than commas.


Major drug companies have issued statements in recent days assuring the public that their inventories are adequate in the face of supply chain threats stemming from the novel coronavirus. Suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are also assuring customers that they are prepared for temporary interruption in the supply of key ingredients from firms in China, where the outbreak originated. API makers in Europe and the US warn, however, that supply disruptions could result from a protracted delay in restarting production at plants closed in recent weeks by the Chinese government or from prolonged transportation restrictions. James Bruno, president of the consulting firm Chemical and Pharmaceutical Solutions, says travel restrictions are already interrupting business with Chinese suppliers. "First of all, nobody is going to be able to get to China," he says, "so all the audits are going to be canceled." Bruno adds that the restrictions will prolong plant closures


Objective
To investigate the outcome of the critical ill patients readmitted to ICU and factors from the first ICU admission impacting on the outcome of patients after ICU readmission.

Method
A total of 2 459 patients admitted to ICU from 14th, Jan, 2009 to 29th, Dec, 2011 were enrolled for study. Patients were classified into non-readmission group (A) and readmission group (B). According to our ICU routine and clinical guideline, attending intensivists were responsible for all the ICU treatment.

Results
ICU readmission was not only related to prolonged hospital stay or ICU stay, but also independently associated with a lower ICU survival rate [HR =2.246, 95%CI 1.27-3.973 , P =0.005 ]. In the further analyses of Group B, that high APACHE Ⅱ score was found at the first admission and non-surgical patients were independently related to higher ICU mortality.

Conclusion
ICU readmission was associated with low ICU survival rate. The influence of ICU readmission on ICU outcome was affected by clinical factors at the first ICU admission, including APACHE Ⅱ score and surgery.

Key words:
Readmission to ICU; Critical ill patients; Outcome


Guar [Cyamposis Tetragonoloba(L.) Taub.] is an important raw material of guar gum.Galactomannan,an active ingredient of the gum,is generally found to be negatively correlated with seed yield of guar.An experiment was conducted in pot to determine the effects of four potassium(K) fertilizer level [K_1=0 (control),K_2= 8.952、K_3=13.381 and K_4=17.857 mg/kg soil] on guar photosynthesis,chlorophyll content,soluble protein content of leaf,and endospermous carbohydrates accumulation.Supplying K significantly increased protein and chlorophyll content,enhanced net photosynthetic rate(NPR) of leaf,and extended high photosynthetic duration of guar leaf.Sucrose and glucose content in the leaf showed no difference under different K treatments in the early days.60 days after emergence,however,sucrose and glucose content in the leaf treated with K fertilizer were lower than that of the control.K increased total soluble sugar,rhamnose,galactose,sucrose and gross polysaccharide content in the seed significantly compared with the control.The highest grain yield was found in K_3,while the lowest was found in control and K_4.Galactomannan relative content in the seed endosperm was the highest for K_2,followed by K_3,control and K_4.The gross sugar and GM produced per plant in K_3 was the highest due to its highest yield obtained.All the results indicated that K fertilization could enhance leaf photosynthesis,accelerate the transportation of sugar from leaf to seed,promote carbohydrates accumulation,and increase grain yield.


Abstract : The report summarizes work done over a four year period on the suitability of the General Foods Texturometer (I) for meat texture description and its comparison with the Warner-Bratzler Tenderometer (II) and the Kramer Shear Press (III). Parameters of hardness, cohesiveness, elasticity, chewiness and water release measurable on I were found applicable to fresh and freeze-dehydrated meats (beef, pork, turkey, fish, comminuted meat). Correlations of I with panel and with II and III varied in significance depending on variables incorporated into the sample design and were related to the range of values covered. All three instruments correlated highly significantly with sensory tenderness and with each other; however, they could not be considered good predictors of tenderness. None correlated consistently with sensory juiciness. Sensory overall texture ratings could be described in terms of tenderness and juiciness. When several parameters were combined, I was superior to the other instruments in that it could account for up to 90% variation in sensory overall texture. However, the nature of equations and contributions of individual parameters varied depending on sample set. All three instruments were able to differentiate between important sample processing variable incorporated into the experimental design. In general, I appeared to be the most, and II the least sensitive to defining these differences. (Author)


The paper introduces the design of PWM switching power based on DSP control. It explains the implementation of PWM wave using the production of SPWM by DSP chip TMS320LF2407 as an instance. It is proved that the PWM switching power based on DSP technology has the character of fixing fast, distortion little, and small influence to the system by load's changing


FOLEGA F, ZHANG CY, WOEGAN YA, WALA K, DOURMA M, BATAWILA K, SEBURANGA JL, ZHAO XH & AKPAGANA K. 2014. Structure and ecology of forest plant community in Togo. Vegetation was sampled in 86 plots of riparian forest and dry forests of northern Togo. The recorded data were subjected to floristic and quantitative ecological analyses in order to describe the main woody plant communities and their size structure. The plant groupings were determined by detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and defined through the indicator value method. Alpha diversity index, and tree species structure features were computed for forest woody plant groupings. Results classified four woody communities. Two of them belonged to riparian forest while the other two, dry forest. A total of 77 plant species consisted of woody species. Pterocarpus santalinoides and Anogeissus leiocarpus were the most important species based on their indicator values. The diversity indices of P. santalinoides, Eugenia kerstingii and A. leiocarpus and Vitellaria paradoxa plant communities were significant and indicated a wide distribution of species in the area, while their structural features reflected those of forests characteristic of the Sudanian climatic zones. In general, the natural regeneration rate among the plant groupings was satisfactory and quiet similar to those found in previous works in this region.


The express service quality becomes a dominant factor along with the price of product affecting consumer's purchasing decision. This paper investigates how the express service quality affects the demand of online purchasing, and how to improve the express service quality and supply chain's performance through cooperation. The authors consider an online supply chain and utilize a nonlinear demand model by incorporating the express service quality as a decision variable and propose four express service cooperation modes, i.e. 1 the retailer offering subsidy to the express provider, 2 the integration between the retailer and the express provider, 3 the manufacturer offering subsidy to the express provider and 4 the integration between the manufacturer and the express provider. In each cooperation mode, they derive the equilibrium pricings, service levels, demands and profits. By comparison, the authors explore which one is appropriate for chain members to implement.


Compounds of the formula ** ** wherein m represents the numbers 0 or 1, X represents hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is chlorine, bromine, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms carbon, halogenoalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or represents the V1 group hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with 1 to 2 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with 1 to 2 carbon atoms, nitro, cyano or substituted phenoxy, optionally once or twice by fluorine, chlorine, bromine , alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with 1 to 2 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with 1 to 2 carbon atoms, nitro or cyano, V2 represents hydrogen , fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl with 1 to 2 atomosde carbon or halogenoalkoxy having 1 to 2 carbon atoms, V1 and V2 denote, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, a 5- or 6-substituted members, optionally fluorine- or methyl, which may be replaced optionally 1 to 2 oxygen atoms.


This paper presents new and fast procedures for calculating magnetic forces between thin circular coaxial coils in air. The results, obtained analytically, are expressed in terms of the complete elliptical integrals of the first and second kind and Heuman's Lambda function. These new expressions described are accurate and simple to apply for several practical applications. Another comparative method based on the filament method is also described here. This paper discusses the computational cost and the accuracy of the magnetic force obtained by two methods. Results obtained by the two approaches examined are in excellent agreement with each other.


This study investigated the use of ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) and agitated-bed extraction (ABE) to improve extraction efficiency of dyes from exocarp and mesocarp of Cocos nucifera. The UAE method was carried out at a frequency of 37 kHz and power of 150 W at 30°C for 1 hour and ABE technique was performed at 30°C for 24 hours at the agitation of 150 rpm. The effects of different solvent types (methanol, ethanol and acetone) and the different percentage of solvent (20%-70%) were determined. The results showed although the colourant yield increased with the increase of solvent concentration up to 60%, statistic value indicated no significant difference (p > 0.05) for the value of yield using solvent range from 20% to 70% for both UAE and ABE methods. Therefore, the solvent concentration of 20% was selected as the optimum concentration for each type of solvent used for both ABE and UAE methods. In comparison, higher extraction yields were achieved by UAE method where the optimal yield of the colourant of the mesocarp was 7.6% using acetone as solvent and the exocarp yielded about 6.4% using acetone or methanol. The recovery of natural colourant using ultrasound was found to be highly dependent on the type of solvents (acetone > methanol > ethanol) for both mesocarp and exocarp. The present study suggests that UAE method should be employed for hauling out colouring materials from exocarp and mesocarp due to its effectiveness in terms of time and economical usage of solvent.


In this paper, regions containing eigenvalues of a matrixare obtained in terms of partial absolute deleted row sums and column sums. Furthermore, some sufficient and necessary conditions for H-matrices are derived. Finally, an upper bound for the Perron root of nonnegative matrices is presented. The comparison of the new upper bound with the known ones is supplemented with some examples.


The existence of sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries and its secondary effects on the right heart have long been recognized. These changes may depend on the circulatory disturbances in the lungs, due to extensive adhesive pleurisy, emphysema, fibroid changes in the lungs, but, above all, to chronic passive congestion of the lungs induced by left-sided heart lesion, especially mitral stenosis. That there exists, however, a primary sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries with associated right heart hypertrophy has not been generally recognized. So far as I am aware, no case has been published in the English literature, and only a few cases have been reported abroad. This fact seems to justify the publication of a case which came under my observation while I was engaged in study at the Pathologic Institute in Munich during the summer of 1908. I shall also take occasion to review briefly the cases


We present a mutiple-perspective collaboration metamodel, which mixes Place-Centred and People-Centred perspectives. It allows instances of the metamodel to be derived and experimented until the more adequate to a particular situation is found. It also allows parametric changes in run-time, enhancing the flexibility of the metamodel. The motivation for this work was extracted from the necessity of developing for a global oil & gas company a collaborative virtual workspace for disaster management of oil & gas offshore structures.


Classroom teaching is the main channel for forming the students'quality and the quality education penetrates every respect of teaching and learning.It is a worth exploring subject to study the relations between teaching and learning concerned with quality education,to create a"new realm"where students love learning and teachers love teaching and to obtain the success of quality education.


Abstract : Crack propagation in burning solid propellants and explosives can affect the performance of a rocket motor by increasing both the burning surface area and local pressurization rates. This may sometimes lead to deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) or detonation due to some unresolved mechanisms (XDT). In order to obtain direct evidence of structural damage of the propellant sample during crack propagation and branching, an interrupted burning experiment has been designed, constructed, and tested. Sample recovered from a preliminary test firing showed rough surface structure and several macrocracks in directions from the initial crack orientation. The propellant sample is believed to undergo significant cracking and branching before the extinction. This is supported by the experimental evidence of rough and cracked surfaces of the recovered sample, source-flow pattern observed from high-speed movie films, and extremely rapid pressurization of the source-flow region beyond the initial crack tip due to the fast burning of damaged propellant sample. (Author)


Hand movements such as those necessary to use smart devices or credit cards are vital to modern-day daily life, both for able-bodied people and those with disabilities. Therefore, we have developed a robotic gadget for assisting people with severe disabilities by supporting the hand movements needed for everyday life and social activities, and thus promote those persons' participation in the community. To select the optimal services to be provided, we implemented focus-group interviews, targeting people with spinal cord injuries above the C4 vertebrae. Based on the extracted optimal services, we developed a robotic gadget to assist with a wide range of hand movements. The robotic gadget consists of a complex work module (offering three degrees of freedom) to assist with a range of hand movements, and a robotic arm (also with three degrees of freedom) to move the complex work module. The robotic arm incorporates a "tendon mechanism" whereby wires are used to minimize the size of the robotic arm joint. A parallel link mechanism automatically controls the position of the complex work module so that the smart device always faces the user regardless of the rotation of the robotic arm. The use of the parallel link mechanism also reduces the number of actuators required to keep the complex work module facing the user. The complex work module incorporates a card holder, which can load and eject up to four cards, and uses micro piezo motors to minimize its size. By implementing kinematic analysis, we calculated the position and orientation of an end-effector that can determine the space in which the complex work module operates. In this study, we verified the performance of the robotic gadget by building a prototype. The robotic gadget for supporting hand movements can be installed on a wheelchair or within the user's range of activity, and is expected to help severely disabled people as it improves their access to smart devices, assists them with the hand movements needed to partake in social activities, increases their interactions with able-bodied people, and promotes their participation in the community.


Aluminum-magnesium silicate
(AMS) has been in use as medicine but this is the first time it is being used
as antiviral medicine. This is also the first time it is being produced from
reaction of other medicinal minerals.

 AMS is also used as
stabilizing agent but that stabilizing active drugs with it leads to enhanced
efficacies has not been previously reported. Enhancing efficacies of
antimicrobials means that incidences of drug resistant-infections would reduce.
Doses of drugs, needed to achieve desired effects would also reduce.

 So, cost of producing
drug-formulations would reduce too and drugs' side effects, minimized. When
side effects of drugs are minimized, immune responses of patients would
enhance. By mopping abnormal cells AMS also has potentials as anticancer
medicine.

The book, The Medicinal
synthetic Aluminum-magnesium silicate {Al2Mg3(SiO4)3}, is written to inform
professionals in medical sciences, patients and all interested people, of new
uses of AMS, so that they can make better use of the versatile pharmaceutical
ingredient.


Single-supply operation has become an increasingly important requirement because of market demands. Automotive, set-top box, camera/camcorder, PC, and laptop computer applications are demanding IC vendors to supply an array of linear devices that operate on a single-supply rail, with the same performance of dual supply parts. Power consumption is now a key parameter for line or battery operated systems, and in some instances, more important than cost. This makes low-voltage/low supply current operation critical; at the same time, however, accuracy and precision requirements have forced IC manufacturers to meet the challenge of "doing more with less" in their amplifier designs.


The paper deals with the issue of dynamic stability of synchronous generator, in the first part are described the indicators of dynamic stability and basic principles of the solution. The second part contains the results of dynamic simulations analysis of selected events which are compared in terms of the significance of their impact on the synchronous generator dynamic stability. Key-Words: Synchronous Generator, Dynamic Stability, Method of Area Equality, Critical Clearing Time, Short Circuit, Breaker Failure Relay


FACTORS AFFECTING DISSOLVED OXYGEN METABOLISM IN COASTAL PLAIN STREAMS OF VIRGINIA By Julie E. Frank, B.S. A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science (Biology) at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Major Director: Paul A. Bukaveckas Associate Professor Department of Biology, Center for Environmental Studies I investigated seasonal and inter-site variation in factors influencing diel dissolved oxygen (DO) metabolism at four streams in the Virginia Coastal Plain. Data were collected monthly from January to August 2008 to characterize DO metabolism (diel DO amplitude, production, respiration), incident solar radiation (PAR), dissolved nutrients, fine benthic materials (mass, C:N, Chlα) and hydrology (discharge, water transit time, transient storage). Reach-scale metabolism estimates were determined using the onestation diurnal DO technique and transit time and transient storage were determined by conservative tracer additions. Incident solar radiation was the primary determinant of DO vii viii metabolism as streams experiencing higher light levels (Herring and Powell Creeks) exhibited greater diel DO amplitudes, production and respiration. Streams with greater riparian shading (Courthouse and Crump Creeks) exhibited lower DO metabolism despite their higher nutrient concentrations. Higher incident solar radiation was associated with greater benthic algal biomass at some (Herring, Crump, and Courthouse Creeks) but not all (Powell Creek) sites. Diel DO amplitudes were significantly and positively correlated with benthic Chlα and incident solar radiation at less shaded sites. These factors were not significant predictors of DO amplitude, production or respiration at more shaded sites. CHAPTER


Previous vehicle mass studies were performed for Mars launch windows in the 2010–2018 time frame. Within the last year, a study was performed to determine the effects of various Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and mission parameters on Initial Mass in Low Earth Orbit (MLEO) for a piloted Mars mission during the 2005 opportunity. Particle Bed Reactor (PBR) and Enabler‐type reactors were compared. Parameters evaluated included engine thrust, number of engines, number of Trans‐Mars Injection (TMI) burns, engine thrust/weight, engine out capability, engine burn time, and Isp. Earth and Mars departure dates and outbound and return travel times were optimized for a 240‐day total interplanetary transfer time (long‐duration stay mission). Parameters which were seen to reduce IMLEO included a greater number of perigee burns, multiple engines, and higher Isp. Optimum engine thrust varied substantially depending on the configuration. Engine models developed jointly by Rocketdyne and Westinghouse within the l...


A complete component-based echo department information system has been developed. This system integrates network data acquisition, database management of images and result data and report generation. The data communication, storage, retrieval and viewing of the images are conducted using the commercial CURAD software. This software provides facilities for DICOM network communication with echocardiography devices of almost all major ultrasound companies. Storage, reporting and retrieval of the echo result data is realized with a custom-built web-based system. The archive of images and the archive of result data have been integrated. Our medical workstation Patient 98 facilitates the simultaneous presentation of the images and the resulting results on two screens This offers hospital-wide access to echo images and results (and all other patient oriented data) without the necessity of proprietary hardware or software solutions. Every clinician is capable to review echocardiographic images and reports on the PC screen on his desk (desktop Echocardiography).


Featured Article : Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986;i:307–10.3

We began our careers as medical statisticians in the 1970s, working in an epidemiology department. The quality of measurements was well-recognized in epidemiology, as illustrated by the development of the "random-zero" sphygmomanometer to enable unbiased measurement of blood pressure. But it was after we had moved on to separate clinical research environments that we independently faced many scenarios relating to how to measure biological quantities, initially in the fields of rheumatology and cardiology. We discovered that the standard way in which measurement studies were then analyzed was by correlation coefficients, whether authors were comparing measurements obtained by different observers using the same method or measurements obtained using different methods.

It was obvious to us that correlation did not provide a useful answer to the agreement between 2 methods of measurement. For example, we could double the size of all the observations …


The concept of inclusive environments in developed countries is now well established. Inclusive environments aim to ensure that all people, including people with disabilities, are able to access and use services and facilities in the built environment. The paper applies this concept to an urban area in South Africa. It shows that urban space is not only used to access facilities but also accommodates a wide range of other activities. The study found that technologies were being created, the built environment modified and user behaviour adapted in order to occupy and use urban environments in unexpected ways. The paper suggests that access is only one of many functions that should be supported in urban environments in developing countries and argues that the symptoms of the additional demands being made on urban environments should not be ignored. Instead these demands should define how environments can be proactively adapted to meet a wider range of needs for a larger proportion of the population. The paper shows how the concept of inclusive environments can be broadened to reflect the way in which urban environments are being adapted to accommodate a wider set of activities and proposes an Enabling Environment framework. This describes and measures the performance of an environment in terms of the extent to which socially and economically inclusive by catering for a wider set of activities identified in the study.


A 4000-acre subdivision is being developed on the East Traverse Mountains (ETM) between Salt Lake and Utah Valleys on the northern Wasatch Front of Utah. The ETM is a 10 km-long, 400 m-high bedrock ridge underlain by Tertiary volcanic rocks (block-andash flows, andesite flows, and sandy tuffs) that are deeply weathered, altered to clay to a depth of at least 250 m, and prone to landsliding. Landslide inventory mapping revealed 53 landslides within the 4000-acre project, six of which were studied in detail by drilling (50 ODEX and NX coreholes), trenching (>100 large trackhoe trenches), and geophysics (borehole geophysics, plus several km of tomography lines). Landslides are composed of unstratified, poorly-sorted diamicton deposits that closely resemble the source Tertiary block-and-ash flows. Landslides are 100-500 m wide, 500-1500 m long, and 15-25 m deep, based on core drilling, REMI shear wave velocity profiles, and seismic refraction tomography. Basal failure planes are identified in 3 ways: (1) in ODEX boreholes, by downhole geophysics and borehole video, (2) in NX cores, by the change from highly fractured and oxidized rock in the landslide mass to intact, unoxidized rock beneath the slide, and (3) in tomography surveys, by an abrupt increase in P-wave velocities from 1000-3000 ft/sec in the landslide mass to >4000 ft/sec in intact rock. Landslide head and toe positions are inferred from microtopography and confirmed by trenching. By using multiple methods (surface geologic mapping, trenching, core logging, REMI profiles, and seismic tomography) in an integrated approach, we could cross-check ambiguous singlesource data, and derive an unusually robust characterization of the bedrock landslides. Such characterization was required for the state-of-the-art static and dynamic slope stability analyses mandated by the guidelines (e.g., Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California, Calif. Div. Mines & Geology, Special Publication 117) cited in the Draper City (Utah) Geologic Hazard Ordinance. GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc, P. O. Box 837, Crestone, CO 81131, phone 719-256-5227, Fax 719-256-5228, firstname.lastname@example.com. 2 Professional Services Industries, 3430 Polaris Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102; deceased 2 Professional Services Industries, 2779 South 600 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84115, phone 801-484-8827, firstname.lastname@example.com


The behavior of neutral component of the plasma during high power impulse magnetron sputtering was studied. Movement of the neutral particles including sputtered metal (Ti) and Ar gas during an impulse (200 µs, 1 kA, 1 kV) has been simulated using direct simulation Monte Carlo method. When the discharge current reaches kA range, very strong gas rarefaction in the main plasma region occurs and the volume density of sputtered metal exceeds the gas density several times. This may contribute to the high ratio of metal ions to Ar ions observed in experiments. Rapid gas movement in the form of a shock wave toward the substrate results in a temporary increase in density and pressure of the substrate. This again influences both the deposition flux and the discharge behavior.


We investigate thermal effects on the Fano resonances in electronic transport of a quantum wire with either short- or finite-range attractive impurities. It is shown that the effect of temperature (due to thermal broadening) becomes progressively weaker as the size of the finite-range impurity increases. Furthermore, the resonance width increases almost linearly with increasing temperature for both types of impurity. The temperature dependence of the (Fano) asymmetry parameter is also examined. We use a coupled-channel theory for the calculation of the transmission probability.


Objective:To evaluate the impact of improved case management for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) at the primary health care level on the incidence and prevalence of STD. Design:Community-randomized controlled trial. Setting:Mwanza region, Tanzania. Subjects:A random cohort of about 1000 adults aged 15–54 years from each of 12 communities, in six matched pairs. One member of each pair was assigned at random to receive the intervention, and the others served as a comparison community. This cohort was surveyed at baseline and at follow-up 2 years later. About 100 antenatal clinic attenders were also studied in each community on two occasions: the first shortly after the implementation of the intervention, and the second approximately 1 year later. Intervention:Improved services were established for the management of STD, using the syndromic approach, in rural health units. Results:A total of 12 534 individuals were enrolled in the cohort study, of whom 8844 (71%) were seen again 2 years later. The prevalence of serological syphilis (rapid plasma reagin titre ≥1:8, Treponema pallidum haemagglutinin assay positive) was 6.2% in both intervention and comparison communities at baseline. At follow-up it was 5.0% in the intervention community and 7.0% in the comparison community [adjusted relative risk (RR), 0.71; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.54–0.93; P < 0.02]. The prevalence of urethritis in males did not differ significantly between intervention and comparison groups at follow-up, but the prevalence of symptomatic urethritis was reduced by about 50% (adjusted RR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.24–1.10; P = 0.08). There was no significant difference between the groups in the incidence of self-reported STD symptoms over the last year of the follow-up period, or in the prevalence of any STD in antenatal clinic attenders. Conclusion:The reduction in HIV incidence previously reported in this intervention study can be attributed to a reduction in the duration, and hence the prevalence of symptomatic STD.


Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's six novels which contains rich connotation and profound implication. Female education is the theme of the novel. With the help of Gothic novels, Austen interprets the theme of female education in the framework of Catherine and Henry's love and marriage story, and explores how young men and women find their own marriage partners under the pressure of society and the times. Jane Austen expressed her progressive view of female education. She thinks that only relying on parents' education at home can not cultivate mature and rational qualified women. They also need to step into the society and read novels to get personal growth in these activities of communicating with others. In Austen's time, a popular educational concept strongly advocates that women should receive family education to ensure their physical and mental purity, and believes that novels will corrupt their hearts and lead them astray. Austen's view is progressive and positive at that time. She points out the importance of rationality to emotion and imagination, and defends the art of fiction including Gothic novels.


The water content of anhydrobiotic (orthodox) seeds is usually reduced to low values and its metabolism is reduced to a level that viability can be preserved for long periods. In contrast, typical non-anhydrobiotic (recalcitrant) seeds are intolerant to desiccation, possess lower longevity, and need a minimum water level to maintain viability, but the metabolism is still too active leading to a short seed longevity. In the present research "inga" seed embryos were stored in contact with polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG) solutions, at pre-defined water potential with the objective of improving storability and longevity. Results indicated that germination of embryos kept in PEG solution at -2.4 MPa was higher than 80% after 90 days of storage at 10 oC, while the germination of embryos kept at distilled water (0 MPa), at the same temperature, was lower than 60%.


In order to solve the problem of similarity concrete structure durability test in the marine environment,we analyzed the influ ence of the chloride ion erosion mechanism and the environment influential factors(mass fraction of chloride ions,temperature,wet and dry cycle,etc.)of the chloride ion erosion in marine.Based on the actual engineering corrode of chloride in concrete in marine environment and the previous analysis,we simulated and changed the environmental parameters of the field to improve the rate of chloride ion erosion,formulated to accelerated test programs.This test programs can be effective in maintaining a strong similarity with the natural environment at the same time to speed up the erosion rate of chloride ion,which provides a test basis for research on the degradation rule of durability of marine concrete structures and provide a reference for the artificial climate modeling of marine structures in the future.


In this paper, we characterize the energy efficiencies of two important spectrum sharing paradigms, namely the interweave based spectrum sharing (ISS) and the underlay based spectrum sharing (USS). We demonstrate that although USS can have higher spectral efficiencies than the ISS, the USS suffers from poor energy efficiency. The primary reason for this is shown to be use of excessive power for small rate gain for the unlicensed or the secondary user (SU) in the USS. On the other hand, if the spectrum sensing errors are kept in control in the ISS, the SU achieves most of its communications through interference free transmissions and consequently utilizes less power to transmit more, thereby being energy efficient.


We investigate, via both theoretical and experimental methods, the swimming motion of magnetotactic bacteria having the shape of an elongated prolate spheroid in a viscous liquid under the influence of an imposed magnetic field. A fully three-dimensional Stokes flow, driven by the translation and rotation of a swimming bacterium, exerts a complicated viscous drag/torque on the motion of a non-spherical bacterium. By assuming that the body of the bacterium is non-deformable and that the interaction between different bacteria is weak and hence negligible, we have derived a system of 12 coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations that govern both the motion and the orientation of a swimming spheroidal magnetotactic bacterium. The focus of the study is on how the shape of a non-spherical magnetotactic bacterium, marked by the size of its eccentricity, affects the pattern of its swimming motion. It is revealed that the pattern/speed of a swimming spheroidal magnetotactic bacterium is highly sensitive not only to the direction of its magnetic moment but also to its shape. We also compare the theoretical pattern obtained from the solutions of the 12 coupled differential equations with that observed in the laboratory experiments using the magnetotactic bacteria found in Lake Miyun near Beijing, China, showing that the observed pattern can be largely reproduced with an appropriate set of parameters in our theoretical model.


Is aortic balloon catheter having a very thin stretch blow molded balloon membrane (36) (30). Balloon membrane (36) is formed of a material of a thermoplastic elastomer and / or semicrystalline and polyurethane and polyether amides, it is not limited thereto.


Space-based sensors, which acquire measurements of the atmosphere above even the most remote places on Earth, are used to improve weather and climate models.


- We propose and demonstrate a novel dynamic routing algorithm (RWA) for transparent optical networks based on physical layer impairments such as switch loss, amplifier noise accumulation, amplifier gain saturation, amplifier bandwidth, wavelength dependent gain and device losses along lightpaths. Also, we study the influence of each impairment related to the amplifiers and switch elements, on the network performance. The metrics of our algorithm is based on the calculation of the noise figure using the well known formulation for cascade of elements in lightpaths. We assume no wavelength conversion capabilities in our network and we assign wavelengths using a first fit algorithm. For a given call our algorithm assigns the first available wavelength and calculates the best route (minimum noise figure). Upon the calculation of the noise figure of the lightpath we obtain the bit error rate (BER). Our algorithm blocks a call if there is no wavelength available or if the BER for the available wavelength is above a given level, which guarantees a pre-defined quality-of-service for the network operation. We present simulation results of dynamic traffic in a hypothetical meshed network in terms of blocking probabilities as a function of the available wavelengths number, switch loss, network load and amplifier characteristics. We demonstrate that our algorithm outperforms the traditional shortest path routing algorithm.


ABSTRACT A myovirus-like temperate phage, ΦHAP-1, was induced with mitomycin C from a Halomonas aquamarina strain isolated from surface waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The induced cultures produced significantly more virus-like particles (VLPs) (3.73 × 1010 VLP ml−1) than control cultures (3.83 × 107 VLP ml−1) when observed with epifluorescence microscopy. The induced phage was sequenced by using linker-amplified shotgun libraries and contained a genome 39,245 nucleotides in length with a G+C content of 59%. The ΦHAP-1 genome contained 46 putative open reading frames (ORFs), with 76% sharing significant similarity (E value of <10−3) at the protein level with other sequences in GenBank. Putative functional gene assignments included small and large terminase subunits, capsid and tail genes, an N6-DNA adenine methyltransferase, and lysogeny-related genes. Although no integrase was found, the ΦHAP-1 genome contained ORFs similar to protelomerase and parA genes found in linear plasmid-like phages with telomeric ends. Southern probing and PCR analysis of host genomic, plasmid, and ΦHAP-1 DNA indicated a lack of integration of the prophage with the host chromosome and a difference in genome arrangement between the prophage and virion forms. The linear plasmid prophage form of ΦHAP-1 begins with the protelomerase gene, presumably due to the activity of the protelomerase, while the induced phage particle has a circularly permuted genome that begins with the terminase genes. The ΦHAP-1 genome shares synteny and gene similarity with coliphage N15 and vibriophages VP882 and VHML, suggesting an evolutionary heritage from an N15-like linear plasmid prophage ancestor.


Adopting the theory of option games,the article explores the issue of the optimal strategic investment decision for enterprises,providing that market demand for products and operation cost are contingent.The article,then,makes a thorough analysis of the rules for enterprises' making optimal equilibrium investment decsion and discusses the influence of factor volatility on and its correlation with critical value of optimal investment and equilibrium.The analytical result is further verified and enriched by a numerical example in which the issue of investment time is dealt with.


As a shock wave propagates through the atmosphere various effects change the waveform. Nonlinear steepening tends to shorten the rise time of the leading and trailing edges of the shock. Frequency dependent dissipation and scattering from atmospheric turbules tend to lengthen the rise time. Simultaneous measurements of turbulence (i.e., wind velocity and temperature fluctuations) and shock waveforms resulting from supersonic projectiles were obtained and analyzed. The shock wave measurements required dielectric capacitive microphones specifically designed for this application. The simultaneous measurement of turbulence parameters and shock waveforms are the first reported and allow for the comparison between measured rise times and those computed assuming turbulence is the dominant mechanism affecting the rise time. The measured rise times are also compared to those computed considering only relaxation effects (ignoring turbulence). The rise times computed from those two different mechanisms are similar i...


Micropsalis Burmeister, 1861 (Prioninae) is preoccupied by Micropsalis Meyer, 1859 (Crustacea). Thus, Apterocaulus Fairmaire, 1864, currently synonym of Micropsalis Burmeister, is reinstated. A historical review about Apterocaulus and Micropsalis Burmeister is added. Microcometes Villiers, 1959 (Disteniinae) is a junior homonym of Microcometes Cienkowsky, 1875 (Protozoa), and Villiersicometes is proposed to replace it.


skill, and the reader is shown, in a clear analysis, how Anastasius originally sought to pursue an impartial course; when this proved impracticable, he supported the Monophysites; finally he attempted to reconcile the orthodox element. His policy was largely shaped by circumstances, but it had for its central principle the doctrine that the ecclesiastical power was subordinate to the imperial power, and that the emperor "is empowered, by virtue of his office, to deal with the religious situation of the empire as he sees fit, irrespective of the wishes of the ecclesiastical officials or the edicts of the church (56)." It may seem strange today that theological questions could be disputed so passionately, and heretics persecuted with such violence. But orthodoxy was a condition of loyalty; heresy was treason. If one believes that there is only one true faith, which is necessary for salvation, that faith must be enforced, and there is no such thing as intolerance. Again, the heretical churches in Egypt and Syria represented in large part a nationalist protest against the domination of the government. Moreover, the religious question, being a matter of public interest, formed an important factor in the activities of the popular parties, the Blues and the Greens (see G. Manojlovic, "Le peuple de Constantinople," Byzantion, XI [1936], 617716; G. I. Bratianu, "Empire et 'democratic' a Byzance," Etudes byzantines 'd'histoire economique et sociale [Paris, 1938], 95-124). The bibliography includes a useful description and evaluation of both the sources and the works of modern scholars. One might add a reference to J. Lebon, "Textes inedits de Philoxene de Mabboug,"L# Museon, XLIII (1930), 17-84, 149-220. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J. Glanville Downey.


The form of my talk will be first to define insulations, then define heat flows, after which I will discuss how insulation insulates, then I will discuss vapors and vapor barriers, and finally problems with insulations and vapor barriers. I classify all energy conserving material in three categories. First are those materials which resist the flow of heat by virtue of the material's own physical characteristics. I call these refactories. Included in this category are ceramics, fired clay products such as bricks, calcium silicates, asbestos, etc. These types of insulation are mostly high temperature or fire containment insulations. They do the insulation by virtue of their own poor heat conductivity. The k values, which I will explain shortly, range from .4 to .65 for calcium silicate, to as high as 12 to 15 for concrete used in blocks. Your own experiences, I am sure, will tell you that a brick wall feels "cold" to the touch, as compared to wood. Douglas-fir has a k value of about 1 to 1.25 depending on moisture content. I might insert at this point an observation that your hand is probably as good an insulation tester as any. I read incidentally about a TV station in Vancouver, Canada wanting to find out how the people were adopting to the Celsius temperature reading. One man was asked what he thought the temperature is. He guessed about 55°. The interviewer said "fine, what is it in Celsius?" To which the man replied, "I don't know, I have never heard of that place." People generally cannot gage temperatures directly with any accuracy, but we can sense very minute temperature differences. We can also sense hot or cold relative to the hand, so if a wall, say of a kiln, feels quite warm, check your insulation. The second class of energy conserving materials are those which resist heat flow by virtue of a property of some other substance, but do not necessarily resist heat flow of themselves. These I call insulation, as opposed to refactories. The other substance is most generally, if not exclusively, a gas, notably air. Gases themselves are refactories. However, they have one bad habit. They are fluid and can move. We will talk of this when we approach how heat flows. Examples of insulators are fiberglass, and, I might mention, glass is a good conductor of heat. It is not the glass which insulates. Other members of this class are foamed rubber, urethane, styrofoam, vermiculite, cardboard, wood, anything that can trap air. We will discuss the effect of trapping air later. However, air is trapped among the fibers composing the insulation. These pockets of trapped air resist heat


In this contribution we outline a new project in the field of service robotics. The goal is to develop teams of mobile robots that perform routine inspection, health monitoring, and early fault detection in large chemical process plants or in public utility networks. We envisage a general-purpose assistant for the maintenance engineer to collect, compress and screen large amounts of inspection data. It will provide fast and extensive coverage of large or hard-to-access plant structures by employing non-contact sensors: an infrared camera, a laser scanner (mainly for navigation and mapping purposes), electronic micro noses, and non-destructive test sensors. Objects of primary interest are isolated vessels, pipe ducts, heating or cooling aggregates, valves, flanges, pumps, fans, filters, and electrical equipment. As a mobile network of sensors continuously observing the process from outside the vehicles supplement today's process control systems with stationary networks of in-line sensors. The paper focuses on three aspects: the demand for such a novelty in inspection and maintenance, the overall system concept, and main scientific challenges to solve.


Abstract Since the emergence of dental implants as treatment modality, there has been a constant evolution to improve the accuracy, efficiency and long term success even in the most complicated cases. In this day and age, patient's expectations are higher than ever to achieve their desired treatment in a prompt and convenient manner. To meet these expectations implant therapy has grown to be highly sophisticated. For the past decade, computed tomography (CT) scans have been utilized to improve the treatment planning process. Further more they have been used to fabricate surgical guides, making implant placement not only more accurate but also safer. On the other hand, advancements in the implant prosthetics now have made immediate restorations more feasible. This article reviews two cases, where dental implants are based through a CT fabricated surgical guide, and immediately restored with a lab fabricated screw retained bridge. This novel technique utilizes intraoral digital scanner instead of the conventional alginate impression and combines the electronic data with the CT images to fabricate both the surgical guide and the immediate provisional restoration.


IF it is essential, as stated in the foreword, that the nurse should appreciate tlle dangerous toxic effects which imiay be produced by present-day drugs as well as having a general understanding of their action in the body and the diseases for-w-hichi they are used, this is a useful book. Tlhe author acknowvledges how difficult it is to keep such a book simple and within tlle limits and scope of what wve can expect a nurse to know. There is no indication of how much is intended for reference and how much must be learned. It may, however, be doubted if such statements as "Ouabain, a crystalline glycoside obtained from Strophanthus gratus. Dose 1/120 gr. intravenously" and the listing of the doses of many preparations wlhich are only sometimes used is useful information to the nurse at any time. 'T he author has onl the whole sLcceeded remarkably wvell in presenting lher iniformation briefly 'And clearly. T he difficultv appears to be the failure of the examiniing bodies of the nursing profession to limit the amount of detailed and theoretical information they expect from their candidates. After all, tlherapy is still prescribed bv medical practitioners; tlhough even they might be glad of ani opportunity to refreslh their miiemory on the dose of some of the preparations listed. WVe suppose suclh books ai-e necessary, hot ce feel, as we feel ahout the theoretical knowvledge inow requliredl of the ever increasing ar-miy of medical auxiliaries, that "'knowvledge grows, but wisdom lingers." T HIs book has held a unique position among British gymecologists since it was first published forty years ago. The present edition presents the recent advances in operative gynrecology in an attractive maniner. The various steps of all operations are clearly illustrated, and indeed make each operation look simple. The discussion of alternative lines of operative treattmienit is a valuable addition to the operative technique. In dealing with Wertheim's operation, it wvas surprising to find that a block dissection wvas not illustrated, and removal of the regional lymph glands was advised after the hysterectomy. TIhe reasons for this are given, but, wvith modern anmesthesia, are perhaps not so cogent as they wvere some years ago. The section on myomectomy is vell illustrated and the technique well described. The inclusion of details of such operations as intervesicovaginal fixation of the uterus might be criticised, but, apart from this minor feature, this is …


Both the principles of first‐trimester genetic diagnosis in multiple pregnancy and the special considerations required to avoid potential diagnostic pitfalls are presented. The experience consisted of 65 cases of twins and one case of quadruplets. Dichorionic twins were recognized by sonography in 54 cases. Transabdominal aspiration was generally preferred to trans‐cervical for obtaining chorionic tissue, although in two cases both approaches were used. Diagnostic error following erroneous sampling was reported in 3 out of 54 sets of dichorionic twins (5.5 per cent). When like‐sex dichorionic twins cannot be differentiated by cytogenetic or DNA polymorphism studies, amniocentesis should be recommended to confirm the reliability of the result on chorionic tissue.


For the first time on the big practical material a large therapeutic efficacy of antibacterial complex "Tiakat" in the gastro-intestinal diseases of newborn calves was stated.


The three-dimensional Chern-Simons gauge theory is a top ological quantum eld theory, whose correlation functions give metric-indep endent invariants of knots and three-manifolds. In this thesis, we consider a version of this theory, in which the gauge group is taken to b e a Lie sup ergroup. We show that the analytically-continued ver- sion of the sup ergroup Chern-Simons theory can b e obtained by top ological twisting from the low energy eective theory of the intersection of D3- and NS5-branes in the typ e I IB string theory. By S -duality, we deduce a dual magnetic description; and a slightly dierent duality, in the case of orthosymplectic gauge group, leads to a strong-weak coupling duality b etween certain sup ergroup Chern-Simons theories on R 3 . Some cases of these statements are known in the literature. We analyze how these dualities act on line and surface op erators. We also consider the purely three-dimensional version of the psl (1 j 1) and the U (1 j 1) sup ergroup Chern-Simons, coupled to a background complex at gauge eld. These theories compute the Reidemeister-Milnor-Turaev torsion in three dimensions. We use the 3d mirror symmetry to derive the Meng-Taub es theorem, which relates the torsion and the Seib erg-Witten invariants, for a three-manifold with arbitrary rst Betti numb er. We also present the Hamiltonian quantization of our theories, nd the mo dular transformations of states, and various prop erties of lo op op erators. Our results for the U(1|1) theory are in general consistent with the results, found for the GL(1|1) WZW mo del. We exp ect our ndings to b e useful for the construc- tion of Chern-Simons invariants of knots and three-manifolds for more general Lie sup ergroups.


Inthis paper, wepresent amultimodal audio-visual width, andarea. Impressive visual speech recognition results speaker identification system. Theproposed system decomposesusingthis methodprovedthatacoustic modeling techniques are theinformation existing inavideostream intotwocomponents:alsoapplicable tothevisual speechsignal. Yuille(4)have speech andlipmotion. Ithasbeenstudied thatlipinformation not described theuseofdeformable templates forlocating facial onlypresents speechinformation but alsocharacteristic information abouta person's identity. Fusing thisinformationfeatureslThemoul ineiof the lips iSmodeled byaset ofhand withspeech information will produce robust person identification codedpolynomials which arematched ontotheoutline ofthe underadverse condition. Ourexperiments demonstrate thatthe lips, represented bytheimagegradient. Since thedeformation visual modality improves person authentication. We investigated ofthedeformable templates isconstrained bytheinitial choice theperformance ofpersonidentification systemusingthreeofthepolynomials, they areoften notable toresolve fine different sets ofvisual features, onesetofspeech feature. There contour details. Theimagesearch isperformed byfitting the will beimprovement intherecognition rateofthesystem when template totheimagegradients, assuming strong edgesatthe visual andspeech features arefused usinganadaptive weighinglipcontours. Thisassumption isoften violated asthegradient technique.


Objective: To determine quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) over 3 years after transcervical fibroid ablation (TFA) with the Sonata System. Methods: The SONATA trial was a prospective multicenter interventional trial that assessed the safety and efficacy of TFA for treatment of women with symptomatic uterine fibroids. Change in generic health status was assessed with the EuroQol 5-Dimension questionnaire (0–1 scale). Fibroid-specific quality of life (QOL) was measured on a 0 to 100 scale with the health-related quality of life subscale of the Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Quality-of-Life (UFS-QOL). The number of QALYs gained relative to baseline and cumulative QALYs were calculated using the area under the curve at each follow-up visit over 3 years. Results: Among 147 women receiving TFA, fibroid-specific QOL increased from 40 ± 21 at baseline to 84 ± 19 at 1 year and 83 ± 23 at 3 years (p < 0.001). Generic QOL increased from 0.72 ± 0.21 at baseline to 0.89 ± 0.12 at 1 year and 0.88 ± 0.16 at 3 years (p < 0.001). Over 3 years, TFA resulted in 1.24 ± 0.64 QALYs gained when using fibroid-specific health utility scores and 0.49 ± 0.61 QALYs gained when using generic health utility scores. Cumulative QALYs experienced at 3 years as a percentage of perfect health were 82% with fibroid-specific scores and 88% with generic health scores. Conclusions: Women treated by TFA with the Sonata System for symptomatic uterine fibroids reported durable improvements in generic and fibroid-specific QOL, as well as clinically meaningful increases in QALYs over 3 years. Clinical Trials.gov ID: NCT02228174. (J GYNECOL SURG 38:143)


In order to deepen the innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities, this paper introduces the construction contents of the innovation experimental platform of electronic information, taking optoelectronic information science and engineering as an example. Electronic information engineering is a newly-built scientific research discipline in China. Through its specialized research, a large number of high-quality talents can be delivered to the motherland. This practice can not only promote the progress and development of China's science and technology, but also make suggestions for China's electronic information construction, establish laboratories, upgrade scientific research hardware, and train a group of excellent talents with strong practical ability. With the development of society, more and more attention has been paid to innovative talents, and the training of high-quality students has become a path that universities must choose. The rapid development of the electronic information industry has increased the demand for professional talents. In order to meet the needs of the industry In the current situation, an electronic information innovation laboratory has been created to implement scientific management methods, effectively utilize various resources, and realize the orderly and sustainable development of the innovation laboratory.