The actinomycete Streptomyces sp. DSMZ 12424 (HRO71) was originally isolated from the rhizosphere of strawberry and shown to be an effective antagonist in vitro toward several plant pathogenic fungi. Mechanisms of fungal inhibition were elucidated by tracing secondary-metabolite production and fungal cell wall-degrading activity. Streptomyces sp. DSMZ 12424 produced siderophores and antibiotics and showed chitinolytic activity. Additionally, the production of the plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid was found. When Streptomyces spores were used to coat sugar beet seeds, the emergence rate of treated plants in soil infested by Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum in comparison to the untreated control was enhanced. The bacterium was able to suppress plant pathogenic fungi in different pathosystems: (a) sugar beet - Rhizoctonia solani, (b) lambs lettuce - Phoma valerianellae and, (c) cress - Alternaria sp. DSMZ 12424 was added using seed coating (a) and seed infiltrating techniques (b, c). The biocontrol agent was formulated as water dispersable granules. The spores are conserved in the product and they can be stored at least 1 year without significant loss of activity. Finally, on the basis of Streptomyces sp. DSMZ 12424 a microbial product was developed and called Rhizovit®.


In order to promote the steel frame-steel reinforced concrete structure,the essay analyzes recent domestic engineering cases,summarizes and classifies the technological application experience of double system in aspects of structural composition,structural joint connection and fireproof and so on,and puts forward suggestions from aspects of structural design,seismic requirements and overall stability analysis,which has accumulated necessary technological data and reference for the design in future.


In order to reduce carcinogenic compounds in cigarette smoke,the extract from rhodeopteridium plant was added into filter or cut rags at 80ppm.The results of smoke analysis indicated that the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,free radicals and aromatic amines in cigarette mainstream smoke were significantly reduced and tobacco specific N-nitrosoamines were eliminated to a certain extent.


Aelred of Rievaulx was born of English parents at Hexham in about 1110, that is only thirty years after the final Norman punitive harrying of the north and thirty-four years after the execution of earl Waltheof, grandfather of Aelred's lifelong friend, Waldef. Aelred's father was the last of a long line of English 'hereditary' priests of Hexham, a foundation of Saint Wilfred which lay within the patrimony of Saint Cuthbert; Cuthbert and Wilfred were kept alive in Northumbria by the writings of Bede whose bones Aelred's great-grandfather had stolen in a dawn raid on Jarrow and brought to Durham, where Aelred's father ended his days as one of Cuthbert's monks. Such a background could be expected to have given Aelred a strong sense of the difference between Norman and Englishman and of his own Englishness. But national identity in Northumbria in the first half of the twelfth century was a complex affair.


As customers now often turn to social media platforms to share their service experience, this study aims to examine the determinants of customers' negative word-of-mouth communication using social networking sites following a service failure. Although many studies have examined the electronic word-of-mouth communication, research focusing on negative word-of-mouth communication using social media platforms remain sparse. Building on the cognitive dissonance theory and social support theory, this study proposes and empirically examines the role of contextual, individual, and social networking factors in determining the customers' intentions to engage in negative word-of-mouth communication using social networking sites. Self-reported retrospective survey was used to obtain responses from 206 online shoppers. The results of the structural equation modeling showed that feeling of injustice, firm attribution, firm image, face-concern, reappraisal, use intensity, and tie strength are key antecedents of negative word-of-mouth communication. The findings provide valuable insights for managers in developing effective webcare interventions for negative word-of-mouth communication on social networking sites. The study findings show that various contextual, individual, and social networking factors determine the likelihood of NWOM communication on SNS. In case of contextual determinants, we found that injustice perception, firm attribution, and firm image are key antecedents of NWOM communication on SNS. The study findings pertaining to perceptions of injustice indicate that customers may engage in NWOM communication on SNS to not only communicate their dissatisfaction to other network members, but also to for the service provider to respond to their negative experience. When responding to NWOM communications on SNS, the service provider can either engage in proactive or reactive webcare interventions to mitigate the adverse effects. Proactive webcare refers to service recovery strategies or interventions posted proactively on SNS in response to NWOM communications. Reactive webcare includes interventions posted following specific from customers in their NWOM


The HP-41C multiphase pipeline flow program (''3P'') is presented and its structure, use, and limitations are discussed. Theoretical basis for the program is the Beggs and Brill pressure drop and holdup correlation, along with a variety of fluid-property correlations. General user instructions and a horizontal flow pattern map are given. Flow patterns are not predicted reliably. Various segments can be replaced with other routines if desired since the program is modular. Run time generally takes 2 to 3 min. per calculation increment.


The utility model discloses a lightning protection device, which comprises a first piezoresistor module (1), a second piezoresistor module (2), a third piezoresistor module (3) and a discharge tube module (4). Two ends of the first piezoresistor module are connected between an L line and an N line, one end of the second piezoresistor module (2) and one end of the third piezoresistor module (3) are respectively connected to the L line and the N line, the other end of the second piezoresistor module (2) and the other end of the third piezoresistor module (3) are connected at one end of the discharge tube module (4) in parallel, and the other end of the discharge tube module (4) is grounded. The lightning protection device utilizes symmetrical composite circuits, can effectively prevent electronic equipment from being damaged by surge voltage caused by lightning and the like, and is fine in protection property, simple in structure, convenient in mounting and simple in maintenance.


This paper examines the effectiveness at 2.4 GHz of heterogeneous and homogeneous phantoms for assessing the performance of antennas used in close proximity to the body, as required for testing body-centric networks. The effects of tissue layering on the antenna performance were also investigated. A simple geometric homogeneous phantom was found to be adequate for body-mounted antenna measurements at this frequency.


. We study the L p , 1 6 p 6 ∞ , boundedness for Riesz transforms of the form V a ( − 12 ∆ + V ) − a , where a > 0 and V is a non-negative potential. We prove that V a ( − 12 ∆ + V ) − a is bounded on L p ( R d ) with 1 < p 6 2 whenever a 6 1 /p. We demonstrate that the L ∞ ( R d ) boundedness holds if V satisfies an a -dependent integral condition that is resistant to small perturbations. Similar results with stronger assumptions on V are also obtained on L 1 ( R d ) . In particular our L ∞ and L 1 results apply to non-negative potentials V which globally have a power growth or an exponential growth. We also discuss a counterexample showing that the L ∞ ( R d ) boundedness may fail.


The paper deals with the issues related to the comparative assessment of geopolymer binders biopositivity based on a low-calcium fly ash of TPP and Portland cement according to the procedure of materials phytotesting with the seeds of higher plants.


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Study on alkali-aggregate reaction of the coarse aggregate for concrete of shield segment of Yangtze River Tunnel in Wuhan is made with petrographic method, accelerated mortar-bar test, rock cylinder method and rapid preliminary screening test. Although the result from the accelerated motar-bar test shows that the aggregate has potential alkali-silica reaction, nevertheless, no Alkali-Silicate Reaction(ASR) product from the samples is found by scanning electron microscope(SEM) and typical ASR product (rosette like) from the control samples of reactive siliceous aggregate is observed as well. Based on all the results from the tests concerned, it shows that the aggregate consisting of calcite limestone is not alkali reactive.


: Tibial defect, or fracture is very routine musculoskeletal case which brings fully uncomfortable and painful situations to patient. Moreover, it has long hospitalization period because of its risk of non-union. There are many studies using ultrasound, vibration, and laser for bone regeneration to figure out fast bone healing. Among them, Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is already known that it is very easy to treat and may have positive effect for bone regeneration. However, LLLT has uncertain energy dose because of scattering and absorption of laser in tissue. In this study, we used interstitial LLLT to treat tibial defect in animal study. The Interstitial LLLT can overcome some limitations caused by laser scattering or absorption in tissue medium. The results were evaluated using u-CT which can calculate X-ray attenuation coefficient and bone volume of bone defect area. These results showed that interstitial LLLT may affect fast bone healing process in early phase.


In this paper, we investigate the transportation mode of TSVstructure for subsequent modeling G-S TSVs. Next, a scalable physical lumped circuit model of ground-signal TSVs is established The scalable G-S TSVs model is developed with closed-form analytic RLGC equations derived from physical structure, and can be changed with structure parameters in design process accordingly. The validity of this model is verified with full-wave FEM-based simulator up to 20 GHz. Based on this accurate physical lumped circuit model, we investigate crosstalk of TSV array in both frequency domain and time domain. The method of modeling and analysis of TSV array crosstalk proposed in this paper can effectively reduce simulation time and computing resource over finite-element-based 3-D full-wave simulation.


Oral ulceration sounds a simple enough topic. However, when I started to reflect upon what I should say I found it was far less simple than it sounded and that my knowledge of it was a great deal more meagre than I had suspected. My brief is to discuss the general medical aspects of oral ulceration and I propose to limit the field by defining the oral cavity as extending from the inner margins of the lips to the anterior pillars of the fauces and by excluding ulcerative processes confined to the tongue as well as those that are frankly neoplastic. The first general question raised by this problem is whether the tract of mucosa to be considered behaves differently from other mucous membranes. From a functional standpoint the mouth has a dual role. It is, first, the pathway which connects the alimentary tract with the outside world and, secondly, the chamber in which mastication takes place. The oral mucosa is consequently exposed to the recurrent trauma of chewing and to damage from the substances chewed; it is alternately scorched and frozen by the wide-ranging temperatures of the foods and drinks of which it is the receptacle.; it is harassed by such powerful irritants as curry, chile con came, Worcester sauce and tobacco smoke; and it is insulted by the constant presence of such foreign bodies as dentures. It has a considerable, although normally innocuous, bacterial population. This catalogue of homely facts makes it clear that its functions separate it from other mucosal surfaces and, on reflection, it is perhaps surprising that it maintains its integrity so successfully. These repeated minor traumata explain, too, why lesions which on other surfaces might retain their initial individuality as vesicles or bullRe are rapidly converted in the mouth to ulcers often without characteristic features. MeetingJanuary 261965


The investigation and effect analysis about variety introduction cultivation experiment for gardening rare and precious tree species over Thousand-isle Lake are carried out from such aspects as growth,growing seasons and phenology,tree shape,applicability and response to stress.Then,eight gardening rare and precious tree species which grow well over Thousand-isle Lake Region are selected from them.


The H/sub infinity / norm approximation of a given stable proper rational transfer function by a constant matrix is considered. An improved bound on H/sub infinity / norm of a given stable transfer function is derived. An optimal approximation for relaxation systems is given.<<ETX>>


Species touch substrate, a display device and a method for detecting a touch electrode pattern, the touch substrate includes a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in order along the first direction, each of the touch electrodes extending in a second direction, the second a direction intersecting the first direction; each of said electrodes having a touch in the end, the first end and a trailing end, said head end, the tail end and electrically connected sequentially between the head end and in the end touch for the first electrode portion, between said end and the trailing end of a second touch electrode portion; in the second direction, the end adjacent the first side of the touch substrate, the first said trailing end and adjacent to the second side of the touch substrate; and said head end and said tail end are each connected to the contact pads, and a different touch with the head end and the contact electrode pads connected to the trailing end . The touch substrate may be implemented before the detection process that the quality of the display module drive electrodes or touch the touch sensing electrode lines, to avoid wasting the module material.


From an institutionalist perspective, we identify five sources of policy conflict. Each may explain why policies intended to obtain particular goals for an institutionalized practice may have unintended consequences. We illustrate by analyzing attempts at introducing market-oriented reform in health care provision.


A population inversion density on the Ti 551.4‐nm (3D01−3F2) transition in a N2 ‐laser‐pumped Ti‐vapor laser has been estimated from measurements of an optical gain on the laser transition, length of the laser medium, and temperature in the vapor to determine the linewidth. Ti vapor is generated by irradiation of a pulsed YAG laser light of 1 J/pulse energy and then the Ti atoms are optically pumped by a N2 laser of 0.2 mJ/cm2 intensity. It has been experimentally observed that, in pure Ti vapor, the population of Ti (3d24s2 3F2) is about 8×1013/cm3, the temperature in the vapor is about 9000 K, the population inversion on the 551.4‐nm transition is about 1.5×1011/cm3, and the absorption cross section of the N2 ‐laser light at 337.044 nm by a Ti atom is 3.0×10−15 cm2.


Over the last few years, attosecond transient absorption and reflection spectroscopy experiments unlocked the possibility to study the ultrafast electron dynamics in solid-state materials, with unprecedented temporal resolution [1] . Due to their potential applications in optoelectronics, particular interest arose in the investigation of the core-excitons [2] - [4] . However, the direct assessment of the several parameters that govern the exciton dynamics (e.g., phonon coupling and Auger decay) from the experimental trace is far from trivial, and typically requires some a-priori information about the material under investigation. Here, we propose a novel method, called ePIX (extended Ptychographic Iterative engine for eXcitons), based on an iterative ptychographic reconstruction scheme [5] . It allows to extract the real-time core-exciton dynamics, with no prior information on the dipole and with an imprecise knowledge of the driving infrared (IR) field. We have proved our method to be effective and more accurate with respect to an ordinary non-linear fitting procedure, in particular in the extreme case of an IR field with a duration that exceeds the temporal evolution of the state. In addition, our technique is robust against noise.


Economie research in the past decade has paid much attention to the motives of entrepreneurial behaviour in a Neo-Schumpeterian spirit. Entrepreneurial decisions are by definition characterized by uncertainty regarding future events. Rational expectations theories have become a major new line of thought in dealing with future uncer tainty. In the literature we find mainly attempts to estimate indirectly relationships on observable behaviour and strategies, which are derived from postulated expectations of decision-makers. Normally, such expectations are not directly observed. In our paper we have analyzed a set of empirical regional micro data on entrepreneurial expectations regarding their future decisions, whilst for the same period the observed and realized data are also available. This allows for a test between expectations and realizations. The paper develops a model to test correspondence between facts and expectations and comes to the conclusion that in all regions and all time periods a structural under-estimation of performance has taken place. This leads to the question to which extent statistical data on expectations are coloured by strategie considerations.


Abstract : The National Space Science Data Center has developed a data format system called the Common Data Format (CDF) which is designed to be useful to many different disciplines and flexible enough to accommodate many different types of data sets. The Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Space Plasmas and Fields Branch has evaluated this format (VAX/MMS Fortran Version 1.0) comparing it to another common format system currently in use, the Flat Data Base Management System (FLATDBMS), and with Fortran direct access files with various record structures. The storage space required by the two package is comparable to that of the Fortran direct access files and not greatly in excess of that required by the data itself. Of the two packages, CDF is more flexible and is adaptable to a broader range of data sets. However, data retrieval is faster using the FlatDBMS. Keywords: Common data format; Flatfiles; NSSDC; Storage and timing comparisons.


This report presents an algorithm that finds an -feasible solution relatively to some constraints of a linear program. The algorithm is a first-order feasible directions method with constant stepsize that attempts to find the minimizer of an exponential penalty function. When embedded with bisection search, the algorithm allows for the approximated solution of linear programs. The running time of our algorithm depends polynomially on 1/ and a parameter width introduced by Plotkin, Shmoys and Tardos in [3] and it is especially interesting when the direction finding (linear) subproblem is considered easy and amenable to reoptimization. We present applications of this framework to the Held and Karp bound on the traveling salesman problem and to a class of hard 0-1 linear programs. Computational results are expected to complement this report in the forthcoming revised version.


In construction automation, robotic solution is becoming an emerging technology with the advent of artificial intelligence and advancement in mechatronic systems. In construction buildings, regular inspections are carried out to ensure project completion as per approved plans and quality standards. Currently, expert human inspectors are deployed onsite to perform inspection tasks with the naked eye and conventional tools. This process is time-consuming, labor-intensive, dangerous, and repetitive and may yield subjective results. In this article, we propose a robotic system equipped with perception sensors and intelligent algorithms to help construction supervisors remotely identify the construction materials, detect component installations and defects, and generate report of their status and location information. The building information model (BIM) is used for mobile robot navigation and to retrieve building component's location information. Unlike the current deep learning-based object detection, which depends heavily on training data, this article proposes a data and information-driven approach, which incorporates offline training data, sensor data, and BIM information to achieve BIM-based object coverage navigation, BIM-based false detection filtering, and a fine maneuver technique to improve on object detections during real-time automated task execution by robots. This allows the user to select building components to be inspected, and the mobile robot navigates autonomously to the target components using the BIM-generated navigation map. An object detector then detects the building components and materials and generates an inspection report. The proposed system is verified through laboratory and onsite experiments.


A 31 P n.m.r. study of a compound previously thought to be a hydroxyphosphazene, N 3 P 3 (OH)Ph 5 , shows that it is present in solution as an oxophosphazane, N 3 HP 3 (O)Ph 5 . Its condensation product, (N 3 P 3 Ph 5 ) 2 O, gives a 31 P spectrum which can be analysed as an A 2 BB'A' 2 spin system, confirming that it has an oxygen-bridged phosphazene structure.


In addressing environmentally induced career change, the career development practitioner is better informed by a career development model than more traditional approaches. The model was tested with Canadian managers and professionals whose positions had been eliminated. Simple regression analysis revealed that career resilience was positively related to three of five job facets that served as indicators of career change. The findings lend support to career development practitioners who strive to build career resilience among employees. Along with organizational advantages already documented, individuals who develop career resilience will be better equipped to face the inevitable prospect of changing careers in the future.


We briefly trace the progress in study of Bell–CH inequalities from two-level systems to its higher dimensional versions. We also present a Bell–CH and CHSH-like inequality for three-dimensional systems.


Provided are a dead peer detection method, an IPsec peer and a network device. The method comprises: a first IPsec peer determining whether at least one IPsec SA to be detected exists in each inbound IPsec SA according to a detection triggering condition; if so, the first IPsec peer sending a dead peer detection (DPD) message corresponding to each IPsec SA to be detected to a second IPsec peer respectively, each DPD message being encrypted by an encryption key corresponding to an IKE SA and comprising identification information of the IPsec SA to be detected; and the first IPsec peer determining whether each IPsec SA to be detected is abnormal according to received DPD response information. The first IPsec peer can accurately determine the state of each IPsec SA to be detected in time so as to improve the reliability of communication between the IPsec peers.


The CAMC-IP is a motion control circuit,which can control 2-axis motors.Its main functions,characteristics and structures are introduced in detail,and an example of the design of motion control board using this circuit and a PCI bus is also given.


The rapid relativistic distorted wave method of Zhang et al for excitation, which uses the atomic structure data of Sampson et al, has been extended to ionization. In this approach the same Dirac-Fock-Slater potential evaluated using a single mean configuration is used in calculating the orbitals of all electrons bound and free. Values for the cross sections Q for ionization of various ions have been calculated and generally good agreement is obtained with other recent relativistic calculations. When results are expressed in terms of the reduced ionization cross section Q{sub R}, which is proportional to I{sup 2}Q, they are close to the non-relativistic Coulomb-Born-Exchange values of Moores et al for hydrogenic ions except for high Z and/or high energies. This suggests that fits of the Q{sub R} to simple functions of the impact electron energy in threshold units with coefficients that are quite slowly varying functions of an effective Z can probably be made. This would be convenient for plasma modeling applications. 24 refs., 2 tabs.


The game of Tic-Tac-Toe is one of the most commonly known games. This game doesn't allow one to win all the time and a significant proportion of games played results in a draw. This study is aimed at evolving of no-loss strategies in the game using Decision Tree Algorithm and comparing them with existing methodologies, mainly focused on the implementation of the game using the Minimax algorithm. The Minimax algorithm does provide an optimal No-Loss Strategy by assuming that both players play optimally. So the question that comes out is what happens when the opponent plays un-optimally, in these cases the minimax proved to play non optimal moves, even though it wins at the next state rather than the expected state. Thus this paper provides a clear study of those trivial states and provides an optimal game play using an decision tree algorithm independent of the opponent's game strategy.


In situ monitoring of the layer thickness during liquid phase electroepitaxy (LPEE) was achieved with a submicron resolution through precise resistance measurements. The new approach to the study and control of LPEE was applied to growth of undoped and Ge-doped GaAs layers. The in situ determined growth kinetics was found to be in excellent agreement with theory.


A new walk-in human counter, built to be displayed at the Geneva Conference, is compared with the Los Alamos human counter. (J.S.R.)


A new sub-segmentation method has been proposed in 2009 which, in digital images, help us to identify the typical pixels, as well as the less representative pixels or atypical of each segmented region. This method is based on the Possibilistic Fuzzy c-Means (PFCM) clustering algorithm, as it integrates absolute and relative memberships. Now, the segmentation problem is related to isolate each one of the objects present in an image. However, and considering only one segmented object or region represented by gray levels as its only feature, the totality of pixels is divided in two basic groups, the group of pixels representing the object, and the others that do not represent it. In the former group, there is a sub-group of pixels near the most representative element of the object, the prototype, and identified here as the typical pixels, and a sub-group corresponding to the less representative pixels of the object, which are the atypical pixels, and generally located at the borders of the pixels representing the object. Besides, the sub-group of atypical pixels presents greater tones (brighter or towards the white color) or smaller tones (darker or towards black color). So, the sub-segmentation method offers the capability to identify the sub-region of atypical pixels, although without performing a differentiation between the brighter and the darker ones. Hence, the proposal of this work contributes to the problem of image segmentation with the improvement on the detection of the atypical sub-regions, and clearly recognizing between both kind of atypical pixels, because in many cases only the brighter or the darker atypical pixels are the ones that represent the object of interest in an image, depending on the problem to be solved. In this study, two real cases are used to show the contribution of this proposal; the first case serves to demonstrate the pores detection in soil images represented by the darker atypical pixels, and the second one to demonstrate the detection of microcalcifications in mammograms, represented in this case by the brighter atypical pixels.


An electric meter remote-reading system (1) of subscribers, the subscribers being served by distribution lines of electric energy (2) connected to the transformers (3), the remote meter reading being effected from a billing center (5) through hubs (4) placed downstream of the transformer (3) and receiving electrical meters consumption information (1), characterized in that the system includes circuitry relay (6) located upstream of the transformer (3) for receiving the hubs of consumer information (4) and transmit them to the billing center (5).


The portability and immediate communication properties of mobile devices such as UMPC influence the learning processes in interacting with peers, accessing resources and transferring data. This study explores the pedagogical potential of UMPC, being utilized in inquiry-based learning process in elementary school setting. Inquiry-based teaming, offering a powerful option for occasional projects and lab activities, is a style particularly well-suited for out-of-school programs because they have a freer hand to complement, enhance, and expand on the work that children are doing in their K-12 classes. A set of questionnaires measuring the level of interest and class achievement were answered by the students before and after the inquiry-based science class in elementary school. Statistical results show that most of the students prefer UPMC-based class to the traditional class. Some guidelines for effective UPMC-based class are also provided.


Substitutional replacement of Co atoms for Ni atoms in the Ni-based samaria-doped ceria (SDC) cermet anode resulted in decreases in the anodic overpotential and interfacial resistance between the anode and electrolyte. The morphological observation X-ray diffraction analysis, and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) analsysis have been made for the Ni 1-X Co X -SDC cermet particles in order to discuss the mechanism for the enhancement of the direct oxidation of methane.


A program designed to describe some of the stability problems of foamed-in-place urea formaldehyde is described. A stud wall was fabricated for the preparation of sample material to provide the test specimens to be used in the study of dimensional stability and compressive properties as a function of environmental conditioning. The testing procedure and results are discussed. (MCW)


Many different types of intestinal helminthes and protozoa infect man worldwide. Because of inadequate sanitary conditions, enteroparasitic infections constitute a serious public health problem in Cote d'Ivoire where infants are most concerned. Low-income populations, such girls or maids of households, which combine an important illiteracy rate, are especially vulnerable.
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among maids in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Materials and methods: A cross sectional community study was conducted among 88 households in a residential area of Abidjan, the main city of Cote d'Ivoire. Data from maids were collected by the use of a questionnaire. Stool of these workers were collected and examined for intestinal parasites by using simple smear and Ritchie's technical method.
Results: The overall prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections was 19.3%. Protozoa (14.7%) were more commonly found than Helminthes (4.5%). The maids were mainly infected with the fecal-oral transmitted parasites, with Entamoeba coli (13.6%). Necator americanus (2.3%) were the soil-transmitted helminthes frequently encountered. No multiple infections were noted.
Conclusion: These results challenge the authorities on the necessity to improve the poor sanitary conditions of the maids, revealed by the importance of their infestations.


This paper examines cooperative rice farmers and their level of adoption of improved technologies in FADAMA rice farming. The study sought to ascertain the effect of cooperative on adoption levels of improved agricultural technologies among rice farmers in Enugu state. The survey research design was chosen in this research work. The study is made up of all rice farmers' cooperative societies in Enugu state that participated in FADAMA project. According to State Department of Cooperative, there are 323 registered cooperative societies that participated in FADAMA programme out of which 48 were into rice farming. These 48 FADAMA rice farmers cooperative with membership strength of 964 constitute the population of the study. The sample size was determined through a multi-stage sampling technique. The first Stage involves a purposive selection of two LGAs that are predominantly rural and agrarian from each of the three agricultural zones in Enugu State. Second stage involved random selection of cooperatives in the selected local government area that participated in FADAMA programme.. The third stage involved selecting the cooperative societies that were into rice farming. Therefore, a total of 331 members were selected from 24 rice farmers' cooperatives who participated in FADAMA programme as sample size. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in achieving the objective of the study. Regression, frequency distribution, percentages and mean score rating were used. Findings indicate that cooperative membership had significant effect on adoption of improved agricultural technologies.


This research critically analyses the extent to which a government organisation, the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission of Zambia (CEEC) established by the CEE Act, empowers the country's women Cross Border Traders (CBTs) in the establishment and growth of their businesses. The CEE Act forms part of a wider policy and legal regional COMESA framework to promote and facilitate CBT, most of which is carried out by women who operate small businesses in the informal sector. Adopting the grounded Women's Law Approach, which has a strong feminist and human rights emphasis, the researcher examines in great detail the legal and other challenges faced by both formal and informal women CBTs in their attempts to access the loans offered by the Citizens Economic Empowerment Fund (CEE Fund). The Fund is specifically intended to benefit marginalised groups, especially women in the informal sector, who have been historically disadvantaged and excluded from Zambia's recent privatisation drive. Relying on the voices of informal women and men CBTs at four popular Zambian CBT centres, government and NGO officials, relevant legal, policy and other literature, the researcher discovers that there are several challenges which prevent women, especially informal CBTs, from accessing the Fund. Most of these factors arise directly from the fact that the specific gendered needs of the lived working realities of women in business, in general, and in informal CBT, in particular, were not seriously investigated prior to the drafting of the Act. As a result, their specific needs were not accommodated in the design or operations of the Commission or its Fund. Consequently, the research found that both female and male informal CBTs eschew the Fund, preferring to operate their businesses autonomously and to borrow from their own informal co-operative-type revolving fund whenever they need funds to sustain them. Prior to making some recommendations to improve the situation, the researcher also highlights certain other weaknesses inherent in the establishment, management and control of the Commission and its Fund including inadequate funding, lack of independence and poor staffing.,NORAD


What is the developmental potential of monopronuclear (1PN) embryos, and does allowing their use only after confirming biparental inheritance offer a clinical solution for them?

 1PN embryos demonstrate clear utilisation, euploidy, and live birth rates, that warrant their routine culture, and use following biparental inheritance testing, in the clinical setting.

 Embryos only displaying a single pronuclei (1PN) are widely regarded to be abnormal and not suitable for clinical use. It is therefore common practice to discard these embryos following fertilisation check. However, 1PN embryos have shown the ability for normal blastocyst development, albeit at a decreased rate, and the ability to produce live births.
 To bridge the gap between discarding an "abnormal" 1PN embryo, and the knowledge that it can result in a live birth, our clinic utilises PGT-A with biparental inheritance testing to assess the fitness of a 1PN embryo for transfer.

 A retrospective analysis was performed of 5010 1PN embryos derived from IVF (2612) or ICSI (2398) insemination at Genea clinics across Australia between January 2017 and November 2022.
 Blastocyst development, euploidy, parental inheritance, pregnancy, and live birth rates were analysed.

 Embryos were defined as being 1PN by the appearance of one pronuclei at fertilisation check 16-18 hours post insemination. Time lapse footage was reviewed on day 3 of culture to eliminate the late appearance of a second pronucleus. Suitable embryos underwent trophectoderm biopsy for PGT-A and biparental inheritance testing. Only euploid embryos with confirmed biparental inheritance were available to patients for frozen embryo transfer.

 1PN embryos derived from ICSI insemination were found to have a significantly lower blastocyst development potential of 17.4% compared to 33.7% for IVF embryos (p < 0.0001). The utilisation rate was also significantly lower at 8.1% for ICSI vs 21.2% for IVF (p < 0.0001).
 The IVF embryos showed a higher rate of euploidy following PGA-T testing, 50.9% for IVF vs 37.9% for ICSI (p < 0.0001).
 Uniparental inheritance, an indication the 1PN appearance was caused by parthenogenesis, was only observed in 6.7% of the total embryos tested, with IVF embryos having a considerably lower rate of 1.8% vs 20.5% for ICSI (p < 0.0001).
 There was no significant difference between the 2 groups for pregnancy rate or live births, following single embryo transfer, with 58.6% for IVF vs 62.9% for ICSI (p = 0.6) and 39.6% for IVF vs 45.7% for ICSI (p = 0.5) respectively. These levels were comparable to normally fertilised (2PN) euploid embryos across Genea clinics in the same time period. During the study period there have been 175 1PN embryos transferred that has resulted in 69 live births from embryos that otherwise would have been discarded.

 The use of timelapse imaging from the time of insemination for ICSI embryos, as opposed to 16-18 hours post insemination for IVF embryos may play a role in the type of 1PN embryos that are being identified in each group.

 This study demonstrates that not all 1PN embryos are abnormal and their routine use in the clinical IVF lab in conjunction with appropriate testing should be re-evaluated.

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An emergency procedures plan is often the sort of policy that gets put into place and then promptly forgotten. After all, who wants to think heavily about a disaster (natural or man-made)? It can be a morbid way to spend one's day. Unpleasant a topic as it may be, emergencies (by definition) come without warning—considering the myriad aspects of emergency response are of little comfort after the fact. A strong emergency procedures plan is a basic responsibility for academic libraries, which receive hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of visitors in a day. Even the best plan needs to be revisited from time-to-time to reflect changes in policy, organizational structure, or possible new threats. One academic library in Tennessee recently completed a full revision of its emergency procedures policy. James E. Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University is located 35 miles southeast of Nashville in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Murfreesboro is the sort of sleepy town in which one could easily become complacent regarding the threat of a true emergency. That would, however, be a mistake. The town is located squarely in Dixie Alley, an area of the South prone to violent tornadoes. In particular, a tornado rated EF4 struck the town in 2009 killing two people. 1


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The invention discloses an electric remote virtual operation counter which comprises a shell. A host is arranged in the shell, connected with an intranet system of an electric system and a display and further connected with a document scanner, a video call device, a receipt printer, a second-generation identity card scanner, a sign pen, a power card reader, a password keyboard, a union pay card reader, a vein recognition instrument, a work order printer, a wireless router and a power supply device. According to the electric remote virtual operation counter, the design is reasonable, all-weather remote virtual face-to-face service is supplied, the cost of power enterprise deployment business outlets is lowered, the customer experience is enhanced, the customer satisfaction is improved, and the problems that an existing counter outlet is fixed in working time, high in cost, difficult in site selection and the like are effectively solved.


While the restructuring initiatives are going on,there is much to learn from both the achievements and lessons associated with the practice to date.This paper provides a brief review on the results of the reforms,lessons to be learned and the implications for future reforms,and it proposes issues to be considered in the restructuring process such as regulation on market power in the real-time market,the reserve capacity market,and transmission service,improvement in designing the competitive electricity market,and incentives mechanism for investment.Among these issues,designed competitive intensity and industry competition are the major issues in the current power sector restructuring and competition-oriented reform.


1.45 P.m. Baress's hydrostatic bag (No. 3), ws inttoduced Vo-the yeqtum, and e patient -placedin the knee-chest poaition. No Saept to. distend the Aag was madej but the .nozzle was connected, by India-rubber tubing, with a, column of water about' 56 .inches in height. At 4.30 r.M., the tumour was' found' tQ be distinett lifted from its original site, and the bag partially distended. At 7.30 P.m., the patient could no longer mamtain the knee-chest position, but lay i the ordinary obstetric position ; she was restless and irritable, 'and a quarter of a grain of morphia was,injected subcutaneously; On July 27th, at 1. 30 A. M., the tumour could still be reached with the finger. The bag was fully distended; the patient was sick, and again restless. The injection of morphia was repeated. At 4.30 A.M., the tumour could not be felt; the cervix was in the natural position; and a mass occupied the hypogastrium. The bog was emptied, and removed; a little sanious discharge followed, and afterwards much fatus. OD J4jy '28th, Dr. Champneys, 'on making a rectal examination, found the cavity of the sacrum quite clear. The low-er edge of the tumour could just be felt near the right sacro-iliac synchondrosis, and bimanual examination discovered a tumour in the hypogastrium, reaching to the level of the navel, of, which the above was the lower border. The pitient suffered at first from sickness, and considerable aching pain and soreness about the rectum, and was unalble to pass urine or hola her motions; but, on AWgust 1st, she passed urine naturally, and' was regaining control over the rectum. By August 4th, this control was complete. On August 7th, a slough was passed, which proved; to be a cast of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Examination showed the sphincter lax, and the rectum slightly dilated; below the lower fold of AIousZon its surface felt rough, but above this smooth. The abdomninal mass was found to have sunk, so that the upper, border was two inches below the level of the navel, but there was not any tendency to reproduction of the incarceration. She was discharged on A;ugust 10th. On August 24th, she was seen in the out-patient department for' the last time. Rectal examination then discovered, one inch from the anus, a stricture easily admitting the finger; another, stricture was felt about one inch higher up. There was no faecal accumulation above this, and the mucous membrane felt quite smooth. The general healtb .was good. The patient wrote from Wales on February 7th, 1884, that she was in fair health,, but suffered from "downward-drawing pain after exertion. " She was " still compelled to take opening medicine, and to have the instruments (?bougies) passed occasionally." REMARKS BY DR. CHAMPNEYS. -This case presents several points of interest. The first consists in the similarity of the history to that sometimes obtained in cases of retroversion of the gravid uterus. In this latter disease, the first symptom is always retention of urine, or its consequence, dribbling of urine; and in some cases the symptoms follow a Jump or fall. In this -latter variety, it is probable that the uterus, just too large for the brim of the pelvis, is forced .below the proraontory, which then impiisons it as a cog; the' netroverted uterus again pressing against, or kinking the urethra and lower part of the bladder. In other cases, something prevents the evacuation of the bladder at the proper time, and the patient subsequently finds herself unable to empty it. In these cases, the full bladder probably still further retroverts the already retroverted uterus, and thus prevents its own Ovacuation, as in the first variety. In both varieties, evacuation of the bladder relieves the more urgent symptoms, ;and sometimes issufficieAit to provide for the elevation of the uterus. In this place, i; will be sufficient to say that the first attaek probably illustrated 'the first variety, while the subsequent attacks may have been examples of tihe second. With regard to the treatment adopted. The forcible elevation of a 4qbroid is not without risk; such tumours are often covered with enornous venous sinuses, as large as a finger; an adhesion over one of these nught tear itopen, and the bleeding would almost certainly prove fataL. Even in abdominal section, such bleedings can sometimes only be eheeld by the removal of the whole uterus. The great force which in this case was found necessary in applying taxis eaused apprehension, and the gentler and continuous method of hydrostatic pressure was &dopted, This has already ,been used, by means of gravitation, for the dil*ation of -the, cervix uteri. The ordinary hydrostatic bags, introdueed by D)r.. Rawrnes, are rather stouter than necessary; and thinner round balloons would prove better. 'The rectum was used, partly bet cause leverage is better applied as far posteriorly as possibly,and partly becaus of the presence of the hymen. If the condition of, the reetumt gave much trouble in the future, a very simple nick of the cicatricial tissue would probably set matters permanently right. REPORTS OF SOCIETIESI


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The objective of this research is to investigate: (1) the satisfaction level based on the expectation of the Flexi customers at PT. Telkom Kandatel Solo, and (2) the differences between the expectation of the Flexi customers and the services provided by PT. Telkom Kandatel Solo.
 Descriptive quantitative method is used in this research, in which the data were collected based on observation, questioneer, interview, and documentation. The population of this research is Flexi customers at PT. Telkom Kandatel Solo. Non probability sampling technique with purposive sampling method is used in this research. The accidental sample sizes of the research are 100 respondents. Over 30 respondents out of sample were also tested and showed valid and reliable result. The analysis method used in this research are IPA technique (Importance Performance Analysis) and T – test with normal test as the terms of analysis.
Based on the result, the research conclude that: (1) the satisfaction level of Flexi customers at PT. Telkom Kandatel Solo in 2009 showed that =87,66% is lower than 100%, which means that the customers are not satisfied. (2) All of the service quality dimention are also significantly different between the expectation of the customers and service provided by Flexi, which are tangibles, responsiveness, reliability, assurance, and emphaty.


This study addresses the question of how increasing competitive forces from India's trade liberalization have affected the wages of male and female workers. Neoclassical theory implies that costly discrimination against female workers should diminish over time with increased competition (Becker 1971). We incorporate this idea into a theoretical model of competition and industry concentration in which the net effect of international trade on the gender wage gap could be positive or negative depending on changes in market parameters and the discrimination coefficient. Our study tests the theoretical model using repeated cross sections of India's NSSO household survey data merged with trade and production data from 1983 to 2004. We employ OLS and Fixed Effects techniques at the industry level to estimate the relationship between the male-female residual wage gap and measures of domestic concentration and international trade competition. Results indicate that increasing openness to trade is associated with a widening in the wage gap in India's concentrated manufacturing industries.


Abstract In this paper, we investigate an extremum problem for the power moment of a convex polygon contained in a disc. Our result is a generalization of a classical theorem: among all convex n-gons contained in a given disc, the regular n-gon inscribed in the circle (up to rotation) uniquely maximizes the area functional. It also implies that, among all convex n-gons contained in a given disc and containing the center in those interiors, the regular n-gon inscribed in the circle (up to rotation) uniquely maximizes the mean of the length of the chords passing through the center of the disc.


Purpose: There is a need for better biomarkers to both detect bladder cancer and distinguish muscle‐invasive (stage T2+) from non‐invasive (stage Ta/T1) disease. We assess whether MALDI‐TOF‐MS of the urine peptidome can achieve this.


Several critical systems in an autonomous car strongly rely on pressure sensors to track and measure critical specifications, which has winded up to be the crucial aspect in making secure roadways, enhancing the driving experience, and minimizing pollution. Autonomous car driving experience would be completely different without all types of pressure sensors employed in the contemporary car, these sensors aid to handle braking systems to auto electrical windows, exhaustive emissions to the power steering. Monitoring the health of these pressure sensors is done by physically collecting the time series data at different scenarios. This approach is expensive and time-consuming. As a result, autonomous vehicle corporations are focusing on virtual authentication where synthetic data is generated for several scenarios. RCGAN is exploited in this work, for generating time series synthetic sensor data. This algorithm employs RNN, which trains the network model on supplementary information. This change permits RCGAN to learn and create sensible, time-series sensor data.


ABSTRACT This paper investigates how lexical processing difficulty affects second language (L2) syntactic processing. In a self-paced reading experiment with 36 monolingual and 62 first language German speakers of English, we test how differences in lexical frequency moderate structural processing differences between subject and object clefts. For the L2 group, the results show linear relations between verb frequency and the location of the reading difficulty resulting from the structurally more complex object clefts. Native speakers evince comparable effects only in lower word frequency ranges. The findings indicate that greater demands on lexical processing may cause non-native-like syntactic processing in that they attenuate and delay effects of structure building in L2 sentence processing. We discuss implications for current models of L2 sentence processing.


Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is one of the most treatment‐resistant malignancies. Despite all new therapeutic advances, almost all patients develop resistance to treatment and cure is rarely seen. In the present study, we evaluated the antitumor effect of a bicistronic retrovirus vector encoding both endostatin (ES) and interleukin (IL)‐2 using an orthotopic metastatic RCC mouse model.


Track Effects in Positronium Formation S.V. Stepanova,b,c,∗, V.M. Byakov, G. Duplâtre, P.S. Stepanov and A.V. Bokov NRC "Kurchatov Institute" — Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremuskinskaya str., 25, 117218 Moscow, Russia National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", 115409, Moscow, Russia Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemical Department, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Russia D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya sq., 9, 125047, Moscow, Russia Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, CNRS/IN2P3, BP 28 67037 Strasbourg, France Department of Physics and Astronomy, 104 Overmann Hall, Bowling Green State University, OH, 43403, USA


Increased XPO1 (a key nuclear exporter of many tumor suppressor proteins [TSPs]) expression in prostate cancer (PCa) has been found to be associated with a high Gleason score and bone metastasis. However, it is unknown whether aberrant XPO1 activity regulates AR and AR splice variants (Arv) signaling in PCa progression. In this study, using 22Rv1 and VCaP prostate cancer cells which harbor full length AR and ARv, we conduct in vitro cellular and molecular biological experiments and in vivo animal studies to elucidate the role XPO1 inhibition plays in PCa progression through regulation of XPO1/AR/ARv signaling. We found that high expression of AR splice variant 7 (AR-v7) was correlated with increased XPO1 expression. Silencing of XPO1 by RNAi or treatment with Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compounds (selinexor and KPT-8602/eltanexor) down-regulated the expression of AR, AR-v7 and ARv567es at the mRNA and protein levels. Mechanistic studies showed that XPO1 silencing also inhibited the expression of AR/ARv regulators including FOXA1, Src, Vav3, MED1 and Sam68, leading to the suppression of ARv and AR target genes, UBE2C and PSA. SINE compound treatment of cells retained the eIF4E protein (translation initiation factor and nuclear transporter of capped depended mRNAs) in nuclear compartment, leading to nuclear retention of AR-v7 and PSA mRNAs. The nuclear localization of AR-v7 mRNA resulted in the reduction in the ARv protein. Furthermore, SINE compound treatment retained TSPs including Rb, p21, p53, APC and SMAD4 in the nucleus leading to inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis. Moreover, by targeting XPO1/ARv signaling, SINE compounds suppressed prostate cancer growth in vitro and in vivo and potentiated the anti-cancer activity of conventional chemotherapeutic agent docetaxel and anti-AR agents (enzalutamide and abiraterone) through the inhibition of AR, AR-v7, FOXA1, PSA and UBE2C. From these results, we conclude that there is a causal relationship between XPO1 and AR splice variants. High expression of both XPO1 and AR-v7 could lead to constitutively activated AR signaling, CRPC development and progression, and anti-AR drug resistance. By targeting XPO1/AR/ARv signaling and increasing anti-AR sensitivity, SINE compounds could be novel agents used in combination with conventional chemotherapeutics and AR-targeted therapy for the treatment of PCa, especially CRPC. Citation Format: Irfana Muqbil, Yiwei Li, Erkan Baloglu, William Senapedis, Yosef Landesman, Christian Argueta, Michael Kauffman, Sharon Friedlander, Hua Chang, Sharon Shacham, Elisabeth Heath, Asfar S. Azmi. Down-regulation of AR splice variants through XPO1 suppression contributes to the inhibition of prostate cancer progression [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2492.


Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestic autoimmune liver disease and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is the first-line drug for the treatment. Currently there are several standards applied for the prognostic and therapeutic predictions of PBC, as well as for the guidance of personalized treatment. This paper elucidated the prognostic predicting factors in PBC and their applications in therapy monitoring with UDCA. Current challenges and future research interests are also put forward.(Chin J Lab Med, 2016, 39: 82-84)

Key words:
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; Ursodeoxycholic Acid; Prognosis; Treatment Outcome; Severity of Illness Index


Regulation of nodule permeability in response to short-term changes in environmental and physiological conditions is thought to occur by occlusion of intercellular spacesin the nodule inner cortex. To test this hypothesis, the permeability of legume nodules was altered by adapting them to either 20 or 80% O 2 over a 2.5-h period. The nodules were then rapidly frozen, cryo-planed and examined under cryo-scanning electron microscopy for differences in the number, area or shape factor of intercellular spaces


The hydraulic characteristics in water diversion bifurcated pipes in pumped storage plant were calculated by 3-D numerical simulation under different operation conditions(pumping or generating)and different flow ratio(single machine operation or many).Unstructured grid was used to discretize the model,finite volume method was used to divert equation′s integral pattern into algebra equations,second order upwind scheme was used and calculated by implicit method to ensure precision,and SIMPLE method was adopted to couple pressure and velocity.Water head loss and the flow pattern were analyzed under various conditions in bifurcated pipes.It is shown that the computation results are consistent with the experimental data.Because the energy transfers after converging current from different energy,water head loss in pumping is minus,the flow pattern in generating is better than that in pumping;and water head loss is larger in generating and smaller in pumping.The results provide the basis for turbine′s running mode,and minimize the energy loss to the least.


Salt screening and selection is a critical factor for the developability of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The main benefit to screening, identifying, and selecting the optimal salt form early in the lifecycle is to improve the bioavailability of the compound while addressing its associated physicochemical, stability, and mechanical properties. The role of the scientist in the screening process involves the selection of the counterions and solvents and to bring valuable experience during the crystallization process. There are numerous manual and automated assisted strategies across the pharmaceutical industry for salt screening; however, determining crystalline salts that have a low potential for polymorphism is the common goal. The selection of the optimal salt not only improves the manufacturing and marketability of the drug product but also positions and protects the intellectual property of the product through composition of matter patents.

Keywords:

salt screening;
salt selection


The contribution of the Russian mathematicians to the study of urn models, G.I. Ivchenko and Yu I. Medvedev random forests, Yu I. Pavlov asymptotic properties of random interval graphs and their use in cluster analysis, E. Godehardt and B. Harris on nodes of given degree in random trees, M. Drmota a generalization of the number field sieve, I.A. Semaev operator and recursion equations for runs in random sequences, L. Ya Savelyev on the limit distribution of the height of leaves in a plane planted tree, A.I. Abramov on the distribution of the weights of the random Reed-Muller codewords, A.S. Ambrosimov on a method of proving limit theorems for branching processes with immigration, M.H. Asadullin asymptotic behaviour of generalized non-ordinary Cox processes, V.E. Bening and V. Yu Korolev the steady state distribution of the queue length for a queue with bulk arrival and processor sharing discipline, O.I. Bogoyavlenskaya statistical analysis of renewal processes, V.I. Chernetskii et al functional limit theorems for observations of stochastic processes at a random timepoint, A.N. Chuprunov functional limit theorems for sums of independent random variables with replacements, A.N. Chuprunov on the limit distribution of the assymetry of random graphs, O.V. Denisov. (Part contents).


The commonly accepted description of transition to turbulence in shear flows requires the presence of an external source of disturbances that get amplified by an essentially linear mechanism up to the point where breakdown to turbulence occurs. Microscopic fluctuations are shown here to provide just the right amount of initial disturbances to match the predictions of linear stability theory.


InAs patterned quantum dots (PQDs) are preferentially formed on faceted GaAs pyramidal buffers using selective-area epitaxy (SAE) by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Photoluminescence (PL) wavelength is adjustable through a single parameter, the growth time, and strong room-temperature PL emissions from 1.3 μm to over 1.5 μm are demonstrated, with linear polarization from PQD's asymmetric geometries. The long wavelength emission is attributed to the large PQD size and the reduced strain within PQDs enabled by SAE. It is thus a viable technique to independently control PL wavelength while maintaining the QD density, and to address single QDs for device applications.


Abstract: The rat substance P (SP) receptor (SPR) was expressed in insect Sf9 cells by infection with recombinant baculovirus. The receptor bound SP with high affinity (KD = 360 pM) and had a rank order of affinity of SP > neurokinin A > neurokinin B. Ligand activation of the receptor resulted in an increase in both inositol lipid hydrolysis and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). However, high‐level expression of the receptor, in the absence of ligand, was correlated with increased basal turnover of inositol lipids and an elevated rate of Ca2+ influx. These results demonstrate that the Sf9 cells provide a suitable environment for the high‐level expression of a functionally active SPR. Two carboxy‐terminal epitope‐tagged receptors (SPR‐KT3 = SPR‐TPPPEPET, COOH; SPR‐Glu = SPR‐EEEEYMPME, COOH) were also expressed. The affinity of the KT3‐tagged receptor for ligand was similar to that of the wild‐type receptor (KD = 405 pM), and that of the Glu‐tagged receptor was slightly lower (KD = 1,082 pM). The high‐affinity SP binding site of all three receptors was sensitive to guanosine 5′‐O‐(3‐thiotriphosphate) pretreatment. The maximal signal‐transducing ability of the epitope‐tagged receptors was comparable to that of the wild‐type receptor ([Ca2+]i rise as a percentage of wild‐type: SPR‐KT3, 80–100%; SPR‐Glu, 88–100%). These data show that heterologous expression in the baculovirus system results in high expression of functional wild‐type and tagged receptors.


Currently, face recognition system is growing sustainably on a larger scope. A few years ago, face recognition was used as a personal identification with a limited scope, now this technology has grown in the field of security, in terms of preventing fraudsters, criminals, and terrorists. In addition, face recognition is also used in detecting how tired a driver is, reducing the occurrence of road accidents, as well as in marketing, advertising, health, and others. Many method are developed to give the best accuracy in face recognition. Deep learning approach become trend in this field because of stunning results, and fast computation. However, the problem about accuracy, complexity, and scalability become a challenges in face recognition. This paper focus on recognizing the importance of this technology, how to achieve high accuracy with low complexity. Deep learning and non-deep learning methods are discussed and compared to analyze their advantages and disadvantages. From critical analysis using experiment with YALE dataset, non-deep learning algorithm can reach up to 90.6% for low-high complexity and 94.67% in deep learning method for low-high complexity. Genetic algorithm combining with CNN and SVM was an optimization method for overcome accuracy and complexity problems.


Objective To improve the stability and practicability of field liquid transfusion control system.Methods SPCE062A 's high accurate AD was used to acquire the dropping speed,and a new method for weight sensor 's self proofread was applied.Results The infrared photoelectric sensor was removed,so the monitoring part could work with any appropriate sensor.Conclusion The system cost is decreased and its stability and availability are enhanced.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2008,29(2):66-67]


A total of seven Dacnusini (Hym., Braconidae, Alysiinae) species are recorded for the first time for Sweden: Antrusa chrysotegula (Tobias, 1986), Aristelix phaenicura (Haliday, 1839), Chorebus (Pha ...


The following research is aimed at
administrative processes such as strengthening the
planning area of
the district health directorate 13D03 Jipijapa
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Puerto Lopez, making
reference that administrative processes are of vital importance since the administrator of an
organization uses thes
e processes so that the Organization, management, planning and
control work efficiently and effectively.
In addition, administrative processes is the set of phases or successive stages through which
the administration is carried out, which are interrelated
and form an integral process, these
phases or stages are the following:
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The mechanical phase includes planning and organization.
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The dynamic phase includes the direction and control.
Likewise, to carry out this research, information was collected from dif
ferent sources on the
subject and for the field work carried out, direct observation and application of surveys and
interviews were made, which were diagnosed certain eventualities in the planning area.
In this regard, an audit report was made to the Distr
ict Directorate of Health 13D03 Jipijapa
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Puerto Lopez. The evaluation of the administrative processes will be recorded as a
strengthening of the planning area of
the institution, taking into account the phases of the
audit that helped determine the eff
iciency and effectiveness of the planning area and thus
issue the respective conclusions and recommendations for immediate application


The UK publishing industry is one of the most powerful in the world. Our intelligence has shown that the global status of the industry is determined by the leadership of the English language in the world stage, heritage, historical ties and the force of copyright law.
The article proves that the United Kingdom is a leader in many areas of publishing, such as the publication in English of works from other cultures: African, Caribbean and Indian literature. British publishers are also competitive in areas such as textbooks, various reference books, English Language Guides (ELTs) and textbooks for international schools.
An analysis of the Global Publishers' Rating in 2017 showed how British publishing companies are constantly succeeding on the world stage. For example, according to the Global Publishers' Rating in 2017, five British companies earned a quarter of the combined revenue of the world's 50 most powerful firms. (For comparison: eight US publishers together earned 27% and together — more than half.) The printing industry in the UK is large, developed and thriving. The United Kingdom is the fifth largest producer of printed matter in the world, employing around 116 000 people and accounting for £ 5,8 billion in GDP.
The performance of the UK book publishing industry is the printing of new titles and new publications. According to this indicator of publishing productivity, the British book industry is a world leader. In 2014, the American book publishing industry estimated that 335 000 new titles and publications were published, followed by China with 448 000, the United Kingdom with 220 000, well ahead of Japan, Germany, and Russia, as well as France, Italy, and Spain. If we use a different method of counting and find out the number of new names printed per million population, it turns out that the UK produces the most new names in the world — more than 2900 per million population against 1000 to 1500 for other large developed markets.
An analysis of the book industry in the United Kingdom shows that it is constantly evolving. Modern digital technologies allow publishing companies to reorganize and improve technological processes. New features include: integration with supply chain partners, online distribution, dynamic pricing, on-demand printing, e-book publishing.


Objectives An up-to-date, detailed global analysis of the current status of the metabolic-attributed cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden has not been reported. Therefore, we investigated the global burden of metabolic-attributed CVD and its association with socioeconomic development status over the past 30 years. Methods Data on the burden of metabolic-attributed CVD were taken from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Metabolic risk factors of CVD included high fasting plasma glucose, high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), high systolic blood pressure (SBP), high body mass index (BMI) and kidney dysfunction. Numbers and age-standardised rates (ASR) of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and deaths were extracted and stratified by sex, age, Socio-demographic Index (SDI) level, country and region. Results The ASR of metabolic-attributed CVD DALYs and deaths decreased by 28.0% (95% UI 23.8% to 32.5%) and 30.4% (95% UI 26.6% to 34.5%), respectively, from 1990 to 2019. The highest burden of metabolic-attributed total CVD and intracerebral haemorrhage was mainly in low SDI locations, while the highest burden of ischaemic heart disease and IS was mainly in high SDI locations. The burden of DALYs and deaths in CVD was higher in men than women. In addition, the number and ASR of DALYs and deaths were highest in those over 80 years old. Conclusion Metabolic-attributed CVD threatens public health, especially in low-SDI locations and among the elderly. Low SDI location should strengthen the control of metabolic factors such as high SBP, high BMI, and high LDL-c and increase the knowledge of metabolic risk factors for CVD. Countries and regions should enhance screening and prevention of metabolic risk factors of CVD in the elderly. Policy-makers should use 2019 GBD data to guide cost-effective interventions and resource allocation.


A new technique based on the embedded image processing principle is described to measure the in-plane liquid spread in fabric as a function of time. The water spreading area recorded with a digital camera and the picture analysing process was automated by use of an image segmentation algorithm: background subtraction. Where commercial image analysing software fails due to the specific porous structure of textiles, the algorithm developed succeeds in calculating the wicking area automatically. The speed and accuracy of area calculation are also improved by using a 32bit embedded Digital Signal Processor. The in-plane spreading of an area for ring, compact yarn of different counts and different combinations of doubled yarn produced from ring, compact & ring/compact yarn was carried out. It was found that the yarn count and doubling combinations influence the liquid spread behaviour of the fabric significantly.


Function inlining is a well known compiler optimization where a function call issubstituted with the body of the called function. Since function inlining in general increases the code size one migh ...


We present the discovery of KELT-21b, a hot Jupiter transiting the V = 10.5 A8V star HD 332124. The planet has an orbital period of P = 3.6127647 ± 0.0000033 days and a radius of . We set an upper limit on the planetary mass of at confidence. We confirmed the planetary nature of the transiting companion using this mass limit and Doppler tomographic observations to verify that the companion transits HD 332124. These data also demonstrate that the planetary orbit is well-aligned with the stellar spin, with a sky-projected spin–orbit misalignment of . The star has K, , , and km s−1, the highest projected rotation velocity of any star known to host a transiting hot Jupiter. The star also appears to be somewhat metal poor and α-enhanced, with and [α/Fe] = 0.145 ± 0.053; these abundances are unusual, but not extraordinary, for a young star with thin-disk kinematics like KELT-21. High-resolution imaging observations revealed the presence of a pair of stellar companions to KELT-21, located at a separation of 1.″2 and with a combined contrast of with respect to the primary. Although these companions are most likely physically associated with KELT-21, we cannot confirm this with our current data. If associated, the candidate companions KELT-21 B and C would each have masses of ∼0.12 , a projected mutual separation of ∼20 au, and a projected separation of ∼500 au from KELT-21. KELT-21b may be one of only a handful of known transiting planets in hierarchical triple stellar systems.


Domestic Violence-based Asylum Claims (DVAC) fall within a vexed area of Australian refugee law, which has been subject to significant academic and policy attention. Currently, an asylum bid by a victim of domestic violence for a Protection (Class XA) Visa turns on three elements: the membership of the claimant of a 'particular social group' (PSG), which is one of the five grounds listed as a prerequisite to refugee status in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees ('the Refugees Convention');1 a nexus between that PSG and the harm suffered by the claimant; and, an inability or unwillingness of the state in question to assist. The final requirement ensures that the harm meets the threshold set by the Refugees Convention, and is not a purely personal form of harm.


The various persons and groups of persons who have devoted themselves within the last few years to the subject of peripheral vascular disease in its many manifestations have merited the highest praise. The results which they have achieved have in themselves been brilliant and have had the further effect of bringing to the forefront of medical consciousness, as it were, a group of diseases formerly relegated to the background because their prognosis was so hopeless. Particularly in the obliterative type of peripheral vascular disease, however, all these recent endeavors have been on the prophylactic side and have had as their basic purpose a prompter anticipation and recognition of the impending terminal gangrene, with the institution of active measures to avoid its development. This is as it should be, for prophylaxis is always more to be desired than curative therapy. Yet there is another side of the picture, which must not


The multi-model adaptive hull deformation estimation algorithm is proposed for the uncertainty of system parameters and the statistical characteristics of measurement noise. Based on the multi-model idea, a variable parameter multi-model algorithm is designed. By pre-estimating the main frequency, the problem of the main frequency uncertainty in the actual measurement is solved. Based on the Sage-Husa adaptive filtering idea, the adaptive volume Kalman filter algorithm is designed to track and estimate the measurement noise covariance matrix in real time, which effectively solves the problem of statistical uncertainty of measurement noise. The effectiveness of the multi-model adaptive hull deformation estimation algorithm is verified by simulation. When the main frequency and the statistical characteristics of the measurement noise are unknown, the estimation accuracy of the hull deformation angle is better than 0.1 angular.


Preface Effects of Residual Oil Fly Ash on Pulmonary Host Defence Fly ash properties, disposal, and treatment in modernised waste incineration plant with catalytic filter Theoretical Foundation Of Using Fly Ash For Improving Durability And Inhibiting Alkali-Silica Reaction-Induced Deterioration of Concrete Deposition of fly ash and atmospheric particles on historical monuments: comparative results from polluted and non-polluted areas Fly Ash Composites with Polyaniline: Synthesis, Characterisation and Conductivity Measurements Fly ash from the main lignite-fired power plants of northern Greece: utilisation constraints and environmental implications Recycling of Solid Waste Fly ash and Residue Carbon as Low Cost Adsorbents A Fast Structure Identification Method for the Abundant Organic and Inorganic Compounds in MSWI Ash Wastes Recycling of wood ash for reintroduction to forest soils Combining Spent Refractory, Coal Fly Ash, and Japanese Roof Tiles (Kawara) as Concrete Additives Index.


Mentation reports were elicited from NREM and REM sleep in 18 normal elderly females. Transcribed reports were analyzed for word count, visual and auditory imagery, intention, and affect. Comparison with similarly analyzed data from 23 young adult women revealed no differences between young and elderly in narrative length (either REM or NREM). Both groups showed longer narratives from REM awakenings. With narrative length controlled, NREM-REM differences in visual or auditory imagery, intention, or affect were non-existent in the young and very small in the elderly, findings that contradict earlier results but are consistent with more recent controlled studies in young adults. The elderly subjects showed strikingly less visual imagery than young subjects in both NREM and REM reports. Further studies are required to determine whether the decreased incidence of visual imagery in the elderly results from a response bias or from differences in the mechanisms of visual imagery production in sleep, waking, or both.


T-wave alternant(TWA) is regarded as an independents and noninvasive indicator of sudden cardiac death(SCD).A novel algorithm of quantitative estimation of TWA based on the joint analysis of time-frequency method and correlation technique was presented in this paper.The preprocessed electrocardiogram(ECG) was first applied with continuous wavelet transform,and then the T wave sequences were extracted and the total energy of each T wave contained within the selected time-frequency region was calculated.The rank-sum test was applied to the ranked energy sequences of T waves to detect TWA qualitatively.Then the ECG with TWA was analyzed with correlation method in temporal domain.And the alternant frequency and level were calculated,which provides more information in SCD and ventricular arrhythmia analysis.Simulation result proved a mean sensitivity of 91.2% in detecting TWA,and if the SNR was not less than 30 dB,the accuracy rate of detection by the algorithm achieved 100%.The clinical experiment data showed that the results from this method vs.spectral method have the correlation coefficients of 0.96.


Color is one of the primary index in the sorting fruit based on comport vision. In this paper the Hamming neural network was applied to apples color sorting. First, Fuji apples were sorted into three classes according to their color conditions, and the average accumulating histogram of the hue value about the three classes were analyzed。Based on the analysis, then the framework of Hamming neural network was established. The accumulating Frequency of the hue value at 0°, 10°, 20°, 30°, 40°, 50° degrees were used as input vector of the neural network classifier. 30 apples(10 apples for each class) were used for neural network training, another 30 apples were used for testing. The result shown that the classification accuracy is over 96% and the speed is between 0.1 and 0.2ms for each apple。


The inhabitants of the rumen microbial eco-system, a complex consortium of different microbial groups living in symbiotic relationship with the host, act synergistically for the bioconversion of lignocellulosic feeds intovolatile fatty acids which serve as a source of energy for the animals. The constraints, imposed by the host and the feed consumed by the animal, under which these microbes have to function, have been discussed. The eco-system is specialized and buffered in a narrow range of pH, which helps the animal to maintain a very well stabilized eco-system which is not disturbed by the incoming microbial contaminants into the fermentation sac (rumen) through feed and water intake. The microbial ecosystem is well studied for the rumen of domesticated animals like cattle, sheep and goat, but it is poorly studied in buffalo and wild ruminants. The necessity to use molecular biology techniques for identification and characterization of rumen microbes has been emphasized in this review.


This paper proposes a design methodology of base station antenna configuration for multi-user (MU) multiple-input, multi-output (MIMO) systems to be robust against channel feedback errors. In the proposed scheme, the base station antenna configuration controls the covariance matrices of MIMO channels so as to keep the space of pre-coding weights stable against the channel variation. Specifically, in case of 2-user scenario with 4-element linear array antenna for base station and 2-element terminal antenna, the optimal configuration is found by dividing antenna elements into two groups, where two groups of 2-antenna pairs are separated by 6A to realize diversity and multiplexing gains. Optimum antenna spacing for each group is 0.4A for enhancing the robustness against channel feedback errors and maximizing the system capacity. Moreover, user combinations for MU-MIMO are adaptively selected to maximize system throughput. However, if the optimal antenna configuration is employed, user combinations with larger angular differences tend to be selected and it degrades fairness among the users. Thus, we also introduced a generalized proportional fairness (GPF) based scheduling to keep fairness among users. Computer simulations confirm that optimal base station antenna configuration reduces system capacity deterioration against channel feedback errors dramatically, and it maintains the effectiveness of MU-MIMO system in terms of improving system capacity regardless of channel feedback errors.


St. Catherines Island is a composite barrier island located along the Georgia coast, consisting of a Pleistocene core surrounded by Holocene salt marsh and ridge and swale terrain. Hydraulic head and chemical data have been collected since 2011 from the surficial aquifer along an east-west transect of six monitoring wells, ranging in depth from 5-8 meters. In 2016, two additional transects were installed in the shallow aquifer, creating a network of 18 wells. Chloride and total dissolved solids data from the original 6-wells have revealed periodic saltwater intrusion events into the surficial aquifer on the marsh-side of the traverse as opposed to the ocean side. Chemistry data from the additional wells installed in 2016 show that salinity is highly variable at two wells, S4 and M6. Analysis of tidal data show that pulses of saltwater intrusion are associated with unusually large, spring-tide events. Due to the localized nature of the intrusion events in the vicinity of wells S4 and M6, it was hypothesized that saline water is moving into the shallow aquifer system along preferred structural or stratigraphic pathways. To investigate the shallow subsurface near wells S4 and M6, ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity profiles were conducted. These data are consistent with the presence of fractures and faults near wells S4 and M6 along with a pronounced sag structure located near well M6. It is hypothesized that prior to modern pumping withdrawals from the regional carbonate aquifer system, artesian water from the Upper Floridan aquifer flowed upwards along regional joint and fault trends. Solution caverns naturally developed along these trends over time, some of which collapsed, creating sag structures in the overlying units and artesian springs at the surface. Data from this study indicates that large tidal events periodically cause saline water to move laterally, and perhaps vertically, into the surficial aquifer along fault and solution collapse features at wells S4 and M6. This study concludes that the primary mechanism of saltwater intrusion is not necessarily by diffuse lateral flow of modern seawater, but rather by the flow of more saline water along structural pathways. Structural Controls on Saltwater Intrusion in the Surficial Aquifer on St. Catherines Island, Georgia James S. Reichard1, R. Kelly Vance1, Jacque L. Kelly1, and Brian K. Meyer2 (1) Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460 (2) Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302 Initial Hydrogeologic Study on St. Catherines LIDAR map (left) of St. Catherines shows the Pleistocene core outlined in black along with two well transects; an E-W transect of 6 wells installed in the surficial aquifer and an existing N-S transect of 4 production wells in the Upper Floridan aquifer. Surficial wells 1-4 (right) were installed in 2011 and wells 5 and 6 were added in 2013 – wells range in depth from 15 to 22 ft. Data loggers (head, temp, conductivity) were placed in wells 1-4 and set to record every 12-hrs. Water samples were collected on a monthly basis for the first year, followed by quarterly sampling over the past five years. Water chemistry data (right) show that wells 2-4 in the topographic low part of the island have a strong NaCl type water with ion proportions similar to that of seawater. In contrast, wells 1 and 5 on the topographic high have lower proportions of Na-Cl and contain fewer total dissolved solids. After Meyer et. al. 2009 Research Site and Hydrogeologic Setting St. Catherines Island (left) is located on the Atlantic Coastal Plain between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers (40 miles south of Savannah). USGS studies in the late 70s and early 80s reveal that the coastal plain sequence (right) is draped over pre-Cretaceous basement rocks, which underwent extensive faulting during Mesozoic rifting and opening of the Atlantic Ocean. (Barlow, 2003) (Chowns and Williams, 1983) Brunswick St. Catherines Hilton Head (USGS 2001) (Dillon, Klitgord, and Paull, 1983) There's substantial evidence that some of these buried basement faults (left) have been re-activated at various times in the geologic past and have propagated upwards, creating permeable pathways for the vertical movement of groundwater within the coastal plain. A good example is beneath the city of Brunswick, Georgia (right), where a fault and/or solution conduit, at least 2,000 ft in length, has allowed hypersaline water to move up from depth, causing vertical saltwater intrusion in the Upper Floridan aquifer, which is part of major carbonate system that serves as the principle water supply for the region. St. Catherines (Reichard et. al. 2014) The overall hydrogeologic setting at St. Catherines is that of a surficial aquifer on a barrier island, which consists of unconsolidated Pleistocene and Holocene sediments that overlay a regional artesian system composed of Eocene to Oligocene carbonate units. Historically, the vertical hydraulic gradient has been upwards (blue arrow), but due to modern pumping withdrawals, the gradient is now downwards (red arrow) within the study area. Plot on left shows select ion data from the surficial transect over the past six years. Of interest are the concentration spikes found in well 4, which is located on the lagoon side of the island (see above map). The salinity spikes in well 4 are well defined in the high resolution (12 hr) specific conductivity data shown in the right plot. It was hypothesized that the salinity spikes were induced by large tide events. To test the tidal hypothesis, maximum high water levels (left red line) greater than 2 ft above mean-high tide (left blue line) were plotted on the conductivity curve (right) of surficial well 4. Tides between 2.0-2.5 ft above mean high tide are in green, 2.5-3.0 ft in orange, and above 3.0 ft in magenta. Since all the tidal events plotted here were astronomical (lunar) in nature, the data clearly represent pulses of saltwater being driven into the surficial aquifer during large astronomical tides. Moreover, since the salinity spikes are much more pronounced on the marsh-side of the island, one can infer that some type of preferred pathway exists near well 4.


Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is a frequent complication in patients with autoimmune diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not escape this statement. Different protocols have been proposed for the ultrasound evaluation of this affectation showing very good correlation with high-resolution computed tomography.To determine the sensitivity and specificity of an ultrasound evaluation protocol as a screening method for interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.Consecutive patients diagnosed with RA, with and without ILD, will be included. High-resolution chest CT (HRCT) will be performed in all patients. The lung evaluation protocol by ultrasonography (US); evaluates 50 intercostal spaces (ICS) and will be performed by a rheumatologist and imaging specialist trained in the procedure. The presence of B lines and pleural alterations in the EICs explored will be evaluated. A semiquantitative scale will be used to assess each EIC: 0 = normal, (<10 B lines); 1 = mild (11 to 20 B lines); 2 = moderate (21 to 50 B lines) and 3 = marked (> 50 B lines). CT scan was considered the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of ILD and they were evaluated by experienced pulmonologists who were blind to the patient.79 patients were included. Female sex 77% with a mean age of 55 (SD 11.4). The comorbidities observed were: hypertension 27%, dyslipidemia 15%, diabetes mellitus 10%, hypothyroidism 30%, smokers 14%, former smokers 18% and osteoporosis in 14% of patients. The patients had a median duration of the disease in years of 7.5 [IQR 9.2]. Erosive disease was seen in 20 (20%) and rheumatoid nodules in 9.1% of patients. 91% of the patients were under treatment with corticosteroids. Rheumatoid factor was observed in 87% of the patients and Anti-CCP in 71% of the patients, of which 70% had high titers. DILD was observed by HRCT in 21 (27%) patients. The tomographic patterns observed were UIP 7 (33%), probable UIP 2 (10%), cellular NSIP 6 (29%), fibrosing NSIP 3 (14%). An indeterminate pattern was observed in 3 patients. The extent of pulmonary involvement was extensive in 48% of patients and limited in 52%. A sensitivity of 63% (CI95% 44-78) and a specificity of 92% (CI95% 81-97) were observed for the ultrasound evaluation protocol with a PPV of 81% (CI95% 61-92) and NPV of 83 % (95% CI 71-90) and an LR+ 8.1 (95% CI 4.6-14.3) and LR- 0.4 (95% CI 0.3-0.48). AUC: 0.81 (p<0.0001).We observed a moderate sensitivity and specificity of the method to assess interstitial lung involvement in RA with an acceptable AUC for a screening method. These findings are similar to what was found in other cohorts. We observe a high NPV. This means that in patients with a negative study result, the possibility of ILD would be removed. Studies in larger cohorts and comparison with other factors associated with ILD are necessary to improve our understanding of the method and give it the place it deserves.[1]Spagnolo P. et al. The Lung in Rheumatoid Arthritis ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY Vol. 70, No. 10, 2018, pp 1544–1554[2]Barskova T. et al. Lung ultrasound for the screening of interstitial lung disease in very early systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013;72:390–395.[3]GUTIERREZ M, SALAFFI F, CAROTTI M et al.: Utility of a simplified ultrasound assessment to assess interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders – preliminary results. Arthritis Res Ther 2011; 13: R134.[4]Cazenave T. et al. EVALUACIÓN DE PARÉNQUIMA PULMONAR Y LINEA PLEURAL POR ULTRASONOGRAFÍA: GRADO DE ACUERDO ENTRE OBSERVADORES ARGENTINOS. 53° Congreso de Reumatología.Salta. 2020.None declared


Following the theory and definition of the Corioli force in physics, the Corioli force at the site of the M=8.1 Kunlun Mountain Pass earthquake on November 14, 2001, is examined in this paper on the basis of a statistical research on relationship between the Corioli force effect and the maximum attershock magnitude of 20 earth-quakes with M≥7.5 in Chinese mainland, and then the variation tendency of attershock activity of the M=8.1 earthquake is discussed. The result shows: a) Analyzing the Corioli force effect is an effective method to predict maximum attershock magnitude of large earthquakes in Chinese mainland. For the sinistral slip fault and the reverse fault with its hanging wall moving toward the right side oftbe cross-focus meridian plane, their Corioli force pulls the two fault walls apart, decreasing frictional resistance on fault plane during the fault movement and releasing elastic energy of the mainshock fully, so the maximum magnitude of aftershocks would be low. For the dextral slip fault, its Corioli force presses the two walls against each other and increases the frictional resistance on fault plane, prohibiting energy release of the mainshock, so the maximum magnitude of attershocks would be high.b) The fault of the M--8. l Kunlun Mountain earthquake on Nov. 14, 2001 is essentially a sinistral strike-slip fault,and the Corioli force pulled the two fault walls apart. Magnitude of the induced stress is about 0.06 MPa. Alter a comparison analysis, we suggest that the attershock activity level will not be high in the late period of this earth-quake sequence, and the maximum magnitude of the whole aftershocks sequence is estimated to be about 6.0.