This paper represents a manifesto for an evangelical 'discipleship of the mind', which affirms and celebrates the intellectual riches of the Christian gospel, and actively seeks to engage our culture on its basis. It is argued that the gospel does not mandate any form of 'anti-intellectualism', but rather demands that we engage secular culture at every level – including the life of the mind. The intellectual capaciousness of the gospel is explored with reference to its ability to inform and transform our understanding of human history and culture, particularly the natural sciences. The paper concludes by suggesting that there is a need to rediscover the notion of intellectual vocation, as a means of ensuring that the truth and vitality of the Christian faith are affirmed, commended and defended in the public sphere. 27 See, for example, Antonio Gramsci, Gli intellettuali. Rome: Editori Riuniti, 1971, 1316. The Lord is my light: on the discipleship of the mind EQ • 145 God equips and calls people to be his servants and witnesses in every corner of life – including the professional and academic worlds. I, like all readers of the cultural analyst Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), have appreciated the important role of intellectuals in shaping culture at every level, whether directly or by a long-term trickle-down mechanism. Forms of secularism have achieved the predominance that Gramsci described as 'hegemony' by following his analysis and strategy. So why are the churches not actively, persistently and enthusiastically encouraging our most able people to be salt and light in this way? And, no less importantly, why are they not studying the social sciences more seriously, in order to understand how processes of social reception and evaluation proceed? As an evangelical, I believe passionately in the power of grace and the wisdom-generating ministry of the Holy Spirit. Yet this does not exempt me – or anyone else – from thinking seriously about how ideas become embedded (and disembedded) within society. I fear we lack the wisdom of earlier generations here, and need to reflect seriously on the challenges, opportunities and resources of our times. The 'New Atheism' has issued a wake-up call to the churches. We need a new generation of public intellectuals who will value the life of the mind, and realise its importance for apologetics and evangelism. Yes, there is more to the gospel than its new vision of reality. But we need to make sure that vision is powerfully and faithfully proclaimed. There is no need to make Christianity relevant, or to make it credible. It already possesses these attributes, which are deeply embedded within its inner logic. Our task is to discover and appreciate the intellectual depths and delights of our faith, and ensure that these are proclaimed and presented to our culture at large. It helps us in our own journey of faith; yet perhaps more importantly, it deepens the quality and power of our witness to God as our Light and our Salvation (Psalm 27:1).


In establishing a system to evaluate residual stress, it is important to design the system so that it can also evaluate the stress anisotropy, since this is introduced into metallic materials by surface processes such as grinding and polishing. The shearing stress is also an important parameter when the shear strength has to be considered, since tensile stress can cause stress corrosion cracking. Thus, a method to nondestructively evaluate the stress anisotropy and shearing stress in a short time is required. In this paper, a nondestructive eddy current method using a tangential-rectangular coil was used to accomplish this. The material under test was stainless steel, Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) SUS316L, ground or polished by an angle grinder. The stress anisotropy caused by the grinding and polishing processes was evaluated by the eddy current method with the tangential-rectangular coil. To vary the stress state, some specimens were treated with cavitation peening after grinding with the angle grinder. The results demonstrate that the stress anisotropy, shearing stress and peening intensity can be evaluated by the eddy current method using the tangential-rectangular coil. From the results, it was concluded that the maximum shearing stress and the direction of the principal stress could be determined.


This article is an introduction to the Fennia volume dedicated to scientific, physical and biogeographical studies concerning two adjoining National Parks on both sides of the Fenno-Russian border: Oulanka and Paanajarvi. The articles in the volume are meant to afford a background to the importance of the Paanajarvi – Oulanka region as an immigration route for biota across the vast barrens of the northern taiga. A short vocabulary of some important Finnish geographical terms is presented. Normal 0 21 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE


Wang Fuzhi put forward the idea that "People with great ambition are apt to realize their ideals",which is proved by Gaozu(the first king of the Han Dynasty) and Wu King(founder of the Wei Kingdom).In contrast,minor ambition is limited to personal wish,which is proved by Du Fu.Both great ambition and minor ambition have a process of sublimation and only those who can get "hearts of a country" are able to "realize their ideals".


This new volume of essays marks eighty years since the death of Marmaduke Pickthall. His various roles as translator of the Qurʾan, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel


Extratropical angiosperm diversity is thought to have arisen from lineages that originated in the more diverse tropics, but studies of dispersal between tropical and extratropical environments and their consequences for diversification are rare. In order to understand the evolutionary effects of shifts between the tropics and extratropics, defined here as areas that do versus do not regularly experience freezing temperatures, we studied the biogeographic history and associated diversification patterns of Cunoniaceae. We mapped the distribution of all species in the family and combined this with a newly constructed phylogeny for the family. The family shows a long evolutionary association with both tropical and extratropical environments, the tropics house considerably greater species richness of Cunoniaceae. Indeed, both tropical and extratropical environments appear to have had a similar number of lineages until 12 Ma, after which time the number of lineages in tropical areas increased at a faster rate. In addition, community phylogenetic approaches show that tropical regions have markedly less phylogenetic diversity than expected given their species richness, which is further suggestive of recent species radiations in tropical areas. The Cunoniaceae show an atypical pattern for angiosperms of frequent shifts between tropical and extratropical environments, but despite this, shows a more conventional pattern of higher, although recent, diversification rates in the tropics. Our results support the idea that high angiosperm species richness in the tropics may result from the tropics acting as a cradle of recent angiosperm diversification.


Platelets are the cellular mediators of thrombosis and have central roles in immune responses. Stimulated platelets release many soluble immune mediators that recruit and activate leukocytes. Beta-...


The calculation used for the inflation-adjustment of debt often produces incorrect results. With Debt and GDP adjusted by the same calculation and for the same inflation, the Debt/GDP ratio after adjustment must be equal to the ratio before adjustment. A graph comparing the ratio of nominals to the ratio of reals would show them to be identical. Such a graph will show no erosion of debt. But this is absurd. Instead, let each year's addition to debt be adjusted for inflation separately. Then the ratio of reals will run higher than the ratio of nominals, and will react to changes in inflation. It is a simple matter, then, to measure the erosion of debt.


Equivalent circuit models of receiving structures are commonly used to include lumped elements with nonlinear current-voltage characteristics into an EMC analysis. In this contribution an efficient method will be introduced to derive an equivalent circuit model of a loop-antenna that includes a diode as a nonlinear load. The relevance of this circuit model will be illustrated by studying the response of this antenna to repetitive HPEM pulses.


In this paper, a method for designing two-channel zero-phase 3-D Face Centered Orthorhombic (FCO) filter bank is illustrated. We present Eigenfilter based method for designing symmetric transformation kernels which can be used in generalized McClellan transformation method for designing 3-D FCO filter banks. Design examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the design method and it has been shown that good 3-D FCO filter banks can be obtained using 3-D symmetric transformation kernels designed with Eigenfilter approach.


Constitutional land use planning provides a means of legal control over changes in land use and provides an opportunity to allocate land use to areas best suited to that activity. However, since land use planning is not surveying properly and essentially only deals with suggestions to improve land use system. Land use planning and resource management is a challenging task to many developing countries, due to limited technical resource. Currently land use planning and management is poorly managed, mainly caused by a lack of appropriate organization and access of integrated up-to-date geo-geospatial information, leading to unhurried decision making. Due to the rapid growth, urbanization and expansion of investment in Hawzen Woreda, the Office of Land Administration urgently needs to upgrade its land use planning system, while optimizing its limited resources. This study was conducted first to assess and evaluate the current practice in land use planning and management, and second to exploit the use of available low-cost Geographic Information Systems technologies in order the classify the parcels to land use based on criterion. Methods included PostgreSQL to create the database and use of the Open Geospatial Consortium standards of geo-spatial information and dissemination of this information through geoportal. An integrated system has been developed and tested; spatial analysis and decision support systems are applied and its relevance was validated by experts and managers in the Wereda. The study showed that with the use of low-cost GIS technologies, land use planning and management can be significantly vital. Keywords: Land use planning, GIS, open source software, Hawzen, Ethiopia


An emission limit device for reducing nitrogen oxide in waste incineration smoke belongs to the technical field of environmental protection. A waste incineration processing device, a wind supply optimization device, a waste heat boiler device, an SNCR (selective non-catalytic reduction) device, a tail gas processing device, and the like are integrated; cleaned smoke serves as a secondary wind supply and is combined with the SNCR device, thereby changing the condition that the nitrogen oxide emitted in the tail gas from wastes processed by national waste incineration equipment cannot be effectively removed with a low cost, and increasing the removal proportion of nitrogen oxide; after the device is optimized, the removal rate of nitrogen oxide is higher than 70%, the concentration in the final emission tail gas is lower than 150 mg/Nm3 specified in the European Union 2000 standard; and meanwhile, the increment investment of the optimized device is low, the running cost is low, a denitration device has small additionally occupied area, and the emission limit device is suitable for application and popularization in waste incineration equipment at home and abroad.


Article History: Received: Accepted: Abstract: The problem faced by target partners (target schools) is the low ability of students to solve problems. In fact, problem solving ability is one of the skills that must be possessed in the 21st century. This community service aims to improve teacher pedagogical competence in implementing Computational Thinking learning as well as assistance in its implementation. The method used is an educational approach with stages, identification of target schools, socialization of activities, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The result of this activity was an increase in teacher knowledge in computational thinking by 95%, and teacher interest in applying computational thinking to subjects by 92%. The conclusion of this activity is known that community service partners have increased their knowledge of problem solving methods using a computational thinking approach and can apply them in mathematics learning.


In this chapter, the authors characterized regular and intra-regular neutrosophic LA-semihypergroups by giving some examples with different neutrosophic identities and prove a various important result about it with the help of different neutrosophic identities. The aim in this chapter is to characterize the idea of regular and intra-regular neutrosophic LA-semihypergroups, (weakly, strongly, completely) regular neutrosophic LA-semihypergroups using neutrosophuic sets. They also define different substructures of regular neutrosophic LA-semihypergroup namely (weakly, left, right, strongly, completely) regular neutrosophic LA-semihypergroup with some basic results. Further, invertible neutrosophic LA-semihypergroup are also define in the last.


Conventionally, diesel in combination with a frother is used widely in flotation of coal fines. With the continuous price escalation of petroleum products and their negative impact on environment, attempts were made to formulate an eco-friendly single reagent to replace diesel-frother system without affecting the flotation performance. Laboratory flotation tests were carried out, on a coking coal sample from eastern India, that analyzed 25.67% ash and 53.97% fixed carbon using a series of reagents developed. Among them, the performance of Sokem 590C derived from a vegetable oil was found to be encouraging. Concentrate assaying 11.77% ash and 66.40% fixed carbon was obtained with yield of 56.57%. Moreover, the reagent is biodegradable and eco friendly. Based on favorable kinetics and encouraging test results, plant trials were conducted at a coal preparation plant and the superiority of this reagent was demonstrated.


The prediction of residual subsidence is the fundament of stability evaluation of buildings foundation in the abandoned mine goaf, so how to get the residual subsidence with high precision is significant to reclaim the goaf for buildings. In this paper, a novel prediction model named wavelet support vector machines (WT-SVM) is proposed to forecast residual subsidence. Aiming at the stochastic fluctuation of the subsidence series, the measured data of residual subsidence were separated into components, namely, trend, oscillating sequence and stochastic signal, via wavelet multi-resolution analysis; then, the prediction model was established based on SVM regression algorithm, respectively, and the sum of the total corresponding prediction values were regarded as the final results of the residual subsidence. The predicting results of WT-SVM, SVM and BP neural network (BP-NN) were compared by a case study. The conclusions are as follows: WT-SVM model is obviously superior to other models in terms of the aspects of prediction precision, step and stability, which indicates the feasibility and effectivity of WT-SVM in predicting residual subsidence of the abandoned mine goaf.


The generation of peptidomimetic substructures for medicinal chemistry purposes requires effective and divergent synthetic methods. We present in this work an efficient flow process that allows quick modulation of reagents for Joullié‐Ugi multicomponent reaction, using spiroindolenines as core motifs. This sterically hindered imine equivalent could successfully be diversified using various isocyanides and amino acids in generally good space‐time yields. A telescoped flow process combining interrupted Fischer reaction for spiroindolenine synthesis and subsequent Joullié‐Ugi‐type modification resulted in product formation in very good overall yield in less than 2 hours compared to 48 hours required in batch mode. The developed protocol can be seen as a general tool for rapid and facile generation of peptidomimetic compounds. We also showcase preliminary biological assessments for the prepared compounds.


Literacy is a key indicator of the socio-economic progression of an individual as well as of a society. A literate person always is a better respondent to the socio-economic events than an illiterate person in the society. The female age of marriage is also an important indicator for a sustainable and healthy society. As the tribal community is one of the most primitive communities in the society, these two parameters play a very important role towards their socio-economic as well as towards the overall development. The research work has done based on the primary data collected from the study area Siliguri sub-division, West Bengal, India. The objective of the research work is to find out the literacy status of the tribal females and also to find out the impact of literacy on the female age of marriage. To compare the tribal female literacy status with that of the tribal male literacy, Disparity Index has been prepared from the primary data. This gives a clear indication towards the presence of gender disparity in literacy in the study area. The overall tribal female literacy is clearly at far behind than tribal male literacy. The research also shows a ray of hope in terms of a huge improvement to mitigate this disparity in recent times. The data shows presence of child marriage in the tribal community of Siliguri sub-division. Analyzing the primary data, it is found that the child marriage is happening more frequently for illiterate tribal females than that of the literate one. So, clearly the impact of literacy on female age of marriage stands out.


On the basis of introduction of wireless communication IC nRF903 and 1 wire temperature sensor chip DS18B20s functions and characters in brief,this paper designs a multicast grain depot temperature test system using low power consumption and high function microporcessor LPC932 as core chip according to grain depot temperature test system special locale requirement and discusses interface circuit,temperature data transport protocols and software flow chart of temperature test device in this system in detail.


In his thesis [1], Hussein considered regular permutations of order 2 and 3 in Sn whose product is an n-cycle. For such a pair, we must have for some g ≥ 1. Such a permutation pair corresponds to a free cycloidal subgroup of the classical modular group (see, e.g., [3]). Previously the free subgroups and the cycloidal subgroups of fixed genus had been enumerated ([4], [5]).


To successfully control tritium in ITER, the reactor must implement an appropriate tritium tracking programme. This paper introduces the need to compartmentalize the different tritium systems of ITER and then assesses current practical and theoretical tritium quantification methods. By applying the most suitable measurement techniques, it is possible to establish probable tritium mass uncertainties which are presently achievable in the various ITER systems. On this basis, a number of R&D activities have been identified aimed at reducing tritium mass uncertainties for specific ITER systems. 11 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.


This collection of essays on the transnational Gothic makes a timely contribution to a growing scholarship on global exchanges between literatures. It complements Glennis Byron's recent collection on contemporary cross-cultural works, Globalgothic (2013); both collections expand the Gothic beyond the parameters of a single nation. These conversations will shape future scholarly analysis of a unified, complex Gothic. Lehigh University Laura R. Kremmel


To be able to recognize handwritten text, the text needs to be segmented. Without any recognition, errors are unavoidable during that segmentation, whereby images with multiple words can appear. Because these images do not contribute to create better word models, it is desirable to split these images. In our study we looked into undersegmented word images which are already transcribed. With a number of basic constraints it was possible to 'mine' new word instances in case one of the words in a multiple-word image did not have a model yet. This was achieved by building a segmentation graph containing all possible combinations of connected components that could lead to the pattern of the undersegmented image. Then a graph search is used to find the most likely sequence of wordzones in the undersegmented image. The study focused on both the development of this method as well as on creating a heuristic for handling new words.


Speed control for an I.M is a few what complex strategies; the complexity is regularly increasing in line with the required system achievement. The main forms of control strategies are scalar, direct torque, adaptive, sensorless, and vector or Field Oriented Control (FOC). The FOC method is the most efficient technique in which machine parameters: Rotor flux, unit vector, and electromagnetic torque, usually are estimated by means of using Digital Signal Processing (DSP). The Artificial Neural Network (ANN) becomes an effective tool for controlling nonlinear device in present time. This paper proposes the using of ANN instead of DSP to estimate the machine parameters in order to reduce the hardware complexity and the Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) impact. Also, it presents the PI-NN controller which is based totally on ANN. The systems simulations for both DSP and ANN are depicted. The performance of the ANN-based system gives excellent results: overshot less than 0.5%, rise time 0.514 s, steady state error less than 0.2%, settling time 0.7 s. in conjunction with that of DSPbased performance: overshot about 2%, rise time 0.64 s, steady state error less than 0.4%, settling time 0.75 s.


Background: Pectoralis major repair (PMR) is an infrequent injury that occurs during resistance training, most commonly during the eccentric phase of muscle contraction. As the incidence of weight training continues to increase, it is important to understand the outcomes after PMR. Purpose: To evaluate the rate and duration of return to work in patients undergoing PMR. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing PMR from 2010 to 2016 at a single institution were retrospectively reviewed at a minimum of 1 year postoperatively. Patients completed a standardized and validated work questionnaire, as well as a visual analog scale for pain, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons survey, Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation, and a satisfaction survey. Results: Of the 60 eligible patients who had a PMR, 49 (81.7%) were contacted at the final follow-up. Of the 49 patients, 46 (93.9%) had been employed within 3 years before surgery (mean ± SD age, 40.4 ± 8.2 years; follow-up, 3.9 ± 2.8 years). Of these, 45 (97.8%) returned to work by 1.6 ± 2.1 months postoperatively, and 41 (89.1%) returned to the same level of occupational intensity. Patients who held sedentary, light-, medium-, or high-intensity occupations returned to work at a rate of 100.0%, 100.0%, 83.3%, and 66.7% by 0.8 ± 1.0, 0.8 ± 1.0, 1.3 ± 2.7, and 3.3 ± 2.7 months, respectively. Five of 6 patients (83.3%) with workers' compensation returned to their previous occupations by 5.0 ± 1.6 months, while 100% of those without workers' compensation returned to work by 1.1 ± 1.7 months (P < .001). Overall, 44 patients (95.7%) were satisfied with the procedure, and 40 (87.0%) would have the operation again if presented the opportunity. A single patient (2.2%) required revision PMR. Conclusion: Approximately 98% of patients who underwent PMR returned to work by 1.6 ± 2.1 months postoperatively. Patients with higher-intensity occupations took longer to return to their preoperative levels of occupational intensity. Information regarding return to work is imperative in preoperative patient consultation to manage expectations.


Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of community, health care– associated, and hospital-acquired bacteremia. In a study from US hospitals that reviewed .6000 episodes of bloodstream infection, S. aureus was the most common pathogen, accounting for 23% of all episodes, and was more strongly associated with death than any other bacterial pathogen [1]. Although gram-negative bacteria are increasing as a cause of hospital-acquired bacteremia, S. aureus is still responsible for 10%– 15% of all cases for which intravascular catheters are the most common source [2]. The management guidelines of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) recommend 2 and 4–6 weeks of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated and complicated bacteremia, respectively [3, 4]. The problem is that complicated bacteremia includes infectious endocarditis (IE), and an early diagnosis of this entity requires performance of an echocardiograph. For this reason, the recent guidelines for catheter-related SAB recommend transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for guiding the duration of antibiotic therapy. This issue is under continuous debate because TEE is not widely available, could be associated with complications, and is an expensive technique. The recommendation to perform a TEE is derived from clinical experiences that select patients with a high risk of IE [5, 6]. For instance, in a study by Fowler et al [5], the prevalence of IE was 25%; however, the authors excluded 73 patients with SAB for whom TEE was not performed either because the patient or the attending physician refused it. It is possible that, in these cases, the prevalence of IE was lower [5]. Another series included mainly community-acquired SAB, and the authors also found a high prevalence (22%) of IE [6]. Indeed, the community acquisition of SAB has been recognized as a risk factor for IE and currently is generally accepted as an indication for TEE [6]. However, according to different reports, the prevalence of IE among patients with hospital-acquired SAB is 6%–9% [7, 8], and it is unknown whether it is possible to identify a subgroup of patients with a very low probability of IE for whom TEE is dispensable. The article by Kaasch et al [9] addresses this important question with use of results from 2 large, well-conducted and prospective cohorts of consecutive patients with hospital-acquired SAB from 2 hospitals in Europe (Invasive S. aureus Infection Cohort [INSTINCT]) and the United States (S. aureus Bacteremia Group [SABG]). To select patients with low risk of IE, the authors evaluated a criteria set applied 6–8 days after the first positive blood culture result. The criteria consisted of the following: (1) prolonged bacteremia, when .4 days elapsed between the first blood culture yielding S. aureus and the first negative result of a follow-up blood culture (''documented'') or when follow-up blood cultures were not performed (''possible''); (2) the presence of a permanent intracardiac device (eg, prosthetic heart valve, pacemaker, or cardioverter-defibrillator); (3) hemodialysis dependency; and (4) spinal infection (eg, vertebral osteomyelitis epidural, subdural, or intraspinal empyema; or abscess) or nonertebral osteomyelitis. Both cohorts were similar, except the rate of methicillinresistant strains was significantly lower in the INSTINCT cohort (15.5%) than in the SABG cohort (65.7%). The prevalence of IE in both cohorts was in agreement with previous reports of hospital-acquired SAB (4.3% and 9.3%, respectively). The main finding is that the negative predictive value of these criteria was 99.5% (100% in INSTINCT and 99.2% in SABG), which means that only 1 of 208 patients Received 22 March 2011; accepted 28 March 2011. Correspondence: Alex Soriano, MD, PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain (email@example.com). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011;53(1):10–12 The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals. firstname.lastname@example.com. 1058-4838/2011/531-0002$14.00 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir305


Abstract This paper proposes that the additional acid-loading brought about by the deposition of large quantities of acid aerosols from Icelandic volcanic eruptions may be responsible for environmental stress and settlement abandonment postulated by previous authors for northern and western Britain in the late 2nd millennium BC. The mechanism is predicted to have been of significance only in those ecosystems that were already significantly acidified. The paper discusses and counters suggestions that the volcanically-induced climatic change was the principal mechanism for both an apparent abandonment of settlement over large areas of northern Scotland, and the stress experienced by oak trees growing on raised bogs in Ireland.


Pile load tests were conducted on cast-in-place concrete piles founded in oil sand at three industrial plant sites located north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The tests included static (top-down) tests with applied vertical loads of up to 10 MN, single cell and multi cell Osterberg Cells (O-cell) with applied loads of up to 22 MN, and Statnamic tests with loads of up to 16 MN. In addition, a creep test was held for 16 days on a static load test pile and a 21 day creep test was performed on an O-cell test, to assess creep characteristic of piles in oil sand. All piles were instrumented with load cells, embedded vibrating wire strain gauges, and in the case of the Statnamic tests, with accelerometers. The results of the pile load test programs indicated that straight shaft piles founded in oil sand are capable of sustaining high capacities due mainly to the high shaft friction in the oil sand at small deflections. This paper describes the installation and instrumentation of the piles, presents the test results and compares these to historical design values.


A case of thrombosis of the upper longitudinal sinus in a 35-year-old woman using oral contraceptives was studied. The type of hemorrhage and excellent recuperation using Synacthene are noted. There was evidence of lipid anomolies. The scintigraphic study of the softening of the veins was important to the diagnosis.


Rocks and structures of east India result from both global and local processes. Global sea level and the breakup of Gondwanaland control the broad aspects of sedimentation and deformation, and local sedimentologic and tectonic variables determine specific lithologic and structural variations. The concept of tectono-stratigraphic facies is convenient in the interpretation of different suites of rocks and structures which are related ultimately to the same global processes. Three tectono-stratigraphic facies are recognized for east India. Facies 1 is on the craton. It consists of very long, narrow grabens or half grabens containing small normal faults. Most faults are Early Triassic to Early Cretaceous in age but some may be older. Sediments are restricted to the grabens an are late Carboniferous through Early Cretaceous fluviatile or lacustrine clastics. Facies 2 is in broad basins along the continental margin. Major Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous normal faults divide the basins into a series of elongate blocks. Sediments are predominantly Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous marine, paralic and continental clastics. Facies 3 is found along the continental margin. Faults are Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary in age, while sediments are marine, paralic, and continental deposits of Late Cretaceous to recent age. Marine sediments are more dominant offshore. The ten most prominent basins of east India can be classified in terms of tectono-stratigraphic facies. The Godavari, Mahanadi, Damodar, and Satpura basins are dominated by facies 1, and the Cauvery, Palar, Godavari-Krishna, and Mahanadi-Brahmani basins are characterized by facies 2 and 3. The Bengal basin is dominated by facies 3. Observed dominant facies may grade into one of the other facies in unexplored parts of these basins or at depths yet to be probed. End_of_Article - Last_Page 727------------


The author discusses Nirex's view on partitioning and transmutation (P&T) of intermediate-level and high-level nuclear waste. The paper discusses the quantification of UK wastes and the waste management options. The Nirex review of the literature indicates that P&T is not applicable to historic wastes that exist in the UK. However, it should be regarded as a long-term venture that will be more viable for possible future fuel cycles in which partitioning is a key step that should be fully considered in any feasibility studies. Nirex intends to keep its watching brief to discover what contribution P&T could make to managing radioactive waste in the future.


Background: To explore the relationship between the occurrence of no/slow reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction patients after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and inflammatory response. Objective: Prospective study was conducted on 519 acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing PCI, in which 509 patients were followed up for one year. Method: The 76 cases with no/slow reflow phenomenon after PCI was the adverse reflow group. One hundred patients were randomly selected from the remaining 443 patients with the Excel random function table as the control group to avoid statistical deviation. Result: The inflammatory indicators, such as the total numbers of white blood cells and neutrophils, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, mortality, adverse cardiac event. Conclusion: Inflammatory response is related to the occurrence of no/slow reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction patients after PCI, and seriously affects their prognosis.


Lithium ion batteries are excellent power sources for portable electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers. Lithium ion batteries have also attracted much attention recently as a power source for vehicular applications. However, to achieve higher energy density, power, and reliability for Li ion batteries, it is crucial to understand the degradation mechanism. The growth of cathode impedance with aging or charge/discharge cycling is often responsible for cell degradation. Therefore, the mechanism of cathode degradation and improvement of the cathode material surface have been widely studied [1,2]. In this study, Raman microscopy is used to investigate the detailed characteristics of the local structure of the LiCoO2 cathode material. In situ Raman imaging is a powerful technique that provides unique information regarding the distribution of the local state-of-charge (SOC) in the cathode during charge/discharge cycling, which is responsible for the degradation of electrochemical performance.


Objective To survey the basic living condition and satisfaction degree among the victims of the disaster in Nanba refugee resettlement. Methods There 11 out of the 21 tent communities were randomly selected and totally 486 persons in 96 families were surveyed with designed questionnaire including face-to-face interview . Results The victims of the disaster lived in the tent all were supplied with drinking water and food cooking utensils as well. Rubbish and lavatory met the basic hygienic requirements. But there were rats, flies and mosquitos though in small quantity. The satisfactory degree of them was 94.65% . Conclusion The living conditions of the victims is good. But the living environment, sanitary conditions be improved to control the outbrek of infectious disease.


SUMMARY Twelve sheep were fed semisynthetic roughage diets at three rates to study the effects of intake of dry matter, concentration of phosphorus and the physical form of two low-P barley straws upon the faecal losses of P. The sheep were in negative P balance throughout the experiement. The absorption of dietary P increased with P intake and was unaffected by differences in the physical form of the roughage. For each barley straw diet, endogenous faecal P increased with dry matter intake, and was higher when the roughage was ground than chopped. Over the whole experiment, daily endogenous faecal P ranged from 8·5 to 31·5 mg/kg live weight. Endogenous faecal P was related to P intake or to dry matter intake and plasma inorganic P. The concentration of faecal endogenous P was negatively related to the intake of each diet. It is concluded that the concentration of inorganic plasma P and the rate of salivary secretion are responsible for the endogenous faecal excretion of P and the regulation of P balance in sheep fed low-P diets.


The past and reconciliation: Afrikaans war literature as (alternative) source of historiography regarding the individual This article looks at Afrikaans literary texts in which the 'border war' (1966-1989) is dealt with in a creative manner, and contrasts these texts with historiographical texts on this topic. The role that fictional texts with a partly historical content play in the process of reconciliation in South Africa is examined with reference to 'border literature' in particular.


 From 2000 to 2010, inflation-adjusted per-patient dental expenditure was flat among children but increased among adults, especially among the elderly and higher income adults.  In 2010, per-patient dental expenditures were higher among the elderly than among those in younger age cohorts, and the highest level of expenditures was among the upper-income elderly.  Due to the aging of the baby boomers, the percent of the population over the age of 65 will grow and dental expenditures among this segment of the population could buoy up the dental economy for years to come. Per-patient Dental Expenditure Rising, Driven by Baby Boomers Authors: Tom Wall, MA, MBA; Kamyar Nasseh, Ph.D.; Marko Vujicic, Ph.D.


SUMMARY Nitrogen deficiency severely limits production of the bean–maize association grown by small-scale farmers in upland Peru. Sixty-four bean Rhizobium isolates were evaluated for induction of a plant growth response in pots of soil from the area and 14 of the most promising strains of these were tested on farmers' fields in 13 trials over a three year period. Bean yields were increased by inoculation with at least one Rhizobium strain in seven of the trials, with increases ranging from 0.21 to 0.68 t ha−1. Bean yields were not increased by the application of 120 kg N ha−1 to the intercrop. Maize yields were increased by Rhizobium inoculation in nine of the 13 trials by between 0.34 and 1.85 t ha−1. Maize responded to nitrogen fertilizer on the same nine farms. This Rhizobium selection strategy, although laborious, was effective in identifying strains that can be recommended for use as inoculants by farmers in the region.


Paweł Irek, Łukasz Rawicki, Karol Kaczmarek 2017.05.17 by Marek Dragan The article presents tests involving natural cracks, including measurements of the width of cracks and the profile of their surface roughness. The investigation also involved tests performed in order to observe how a given factor affects development times in penetrant tests as well as to determine what time of development is recommended for nickel and its alloys in order to detect unacceptable welding imperfections (cracks). The article also discusses the effect of penetration times on the duration of development times and sizes of indications in penetrant tests.


In essence, a complete understanding of the field of tourism will rely on the successful description of the tourist. Historically, tourists have been described in terms of typologies. The first part of this paper completed a review of the tourism literature and generated 76 papers that had developed some form of typology of tourists. In all, 349 separate tourist typologies had been described in some detail. The aim of this first part of the paper was to conceptualize and organize the many different descriptions and definitions of tourists. This resulted in the description of four dominant themes: travel behaviours; destination characteristics; psychosocial aspects; and, psychographic or personality types. A final systematic analysis of the tourist personality typologies generated a bipolar description of a tourist personality dimension (labeled allocentricism - psychocentricism). The second part of this study involved the development of a quantitative psychological assessment instrument that attempted to measure this construct. The instrument was evaluated in terms of criterion validity. It was found to be independent of the Extroversion dimension of personality but was strongly correlated to Openness (to new experiences) developed by McCrae and Costa (1999). These two findings are discussed in terms of this emerging tourist personality dimension.


Receptor activity modifying proteins (RAMPs) is a kind protein with transmembrane functionality.RAMPs can interact with TypeⅡ G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) such as calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRPR),calcitonin receptor (CTR) and calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR),to form a stable heterodimer expression on the cell membrane.Different RAMPs can combine with CRLR or CTR to produce different receptor phenotypes with ligand-specific affinity and thus can decide biological effect of the receptors.In addition,RAMPs can also interact with other GPCRs,which promise broader application in function regulation of G-proteincoupled receptor of RAMPs'.RAMPs' regulation of GPCRs depends on its molecular basis.Our studies of RAMPs provides a new perspective to further researches on GPCRs functionality and CGRP signal transduction.

Key words:
Receptor activity modifying proteins;  Calcitonin gene-related peptide;  Calcitonin receptor;  Calcitonin receptor-like receptor;  G protein coupled receptors


Two methods were used to reduce net calcium uptake by the secretory stage enamel of developing rat molar explants. Neither method had a significant effect on fluoride uptake by the explants. These findings indicate that the mechanisms for uptake in the developing enamel are independent for calcium and fluoride.


Stereospecific introduction of a C-17 side chain in a 14β-hydroxy-steroid was carried out using acetylenic lithium or Grignard reagents; unequivocal proof of the structures of the two products was derived from single-crystal X-ray analyses.


A theoretical model has been developed for the hysteresis motor by solving Laplace's equation for the field in the air gap and the rotor ring subject to appropriate boundary conditions. The hysteresis phenomenon is accounted for through the use of an elliptical approximation for the hysteresis loop. The relation between the magnitude of the fundamental components of the B and H waves is assumed to be linear and the phase shift between them, due to hysteresis, is assumed to be constant. However, an iteration procedure is described to account for the nonlinearity in the actual machine. A similar approximation is used to represent the minor loops described by the harmonic components of the field, and the effect of MMF and slot harmonics on machine performance is thus estimated. Rigorous analysis predicts and evaluates the "gap leakage field," which constitutes a part of the main field without penetrating the rotor material. The inclusion of this field in the model is shown to eliminate the nonrealistic assumption that the B and H waves in the rotor material are in phase. The model is used to evaluate the output torque and the EMF and power factor of the stator windings. A simple equivalent circuit is developed, in which the three fields present inside the machine, two in the air gap and one in the rotor, are represented by individual elements. The nonlinearity of the rotor material is represented in the equivalent circuit by a nonlinear impedance whose characteristics are directly predictable from the shape of the B-H curve. A comprehensive model has been obtained which is flexible enough to handle the different nonlinearities. It has been rigorously derived from the field equations, and therefore is expected to be very useful in further investigations of the hysteresis machine.


The humid, sub-tropical city of Brisbane is Australia's third-largest and one often regarded as culturally inferior to its southern counterparts Sydney and Melbourne. However, the city has supported a small but active independent fashion scene, and this article examines three
 of these businesses, exploring how they positioned themselves in relation to the global fashion industry. It contributes to literature on local fashion industries in New Zealand, Scandinavia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Challenges and opportunities presented to local fashion businesses
 are considered, and ways in which these have changed over time is also discussed. Case studies are drawn from a period between 1950 and 2018 and were purposively chosen so that contemporary case studies could be contextualized with historical examples. Research was conducted through archival
 research at the Queensland Museum, semi-structured interviews with participants and on-site observations. Findings confirm those of existing studies in the field that suggest local fashion businesses outside of large cities and dominant fashion centres may struggle to remain relevant in a
 fast-paced global industry, but have an opportunity to develop and foster close bonds to local cultural scenes and to contribute to place-making in the cities in which they are located.


The article is dedicated to the topic of perception of audiovideomaterials by audience and development of methods and technologies of fight against media aggression.


trackswitch.js is a versatile web-based audio player that enables researchers to conveniently present examples and results from scientific audio processing applications. Based on a multitrack architecture, trackswitch.js allows a listener to seamlessly switch between multiple audio tracks, while synchronously indicating the playback position within images associated to the audio tracks. These images may correspond to feature representations such as spectrograms or to visualizations of annotations such as structural boundaries or musical note information. The provided switching and playback functionalities are simple yet useful tools for analyzing, navigating, understanding, and evaluating results obtained from audio processing algorithms. Furthermore, trackswitch.js is an easily extendible and manageable software tool, designed for non-expert developers and unexperienced users. O↵ering a small but useful selection of options and buttons, trackswitch.js requires only basic knowledge to implement a versatile range of components for web-based audio demonstrators and user interfaces. Besides introducing the underlying techniques and the main functionalities of trackswitch.js we provide several use cases that indicate the flexibility and usability of our software for di↵erent audiorelated research areas.


In recent years, due to global climate change and unpredictable human activities, the problem of water resource shortage and environmental water pollution has become widespread. Particularly, nitrogen pollution of water in China is a problem, owing to atmospheric nitrogen deposition and excess of nitrate, which results in a significant increase in water soluble nitrogen and eutrophication. To address the issue, an important multipurpose tree species, willow ( Salix sp.), which has large biomass production and high resistance to environmental stress, has been studied, and as proved effective in the uptake and accumulation of pollutants from contaminated waters and soils. Hence, it was employed in the present experiment. In the current study, the seeding of Salix matsudana was selected to probe the characteristics of growth,


The centenary of the Revolution of 1917, which radically changed the historical destiny of Russia, calls for conclusions regarding certain results of its study. In modern historiography, there are dozens of opinions on the matter, which significantly differ from each other. Scholars focus on the basic characteristics of the Revolution — its chronological frameworks, character, causes and results, driving forces, etc. The very notion of revolution is also under consideration. However, there are didactic needs related to teaching, which imply the need to harmonise the existing assessments of the event in question. The article analyses theoretical views on the Revolution of 1917, which rely on various methodological approaches, including the Marxist, civilisational, modernisational, institutional, synergetic, comparative, and projective ones. The author analyses the events of the Revolution relying mainly on historiographic resources of a summarising nature based on a typological analysis of the events. When analysing the historiographic interpretations of the debatable questions of the 1917 Revolution, the author suggests using the method of adjustment of opinions, based on the identification of objectively arising points of overlapping opinions. The possibility of such adjustments rests on the use of similar cognitive procedures based on the deductive or inductive logic of judgments, and also on the basis of frequency of the most widespread opinions.


With the advance of the knowledge gained the need for a work which can provide information where the type specimens are deposited becomes greatly felt lately. The Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense possesses a great many of valuable type material which might prove valuable if they were made known. Within this context it is therefore a pleasurable task of the authors to undertake this present work in their hope that this list may be useful until replaced by a more complete one. This list will be presented in several consecutive series and each series may contain one or several phyla depending on how many type material are present in the collection for each phylum. No effort is given to provide every type material with its valid name. The work on which the classification of taxonomic categories is based will be cited under each appropiate taxon. The arrangement at and below the generic level is done in alphabetical order. For locality records the modern spelling and designation in the Indonesian language are adopted for all geographical names. For example, the oe is now written as u like in Sebuku; Celebes is now designated as Sulawesi, New Guinea as Irian, etc. In some cases when the record has no equivalent designation, the record as it appears on the label is still maintained . . 'I'he preparation of this list has been partially made easy by the fact that most authors have adopted the modern procedure of type designation. Still a great many authors have, however, ambiguously designated the types. In such instances, if the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense has the material from which the description was drawn while the author did not indicate either the type or its nature, the material is listed as holotype if the description was based on a single specimen; if based on several specimens the material is designated as syntype(s) and as paratype(s) if the holotype is known to exist (cf. Art. 73 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature adopted by the XV International Congress of Zoology).


Lower and Upper Cretaceous strata in the Chignik area were deposited in a fore-arc basin along an intermittently active continental-plate margin. The Lower Cretaceous part is preserved in a limited area and consists of 98 m of shallow-marine sandstone, rich in Inoceramus prisms, and shale of Valanginian to Hauterivian(?) age. These rocks are correlated with the Herendeen Limestone, which crops out 160 km to the southwest. Upper Cretaceous strata in the Chignik area comprise the Chignik Formation of Campanian age and the Hoodoo Formation of Campanian to Maestrichtian age. In the Chignik Bay area, the Chignik is composed of 550 m of predominantly deltaic shoreface sandstone overlain by about 300 m of predominantly nonmarine coastal-plain facies; at least 15 transgressive-regressive cycles are recognized. Oil staining is common in more permeable, coarser grained sandstones in the Chignik Bay Figure area. About 14 km to the northwest, the Chignik Formation is dominantly nonmarine and is less than 400 m thick. Thick conglomerate units and at least one intraformational unconformity indicate continuing tectonic activity in the source area located to the northwest. The Hoodoo Formation conformably overlies, and in part intertongues with, the Chignik Formation. The Hoodoo consists of 600 m of deep-water silty shale with local turbidites and slope-channel conglomerates. Lower Tertiary strata unconformably overlie the Hoodoo. End_of_Article - Last_Page 752------------


The objective of this study is to present the development of a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) which employs a cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. DVR is a power electronic converter based on custom power device used to compensate for voltage variations. DVR does not need active energy storage systems like batteries as the zero energy compensation method is used. The control system may lead to challenges as compared with other DVR systems. To overcome this challenge a control method is used. In addition to minimize the delay of DVR and to mitigate the voltage sags, a three phase estimation method is used. The estimation method and control scheme is performed by using MATLAB/SIMULINK.


This paper examines the relationship between boundry-spanning search and manufactures' new product innovation performance, putting forward a conceptual model which include boundry-spanning search, technological learning, knowledge integration mechanism, new product innovation performance, and then the hypotheses have been empirically tested by using 260 survey data from China's manufacturing enterprises.Results indicate that boundry-spanning search has not directly influence on new product innovation performance improvement, technological learning and knowledge integration mechanism plays an fully mediating role between boundry-spanning search and new product innovation performance.


The electronic structure of black phosphorene (BP)/monolayer 1H-XT2 (X = Mo, W; T = S, Se, Te) two dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures have been calculated by the first-principles method. It is found that the electronic band structures of both BP and XT2 are preserved in the combined van der Waals heterostructures. The WSe2/BP van der Waals heterostructure demonstrates a type-I band alignment, but the MoS2/BP, MoSe2/BP, MoTe2/BP, WS2/BP and WTe2/BP van der Waals heterostructures demonstrate a type-II band alignment. In particular, the n-type XT2/p-type BP van der Waals heterostructures can be applied in p-n diode and logical devices. Strong spin splitting appears in all of the heterostructures when considering the spin orbital coupling. Our results play a significant role in the prediction of novel 2D van der Waals heterostructures that have potential applications in spin-filter devices, spin field effect transistors, optoelectronic devices, etc.


This paper elaborates on the revelation by using SLT. At the beginning is the introduction includes significance of SLT and some problems existing in English teaching at middle school. Following the introduction is the main part of this paper, which contains the definition, five forms lingual description, role-playing, visual illustrations, game adoptions and musical affection and three steps choosing suitable situation according to the question, giving some introduction according to students' performance and then solving problems by utilizing the situation about SLT. The writer gets some effective revelation after analyzing the application of SLT in English teaching from its forms and steps. SLT inquires the situation which is substitute to make the students feel easy and enjoyable, pleasant and peaceful, and fresh from all aspects in the new knowledge understands. It is regarded as an adoptable teaching method by correctly choosing and creating the teaching situation although there are some disadvantages in using SLT.


Advanced persistent threats (APT's) are stealthy threat actors with the skills to gain covert control of the computer network for an extended period of time. They are the highest cyber attack risk factor for large companies and states. A successful attack via an APT can cost millions of dollars, can disrupt civil life and has the capabilities to do physical damage. APT groups are typically state-sponsored and are considered the most effective and skilled cyber attackers. Attacks of APT's are executed in several stages as pointed out in the Lockheed Martin cyber kill chain (CKC). Each of these APT stages can potentially be identified as patterns in network traffic. Using the "APT-2020" dataset, that compiles the characteristics and stages of an APT, we carried out experiments on the detection of anomalous traffic for all APT stages. We compare several artificial intelligence models, like a stacked auto encoder, a recurrent neural network and a one class state vector machine and show significant improvements on detection in the data exfiltration stage. This dataset is the first to have a data exfiltration stage included to experiment on. According to APT-2020's authors current models have the biggest challenge specific to this stage. We introduce a method to successfully detect data exfiltration by analyzing the payload of the network traffic flow. This flow based deep packet inspection approach improves detection compared to other state of the art methods.


Summary. Research methodology (RM) must be clearly separated from substantive fields, such as medicine, psychology, education, sociology and economics, and, on the other side, from the philosophy of science and statistics. RM starts from substantive research problems and uses statistical knowledge, but it goes its own way in developing and applying new methods and concepts, all of which are relevant to RM consultants. Examples of topics are given that are typical for RM research and consultancy. Finally, it is argued that RM needs its own research programme and curriculum for RM consultants.


In this paper,by analyzing the parameters in CS-Jerk model and Kalman filter,a modified CS-Jerk model for target tracking algorithm was proposed.According to the residuals and its change rate,the fuzzy inference mechanism was used to adjust motor frequency of CS-Jerk model,and then,strong tracking filter in the motor model was used to compensate shortcomings of the Kalman filter.The simulation results show that the modified CS-Jerk model remarkably improves the tracking accuracy of high maneuvering target in different motor model in contrast with the original model,validating that the improved algorithm is reasonable and feasible.


This paper reports on the research carried out to test the effectiveness of Salmon's 5-step model, which is characterized by a constructivist approach. The conclusions are based on case studies developed at the Spanish Open University (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia). The field work for these case studies are online courses for German as a Foreign Language developed in a 'Blended Language Learning' scenario.


THE CIIELSEA MYSTERY. THE proceedings in this extraordinary case, so far as the inquiry before the coroner is concernle(d, have been at length brought to a close by a verdict of " WVilful Miurder" against William and Louise Wallace, the two lodgers wlho have so unaccountably disappeared. In spite of the efforts of the detectives, these persons are still at large, and there does not appear at present to be any clue lilkely to lead to their discovery. It would be preinature to discuss all the medical points of this singular case; btit there are some facts open to comment whiclh cannot in anly way affect ftlitLoc proceelings, should the accused persons be brouglht to justice. It is unnecessary for us to go minutely inito the details of the case. Our readers are aware that a woman of the name of Lydia Chapman or l'oiter, and other aliases, with whom tlle accused persons lodged, was found dead in her bed on April 13th, and the lodgers suddenly left the house, taking with them a large amount of valuable property, in the slhape of jewellery, etc., said to amount to -I,500. The evidence in this case tends to show that the deceased was dissatisfied -with her two lodgers, and was anxious to get rid of them. They had been with her about two months. About ten o'clock in the evening of April I3th, a witness, named Clift, was called to the house of deceased, and found her dead. She had been seen as late as six or seven o'clock playing with her child; and Mr. Wallace was then giving her some medicine. She merely complained of beingpoorly. Nothing more of her condition is known until she was foundI dead at the time mentioned. Some rings which had beeni seen on lher fingers in the early part of the evening had been removed from the body. It seems that deceased had complained of sickness and of giddiness on the afternoon of the previous day, and she did not get up or leave her room on the day of her death. Mrs. Wallace attended her, and gave her food and medicine. The servants were not allowed to see their mistress, and they were told by Wallace that she had had a fit. Later in the evening, the woman Wallace fetched a cab, and, with her husband, left the house, taking with them a quantity of property belonging to the deceased. These facts naturally raised a strong suspicion of violent death. There was sufficicent motive in the disappearance of the property of the deceased and the conduct of the two accused persons in taking the property and escaping in a clandestine manner, without allowing the servanits to see their mistress, or informing them of her condition. In a case of this dlescription, based as it is upon strong suspicion and a common motive for murder, medical evidence is all-important. We, therefore, turn to this. Mr. Thomas Whiterield, a registered medical practitioner, deposed that he met Mrs. Wallace oni the morniing of April 13th a little before eleven. He had fre(lquently seen her before. Deceased had been his patient for thrce or four years. MIrs. Wallace wanted him to go round to see her, and said that slhe wisled(l to see him as soon as possible. He wenit ten miioutes afterwards, and saw her witlh a slight cold and a little biliotus fever. Sihe was not in the slightest dan,ger. He stilt the ordinary medicine lhe was in the habit of sending her, and did not see her again till just before eleven o'clock at night, when Mr. Clift came and said he thought she was dead. He retuirned with Mr. Clift. Deceased was quite dead, lying on the left side, with lher face towar(ds the door and her arm slightly raised. He examined her body externally. There were only one or two small marks, like bruises, on the side of her nose and on her face. The features were perfectly placid ; the mouth firmly closed. He made a lost mzor/te;z examination in company with Mr. Thurston. There was a slight congestion on the braini, and a slight effusion in the ventricles-very slight. The pupils of the eyes were muclh dilated ; the lungs were also congested ; the stomach was much inflated, and the contents were retained for analysis. All the other organs of the body seemed perfectly healthy. In his opinion, death was caused by suffocationi, probably by chloroform. lie judged from the marks on the niose and on the mouth. Slhe was a very delicate woman. He ought to have said that her heart was in a very diseased state. It was very small, flabby, and weak, and quite empty. She was suffering from heart-disease, and the least slhock or fright might put an end to her existence. He never saw so weak a heart. It had no muscular power at all. He wonderedl how she ha(l lived so lonig for the matter of that. It was his impression that shc had been for a long time under the influence of some irritant poison, in order that the chloroform inight accelerate her (leath. lIe might have given a certificate that she died in a fit, if it had not beeln for tlle surroun(liiig circumstances.


Increasingly fast technology in embedded systems, sensors, and smart devices, accompanied by lower prices for these devices, makes the need to connect them in all sectors even higher. Many systems are offered and explored in the field of environmental automation monitoring and control, but it seems that not a few fail to provide pain-free and cost-effective implementation solutions. This paper present how to create a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) uses Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) designed to monitor and control the environmental, safety and electrical parameters of an interconnected Network Operations Center (NOC). System administrators can exercise unlimited control over environmental, safety, and electricity parameters at the NOC they maintain, either by using smart devices or by using a signboard in their control room.


With the increasing deployment of battery-powered embedded systems such as sensor nodes in extreme environments, harvesting renewable energy from ambient environments to achieve near perpetual operation of a system has attracted considerable research efforts in the recent past. In this paper, the authors propose a dynamic frequency selection scheme for energy-harvesting real-time systems. The proposed scheme characterizes the state of a system from the perspectives of system utilization and harvested energy with respect to a certain period of time. A portion of the battery energy is allocated to a group of tasks in the period of time by jointly considering the system utilization and energy state, and the operating frequency is selected based on the allocated energy. The derived operating frequency is fine tuned to further enhance energy efficiency when overflow occurs. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. Compared with the state-of-the-art scheme that decouples the energy and timing design constraints, the proposed scheme achieves comparable deadline miss rate when the battery capacity is lower than 5000 J and achieves about 11.5% lower deadline miss rate when the battery capacity is greater than 30 000 J. The proposed scheme also outperforms the benchmarking scheme in energy efficiency. When the battery is near a full charge or overflow occurs, the proposed scheme incurs less energy waste when compared with the benchmarking algorithm, which is favorable for autonomous operation of the system. Furthermore, the time complexity of the proposed scheme is one order of magnitude lower than that of the benchmarking scheme, which makes the proposed scheme well suited for dynamic scheduling.


Twenty three year old man with Hodgkin lymphoma had a resistant fever although treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed to explain the origin of the fever and a huge mass was detected in the left atrium. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed and reported as intracardiac thrombus. Patient was referred to surgery. Culture of the surgical material favored to Aspergillus fumigates. Voriconazole treatment was started and patient recovered. The authors report overlapping two different clinical situations, intracardiac thrombus and fungal infective endocarditis.


Deferoxamine is a high affinity iron chelator which can be administered as food or drug for treating iron overloaded. The aim of this administration is directing of the NAP to brain to protect neural destruction. One of the uses of deferoxamine is to treat the stroke. For this purpose there are two ways for deferoxamine administration: 1-Intranasal 2- Intravenous
Despite intravenous administration of deferoxamine has shown good effects on prevention & treatment of stroke, its use is limited because of its systemic side effects. In this study we wanted to determine whether intranasal administration is promising or not
In this study we have searched about 70 relevant articles which had been published after 2006 in pubmed, Google scholar, Cochrane & science direct data bases. Then after eliminating repetitious & invalid articles, we imported 30 articles in our study.
Intravenous using of deferoxamine will expose body systemically to the high doses of this drug and its concentration in CNS will be low because it can hardly pass the blood brain barrier (BBB). However our research has shown that in the most of the trials, intranasal administration of this drug not only decreases systemic exposure & side effects, but also increases its concentration in the CNS after a limited time. The other advantage of intranasal administration is that we don't need high doses of drug to target specific dose to CNS.
According to this information intranasal administration of deferoxamine can be appropriate.


Review(s) of: Yes, Premier: Labor Leadership in Australia's States and Territories by John Wanna and Paul Williams, University of NSW Press, Sydney, 2005. pp. 273. $39.95 paper.


Pressurized container with having containing foamable composition and valve (12) comprises along with the actuator (20) mounted on the container, a dispenser for the foamable composition. Actuator, flow conduit which fits into the valve stem (31) (this flow conduit (31) is displaceable upon application of an actuation force to the actuator, whereby the valve stem is pressed valve stem is actuated ) and comprises with closure adjacent to the dispensing opening of the conduit (40). In the absence of actuating force, the conduit is biased to the closed state with respect to the closure. The addition of actuating force to the flow conduit, the flow conduit valve stem displaced is displaced from the relationship of the closed state of the actuated and closure. Actuator, can reduce the post-foaming compositions.


In work data about prevalence of blood diseases in cities and rural areas of Samara oblast are presented. Connection of development the factors deficiency of blood clotting with ecological conditions in area of residential region of patient is shown. Dependence of hospitalization frequency in occasion of bleedings with seasons of the year, differing by great temperature gradient is shown. Dependence of development of anemia on residing in ecologically adverse areas is established.


In recent years, pressure to recycle has stemmed from environment al and economic reasons. This paper examines a new methodology that can estimate the disassemblability considering the recycling. Easy of disassembly estimation method outlined here is shown to provide one of several needed metrics for use during product design. This study suggests five main determining factors-fixing, grasping, access, disassembly, and handling-as the five det ermining factors and determined to evaluate disassemblability. The evaluation based on disassemblability is demonstrated on an automobile parts example.


A new method for the observation of ultrasonic field distributions described, utilizing a starch plate in a dilute solution of iodine in a manner analogous to the use of photographic emulsions. Near‐field diffraction patterns are shown as illustrative of results, which appear to be superior to those of other methods, and the advantages of the new method over previous techniques are described.


Free space optical communications greatly benefit from radiation carrying orbital angular momentum because of the large number of topological charges that can be used to encode information at high density. In this work, we show how to realize an optical link by exploiting four mutually incoherent beams carrying different orbital angular momentum states. The four related channels are digitally modulated using On-Off keying techniques. The receiver is based on a local interferometer that allows recovering of the original information, with high efficiency, by exploiting only a small portion of the radiation wavefront. This technique can be applied for high data-transfer density in satellite network communications, when the radiation wavefront exceed the receiver size.


Objective: To determine whether disruption of the cleavage site between protease and reverse transcriptase (RT) or the HIV‐1 frameshift site could yield trans‐dominant negative HIV‐1 variants that interfere with wild‐type viral replication. Design: Residues at the cleavage site between the HIV‐1 protease and RT coding regions were mutagenized to produce a protease‐RT (PR‐RT) fusion protein that was expressed in the context of a full‐length provirus. The PR‐RT cleavage site mutation was also combined with a read‐through mutation at the frameshift site in order to overexpress the mutant Gag‐Pol polyproteins. Methods: COS‐7 cells were transiently transfected with the mutant constructs to produce viruses harbouring the PR‐RT fusion protein. In addition, we performed cotransfection studies in various cell types to analyze the inhibition of wild‐type replication by the mutant constructs. Results: Immunoblot analysis revealed that this novel mutation prevented cleavage between the two proteins and that both existed as a PR‐RT fusion protein in each of cellular and viral lysates. While both the protease and RT components of this fusion protein remained functionally active, viruses containing the cleavage site mutation were less infectious in tissue culture than wild‐type viruses produced by COS‐7 cells. This defect was further pronounced when the cleavage site mutation between protease and RT was overexpressed as a consequence of an additional mutation that interfered with frameshifting. Cotransfection of COS‐7 cells with the mutant constructs and wild‐type HIV‐1 interfered with the replication of the latter and reduced the infectiousness of the virus particles produced.


In order to adapt to the new situations which occurred in universities educational management work, to better service for universities educational management work, and to consider the practical application, we have carried on the system design and development strictly abided the software engineering theory and the software life cycle. And our design and development experienced six software life phase, including requirement investigation, requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, and maintenance. The development of this system used the mature C/S model, adopted a more popular and mature Power Builder 6.5 as the foreground software. The background database application used Microsoft SQL Server 2003 which is simple and easy to use. Combined with the advantages of original educational management system, we designed and developed the system with forward-looking principle.


Most of the techniques used in the management of publicly-owned information units come from the management of private firms. One of this techniques is planning, a concept which has become of some importance in the library world. The aim of this paper is to examine Spanish scientific literature on library planning published since 1995. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be obtained in order to provide a full picture on this topic both in the academic and in the professional contexts.


White mistresses and enslaved women in the Antebellum South during 1820-1860 faced implications of patriarchal authority. Some historians have asserted that this was a reason for white mistresses and enslaved women to form female solidarities. During shared gendered experiences such as motherhood women were thought to have formed strong unifications which crossed racial boundaries. Other historians have strongly refuted the idea of a sisterhood and have claimed that violence, sexual exploitation, race and class were reasons for division between enslaved women and white mistresses. Alongside these debates, some historians have also taken more of a middle ground by stating that as much as women did share some similarities, in most cases this did not allow them a full recognition of a sisterhood. Through the lens of motherhood it will be shown how women were able to form relationships which were at times affectionate. Through the theme of sexual politics it will be made evident that miscegenation caused jealousy, violence and competitiveness which fractured the relationships between the two sets of women. This investigation has drawn insightful findings from personal testimonies such as slave narratives, white women's diaries and traveller accounts. Ultimately, this dissertation will use the themes of motherhood and sexual politics to demonstrate that relationships between white mistresses and enslaved women were nuanced, complex and at times contradictory.


16 Subducting slabs experience deformation and metamorphism as they descend into the upper 17 mantle. The presence of hydrous minerals gained through the interaction with sea water at 18 mid-ocean ridges, transform faults or the outer rise ensures that dehydration reactions will be 19 important at deeper levels. We describe field evidence for brittle hydrofracture in previously 20 subducted rocks from the Western Alps, with a free aqueous fluid phase produced by 21 * Manuscript


The use of body scanning technology in sizing and fit research in developing countries is in many cases not practical considering its cost and technologies involved. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the distinctive body shapes of Kenyan women without the use of body scanners. The units of analysis were urban women between the ages of 25 and 55 from Kenya. Due to a lack of a body scanner, traditional anthropometrical techniques for obtaining body dimensions and digital photography were used as an alternative method. A trained panel and the IGRAFX Designer 5 software were used for the visual analysis of the photos. The rectangular body shape was the most distinct body shape emerging from both the dimensions and evaluations of the photographs, with the triangle body shape as the second most distinct shape, but there are distinct differences between the Kenyan and American rectangular body shapes.


The aspect of love in one's life was handled as a key factor by many writers. The social and gender factors also influence the writers to a greater level thereby affecting or effecting life and sacrifice. It does not mean that all people who show their love to their beloved will be reasonable in all ways and means it may be wise to certain people and foolish to some others. Love is not valued on the cost of the present but it is valued on the sacrifice. I like to present 'The Gift of the Magi' by O' Henry with the predominance of Super ego and self-actualization as proposed by the psychologists that led a couple sacrifice for true love. The characters Jim and Della were influenced by it than on Id or Ego.


A special dropsonde system is described which measures vertical wind through the use of static and dynamic pressure measurements made while the dropsonde falls through a thunderstorm after having been dropped from an airplane at the top of the storm. The system allows ten dropsondes to be used simultaneously. It includes two ground stations which measure the positions of the dropsondes by a transponder method and receive the telemetered pressure measurements. Flight test results are given.


This report on Nepali Lexicon Development highlights the process followed in the development of Nepali Lexicon for the Nepal component of the PAN localization project. The scope of this development initiative lies within its use in spell checking system for Nepali. The target is to have a minimum measure of twenty five thousand words with at least four hundred noun headwords, one hundred and fifty verbs, one hundred adverbs and adjective and all the pronouns of Nepali grammar in the entries of lexicon database. This report also describes briefly the tool used in development, and some problems and issues faced during the lexicon development process.


Background: Dyslipidemia is thought to associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease development. Overt hypothyroidism is associated with lipid abnormalities. However, the relationship between subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and pattern of lipid abnormalities is not well eastablished. The aim of this study was to find the lipid abnormalities in patients of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and determine relationship between lipid level and TSH. Methods: Serum lipid levels of 92 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and 110 age and sex matched healthy controls were evaluated in this cross sectional case control study. Results: In this study total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly higher (p value<0.05) in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) as compared to control group. Triglycerides (TG) and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) were also increased in these patients as compared to control but the difference was not statistically significant. High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was found to be marginally lower in these patients than control. Conclusions: Total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) are higher in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) as compared to healthy controls.


A portable 30 channel FES system and a very flexible multi-strand percutaneous electrode were developed. After clinical evaluation, official permission was issued from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan. Then they are now commer- cially available in Japan from March, 1991.


Based on arithmetic theory and numerical performance regularity,this paper analyzes the reason why the computation of continuation power flow(CPF) may encounter convergence problem in the iterative correction process close to the turning point of the solution parameter curve.As a result,based on the normalized predictor tangent vector,this paper presents an improved local parameter selection strategy,which can reduce the possibility that the calculation may not converge,to improve the robustness of CPF.At the same time,in order to solve the problem that some initial parameters should be confirmed through trial and error process in engineering applications,this paper advances an automatic variable step size controlling algorithm using correction iterative times as its main parameter.Simulations on IEEE 39-bus system and Shandong Power Grid typical operation ways in the winter of 2010 verify the effectiveness of the improved method.


Traditional recommender systems as they are mostly used in today's recommendation applications (e.g. the SMART Recommendations Engine of Fraunhofer FOKUS) primarily concentrate on recommending items to users. However, thinking of many modern (mobile) applications, contextual and semantic information may provide a significant preciseness to the recommendation process. That's why, Fraunhofer FOKUS' engine has been extended by two new extensions making the engine capable of incorporating contextual and semantic information when generating recommendations. This paper focuses on one of them, the SMART Ontology Extension.


Objective. To study the most important medical and social parameters of spinal injuries, to substantiate the importance of factors influencing the efficiency of management decisions in organization of appropriate preventive, treatment and rehabilitation measures. Material and Methods. The study included 271 patients treated for traumatic spinal injuries during 2009-2010 in Saratov NIITO. Results. Key problems and factors related to traumatic spinal injuries were formulated, and the importance of their comprehensive analysis for effective evaluation of medical and social consequences of considered pathological conditions was shown. The study outlined directions of improving organization of specialized medical care to patients with spinal cord injury, including updating of formalized algorithms of care. Conclusion. The crucial task of organization of specialized medical care for traumatic injuries of the spine is an integrated approach that consists, on the one hand, in using reasonable methods of prevention, and on the other, in developing evidence-based organizational algorithms of care. Hir. Pozvonoc. 2014;(3):95-100.


In this research, we analyze a large number of discussions of forum messages from three MOOC courses using a keyword taxonomy approach to identify learning processes occurring among the students. We conduct analysis on more than 100,000 forum messages from 14,647 forum threads from three MOOCs, with a combined 200,000+ enrollment. We map messages to six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy for cognitive learning. The results of this research indicate that learning processes of particular cognitive learning levels could be observed within discussions on MOOC forums. Results imply that different types of forum communications have features associated to particular learning levels, and the volume of higher levels of cognitive learning domains increase as the course progresses.


The invention relates to a timely conflict inspection method for deformation articles of visual operation. It assumes the article is made of m number of pyramids with m being a positive integer, dividing the dynamic space by the mapping module, computing the address of each point, and mapping them to the corresponding Hash list, using dynamic way to adjust the size of the grid, with the clash inspection module using mapping module result to inspect the occurred clash, and inspecting the possibility for bumping using dynamic bumping inspection method, with two modules alternating till the end of the circulation. It has better efficiency and quickness for the interaction of operation machinery and soft tissue realizing high precision and large data collection.


Abstract : A computer program is developed for the problem of transmission of electromagnetic waves from a rectangular waveguide into half space through a rectangular aperture. The aperture may cover all or part of the waveguide cross section, but the sides of the aperture are parallel to those of the waveguide cross section. The solution uses the moment method applied to the integral equation for the equivalent magnetic current in the aperture. The expansion and testing functions are triangles in the direction of current, and pulses transverse to the direction of current. Quantities computed are the equivalent magnetic current, the reflection coefficient and equivalent aperture admittance seen by the incident mode, and the radiation gain pattern. The computer program is described and listed with sample input-output data.


HEMOSTASIS always presents a major problem to the surgeon. Where bleeding is brisk, as from a severed artery or large vein, it is usually stopped immediately by the application of forceps and ligatures. Much more difficult to control is the constant oozing that results from injury to small venules and capillaries. If one measures loss of blood by the increment of gain in dry sponges, 1 it becomes readily apparent that most of the loss of blood during the usual major surgical procedure is from the latter, rather than from the former, source of bleeding. Bleeding from brain, kidney, liver or vascular tumors is difficult to control by the application of forceps or clips because of the friability of the tissues. In an operative field where infection is present or has subsided (as in decortication of a lung), the bleeding from the friable and tough fibrous tissue is most difficult


Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain Background and Goal of Study: At our institution, patients with anemia unfit for preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) are typically treated with EPO iron before surgery. This study was performed to assess differences between the oral and IV formulations of iron in the recovery of hemoglobin (Hb) levels and the consumption of EPO. Materials and Methods: Patients unfit for PABD who were treated with EPO (40.000 IU once weekly) iron prior to elective surgery since 2001, were retrospectively reviewed. EPO was started 3 to 4 weeks before surgery in the absence of iron deficiency only. Supplemental iron was given either orally (240 mg/day) or IV (400 mg weekly). Hb levels were monitored weekly thereafter. EPO was discontinued when Hb levels rose over 13.5 g/dl. Changes of Hb levels with time and the number of weekly doses of EPO were compared between the two treatment groups (oral vs IV iron) using ANOVA tests for repeated measures and Student's t-tests, respectively (SPSS 13.0). Results and Discussions: Overall, 29 patients were treated with EPO (7 with IV iron, 22 with oral iron). Six patients received orthogenetic surgery, 2 thoracoabdominal surgery, and 21 orthopedic surgery. The mean number of doses of EPO was 1.57 for patients treated with IV iron vs 2.14 for patients receiving iron orally (p 0.15). Mean Hb levels at baseline, after 1 and 2 weeks of therapy, preoperatively, and at the time of discharge were 11.6, 12.2, 12.6, 13.1, and 10.9 g/dl, respectively, in the IV iron group vs 12.7, 13.2, 13.7, 13.4, and 11.0 g/dl, respectively, in the oral iron group. Both patient groups experienced statistically significant increments of Hb levels, yet no differences were found between the two iron formulations (p 0.83). Conclusion(s): Despite the lack of statistically significant differences between the two treatment groups, the number of doses of EPO appeared to be lower in the patient group treated with IV iron compared to oral iron. This observation suggests that IV iron may be more cost-effective than oral iron based on the potential reduction of EPO requirements. Further research is warranted to define the true benefit associated with the IV administration of iron in combination with EPO to anemic patients unfit for PABD. Neurosciences 91


Developing circulate economy and establishing saving and innovate model society is embodiment for idea that regard people as fundamentality.The article illustrate a developable model by Shandong Bohui Group.It has constructe saving and innovate model corporation by that applied technology for saved energy sources and reduced wastage and improved circumstance.It is a representative resource types high consumed energy corporation that manufactured paper and structural material.


A new species of Phanera from southern Western Ghats, India, is described as P. murthyi. It appears to be endemic to Kozhikode district, Kerala.


This paper describes the design and proposes an implementation for a new application program interface to a database management system. Programs which browse through a database making ad-hoc updates are not well served by conventional embeddings of DBMS commands in programming languages. A new embedding is suggested which overcomes all deficiencies. This construct, called a portd, allows a program to request a collection of tuples at once and supports novel concurrency control schemes.


Far-field measurements with a spectrum analyzer and two different dipole antennas have been performed. The dipoles were tuned for the GSM and DECT frequency range. The results show that measured values in the working area and corridor are significantly lower (five orders of magnitude) than maximum permissible exposure levels in corresponding frequency ranges, given in IEEE Standards.


The hydraulic tunnel is an important component of the building system. After the underground tunnel is excavated, the change of stress field of the surrounding rocks is significant for forecasting jitter and the dehiscence of the surrounding rocks. This article discusses the construction model and application of the M-C criterion in the stress analysis of the surrounding rocks. RFPA can be used in simulating the stress change in the surrounding rocks to testify some theoretical conclusions.


A deficiency of the circulating serum glycoprotein alpha-1 antitrypsin (α 1-AT) is the most common identified genetic cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is also a risk factor for liver disease in children and adults. Prevalence estimates suggest there are about 100,000 severely deficient adults in the US, and a similar number in Europe, yet only about 6% of these individuals have been identified. Diagnosis requires only a simple blood test. One reason to identify individuals at risk of lung disease due to α 1-AT deficiency is that specific therapy is available. This therapy, referred to as augmentation therapy, is a human plasma fractionation product highly enriched for α 1-AT protein and is available from a number of companies in the US and Europe. Generically, these products are all labeled: alpha1-proteinase inhibitor, human. In the latter half of the 1980s, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first of these augmentation therapies based on its biochemical efficacy, that is, its ability to raise blood and bronchoalveolar epithelial lining fluid levels of α 1-AT. Traditional efficacy trials were not feasible prior to marketing approval in large part due of the extremely small number of patients with α 1-AT deficiency identified at that time. Since the introduction of the first augmentation therapy product, several studies have tried to assess the effectiveness of augmentation therapy at slowing the progression of lung destruction in α 1-AT deficiency. While the results of each of these studies has been encouraging, none have provided definitive proof of effectiveness and each clinician and payor seems to have a dif-


Power transformer is vital element in power grid. Its failure may affect on the continuity of supply of electrical energy to the consumers. A differential relay, which is generally used for protecting this power transformer, may be affected by the disturbances such as inrush current, current transformer saturation and over-excitation due to external faults. Accordingly, false trips (mal-operation) of protection system may be resulted in. This research work proposes root cause analysis based on fault tree analysis to be used for assessing disturbances that lead to false trips. When the critical root causes are identified, mitigation measures are used. The model of security can help to quantify analytically the reliability of the considered protection system.


The advantages and disadvantages of the 3 D paraxial wave equations in the confocal unstable cavity solved by the difference methods and 3 D Fresnel integral equations solved by the numerical integral method and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method are analyzed. It is assumed that the laser beam in the unstable cavity transfers by the modified Guassian spherical wave. By using a coordinate transformation, the diverging or converging beam is converted into equivalent collimated beam. The paraxial wave equation of the modified function is solved by FFT method. Under the same conditions, the obtained results coincide with those in the internal and external references. The near field and far field results computed in confocal unstable cavity of the COIL experiment are reasonable.


Objective: comprehensive assessment of venous congestion (VC) is relevant in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and decompensated heart failure (DHF). Design and method: to assess the incidence and severity of VC according to the VExUS protocol (assessment of the IVC diameter, the shape of the portohepatic and renal veins blood flow) and to assess the relationship of VC to the liver stiffness (LS), estimated by transient elastography (TE), in patients with AH and DHF on admission and their dynamic changes during ospitalisation. The METAVIR scale was used to interpret the stages of fibrosis. Routine clinical assessment, VExUS, TE was performed in 52 patients with AH and DHF (men 48%, age 70 ± 11 years (M ± SD), atrial fibrillation 60%, diabetes 40%, chronic anemia 27%, left ventricle ejection fraction (EF LV) 50 [40; 57] %, EF < 40% - 29%,NTproBNP 1421 [754; 2024] pg/ml (Me; IQR)). Exclusion criteria: primary chronic liver disease or acute hepatitis, severe tricuspid regurgitation Results: on admission mild, moderate and severe venous congestion were detected in 31%, 13%, 17% of patients, respectively. 79% of patients had increased liver stiffness - 22% had F1 / F2, 17% had F3 and 40% had F4. At discharge, venous congestion was observed in 38% of patients. Mild, moderate and severe venous congestion was detected in 20%, 12%, 6% of cases respectively. An increase in liver stiffness at discharge was detected in 54%. 29% of patients had F1 / F2, 13% had F3, and 12% had F4. The dynamics of clinical signs of congestion on admission and at discharge is presented in Diagram 1. A significant correlation between severity of VC and degree of increase in LS was observed (r = 0.43, p = 0.001). There is a positive correlation between the LS and VC with NT-proBNP (r = 0.47, p = 0.04 and r = 0.30, p = 0.03, respectively), a significant negative correlation between the severity of VC and LVEF (r = -0.49; p = 0.000), and between the degree of LS with LVEF (r = -0.33; p = 0.018). Conclusions: Correlations were revealed between venous congestion, by VEXUS protocol, and LS in TE with LVEF in patients with AH and DHF