The pl O gene of A ntheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus(AnpeNPV)was identified in 4. 8-kbp Psfi 1 fragtnent of viral DNA by comparing genome maps between AnpeNPV and Orgyia pseudotsugata multinucleocapsid NPV. The nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the AnpeNPV plO gene consists of the promoter sequence (55 bp) and the coding sequence (264 bp) encoding 87 amino acids. 'lhe predicted amino acid sequence of the AnpeNPV plO gene product showed the highest identity (930/o) to that of Choristoneura fumiferana NPV among other NPVs by homology search using the BLAST program. Two transfer vector plasmids, pl O locus-based pApp l O and polyhedrin locus-based pApCH3, were constructed for the foreign gene expression under the plO gene promoter. Among them, pApCH3 is a dual expression vector, which contains a copy of the plO promoter and polyadenylation signal inserted in tandem, downstream of the polyhedrin promoter, but opposite orientation.


Objective To detect the Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (TrFoxp3+),Th17,TrFoxp3+/Th17 and related cell factors level in peripheral blood of non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients,and to explore the relationships about TrFoxp3+,Th17 with occurrence and development of lung cancer and whether there are imbalance of TrFoxp3+/Th17.Methods The proportions of TrFoxp3+,Th17 cells and the level of related cell factors such as TGF-β,IL-17,IL-23 were determined respectively by flow cytometry and ELISA in peripheral blood of 18 healthy people and 26 patients with NSCLC.Results The proportions of TrFoxp3+,Th17 and TrFoxp3+/Th17 in peripheral blood with NSCLC were higher than healthy controls(P <0.05).The proportion of Th17 cells from NSCLC patients was positively correlated with that of TrFoxp3+(r =0.81,P<0.05).Comparing TrFoxp3+/Th17 among different TNM stages in NSCLC patients:TrFoxp3+/Th17 of in Ⅳ stage was obvious higher than that of in Ⅰ-Ⅱ stage,Ⅲ stage(P<0.05).The level of TGF-β,IL-17,IL-23 was higher in NSCLC patients than that in healthy controls,the ratio of TGF-β in the advanced stage group/healthy controls was higher in the early and middle group/healthy controls (P<0.05).Conclusion TrFoxp3+,Th17 and TrFoxp3+/Th17 in NSCLC patients were higher than healthy people,moreover TrFoxp3+/Th17 in advanced stage increased significantly.The results may imply that there are certain relationships between the imbalance of TrFoxp3+/Th17 and immunosuppression and occurrence and development of NSCLC as well as the regulation of their cytokines.

Key words:
Non-small cell lung cancer; Foxp3+; Regulatory T cells(Tr); Th17


An analysis methodology for the postbuckling behavior of laminated plates under combined in-plane normal and shear loading is presented. The plates are simply supported on their ends and elastically restrained against rotation along their longitudinal edges. Discrete thickness changes along the plate edges are included in the formulation to account for attached stiffener flanges and/or edge pad-ups. The resulting analytical approach is suitable for inclusion in a preliminary sizing procedure for longitudinally stiffened composite panels.


It has been suggested that the work of Kammerer provides suitable material, in the form of case studies, on which to base discussions of Lamarckism versus Darwinism. A set of structured problems is described as an example of possible problem-solving exercises, and further experiments to extend Kammerer's work are outlined.


Models are commonly used for various power system studies. This article presents a new framework to estimate and validate the parameters of the turbine‐governor and also the load model in a multi‐machine power system environment. The proposed method utilizes the center of inertia frequency and generating unit signals (especially active power) recorded by measurement devices to validate the parameters. The objective function is to minimize the total squared error between the simulated and the measured responses for some events. Particle swarm optimization is used to estimate the parameters. The accuracy of the estimated parameters is investigated through sensitivity analysis. Moreover, in order to improve the efficiency of the identification procedure for large‐scale networks, a new scheme is proposed, which is based on the impact of each estimated parameter during the simulation time frames. The simulation results on the IEEE 9‐bus and IEEE 118‐bus systems show the validity and benefit of the proposed method.


It is known that high elbow valgus torque in the pitching motion can contribute to the occurrence of elbow injury. Lately, studies have shown pitchers with UCL tears had significantly lower balance measures than healthy players when tested after injury occurred. There is a paucity of research on the effect of balance-specific training on the joint loading of the elbow and player performance in baseball pitching. PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of a balance training intervention on the biomechanical factors that can contribute to a pitcher's increased risk of elbow injury. METHODS: Thirteen collegiate baseball pitchers were randomly assigned to a training group: control or intervention. The control group did only the team training and the intervention group did the team training and a specific balance training program. The intervention was performed 3 times a week for 6 weeks. Measurements of balance (Y-Balance), limits of stability (center of pressure excursion), ball speed, and joint kinematics and kinetics, specifically maximum elbow valgus torque (MEV), through motion capture were collected before and after the 6-week training program. RESULTS: None of the outcome measures showed a significant difference between training type (Y-Balance p=.405; COP excursion p=.537, ball speed p=.150; MEV p=.945). Three outcome measures, COP excursion (p=.007), ball speed (p=.003), and MEV (p<.001) showed significant decreases over time regardless of training type. A Pearson Correlation was run for the entire study population (n=13) between ball speed and MEV for initial (p=.409) and final (p=-.300) testing and showed no significant correlation between the variables. CONCLUSION: The balance training program had no observable effect on a pitchers' pitching performance or elbow kinetics. There was no significant difference between groups in pre or post measures, therefore, any change in balance measures can be attributed to normal in-season training strength development.


Alone in the compartment I have spent three of the sweetest hours I have experienced in a long time. . . . I was alone in my carriage . . . . the wheels rolled on indefatigably, with a uniform noise like that of a prolonged roaring note played on an organ. All mundane and social ideas faded from my mind. No longer did I see anything but the sun and the countryside, in bloom, smiling, all green and with a greenness so various and illuminated by that gentle rain of warm beams that caressed it.


It was only in 2006, during my sabbatical in France, which was almost entirely dedicated to the translation of Mirbeau's Le Calvaire, that I read Traite de stylistique comparee. Analyse comparative de l'italien et du francais (Paris, Didier, 1979) by Pierre Scavee and Pietro Intravaia.I did not immediately realise how this text could influence my work as a translator. It is only in hindsight that I recognise my debt to this enlightening text. I was not particularly convinced by its ontological and theoretical principles, which appeared to be slightly dated or debatable. On the other hand I found very fruitful its operational potentials and its pragmatic capacity of shedding light on how native languages work in their everyday, rather than literary use.Inspired by the work of Pierre Scavee and Pietro Intravaia, I will demonstrate in my paper how Italian language has the paradoxical potential to infuse with a stronger expressive dimension Mirbeau's «intimate» prose, which is so full of pathos in its constant struggle with the writer's inner demons. I am going to argue that the Italian translation of Mirbeau's pseudo-autobiographical style is, in some ways, more evocative than its French original and of greater impact for the reader.


This paper intends to study and build data sharing platform for a requirement of medical information data. We defined the database warehouse subject due to the requirement of the user. Then adopt data acquisition mainly, data extraction and OLAP. We realize a data transfer mechanism through MQ technology. The specific implementation mainly consist of utilization of some open source softwaresand finally established a data sharing platform with advanced architecture.


This document provides specifications for a model/methodology and approach that could be employed in determining postclosure repository environmental parameters relevant to high-level waste package performance for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP). Guidance is provided on (1) the identity of the relevant repository environmental parameters (groundwater characteristics, temperature, radiation, and pressure), (2) the models/methodologies employed to determine the parameters, and (3) the input data base for the model/methodologies. Supporting studies included are (1) an analysis of potential waste package failure modes leading to identification of the relevant repository environmental parameters, (2) an evaluation of the credible range of the repository environmental parameters for the BWIP situation, and (3) a summary review of existing models/methodologies currently employed in determining repository environmental parameters relevant to waste package performance. 7 refs.


Foods prepared from wheat flour represent a potential source of B group vitamins in thendiet. Although Asian noodles account for the end-use of at least twelve percent of all wheats produced globally, the contribution of these foods to dietary intakes of B vitamins is unknown. Other issues are the instability of vitamins and the analytical
challenges of vitamin analysis resulting from the presence of vitamers in many foods. Accordingly the aims of this investigation were firstly to re-evaluate and validate
procedures for extraction and measurement of B group vitamins in wheat flour and the three major styles of Asian noodles. Secondly, the stability of thiamin, riboflavin, folate and vitamin B-6 during processing of noodles has been investigated.


In-bed desulfurization using calcium based sorbents has been evaluated in the KRW pressurized fluidized bed gasifier as part of a joint program with KRW Energy Systems Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy. For combined cycle power generation or synthesis gas applications such a system has large potential economic advantages over second generation gasifiers which use conventional cold gas cleanup. In addition to achieving over 90% desulfurization, the process has also demonstrated significant gains in cold gas efficiency and fines consumption. Pilot plant performance data are presented for the KRW gasifier-desulfurizer process and the preliminary results of an in-bed waste characterization study are also presented. Though untreated in-bed wastes contain potentially hazardous calcium sulfide, laboratory-scale tests have shown that roasting processes can be adapted for converting the waste to a non-hazardous form.


The physicochemical properties and mineral composition of fly ash were introduced,the domestic technologies extracting alumina from fly ash by sintering process were classified by the different mode breaking SiO 2- Al 2 O 3 bond and activating Al 2 O 3,and the domestic new achievement in this aspect were summarized in the last decade and the advantages and disadvantages of the technologies briefly reviewed. The research orientation extracting alumina from fly ash by sintering process was prospected.


Abstract We compared the feeding choices of an invasive frugivore, the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), with those of a native, the American Robin (Turdus migratorius). Using captive birds, we tested whether these species differ in their preferences when offered a choice between a native and an invasive fruit, and between a novel and a familiar food. We examined willingness to eat fruits of selected invasive plants and to select a novel food by measuring the time elapsed before feeding began. Both species demonstrated significant preferences for invasive fruits over similar native fruits in two of three choice tests. Both starlings and robins ate autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) fruits significantly more willingly than Asiatic bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus). Starlings, but not robins when choosing between a novel and a familiar food, strongly preferred the familiar food. We found no differences in willingness of birds to eat a novel food when it was the only food available. These results suggest that some fleshy-fruited invasive plants may receive more dispersal services than native plants with similar fruits, and that different frugivores may be seed dispersers for different invasive plants.


After a brief survey of the defects introduced by plastic deformation and of their removal by annealing, tlie influence of plastic deformation upon ionic conductivity is considered. Both enhancement and s~~ppression of the extrinsic conduction has been found experimentally in addition to an enhancement at very high temperatures in the intrinsic region 1'. These effects can be explained in terms of dislocations and their interactions during plastic flow. In polycrystalline material of near theoretical density, the grain boundaries appear to enhance only the extrinsic conductivity and to increase the observed activation energy in tliis region. 1 . Introduction. There is a growing volume of evidence that tlie presence of dislocations in ionic crystals may modify their transport properties in a number of different ways. The purpose of this paper is to review tlie experimental findings and to indicate what precautions lllust be taken to tnininiise the influence of dislocations upon measurements of ionic conductivity. Since most dislocations are generated by plastic defor~iiation, the paper starts with a brief survey of the defects introduced by plastic deformation and of the way in which these defects are removed by annealing. Subsecluently the influence of dislocations and grain boundaries on ionic conductivity is considered. 2. Defects introduced by plastic deformation. At room temperature plastic deformation is not homogeneous in ionic crystals, and i t is often difficult to compare the results of dilferent workers who strain their specimens plastically by tlie same amount but produce dilyerent defect densities and distributiolls by using dilferent specimen geometries. The shape of the stress-strain curve gives a good idea of the nature of the dcformation process, and where possible this should be measured in all deformation experiments. F o r specimens which arc tall compared with their cross-section, conipresscd along tlie [OOI] tall axis, three stages of work-hardening are fbu~ id with changes of slope after about 4 ";; and about 8 % plastic co~iipression [I]. Thesc three stages represent differelit modes of dcform:~tion, a n d diffcrent rates of accumulation o f dislocations ill thc crystal, with different effects upon the transport properties, and thus it is important to know whether a crystal has been deformed into stage I, stage I1 or stage 1II. By contrast, specimens which are squat compared with their cross-section, for example niost ionic conductivity specimens compressed along the squat axis, enter stage 111 deformation at very small plastic strains with a high rate of accumulation of dislocations and of generation of point defects. Most of the experiments on plastic deformation of NaCl have been carried out on tall crystals with dimensions of the order of 5 x 12 x 25 mm, having initial dislocation densities, inside the sub-grains, of between 10' and IO"cm? The rate of increase of dislocation density is low in stage 1 and increases more rapidly in stage 11, to a total screw dislocation density of some 8 x 1O7/crn\af~er 8 O/;: compression. The moving screw dislocatiolls leave trails of debris, in the form of vacancy clusters and edge dislocation dipoles, oriented in [I001 directions in the slip plane. The density of edge dislocations and debris is about 10 tilnes that of screw dislocations during stage 11. By measuring the change in bulk density of the crystals during deformation the rate of accuniulation of point defects can bc estimated, although it is difficult lo dislinguisli between vavancies and interstitials in tliis way. Both species should be formed as a consequence of thc geometry of the deformation process, although in the alkali halides tlie life-time of' the intcrstitinls is likely to be very short at room temperature. Interpr-cling tlic long-term change of density produced by p l~~s t i c deformation in tcrms Article published online by EDP Sciences and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1973939


Defects and energy-level offsets in distinct functional layers of perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) are recognized obstacles to achieve their high efficiency and long-term stability. Herein, we report the meticulous design...


Zebrafish is a top vertebrate model to study developmental biology and genetics, and it is becoming increasingly popular for studying human diseases due to its high genome similarity to that of humans and the optical transparency in embryonic stages. However, it becomes difficult for pure optical imaging techniques to volumetric visualize the internal organs and structures of wild-type zebrafish in juvenile and adult stages with excellent resolution and penetration depth. Even with the establishment of mutant lines which remain transparent over the life cycle, it is still a challenge for pure optical imaging modalities to image the whole body of adult zebrafish with micro-scale resolution. However, the method called photoacoustic imaging that combines all the advantages of the optical imaging and ultrasonic imaging provides a new way to image the whole body of the zebrafish. In this work, we developed a non-invasive photoacoustic imaging system with optimized near-infrared illumination and cylindrical scanning to image the zebrafish. The lateral and axial resolution yield to 80 μm and 600 μm, respectively. Multispectral strategy with wavelengths from 690 nm to 930 nm was employed to image various organs inside the zebrafish. From the reconstructed images, most major organs and structures inside the body can be precisely imaged. Quantitative and statistical analysis of absorption for organs under illumination with different wavelengths were carried out.


It has become an inevitable trend for public library to strengthen performance evaluation research to achieve scientific and standardized management against the backdrop of free opening. This paper, taking Chongqing Library in Western China as an example,designs the performance evaluation system on the basis of Balanced Scorecard(BSC), determines the evaluation indexes and their weights by Delphi Technique and Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP),and finally reaches the complete system of performance evaluation index for public library.


Abstract : This document reports the major findings and recommendations of a study that examined the relationship of command policy to survivability issues within the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It assesses how USAFE develops staff initiatives and programs and how command policy might be changed to help insure that survivability is appropriately considered during this process. Survivability considerations may be overlooked in the normal course of business and many times corrective measures take a long time to be implemented. In investigating the basis of this problem, the research staff noted that survivability grows from a choice among a range of measures from operations/ communications security (OPSEC and COMSEC), to indications and warning (IW Passive Defense; Damage Control; Robustness in System Design; and Recovery of Mission Capability. A balanced mix of these measures is necessary to provide for the efficient and effective survivability of a command's combat forces. Relying on a single measure to bear the responsibility of handling an enemy attack by itself is an expensive and failure-prone approach.


Based on the concepts of unitary matrix,the definition of J-left(right)-unitary matrix is given,their properties are discussed and some particular factorization of K-sub-unitary matrix are obtained,some new conclusions are acquired.


topical treatments may irritate sensitive facial skin, and iontophoresis is not appropriate for facial hyperhidrosis. Craniofacial hyperhidrosis can be difficult to diagnose and may be due to secondary factors such as endocrine causes or drugs. It is more common in men than women and most frequently involves the forehead, but can affect other areas. There are four main patterns: ophiasis, diffuse or whole scalp, upper lip and Frey syndrome. Frey syndrome – unilateral gustatory sweating and flushing of the face postparotidectomy – is thought to result from aberrant regeneration of damaged postganglionic parasympathetic fibres that previously innervated salivary glands, forming anastomoses with the severed postganglionic sympathetic fibres to sweat glands. The majority of patients postparotidectomy will have a positive starch–iodine test, but not all are symptomatic. Severe symptoms occur in about 15%. Surgical treatments for Frey syndrome, either as prophylaxis at the time of parotidectomy or subsequently to block nerve conduction mechanically, have also been reported. Treatment of Frey syndrome with botulinum toxin has been described in a number of case reports and series, using varying amounts of botulinum toxin, with relief from symptoms for several months. Other forms of facial hyperhidrosis are less frequently reported. Bilateral facial hyperhidrosis may be due to diabetic autonomic neuropathy with subsequent reinnervation by aberrant parasympathetic fibres, causing gustatory sweating as in Frey syndrome. Botulinum toxin for the treatment of bilateral facial sweating – idiopathic or due to diabetic autonomic neuropathy – has been described in two small case series. Both studies used a different preparation of botulinum toxin, Dysport (Ipsen Ltd, Slough, U.K.), making comparison with the dose used in our patients difficult. In both studies all but one of the patients experienced complete cessation of sweating, which was sustained over several months. The causes of idiopathic localized facial hyperhidrosis remain obscure. B€ oger et al. suggest potential mechanisms, including genetic causes or an autonomic response to anxiety. However, one patient in this series subsequently developed leukaemia, emphasizing the need for a thorough search for underlying causes. Biopsies from our patient with concomitant scarring alopecia revealed prominently dilated eccrine ducts, suggesting that destruction of hair follicles and apocrine glands may have resulted in eccrine gland overcompensation. Alternatively, the inflammation caused by the scarring alopecia may have stimulated a local axon reflex resulting in secondary, focal hyperhidrosis. Our series confirms that botulinum toxin is a successful therapeutic strategy for patients with facial hyperhidrosis. Although patients with hyperhidrosis frequently present to dermatology, much of the literature on focal hyperhidrosis is published by doctors in other specialties. It is important that dermatologists are aware of the application of botulinum toxin and the practical aspects of treatment for managing such patients. S .M.C . GEORG E L .R . ATK IN SON P .B . J . FARRANT B .S . SHERG I L L 1 Department of Dermatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton BN2 3EW, U.K. Department of Dermatology, Worthing Hospital, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, Lyndhurst Rd, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2DH, U.K. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


We provide a novel local definition for spectrally flowed vertex
operators in the SL(2,\mathbb{R})SL(2,ℝ)-WZW
model, generalising the proposal of Maldacena and Ooguri in
[arXiv:hep-th/0111180] for the singly-flowed case to all
\omega>1ω>1.
This allows us to establish the precise connection between the
computation of correlators using the so-called spectral flow operator,
and the methods introduced recently by Dei and Eberhardt in
[arXiv:2105.12130] based on local Ward identities. We show that the
auxiliary variable yy
used in the latter paper arises naturally from a point-splitting
procedure in the space-time coordinate. The recursion relations
satisfied by spectrally flowed correlators, which take the form of
partial differential equations in yy-space,
then correspond to null-state conditions for generalised spectral flowed
operators. We highlight the role of certain
SL(2,\mathbb{R})SL(2,ℝ)
discrete module isomorphisms in this context, and prove the validity of
the conjecture put forward in [arXiv:2105.12130] for
yy-space
structure constants of three-point functions with arbitrary spectral
flow charges.


Objective To observe the killing effect of a parachlormetaxylenol disinfectant. Methods Suspension quantitative germicidal test was used to observe the killing effect and influence factors of the disinfectant. Results The average killing logarithm value of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aurouswere both 5 for 5 minutes and 10 minutes by the disinfectant containing 165 mg / L parachlormetaxylenol. The average killing logarithm value of Candida albicans was 5 for 10 minutes by the disinfectant containing 500 mg / L parachlormetaxylenol. The killing effect was decreased seriously to Escherichia coli,Staphylococcus aurous and Candida albicans when the temperature decreased within 10℃ ~ 30℃. Conclusion Parachlormetaxylenol has good killing effect on bacterial vegetative form and fungi,but the killing effect was influenced seriously by temperature.


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A new quill mite species, Syringophilopsis bochkovi sp. n. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae), is described from two species of manakins (Passeriformes: Pipridae), Corapipo altera (type host) and Manacus vitellinus collected in Panama. Females of the new species differ from those of morphologically similar S. nitens Skoracki et Dabert, 2001 by the following features: the total body length is 960–1,010 µm (vs. 1,265–1,285 µm in S. nitens); the dorsal shields (propodonotal, hysteronotal and pygidial) and coxal fields I–IV are apunctate (vs. all these sclerites are punctate); each lateral branch of the peritremes has 11 chambers (vs. 13 chambers); and the lengths of dorsal idiosomal setae d2 and e2 are 330–350 and 330–370 µm, respectively (vs. 390–400 and 420–460 µm). Syringophilopsis bochkovi represents the first record of the family Syringophilidae on passerines of the family Pipridae.


This study aimed to explore the perceived role and mandate of civil servants employed in municipalities in Kronoberg county. The study aimed to answer the question whether civil servants engaged in ...


The energy decay for a class of initial boundary value problem of the equation utt-uxx-β(uxt)x +f(ut)=bu is studied by using a so-called energy perturbation method.The exponential decay of solution is established.


Nickel -based catalysts were prepared by impregnation and subsequent calcination at a concentration of 10 % by weight on the following substrates : clay , Ti02 , Si02 and Al 203 . These were reduced in a stream of 20 % hydrogen / nitrogen at a temperature of 350 ° C for 2 hours and were characterized by X-ray diffraction with activity measurements determined that the different supports affects performance . The increasing order of performance of the catalysts with different supports in oil hydrogenation process is as follows: clay > Ti02 > at 20 3> Si02 . Activity results show that the clay has a good performance in the hydrogenation process reaching iodine decrease of sunflower oil from 150 076 to the value of 56.77 to a temperature of 280 ° C


Objective To evaluate the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest(OHCA) patients with induction of mild therapeutic hypothermia(MTH).Methods Sixty OHCA patients were randomly divided into two groups with 30cases each.The patients in group A were rescued by the emergency department team visited and the implements inducing hypothermia were carried out in the scene of the incident,which included intravenous dripping 4℃ Ringer solution,covering the neck and occipitalia with ice bags and applying computer cooling blanket.The patients in group B were sent in hospital and rescued by the same team.The outcomes of resuscitation were compared.Results The mean time reaching the target temperature was shorter in group A than that in group B[(3.02±0.23) h vs.(5.64±1.12)h](P0.05).The restoration rate of spontaneous circulation was higher in group A than that in group B(36.7%vs.23.3%)(P0.05).The survival rate was higher in group A than that in group B(20.0% vs.6.7%)(P0.05).Conclusion The implements inducing MTH can be safely applied to OHCA patients,which may shorten significantly the time reaching the target temperature in prehospital emergency resuscitation.


The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mesh-type hot melt dots and to a seamless heat-sealable film using the mesh-type hot melt dots, and, more particularly, to a method for manufacturing mesh-type hot melt dots and to a seamless heat-sealable film using the mesh-type hot melt dots, which improve the flexibility of a fabric while maintaining the functions of the fabric, such as breathability and waterproof properties, when hot melt dots used for seamlessly adhering various portions or decorations onto the fabric are manufactured as mesh-type dots, which can not only prevent the unraveling of the end of the fabric after cutting, but can improve the adhesion between the fabric and the various portions or decorations as much as possible using a sealant, which uses a mesh roller defining an intaglio-type indentation for forming a mesh-type adhesive material layer on an object to be adhered during the manufacture of the abovementioned mesh-type hot melt dots, thus forming the mesh-type adhesive material layer after first forming an adhesive material layer on the surface of the object to be adhered during a primary treatment process, in order to transfer all of the adhesive that was filled in the indentation of the mesh roller to the object to be adhered without leaving any adhesive remaining, and which can thus improve the production efficiency and the service life of the mesh roller.


Jason Hawkes, Britain's leading aerial photographer, has been taking to the skies with his camera for more than fifteen years. In this, his latest collection, he has trained his camera on the familiar and less familiar parts of London. Familiar parts of the city take on a new dimension when viewed from above, and this book lets you see landmarks as you've never seen them before. Each photograph is accompanied by informative text from leading travel author Donna Dailey. Donna has written several books on London and gives each picture an extra dimension with an extended caption. In the five features she gives greater detail on certain aspects of England's capital, namely Village London, London as a world capital, how the city grew, the city's green spaces and finally, its modern architecture.


This chapter highlights Liz Lane's Landscapes (2009). This song cycle, a special birthday commission for a young baritone, displays great empathy with the rich emotional world and stirring imagery of well-loved texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Clare, and William Wordsworth. Words are set with clarity and sensitivity, in natural response to their resonances. The attractive musical idiom is basically tonal, but quite chromatic, encompassing changes of pace and mood with admirable fluency. Although unafraid of occasional extremes of register, the composer wisely focuses on medium tessitura when wishing to show the voice's full palette of colours and shadings. Piano writing is clear and practical, ranging from ostinato figures to simple diaphanous textures and held chords. The three songs are well contrasted: the short opening setting ends in a passage of exultant shouting and the last song, in which the piano takes a major role, gives the singer a satisfying glissando.


Vortex electromagnetic (EM) waves with orbital angular momentum (OAM) offer a new degree of freedom for radar detection. Although to date few researches on target scattering characteristics of vortex EM waves have been reported. In this paper, the backscattering characteristics of vortex EM waves for a perfectly conducting wedge is investigated experimentally using the radar cross section (RCS) calibration measurement method. The experimental results show that for vortex EM waves, due to the specific spatial distribution, the RCS fluctuation of vortex EM waves is different from that of plane EM waves, and it varies with the OAM mode of the incident wave. The RCS of OAM beams is higher than that of the plane wave in some incident direction. This phenomenon indicates that vortex EM waves are more effective than plane EM waves to detect the low RCS target in some direction. And vortex EM waves of different OAM modes may be helpful to detect the low RCS target by increasing the RCS of the target.


Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare multisystemic, autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder affecting 0.5–1 per 100 000 live births. Mutations in cystinosin, a lysosomal transporter, result in intralysosomal accumulation and crystallization of cystine in several organs including skeletal muscles. Systemic complications of cystinosis include Fanconi syndrome, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, pancreatic exocrine deficiency, crystalline keratopathy, retinal blindness, hypogonadism, benign intracranial hypertension, central nervous system involvement, and vascular calcifications. Cysteamine and renal replacement therapies, including renal transplantation, prolong the life of cystinosis patients and lead to observation of some of the nonrenal complications of cystinosis including vacuolar myopathy. Oral cysteamine treatment delays but does not prevent renal and nonrenal cystinosis complications, hence, the need for better therapies. Cystinosis myopathy generally starts as early as the second decade of life. Patients develop insidious, primarily distal myopathy most prominently affecting the hands and resulting in intrinsic hand muscle weakness, atrophy, and contractures. Many patients also develop proximal and facial weakness. The distal hand weakness causes difficulty with important daily activities, including typing, writing, buttoning, and tying shoelaces among other functions. Dysphagia, a manifestation of oropharyngeal and esophageal muscle weakness, occurs in approximately 66% of cystinosis patients and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. The dysphagia severity correlates with increased age and the severity of the myopathy. Patients with dysphagia have difficulty with medication and nutritional intake, and have an increased likelihood of aspiration pneumonia. Respiratory muscle weakness, seen as a restrictive pattern on pulmonary function tests, occurs in 69% of the adult post-transplant patients not on cysteamine treatment, and correlates with the severity of cystinosis limb weakness. Serum creatine kinase is typically normal. The electrodiagnostic findings are those of myopathy with spontaneous activity in the form of fibrillation potentials and positive sharp waves, and rapidly recruiting small motor unit potentials in distal greater than proximal muscles. Myotonic discharges can be seen in several muscles. The electrodiagnostic abnormalities can be seen even in the absence of clinically overt myopathy. Autophagic, acid-phosphatase positive vacuoles, reminiscent of lysosomal storage disorders, represent the pathologic hallmark of cystinosis myopathy. Cystine crystals do not form inside myofibers and vacuoles but cystine concentration is increased in muscle. The cascade of events following cystine accumulation in myofibers leading to myopathy is not known. No specific treatment for cystinosis myopathy exists currently. In this issue of Muscle & Nerve, Sadjadi et al reported the results of their prospective study on clinical trial readiness of distal myopathy and dysphagia in nephropathic cystinosis. In visit 1, the authors evaluated 20 nephropathic cystinosis patients (7 male and 13 female, age range 20-64 years). A total of 80% of the patients took oral cysteamine, and 90% of the patients had a renal transplant. The medications used for immunosuppression were not reported. Patients underwent manual muscle testing of the upper and lower extremities, video fluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS), and pulmonary function testing. Patients also completed patient-reported measures (The M. D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory [MDADI] and The 10-item Eating Assessment Tool [EAT-10]) and clinical outcome measures (9-Hole Peg Test [9-HPT], Timed 25-Foot Walk [25-FW], Timed Up and Go test [TUG], and grip dynamometry). Furthermore, the authors created a distal myopathy functional scale consisting of 22 items initially that was reduced to 16 items following Rasch analysis of the initial survey. The authors found proximal upper extremity muscle weakness in eight patients, half of whom also had proximal lower extremity weakness. The weakest proximal muscle groups were neck flexion, shoulder abduction, and hip flexion. A total of 17 patients had distal upper extremity weakness, and 2 patients had facial weakness. Thirty percent of patients had dysphagia on VFSS, even though 85% of the patients reported difficulty swallowing. Muscle strength on clinical outcome measures was similar among patients with and without dysphagia on VFSS, indicating a lack of correlation between limb muscle strength and dysphagia in these patients or more likely lack of sensitivity of VFSS to capture dysphagia in this small study. At visit 2, the authors evaluated the same patients 12 mo later, using the same clinical and patient-reported outcome measures. TUG and 25-FW showed significant improvement comparing visit 1 and visit 2, while other measures did not show significant changes. Reasons for improvement of TUG and 25-FW are unclear but can be related to increasing familiarity of patients with repeated testing, physical therapy, or other factors. It cannot be the result of improvement in lower extremity muscle strength alone, as only 20% of the patients had proximal leg weakness. Furthermore, the cause of proximal weakness in the study patients can be cystinosis myopathy but can also be hypothyroidism (a known complication of cystinosis), deconditioning, or steroid myopathy (in patients on prednisone for Abbreviations: 25-FW, Timed 25-Foot Walk Test; 9-HPT, 9-Hole Peg Test; EAT-10, 10-item Eating Assessment Tool; MDADI, M. D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory; MEP, maximum expiratory pressure; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PAS, Penetration-Aspiration Scale; PCF, peak cough flow; TUG, Timed Up and Go Test; VFSS, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study. Received: 2 September 2020 Revised: 6 September 2020 Accepted: 11 September 2020


Current data indicate the involvement of the interleukin 17 (IL-17) family of cytokines both in the inflammatory and neoplastic processes. Among the family members, IL-17A and IL-17E seem to play a special role, showing different biological activities via their specific receptors IL-17R and IL-17BR. The comparison of the expression of IL-17 cytokines between leukocytes of patients with inflammation and leukocytes of those with neoplasia of the same location may elucidate their involvement in these two pathologies. The study was conducted in a group of 30 patients with perimaxillary inflammation and 32 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. The control group consisted of 15 healthy subjects. The expressions of IL-17E, IL-17A, IL-17BR and IL-17R in PMN and PBMC lysates were assessed by Western blot. The levels of IL-17E and IL-17A in cell supernatants and in serum were determined using the ELISA method. The expression and secretion of IL-17E, IL-17A and the expression of their receptors IL-17BR and IL-17R were higher in the leukocytes of patients with inflammation than in carcinoma patients. In the inflammatory patients, the expressions and secretion of IL-17E and IL-17A were higher in newtrophils (PMN) than in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC). The expressions of IL-17A and IL-17R were increased as compared to IL-17E and IL-17BR in the cells studied. A correlation was found between the levels of IL-17A in PMN supernatants and in the serum of patients with inflammation. The changes observed in the expression of the IL-17 family of cytokines and receptors are more characteristic of the inflammatory process and of neutrophils, which indicates greater involvement of these cells and the cytokines in the inflammatory process than in the neoplastic process occurring at the same location.


Demonstrating particle matter (PM) emissions compliance with environmental regulations is required for operation of any industrial, commercial or military facility. Emission sources are initially screened based on their visible opacity via US EPA Method 9 standard. Nowadays, it is rather surprising that opacity is still visually determined by human eyes with smoke school training and semi-annual certification. Nonetheless, opacity alone doesn't reveal particle concentration and size distribution which is crucial to determine PM values. It would be desirable to have an automated, calibratable device to make such a measurement with higher accuracy and reliability and is not available to date. We present our preliminary work on developing a compact, hand portable system capable of quantitatively determining plume optical opacity in combination with possible particle concentration and size distribution (and hence PM) measurement for standoff distances up to 150 meters. Our benchtop lidar-based system was built with a frequencydoubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and an optical receiver. We have demonstrated the feasibility of a remote-capable optical sensor system for real-time continuous monitoring of visible emission plumes and its effectiveness for quantitative opacity measurement. The hand-portable Remote Plume Particulate Matter (RPPM) meter being developed will be capable of determining opacity and PM load from remote PM sources will provide a regulatory compliance solution for visible emissions from sources for environmental studies, industrial and military applications.


The spatialization of meteorological variables when the ground network is scattered and the relief is disturbed is a major issue for watershed hydrology or for the characterization of agricultural water consumption. The aim of this study is to set up the SAFRAN re-analysis system on the Tensift catchment area in Morocco. To this end, all the meteorological measurements acquired on the site between 2004 and 2014 by several organisations were gathered in a single database and quality control was carried out.  SAFRAN was then assessed according to a leave-one-out approach, which consists of removing a station from the database and comparing the re-analysis with the data from this station. It was also compared to another technic for meteorological variables spatialization named MICROMET (Liston et al., 2006). Particular attention was paid on the mountainous areas. In order to reproduce the high climate variability in this area, SAFRAN is also set up with an irregular grid up to 1 km resolution and compared to the regular version (8 km grid point). The results show that the re-analysis on the irregular grid is much better than on the regular grid, especially in the mountains. For example, the validation at the Aremd mountain station (2058 m) shows that the bias and RMSE on the surface temperature decreased from -4.8°C and 6.2°C for the regular grid to 0.6°C and 3.6°C for the irregular grid. Likewise, for precipitation, the correlation coefficient is improved by more than 23% for the regular grid. Concerning the visible radiation, MICROMET is strongly biased compared to the measurements carried out at the Aremd station (86 W/m²) whereas for SAFRAN, the bias is only 48W/m². Our current work concerns the mapping of vertical soil-vegetation-atmosphere exchanges over the catchment area using SAFRAN forcing on the irregular grid. The challenge is notably to represent irrigation, which strongly modifies the surface water states.


In this paper, we study theory and implementation issues of dual-arm manipulation planning. We mainly discuss on three topics: (1) static geometrical approach on planning the position/orientation an object placed at the designated part on the environment, (2) pick-and-place planning of a dualarm manipulator where the planner automatically determines whether both arms have to be used simultaneously or not according to the context, and (3) implementation issues of dual-arm manipulation where manipulation planning can be performed within a reasonable time. The effectiveness will be verified through several experimental results.


The University of Salford has derived an exposure-response relationship for vibration in residential environments. Vibration measurements have been used for assessing the human exposure alongside a social study questionnaire based on face-to-face interviews for quantifying the human response. This paper deals with the exposure side of the study. In order to cover the wide range of exposures affecting the living environment, various types of vibration activity have been measured, namely: railway,
construction and domestic activity. Different and novel measurement approaches have been adopted for assessing the internal vibration exposure in almost 1,000 dwellings. This paper describes the methodologies used for deriving the est imate of the exposure for each vibration source considered and also provides some results. [Work funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) UK]


Abstract. Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based facial emotion recognition (FER) lacks structural information, which affects the accuracy of FER. To automatically extract structural features and enrich the representation of expression features, we propose a dual-branch network based on CNN and graph CNN (GCNN) for FER. Specifically, one branch uses CNN to obtain the global features of expressions; in the parallel branch, we adopt a sparse coding strategy and propose a landmark-guided GCNN to extract the facial structure information under different expressions, enhancing the feature representation of key regions of facial expressions. The features of the two branches are fused through the channel attention mechanism to increase the semantic strength of the features to obtain more comprehensive and accurate expression features for expression classification. The entire deep neural network is trained end-to-end, and the extracted expression features are more discriminative, thereby improving the classification performance. Our experimental results prove the effectiveness of the proposed method on three publicly available datasets such as CK  +   (99.24%), Fer2013 (73.26%), and Raf-db (87.42%). The proposed algorithm for extracting image structure information can be flexibly implanted into any model of image classification, image segmentation, etc., where the input image has structural information.


The concept of "world literature" can be viewed as insisting on returning to reading a text without the mechanical use of literary theory. This means, as Zhang Longxi notes, referring to Kermode, "tak[ing] whatever theoretical help you fancy, but follow[ing] your nose" (Zhang 2010, 7; Kermode 2004, 85) 2 and reading literature through multidimensional interpretations. If I can regard the reading of a text put in the framework of literary theory as a kind of paternalistic and dogmatic "check-up," then I will label the alternative, reading literature in a kind of follow-your-nose way, Rogerian empathy—the understanding of the "voice" of a text from its internal framework of references. However, this raises a simple question: How should we read literature from a certain area from the viewpoints of other language-speaking areas? "The deconstruction," Paul de Man says, "constituted the text in the first place" (1979, 17), but if so, meanings of sentences are defined on the basis of a reader's socio-cultural background—such as traditions, ways of thinking, and laws—and emotion. A person's reading of literature in another language might always result in misreading in a sense. However, we cannot simply call it misreading, because "I feel, therefore I am." From a neurological perspective, intelligence and emotion are united. Intelligence and feeling link to the faculty of reason, and emotion has a critical role in enhancing one's faculties. As brain 1 This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 25370672. This paper is based on the manuscript 2 The page number in Zhang comes from the Japanese translation. The IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship Volume 3 – Issue 1 – Winter 2014


Abstract This article deals with a solvability for a problem of random fractional differential equations with n sequential derivatives and nonlocal conditions. The existence and uniqueness of solutions for the problem is obtained by using Banach contraction principle. New random data concepts for the considered problem are introduced and some related definitions are given. Also, some results related to the dependance on the introduced data are established for both random and deterministic cases.


With the smart grids growth, much information started to be generated daily by smart meters throughout the power grids. The acquisition of large volume of data enables improvements in the management, control and maintenance of networks. However, processing of this data is a slower, costly and complex task. In this context, the process of discovering patterns in large data sets, called data mining, can be considered as an important ally in the electrical sector with focus on identifying non-technical losses, as it is an important challenge for power utilities, especially in the case of customers in rural grids. Thus, the objective of this paper is to present a methodology applying data mining to identify correlations and patterns in the features associated with the rural power consumption, considering meteorological and power consumption data in the irrigation period. Results obtained in a case study where situations of non-technical losses were simulated show great recognition capacity after the application of data mining and reduction of the considered variables. Discrepancies of 10% or higher are detected for all considered rural consumers.


Abstract. Land alteration for intensive agriculture has been a major cause of species decline and extinction globally. In marginal grazing regions of southern Australia, native perennial shrubs are increasingly being planted to supplement pasture feeding of stock. Such revegetation has the benefits of reducing erosion and salinity, and importantly, the potential provision of habitat for native fauna. We explored the use of revegetated native saltbush by the sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) an endemic Australian species common in the region. We repeatedly sampled revegetated saltbush throughout 2010 and 2011 for adults (n = 55) and juveniles (n = 26). Using genotypes from eight microsatellite loci, parents were assigned to half of all juveniles with high statistical confidence. Parents were sampled in the same patch of revegetated saltbush as their offspring, thus supporting the observation that juvenile sleepy lizards remain within the home range of their parents before dispersal. Most importantly, our findings indicate that revegetated saltbush provides important habitat for T. rugosa at significant life stages – before and during breeding for adults, and before dispersal for juveniles. We conclude that revegetation using simple, monoculture plantations provides beneficial habitat for T. rugosa and may also be beneficial habitat for other native species in human-altered agricultural landscapes.


The eruption of Mount Pinatubo introduced large amounts of sulfur-containing particles into the stratosphere. Stratospheric ozone measured by ozonesondes and satellites is significantly lower following the June 1991 eruption and throughout 1992 and 1993. To clarify the mechanisms leading to effects on stratospheric ozone, time-dependent stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment II (SAGE II) and cryogenic limb array elaton spectrometer (CLAES) aerosol optical extinction data and SAGE II surface area density are used as parameters in a two-dimensional (2-D) zonally averaged chemical radiative transport model. The model was integrated with time from before the eruption through December 1993. The modeled impact on global ozone results from increased rates of heterogeneous reactions on sulfate aerosols and from the increased radiative heating and scattering caused by these aerosols. The model's dynamical response to changes in forcing (from changes in radiatively active trace gas concentrations and from aerosol heating) is treated in one of three ways: (1) the stratospheric temperature is perturbed, with fixed seasonal circulation, (2) the circulation is perturbed, with fixed seasonal temperature, or (3) both circulation and temperature are unperturbed, when investigating only the impact of Mount Pinatubo increased aerosol surface area density (SAD) and aerosol scattering of actinic solar radiation, When the aerosol heating is allowed to modify the temperature distribution, the maximum change calculated in equatorial column ozone is −1.6%. The calculated equatorial temperature change and peak local ozone change in October 1991 are +6 K and −4%, respectively. When aerosol heating perturbs the circulation in the model, the maximum change in equatorial column ozone is −6%. Increased heterogeneous processing on sulfate aerosols is calculated to have changed equatorial column ozone in late 1991 by −1.5%. Global column ozone in the model in 1992 and 1993 changed by −2.8% and −2.4%, respectively. The relationship of ozone-controlling processes in the lower stratosphere is altered as well; HOx becomes the most important catalytic cycle, followed by ClOx and NOx. This is driven by significant changes in trace gas concentrations. In October 1991, lower stratospheric, equatorial NOx decreased by 40%, ClOx increased by 60%, and HOx increased by 25%. When the effect of heterogeneous chemical processing on sulfate aerosols is combined with aerosol heating, modifying either circulation or temperature, dramatically different ozone fingerprints with time and latitude are predicted. Model-derived changes in the equatorial region in column ozone best represented the observed data when perturbed circulation was combined with heterogeneous chemical effects. However, at high latitudes, the increased ozone production from the strengthening of the mean circulation tends to cancel the heterogeneous reduction of ozone. This is not in good agreement with observed data, especially in 1992 and 1993. When the circulation is held fixed and the temperature allowed to change, and heterogeneous chemical effects are included, the equatorial ozone decrease predicted was too small for 1991. However, the mid- to high-latitude decrease in 1992 and 1993 is in better agreement with observed data.


Detection of acoustic alarms using linear cross-correlation and morphological tools. Application to alarm sounds from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).


Objective:To study the pathogenic mechanism of chronic gastric ulcers with concurrent mycotic infection and its clinical manifestation and pathogenic findings.Methods: 16 cases of chronic gastric ulcer patients with concurrent mycotic infection were scanned and examined pathologically by employing paraffin method,HE staining,PAS staining,Gram′staining as well as microscopic observations.Results: When there was an occurrence of chronic gastric ulcer with concurrent mycotic infection,the growing mould fungus on ulcerated surface resulted in formation of acidophilic granuloma accompanied by forming sinusoid pattern-like interstitial space into granulation tissues and cicatricial tissues,enlarged surrounding ulcer tissues and pathological variation,which caused clinical manifestation varied in patients.Conclusion: The occurrence of concurrent mycotic infection preludes chronic gastric ulcer,but a convinced diagnosis relies on detecting mycelium in gastroscopic observation and living specimen from gastrectomy via pathological findings.


1772 Editorials | JNCI DOI:10.1093/jnci/djt336 © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: email@example.com. value at the bedside and at the societal level. The risk of not being proactive will be a widening of the gap in outcomes between those patients with and without the resources to access these innovations that can improve the quality and length of their lives.


INTRODUCTION
This study assessed the relationship of E-cadherin mRNA and protein expression with the diagnosis of lung cancer with the aim of providing an auxiliary diagnostic method.

METHODS
Semi-quantitative nested RT-PCR and western blotting were applied to detect E-cadherin mRNA transcripts and protein, respectively, in 30 cases of diagnostic lung cancer, 30 cases of clinically suspected patients with lung cancer and 30 cases of other disease. Immunohistochemical staining was also used to detect E-cadherin.

RESULTS
Remarkably decreased levels of relative E-cadherin mRNA value and increased E-cadherin protein negativity were observed in probable lung cancer, when compared with possible lung cancer and others. With a threshold of 1.45, relative E-cadherin mRNA value showed a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 83% for the diagnosis of lung cancer. The combination of decreased relative E-cadherin mRNA value and negative E-cadherin protein increased the specificity and sensitivity.

CONCLUSION
These data suggest that Chinese patients with diagnostic lung cancer have similar decreased levels of relative E-cadherin mRNA and E-cadherin protein value in the lung cancer tissues as in lung cancer patients in other countries. Measurement of relative E-cadherin mRNA and protein values in lung cancer tissues has potential for lung cancer diagnosis.


Neonatal HIV infection causes rapid disease progression to end-stage of AIDS if untreated. To date, there are no reported cases of a genuine functional cure in Pediatric AIDS ClinicalTrial Group lacking integrase inhibitor regimen, even when initiated early. In this study, three infant rhesus macaques born on the same day were intravenously infected with SIV on the day of birth and received ART containing tenofovir, FTC, and dolutegravir (DTG) initiated 3 days post infection and continued daily for 9 months. The results showed early ART combination effectively suppressed viral replication to undetectable viremia throughout the treatment course. Remarkably, two of three infants showed complete virologic remission and intestinal CD4+ T cell preservation throughout the period of studyafter analytical treatment interruption (ATI), as well as undetectable cell-associated proviral DNA in PBMCs, axillary lymph nodes (LNs), and rectal biopsies. However, viral rebound was observed in one of the three infants at two months post ATI. Notably, very low levels of integrated proviral SIV DNA were detected in the lymph node of this animal under cART. Sustained virologic remission was achieved in the other two infants despite absence of protective MHC alleles or neutralizing antibody responses. These findings suggest that early integrase inhibitor-based ART, initiated before irreversible proviral reservoir seeding, can completely suppress viral replication and effectively block new viral genome integration, providing a proof of concept that HIV functional cure and possibly a cure is possible, at least in a proportion of infants postnatally infected with HIV.


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Porang is one of the tubers that grow easily in the plains of Indonesia, one of which is in the Madiun city area, East Java. Porang tubers can be used in various sectors, namely in food processing. Porang tubers are used as the basic material for making food, such as flour. However, porang tubers contain high levels of calcium oxalate. It can cause itchy tongue and throat. This study aimed to determine the effect of temperature and soaking time of porang tubers in 5% acetic acid solution. Soaking the porang tuber sample at 60°C had the greatest decrease percentage in calcium oxalate, which was 53.91%. Soaking the porang tubers for 60 minutes also gave the largest reduction percentage in calcium oxalate, namely 42.54%.


Because operator can't observe the motion of bridge-detection Vehicle directly,a three dimensional modelling of bridge-detection Vehicle is built,which can display the motion of arm.This paper introduces a method to build and control the modeling which based on OpenGL ES commands.Two ways are taken to achieve the goal;they are directly modeling method and plug-in modeling method.These two methods are proved to be commendable after being tested.


©American Political Science Association, 2019 2019 APSA Awards Recognizing excellence in the profession is one of the most important roles of APSA. Through the service of member committees who review nominations, APSA confers awards for the best dissertations, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields of the discipline as well as for career achievement in research, teaching, and service to the discipline. The 2019 APSA Awards were presented at the annual meeting on Wednesday, August 28.


Image processing is generally constructed based on the gray information such as statistical gray histogram, gradient, texture, etc. However, a concrete technique that used this co-occurrence procession had been chiefly limited to the texture identification. Since the gray histogram is the most influential for extracting the global image properties, it has been always expected to be improved or extended. From this view point, it was notable that Dr. Kashiwagi proposed a new paradigm of feature extraction called Frequency Image. As well as histogram, co-occurrence histogram or co-occurrence matrix is also such influential basic image feature especially for the texture feature analysis. In this paper, we introduce a new paradigm of texture feature image called "Co-occurrence Frequency Image" as a complete extension FI. Since co-occurrence histogram CH = ( qxy ) of a pair of the gray values has been frequently used for the texture analysis of a image F = ( fij ), we propose a new scheme of co-occurrence frequency image CFI = ( gij ), gij = qxy as a smart feature of the image F, which denotes the number of frequency of fij and gives a new image of which value has the frequency values of its co-occurrence histogram qxy. This paper introduces this idea and investigates its properties from the view point of image feature extraction. For example, it is promising to construct a new edge feature extraction by a band-pass filter to the co-occurrence frequency image. And, here we have a image F = ( fij ) where the respective size is M in horizontal and N in vertical and the number of gray levels is 256. Let the gray histogram H = h(fij) be prepared from the image F = (fij). Frequency image (FI) is expressed as: FI = P = (pt) pt = h(fij) (t = 0, 1, 2, ..., 255) ........................................................ (1) where t denotes bits number of image F = ( fij ). Frequency image (FI) introduced by Dr. Kashiwagi, et.al. is shortly investigated here. Fig.1 shows the outline of the frequency image (FI), and FI is a new image of which value represents the gray frequency characterized by the gray histogram H of a given image. Co-occurrence histogram CH is generally defined based on a pair of pixels fij and fi+K j+L in the image. K and L are the parameters for describing the relationship between a pair of pixels. Let co-occurrence histogram (CH) be the co-occurrence frequency value of a given image. And in the same way for introducing FI form H, it could be easy to define a new image, CFI, of which value represents a frequency values of the co-occurrence frequency histogram CH of the image. This new image could be called Co-occurrence Frequency Image (CFI) Fig.2 shows an example of a set of an image F = ( fij ), its CH and CFI. CH is expressed as: CH = ( qxy ), qxy = hh(fij, fi+K j+L) (x = 0, 1, ..., 255, y = 0, 1, ..., 255, -M+1 ≦ K ≦ M-1, -N+1 ≦ L ≦ N-1)............ (2) and CFI is expressed as: CFI = ( gij ), gij = qxy (i = 0, 1, ..., M, j = 0, 1, ..., N, x = 0, 1, ..., 255, y = 0, 1, ..., 255) ................................. (3) where x and y denotes the address of CH.


Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) have been in the focus of polymer chemistry in recent years, mainly due to their biocompatibility and various applications in biomaterials and biology. In the present...


Calcification is usually identified by a well-delineated, low back-scattering heterogeneous region without signal attenuation on optical coherence tomography (OCT), whereas red-thrombus is characterized as a high-backscattering protrusion with attenuation. Although the visualization of intense dorsal shadowing must be interpreted as red-thrombus according to classical OCT diagnostic criteria, thick calcification ( 1.5 mm) may also generate intense posterior shadowing, due to inability of near-infrared light penetration. In this case, OCT images suggested redthrombus while MSCT/IVUS findings demonstrated calcification (Figure 1). Nodular calcification should be taken into account to prevent stent under-expansion or coronary perforation, even in cases with redthrombus on OCT.


The industrial convergence is becoming an important phenomenon in the development of industrial economy.Based on the review on the research of the industrial convergence,this paper analyzes the characteristics of online games,deconstructs the convergence of online games and tourism,and discusses the convergence forms of these two industries.


Macroscopic variables of the macroscopic system lose the quantum fluctuations in the macroscopic limit. A separate Hilbert space corresponds to each c-number value of these macroscopic variables. The measuring process in quantum mechanics consists of recording these c-number values and amounts to determination of the Hilbert space to which the system belongs. These observations provide a solution to the problem of measurement and lead to predictions concerning the c-number equations of motion of the macroscopic variables.


Background information. Fluoride is a well‐known G‐protein activator. Exposure of cultured cells to its derivatives results in actin cytoskeleton remodelling. Podosomes are actin‐based structures endowed with adhesion and matrix‐degradation functions. This study investigates actin cytoskeleton reorganization induced by fluoride in endothelial cells.


Background High‐sensitivity cardiac troponins T and I (hs‐cTnT and hs‐cTnI) are established biomarkers for myocardial injury and used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. However, whether repeat measurements improve prediction of recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) after adjustment for several other novel biomarkers remains unclear. Methods and Results We measured both troponins in 873 coronary heart disease patients from the KAROLA (Langzeiterfolge der Kardiologischen Anschlussheilbehandlung) study about 9 weeks after their initial acute event (baseline) and after 12 months, followed them for 12 years, assessed a combined CVD end point, and adjusted for several risk factors. As we found evidence for effect modification, results were stratified according to presence of myocardial infarction at baseline. During follow‐up, 186 fatal and non‐fatal CVD events occurred. Both baseline and 12‐months troponin concentrations were significantly associated with CVD events in patients without myocardial infarction at baseline; in tendency 12 months of troponin showed stronger hazard ratios (hs‐cTnT: hazard ratios 1.91 (95% CI 1.17–3.11) versus baseline values 1.71 (95% CI 1.08–2.70) and for hs‐cTnI: hazard ratio 1.55 (95% CI 1.05–2.30) versus baseline value 1.22 (95% CI 0.88–1.68) in the fully and simultaneously adjusted model. Conclusions Both troponins are consistently associated with recurrent cardiovascular events after adjustment for emerging risk factors during follow‐up in our study especially evident in patients without myocardial infarction at baseline. Troponin values at 12 months of follow‐up showed independent associations with future CVD events in addition to baseline assessments of troponins.


Atmosphere corrosion resi stant steel is one of the most imp ortant products in Baosteel.The de velopment of such product in Baost eel is reviewed in present paper.M eanwhile,the ongoing research is b riefly introduced.The trend of hig h-strength,large gauge and variety of atmosphere corrosion resistant steel is suggested as well.


Although time domain reflectometry (TDR) is becoming accepted as an important tool for the measurement of soil water content and bulk soil electrical conductivity, a major part of the method is based on empirical relationships. An improved understanding of dielectric measurements on soils may give more insight into soil properties other than soil water content and bulk soil electrical conductivity. Frequency domain analysis of TDR waveforms enables the measurement of the frequency dependent complex dielectric permittivity of soils. The frequency dependent complex dielectric permittivity of soils can be described with a four-component complex dielectric mixing model based on the volumetric mixing of the refractive indices of the soil components. The four soil components in the model are air, solids, bound water, and free water. Results indicate that the apparent dielectric permittivity obtained from the travel time of the TDR pulse in the soil is the dielectric permittivity at the highest measurement frequency of the cable tester, probe, and soil system. The model based on the volumetric mixing of real permittivities underestimates the measurements in situations with high values of the imaginary part of the dielectric permittivity. Because the model based on the mixing of the complex dielectric permittivities can describe the data, we conclude that the apparent dielectric permittivity is influenced by the imaginary parts in the dielectric, permittivities of the soil components. Combination of the four-component complex dielectric mixing model with the complex dielectric permittivity obtained from the frequency domain analysis of TDR waveforms gives a tool for modeling the bulk soil electrical conductivity by separating the conductivity of the soil water into a bound water conductivity and a free water conductivity.


Community health screenings provide an opportunity for anyone to receive free or inexpensive health evaluations to help determine their risk of developing a medical condition such as diabetes. A major disadvantage to traditional health screenings is that they provide one-time data for participants but lack continuity of care. The participants are required to independently use the results from their screening to follow up with another provider.

Early detection and screenings can improve patient health outcomes and reduce the costs of care. The Diabetes Prevention Program conducted by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed that people at risk for developing diabetes could prevent or delay the onset of the disease through early detection, lifestyle modification, and medication therapy, when appropriate (1). An economic analysis by Chatterjee et al. (2) found that early detection of diabetes through health screenings provides overall health care cost savings.

With these considerations in mind, the goal of this project was to redesign the community health screening model to provide regularly scheduled health screening opportunities, patient education, and early detection and to improve access to care.

Recognizing the need to expand clinical screening services provided in a community setting, the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University (WSU) decided to redesign the traditional health screenings model to improve patient outcomes by providing multiple scheduled follow-up visits and to improve access by offering onsite health screenings at participants' workplaces. A partnership developed between the College of Pharmacy and the staff of local …


Figure 1 represents schematically the possible sources of pointing faults. First set of faults is connected with optical distortions and misalignements; these faults exist even when the target does not move. Here are: i - atmospherical distortions caused by turbulence, wind, and sometimes by thermal blooming; L2 distortions and misalignements of optical systems (both receiving, affecting the accuracy of target position determination, and transmitting, thus deteriorating output beam quality) ; E3 -faults that are usually connected with a discrete nature of coordinate photoreceptor; E4 -faults and distortions of the laser optical path: dynamic distortions in amplifiers, scanning systems limited accuracy, misalignements and vibrations of the optical elements, etc. It is worth to note that -2' and L4arenonlinearly dependen on the laser beam power. Second set of faults is connected with temporal delays; they are most dangerous when pointing to the moving targets. Here are: T1 - timeof double light pass to target; T2 - time of obtaining signal from photoreceptors; T3 - time of signal processing; T4 - response time of deflectors. So to achieve the high-stable laser beams pointing means to minimize the values of all listed factors. In some cases physical limitations exist (e.g. one can not overcome the diffraction limit for A2; or the light speed limit for T1 , and it easy to see that for long-distance cases this fundamental limitation becomes the strongest) ; in other cases the break-through lies in the development of non-optical technologies (as, say, in computing technology for T3). Thus our efforts were to find some possible and "optical" ways in order to improve the accuracy of laser beams pointing.


Abstract Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the southwestern United States have changed dramatically over the past century, primarily in response to grazing, logging, and fire suppression practices. As a result, forest restoration treatments are gaining attention as a forest management tool for reducing fire risk and improving ecological function of the forest. We trapped and radiocollared Abert's squirrels (Sciurus aberti) in restoration-treated ponderosa pine forests to determine changes in home range sizes as a result of restoration treatments. We report evidence that winter vs. nonwinter home range of Abert's squirrels was not different pre- vs. posttreatment. These results are important for land managers in designing forest treatments that reduce the risk of stand-replacing wildfire while providing habitat for the Abert's squirrel.


Unique Challenges for AI Inference Hardware at the Edge • Peak TOPS or TOPS/Watt are not ideal measures of performance at the edge. Cannot prioritize performance over power efficiency (throughput/watt) • Many AI Hardware rely on batching to improve utilization. Unsuitable for streaming data (batch size 1) use-case at the edge • AI hardware architectures that fully cache network parameters using large on-chip SRAM cannot be scaled down easily to sizes applicable for edge workloads. • Need adaptability to new workloads and the ability to deploy multiple AI models • AI-specific accelerator needs to operate within heterogenous compute environments • Need for efficient compiler & scheduling to maximize compute utilization • Need for high software robustness and usability


Using a hybrid Lagrangian‐Eulerian approach, a level set function–based immersed interface method (LS‐IIM) is proposed for the interaction of a flexible body immersed in a fluid flow. The LS‐IIM involves finite volume method for the fluid solver, Galerkin finite element method for the structural solver, and a block‐iterative partitioned method–based fully implicit coupling between the two solvers. The novelty of the proposed method is a level set function–based direct implementation of fluid‐solid interface boundary conditions in both the solvers. Another novelty is the computation of the level set function from a geometric method instead of differential equations commonly used in level set methods—the novel geometric as compared to the traditional method is found to be more accurate and less time‐consuming. The LS‐IIM is demonstrated as second‐order accurate. Verification study is presented first separately for both the solvers and then together for four fluid‐structure interaction (FSI) problems, with different levels of complexity including lid‐driven flow, channel flow, and free‐stream flow. Benchmark solutions are presented for two class of FSI problems: first, easy to set up and less time‐consuming and, second, a reasonably challenging and complex FSI problem involving sharp edges and forced‐motion of the flexible structure. The benchmark solutions are proposed at steady state for the first problem, after a verification study with two open‐source solvers and, at periodic state, after a validation with published experimental results for the second problem. Our benchmark solutions may be useful for verification study in future.


This article describes the authors' experiences of delivering a 3-day introductory diabetes workshop for healthcare professionals and unregistered practitioners (such as healthcare assistants), aimed at helping them develop diabetes knowledge and confidence in working with people with diabetes. The training can also be accessed as individual study days, or as part of the Certificate in Diabetes Care pathway at Anglia Ruskin University, which also validated the programme. A variety of techniques are used to facilitate participants in their learning. Feedback from the participants offers some information about how the training has increased their knowledge, skills and confidence in helping people with diabetes to manage their condition.


AS ISOLATED malformations, persistent truncus arteriosus and atresia of the aortic arch are unusual cardiovascular anomalies. The presence of both conditions in an individual has been reported in only two previous cases in the recent literature. 1,2 The diagnosis was made prior to death in one of these cases. 1 The purpose of this report is to describe the second case of persistent truncus arteriosus with associated aortic atresia in which the diagnosis was made premortem. Report of a Case A 3,200 gm (7 lb 1 oz) Negro male was born at term to a 16-year-old primigravida following an uncomplicated pergnancy and delivery. The infant appeared in good condition at birth, but a systolic murmur was noted on the first examination at 10 hours of age. At 3 days of age, the infant was noted to have marked tachypnea and very slight cyanosis of his mucous membranes and nail beds.


The motion of a 2-D heavy turbulent thermal is studied by large eddy simulations. The governing equations consist of the filtered 2-D Navier-Stokes equations and mass conservation equation and are solved using the combined cubic spline (CCS) scheme. The eddy viscosity is evaluated by the Smagorinsky model.The comparisons of computational results of main flow characteristics, including shape, size, mass center velocity and average buoyant force, with experimental results show that the numerical model gives a good description of the thermal. It is also demonstrated from the computation that the internal flow of the thermal is characterized by two symmetrical vortex structures and the density excess becomes a double-peak distribution after some distance.


Abstract : In Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn states that science usually manifests an essential tension between tradition and innovation. To successfully meet future military challenges, there will be major discontinuities between the Command and Control (C2) concepts. This briefing looks at collaborative and alternative C2 approaches.


4. Tilsala-Timisjärvi A, Alatossava T. Development of oligonucleotide primFigure 1. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns with eners from the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic sequences for identifying differzymes NotI (lanes 1–5) and SfiI (lanes 6–10) from different Lactobaent dairy and probiotic lactic acid bacteria by PCR. Int J Food Microbiol cillus rhamnosus strains. Restriction fragments of 4–500 kb and 23– 1997;35:49–56. 500 kb are produced with NotI and SfiI, respectively. Lanes 1 and 6, 5. Larvol L, Monier A, Besnier P, Levecq H. Abcès hépatique à Lactobacillus isolate from the patient; lanes 2 and 7, L. rhamnosus GG; lanes 3 acidophilus. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 1996;20:193–5. and 8, a strain of dairy origin (Lc705); lanes 4 and 9, L. rhamnosus 6. Klein N, Schoch PE, Cunha BA. Lactobacillus acidophilus liver abscess. ATCC 7469; and lanes 5 and 10, an unrelated strain of intestinal Infectious Diseases Newsletter 1991;10:101–2. origin (42:15). 7. Isobe H, Fukai T, Iwamoto H, et al. Liver abscess complicating intratumoral ethanol injection therapy for HCC. Am J Gastroenterol 1990;85:


The problems of stochastic stability and H∞ control for a class of discrete time singular networked control systems (SNCSs) with data packet dropouts and nonlinear perturbation are investigated in this paper. By modeling the sensor-to-controller and controller-to-actuator with random data packet dropouts as Markov chains, the closed-loop system can be expressed as a jump discrete singular system with four modes. A sufficient condition for the existence of a controller is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), the controller gain can be solvable via the cone complementary linearization method, and the designed controller guarantees the systems to be regular, causal and stochastically stable and satisfies H∞ performance. In addition, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


Nowadays the majority of companies in the world are adopting Agile methodology for developing their software products due to the methodology promises to deliver product faster with good quality. The most significant method for checking the quality of a product is software testing. However, in Agile development, software testing is very complex and still has challenges. This is largely happened because the Agile development does not concentrate much on software testing activities. It focuses on customer involvement, short iterations, and regular deliveries. This study is a comprehensive review of the current practices of software testing in the Agile methods. The comparison is made based on some criteria such as change during iteration, acceptance criteria, and quality assurance activities. The aim is to identify the similarities and differences between these methods especially in creating test cases. The study focuses on three common Agile methods which are XP, Scrum and Kanban. The review shows no difference in the techniques for designing test cases between these three methods. This result can contribute to help the developers and testers who adopt Agile methodology to follow the same rule of creating test cases based on the suitable technique in different Agile methods.


The mechanism of the vasodilator effect of procaine amide in dogs was investigated in isolated gracilis muscle and hindpaw perfused at constant flows with arterial blood. Inhibition of sympathetic ganglionic transmission contributed predominantly to the vasodilatation in muscle that accompanied intravenous administration of procaine amide (20 mg/kg). In contrast, comparable amounts of procaine amide administered locally had no detectable effects on resistance vessels; in both muscle and paw, no decreases in base-line perfusion pressures and no inhibition of constrictor responses to phenylephrine, angiotensin, and 5-hydroxytryptamine occurred. Also, procaine amide had no detectable effects on constrictor responses to stimulation of sympathetic postganglionic nerves. Procaine amide reduced the reflex vasoconstrictor response to carotid hypotension, but this reduction was comparable to the inhibition of sympathetic ganglionic transmission. The absence of direct inhibitory effects on baroreceptors and central reflex pathways was supported by the failure of intracarotid administration of procaine amide to alter detectably in gracilis muscle base-line perfusion pressures and reflex constrictor responses to carotid hypotension. Procaine amide reduced reflex responses to carotid chemoreceptor stimulation with nicotine but not those to stimulation with cyanide, suggesting a direct selective inhibitory action on the carotid body but not on the central pathways of the reflex. We conclude that the vasodilator effect of procaine amide results from inhibition of ganglionic transmission. A similar hexamethoniumlike effect may account for the inhibition of carotid chemoreceptor stimulation by nicotine.


To identify the risk factors for incisional surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing emergency surgery for colorectal perforation.

 Emergency surgery for colorectal perforation carries an especially high risk of incisional SSI. Although the risk factors of incisional SSI after colorectal surgery have been analyzed, no study has focused exclusively on patients with colorectal perforation.

 Patients with colorectal perforation who underwent emergent surgery from 2010 to 2015 were enrolled. The factors associated with the occurrence of postoperative incisional SSI were evaluated.

 We enrolled 108 patients with colorectal perforation who underwent an emergency operation. Of these, 13 patients who died within 30 days after surgery were excluded. The mean age of the 95 study patients was 70 ± 13 years; 48 (51%) patients were male. The incisional SSI group comprised 26 patients (27%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that stoma creation [odds ratio: 11.34; 95% confidence interval: 2.06–214.14] was an independent risk factor for incisional SSI. However, none of the clinical indicators of severe peritonitis and sepsis, including body temperature, systolic blood pressure, heart rate, preoperative white blood cell count, and C-reactive protein, were associated with the occurrence of incisional SSI.

 Stoma creation was an independent risk factor for postoperative incisional SSI. Therefore, in this patient population, meticulous postoperative wound management is essential.


The paper introduced how to plan environmental test effectively during product RD and production,discussed how to choice the test item and test requirement in the appropriate phase.


In this paper, a dual-band footwear textile antenna is proposed for off-body network communication, which covers 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 915 MHz bands of LoRa applications. Due to the good structural flexibility of the textile material, the proposed antenna is closely conformal to the heel to accommodate the tight space at the shoes. To achieve dual-band performance, the radiation patch is slotted to generate a low frequency resonance of 433 MHz, while an additional strip is loaded perpendicularly to the feeding line to generate a high frequency resonance. The simulation results show that the bandwidths of the antenna are 51 MHz and 257 MHz in the lower and upper bands, which are enough to cover most frequency bands of LoRa communication. Besides, the measurement results illustrate the antenna has good horizontal omnidirectional radiation characteristics for off-body communication.


A guidance and control framework is proposed based on auto-pilot for unmanned aerial vehicle( UAV) to track the ground target. The combination of"UAV +auto-pilot"is considered as a dynamic system with bank angle,flight height and velocity as inputs. Laterally,compared with next period,heading angle error of UAV and error between relative distance and prescribed tracking distance are calculated out to work out bank angle command as well as the cycle of calculation. Longitudinally,in order to decrease sensitivity of target state estimation to UAV gesture error,flight height command is derived with sensor resolution taken into consideration. The simulation based on 6 degree of freedom model of UAV indicates that the proposed guidance law has a stability and precision superior to that of the Lyapunov Vector Field Guidance( LVFG) and Tangular Vector Field Guidance( TVFG).


Our thanks to Dr Karger and Professor Kretschmer [1] for their valuable comments which, however, contain some points that need clarifying. According to current German national guidelines (GG), donors weighing not less than 50 kg may donate a maximum of 750 ml of plasma (including citrate anticoagulant) per plasmapheresis session [2]. This regulation is not based on the results of our study [3], but is rather the expression of experience gained over a substantial period of time. According to the GG in force between 1996 and 2005 [4], donors were permitted to donate 650 ml of plasma per session (excluding anticoagulant) regardless of body weight, which had to be not less than 50 kg. Most German plasma centres generally considered these 650 ml excluding anticoagulant to equate to 750 ml of plasma including anticoagulant. On the basis of questionable validation studies several plasma centres even came to equate 650 ml of plasma excluding anticoagulant with as much as 815 ml of plasma including citrate. It was to eliminate the confusion about differences between plasma volumes with and without anticoagulant therefore that led more recent GG to limit the amount of plasma collected per session expressly to 750 ml including anticoagulant. Since 1996 at least 8 million plasmapheresis sessions have been performed in Germany without evidence of any increased frequency of circulatory adverse events among donors weighing 50–59 kg. Our prospective findings support this, indicating that neither body weight nor the amounts of plasma donated per kilogram of body weight per session were associated with ceasing from donating for medical reasons, no matter whether related or unrelated to the plasma donations themselves. We did however find an association between dropouts related to medical disorders, low IgG, total serum protein (TSP) or haemoglobin (Hb) levels, and female gender. Our study included 38 females weighing < 56 kg and 117 females weighing 56–60 kg who subsequently donated a total of 2125 and 9747 plasma units, respectively. We observed no severe circulatory adverse events in these donors, but 45 females in all dropped out because of low IgG, TSP, or Hb. Karger and Kretschmer have performed two excellent studies on blood volume regulations in plasmapheresis donors [5,6]. One retrospective analysis included 874 males and 330 females who donated a total of 40 133 plasma units over more than 7 years, which revealed no association between the maximum extracorporeal blood volume during plasmapheresis and circulatory adverse events. The second study of 60 donors showed that up to a maximum of 20%, the extracorporeal volume during plasmapheresis did not reliably predict the degree of hypovolaemic stress. It is difficult to understand why individuals included in these studies should have been donating 650 ml of plasma per session including anticoagulant, which is uncommon in Germany. Therefore, the statement of Karger and Kretschmer that donations of 750 ml of plasma including anticoagulant in donors weighing 50–56 kg clearly increase the risk of symptomatic hypovolaemia is speculative and not based on the evidence. Moreover, the calculations of maximum extracorporeal volumes used in both studies were based on transcapillary refilling rate results derived from small studies and bleeding experiments that cannot be compared with fractionated withdrawal and retransfusion of blood by plasmapheresis. We do, however, agree with Karger and Kretschmer that donor plasmapheresis in accordance with GG and other intensified plasmapheresis guidelines should be studied more extensively with regard to circulatory response and to volume shifts during and after the procedures. But parameters such as transcapillary refilling rate need to be actually determined and not just derived from the literature. Since most, but not all, plasma donors in Germany receive volume replacement at the end of each session the influence of fluid replacement on circulation and volume shifts also remains to be determined.


The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of time management skills on psychosocial factors in high school students. The subjects were 213 high school students in a high school located in J area. The measurement of time management ability and psychosocial factors (self efficacy and school life satisfaction) were measured using time management scale, self efficacy scale and school life satisfaction test. The relationship between time management ability and psychosocial factors are as follows. First, the relationship between high school students' time management ability and self-efficacy showed that all areas of general self-efficacy had a positive correlation with time management ability. Second, the relationship between the time management ability and the school life satisfaction showed that the sub domain of goal Received(August 10, 2018), Review Result(August 30, 2018) Accepted(September 7, 2018), Published(November 30, 2018) (Associate Professor) 54538 Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Wonkwang Univ. /Institution of Health Improvement & Institution of Environmental Science, Wonkwang Univ. Iksan, Korea email: firstname.lastname@example.com (Associate Professor, Corresponding Author) 54538 Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Wonkwang Univ., Institution of Health Improvement & Institution of Environmental Science Wonkwang Univ. Iksan, Korea email: firstname.lastname@example.com The Effect of Time Management Ability on Psychosocial Factors of High School Students Copyright c 2018 HSST 566 setting, execution and evaluation of time management ability was significantly correlated with the sub domain of school life satisfaction. The results of this study showed that the time management ability had a significant correlation with self-efficacy and school life satisfaction. Based on the results of this study, it will be necessary to plan and provide appropriate programs to improve time management ability for high school students' psychosocial support.


A new method for controlling liquid level of molten steel smelting noncrystalloid flimsy alloy line is presented. The fuzzy controller is used to adjust the sliding parameter of the sliding mode controller. The designed system has fast response and good robustness to the fluctuant of parameter and disturbance. In addition,the chattering of output is reduced. The result of simulation shows its availability for application and good dynamic character.


Gippsicola Hogg is one of the four genera included in the family Segestriidae. Currently this monotypic Australian genus is represented by Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900, a species described based on an immature specimen from Victoria, Australia. In this work we present a taxonomic revision of this genus, with an elucidative diagnosis, redescribing G. raleighi based on detailed morphologic characters of adult male specimens. Also, we are describing three new species: Gippsicola robusta n. sp. and G. lineata n. sp., both represented by males and females, and G. minuta n. sp., only known by the male. We provide some enlightenment on the systematics of Gippsicola and putative synapomorphies for the subfamily Segestriinae.


Abstract : This report asserts that selective sharing of protected information is fundamental to achieving cyber-physical situation awareness. The report summarizes recent results in information sharing based upon information owner declaration of need to share information protection policies. Finally the report provides examples of complex system understanding based on extending previous results for information architecture understanding and comparison to achieve netted, distributed situation awareness.