Graphene oxide is an outstanding photocatalyst used in water splitting reaction. However, the oxidation–reduction state causes unstable photocatalytic efficiencies. Electronic structure calculations combined with nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) are considered as an effective tool to decipher the catalytic nature in such materials, especially regarding their intrinsic electronic properties. In this work, we performed ab initio NAMD to investigate the phonon-mediated charge relaxation and recombination dynamics in oxidized, partially oxidized, and reduced graphene oxide quantum dots (GOQDs). The relaxation dynamics, such as symmetry and relaxation time, depend on the excitation levels and oxidation states. The partially oxidized and reduced GOQDs exhibit asymmetric relaxations at higher excitation levels, in which the partially oxidized GOQDs exhibit a faster electron decay, whereas the reduced GOQDs exhibit a faster hole decay. At lower excitation levels, the electron decay is faster in oxidized and...


In the May issue of the Journal, our efforts to develop information on college programs, support groups, and resources for youth and adult learning disabled were described. This article is the result of that effort.


T HE mechanism of sexual behavior has long been an intriguing although frustrating subject of investigation. With the discovery of the role of the gonads as producers of hormones, and particularly after the isolation, purification, and synthesis of the steroid hormones, biologists believed that a simple explanation of sexual behavior was at last available. Many observers had noted that sexual behavior in animals was species-specific and that these typical sexual patterns could be eliminated or altered by castration so that copulation was not attempted. After purified steroid hormones became available for experimental use, it became apparent that estrogenic materials, administered to the castrate female animal, often were able to reestablish her sexual pattern and that androgenic materials, administered to the castrate male animal, were similarly effective. When it became possible to measure the excretion of hormonal products, it was observed that in lower animals, females mated only when estrogenic production was at its height. This lent further proof to the thesis that sexual behavior was under direct and specific hormonal control. Observations of mating behavior of higher animals revealed some discrepancies in this concept. This was particularly true of the chimpanzee. The female chimpanzee was seen to mate at any phase of her cycle and would often continue to engage in the sex act even though castrated. The castrate male chimpanzee was observed to seek the female and copulate or attempt to copulate with her. There seemed to be a breaking away from the strict hormonal control of sexual behavior in higher animals.


Smart gas stove with inbuilt safety features reduces the risk of accidents and increases personal safety. This paper focuses on a smart gas stove by adding a device to the conventional gas stove used in a general household, to make it smart. This device helps in adding additional features such as automatic on/off, controlling of gas flames, gas leakage detection, timer-based operation, bluetooth based remotely controlled operation, whistle counter detection system and also controlled specific dish cooking such as Maggi, Pasta, etc. This device works in three different modes namely bluetooth control, timer control and leakage detection mode. With the help of timer-based operation, undercooking/overcooking is avoided, thereby minimizing gas usage. Furthermore, all these features help in automation in the kitchen, making the gas stove more user-friendly, convenient and risk-free. This device is tested for all the above-mentioned features and results are presented in the paper.


- The increase in the number of people with Alzheimer's disease is a significant concern in numerous countries. Hence, new results for precluding, detecting, and supporting persons with the disease are needed. The end of this design is to develop a prototype that provides cerebral support services and ensures secure transferring of information that can be delved by a family member to cover the person with Alzheimer's disease. Our system tracks the position of the person with announcement and sends an alert if the person leaves a specified area. Our system is useful for persons who are affected by mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease. It supports them in flashing back their family members. Our results show that our system is effective for detecting the images of the family members of a person with announcement while icing a high delicacy and perfection compared to other standard ways.


Background and aims Surgical site infection is a common complication after surgery. Periprocedural antibiotics are necessary to prescribe for preventing or treating infections. The present study aimed to explore the effect of intravenous antibiotics on gut microbiota and menaquinone biosynthesis in patients, especially in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods A total of 388 fecal samples were collected from 154 cardiac surgery patients. The V3–V4 hypervariable region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced on a MiSeq PE300. The gut microbiota diversity of samples was analyzed in terms of α- and β-diversity at the OTU level. The different groups were classified according to antibiotics in combinations and single antibiotics. PICRUSt2 was used for preliminary prediction of the gut microbiota function for menaquinone biosynthesis. Results The intravenously administered antibiotics which are excreted via bile represents the main antibiotics that could disturb the gut microbiota's composition in cardiac surgery patients, especially for elderly patients. The effect of antibiotics on gut microbiota is produced after antibiotics treatments over one week. The recovery of gut microbiota to the state of pre-antibiotics may require over two weeks of antibiotics withdrawal. Sex factor doesn't represent as an influencer in gut microbiota composition. Long-term use of cefoperazone-sulbactam may affect coagulation function. Conclusions The composition of the gut microbiota had a significant change post-intravenous antibiotics treatment in cardiac surgery patients. The richness and diversity of gut microbiota are increased in elderly patients.


Decision making has been a classic topic of academic research and applied practice. This edited volume by Allwood and Selart continues important recent trends. First, the chapters extend the traditional conceptualization of decision making as an individual cognitive process that is structured in space and time. Second, the book collects multidisciplinary, multimethod, and multicountry voices and approaches, mixing theoretical and practical issues, conceptual frameworks, and empirical studies. The editors state the major goal as "to give recognition to the fact that human decision making typically occurs in changing, dynamic, social contexts, and that researchers interested in decision making in a social context therefore will benefit by considering the relation between creativity and decision making" (p. 10).


In the nearly half century since Keyfitz's (1951) pioneering work, research on the problem of maximizing and the related problem of minimizing overlap of sampling units has progressed in many different directions and under several different names, such as optimal integration of surveys, sample coordination and overlapping maps. A typical application of sample overlap is as follows. Units are selected for a survey from a stratified design with probability proportional to size (pps) without replacement. At a later date a new sample is to be selected using new size measures and a different stratification. To reduce costs it may be desirable to maximize the expected number of units common to the two samples while preserving prespecified selection probabilities for the units in the new design, either selection probabilities for individual units or selection probabilities for the possible sets of sample units in a new stratum. For example, when the units being overlapped are primary sampling units (PSUs), which are geographic areas, an overlap maximization procedure can reduce the costs associated with hiring a new interviewer; when the units are ultimate sampling units such a procedure can reduce the extra costs of an initiation interview. Minimization of overlap, in contrast, is typically employed as method of reducing respondent burden. Overlap procedures have been developed for application in many different situations. In Section 2 we detail seven properties of overlap procedures corresponding to the columns in Table 1 and in Section 3 discuss a number of key overlap procedures.


Purpose: Playground slides continue to be a popular apparatus for childhood play and a frequent cause of childhood injury. Few studies have examined the mechanisms and injuries associated with slide-related injuries in the preschool child. The purpose of this study was to better understand the factors associated with slide-related injuries in young children. Methods: Playground slide injuries in children 5 years of age and younger from 2002-2015 were identified (N=12,686) using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a system …


Aerosol optical thickness (AOT) values determined from the satellite ocean color data provide useful information on the spatial and temporal distributions of aerosols and are by-products of the atmospheric corrections required to estimation of water-leaving radiances. The Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) project is using in situ atmospheric data, primarily from sun photometers, for several purposes including: (1) validation the SeaWiFS and other ocean color mission aerosol optical products, e.g., AOT and Angstrom exponent; (2) evaluation of the aerosol models currently used for atmospheric corrections; and (3) development of vicarious sensor calibration methodologies, especially for the near-infrared bands where in situ water-leaving radiance data in the visible from sites like the Marine Optical Buoy cannot be used. The principal source of in situ aerosol observations was the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET).


Recently, Tellman et al. (2021) analysed satellite images for 913 major floods worldwide from 2000 to 2018. They estimated that 32 countries have 'continuously increasing' flood exposure, and it is expected that a further 25 will join this list by 2030. This means that in less than 10 years, a third of all nations and an additional 179.2 million people will be at risk of flooding (from floods with a 1% annual chance of occurring; Tellman et al., 2021). Perhaps most alarming here is the number of nations just starting their journey with increasing flood risks. As those who work in this field appreciate, the notable drivers such as heavy rainfall, tropical storms, tidal surges, snow and ice melt and dam failure are complex to predict, manage and respond to. Sharing good practice has never been more important. Climate-related extreme weather events have continued to dominate the news over the past year. Malaysia evacuated 30,000 people from their homes in December 2021, and whilst used to the stormy monsoon season, this event caused many to be stranded as rivers overflowed and cut off access roads. The summer's European floods (July 2021) highlighted the importance of predictive modelling, where a low-pressure system named 'Bernd' sat over Central Europe a few weeks after a run of severe thunderstorms. This event alone resulted in 243 deaths, predominantly in Germany. What is most disheartening is that this is in an area where much of the infrastructure withstood the flooding and emergency support was quick to act. Each flood event is a reminder that societal wellbeing requires financial support. By covering the basic needs of people in the event of a disaster, the resilience is strengthened, and poverty becomes less likely. In Germany, most people flooded had access to social protection and will have received governmental financial support where insurance coverage was not available. However, flooding is becoming more extreme in both intensity and frequency, which may mean support of this nature becomes a greater challenge. The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimated that the British Columbia Floods (November–December 2021) was the costliest natural disaster in British Columbia's history. Finding sustainable solutions to fair, accessible, available and adequate financial assistance requires further attention (Aleksandrova et al., 2021). Understanding the cost and benefits of investing in long-term resilient solutions is increasingly important. In 2021, Greta Thunberg talked about "cathedral thinking" that the urgency of the climate emergency means we must lay the first stone without knowing exactly how to construct the ceiling. This resonates with the research presented in this journal, where novel approaches often form just one part of a vaguely sketched architecture. The most successful research considers the connection to practice from the outset (Samuels, 2021), but it is recognised that it is challenging to do in this growing field of uncertainty. Real integration and provision of well-tested adaptive solutions are what practitioners crave to underpin and strengthen their decision-making. Practical trials offer an effective solution and are increasingly used to demonstrate how new approaches can be applied and then replicated elsewhere. There are many examples such as India's six small-scale adaptation projects in diverse regions of the country, ranging from mangrove restoration to the use of short-duration crops that mature in 70 days to adapt to late sowing conditions. In the United Kingdom, a £200-million ( $265 m) flood and coastal resilience innovation programme is allowing new ideas to be tested on-site. One location is trialling the 'Sponge City' concept used in China (Qi et al., 2020), addressing surface water flood risk with permeable surfaces and green infrastructure such as green roofs. At another location, subtidal habitats are trialling other nature-based solutions such as sea kelp and oyster reefs restoration, which protect against coastal erosion and flooding. Behind all these trials, there is also the added benefit of establishing networks to develop and share knowledge. Approximately, a quarter of the Netherlands sits below average sea level, which increases the pressure for DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12780


The invention discloses an interpenetration type petal-structured simulated nacre environmental-friendly composite membrane and a preparation method thereof. The interpenetration type petal-structured simulated nacre environmental-friendly composite membrane is prepared from materials including magadiite, CMC (Hydroxymethyl Cellulose) and a di-silane coupling agent. The interpenetration type petal-structured simulated nacre environmental-friendly composite membrane disclosed by the invention is of an excellent ''interpenetration type petal'' stable structure, under the action of tension of external force, the force conduction direction can be changed due to a non-parallel petal-shaped laminated structure of magadiite, and thus the stress inside a polymer substrate can be relatively uniformly distributed; in addition, inorganic lamellae are interpenetrated with one another, an interlocking structure is formed, a ''mortise and tenon joint'' effect can be achieved, the lamellae are hard to slide with one another, and thus the tough pull resistance of the inorganic lamellae can be effectively improved. Meanwhile, the interpenetration type petal-structured simulated nacre environmental-friendly composite membrane has the characteristics of being good in softness, good in transparency, excellent in flame retardancy property, simple and convenient in preparation method, easy in industrialization and the like, and thus has very good application prospects in fields such as flame retardancy, food packaging, water treatment, gas barriers, biosensors, capacitors and environment protection engineering.


Increasing amount of urban data are being accumulated and released to public; this enables us to study the urban dynamics and address urban issues such as crime, traffic, and quality of living. In this paper, we are interested in learning vector representations for regions using the large-scale taxi flow data. These representations could help us better measure the relationship strengths between regions, and the relationships can be used to better model the region properties. Different from existing studies, we propose to consider both temporal dynamics and multi-hop transitions in learning the region representations. We propose to jointly learn the representations from a flow graph and a spatial graph. Such a combined graph could simulate individual movements and also addresses the data sparsity issue. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method using three different real datasets.


Summary Simian virus 40 uptake by the nuclei of permissive monkey kidney cells was enhanced by infecting in the presence of MgSO4, DEAE-dextran, or arginine-rich histones, but not in the presence of lysine-rich histones. Nuclear uptake of virus was found to be more efficient in aged monolayer cultures than in freshly formed cell monolayers. Inhibition of cellular protein, RNA, or DNA synthesis did not prevent virus uptake. "Empty" capsids, which are essentially devoid of viral DNA, were taken up by the nuclei of permissive cells even more efficiently than infectious virus. Undegraded polypeptides of parental virus could be detected in the nuclei up to 24 hr after infection. We thank M. McFalls for technical assistance. This study was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Research Grants CA-10594 and CA-10815 from the National Cancer Institute.


Performance objectives which are expressed as upper bounds on the variances of the outputs and inputs are common in stochastic control problems. Unfortunately, all of the control methods which are currently used to attempt to satisfy these constraints deal with the actual objectives indirectly. The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative methodology which deals more directly with the actual performance objectives. The methodology is based on the theory of state covariance assignment.


According to the unceasing development of geotechnical survey technology and the demand of land resources survey management, Geographic Information System technology is proposed to establish spatial database to provide survey information for land resources surveyors and designers. At the same time, on the basis of geotechnique survey current status and integrated system, discuss the application analysis of Geographic Information System on geotechnique survey.


Information exchange and content distribution is the main task of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). However, most of the communication protocols suggested in the literature follow conventional routing strategies to exchange messages. A data exchange mechanism solely using the content as the basis for communication relations is yet missing. In our work we identify the need for a content-aware message routing protocol and explain the scenario where such a protocol can be applied. Further we outline the new content exchange protocol called mobile data request protocol (MDRP) and explain the main protocol steps. The new protocol is then evaluated using the OMNeT++ simulation environment. The presented simulation results in the paper prove the functionality of MDRP in different scenarios. We close with a conclusion highlighting the advantages of the protocol over conventional routing concepts.


Objective Antenatal steroids have shown to decrease the rate of neonatal complications and morbidity; however, neonates are predisposed to significant hypoglycemia resulting in invasive interventions and prolonged nursery admissions. The risk of hypoglycemia in the preterm has been well studied, but the association of antenatal steroids and hypoglycemia in preterm neonates has not been well explored. Thus, we sought to determine the association of antenatal steroids given to mothers who delivered prematurely and the development of neonatal hypoglycemia. Methods A cross-sectional study using chart review was done on mother–preterm neonate pairs admitted in the charity obstetrical ward of The University of Santo Tomas Hospital from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. The subjects were mothers either given or not given antenatal steroids before preterm delivery and their respective neonates. The provision of antenatal steroids was the primary exposure, while neonatal hypoglycemia was the primary outcome. Measurement of association was done using odds ratios. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were done. Results Of the 69 preterm neonates included in the study, hypoglycemia was observed in 14 neonates, among which 8 neonates were exposed to antenatal steroids. After examining the association using Fisher's exact formula and controlling for potential confounders, neonatal hypoglycemia was not significantly higher among neonates exposed to antenatal steroids. Conclusion Antenatal steroids given to mothers who delivered preterm were not associated with the development of neonatal hypoglycemia. A prospective study model, larger population size and longer study coverage should be made to strengthen the outcome of the study.


This report represents an overview of the interconnections between the dynamics of large vortex systems, combinatorics, n-body problems and statistical mechanics. The combinatorial perturbation method for the 2D vortex problem is discussed; the essential combinatorial symplectic transformations to Jacobi-type variables which are based on a binary tree algorithm, is introduced and extended to the 3D vortex problem. Combinatorial and graph-theoretic results which are motivated by the computational needs of the vortex problem, are mentioned. They include new results on sign-nonsingular patterns and noneven digraphs. A simplified singular limit of the 3D Hamiltonian for vortex dynamics is derived and its basic properties discussed. The 2- and 3-body problems in this simple model is studied.


Research study is a way of study to choose and set the research a subject to acquire knowledge and apply it to solve a problem under the guidance of teachers.Research teaching model means to infiltrate the method of scientific research constantly and guide the students to find and solve the problem with mathematical thinking by the way of research in the teachers' process of teaching organization.The course of mathematical analysis in higher colleges is to teach knowledge and to teach students' way of thinking even more.We will infiltrate research study and research teaching model into all the respects of its concepts,theorems and exercises teaching.The G.polays'4-phase solution provides reference to the theorem teaching in the course.It is beneficial for the cultivation of creative talent to have this research study and research teaching model.


Mokoaleli-Mokoteli, Taffler and Agarwal (2009) investigate whether analyst stockrecommendations are associated with measures of cognitive biases and conflicts ofinterest.Thestudyaugmentsmeasuresusedinthepriorliteraturewithcontentanalysisof the entire analyst report to provide new evidence concerning the relation betweencharacteristics of the reports and the success of the eventual recommendations. Exam-iningtheentireanalystreportinthiswayextendstheliteraturethattraditionallyfocuseson one of the three typical outputs of analyst reports: forecasts, recommendations, andtarget prices. The use of content analysis adds a unique twist providing an incrementalcontribution to even those studies that have examined multiple facets of analyst reports(e.g., Asquith et al., 2005; and Bradshaw, 2004). Understanding the driving forcesbehind the skewed distribution of analyst recommendations will help the investingcommunity better understand the value of recommendations, provide regulators withmore decision useful information, and perhaps allow analysts to learn to correct someof these behaviors if they are cognitive in nature.1. COMMENTSThis discussion focuses on three central themes: (i) the relation between the findingsin the prior literature and the current study, (ii) the interpretation of the results,and (iii) directions for future research. Conference participants provided a number ofcommentsthattheauthorshaveincorporatedintothecurrentdraft,whichhaveservedto improve the depth and quality of the study. A key issue raised during the conferencethat still remains undetermined is whether the findings relate to cognitive biases ofanalysts or whether there are incentive-based explanations. I focus my discussion offuture research opportunities around this particular issue.


Purpose: The primary objective of the research was to investigate the correlation between the utilization of cost information and business performance of enterprises in Vietnam, particularly in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted, involving a sample of 380 participants consisting of CEOs, CFOs, managers, board of directors, and individuals in charge of accounting and finance departments. The study employed a structure equation model to analyze the relationship between the use of cost information and business performance.

Findings: The study revealed a significant and positive impact of cost information utilization on business performance among the surveyed enterprises in Vietnam. Additionally, the study provided recommendations for enterprises in Vietnam on how to make use of cost information for various purposes, including planning, evaluating, decision-making, and cost control, to optimize their business performance.

Research, Practical & Social implication: The study's results suggest that utilizing cost information effectively can lead to improved business performance and may provide valuable insights for Vietnamese enterprises on how to navigate the challenging and competitive post-Covid-19 economic environment.

Originality/value: The research employed a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach, and a test for univariate normality demonstrated an outstanding critical skewness ratio value. Furthermore, the kurtosis indicated that the data followed a normal distribution, making it suitable for analysis. Since SEM employs rigorous criteria to evaluate model fit, it can be inferred that the measurement model exhibited a high level of fit. The findings affirm the beneficial impact of utilizing cost information on business performance and offer significant recommendations for Vietnamese businesses in the current post-COVID era.


Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in Heavy Commercial Road Vehicles are of increasing importance due to their high potential in reducing road accidents, where human error is the major contributor. A Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication-based Collision Avoidance Algorithm (CAA) can help in reducing these accidents by complementing the onboard sensors and applying brakes automatically upon detecting a threat. However, due to the wireless nature and dynamic topology of this communication network, packet loss is a major challenge for safety-related applications like collision avoidance. Hence, the effect of packet loss on the performance of CAA was investigated using a Hardware-in-Loop experimental platform in this paper. It was observed that the desired final spacing was maintained but, early braking was observed when the host vehicle followed the lead vehicle at close distances.


rapidly being transformed. If current trends continue, college students in 2020 will participate in new kinds of learning experiences, access new kinds of learning resources, and deal with broader ranges of providers than ever before. Meanwhile, providers themselves will harness almost unimagined new technologies, will face escalating demands for performance, and will be forced to operate in an increasingly seamless global marketplace for higher education. Together, these conditions constitute nothing less than a "new ecology" for higher education. Its characteristics are increasingly removed from the kinds of on-the-ground, face-toface, bricks-and-mortar conditions in which today's accreditation approaches evolved. As a consequence, they are bound to pose challenges to these approaches. This brief paper examines the nature of these changes and the specifi c challenges that each poses to established accreditation practices. It then goes on to note the kinds of changes in accreditation practices, and particularly for WASC, that might be needed to meet these challenges.


The silkworm Bombyx mori is a domestic insect for silk production and a lepidopteran model. The currently available genomes limit a full understanding of its genetic and phenotypic diversity. Here we assembled long-read genomes of 545 domestic and wild silkworms and constructed a high-resolution pan-genome dataset. We found that the silkworm population harbors extremely variable genomes containing 7,308 new gene families, 4,260 (22%) core gene families, and 3,432,266 non-redundant SVs. We deciphered a series of causal genes and variants associated with domestication, breeding, and ecological adaptation traits, and experimentally validated two of those genes using CRISPR-Cas9 or RNA interference. This unprecedented large-scale genomic resource allows for high-throughput screening of interesting traits for functional genomic research and breeding improvement of silkworms and may serve as a guideline for traits decoding in other species.


How do criminal justice interactions affect political participation and through what mechanisms? In this new era of criminal justice expansion, the number of people who have had interactions and who will interact with the criminal justice system has increased significantly. Notwithstanding the abundant scholarship detailing the expansion of the carceral state, the subsequent increases in carceral contact, and the negative externalities of punitivity, we know little about the mechanisms that drive the observed negative political consequences. We know what is happening but not how it is happening. I argue that predacious criminal justice policies are having a negative interpretative policy feedback effect on the well-being of those contacted. First, I find that feelings of well-being are strongly associated with political participation. Second, using structural equation modeling, I offer evidence that carceral contact has a strong direct effect on well-being and a strong indirect effect on political participation mediated through measures of well-being. Twenty-three percent of the political suppression effect is an indirect effect of carceral contact mediated through well-being.


The development of digital cardiac models has become an area of research all on its own. These researches intend to assist in the understanding of the heart. The data needed to build a digital cardiac model may come in various formats, including medical image data, such as MRI, CT scans, and other scans such as PET and SPECT. The availability of cardiac images is very important in cardiac modeling research. These images are difficult to come by for researchers who are not in the medical field. Thus, any of such available data stored in an on-line system can be made available to other researchers. This paper discusses and elaborates on the design and the development of this on-line cardiac image repository system. The requirement of the system was acquired using the Attribute Driven Design (ADD) method, which is a method for designing software architecture to satisfy both quality requirements and functional requirements. The online system which was developed has only taken into consideration image data, and not others formats of cardiac data such as ASCII flat files, and video files. The online system allows for downloading and uploading of data. With the availability of the data, researchers can spend more time focusing on the modeling processes rather than on the preprocessing and searching for data.


Objective: To determine the clinical and imaging diagnostic accuracy in adult patients presenting to the Emergency Department with groin abscess. Method: Retrospective chart review of all adult patients presenting to a district general hospital with a provisional diagnosis of groin abscess was undertaken from January 2019 to December 2019. A proforma was used to capture data such as the age, sex, co-morbidities, grade of assessing clinician and imaging profile. Results: 39 patients with a provisional diagnosis of groin abscess were identified; representing approximately 1% of all ED attendances. There were 21 males and 18 females. The age range was from 23 to 73 years (mean age 42). The abscess was located on the left side in 19 patients (49%), 18 (46%) on the right and 2 (5%) were bilateral. The overall rate of correct diagnosis of the ED clinicians compared to CT diagnosis is indicated by a sensitivity of 82%, positive predictive value of 90% and an accuracy of 75%. 22 patients had CT scan which confirmed an abscess in 18 (83%). Conclusion: Groin abscess is a rare presentation to the Emergency department. Most patients were seen by clinicians below the consultant grade. Diagnostic accuracy was highest amongst physicians.


The utility model provides a novel grinding machine which can simultaneously carry out reinforced grinding and precise grinding. The novel grinding machine comprises a machine body, grinding devices, a feeding device and a control device, wherein a workbench is arranged on the machine body and the grinding devices which are arranged above the workbench are fixed on the machine body. The feeding device is a belt conveyor device which is arranged on the workbench, and the grinding devices and the feeding device are driven by a main motor. The utility model is characterized in that the grinding devices are a reinforced grinding device and a precise grinding device which are respectively arranged above the workbench. The reinforced grinding device comprises an annular coarse abrasive belt, a grinding roller and a driven roller, wherein the driven roller is arranged in parallel with the grinding roller. The precise grinding device comprises an annular abrasive belt, a grinding roller and a driven roller, wherein the driven roller is arranged in parallel with the grinding roller. Each of the grinding devices is respectively connected with the main motor through a belt pulley and a belt device. The utility model has the advantages of reasonable and compact structure, high rigidity, high stability, long service life and high work efficiency.


This article examines the effect of inflation and real wages on productivity within a panel unit root and panel cointegration framework for the G7 countries over the period 1960 to 2004. The main contribution of the article is to provide panel long-run estimates of the effect of inflation and real wages on productivity in the G7 countries over this period. The article finds that for the panel as a whole a 1% increase in real wages generates a 0.6% increase in productivity, while the effects of inflation on productivity are statistically insignificant for most of the individual countries and for the panel as a whole.


A pioneer study with a new extraction method was applied to the volatile compounds of three local seaweeds from Borneo, Caulerpa lentillifera, Kappaphycus alvarezii and Sagassum polycystum using HS-SPME method. Dynamic headspace was optimized according to an experimental design, with appropriate temperature of 50°C and 60°C and extraction time as 20 min, 30 min, 40 min and 50 min by using PDMS and PDMS-DVB. Significantly, PDMS fibre extracted more compounds than PDMS-DVB. Thus PDMS is recommended as a better fibre comparatively to PDMS-DVB in volatile compounds extraction using SPME for these particular seaweeds. Qualitative study portray a total of 223 volatile constituents successfully extracted and identified with 82, 91 and 50 volatiles from each species of K. alvarezii, C. lentillifera and S. polycystum respectively. The volatile compounds are comprised of nine chemical compounds of hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, esters, alcohols, halogenated compounds, acid compounds, aromatic compounds and some miscellaneous compounds. Comparison on the major volatile constituents among the seaweeds shows a similar percentage of volatile compounds in all seaweeds among the nine groups. Within them, hydrocarbon compounds were the most characteristic of all three algae, and more particularly, all three seaweeds mostly share the common constituents in their structures.


Abstract : An electric current source comprising point horizontal electric dipoles is proposed. An approximate description of the magnetic field from such a source is given. The Environments considered are two-layer (2 semi-infinite media, typically the air and the sea) and three-layer (2 semi-infinite layers separated by a conducting slab, typically the air, sea and sea-bed)


Preface Foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook Introduction by James MacGregor Burns Chronology of Eleanor Roosevelt's Life and Career Well-Known Quotations by Eleanor Roosevelt The Encyclopedia Index


INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL CATARACT Early IOL implantation in children is one of meth ods of aphakia correction, which has specific indica tions for use and should be used differentially. Our experience allows us to recommend it from 1 month old. Necessary conditions for this exist only in large specialized ophthalmic clinics, equipped with high tech equipment and instruments, employing qualified and experienced children's ophthalmic surgeons and anesthesiologists.


The ability of Aboriginal Land Councils to recover land has been fundamental to the NSW Land Rights laws. It required a degree of innovation to realise Aboriginal Land Rights over the territory where the longest and most intensive frontier violence and dispossession had occurred, and where land dealings were extensive. This innovation lay in the conception of Land Rights as a social justice package, disaggregated from traditional relationships to land, with structures for Aboriginal political representation and the means to create an economic base. Land Rights configured as a compensation package avoided the difficult question: the legal basis of Aboriginal dispossession. That question was still a decade away. In contrast, the ALRA sought to compensate for loss of land and attendant knowledge.


Objective To find out the levels and factors influencing measles antibody of floating population in five Provinces.Methods 646 samples of sera from Beijing,Tianjin,Hebei,Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were tested by ELISA to evaluate measles antibody levels with five grades of negative,1:200,800,3200 and 12800.Results The positive rate of measles antibody in floating population was 95.4% and the GMRT was 1974.5.There are no significant differences in seropositive rate of measles antibody among different age groups,provinces groups and immune history groups.However,the GMRTs were significant difference between 20-24 age group and ≥30 age group,as well as between group with and without immune history.This may due to the different levels of measles antibody stimulated by vaccine and naturally infection.Conclusion To include the floating population,especially young children,into the measles planed immunization management in urban areas is most important for the measles control program.


As milk is a very important component of the people's diet, this study explores consumer preferences for milk in Perambalur , Tamil Nadu, India, and also tries to determine consumer types based on their references and socio-demographic factors. To reach these objectives, this study was designed a conjoint choice experiment survey and collected primary data in the most populated city of Perambalur. Then the data were analyzed using chi-square test, a nalysis of variance (ANOVA) and F-test to determine milk classes based on the product attributes. Thus, present study was aimed to get detailed knowledge about the packed and unpacked milk in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. In brief, the study deals with the customer satisfaction regarding both packed milk and unpacked milk ; get detailed survey on maximum usages of packed and unpacked milk among people. Further, this study extended to know about the contents which are added into milk during processing and transportation. The primary data were collected through a questionnaire to the individual persons and the secondary data were collected from various books, magazines, journals, and Internet . From the obtained data, we can get more details in terms of tendency of milk, criteria of milk standard quality and sensory properties. Accordingly, this study provides useful information to different stakeholders including cattle f armer and local vendors . In addition, the milk industry and its marketers may benefit from this information by using it to strategically market their milk to different groups. Keywords: Milk, packed, brand, nutritional composition, consumer preference Cite this Article Vinola R, Swaminathan R, Jeevithan E. Current Status and Comparative Study on the Influences of Cattle Packed and Unpacked Milk in Tamil Nadu: A Detailed Survey. Research & Reviews: Journal of Dairy Science and Technology . 2015; 4(2): 6–11p.


Some R‐mutant Escherichia coli and Salmonella heavily adhered to murine lymphoma cells of B cell and T cell lineages. This adhesion was primarily mediated by membrane‐localized proteins on tumor cells, which bind the polymyxin B‐reactive hydrophilic structure of lipis A on bacteria. SDS‐PAGE analysis of tumor cell membranes showed that proteins or glycoproteins of MW = around 45Kd, 25‐35Kd and around 15Kd preferentially bind lipid A. Various lymphoma cell lines binding the bacteria at different levels possessed lipid A‐binding proteins of slightly different compositions. We conclude that lymphoma cells carry not a single but a group of lipid A‐binding proteins in their membranes.


This paper describes a compact microstrip active antenna with dual polarization. The antenna, receiving both a left-hand circularly polarized wave and a right-hand circularly polarized wave, has a function of polarization diversity. A square-shaped empty room is located on the inside of the microstrip radiator so that the size has been reduced. And slots are added around feeding point to improve input matching. Also, amplifier and switching circuitry are placed at the empty room to increase antenna gain and to select one of the circular polarizations, respectively. The proposed antenna has been applied to GPS(global positioning system). The measurement results show that it has 10dB-impedance bandwidth, 3dB axial bandwidth of about 50MHz, 3dB beamwidth of 90degree, and gain of 13dBi, respectively, for RHCP. Also, it has 3dB axial bandwidth of about 50MHz, 3dB beamwidth of 84 degree, and gain of 12dBi, respectively, for LHCP.


This paper examines the assumptions, conditions and consequences of employing the concept of denial in the identification and treatment of alcoholism. The discussion involves 1) describing the prevailing conception of alcoholic denial as a psychological construct; 2) analyzing the nature of the human puzzle to which the concept of denial is a socially constructed solution; 3) articulating the ubiquity of denial in everyday life; and 4) describing the implications of utilizing the concept of denial for personal and social control.


The work was carried out on the grounds of the Kuzbass Botanical Garden. The study material is a perennial, rod-rooted herbaceous plant known as Althaea officinalis L. Included in the Red Book of the Kemerovo Region with status 2 - declining. It has been found that during the first year of life, individuals go through 5 ontogenetic stages: seedling, juvenile, immature, virginile and young generative. The latent, pre-generative and generative periods of A. officinalis are characterised in detail. The forming of the caudex and the growth of the primary semi-rosette monocarpic shoot is described.


New metrology for characterizing chemically amplified resist is needed in order to meet the stringent demands of the DUV lithographic technologies. In this paper, we present a general model for DUV resist optical constants. In this model, we assume that the photoresist is homogeneous and can be decomposed into several 'components' according to their distinct n and k signatures over a broad range of wavelengths. Each component is described by a Kramers-Kronig based dispersion relation. A global optimization with about 18 parameters is solved for the optical thin-film decomposition, using an intelligent simulated annealing algorithm. Various de-noising techniques that can be used on the collected data are also described.


Many countries grant exemption from legal prosecution under certain conditions, allowing for voluntary disclosures regarding tax evasion. It has been claimed that tax amnesties are most successful when they are accompanied by an increase in compliance efforts because amnesties then help tax evaders to adjust to the new circumstances. At the same time, time-limited amnesties are often repeated or in some countries even permanent amnesty laws exist. When tax amnesties are, however, anticipated, they can serve as an insurance against a rise in the detection probability, potentially leading to less and not more tax compliance. We test the relevance of this insurance effect in an experimental tax game and find that the overall tax compliance actually decreases by about 9 percent because of this effect.


In the middle of last century, Bondi and his coworkers proposed an outgoing boundary condition for the Einstein equations. Recently, more and more observations imply that the Einstein equations should include a nonzero cosmological constant. A spacetime with a positive cosmological constant approaches to a de Sitter space asymptotically. Bondi's original boundary condition is not valid for these asymptotically de Sitter spacetimes. But the traditional conformally flat boundary condition excludes the gravitational radiation for the asymptotically de Sitter spacetimes. In this work, a new Bondi-type outgoing boundary condition based on Bondi–Sachs coordinates is considered. With this new boundary condition, the gravitational wave behavior for the asymptotically de Sitter spacetime is similar to the one for the asymptotically Minkowski spacetime. The traditional conformally flat boundary condition falls into a special subclass of the new boundary condition.


This paper is carried out to investigate adopting inflation targeting in Jordan. The interest rate pass-through channel is assessed to underline the possibility and challenges to target inflation when a country imports the credibility of low inflation from abroad. The interest rate pass through is examined within its intermediate lag of action to shed light on the effectiveness of monetary policy. The Johansen approach is performed to estimate the long-run degree of pass-through along with the speed of adjustment to disequilibrium. The dynamic model of Hendry and Doornik (1994) is employed to connect the short-run and long-run, and to estimate the mean lag of adjustment under (a)symmetric market response. The empirical findings suggest that the interest rate pass-through in Jordan is weak and slow and the symmetric mean lags in the loan and deposit market are highly sticky. In addition, an asymmetric adjustment is found in the loan market, where banks are faster to decrease their interest rates following a change in official interest rates, the behaviour which can be explained by the collusive pricing hypothesis. Comparing the results to the two inflation targeters: New Zealand and the UK, the study suggests that Jordan has to move to a more resilient exchange rate arrangement before committing to the lite-form of inflation targeting.


Legal culture provides the value basis for man's practical legal activities.The formation and operation of the traditional Jin Shang culture were directly dominated by the traditional legal culture.In process of their formation and development,Jin Shang gradually developed and followed such operation and management principles reflecting the characteristics of the traditional Chinese legal culture as being honest and trust worthy,strict management and appointing people on their merit.At present,in studying the traditional Jin Shang culture,we can sum up the legal spirit and ideas emboded in it,which carries important reference significance for building a society under the rule of law in the country.


To the Editor : Intracellular![Formula][1] measurements in exercising skeletal muscle have far reaching implications, from the determination of maximal oxygen consumption ([5][2]) to the production of lactate ([7][3]). Thus we recognize and are in full support of the recently reported and


This paper examines the link between international trade, investment in human capital and inequality in the distribution of income and wealth.


The enclosed volume contains reviewed manuscripts arising from the 11th ICCBMT meeting held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA on 27 October–1 November 2013. The subject matter encompasses the biology and chemistry of vertebrate and invertebrate tissues which remain the central focus of the International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues. Our conference traditionally meets every three years as befitting its multidisciplinary nature and cross-cutting research boundaries. This 11th meeting was memorable for a number of reasons. First, it represented the best in international musculoskeletal research on bones, teeth, and other calcified matrices. This research was presented as a combination of oral and poster presentations based on a juried selection process carried out by the Scientific Advisory Board (see below). Oral presenters were invited to submit short manuscripts for this Proceedings issue. Second, the meeting was remarkable for its vitality and camaraderie, as evidenced in the two evening ''Welcome Mixers'' held in the suite formerly occupied by Hugh Hefner. Third, a continuing hallmark of ICCBMT meetings was the awarding of 36 travel awards to young investigators from around the world of mineralized tissues (one more than at the 10th meeting). We are extremely grateful to our sponsors (listed below) for their contribution to this great tradition of our meeting. Fourth, attendees left with renewed and new collaborative contacts which should contribute to an even better program for the 12th ICCBMT meeting and beyond. Finally, it is with deep sorrow that we remember the passing of one of the founding fathers of the ICCBMT, Dr. Melvin Glimcher. Both Mel and Dr. William Butler, who died on 22 February of this year, were instrumental in establishing the ICCBMT as a stable organization and for fostering its emphasis on high-quality cutting edge mineralized tissue research. Befitting his status as a co-founding member with both Drs. Glimcher and Butler, we included a few comments (below) from Dr. Arthur Veis about these exceptional scientists. The outstanding contributions of both Mel and Bill will be missed as we move forward!


We conducted a retrospective study to compare the quality and costs of care among rural and urban hospitals for low severity pediatric bronchiolitis admissions. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 Kids' Inpatient Database provided the data for analysis. Diagnosis and severity of illness levels were based on All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups (APR-DRG) of 138: bronchiolitis and respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia. We included the lowest severity of illness, as defined by APR-DRG severity classification, comprising 58.8% of all pediatric bronchiolitis discharges. The Institutional Review Boards of Sanford Health and Sanford School of Medicine approved this study (Sanford Health Project Number 03-12-001, meets exempt status; Sanford School of Medicine Project Number 2011.210; meets exempt status).


The recognition that the heart can replace old dying myocytes by activation of resident cardiac stem cells raises the possibility that organism, organ and cell age do not coincide and that the myoc...


The case of in K and HF (Court of Justice, judgment of 2 May 2018, joined cases C-331/16 and C-366/16) turns on a very specific set of facts, namely the restriction of Union citizen's residence rights on the basis of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Nonetheless, in its judgment the Court of Justice continues its development of the expulsion regime for Union citizens to incorporate an offence based, moralised interpretation of public policy and public security. In doing so, it develops an expressive dimension to the expulsion regime, using it to express the values of the Member States and the Union legal orders.


Tramadol is a centrally acting analgesic with weak opioid agonist properties, which also has monoaminergic activity, exerted via inhibition of neuronal uptake of serotonin and norepinephrine. Tramadol is generally well tolerated and the most common adverse events are nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, sweating, vomiting and dry mouth. The effect of intraperitoneal injection of tramadol and pilocarpine were studied in rats on the flow of saliva, histological and histochemical change in the parotid salivary gland. The rats were divided into three groups, first group, rats received saline and used as control. The second group treated with 10 mg tramadol hydrochloride for three days. The third group treated with tramadol hydrochloride for three days followed with 1 mg pilocarpine. The rats were sacrificed at the fourth day after the end of experimental procedure. The administration of tramadol caused decreased in salivary flow rate by approximately 60 %. The parotid histopathological changes include vacuolation and atrophy of acini and excessive widening of the interstitial tissue area which are replaced by extensive fibrosis fibrosis mostly associated with the degenerated ducts and acini and their replaced by inflammatory cells.


An 81-year-old male with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was treated with lenvatinib after split drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE). He was referred to our department for the further examination of AST and ALT elevations. A 15-cm-diameter internal heterogeneous HCC occupied the left lobe of the liver. The tumor was unresectable and we initially performed split DEB-TACE to reduce the amount of tumor and to avoid adverse events including tumor lysis syndrome and postembolization syndrome. He was treated with DEB-TACE without any trouble except temporary elevations of both AST and ALT. After a series of DEB-TACE, CT images showed that residual HCC remained viable at the periphery of the tumor, and lenvatinib treatment was initiated. Three months after the initiation of lenvatinib treatment, a complete response was achieved, and serum AFP and PIVKA-2 levels declined to normal. Since then, CR has been main-tained by continuing lenvatinib.


The architecture of a distributed vision system is presented, with particular attention directed to the bottom-up indexing mechanism performed by a hierarchically organized network of information processing (IP) modules. Each IP module adaptively transforms input data passed by lower-level modules into more complete observations and performs a transformation that is modeled as a regularization process. This scheme is applied to the problem of recognizing objects whose 3-D shape can be described as a set of planar surfaces. Edge detection, straight-line extraction, grouping, and matching are the P modules considered. In particular, the regularization process consists of either a voting scheme or a Markov random field labeling process, depending on the level. At the higher level, a degree of belief is given about the presence of objects contained in the scene and considered in the model database. Results demonstrate both the validity of the processes applied separately at each level and the global consistency of the method.


A system and method are disclosed for determining the height of the different charge in the container body for disposable products and supplies the object. The sensor unit to the object it is possible to detect the different heights of the objects in the presence of an object and the waste container from entering the waste container when filling the waste container. The waste container is full, a notification message can be generated to empty or replace the waste container. The sensor unit is also an object that can detect the different heights of the objects in the supply container when removing the container from the supply. If the supply container is empty, reminder to fill or replace the consumables container again, the message can be generated. In embodiments of the present invention, a notification message for a predetermined height of an object not the container may also be produced.


Field experiments were conducted during both kharif and rabi seasons (2010-11 to 2012-13) to study the root parameters,yield, attributes,yields and nutrient use efficiency (partial factor productivity) under rice (Oryza sativa L) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven treatments in three replications. The results indicated that recommended NPK (N 120 P 60 K 40 ) with higher dose of HYT A+B+C increased the growth, yields and yield parameters. Rice grain yield in N 120 P 60 K 40 with higher dose of HYT A+B+C was recorded significantly higher of the order of 4474, 5556 and 6462kg/ha during all three years 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively which was 10.9, 8.5 and 13.5 % higher during the respective years over the recommended NPK dose of fertilizer (N 120 P 60 K 40 ). Similarly, wheat grain yield in N 120 P 60 K 40 with higher dose of HYT A+B+C was significantly higher emanating 25.8, 29.9 and 25.3% higher yield in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively over recommended NPK treatment. It can be summarized that application of recommended NPK with higher dose of HYT A+B+C exhibited best results in both rice and wheat in terms of root volumes, yields and yield parameters and partial factor productivity over three consecutive years of experimentation.


By analyzing the problems existing in the cooperation between the library and the bookstore,this paper discusses the causes of these problems and proposes the solutions to these problems,so as to arouse the great concern of the library world and the publishing world.


Further to our recent publication of two papers in the BJGP ,1,2 we have been asked to evaluate specifically whether dyspepsia is a significant independent predictor of upper gastro-intestinal malignancy (in other words, gastro-oesophageal and pancreatic malignancy) and to consider adding it to the models. These symptoms (heartburn or indigestion) were not included in the original analysis that had focused on more traditional alarm symptoms. We, therefore, undertook an analysis based on the original derivation cohort from the published studies and identified patients with new onset of (a) heartburn or (b) indigestion (other than where heartburn is explicitly mentioned). We determined the age–sex incidence rates. We added both factors to the Cox models and determined the hazard ratios adjusted for the factors in the original models. We tested for interactions between the new variables and age. We evaluated performance of the new models on the original validation dataset using published methods.

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Admissions for asthma to children's hospitals in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne for the 3 years 1955‐58 showed a series of seasonal waves. Most of these occurred at related times in all 4 centres, implying that some important precipitating factors operate over a wide geographical range. Spring waves usually appeared successively in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, with an over‐all interval from north to south of about 4 weeks; they occurred in the grass pollen season, particularly in Adelaide and Melbourne, but there are some reservations in accepting pollens as a full explanation. In February‐March, large waves occurred in all 4 centres in 1957, and minor waves in some centres in 1956 and 1958; they were probably related to the spread of infections in young children that follows the opening of the school year. Autumn waves, when present, tended to begin at the same time in the different centres; they were greater and more prolonged in Brisbane than elsewhere.


Universities in South Africa (SA) are facing several challenges due to the influx of students with diverse backgrounds entering the first year. One of such challenges is the use of technologies for teaching and learning. Institutions in the rural areas are flooded with first year students characterized as under-prepared, educationally underprivileged and had little or no access to computer usage prior to their enrolment. These qualities impedes their transition into the computer-based learning system and other technologies that supports teaching and learning. Moreover, the students are not given the needed assistance when enrolled. Orientation programme that would have been a leverage is only informative and not supportive in nature. Thus, an effective solution requires orientation programme to be supportive. It should involve assessing students" profile during their first year registration to provide them with the needed assistance in terms of technologies usage. This paper conducted a pilot survey over a sample of first year entering students in the University of Venda (UNIVEN). The objective was to assess students in terms of technology-related uses, expectations, experiences, skill levels and training needs. Data collected were analyzed and the results show students" have not used computers or had experience on technologies for teaching and learning in their previous schools. Additionally, students are only technologically identified with their mobile phones. The study proposed a new programme called First Experience Computer Literacy (FECOL) to facilitate students" transition into the computer-based learning of the university.


Objective: Association of maternal angiopoietin-like protein 6 (Angptl6) levels with subsequent development of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). Methods: At 24 and 32 weeks of gestation in 47 relatively overweight (BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2), nulliparous pregnant women serum concentrations of Angptl6 were quantified prospectively. Insulin sensitivity and lipids were measured at 24 weeks. Results: Angptl6 levels at 24 weeks, but not at 32 weeks, were significantly higher in women with subsequent PIH. Metabolic factors at 24 weeks did not correlate with Angptl6 levels. Conclusion: This preliminary study suggests that in the second trimester, Angptl6 levels are higher in women with subsequent PIH.


In this paper, we propose an embedded software testing tool using XML data storage technique to perform functional tests for MICOM based consumer home appliances. The proposed testing tool can generate and execute test cases through GUI interfaces. It can generate both input values and events. The t...


Abstract Addition of sulfonyl carbanions with or without an electrophilic tether has been shown, under certain conditions, to add to α,β-unsaturated oxazolines in good yields and high de's. When 4-bromobutylsulfonyl carbanions are added to unsaturated oxazolines, three contiguous stereocenters are formed and good yields of 1,2,3-substituted cyclohexanes are obtained as a 5:1 mixture of only two diastereomers. The sulfonyl substituent may be reductively cleaved to form selectively 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexanes.


AED in Commotio Cordis. Introduction: Cardiac arrest due to chest wall blows (commotio cordis) has been reported with increasing frequency in children, and only about 15% of victims survive. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have been shown to be life saving in adults with cardiac arrest, but data on their use in children are limited. In a swine model of commotio cordis designed to be most relevant to young children, we assessed the efficacy of a commercially available AED for recognition and termination of ventricular fibrillation.


Physics prospects of sse are discussed, referring to other coming colliders. In addition, the present status of the sse project and detector proposals for the experiments are described.


Objectives: To explore the nursing care of autologous cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) in treating the patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after the treatment of transcatheter arterial chemoeblization (TACE) sequentially combined with CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Medthods: 57 cases received autologous CIK cells infusion by common hepatic artery every 1??3 weeks for four times, then every 4 weeks for 4 times; the number of CIK cells infused ranged from 1.1′1010~1.5′1010 every time. In this process, good mental nursing and strict aseptic operation are needed. During the treatment of TACE, RFA and CIK, observe the side effects and complications, and take corresponding measures and nursing. 1. Mental Nursing: explain the objective, methods, necessity, security and the possible complications in detail to lift the patient' worry and receive the treatment with a good attitude; 2. The Nursing after TACE: Observe the puncture site and the effect after chemotherapy and embolization treatment. 3. The Nursing after RFA: Pay attention to the change of skin surrounded the puncture site and whether the patients ache. 4. The Nursing after drawing blood and autologous CIK cells infusion: During drawing blood, strict aseptic operation is needed. The culture fluid must be infused in 30 minutes.Results: After effective mental nursing, the 57 patients lifted the worry, all received the treatments. A lot of the patients have minor digestive tract effect and did not need particular treatment; ten patients suffered fever, the temperature between 37.5~39.5, but some of the patients suffered high fever need antipyretics. Conclusions: Autologous CIK cells were efficient effector cells after TACE sequentially combined with CT-guided RFA procedure in the treatment of HCC. It had the effect of anti-B-virus and it may reduce the frequency of recurrence or prolonged the recurrence free span. It also have good security, less side effects, also improve the patients survival equality.


What can economics offer in the explanation of politics? The first accomplishment is to reduce the subject to a maximization problem analogous to others encountered in economic theory. A second accomplishment is to make this problem interesting, to make it really illuminating about politics. Both steps are difficult, and the accomplishments have been only partial. Viewing politics as maximization may seem unreasonably austere and narrow, but it is what distinguishes the contribution of economics from that of political scientists or more general social observers. Empirical work by economists on farm politics typically brings in these broader concerns, but this paper attempts instead to justify the narrower approach and to explore its implications. Its organization is, first, to spell out details of the contribution of economic theory to explaining politics; second, to review work on agricultural policies in relation to this theory; and, finally, to discuss implications for positive versus normative economics in policy analysis.


We consider holomorphic vector-valued modular forms F of integral weight k on the full modular group Γ = SL(2, ℤ) corresponding to representations of Γ of arbitrary finite dimension p. Assuming that the component functions of F are linearly independent, we prove that the inequality k ≥ 1 - p always holds, and that equality holds only in the trivial case when p = 1 and k = 0. For any p ≥ 2, we show how to construct large numbers of representations of Γ for which k = 2 - p. The key idea is to consider representations of Γ on spaces of solutions of certain linear differential equations whose coefficients are modular forms.


Focused on the theory that women are different from men in social roles and that these disparities result in asymmetrical, discriminatory gender power relationships, 'women's empowerment' relates to increasing women's right to influence of their strategic decisions in life and their opportunity to completely grow their potential.As an economic, political and social culture phase, women's empowerment questions the framework of sexual stratification that has contributed to the subordination and marginalization of women to increase the quality of life of women.This review article provides an overview of women empowerment status in India.


The present article makes comments on the film,Tess and draws the conclusion that the film carved a resourceful heroine and showed the audience a real,alive social world and also let us review our social moral standards through the character,which is a victim of traditional moral concepts.


【Objectives : The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Herbal medicine, extrusion and Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture therapy for treating Sil-Yol(Excess heat) type acne.Methods : Total of 22 patients with Sil-Yol(Excess heat) type acne were treated with the Herbal medicine(Chungsangbangpoong-tang, Yangkyuksanwha-tang, Hwalhyeolsano-tang, Galgeunhaegi-tang, Daeshihotang) and weekly Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture & extrusion therpay. By the standardized photography before and after treatment, KASG and survey for patient`s satisfaction, we checked effect of Herbal medicine and Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture therapy for treating acne.Results : 1. In 22 patients who underwent the Herbal medicine, extrusion and Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture therapy, there was an significant improvement in KASG. Mean value of KAGS before treatment is 3.59±0.80, mean value of KAGS after treatment is 1.95±65.2. The responses to the survey for satisfaction revealed that 5 patients were very satisfied with their outcomes, 11 patients were satisfied, 5 patients were somewhat satisfied, 1 patient was dissatisfied.Conclusion : In Korean medicine, Herbal medicine and Hwangryunhaedok-tang Pharmacopuncture therpay might be effective method for treating Sil-Yol(Excess heat) type acne.】


The crisis period which commenced in 2008 highlighted the fact both at domestic and international level that in certain cases financial enterprises – which operate in a more relaxed prudential regulatory framework compared to banks – accumulated substantial credit risks that generated major losses for the financing credit institutions. This paper presents a simple, straightforward tool for monitoring banks' risks related to the funding of financial enterprises operating in Hungary. This tool can be reproduced based on the balance sheet and income statement data of corporate databases, and at the same time its performance is stable and as such it can be widely utilised, it facilitates close, automated monitoring and can be used as a financial warning model, which permits the allocation of a relative risk level to financial enterprises either in the medium term or 2 years ahead. It can be concluded that, based on the foregoing, prior to the major world economic crisis that commenced in 2008, it would have been possible to identify risky financial enterprises and banks could have closed or amortised their exposures to risky financial enterprises earlier, as necessary. To our knowledge, at the time of the publication this type of risk measurement methodology is unprecedented in the Hungarian literature in respect of banks' risks in relation to lending to financial enterprises.


Active control of the production choke valve is the recommended solution to prevent casing-heading instability in gas-lifted oil wells. Focus of this work is to find a simple yet robust control structure for stabilization of the system. In order to find suitable control variables, a controllability analysis of the system with different candidate control variables and two alternative manipulated variables was performed. Moreover, to include robustness and performance requirements at the same time, the controllability analysis was extended to a mixed sensitivity H1 optimization problem. A control structure using only the available top- side pressure measurements was found to be effective to stabilize this system.


The area coordinated control of urban traffic is an efficient approach to relieve the urban traffic congestion. In this paper, a bi-level programming model is formulated. In the upper level, we aim to minimize the total time spent in the urban artery, which considers the constraints of sequence phases' starting and duration through the macroscopic traffic flow model. In the lower level, the goal is to maximize the vehicle release rate. In this work, vehicular emissions model is adopted to calculate the emissions and an environmental constraint is introduced by considering the requirement of air quality. Simulation experiments are conducted using data of real road network. Experimental results indicate that our method not only reduces the total time at a rate of approximately 10%, but reduces the concentration of PM2.5 as well.


Present study deals with reporting of a Caryophyllidean tapeworm Lytocestus sahayi n. sp. collected from intestine of freshwater catfish Clarias batrachus (Linneus, 1758) from Mundkhede Dam near Chalisgaon (M.S.) India. Worm comes closer to all known species of the genus Lytocestus, in general topography of organs, but differs due to long head, tapering anteriorly, well-marked off from body. Testes oval to rounded, 500530 in number, unevenly distributed. Cirrus pouch large, oval, preovarian, vertically placed, cirrus thin, straight, vas deferens short, thin, coiled. Ootype is small, oval. Vagina long, thin tube, coiled. Ovary bilobed, 'Butterfly' shaped, with 25-28 ovarian follicles, situated in posterior region of the worm. Eggs are oval, operculated. Vitellaria are granular, arranged in two rows.


Prisoners who fail to take control of their correctional programming fail to change themselves. Ricciardelli is not writing in the tradition of governmentality scholars; rather, she sets out to describe the interior worlds of prisoners as they seek to reconcile the environmental risks of drugs and violence with their hope to achieve parole and reintegrate into their community. Prisons are unlikely places for positive self-change.


Hydrogen humidity in hydrogen supply system for hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator is directly related to safe operation of the turbogenerator.This paper analyzes the causes of hydrogen humidity overproof in hydrogen supply system for large hydrogen-cooled generator in Weihe Power Generation Co.Ltd.,expounds its harm to the turbogenerator and the necessity to decrease the hydrogen humidity,introduces the practical experience with the hydrogen humidity control.


Arandis in Namibia is one of a mining town that was established in the early 1970s to house mine employees of Rossing Uranium Mine. The economy of mining towns like Arandis is pre-dominated by mining and this pose a threat to the economic future of the town once the mineral gets depleted. The purpose of the study was to investigate the potential economic diversification opportunities for Arandis as a mining dependent town. The results of this study help national and local authorities to develop strategies to diversify economies of mining towns for sustainable economic growth and development. The results of findings show that Arandis town is predominantly a mining town but has the potential for economic diversification and policies and plans have been put in place by GRN and Arandis town council to facilitate economic diversification processes. It is recommended that both GRN and Arandis town council should prioritise the successful implementation of local economic development policies for successful economic diversification of mining towns. It is also further recommended to plan and implement for developing the town into a tourist resort and service centre.


Harrell discusses her experience growing up as a native of Asheville, describes her childhood memories, education, and her career as part of the National Climatic Center. She discusses her involvement as a foster parent and grandparent. She remembers segregation, and discusses the effects of integration on the city. She discusses her values, beliefs, and changes she has seen through the years.


Why-question answering (why-QA) is a task to retrieve answers (or answer passages) to why-questions (e.g., "why are tsunamis generated?") from a text archive. Several previously proposed methods for why-QA improved their performance by automatically recognizing causalities that are expressed with such explicit cues as "because" in answer passages and using the recognized causalities as a clue for finding proper answers. However, in answer passages, causalities might be implicitly expressed, (i.e., without any explicit cues): "An earthquake suddenly displaced sea water and a tsunami was generated." The previous works did not deal with such implicitly expressed causalities and failed to find proper answers that included the causalities. We improve why-QA based on the following two ideas. First, implicitly expressed causalities in one text might be expressed in other texts with explicit cues. If we can automatically recognize such explicitly expressed causalities from a text archive and use them to complement the implicitly expressed causalities in an answer passage, we can improve why-QA. Second, the causes of similar events tend to be described with a similar set of words (e.g., "seismic energy" and "tectonic plates" for "the Great East Japan Earthquake" and "the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake"). As such, even if we cannot find in a text archive any explicitly expressed cause of an event (e.g., "the Great East Japan Earthquake") expressed in a question (e.g., "Why did the Great East Japan earthquake happen?"), we might be able to identify its implicitly expressed causes with a set of words (e.g., "tectonic plates") that appear in the explicitly expressed cause of a similar event (e.g., "the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake"). We implemented these two ideas in our multi-column convolutional neural networks with a novel attention mechanism, which we call causality attention. Through experiments on Japanese why-QA, we confirmed that our proposed method outperformed the state-of-the-art systems.


Security has become an important issue when the applications of big data are dramatically growing in cloud computing. The advantages of the implementation for these technologies have improved the service models and improve application performances in various perspectives. To secure the confidentiality of collected data, there is a need to prevent sensitive information from reaching the wrong people by ensuring that the right people are getting it. Sensed data are always associated with different sensitivity levels of confidentiality based on the sensitivity of the sensed data types. The confidentiality of collected data is improved by using a Selective Encryption (SEEN) method and a Regression algorithm. The Selective Encryption method is based on two key concepts common shared keys and a seamless key refreshment. This method can significantly improve the efficiency and buffer usage at DSM without compromising the confidentiality and integrity of the data streams.


The present invention is to provide a swing control apparatus for a rolling stock having back drive force is small, a compact linear actuator is difficult to stop the generation of the wear powder or the like, and it. Linear actuator, the opening end and is fixed to the hollow body having a closed end, a closed end within the main body side, the opening end and a cylinder having an opening end on a side, having one end protruding from the open end of the body other has a hollow shaft supported in the enabling, the rotation and linear motion drive rod shaft bring the wear ring on the outer periphery received in the slidable movement cylinder in the direction of the end portion main body, the pipe shaft has a permanent magnet on part of the outer circumferential surface, part of the inner surface of the main body configuring the winding and the permanent magnet is a hollow motor having a, and the threaded portion of the outer peripheral surface of the nut portion and the direct-acting rod fixed coaxially to the hollow shaft is configured for linear motion conversion mechanism so engaged with rotation and, in the nut part axially opposite sides having parts rotating oil seal for sealing between the shaft and the hollow body.


In order to solve the problem that the existing living cell microscopy technology can not display the detailed information of cells, a high sensitivity digital holographic living cell microscopy technology is proposed in this paper. By measuring the phase distribution and refractive index distribution of living cells, the data of living cells are extracted and converted into digital hologram of living cells. Simulation and comparison of the commonly used two-dimensional living cell microscope methods. The experimental results show that the high-sensitivity digital holographic microscopic detection method can obtain the detailed information of living cells, which proves the effectiveness of this study.


STROKE CARE: AN INTERDISClPUNARY APPROACH. Lubbock G, ed. Faber & Faber 1983. £4.95. ISBN 0 571 130690. This book discusses the approach to and treatment of stroke patients with the emphasis on interdisciplinary teamwork. It is written by a team from Exeter Health District with contributions from many disciplines doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, psychologists and dental surgeons each reinforcing the overlapping of care between the professions. They show how interaction and communication can enhance the service provided for stroke patients and their relatives. The book begins with the medical and pathological problems related to stroke with a chapter concerned with stroke prevention, and the role of the GP. Nursing care considers the patients in hospital and those in the community, as well as those transferred to long-stay wards. There is a particularly useful chapter for occupational therapists on perceptual deficit and memory disturbance which looks at problem areas likely to be affected, how these present, and suggestions for overcoming these difficulties. The section on oral and pharyngeal rehabilitation is very interesting, discussing a field that is not usually presented to the rehabilitation team. The occupational therapy chapter covers the basic areas of the work, but does not go into a great deal of depth about the specific rehabilitation programmes used with stroke patients; however, it does clearly present an introduction to the field and suggests further reading. I particularly like the presentation of advice for relatives. There are clear instructions with good photographs and it should be very useful for relatives and those coping with the newly affected stroke patient. This is an excellent book on the interdisciplinary approach to the stroke patient; there is a great deal to be learned from it and it should prove to be useful for all who work in this field. Pam Court, Head Occupational Therapist, Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, London Ell.


Wastewater pipeline infrastructures are critical for cities, counties and transportation facilities to also enhance the drainage during rain storm and minimize local flooding. Infiltration due to leaking pipes and other components of a waste water system will add to the problem of overflow and also over load the treatment facilities. Also frequent overflows not only lead to regulatory problems but also increase the treatment cost. Leaking systems will cause erosion of soils through the leaking joints leading to the settlement of the ground surface, formation of sinkholes and damage to surrounding pavements and structures. Since the ASTM pipe-joint tests varied with the type and size of pipes a unified test protocol was developed by CIGMAT and approved by a steering committee with representation from the USEPA, pipe associations, cities and consulting engineers. The testing protocol included the procedures to determine the leakage rates at the pipe –joints under shear loading and angular deflection. Using this protocol both rigid (clay, concrete and fiber glass) and flexible pipes (Polypropylene, PVC) with 30-in. diameter (76.2 mm) have been tested in the CIGMAT laboratory. The joints were tested to an infiltration hydrostatic pressure of 50 kPa (7 psi). Pipe joints were tested in duplicate. Relationships between shear load, deflection of the pipe and the angle of rotation of the pipes at the joint with the applied hydrostatic water pressure at the joint have been developed for various types of pipes tested under this program. 1


PURPOSE: An embedded printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are provided to reduce resistance and easily form a cavity by using an exposure and development applying a photosensitivity build-up layer. CONSTITUTION: In an embedded printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same, an insulating layer(10a) forms a cavity. A chip(30) mounts in the cavity. A circuit layer(40) is formed in the insulating layer. The insulating layer is comprised of a photosensitive composition including a light-sensitivity monomer and a photoinitiator.


"Xiang"is a Yuan category of Chinese traditional culture and esthetics.It presents the different style in the different historical period with glory and rich.while overall speaking,"xiang"has experienced a varia- tion process from the philosophy category to the artistic category.But in this variation process,the Pre-Qin,Han Wei and Six Dynasties as well as Tang Dynasty are three relative independences but also the vital significance the stages.


With the development of automobile industry,perfect coating appearance is not limited to car industry.In order to meet higher customer demands and improve competitiveness,a lot of heavy-truck manufacturers pay more and more attention to surface quality.In this text,through the trouble shooting of serious orange peel,the genesis and determination of orange peel was analyzed.The factors of producing orange peel were detected and rectified according to the body board,paint,spraying conditions and operating techniques,and the necessary basis for controlling of orange peel in the production was provided.


Skin disorders are one among the common manifestations. Normally, 10-15% of the general practitioner's encounter patients with skin disorders. Ayurveda covers a number of skin manifestations under Kushta Roga. Dadru is one among Kshudra Kushta. It is identified by symptoms such as Kandu, DeerghaPratana, Utsanna, Mandala, Raaga, Pidaka with predominance of Pitta Kapha Dosha. It can be correlated with Tinea infection. Being a Twak Vikara, Bahirparimarjana Chikitsa like Lepadhi treatments plays an important role in the treatment of Kushta including Dadru Kushta. Present study was conducted on 60 diagnosed patients of Dadru Kushta who were randomly allocated with 30 each in two groups. Dadru Vidravana Malahara was given for local application in one group and Gandhaka Malahara, a widely used formulation in clinical practice was given for local application in another group. These local applications were advised for a duration of 7 days for under the treatment concept of Lepa. The ingredients of which are the drugs processing Shodana and Kushtahara property. The data was collected from patients at baseline,4 day and 8 day (on completion). Assessment was based on KASI method of grading, number of lesions, perimeter of each lesion, pidaka (present or absent). The results of the study showed that, INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL Nidhin V S & Zenica D'souza: Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Dadru Vidravana Malahara In Dadru Kushta A Randomised Controlled Clinical Study doi: 10.46607/iamj.0807062020 | IAMJ July 2020 | www.iamj.in 3859 a statistically significant difference was not seen between the effect of Dadru Vidravana Malahara and Gandhaka Malahara in Dadru Kushta.


This is the Age of Space Flight. Satellites orbiting the earth are the heralds of more spectacular demonstrations to come. "Man in earth orbit" is the prologue to manned missions in the alien environment of lunar space. Basically, the objectives of the US space programme are to: 1. Expand human knowledge of atmosphere and space.2. Improve the use, speed, performance, safety and efficiency of aeronautical and space vehicles.3. Develop and operate vehicles capable of carrying instruments, equipment, supplies and living organisms through space.4. Study the potential benefits of space activities for peaceful and scientific purposes.5. Preserve the role of the US as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology, and in the application thereof to peaceful activities.


When the line based scanning method is used to segment the connected components of the remote sensing binary image,which has such a huge volume of data and complex shape, the adjacent table will record mass information for equivalent pairs,and result in the waste of memory and the disadvantage of algorithm running. According to this problem, this paper presents a new fast line based labeling method. The proposed method uses the double tables to record the connectivity between the adjacent pixels and corrects the labels real time, which resolves the problem of label conflict and marks all the connected components quite well. Confirmed by the simulation data set and the experimental results with real data, compared to the traditional algorithm,this method improves treatment efficiency significantly and possesses better practicability.


Scentless chamomile (Matricaria perforata) Merat is an annual or short-lived perennial weed native to Europe that is becoming a serious problem in agricultural land in western Canada. Three biological control agents have been released in western Canada. The seed weevil Omphalapion hookeri and the gall midge Rhopalomyia tripleurospermi are well established and dispersing at numerous sites, while the stem weevil Microplontus edentulus is only established at a few sites to date. The impact of these insects is difficult to evaluate because of the patchy distribution and fluctuating density of the target weed. We have represented the interactions between scentless chamomile, O. hookeri, and R. tripleurospermi in a landscape context using a coupled map lattice model. This model incorporates (1) stagestructured population models for the target weed and the two biocontrol agents, (2) dispersal kernels for each of the organisms, and (3) a geographical information system (GIS) landscape layer representing spatial heterogeneity such as land-use patterns. Estimates are available for many of the required parameters. The model will be used to predict the outcome of the weed–biocontrol agent interactions, suggest methods of impact evaluation in the field, and to develop recommendations to optimize release strategies. The model provides a general framework which could readily be adapted to model many weed–biocontrol agent interactions in a spatial context.


With the popularity of Bluetooth devices and the promotion of Bluetooth Specification Version 4.0, the indoor location technology based on the Bluetooth devices develops rapidly. Aiming at the huge demands of the indoor location service, a precise Bluetooth positioning system with a linear-weighted algorithm is presented. The system combines Bluetooth devices with linear-weighted algorithm. It locates the mobile devices through weighting the value of the received signal strength indicator, the link quality, and the transmit power level of the Bluetooth wireless communication link. The simulation results show that the average of location error in this algorithm is less than 1.5m, which meets certain accuracy requirements.


The article raises the problem of transformation of the nature of the communicative in the context of virtualization and digitalization of all spheres of culture. The study is constructed in the form of a commented dialogue with the authors of "Violence and Social Orders. Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History" by D. North, D. Wallis, and B. Weingast1. The review represents the comparison of the types of communication in traditional society, open society and on-screen culture (in a situation of virtual expansion. Contradiction (speech against speech) is considered as a transitional stage from struggle and conflict to screen simulation of communication. The author considers virtualization of the communicative from a critical point of view and therefore draws conclusions regarding personal degradation of a modern communicant – an aborigine of the digital jungle. Such an experience excludes the possibility of a harmonizing dialogue as a process of reconciling contradictions for one simple reason. If speech property turns out to belong exclusively to the individual, then the total impersonality proclaimed by D. North, D. Wallis, and B. Weingast can only be supported by violence implemented through commands. Thus, communicative interaction inevitably degenerates into a communicative impact, which is initially built on the inequality of partners.


SYNOPSIS Due to the variety of excitation frequencies and the larger influence of the foundation on the wind turbine response, modelling of the dynamic behaviour of the foundation becomes a more pronounced issue for offshore wind turbines. This paper investigates the sensitivity of the support structure's natural frequency to variation in models for pile foundations of a monotower, tripod and lattice tower. The use of a stiffness matrix at mudline provides a significant reduction of complexity and results in acceptable loss of accuracy. Uncoupled springs and an effective fixity depth model are discouraged. For the tripod and lattice structure of this study lateral flexibility of the foundation is more important than axial flexibility. An important aspect of extreme- and fatigue loading of the support structure of an offshore wind energy converter (OWEC) is its dynamic response. Its dynamic behaviour differs in some important aspects from that of platforms for the offshore oil industry and of onshore wind energy converters. The natural frequency of an OWEC is wedged between different excitation frequencies, whereas the natural frequency of a platform for the offshore oil industry is usually designed to be above all main excitation frequencies. The geometry and dimensions of offshore foundations differ from typical onshore solutions, resulting particularly in a larger influence of foundation stiffness. Due to the variety of excitation frequencies and the larger influence of the foundation on the wind turbine response, modelling of the dynamic behaviour of the foundation becomes a more pronounced issue for offshore wind turbines. This paper investigates the sensitivity of the support structure's natural frequency to variation in models for pile foundations. The assessment is performed for a monotower, a tripod and a lattice tower. These support structures are designed for North Sea conditions with water depths between 15 and 25 m and for a 3 MW turbine. The monotower and lattice tower are based on the design solutions of the Opti-OWECS project (4). The tripod is designed by Heerema and was used in a study of the simulation of offshore wind turbines under stochastic loading (5). The main dimensions of the support structures are given in Table 1.


Simple Summary Lactating hyperprolific sows present with oxidative stress, which affects feed intake and milk production. The metabolic response of animals is to mobilize body reserves, resulting in a negative energy balance. In this context, this study suggested the use of phytogenic additives in the feed of lactating sows to improve body conditions during the lactation period and milk production, yielding adequate piglet performance. The study verified that using phytogenics in the feed of lactating sows resulted in improved bromatological parameters of the milk and improved the performance of sows and piglets. Abstract The objective was to evaluate the effect of phytogenic supplementation in the feed of lactating sows on the performance parameters of sows and suckling piglets. Ninety-three lactating sows of commercial lines (sows TN70) were distributed in a completely randomized design. The treatments adopted were a control diet without phytogenics (control) and a control diet with phytogenic supplementation in the feed. Performance parameters and the behaviors of sows and piglets were evaluated, in addition to milk composition and the biochemical parameters of the animals. The use of phytogenics did not affect the feed intake or tissue mobilization of the sows. However, it improved the production and quality of milk and reduced the possibility of light piglets at weaning by 22.16 percentage points. Regarding biochemical parameters, phytogenics improved animal recovery in the lactation period, as proven by an increase in the serum concentration of total protein and urea. Sows that received phytogenics exhibited increased behaviors of inactivity (3.16%), breastfeeding (1.15%), and water consumption (0.95%). In conclusion, using phytogenics in the feed of lactating sows improves the performance of the litters without affecting the body condition of the sows, with increased milk production and enhanced protein and lactose concentration.


In this paper, we study the Weissman-Taylor rectangular element for the Reissner-Mindlin plate (12) model and provide a convergence analysis for the transverse displacement and the rotation. We show that the element is stable and locking free, thereby improve the results of (8) and (9).


Erratum: '' Ab initio calculations on the ground and excited states of BeOH and MgOH'' †J. Chem. Phys. 111, 10484 "1999...‡ Giannoula Theodorakopoulos and Ioannis D. Petsalakis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, The National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635 Greece Ian P. Hamilton Chemistry Department, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L3C5 Canada @S0021-9606 ~00!99903-3#