Abstract – The theory, methods and the architecture of parallel information's analysis is presented by the form of analytical, graph and table forms of associative relations for the search, recognition, diagnosis of destructive components and the decision making in n-dimensional vector cybernetic individual space. Vector-logical processes-models of actual oriented tasks are considered. They include the testing and diagnosis of bad massages and the recovery of serviceability, the hardware-software components of computer systems and the decision quality is estimated by the interactions of non-arithmetic metrics of Boolean vectors. The concept of self-development information of computer ecosystem is offered. It repeats the evolution of the functionality of the person. Original processes-models of associative-logical information analysis are represented on the basis of high-speed multiprocessor in n-dimensional vector discrete space. I. I NTRODUCTION HE problem of creating an effective infrastructure of cyberspace (Cyber Space), as well as self-developing information and computing ecosystems (ICES) of the planet is particularly important for global companies, such as Kaspersky Laboratory, Google and Microsoft. Cyberspace as an object of nature is also susceptible to destructive components affecting the performance of subjects, which are computers, systems and networks. Therefore, now and in the future it remains as an important problem of space standardization and


This article analyzes the reasons for the current economical and financial crisis from a historical perspective and a comparative view with previous experiences. Among these reasons are financial deregulation and the political policies that favor cheap credit and real estate speculation as result of what is called "Washington consensus" which replaces the model of "Keynesian consensus" that characterized the decades following World War II. Although the crisis has greater repercussions in Western countries with a more consolidated Welfare State, its long duration, which is already more than a lustrum, indicates that it is a deep economical depression with direct consequences in social structure and nations' governance. In this sense, this crisis is regarded as an "historical character," similar to those of the depressions at the end of 19th century and the thirties of the 20 th century.


The present invention provides antimicrobial compositions and methods for reducing the number and/or the viability of microbial populations on Surfaces exposed to animal feces, Such as animal litter and animal containment areas.


Aim: Retrospective review of patients after coccygectomy for post traumatic coccydynia. Methods: 13 patients (2 male, 11 female; mean age 37.8 years) who had undergone coccygectomy in our unit between 1995–2005 were identified and their case notes were reviewed. All patients had coccydynia with clear history of trauma, had failed to respond to three MUA and injections, and on clinical examination by senior author had hypermobile coccyx. All patients were operated by the senior author, using a standard technique whereby all segments of the coccyx from sacrococcygeal joint were excised. At follow up postal questionnaire was sent to all patients. This included, Visual Analogue Score (VAS) for Pain now and VAS for pain over one week, overall patient satisfaction, and Oswestry disability Index (ODI), The non-respondents were contacted by telephone 3 weeks later. Overall response was 100%. RESULTS: Mean time from the onset of symptoms to coccygectomy was 23.8 months (range 5–72). Average length of follow up was 3.8 years (range 0.7–10.8). 6 patients (46%) had 0 pain for VAS now and VAS over one week. 2 patients (15%) had mild pain VAS (1,2) for pain now and over 1 week, and 4 patients(31%) had moderate pain VAS (5,5,5,6) for pain now and VAS (5,5,5,5) for pain over 1 week and 1 patient (8%) had severe pain VAS (8). ODI was normal or mild disability (0–20%) in 8 patients (71%), 4 patients had moderate disability (ODI 21–40%) and 1 had sever disability (ODI 54%). Overall Ten patients (76.9%) were satisfied with the result and would consider the same surgery again. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of post traumatic coccydynia resistant to conservative measures can lead to satisfactory results, if appropriate patient selection criteria are applied.


The author is to be congratulated on maintaining the high standards of clinical descriptions, differential diagnoses, and histopathology, which have always typified McLachlan's Handbook. This useful book should be studied and learnt by all those who intend to practise in venereology and any of its allied subjects. The limited bibliographies at the end of the chapters are quite adequate for a book of this size. This is not an easy book to read; one is constantly being referred back and forth through the text in search of related material and unfortunately too many of the references are incorrect. As an example, on p. 143 the reader is referred to p. 195, and from there immediately back to p. 142. The illustrations, only six of which are in colour, are too small for clarity although some clinical entities are illustrated by two figures when one would have sufficed and there are errors in the descriptions under some of them. Many would feel that Chlamydia oculogenitale (p. 1) should not be considered a virus and that Donovania granulomatis (p. 3) is a member of the Klebsiella group of bacteria. It might also be pointed out that psittacosis was the most likely cause for some patients in east London having serum complement-fixing antibodies to lymphogranuloma venereum (p. 2). Certain other points require note: oxygen should be mentioned in the treatment of anaphylaxis (p. 41); superficial glossitis (fig. 79) is a misnomer, the condition is a glossitis profunda; Homer's syndrome (p. 66) is classically associated with an aneurysm ofthe transverse not of the ascending aorta; loss of vibration sense is worth including among the sensory changes in tabes dorsalis (p. 78); syphilis usually causes late rather than early miscarriages (p. 93). It is disappointing to find that this edition perpetuates that confusion of former days between the very rare metastatic complications of gonorrhoea and the clinical manifestations of Reiter's disease. One would have thought that, with the criterion for the diagnosis of gonorrhoea at any site being the isolation of N. gonorrhoeae therefrom, such prevarication would be unnecessary. In the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis (p. 140) phase-contrast microscopy has the advantage over dark-ground in that the substage lens is kept dry, while in the fluorescent antibody stain for N. gonorrhoeae (p. 203) naphthalene black has superseded rhodamine. Thayer and Martin's medium or one of its modifications should be mentioned in cultural methods to identify N. gonorrhoeae (p. 203). Some might argue that there are newer, less irritant, and more effective lotions than 1:8,000 Pot. permanganate (p. 40, et al.) to apply in the various conditions for which it is recommended, that sulphadimidine, which is more soluble, is safer than sulphatriad (pp. 99 and 104), and that arsenical pessaries (p. 148) should not be used nowadays in the treatment of non-specific vaginitis, since there are a number of other less dangerous preparations available. There are some discrepancies in the text, thus the lymph drainage of the upper vagina is stated incorrectly on p. 16 to be the inguinal glands and correctly on p. 102 to the pelvi-rectal groups while erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome are considered as separate entities on p. 144 and identical on p. 176. Notwithstanding these criticisms and considering that the majority of the errors could have been remedied by careful proof-reading, this handbook remains a very good primer although one doubts it being "appreciated by aU persons above the age of puberty". C. B. S. Schofield.


The utility model discloses a multifunctional airtightness detection apparatus, comprising an air inputting pipe connected with an air inlet of a device to be detected, and an air exhausting pipe connected with an air outlet of the device to be detected, wherein the air inputting pipe is orderly provided with a pressure regulating valve, an air intake valve and an air intake pressure gauge along the direction of air flow, the air exhausting pipe is connected with the air exhausting valve and an air exhausting pressure gauge in series, and the outlet end of the air intake pipe, used for connecting with the device to be detected and the inlet end of the air exhausting pipe, used for connecting with the device to be detected are respectively provided with a pipe joint. The multifunctional airtightness detection apparatus can be used for detecting pipe equipment and also detecting container equipment, is simple in structure, convenient in use and wide in application range, thereby overcoming the defect that the prior detection apparatus can only be used for detecting the airtightness of the container equipment.


Red tourism was a spiritual and cultural product of organic combination of the red culture and tourism.Based on the study review of symbiosis theory and the red tourism,this paper constructed the symbiosis developing model of red tourism from the aspect of industry,region,products,management,benefits and culture,and then pointed out the way of the symbiosis development of Jilin Provincial red tourism.


INTRODUCTION/HYPOTHESIS: Recent studies have shown that healthcare workers directly engaged with COVID-19 patients and those with pre-existing psychological problems were at increased risk of anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms. It is not known whether these symptoms are anticipatory or reactive. This study examines the influence that the perception of the course in time of the pandemic (early, middle, late) has on ICU professionals' mental health. We hypothesize that those workers who perceive that they were at the beginning of the pandemic would have higher anticipatory anxiety, but those who perceived they were toward the end would have higher reactive depression and somatization symptoms. METHODS: On April 7, 2020, an email survey was sent to the members of SCCM with a reminder email one week later to those who hadn't yet responded. Collected information included demographic data, perception of caseload and point in the time course of the pandemic, and responses to psychological instruments assessing depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), and symptom somatization (PHQ-15). RESULTS: ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc analysis of the 939 responses showed no significant difference between respondent's perception of their stage in the time course of the pandemic (early, middle, toward the end) and levels of depression (PHQ-9) or anxiety (GAD-7);however, those who believed they were near the end of the pandemic had significantly fewer somatic symptoms (PHQ-15) than those who believed they were early or mid (p< 0.05). DISCUSSION: Perception of stage in the time course of the pandemic did not influence the presence of depression or anxiety but did lead to improved somatization symptoms for those who felt they were at the end of the pandemic. These results suggest that reactive depression and anxiety abate more slowly than somatic symptoms during a pandemic. Psychological interventions for the ICU professional should start in the earliest stages of a pandemic and persist throughout the course.


This paper brings up the information embedding and detecting for digital watermarking based on wavelet transform.This kind of the method takes advantages of the characteristics of the wavelet transform,and add the digital watermarking into the figure.I adopt the method of the misty watermarking to detect the position of the digital watermarking,if the figure concludes the digital watermarking.


Based on enough samples obtained by model experiments in wind tunnel, two BP artificial neural networks (ANNs) were constructed with the MATLAB toolbox of ANN. Then the two ANNs were used to train static coefficients in two different coordinate systems. i.e. body and wind coordinate systems, and training results of static coefficients of bridge section in the two coordinate systems were compared using the Bayesian regularization algorithm. The result shows that a four-layer network is more efficient and has better accuracy. Finally, some problems to the application of ANNs to the identification were pointed out.


Existing studies have demonstrated the use of memristor crossbars for learning linearly separable functions. The memristors are used as analog synaptic weights, thus allowing the memristor crossbar to evaluate a large number of multiplication and addition operations concurrently in the analog domain. Non-linearly separable functions can be implemented by cascading two or more crossbars, with each crossbar implementing a linearly separable function. The training circuits for these cascaded crossbars implementing non-linearly separable functions requires more complex logic than for linearly separable functions. In this paper we have implemented non-linear classifiers utilizing multiple linear separators and thus can utilize a simpler training circuit. We have examined the implementation of Boolean functions and motion detection applications as case studies.


We study the decay in time of the spatial L-norm (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞) of solutions to parabolic conservation laws with dispersive and dissipative terms added ut − uxxt − νuxx + bux = f(u)x or ut + uxxx − νuxx + bux = f(u)x, and we show that under general assumptions about the nonlinearity, solutions of the nonlinear equations have the same long time behavior as their linearizations at the zero solution.


The urgency to stimulate transversal competencies is evident and acknowledged by accreditation commissions and institutions. For this reason, higher engineering education has developed practices and implemented in the engineering curricula elements that stimulate these competencies. However, educators find difficulties in developing and implementing them due to lack of time or experience, space in the degrees, or lack of institution support. This study describes a communication activity created and implemented over three engineering education institutions as part of a European knowledge alliance project and presents the values and challenges experienced by the universities after its implementation. Students carried out a short questionnaire at the end of the activity and the data from the three institutions were compared. The findings of this study showed that students perceived that this communication activity helped them to understand the importance of communication skills, and because of its nature of plug and play it was easily transferable to the three universities. This study provides educators with a new educational practice easy to implement and effective to stimulate student reflection on their communication skills.


Epoxy γ-alumina nanocomposites are prepared with different weight percentage (wt%) to understand its electrical and mechanical properties. surface potential decay rate of the material and the trap depth shows inverse correlation. Increase in dielectric constant and loss tangent is observed on addition of γ-alumina to the epoxy resin. Addition of γ-alumina nanoparticles shows reduced space charge accumulation. DMA studies indicate that the γ-alumina epoxy nanocomposites have enhanced storage modulus, glass transition temperature, and activation energy.


Regarding the macro data of the whole country and Liaoning province as samples,the contributions of secondary vocational education against the economic growth are estimated.The results show that the more the educated years are,the greater its contributions against economic growth.Contrast with the contributions of national secondary vocational education against economic growth,the contributions of Liaoning province is higher.The impacting factors mainly contain the economic growth level and the proportion of the average composite index growth rate of secondary vocational education in the average educational composite index.


It has long been known that all ultrasonic flow meters, especially those that exploit multiple paths to achieve higher accuracies are capable of extensive self-diagnosis. However, each manufacturer of the technology has tended to develop diagnostic tools specific to each particular device. This has led to a confusing mix of offerings that are not transportable between meters, and whose interpretations are not always consistent.


The established role of P53 is in Base Excision Repair of adenine residues that have been misincorporated opposite guanine or 8-oxoG (7, 8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine). The BER pathway plays a significant role in the repair of mutations caused by reactive oxygen species that are generated during aerobic metabolism Mutations in this gene affect the ability of cells to correct mistakes made during DNA replication biallelic mutations have been shown to predispose to an attenuated form of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)2 called P53. Most CRCs (colorectal cancers) are thought to develop from pre-existing adenomas, and CRC risk is increased in patients who have multiple adenomatous polyps in the colorectum. In the present work, the role of P53 gene in colon cancer has been evaluated. For this colon cancer HT 29 Colon cancer cells and MRC-5 fibroblast cells is collected. First the total RNA extraction is done, this total RNA is converted to cDNA to further carry out Real Time PCR analysis of the gene expression. As a result of the present study, it was observed that the gene expression levels of P53 are considerably decreased in colon cancer cell lines as compared to the normal cell lines. This result supports the previously carried out work on the role of P53 gene in colon cancer and predisposition to cancer in case of mutations in P53 gene.


On a global scale all the signs indicate that demand for rodent control in urban areas will continue to grow. United Nations predictions show that some 2.1 billion extra people will be living in urban environments by 2030. Such an explosion in urban development will favour commensal rodents - and that means that rodent control will become an increasingly important issue. So do we have the technology to control them? Martina Flynn* from urban pest control specialists Sorex International believes that we do, but adopting professional rodent control strategies and choosing the best formulations for each specific situation will become even more essential.


This paper addresses several questions related to the Hodge conjecture. First of all we consider the question, asked by Maillot and Soulé, whether the Hodge conjecture can be reduced to the case of varieties defined over number fields. We show that this is the case for the Hodge classes whose corresponding Hodge locus is defined over a number field. We also give simple criteria for this last condition to be satisfied. Finally we discuss the relation between this condition and the notion of absolute Hodge class.


(cid:633)(cid:633) Commercial clusters, especially shopping districts, have been on the decline in recent years, with the worst decline occurring in the central urban areas at municipal hubs. (cid:633) This decline is due mainly to the movement of shopping centers from the city core to the suburbs, which has caused an outflow of customers to those areas. (cid:633) This study focuses on the transportation infrastructure and methods as a factor behind the shift in customer shopping movements. (cid:633) Roads have probably promoted the consumption shift at the expense of existing commercial districts. (cid:633)(cid:633) The purpose of this paper is to estimate regional production functions for commerce by type of district as defined by location features. (cid:633) Aichi Prefecture was selected as the case study area. (cid:633) The results indicate that roads have had a negative effect on commercial production in the city. (cid:633) The negative fallout, in turn, has affected the city as a whole. Abstract (cid:633)(cid:633) Commercial clusters, especially shopping districts, have declined in recent years, with the worst decline occurring in the central urban areas at municipal hubs. (cid:633) This decline is due mainly to the movement of shopping centers from the city core to the suburbs, which has triggered an outflow of customers to those areas. (cid:633) This downturn has increased the number of vacant stores in the commercial districts, causing the buildings to lose their aesthetic appeal. (cid:633) A drop in sales can also be attributed to this decline in commercial accumulation and to a consumption shift. (cid:633)(cid:633) The study focused on the transportation infrastructure and dependence on automobiles as a major factor behind the shift in the consumption base in the suburbs. (cid:633) We also considered roads as part of the transport infrastructure. (cid:633) Roads likely promoted the consumption shift at the expense of existing commercial districts. (cid:633) The rate of automobile dependence in the surveyed Aichi Prefecture is high. (cid:633)(cid:633) The purpose of this paper is to estimate regional production functions for commerce by type of district as defined by location features. (cid:633) We estimated the production function for Aichi Prefecture as a case study. (cid:633) The results indicate that roads have had a negative effect on commercial production in the city. (cid:633) (cid:633)(cid:633) In conclusion, motorization has advanced in recent years. (cid:633) Therefore, road construction has progressed. (cid:633) Consequently, consumers relocating to the suburbs, adversely affecting commercial accumulation in the city. (cid:633) The negative fallout, in turn, affects the city as a whole. (cid:633) In particular, store reve-nues drop with falling commercial accumulation around a station.


In this paper, we prove that the extended duplicate graph of kite graph admits mean, even mean and odd mean labeling. AMS Subject Classification : 05C78


PCR was used to detect HPV DNA in cervical scrapes of 23 women with cervical cancer. Compared with PCR‐assisted HPV DNA detection in parallel biopsies, the sensitivity was 81% and the specificity 100%. We conclude that cervical scrapes can be used for detection of HPV DNA in women with cervical cancer.


The main objective of this paper is to propose some basic economical and objective criteria for the engineering plastics development in applications, components and parts in the low-end cars segment (known in Brazil as popular cars), to replace traditional metallic machined, die-casted or injected parts. In spite of the lack of reliance in plastics components in automotive applications (one of them being the high temperature in the engine area), big industries in the sector always conceive new projects on high performance polymers for applications considered critical because of its general resistance. The named engineering plastics are preferably chosen due to its easy processing, complex design flexibility, with a good dimensional stability and an excellent resistance against corrosion in environments with chemical hostility. In the past, companies clearly selected the called thermo-stable plastics, almost forgotten or obsolete nowadays (mainly due to the high cost and/or slowness on processing). Today they are largely replaced by engineering thermoplastics. Nowadays, the consumption of plastics in Brazilian low-end cars already reached approximately 130 kg of plastics in their interior and/or exterior (like in Ford KA, for example), which helps to reduce total car weight, increasing the saving of fuel, mitigating process costs, besides to an excellent surface appearance. This paper will approach about the possibility of proposing more objective criteria in the initial phase of the engineering plastics selection (notably polyamides, acetals, polyesters, and polycarbonates), increasing the choice efficacy and diminishing costs (avoiding mistakes and saving time), as a practical consulting guide to engineers and professionals from the Brazilian automotive sector.


The expansion of meadows surfaces in our country implies the existence of increased quatities of perennial gramineae seed.Obtaining seed with high biological value for the perennial gramineae is possibile only from the lots of seed specilly placed in favorable conditions for culture.


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Introduction: The implanted port catheters in chemotherapy which are connected to a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC Ports) are used daily in clinical nursing practice, enabling the administration of intravenous fluids, blood, drugs and Total Parenteral Nutrition. The 2-octyl-isocyanoacrylate glue as an alternative intervention in preventing wound infection during PICC port insertion.
Aim: The aim of the present review was to explore the use of 2-octylisocyanacrylate glue as a microbial barrier in wound trauma and in peripherally central catheter insertion.
Methods: An electronic research was conducted in 4 databases. Sixty five papers focusing on the use of glue in surgical trauma closure and healing were analyzed.
Results: The literature demonstrates significant benefits of the 2-octyl-isocyanacrylate glue in comparison to other tissue adhesives, when placed on skin incisions. The 2-octyl-isocyanacrylate glue seems to provide an effective barrier to microbial penetration by Gram-positive and Gram-negative motile and non-motile species.
Conclusions: The use of the 2-octyl-isocyanacrylate seems to be an effective method for skin closure and healing in patients undergoing PICC Port implantation whilst causing no side effects such as allergies, skin irritation or pain during the procedure.


This book consists of a collection of papers that focus on Esperanto as either a tool or a domain of academic activity. Esperanto is a well-established and significant linguistic and cultural phenomenon involving well over a million inhabitants of the globe. By argument and example, this collection implicitly raises the question whether the humanities and social sciences can continue to ignore this phenomenon without disavowing their role as human sciences.


Background Chinese students are extremely vulnerable to developing mental illness. The stigma associated with mental illness presents a barrier to seeking help for their mental health. Objective The Linking Hearts—Linking Youth and 'Xin' (hearts) project is an implementation science project that seeks to reduce mental illness stigma and promote the mental health of university students in Jinan, China. The Linking Hearts project consists of 3 components. In this paper, we outline the protocol for the first component, that is, the contextual assessment and analysis of the mental health needs of university students as the first step to inform the adaptation of an evidence-based intervention to be implemented in Jinan, China. Methods Six local universities will participate in the Linking Hearts project. A total of 100 students from each university (n=600) will engage in the contextual assessment through self-report surveys on depression, anxiety, stress, mental health knowledge, and mental health stigma. Quantitative data will be analyzed using several descriptive and inferential analyses via SPSS. A small number of participants (144 students and 144 service providers) will also be engaged in focus groups to assess the socio-environmental contexts of university students' health and availability of mental health resources. Qualitative data will be transcribed verbatim and NVivo will be used for data management. Social network analysis will also be performed using EgoNet. Results Linking Hearts was funded in January 2018 for 5 years. The protocol of Linking Hearts and its 3 components was approved by the research ethics boards of all participating institutions in China in November 2018. Canadian institutions that gave approval were Ryerson University (REB2018-455) in January 2019, University of Alberta (Pro00089364), York University (e2019-162) in May 2019, and University of Toronto (RIS37724) in August 2019. Data collection took place upon ethics approval and was completed in January 2020. A total of 600 students were surveyed. An additional 147 students and 138 service providers took part in focus groups. Data analysis is ongoing. Results will be published in 2021. Conclusions Findings from this contextual assessment and analysis will generate new knowledge on university students' mental health status, mental health knowledge, and resources available for them. These findings will be used to adapt and refine the Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment-Linking Youth N' Xin intervention model. The results of this contextual assessment will be used to inform the adaptation and refinement of the mental health intervention to promote the mental health of Chinese university students in Jinan. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR1-10.2196/25009


Energy management is a crucial aspect for achieving energy efficiency within a Hybrid Renewable energy power station. Load being unbalanced through the day, a reasonable power management can avoid energy dissipation and unnecessary grid solicitation. This article presents an energy management strategy in a real case scenario of a hybrid wind-solar power station in the ENSET campus. The approach manages energy provided by wind turbines and multiple photovoltaic panels, using a power bank as backup source. in this study actual data involving wind speed, solar radiation, load profile and energy generation was collected. Different scenarios were simulated in order to synthesize an efficient energy management and load balancing system with possible load forecasting capability. In all the simulated scenarios the study emphasizes a minimal solicitation of the grid.


In this paper, an optical system for in-plane remote displacement measurement is brought forward. The remarkable characteristic of this optical system is to use a big aperture lens to focus the waists of two Gauss beams on a scatter which have been expanded and collimated, so good laser Doppler signals and high measurement accuracy are achieved. The experiments prove that the measurement system consisting of this optical system, a lock-in amplifier and a digital filter can be used to measure the in-plane displacement of scatters in distance of 50 m with the relative accuracy of 1%.


Democratization is the basic political trend in the contemporary world. The constructing of socialist democracy also becomes one of the most important objects of China. But as to how to carry out our democratic politics construction, people have not achieved an agreement yet. Based on gradualism theory, this paper firstly reviews some influential models, and then analyzes some basic matters. Finally, this paper makes a series of suggestions about the paths of our democratic politics construction. They are:from governable democracy to protective democracy, from imposed democracy to induced democracy, from inner-Party democracy to people's democracy, and from deliberative democracy to electoral democracy.


Purpose of reviewInclusion of adjuvants in immunotherapy vaccines are important to enhance immune responses to allergens. This article will cover the recent advances in adjuvant formulations described in published articles primarily over the past 2 years. Recent findingsTraditionally, allergen immunotherapy preparations utilize aluminium hydroxide as an adjuvant. These have generally proved efficacious and have a good safety profile. However, recent advances in the understanding of immunological mechanisms underlying immunotherapy and in the design of new adjuvants may allow a more rational approach to adjuvant use. One approach is to use adjuvants such as immunostimulatory sequences or monophosphoryl lipid A, which can deviate allergy-associated Th2 immune responses towards a Th1 phenotype. Both of these adjuvants have been used in pilot controlled clinical trials which have demonstrated clinical efficacy and the induction of protective IgG antibodies. Other approaches to improve immunotherapy vaccines include microencapsulation of allergen to allow delivery of the allergen directly to the gut in order to induce immunological tolerance and vaccination with heat-killed mycobacteria. SummaryThere is great interest in newly designed adjuvants to improve the efficacy and safety of allergen immunotherapy. A better understanding of immunological mechanisms and further clinical trials utilizing new adjuvants are needed.


This document is the culmination of work commissioned by the World Bank which set out to improve the understanding of the how local communities and the environment can benefit fromsustainable tourism development in protected areas and the concessions policies required to facilitate this development.The World Bank Group pursues its mission of reducing poverty and improving people's lives by promoting sustainable development through investment and advisory services in both the public and private sectors. The World Bank recognizes that tourism is an important source of inclusive poverty reduction—particularly in the developing world—and strongly believes the sector has the potential to boost competitiveness, expand economic opportunity and provide a pathway to prosperity in client countries. Many developing countries have rich natural assets including national parks, forest reserves, and diverse biodiversity that have potential to offer visitors nature-based tourism experiences. Through investing in the tourism development of these protected areas, governments can help generate income for the communities living around these assets. Often, destinations do not have significant financial resources to allocate to the preservation of these areas and must seek out alternative ways of funding their protection. The revenue generated from tourism is one such solution to supplement public financing. It can provide income to support conservation and management of these areas while also creating economic opportunities for the communities that live in and around the protected area borders. The World Bank also feels that development can be best catalyzed by learning from others—including theirsuccesses, challenges and lessons learned. The purpose of this document is to highlight examples of tourism development in protected areas and provide insights and lessons learned from around the world as a series of case studies. It has been written for those who are new to concessions—including national governments, protected area managers, entrepreneurs, tourism authorities and their advisors in the international development and non-governmental organization (NGO) community—to learn more from practical examples of how concessions were utilized for developing tourism in protected areas and better understand some of the stakeholders involved and policies required to create change within a destination. The authors conducted research to identify and select diverse and wide-ranging examples. The identification of case studies focused on both international tourism award recipients and recommendations from the World Bank team and industry colleagues. Selections include destinations as well as public and private sector tourism operations based upon their successful achievement of: Support for the protection of cultural and natural resources; Providing direct benefits to the social and economic well-being of local people; and Environmentally-friendly operations.


Abstract The methods of preparing monodomain cells of ferroelectric liquid crystals are reviewed. A sophisticated novel method based on the epitaxial growth of the smectic phase from a spacer edge under a temperature gradient is concluded to work quite well in preparing SSFLC (surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal) cells of high quality at least for the three phase sequences: (1) Iso → Sm A → Sm C*, (2) Iso → N*→ Sm A → Sm C* and (3) Iso—Sm C*. By using these high quality cells of DOBAMBC, three findings are made: (1) The characteristic "zigzag line" defects are the screw and edge dislocations decorated by the singularities of the director field. (2) A new kind of walls is observed and tentatively assigned, which moves not only in the twisted (splayed) states but also in the uniform state. (3) The bump due to the polarization realignment shows two peaks corresponding to the two kinds of wall movements induced by the applied triangular wave; one is due to the transition from the uniform to the tw...


This paper analyzes a near continuum compressible MagnetoGasDynamic(MGD) flow inside a two-dimensional microchannel or a two-dimensional channel of conventional dimensions, with a low magnetic Reynolds number assumption. This work represents an extension from the classical Hartmann flow in a two-dimensional channel of infinite length to a microchannel of finite length. First, a comparison of the magnitudes of different forces in the compressible gas flow produces a nondimensional X-momentum equation that relates the pressure ratio, Reynolds number, Mach number, magnetic Reynolds number and magnetic force number. Second, for two cases of selected nondimensional parameters of comparable magnitude, we solved for asymptotic solutions of velocities, pressure, temperature and mass flow rate of compressible gas flow based on the velocity-slip and temperature-jump wall boundary conditions while maintaining a consistent quasi-isothermal assumption. It was found that even with a small magnetic Reynolds number, the electric and magnetic field effects on the flow properties can be significant. Numerical solutions of the same formulation are obtained for validation of the present analytical solutions. The major work in this study is theoretical and the solutions are obtained in closed forms which can provide physical insights on flows inside a MGD microchannel or a channel of conventional dimensions.


Abstract The French indefinite pronoun on and the Spanish existential haber show processes of evolution in the verb domain which go beyond the traditional concept of grammaticalization: On develops into a 1st person plural pronoun in spoken French, and for haber we can find uses where the verb agreement reveals that the participant has been reinterpreted as a subject instead of an object, e. g. habían soldados 'there were soldiers'. I will argue that these processes of change can be analyzed in a unified framework built on the notion of ambiguity. In order to develop such a framework, I will start by discussing previous approaches to ambiguity in logics and semantics. In a next step, I will propose a wider definition of this concept which integrates cases of ambiguity in the language system as well as cases of ambiguity in discourse, and I will outline semantico-cognitive and pragmatic parameters which permit us to define basic situations of ambiguity in speaker-hearer interaction. These situations of ambiguity characterize basic scenarios of innovation, and analyses focusing on the development of new ambiguities in discourse may thus offer valuable perspectives on language change.


Objectives: To assess the metabolic status of hypertensive type 2 diabetes patients on oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) while managed by general practitioners (GPs). Methods: 82 GPs agreed to provide patient data for retrospective analysis. The patients' inclusion criteria were: 1/ Age ≥ 40 years; 2/ Type 2 diabetes for >1 year; 3/ Treatment with OADs >3 months; 4/Arterial hypertension for >1 year; 5/ Stable doses of antihypertensive drugs for >3 months. Exclusion criteria were Type 1 diabetes, injectable antidiabetic treatments. Data were introduced in a specific electronic registry by the GPs themselves. An IBM SPSS 19.0 package was used for statistical analysis. Results: 5 926 patients' records met the entry criteria. 7.6% were aged 40 to 50 years; 22.6% 51 to 60, 39.4% 61 to 70. 53.75% were women. Normal BMI, overweight and obesity grade I III were found in 16.2%, 42.1%, 27.6%, 9.7% and 4.2%. The waist circumference was <94 cm in 26.4% of men; and <80 cm in 10.7% of women. Fasting plasma glucose was ≤ 6.0 mmol/l in 19.2%; and ≤ 7.0 mmol/l in 50.4%. Glycated hemoglobin was ≤ 7.0% in 62.9%; and ≤ 8.0% in 87.0%. The LDL-C was <1.8 mmol/l in 9.1%; and 1.8 to 2.6 mmol/l in 19.6%. The blood pressure was <140/90 mm Hg in 77.4% of the patients. Conclusions: The data about the glycated hemoglobin and the control of blood pressure are reassuring. An improvement is needed in controlling obesity and dyslipidemia. ISSN 2639-9326 Research Article Citation: Kirov Lyubomir, Boyanov Mihail, Mushanov Emil, et al. Metabolic Control of GP-led Hypertensive Type 2 Diabetes Patients on Oral Antidiabetic Drugs. Diabetes Complications. 2018; 2(2): 1-6.


Abstract The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using email prompts to attenuate the decrease of physical activity in adults during a winter season. In addition, the secondary purposes were (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of email prompts at increasing motivation towards physical activity and (2) to evaluate the awareness of the email campaign. Extension agents from the state of North Dakota (N=81) participated in a physical activity behavioral intervention study. Participants were grouped into an intervention group (N=39) that received bi-weekly physical activity electronic mail (email) prompts spread over 16 weeks, and a control group (N=42), that did not receive any intervention. Data on physical activity motivation and email message awareness were collected through standard questionnaires. Physical activity levels were measured with the International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ). Data were collected at two time points: mid-fall or pre-intervention and early spring or post-intervention. Over the winter season, both the control and intervention groups experienced an overall decrease in physical activity as measured by IPAQ (-317.0 MET-min/wk vs. -208.2 MET-min/wk, respectively). However, those in the intervention group who were able to recall the tag line were more active than controls. The significant difference in physical activity level between participants at the two extremes of the awareness levels indicates the potential efficacy of an email intervention campaign toward increasing physical activity. Key words: Physical Activity, Intervention Program, Electronic Mail Prompt Introduction Regular physical activity (PA) is a well-documented means of minimizing the incidence of multiple chronic diseases as well as elevating mood states, decreasing menopausal symptoms, and increasing academic performance in school-aged children. (1, 2) Regular PA promotes good health; however environmental conditions often influence regular PA participation. As an example, the 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data from US counties noted that in all climatic zones, the number of adults meeting recommended PA levels is consistently lowest during winter season. (3) Globally, seasonal variations also extend to household, occupational, and leisure time PA, along with food intake and body weight. (4-9) These variations continue to remain noticeable throughout the lifespan. (8, 9) Potential reasons for this variation in seasonal PA levels have been attributed to lower ambient temperature, unsafe, inconvenient and inhospitable environmental conditions, and physiological mechanisms such as circannual rhythms and endocrinological responses. (5, 6, 10, 11) Given the harsh environmental conditions during winter in North Dakota and the upper Great Plains, and the evidence stating that adults engage in a lower degree of physical activity during winter, it seems prudent to pursue a health promotion program in this region of the country, designed to attenuate this wintertime decrease in physical activity. Various health promotion efforts have been used over time to encourage people about the utility of physical activity, especially for those leading a largely sedentary lifestyle. Physical activity promotion efforts are considered an effective way to encourage people to adopt a more physically active lifestyle leading to enhanced well being. (12-14) Face to face health promotion prompts, especially delivered by a physician, have been successful for short-term increases in PA levels; however, this type of effort requires significant time and resources. (15-19) Postal delivery, telephone prompts, and more recently, websites, have also shown some effectiveness for increasing knowledge or behavior towards PA in adults. (20-270 Email can also be used to deliver PA messages, but these messages are usually attached to a website requesting visitation, and not as a sole means of message delivery. …


Generally, the fund-raising mode of pension has three types: to pay what has been collected, to accumulate wholly and to accumulate partly. All these modes have their advantages and disadvantages. The current endowment insurance system in China belongs to the third mode. But now, it is in a contradiction that the pension fund is in short supply and the insurance is in a large demand. So, to extend the coverage of current endowment insurance system, to expand the endowment insurance fund, especially to set up endowment insurance by individual savings are of great importance.


Mesoporous solids were used for hydrogen sulfide removal from stream H2S-Air. These solids were synthesized from a natural montmorillonite clay (STx-1) using the template method with a non-ionic surfactant and exchanged with Fe3+, Cu2+ and Fe3+-Cu2+; additionally, MgO/surfactant-clay solids impregnated with different contents of Zn, Fe-Zn and Cu-Zn were also prepared. The solids were characterized by using XRF, XRD, surface area, TPR and TGA-DTG. An increase in the surface area, pore volume and mesoporosity of STx-1 modified with surfactant was observed. The natural clay modified with surfactant and exchanged with copper cation enhanced the H2S breakthrough capacity. The STx-1 clay impregnated with zinc improved H2S removal, which increased with increasing the zinc content.


The conventional approaches for estimating internal battery temperature use numerical electricthermal models in which a temperature sensor is required. In order to ensure safe and proper use of lithiumion batteries during operation, accurate estimation of battery temperature is very important. In this paper, as a contribution, a method for estimating the surface and core temperature of the battery cell is presented using a coupled thermal model with an electrical impedance model without direct measurement of surface temperature. For this purpose, a dual extended Kalman filter (DEKF) consisting of a reduced thermal model along with battery current, voltage and impedance measurement can accurately estimate the temperature of the battery surface and core. The performance of the method is demonstrated experimentally on a 2.3-Ah lithium-ion iron phosphate cell fitted with surface and core thermo-couples for validation


This article provides biography of the great General Soedirman (born 24 January 1916), one of the key figures in the fight for Indonesia's independence. one of the more interesting aspects of this article is how it looks at Soedirman's youth and education in Muhammadiyah circles. It was Muhammadiyah - or Hizbul Wathan, a scouting organization underneath the umbrella of Muhammadiyah, to be precise - that provided the young Soedirman with critical experience and lessons that were aimed at giving Muhammadiyah youth physical and mental training. Furthermore, particularly in the period of the fight for Independence, this training prepared them for becoming deeply involved in the fight for Indonesia's independence. DOI:  10.15408/sdi.v14i1.563


The genus Oncocephala Agassiz, 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) is reviewed for Africa, except Madagascar. Twenty-four species are treated. Two new synonyms were proposed, Oncocephala kolbei Gestro, 1899a is synonymized with O. promontorii Péringuey, 1898 and O. scabrosa Gestro, 1905 is synonymized with O. severinii Gestro, 1899(1901). Six new species are proposed:  Oncocephala susanstainesae Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Namibia, Oncocephala deleoni Calcetas, Staines and Adorada sp. nov. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oncocephala camachoi Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Cameroon, Oncocephala eborai Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Equatorial Guinea, Oncocephala dimaculanganae Calcetas, Staines & Adorada sp. nov. from Cameroon and Oncocephala demesai Calcetas, Staines and Adorada sp. nov. from Togo. Oncocephala methneri Uhmann, 1928 and O. madoni Pic, 1941 are treated as incerte sedis. The genus Oncocephala in Africa is divided into seven species groups (Gestroi, Perrieri, Insignis, Senegalensis, Promentorii, Cuneata and Angusticollis) based on the similarity of their elytral characters. A key to the species groups and species of Oncocephala is provided.


Since the launch of the global Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1974, vaccination against 6 diseases (tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles) has prevented millions of deaths and disabilities. Significant advances have been made in the development and introduction of vaccines; licensed vaccines are now used for the prevention of 25 diseases.1, 2 Historically, new vaccines became available in lowand middle-income countries only decades after their introduction in high-income countries. Today, however, vaccines are being introduced more rapidly thanks to support from global partners, including WHO and UNICEF, who assist in prequalifying and procuring vaccines, and the GAVI Alliance (GAVI),3 which provides funding and influences vaccine markets through forecasting and assurances of demand in low-income countries in exchange for lower vaccine prices.


The ZEN, the Zero-requirements-creep Elicitation tools-Nests is a standardized self-elicitation process for a public policy designer by applying a standard set for self-reflecting the completeness and the clarity of the policy requirements. It is the new methodology to compose a dozen of existing tools of the business strategy and decision, and to func- tion with four categories of tools; for identifying proper stakeholders; for recognizing clearly the boundary of a system; for developing further logi- cal-thinking; for visualizing properly information chains and causal relations.


The present invention relates to a medicinal device made of biocompatible ceramics and/or titanium comprising a threaded part (1), a transgingival part (2) and a prosthetic head (3), wherein the design of the threaded part allows an immediate-load of the dental implant wherein the thread-profile of said outer threaded part (1) comprises an apical flank and a distal flank, and wherein an acute angle (F) between the apical flank and the longitudinal axis is smaller than an acute angle (G) between the distal flank and the longitudinal axis. ® KIPO & WIPO 2008


Interspecific relations of House Swallows H. rustica and Striated Swallows H. daurica, breeding in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata, were studied in five seasons, 1959-1963.The House Swallows bred widely, nested by single pairs, and mostly (92%) selected the wooden houses of the peripheral part of the city, while the Striated Swallows concentrated in the central part where they used mortar houses and nested in groups. But there was a tendency of the Striated Swallows to expand to the peripheral part and to nest singly, dominating over the House Swallows.


Exotic dairy goats have increasingly become important in alleviating poverty and combating hunger and malnutrition in Kenya. Such goats were introduced in the eastern Kenyan highlands through a group-based approach about a decade ago by FARM-Africa. It is only through this approach that interested households could access imported Toggenburg bucks and other related services. However, the approach resulted in farmers incurring different magnitudes of transaction costs. This study thus assesses the magnitudes and determinants of transactions costs in a group-based breeding approach. Data was generated using 165 randomly selected farmers from the project area. Main findings were that wealth level of households and participation in credit schemes affected adoption positively and negatively respectively. The study showed that the adoption of the dairy goats was not a costless process, and those who could not afford to meet the transactions costs are likely to be left out.


The perceptions of Mexican American students' school attitudes toward the community college and high school experiences were examined in relation to a high‐USPI (unequal social power influence) environment (higher percentage of Anglos than Mexican Americans) and a low‐USPI environment (lower percentage of Anglos than Mexican Americans). A three‐factor analysis of variance indicated significant differences in attitudes and school experiences.


Applications of laser are becoming very important topic in the current research. A large number of applications are already done for the use of laser technology in agriculture. This technology has already proven to be a user-friendly as per the need of the situations. This technology is becoming a well known and acceptable technique to the farmers. Now it has also proven that this technology is no longer as costly and within the reach of a farmer for his specific requirements. Real-time control is becoming an integral part of modern machine systems for high-quality agricultural production. Maintaining consistently high-quality agricultural production, while keeping up with growing labor shortages is a challenge. Labor shortages and environmental constraints coupled with the reality of spatial variability of chemical and physical properties among and within agricultural production areas readily explain the migration toward real-time control of agricultural equipment. The paper aims to describe the major field of applications of laser technology in agriculture in the past time. This paper also presents a review of the most recent advances in the development of sensors and controllers for agricultural applications. © 2013 Elixir All rights reserved ARTICLE INF O Articl e h istory: Received: 3 September 2013; Received in revised form: 20 October 2013; Accepted: 25 October 2013;


As unusually high frequency of decreased haptoglobin levels in patients with asthma and/or rhinitis is described. The condition is significantly associated with haptoglobin 2‐2 phenotype. Decreased haptoglobin levels are more frequently associated with young age, atopic antecedents, positive skin tests for pollens, higher IgE and higher RAST activity for pollens and housedust mite.


Dr. Kellogg Speed once described fracture of the neck of the femur as the unsolved fracture. Duodenal ulcer may well be termed the unsolved ulcer. It has become more and more of a problem of surgical therapy and, even with the best of surgery, unforeseen complications may result. There are, I believe, four definite indications for surgical intervention. They are (1) massive gastric hemorrhage, which demands an immediate operative procedure in order to save life; (2) recurrent hemorrhages of sufficient moment to have exsanguinated the patient despite adequate and prolonged medical care; (3) gastric retention, with persistent vomiting of food retained for a considerable period—manifested on physical examination by an audible splash and on roentgenologic examination by deformity in the region of the pylorus and evidence that the stomach does not empty itself and is becoming definitely dilated; (4) pain that has not been relieved by thorough medical therapy, including


This article explores how tourism urban governance fuels patterns of ecological neglect. It turns a critical eye on Cancun, a leading Caribbean beach tourist destination and battered epicen...


The invention relates to an optoelectronic semiconductor component (1) with an optically transparent cover (3) and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor component (1) has at least the following components, a semiconductor chip (4) with an optical sensor area (5) on its active top side (6), a wiring substrate (7) on which the semiconductor chip (4) is arranged, and electrical connection elements (8) between the semiconductor chip (4) and the wiring substrate (7). These components are embedded as an optically transparent cover (3) in an optically transparent Kuststoffgehausemasse (9) being used for embedding a compression Molden the optically transparent plastic housing composition (9).


Education is moving from teaching and learning based on face-to-face delivery by teachers regarded as the fount of all wisdom, content-dominated curriculum, and print-based resources toward flexible delivery by facilitators who encourage collaborative learning and the acquisition of problem-solving techniques, using multimedia resources. This transition is rarely smooth, as educators grapple with the need to adapt traditional teaching and learning strategies and to develop new strategies to incorporate new technologies. It is not only the educators who need to adapt, but also the administrators. Technology should never be seen as the cheap alternative. Development of multimedia resources by a project team incorporating project manager, instructional designer, educator and technical support personnel can be lengthy and costly. Fast, reliable access to the Internet and communication using video conferencing can mean major redevelopment of existing infrastructure at a cost of many millions, as is happening in New South Wales (NSW) schools at the present time.


Highlights of the study
• ICRISAT commissioned a third-party evaluation in 2015 to assess 'on-farm impact of pearl millet HPRC hybrids' developed during 2000-2010.
• The study covered 563 pearl millet growers spanning 57 villages and 25 mandals from three states (Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh) in India.
• HPRC hybrids covered about 60% of pearl millet hybrid area in the three states during 2013-14.
• HPRC hybrids have provided at least 20% higher grain and fodder than the varieties/other hybrids they replaced.
• Total benefits accrued due to HPRC hybrids in the three states added up to US$133.7 million per year.
• Benefits could surpass US$150 million per year at country level if we include the contribution of HPRC hybrids in other states of India.


The embedding properties and interpolation properties of various Ba spaces are summed up and some applications of them are given and more extensive applications are expected.


Language transaction is a very important phenomenon in Second Language Acquisition which can be divided into positive transaction and negative one.As to the reasons of language transaction,there are different statements.Here in the essay,the author focuses on the relation between language transaction and learners' age,motivation,personality,mother language knowledge and learning strategies.


Calorie restriction (CR) is known to have profound effects on tumor incidence. A typical consequence of CR is hunger, and we hypothesized that the neuroendocrine response to CR might in part mediate CR's antitumor effects. We tested CR under appetite suppression using two models: neuropeptide Y (NPY) knockout mice and monosodium glutamate‐injected mice. While CR was protective in control mice challenged with a two‐stage skin carcinogenesis model, papilloma development was neither delayed nor reduced by CR in the monosodium glutamate‐treated and NPY knockout mice. Adiponectin levels were also not increased by CR in the appetite‐suppressed mice. We propose that some of CR's beneficial effects cannot be separated from those imposed on appetite, and that NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus are involved in the translation of reduced intake to downstream physiological and functional benefits.


Composite electrocatalytic materials that utilize carbon (Vulcan) supported Pt or PtRu nanoparticles dispersed within thin films of zirconia (ZrO2) are considered here for oxidation of such a biofuel as ethanol in acid medium. The systems were characterized using electrochemical techniques as well as transmission electron microscopy. The enhancement of activity was clearly evident upon comparison of the respective voltammetric and chronoamperometric current densities recorded (at room temperature in 0.5 mol dm-3H2SO4 containing 0.5 mol dm-3 ethanol) using the Vulcan supported Pt and PtRu catalysts in the presence and absence of zirconia. In all cases, the noble metal loading was the same, 100 μg cm-2. Apparently, the existence of large population of hydroxyl groups (originating from zirconia) in the vicinity of Pt-based catalyst, in addition to possible specific interactions between zirconia and the ruthenium component of PtRu, facilitated the oxidative removal (from Pt) of the passivating (e.g., CO) reaction intermediates (adsorbates). By utilizing carbon supported, rather than bare or unsupported, Pt or PtRu nanoparticles (dispersed within the semiconducting zirconia), the overall charge distribution at the electrocatalytic interface was improved.


Abstract:This essay resituates Denis Williams' underexplored second novel, The Third Temptation, in terms of racial and colonial violence. Published in 1968, the largely forgotten novel, a highly experimental musing on identity that shares much in common with the Nouveau Roman movement, is seldom addressed in terms of postcolonial or Caribbean literature, in part because all the major characters are white Europeans and the novel is set in Wales. My essay suggests that the novel's absence of black identity functions as a critique of Welsh colonialism, evidenced in the text by both Williams' personal experiences in Wales and repeated, veiled images of Welsh missionary William Hughes, who worked exhaustively to convert African children into Welsh Christians. I suggest that the experimental collapse of subjectivity in the novel is designed to mirror the process by which Hughes attempted to efface African identity. Turning to a history of Hughes' Congo Institute—as well as Williams' own struggle to reconcile his role as a European artist with his Afro-Caribbean roots—I demonstrate how the novel's experimentation with perspective is enacted to examine Wales' often-overlooked involvement in colonial oppression.


The two partially protected pyrrolidines (2 R,3 S,4 R,5 S)- and (2 R,3 S,4 R,5 R)-3,4-bis(benzyloxy)-2-[(benzyloxy)methyl]-5-[( TERT-butyldimethylsiloxy)methyl]pyrrolidine were synthesized from D-glucose as precursor in the stereoselective synthesis of hyacinthacines. The key strategies were the ring opening of the sugar epoxide with sodium azide to convert the configuration at C-2 and C-3 of D-glucose and simultaneous reduction and intramolecular cyclization. 5- EPI-Hyacinthacine A 4 was synthesized from the (2 R,3 S,4 R,5 S)-pyrrolidine by Wittig reaction and cyclization.


Direct position determination (DPD) is a single-step method that localizes transmitters from sensor outputs without computing intermediate parameters. It outperforms conventional two-step localization methods, especially under low signal-to-noise ratio conditions. This article proposes a reflector-aided DPD algorithm for multiple signals of known waveforms received by an array observer. In previous studies, reflector-aided localization has always required very precise locations of reflectors. Therefore, the localization performance depends sensitively on accurately knowing each reflector position. This study considers the presence of small biases in reflector locations. To make the problem tractable, we simplify the signal model through an approximation using the first-order Taylor expansion and then directly localize multiple sources in a decoupled manner. Unlike most DPDs that presume noise is spatially uncorrelated, our study imposes no restriction on the correlation structure of noise, allowing this algorithm to be used in more general scenarios. In addition, we derive the Cramér–Rao bound expression and perform an analysis of the direct locations of multiple signals when the reflector positions are assumed accurate but in fact have small biases. Simulation results corroborate the theoretical results and a good localization performance of the proposed algorithm in the presence of small reflector position biases.


Collaborative Innovation Center for Nano Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, Chin firstname.lastname@example.com Industrial Research Institute of Nonwovens Qingdao 266071, China Department of Mechanical Engineering, Co USA Department of Electronic & Computer En Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Center for Nanobers & Nanotechnology, N Faculty of Engineering, National University † Electronic supplementary informa 10.1039/c7ta10175a Cite this: J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 3500


For more than a decade Tall Timbers and the Albany Quail Project have been investigating the effects of supplemental feeding on bobwhite and other species of wildlife that may directly or indirectly influence bobwhite populations. At Tall Timbers, we have just completed a seven-year project on supplemental feeding effects on bobwhite populations. In this Quail Call, we quickly revisit past studies and present results of our seven-year research project. We also delve into how feeding different rates affects bobwhite hunting and reproduction. Finally we present some preliminary results on using feeders versus spreading feed. In the next issue of the Quail Call we continue down the feed trail with information on how coveys behave relative to different rates of feeding and how this influences their survival but also what it means from a hunting standpoint and how we can design more efficient feeding programs. This study is being funded by the Orvis Company. We will also revisit the issue of high protein feeds, and how they may or may not improve bobwhite productivity. We hope you enjoy this issue and as always the Game Bird Lab and Albany Quail Project greatly appreciate the longterm dedication to bobwhite management of our members and wish to thank you for your generous donations that make this research possible!


A new class of multi-port methods based on extension of input-output two-port methods of soft fault diagnosis of passive elements in analog circuits is pre ented. It uses accessible internal nodes of the tested ana log circuit for additional measurements of circuit time respons es. Thanks to this, the fault resolution increases, tha t is we obtain better fault localization coverage.


Tetracyclines emerge was degraded by potassium permanganate in order to explore the effectiveness and the optimal degradation conditions.Effect of tetracycline concentration,potassium permanganate dosage,reaction time and initial solution pH values were investigated by the orthogonal experiments in order to explore the optimal reaction conditions and the remarkable sequence of these influencing factors.The experimental results indicate that tetracycline concentration and potassium permanganate dosage have affeted the degradation efficiency greatly.The analysis by UV-Vis and FTIR spectra show that tetracycline can be oxidized and removed by potassium permanganate to a large extent.


Rolling bearing is one of the most widely used elements in rotary machines. In this paper, a novel method is proposed to extract early fault features and diagnosis the early fault accurately for rolling bearing. Wavelet Energy Entropy is introduced as a feature parameter for bearing state monitoring and least square support vector machine (LS-SVM) is used for early fault diagnosis. In order to test the effectiveness of the method, a series of bearing whole life cycle test are performed on the accelerated bearing life tester. The result shows that Wavelet Energy Entropy has better performance and can forecast fault development earlier compared to conventional signal features. LS-SVM method can distinguish early bearing fault modes more accurate and faster than classic pattern recognition methods.


The giving of rewards for effort, good work or for good behaviour have long been used in the education system, but there is much debate as to whether they are beneficial or not.


For the problem of high-heat-flux heat transfer in the engineering field,it was difficult to solve the real experiment and numerical simulation because its experiment was complex and the accurate boundary could not be determined in the simulation either.For the status,a simulation test bed was designed,the high heat flux was realized by heating and cooling on both sides of test specimen and the measurement and control were also carried out.The specimen was fixed in the test stand with different ways,which simulated the actual mechanical constraints.The heating and cooling were separately realized by the induction heating and the jet impingement cooling system.The acquisition and control system were built by NI hardware and software platform.Many kinds of measurement,logging and alarm feedback were realized with CRIO embedded real-time controller and corresponding acquisition and output board.By the experimental verification,the test bed could make the specimen reach heat flux of 1 MW/m2 in average,and hence could be applied to research the heat transfer law and fatigue reliability of specimen and material in high heat flux.


1 Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy 2 Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy 3 University of Perugia, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy 4 Alfred Wegener Institute, Telegrafenberg, Gebäude A43-45, Potsdam, Germany 5 Norwegian Research Centre AS, SIVA Innovasjonssenter, Sykehusvn 21, Tromsø, Norway


The study on biological activity of Celastrus gemmatus Lose hydrolysis was carried out. The bioassay results indicated that the fractions of hydrolysis exhibit no remarkable contact and stomach poison against 3rd instar larvae of Mythimna separate Walker, when its concentration was 50 g·L~(-1). It inhibited the mycelium growth of 3 fungi including: Fusarium graminearum, Alternaria longipes, Glomerella cingulata. And inhibiting rate of C_3 and C_5 against Glomerella cingulata and Alternaria longipes was 86.7% and 85.1%, respectively; the fraction had no inhibiting growth of Amaranthus retroflexus L. caulis and taptoot, at 1 000 mg·L~(-1).


Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been applied for determination of the thermodynamic acidity constants (pKa) of the sulfamidoalkyl and sulfonamidoalkyl groups, the actual and limiting ionic mobilities and hydrodynamic radii of important compounds, eight carborane‐based inhibitors of carbonic anhydrases, which are potential new anticancer drugs. Two types of carboranes were investigated, (i) icosahedral cobalt bis(dicarbollide)(1‐) ion with sulfamidoalkyl moieties, and (ii) 7,8‐nido‐dicarbaundecaborate with sulfonamidoalkyl side chains. First, the mixed acidity constants, pKamix, of the sulfamidoalkyl and sulfonamidoalkyl groups of the above carboranes and their actual ionic mobilities were determined by nonlinear regression analysis of the pH dependences of their effective electrophoretic mobility measured by capillary electrophoresis in the pH range 8.00−12.25, at constant ionic strength (25 mM), and constant temperature (25°C). Second, the pKamix were recalculated to the thermodynamic pKas using the Debye–Hückel theory. The sulfamidoalkyl and sulfonamidoalkyl groups were found to be very weakly acidic with the pKas in the range 10.78−11.45 depending on the type of carborane cluster and on the position and length of the alkyl chain on the carborane scaffold. These pKas were in a good agreement with the pKas (10.67−11.27) obtained by new program AnglerFish (freeware at https://echmet.natur.cuni.cz), which provides thermodynamic pKas and limiting ionic mobilities directly from the raw CE data. The absolute values of the limiting ionic mobilities of univalent and divalent carborane anions were in the range 18.3−27.8 TU (Tiselius unit, 1 × 10−9 m2/Vs), and 36.4−45.9 TU, respectively. The Stokes hydrodynamic radii of univalent and divalent carborane anions varied in the range 0.34−0.52 and 0.42−0.52 nm, respectively.


Background: Positive Psychology Approach is the manifestation of changes in psychology, from dealing with psychopathological damages to optimizing life quality. Happiness, a subset of the positive psychology, is considered to be a positive characteristic and one of human's psychological needs. During the past decade, happiness has occupied a special place in the field of developmental psychology, family psychology and mental health. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of happiness on enhancing mental health and life satisfaction. Methods: In this cross-sectional-descriptive study, from Ramshir Education Centers 178 teachers (86 males and 92 females), selected via randomized cluster sampling. The participants' mean and standard deviation of age were 32/16 and 5/70 respectively. All selected subjects completed Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and Demographic Inventory. Moreover, Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis was used for statistical analysis. Results: Results of Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis represented a significant intermediate role of mental health in the relationship between happiness (p<0/001) and life satisfaction (p<0/001). Also the findings of study demonstrated the effect of happiness on enhancing mental health and life satisfaction. Conclusion: Happiness positively affects life satisfaction through increasing mental health. Moreover, happiness has an indirect effect on life satisfaction.


OBJECTIVE
To diagnose a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) and investigate her gene abnormality.

METHODS
Platelet size and structure were studied under light and electron microscopies. Platelet membrane glycoproteins (GP) were measured by flow cytometry. PCR and DNA sequencing were used to identify gene abnormality.

RESULTS
The patient had thrombocytopenia with giant platelets. Ristocetin-induced platelet agglutination was absent. GP I b/IX complex in the platelet membrane was significantly decreased, which was resulted from an Ala139 Thr substitution in the transmembrane domain of GPIX.

CONCLUSION
Ala139 Thr mutation of the GPIX gene in this patient is a novel missense mutation, which has not been reported in BSS.


We used the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2) dry temperature profile data from December 2019 to November 2021 to study the vertical wavenumber spectra of the potential energy of stratospheric gravity waves (GWs Ep) in the Asian monsoon region (15–45°N, 70–150°E). The GW Ep decreases with increasing vertical wavenumber, and the spectral slope varies with wavenumber. The spectral slope becomes smaller over a wavenumber range of 0.1–0.45 km−1, and larger from 0.45–1 km−1, with increasing wavenumber. The energy density distribution at middle and low latitudes shows seasonal variations. Over a wavenumber range of 0.05–0.5 km−1, the energy density in winter is higher at middle latitudes than at low latitudes, and the opposite is observed in summer over a wavenumber range from 0.1 to 1 km−1. Both the spectral amplitude and characteristic wavelength exhibit band-like patterns, and the large-value bands and their centers vary significantly with the season. In winter, the middle latitude spectral amplitude is larger than that at low latitudes, and the significant large-value band-like distribution is at 40°N. In summer, the distribution is opposite, with large-value band regions over the Bay of Bengal and Indo-China Peninsula. The large-value region of the middle latitude spectral amplitude corresponds to a longer characteristic wavelength, while the large-value region of the low latitude spectral amplitude corresponds to a shorter characteristic wavelength. There is also significant seasonal variation in the distribution of spectral slopes. Over a wavenumber range of 0.1 to 0.5 km−1, the slope is smaller at middle latitudes and larger at low latitudes in winter; the opposite is observed in summer. There is a significant annual cycle of spectral amplitude at middle and low latitudes, and a 4.8 month cycle at middle latitudes.


This study investigated the mediation of job satisfaction in the relation between work motivation and affective commitment. An affective commitment was considered as an important factor that reflects how employees attached to their organization. An employee with high affective commitment will perform better and contribute more. It is crucial for every organization to identify factors that can drive its employees to develop affective commitment. Work motivation is considered as a factor that impacts the employee's emotional commitment towards the organization. Meanwhile, job satisfaction also believed to increases such commitment. The current study used 192 workers from the five largest roof tile manufacturers in Majalengka as participants. Using a bootstrapping approach, this study found that work motivation effects directly on job satisfaction and affective commitment. Meanwhile, job satisfaction also effects directly on affective commitment. This finding showed that job satisfaction has a mediation role in connecting work motivation and affective commitment, which was also the main finding of this research. A comparison with previous studies will be discussed, and managerial suggestions will be provided to improve employee's affective commitment.


Abstract Redesign, where previous information is recovered in order to be adapted to a new situation, is an area of design where information technology can potentially provide substantial benefits. Information support to product design and manufacturing has been pursued through the use of product and manufacturing models. This paper introduces a new concept of a complementary information model, called a product range model, that aims to support variant and adaptive design activities. The general concept and structure of such an information model is defined in terms of product functions and their respective design solutions. The interactions taking place between particular design solution options are discussed, and methods are proposed for their evaluation against product specifications and design constraints. The concept of knowledge links is introduced to maintain the relationships between solutions within the product range model and the particular model of the product being developed. The work has been explored using injection mould tooling as an appropriate product range and evaluated through the design and implementation of a design support system utilizing an object-oriented database.


Synopsis : A new roller hearth kiln (RHK) has been developed, resulting in both the highest quality and productivity for MnZn ferrites. Using the RHK, the total sintering time is reduced to less than 11 h, that is, a half of the case of the pusher type kiln. The productive capacity of the RHK achieved 100 t/month. Moreover, two different types of MnZn ferrite, i.e., high-permeability and low-power-loss materials, can be sintered simultaneously in the RHK, because the control of oxygen content during the sintering and the subsequent cooling zone is performed precisely. The electromagnetic properties of these materials reach the highest level in mass production. The initial permeability (μi) of the high-permeability material, MA100, reaches 10 000 at 100 kHz, and the power loss (Pcv) of the low-power-loss material, MB4, is reduced to 270 kW・m(-3) at 100 kHz, 200 mT and 95°C.


Objective To develop a simple and accurate method for detecting polymorphism of the excision repair cross-complementing group 1(ERCC1) Asn118Asn by template direct dye-terminator incorporation with fluorescence-polarization(TDI-FP) assay.Methods The primers of ERCC1 exon 4 were used to amplify DNA of 227 samples and the PCR products were detected by TDI-FP.A fluorescence labeled ddNTP was directly added to the probe under the direction of template,the specific PCR products.The results were measured by a fluorescence polarization reader.Results One hundred and nineteen(52.4%) patients were homozygous for C/C genotype,20(8.8%) were homozygous for T/T genotype,and 88(38.8%) were heterozygous for C/T genotype.However,only 33 patients were identified as heterozygous(C/T genotype) by DNA sequencing.The method developed in this study was more sensitive for detection of the polymorphism than DNA sequencing.Conclusions The assay developed in the present study allows a simple and accurate detection of the polymorphism of ERCC1 Asn118Asn without any use of label probes.


Interaction with parents and family members continues to increase on college campuses across the nation. This chapter reviews best practices for communicating with and programming for parents and family members of enrolled students.


This study demonstrates the effect of a Ca substituent for Sr on the structural, chemical, and electrical properties in La0.7Sr0.3−xCaxMnO3 perovskite manganite films. The structural modification of films was found to be affected by the amount of Ca substituent. Raman spectroscopy analysis reveals a decrease of bond angle and an increase of Jahn–Teller type distortion in MnO6 octahedra with increasing Ca. The resistance value of high resistance state, switching voltage and resistive switching ratio of La0.7Sr0.3−xCaxMnO3 films decreased with increasing amounts of Ca substituent. The relationships among structural, interfacial, and electrical properties including resistive switching behaviour of La0.7Sr0.3−xCaxMnO3 were examined.


We report the observations of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating along magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We identified 20 isolated strong peaks (8 peaks for pores and 12 peaks for intergranular magnetic structure) in the power spectra of the line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic flux, the LOS velocity, and the intensity for 14 different magnetic concentrations. The observation is performed with the spectro-polarimeter of the Solar Optical Telescope aboard the Hinode satellite. The oscillation periods are located in 3–6 minutes for the pores and in 4–9 minutes for the intergranular magnetic elements. These peaks correspond to the magnetic, the velocity, and the intensity fluctuation in time domain with root-mean-square amplitudes of 4–17 G (0.3%–1.2%), 0.03–0.12 km s−1, and 0.1%–1%, respectively. Phase differences between the LOS magnetic flux (ϕB), the LOS velocity (ϕv), the intensities of the line core (ϕI,core), and the continuum intensity (ϕI,cont) have striking concentrations at around −90° for ϕB − ϕv and ϕv − ϕI,core, around 180° for ϕI,core − ϕB, and around 10° for ϕI,core − ϕI,cont. Here, for example, ϕB − ϕv ∼ −90° means that the velocity leads the magnetic field by a quarter of cycle. The observed phase relation between the magnetic and the photometric intensity fluctuations would not be consistent with that caused by the opacity effect, if the magnetic field strength decreases with height along the oblique LOS. We suggest that the observed fluctuations are due to longitudinal (sausage-mode) and/or transverse (kink-mode) MHD waves. The observed phase relation between the fluctuations in the magnetic flux and the velocity is consistent with the superposition of the ascending wave and the descending wave reflected at chromosphere/corona boundary (standing wave). Even with such reflected waves, the residual upward Poynting flux is estimated to be 2.7 × 106 erg cm−2 s−1 for a case of the kink wave. Seismology of the magnetic flux tubes is possible to obtain various physical parameters from the observed period and amplitude of the oscillations.


Mandinka is spoken by approximately 1.5 million speakers in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau. Speakers of Mandinka call themselves Màndìŋkôolú (singular: Màndìŋkôo) and designate their language as Màndìŋkàkáŋò. Màndìŋkôo is an inflected form of the noun stem Màndìŋká resulting from the addition of the derivational suffix -ŋká 'people from ...' to the geographical term Màndíŋ, which primarily refers to the region that constituted the starting point of the Manding expansion (see 1.3 and 1.4). Màndìŋkàkáŋò is literally 'language of the people from Manding'.


In many parts of the United States, jardinería, or suburban maintenance gardening, has become a gendered occupational niche for Mexican immigrant men. Based on participant observation research with a group of Mexican immigrant gardeners in Los Angeles, this article examines the construction of masculinity in a workplace occupied by Mexican immigrant men. These jardineros construct, affirm, challenge, and negotiate their masculinity through their routine work activities and through their daily on-the-job interactions with their fellow workers. Moving beyond a sort of reiteration of a flat, cultural concept of machismo, jardinero masculinity stresses a more nuanced structural understanding of Mexican immigrant men's masculinity and how it is intertwined with their performance of masculinized ''dirty work'' in private households. It is a distinctly working-class form of masculinity, which results from the interplay between very specific, localized cultural constructions, and deployment in the context of racialized nativism and citizenship hierarchy in the United States.


The article is devoted to identifying the features of the folk stereotype of "home" in different types of discourse. The term "stereotype" is analyzed in this article as a mental unit, as a way of perceiving and storing segment information about the language world which displays a conventional, typical for the society perception model of a real phenomenon. Stereotype can be represented as a set of individual facets that characterize properties of significant realities. General cultural stereotype is peculiar to any culture medium, it is represented by different discursive variants caused by specific conditions of communicative speech activity. General cultural stereotype of "home" includes properties that we perceive as the most important for all members of a given society: "Own" space, limited / confined space, defence, family, etc. Discursive variants of this stereotype actualize various aspects of the common cultural stereotype of "home." Representation of home is primarily based on the mapping of human creative activity in relation to the realities in advertising texts. So, the stereotype of "home" will be presented by the function of the object and its appearance and structural elements in the discourse of advertising. Advertising discourse is focused on the psychological impact which ultimately should lead to the sale of goods or the provision of paid services to the actions of a human in relation to the described reality. Home is an object of human impact in advertising texts. The folklore stereotype of "home" displays general cultural understanding of the importance and value of the realities while the most important function of the realities is an association of people: "home" as the center of the hearth. It is not topical for advertising discourse, for example, where the house is the application of forces of a human. Various genres of folklore are also characterized by different variants of representation of one stereotype. In the genre of folk riddles home space is presented as a text on the housing, and riddles describe its components and objects in the house. The folklore stereotype of "home" in the texts of riddles primarily updates the idea of the subject characteristics of the reality: its appearance and structural elements. The stereotype of "home" is presented as a self-valuable fundamentally large-sized object in the traditional riddles, which are characterized by the presence of structural elements: the boundaries of the house (walls), openings to the outside world (windows, doors). This type of the riddles displays representation of a home as the foundation of the world (comparison with an oak, a bull). The human role is secondary in these texts, its presence and activities are not critical for the space of home. Modern riddles describe more properties of the guessing object, the folk stereotype of "home" begins to include facets uncharacteristic before: the function of the object, the locus and in a few cases mental human need for the reality as an essential feature of the object. The role of the human changes fundamentally: home exists to meet various human's needs. These changes are related to socio-cultural changes that have occurred in the second half of the 20th century and influenced by reassessment of human's place in the picture of the world as a whole and changes in the conditions of existence of the folk genre of riddles in particular.


In this work there is presented a description of the Gaussian light beam diffraction on the planar ultrasound wave in the Raman-Nath region by the complex optical rays method. The case of the perpendicular light beam incidence (i.e. its axis relatively to the direction of propagation of the ultrasound beam fulfilled the acoustics buffer of Δz width was considered. Final analytical formulae gives a possibility analyze the influence of such parameters as: a size and position of the Gaussian beam waist, a laser-screen (detector) distance, a position of the ultrasound beam and Raman-Nath parameter value on diffraction pattern. It has been proved that in some cases the diffraction beams have a fine structure. The light beam deflection contribution to the diffraction pattern was taken into account. Obtained analytical formulas were illustrated by some graphs of the light intensity distributions in beams diffracted on ultrasound wave propagated in fused quartz.


The present invention relates to protection of endothelial, microcirculation prevent the formation of pathological thrombus and platelet number and function to maintain the therapeutic compound, and thus may involve administration by limiting reagent platelet aggregation and clot formation capability and / or by adjusting / maintaining the endothelial the integrity of the reagents and / or by improving the speed of thrombolytic agents include critically ill patients of multiple organ failure (MOF), including organ failure and the present invention further resulting in death or minimize or prevent their development, aspects involving whole blood-based viscoelastic cells hemostasis tests for identification of critically ill patients with an increased risk of disease progression to include multiple organ failure (MOF) and death, including organ failure.


The following changes after keratorefractive laser surgeries: structure, stroma transparency, density and metabolic activity of keratocytes, reflective ability of cornea. In early period after the surgery density of keratocytes considerably decreases and light dispersion in zone of ablation increases in case of femtosecond laser influence in comparison with microkeratome. These changes are transient and in 3 months after surgery reflective ability decreases. In 3 months after surgery while keratocyte density increases, but reflective ability of cornea remains decreased in comparison with preoperative data.


One of the first studies to examine the question of a potential negative impact of hypertension on the brain was published in 1971 in Science .1 Subsequently, many studies have been published, mainly on the relationship of blood pressure (BP) with cognitive performance, cognitive decline, and dementia.2 Their results were sometimes contradictory, some studies even suggesting that high BP could protect against the risk of dementia. This apparent contradiction created some confusion and a sense that this issue should not deserve much attention. The accumulation of data from high-quality population-based studies has helped us to decipher this riddle. Indeed, they have shown that the impact of hypertension on the brain strongly depends on when BP is measured in life. High BP in middle age is a risk factor for dementia, but not when measured at an old age. This age-dependent effect of exposure and the fact that, to fully evaluate its impact, hypertension should be assessed several decades before the onset of dementia have made it remarkably more complex to study the role of hypertension on the brain.

Because of global aging, the number of dementia cases is skyrocketing around the world. The last World Health Organization report estimates that in 2010, 7.7 million persons have developed dementia, 1 new case every 4 seconds.3 The total number of people with dementia worldwide was estimated at 35.6 million in 2010 and is projected to reach 115.4 million in 2050. This ongoing epidemic of dementia and the absence of any preventive or curative treatment revived interest in studying modifiable risk factors of dementia, even if this relationship is complex as for hypertension. Indeed, simulation studies have shown that delaying by just a few months the entry into the clinical phase of the disease could enable, at the population level, …


We have used quantitative X-ray microscopy in combination with Scanning Force Microscopy to monitor the phase separation of spun cast thin films of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) blends upon annealing. Both techniques complement and enhance each other in elucidating the complicated structures that develop as a function of annealing time. We have determined the composition of the mixed phases that result from solvent spin casting. We subsequently observe the sudden rearrangement into domains much smaller than those originally formed. Unique, intricate hydrodynamic mass flow patterns form during coarsening which are in qualitative agreement with recent simulations of phase segregation in two-dimensional viscous fluids. Complicated polymer-polymer interfaces persist even in the later stages that are explained in terms of the geometric constraints of a thin film and the dependance of polymer viscosity on film thickness.


The study was conducted with the view of improving the lustiness of the PVC air soles. The formula containing the ingredients; PVC resin, DOP, DBP, R9, Ivamol, MBR did not impart the lustiness on the soles. Hence invention was carried out employing the Methocell F50 and Methocell K100. Interestingly the use of Methocell F50 gave the expected results unlike with Methocell K100. Methocell F50 found to reduce the weight of the soles. It was revealed that the reduction in the weight increased the feasibility of the formulation. Physical evaluations found to give the uniform microcellular polymeric network with the compactness. On the other hand the use of Methocell K100 found to have increased the size of the soles and that was due to probably expanding the microcellular network of the polymeric nature. Due to this Methocell F50 was concluded for the regular manufacturing of the soles with good lustiness.


This paper describes the application of a RaoBlackwellized Particle Filter to the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping onboard a hovering autonomous underwater vehicle. This vehicle, called DEPTHX, equipped with a large array of pencil-beam sonars for mapping, and autonomously explore a system of flooded tunnels associated with the Zacaton sinkhole in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Due to the three-dimensional nature of the tunnels, we describe an extension of traditional two dimensional evidence grids to three dimensions. In May 2005, we collected a sonar data set in Zacaton. We present successful SLAM results using both the real-world data and simulated data


Multi-person tracking in videos is a promising but challenging visual task. Recent progress in this field is introducing deep convolutional features as appearance models, which achieves robust tracking results when coupled with proper motion models. However, model failures that often cause severe tracking problems, have not been well discussed and addressed in previous work. In this paper, we propose a solution by online detecting such failures and accordingly adjusting the coupling between appearance and motion models. The strategy is letting the functional models take over when certain model faces data association ambiguity, and at the same time suppressing the influence of inappropriate observations during model update. Experimental results prove the benefit of our proposed improvement. Multiple object tracking; deep neural network; online learning; tracking-by-detection; multiple hypothesis tracking (key words)