1 Addition of baclofen to a medium containing slices of mouse frontal cortex inhibited the potassium‐evoked release of 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) in a concentration‐dependent manner. The degree of inhibition was increased in frontal cortex tissue taken from animals treated for 14 days with amitriptyline (10 mg kg−1, twice daily) at all concentrations of baclofen tested (10−6 m − 10−4 m). 2 Administration of either desipramine, mianserin or zimeldine (10 mg kg−1 daily) for 14 days also approximately doubled the degree of inhibition evoked by addition of baclofen (10−5 m) to the medium. 3 One day of treatment with the antidepressant drugs did not alter the inhibitory effect of baclofen on K+‐evoked 5‐HT release. 4 Addition of the antidepressant drugs to the medium had no effect on the K+‐evoked release of 5‐HT. 5 Repeated administration of electroconvulsive shock (5 seizures spread out over 10 days), like amitriptyline, produced a significant enhancement of the baclofen‐induced inhibition of 5‐HT release over the range of baclofen concentrations studied. A single electroconvulsive shock had no effect. 6 These data suggest that repeated administration of the antidepressant drugs or electroconvulsive shock increases the function of the γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor in the frontal cortex modulating 5‐HT release and are consistent with the finding of increased GABAB receptor number in this region following various antidepressant treatments.


The invention discloses memory chips and data protection methods. A memory chip coupled to a host includes a memory and a controller. Multiple boot images having the same content are pre-loaded in the memory. The controller is coupled to the memory for processing data transmission between the memory chip and the host. The controller further determines whether the memory chip enters a boot mode for the first time. When the memory chip enters the boot mode for the first time, the controller accesses the memory so as to obtain a correct boot image from the boot images and transmits the correct boot image to the host.


Research has not examined whether victimization predicts health after controlling for personality differences associated with victimization and health. In Study 1, college students (N = 1182) completed surveys assessing victimization, health, and personality. In Study 2, college students (N = 69) participated in a short-term longitudinal study that examined whether (a) victimization would predict health changes; (b) increases in victimization would lead to increased health problems; and (c) fall health would predict spring victimization when personality was considered. After controlling for individual differences, we found victimization predicted health outcomes (Study 1) and health problems over time (Study 2). These findings suggest the victimization–health link may occur because of physiological changes, rather than personality differences associated with victimization and health.


The nonlinear absorption of gold nanorods (GNRs) was investigated by
nanosecond Z scan technique at 532nm. It was found
that the GNRs exhibit satura ble absorption (SA) characteristics. The SA was ascribed to the bleaching of ground state plasmon.
Besides, the ultrafast dynamics process of the GNRs was investigated by femtosecond pump probe technology. It was found
that the dynamics process includes a fast decay and a slow decay with time constant of 3ps and 105 ps, respectively.
Theoreti cal results show that the fast decay process is due to the coupling of electron phonon, and the slow decay process is
due to the coupling of phonon phonon.


The purpose of this paper is to determine service quality dimensions as predictors of perceived service quality in retail environment. Recent studies emphasised the multidimensional nature of service quality and multidimensional service quality measurement models. Literature reveals that SERVQUAL (Parasuraman et al. 1988) and RSQS (Dabholkar et al. 1996) are the most common instruments used to measure service quality in retail. Considering different market environments neither SERVQUAL nor RSQS should be solely applied to different service environments and in different cultures assuming that customers behave in the same way. Research should focus on discovering service quality dimensions that are adapted to specific environments and to adapt service quality dimensions to different cultures. Therefore, by using exploratory factor analysis service quality dimensions are determined in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hypermarket stores' market). Those are: merchandising, physical environment and interaction with employees. Understanding service quality dimension as predictors of total service quality and their successful management is precondition for successful planning and implementation of service marketing activities in hypermarkets.


There are a lot of cases of Chinese papers having English titles for the charts and tables in most of the Chinese journals of science and technology.The paper analyzes the value of the English translations and concludes that the English titles are meaningful and necessary for the journals for the purpose of international academic communication but of less value for those who circulate only domestically.


The form of personal pronoun with modification have been constantly emerging They have structural characteristics.special meanings and usages.This kind of structure has structural integral and semantic plenty.and can show rhetoric effect.This paper from newspapers and magazines titles of one hundred years to study this structure's activity.At present this kind of structure is mainly belong to article-language


1. Q: In the article, what explanations are suggested for the possible link between highly myopic eyes and increased rates of PCO? a. Delayed and incomplete capsular bend types of the Capsular bag and optic edge b. Toxic effect by the IOL contact on the posterior capsule c. "Barrier effect" by the IOL contact on the posterior capsule d. A and C A: d. a recent studies have highlighted the importance of the speed and type of capsular bend created by sharp DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13871


Birmingham punks YOUTH MAN have debted a new EP called WAX (Venn Records) and, once again, it's hard not to get swept up in their good vibes. Listen ...


Preface Daniel J. Monti 1. Introduction to Community Livability Robert K. Whelan 2. Public Policy Promotion of Livable Communities Judith A. Martin 3. Variations in Regulatory Factors Affecting Neighborhood Livability: An International Perspective Elise Bright 4. Creating Sustainable Communities -- A Trans-Atlantic Perspective David Shaw, Simon Pemberton, and Alexander Nurse 5. Aging as the Foundation for Livable Communities Deborah Howe 6. Perceived Livability and Sense of Community: Lessons for Designers from a Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vicente del Rio, Daniel Levi, and Cristiane Rose Duarte 7. Living Downtown in the Twenty-first Century: Past Trends and Future Policy Concerns Eugenie L. Birch 8. The Cultural Component of Livability: Loss and Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans Jane S. Brooks and Rebecca Houtman 9. Public Participation in Neighborhood Planning, A Neglected Aspect of Community Livability: The Case of Seattle Hilda Blanco 10. Envisioning A City's Green Infrastructure for Community Livability Nancy D. Rottle and Brice Maryman 11. Does Land Use and Transportation Coordination Really Make a Difference Creating Livable Communities? Ruth L. Steiner 12. Livability, Health, and Community Design Sarah Heaton Kennedy and Andrew L. Dannenberg 13. Final Thoughts on Community Livability Roger Caves and Fritz Wagner


The paper is focused on the relation between intrinsic value of a stock and its market price, in detail on the differences between values and prices of cyclical and defensive stocks. These stocks differ in sensitivity of corresponded industry to business cycle movements. Based on the differences between values and prices, corresponding form efficiency of the market can be found. Author investigates, whether higher market efficiencies are measured for cyclical or defensive stocks and what market efficiencies are measured according to different models. Models, which are used to estimate the intrinsic value of a stock are applied to stocks of chosen stock markets. Cyclical and defensive stocks are analysed within 1996-2012. They are chosen of stock market volume leaders within this period of all stocks included in chosen stock market indexes. US stock market index DJIA, UK index FTSE 100 and German index DAX are used. Period 1996-2012 is chosen because of the middle-term or long-term character of the fundamental analysis and the effort to use current data. Intrinsic values of stocks are calculated by following models of the fundamental analysis: historical model P/S, historical model P/BV, historical model P/CF, historical model P/D, dividend discount model and profit model. Author uses following input data: dividend yield, sales, total assets, book value, cash flow, dividend, profit, P/E, beta coefficient, stock price together with US, UK and German government bond rates. Market efficiency is expressed by means of the ratio of the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. Based on presented results, author concludes, that measured market efficiencies for cyclical stocks are higher than the ones for defensive stocks. Thus, the differences between values and prices are lower for such stocks, which rise and fall with the business cycle. Analyses focused on the differences between intrinsic values of stocks and their market prices are cited in the paper. Author ́s analysis of cyclical and defensive stocks can be considered as contributive and unusual with regard to mentioned analyses. Author uses more models of the fundamental analysis, exactly six, than majority of other authors. Cited analyses of Capozza and Israelsen (2009), Foerster and Sapp (2006), Johnson and Xie (2004) and other researchers indicate, that author ́s paper is current and needed [1,2,3]. Author specifies the contribution of the paper for such investors, that calculate intrinsic values of stocks. Presented results can make easier their decision how to invest and their choice of optimal investment. Further directions of next research in this field are indicated. Results are calculated according to different regions, different models and different stocks. Specifics of individual stock markets or differences among models could be found in the future.


Water pollution not only affects water quality but also threats human health, economic developments & social prosperity Internationally there are number of attempts made to produce a method that meaningfully integrates the data sets and converts them into simple information called as Water Quality Index (WQI) Water quality indices are used as comprehensive evaluation instrument to assess the river water quality. Water quality index makes expert knowledge available to expert users and public in general. The indices are formulated based either on studies conducted by the indices developers or are formulated based on the Delphi technique which takes into account the opinion of experts or mathematical formulation or by using fuzzy logic. In this study the water quality index is developed by assigning relative weights to each parameter ranging from 1 to 6 based on the adverse effect of the water quality parameter on human health, its concentration with respect to other water quality parameters and method of treatment required. It includes twenty five water quality parameters such as Color water temperature, pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Turbidity, Suspended Solids (SS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Hardness (TH), Total Alkalinity (TA), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), Chemical oxygen demand (COD), Sulfates (SO 4 - - ),, Chlorides, Total Phosphates ( TP - ), Calcium (Ca ++ ) , Magnesium (Mg ++ ), Fluorides Ammonium- Nitrogen (NH 3-N), Nitrate-Nitrogen (NO 3-N), Nitrite-Nitrogen (NO 2-N) Total coliform (TC), Fecal coliform (FC), Sodium (Na+) and Boron(B) Water quality is categorized into five levels based on the values of water quality index as Excellent (WQI = 95 to 100), Good (WQI = 80 to 94), Fair (WQI = 65 to 79), Marginal (WQI = 45 to 64) and Poor (WQI = 0 to 44). The sensitivity analysis shows that this WQI is not influenced by any one or few parameters but it is a combined effect of all the parameters. It is applied to Purna (Tapi) river basin of Maharashtra (India).


The flat panel display of the bag structure is improved is disclosed. The disclosed flat panel display glass substrate, the glass and the light-emitting portion formed on the substrate, is disposed on the glass substrate so as to cover parts of the light-emitting of the laminated cover layer of the metal layer and the glass material sealing substrate and, the glass substrate and the cover of a metallic material It includes a frit (frit) to seal between the layers. With this structure, since the improved withstand voltage characteristics of the structure and within a moisture-permeable bag can be prevented from deteriorating the light-emitting portion due to moisture penetration, and also to prevent product performance deterioration due to overheating in accordance with the improved heat radiation capability.


A fault diagnosis using deep neural network for a single rotor of octocopter is proposed. The latest attitude and its command are fed to the proposed algorithm to determine the failure of the rotor in real time. Both normal cases and fault cases are considered with appropriate output pairs to form a data set. Two hidden layers are constructed with sigmoid activation functions. A generalized delta rule is adopted, and a stochastic gradient descent scheme is used to calculate the weight update of the neural network. Numerical simulations are performed to validate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The performance can be maximized by controlling the design parameters.


The concurrent presence of three satellite X-band SAR systems makes it interesting to test the interoperability of retrieval approaches meant for one system on the others. To approach this problem a description of the state of the art of the SAR X-band geophysical model functions (GMFs) for sea surface wind (SSW) speed retrieval is carried out. A sensitivity study of wind speed retrieval with respect to the wind direction when using the XMOD2 GMFs developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is presented. An application of these two GMFs to a series of data sets of stripmap images with vertical polarization VV acquired by the Italian satellite mission COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) is discussed, and the results of the SSW speed retrieval are compared to both the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) blended sea winds and in situ buoy data from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The retrieval exercises show that the two GMFs have similar performance. The sensitivity study shows that an error of ±10° may introduce an error greater that 10% in the retrieval of SSW speed.


Fake news articles are intentionally fabricated to be deceptive and can be proven that they are false. Fake news and spread of misinformation are important concepts which may have serious real world consequences. Even though this concept exists for so many years, with the advancements in technology the speed of di usion of misinformation and, how people consume and produce news has changed a lot. So the e ort towards detecting fake news quickly and correctly has became a challenge. Today most of the fact checking is done by professional journalists but the research towards the automatic detection of fake news increases rapidly. For automatic detection of fake news, linguistic and machine learning techniques are the most frequently used techniques. In this paper, we analyze these techniques in three main groups: Content based methods, user based methods and network based methods. We also give a short introduction to the concepts and present some preliminary research results towards an understanding of fake news. It was not so long ago that the term fake news started to appear frequently in the media. Even though the terms like deception, hoax, clickbait and credibility detection of news articles are within the focus of researchers for some time, with the frequent use of the term fake news , a new de tion and more speci c work towards detecting it was required. Even though the term fake news is quite new, there was always some newspapers trying to take more attention from the readers through exaggerated headlines and articles containing misinformation [7] [1]. In the internet era, where every individual have an opportunity to publish and be visible by many others, it is not surprising that the generation of fake news has increased. One of the main reasons of generating fake news is the economic gain which can be acquired by getting more clicks or generating paid fake content [5] for parties who want to get more clicks. Fake news can cause sudden changes in stock market and this can easily be converted to an economic gain by the parties who published the fake news articles [2]. Another common reason for generating fake news is trying to create a deception and/or a political bias within users in order to get more supporters. On the other hand where to draw the line between fake news and expression of opinions is important. Copyright held by the author(s). NOBIDS 2017


Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers. (BERBERIDACEAE)—Madison County: approximately 25 plants consisting of 9 to 21 leaves per plant observed at the transition zone of mature hemlock / mixed mesophytic forest and base of a mesic mafic cliff and ledges, on northfacing slopes, private property draining into the Ivy River at 530 m (1,750 ft.) elevation. Lat/ Long: N 35u46910.810, W 082u38928.670. Kevin Caldwell s.n. and Josh Kelly, 13 April 2007 (WCUH). Significance. The population represents Madison County's first known record and the second extant site of three total reported sites in North Carolina. It occurs at the southeastern periphery of its range at this site and it represents the northern and eastern-most population in North Carolina. Regionally, it is more common in the limestone country in Tennessee southwest into Alabama. An extant population in Jackson County, estimated at between 500 and 1,000 plants, was reported by Pittillo (1992). The first and historical population reported by Radford, Ahles, and Bell (1968) for Jackson County has not been relocated.


The crash of the U.S. housing market triggered the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s. Beginning in late 2009, multifamily construction rebounded strongly. Beginning in mid-2011, single-family construction began to rebound as well. But during the first half of 2013, growth of both types of construction paused. Rappaport examines the demographic forces shaping demand for residential construction. At the end of 2012, the number of occupied single-family housing units was moderately below its demographic trend level and the number of occupied multifamily housing units was considerably below its demographic trend level. Hence residential construction of both types is likely to pick up in the near future. Over the longer term, slowing U.S. population growth is likely to put downward pressure on both types of construction. Downsizing by aging baby boomers will exacerbate this downward pressure on single-family construction but offset it for multifamily construction. Hence the long-term outlook is considerably stronger for multifamily construction.


To achieve the regulations of the IMT-Advanced, 3GPP utilizes the technology of carrier aggregation (CA) in LTE-A. Besides, 3GPP in the LTE Release-8 also advocates that people in the communications industry establish femtocells to reduce the loading of macrocells. However, HeNB is much more easily leads to the irregular establishment. Thus, this condition will bring about signal interference between base stations and user equipment (UE), which makes the whole carrier utility and throughput speed lower. Therefore, 3GPP proposes the approach of autonomous component carrier selection (ACCS), it would let every base station select the carrier which isn't used by near base stations to avoid the carrier interference caused by the irregular establishment of HeNB. However, the selection rules of ACCS are imperfect and it will result in poor performance of system throughput and carrier utility and lower the connection of UE. In this paper, we propose a new ACCS based on user scheduling under the basic CA selection framework of ACCS. This method when the base station cannot be distributed carrier resources because of the interference, base station would check the current user equipment's interference situation, UEs will be scheduled by interference situation, then the base station select the appropriate carrier distribution for UE in the schedule. Finally, simulation results show that method proposed by this study can raise resource distribution of main carrier to attain more users' connection and simultaneously elevate the resource distribution of sub-carrier to meet the demands of UE bandwidth..


Research purposes: The geological survey in iron mine goaf is a quite new subject for the geological survey for railway alignment.Based on the Seismic and electromagnetic methods,the high-precise gravity and magnetic measurement technology was successfully tried to conduct the geological survey in the iron mine goaf according to the characteristics of metallogeny and iron mine goaf.The discussion was made on the advantages and complementarities of different methods to seek the characteristics of the abnormal response in iron mine goaf and establish a set of working methods.Research conclusions:The integrated geophysical exploration technologies of taking high-precise gravity and magnetic measurement as the principal technology was used for the geological survey in iron meine goaf in She County along the Handan-Changzhi Railway,obtaining a rather perfect result.Through the comparison and verification of the data got by means of high-precise gravity and magnetic measurement,seismic reflection,TEM sounding and tightly point spacing DC sounding metheds,the abnormal area and boundary of the goaf were mapped out,which could provide very useful geological basis for the goaf evaluation and railway alignment.The experience from this project has a great directive significance to the geological survey for railway in the similar situation.


It is shown that a sampled-data system remains strongly stabilizable if the original continuous-time system is so and if the sampling period is sufficiently small. At the same time, it is also shown that a sampled-data system can be strongly stabilizable even if the original continuous-time system is not so, and some sufficient conditions guaranteeing this does not happen are derived. >


This paper highlights the need for health-care personnel to receive specific training in paediatric resuscitation. The aetiology of cardiopulmonary collapse in children, and the rationale behind the management of basic life support in this situation is outlined.


This study aimed to explore the use of standard concentration infusions for intravenous infusions (SCI) in paediatric and neonatal units in the United Kingdom (UK). This included how many units use SCI, variation and overlap in concentrations, devices in use for administration and how the infusions were provided.


Oil continues to play a significant role in providing worldwide energy. Impermeable zones (i.e., underground areas that allow only few hydrocarbons-collecting fluids, to pass through) can cause significant challenges during the drilling and oil production periods. The problem of mapping an impermeable area has been investigated mainly using seismic sensors deployed on the Earth surface. The existing solutions continue to be imprecise. In this paper we propose a solution that employs nanodevices enabled with wireless THz communication capabilities. The nanodevices are deployed underground and collected as part of oil exploration and recovery. Wireless connectivity among nanodevices is used for mapping underground flow propagation paths, and implicitly, impermeable areas. Since the deployment underground of nanodevices is costly, in this paper we aim to reduce the number of insertion and collection/production wells. Through simulations, we show that our proposed solution achieves good accuracy in mapping impermeable zones, with a reduced cost.


It is shown that there are many stable configurations for a domain wall pinned by a notch along a magnetic stripe. The stability of several of these configurations is investigated numerically as a function of the thickness of the magnetic film. The depinning mechanism depends on the structure of the domain wall and on the thickness of the magnetic film. In the case of a spin-valve structure, it appears that the stray fields emerging from the hard layer at the notch location influence the stability of the micromagnetic configuration. Different depinning mechanisms are thus observed for the same film thickness depending on the magnetization orientation of the propagating domain. This conclusion qualitatively explains experimental magnetoresistance measurements.


We present an overview of recently proposed various plasmonic devices for optoelectronics, such as channel plasmon subwavelength components, nonlinear plasmon-based photonic transistor, optical memory by slowing and trapping surface plasmons, and active plasmonics.


Introduction. Borrelia miyamotoi is a pathogen causing erythema-free ixodid tick-borne borreliosis (ITBB), a disease widespread in Russia. The genome of B. miyamotoi contains genes of multiple variable major proteins (Vmps). Vmps fall into two families — Vsps and Vlps (with subfamilies δ, γ, α and β). At a particular time, a single B. miyamotoi expresses only one variant of Vmp gene.The purpose of the work is to develop a technique for identification of the Vmp present at the expression site.Materials and methods. The technique is designed in the format of a real-time multiplex PCR. It was tested by using B. miyamotoi DNA samples extracted from blood collected from 172 ITBB patients and 109 ticks. The samples were collected in 14 regions of Russia.Results. The new technique made it possible to identify the expressed Vmp in 82% of the examined samples, thus having demonstrated its efficiency. Negative results were much less often observed with samples from patients than with samples from ticks. At the same time, the percentage of samples with one type of Vmp is identical for clinical samples and ticks, while the percentage of samples containing concurrently two types of Vmps is significantly higher among samples from patients with the most frequent occurrence of the Vlp-δ and Vsp combination.Discussion. The frequent occurrence of the combination of two Vmp types in the blood samples can indicate the concurrent presence of several subpopulations of B. miyamotoi in ITBB patients. A new antigenic Vmp variant is synthesized after protective antibodies have been produced for the major protein of the strain transmitted by a tick. This phenomenon known as immune evasion allows the pathogen to persist within a host.Conclusion. The developed technique of real-time multiplex PCR allows to simultaneous detect of several antigenic variants of the variable basic surface proteins of B. miyamotoi. The study of the antigenic spectrum of B. miyamotoi strains in comparison with the characteristics of conserved regions of the genome by the method of multilocus sequencing will clarify the stages of evolution and distribution of B. miyamotoi sensu lato.


Memory techniques which have so far been developed with computer technology all share limitations imposed by the requirement that a memory address be specified uniquely for storage or retrieval of data. In many problems these addresses are merely "dummy variables" with the only meaningful order being one derived from the content of the data points themselves; examples of such operations are sorting, interpolating and catalog look-up. Largely because of the astronomical proportions of the computing task assumed by some real (and reasonable) problems in these and other closely allied areas, there has been an increasing interest in the type of memory in which information is stored (and retrieved) on the basis of content. Storage systems with this modus operandi are generically classified as "associative memories."


Area-selective deposition is a promising technique for positional self-alignment of materials at a prepatterned surface. Critical to this is the development of molecular systems that have selective...


Collaborative information processing is the difficulty of the wireless sensor network research.To track a single target,a collaborative mechanism based on game theory is proposed,which creates a group way for the network nodes to execute target tracking,dynamically allocating tasks,updating the group members at any time,the synchronous information integration and data transfer.In the experiment,the collaborative mechanisms based on game theory and based on the instances are compared.Experimental results indicate that,target tracking based on game theory shows a significantly higher accuracy rate and significant reduction in network energy consumption;and its smooth transmission of information can adapt to the dynamic scalability and adaptability of the network nodes.


been through various vicissitudes hence the book's appearance in 1993, despite its printed publication date of 1992. But all is now well: what we have is an admirable edition based on the Istanbul (F) and Paris (P) MSS, together with Minorsky's translation to which Woods has added various additional notes, points of clarification and updatings of references. This is all very useful, and even those who require only the translation should if possible read it in this version. Woods has added two relevant letters from the Topkapi archives (facsimiles and printed texts) and some pages from a later Safavid history, the Javahir al-Akhbar (printed text only), to the latter of which Minorsky referred in his Annex I. There is a good combined index to both the text and the translation, and an index to Quranic quotations in the Persian texts. If one were inclined to carp, it could be suggested that Woods might have considered filling out Minorsky's translation so that it was no longer an abridgement: I for one would have liked, for example, to have a translation of the section in which Khunji-Isfahanl gives his views on history, which Minorsky summarises at length on pp. 7-11 of his Introduction. Such material is often, or ought to be, important to scholars as they try to assess the sources they are using: it is all too easy to leap across what historians of the past tell us about their aims and attitudes in our haste to get at the historical "facts" with which they provide us. Still, thanks to Woods's labours, it is now possible for me to do the job myself if I feel sufficiently strongly about it and if I can cope with the (not inconsiderable) difficulties of KhunjT-Isfahanl's Persian. Editors and translators of texts have to become inured to being rewarded with brickbats from reviewers; but nothing of the sort is appropriate in this case. This handsome volume is an exemplary piece of work and a real contribution to historical scholarship.


Background: Obesity is an emerging epidemical issue. The percentage of individuals with high BMI consistently escalates in every year. Non-communicable disease such as hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, are influenced by risk factors. One of the important risk factors is the increasing BMI and high concentration of lipid profile. The aim of this study is to discover the causal inference between BMI and concentration of lipid profile. Method: Cross-sectional design was conducted in this study. Secondary data was collected from previous study entitled "Primary and Secondary Prevention in Jatinangor society". Sample subjects consisted of 99 individuals. Obtained data was analyzed using Spearman's Rank correlation test. Result: Characteristic of subjects from the obtained data showed that as much of 55% of the subjects were having overly high BMI (overweight and obese). Mean of BMI was 26.44 kg/m2 and lipid profile (Total cholesterol: 194.60 mg/dL; HDL-C: 42.52 mg/dL; LDL-C: 126.61 mg/dL) in female were higher compared to male (Total cholesterol: 188.6 mg/dL; HDL-C: 35.7 mg/dL; LDL-C: 123.4 mg/dL) except for male TG was higher(147 mg/dL) rather than female (132.1 mg/dL). Significant correlation was found between BMI and total cholesterol (rs = 0.244 p = 0.015), BMI and HDL-C (rs = −0.222 p = 0.027), BMI and LDL-C (rs = 0.223 p = 0.026), BMI and TG (rs = 0.242 p = 0.016). Conclusion: There was significant correlation between BMI and lipid profile.


Concluding remarks Finally, to all members of the Association and to all members of the profession, may I appeal to you for unity. We are all doctors and members of the noblest profession. In numerical terms we are a small group, especially in the political context. Though it is emotionally satisfying to form more and more splinter groups, Government can only deal with the profession through one body, the AMA. To say that the AMA is not interested in private practice is ludicrous, as are statements that the AMA is not capable of doing anything for salaried doctors. The recent battles are only part of an ongoing campaign in which the AMA, on behalf of the profession, will continue to be in conflict with governments of whatever political persuasion, defending the rights of doctors and their patients. Maintenance of professionalism, avoidance of commercialism, retention of a proper balance between public and private services, together with retention of choice for both patient and doctor, are basic features which must be retained in medical practice. I remain optimistic for our profession, and am reminded of Anton Chekhov's romantic but cynical Dr Astrov, in Uncle Vanya who said: "The people who come after us and despise us for having lived in so stupid and tasteless a fashion perhaps they'll find a way to be happy". I am sure that they will, and that the profession through this Association will solve its problems in the interests of doctors, but even more in the interests of patients.


In this paper, we develop a procedure for evaluating the performance of a single moving sensor system to estimate the range to a stationary emitter based on the discrete-time collection of bearing measurements along the trajectory travelled. We describe a numerical procedure to calculate the range p.d.f. from a chosen trajectory assuming a constant quality for the bearing measurements and use this procedure to evaluate the range root mean-square error as a function of the distance travelled. The logarithmic spiral family of trajectories is of particular interest, both from the standpoint of optimal control where such paths are derived, and from experimental biology, where large birds of prey are observed to travel in such paths in their search for food. Our performance analysis of these scenarios indicates why pitch angles less than 45° are to be preferred when a balanced range estimation performance throughout the trajectory is desired.


Australian Rules football is a multi-million dollar spectator sport industry administered by the Australian Football League (AFL http://www.afl. com.au) and at a national league level, is comprised of 16 football clubs. Being high profile organizations, the AFL and its league clubs are constantly scrutinised by the media for their moral and social responsibilities towards their respective communities. Promoting the awareness of the effects of global warming and climate change is one such responsibility that the AFL and its league clubs have begun to undertake in their current practices and community programs. As an industry however it may be found lagging in the area of Green ICT adoption and practices although there is indication of at least one league club – the Carlton Football Club (http://www.carltonfc.com.au)– leading the way in this field.


Epics are indeed an indelible part of our existence carrying us into the timeless history where reality and fantasy blends into a harmonious whole. A diasporic women writer re-creating myth and folklore in a contemporary context and re-telling a popular epic Mahabharata from Draupadi's perspective is monumental and extraordinary. There have been sudden inclinations on part of the contemporary writers to re-interpret the epics in a new light highlighting the women characters who have been otherwise neglected in the original story as tangible subjects. Usually, epic narratives portray women on an ideological viewpoint; women being embodiments of perseverance and forbearance, mute spectators of misery and injustice perpetrated on them. But Divakaruni re-created the women characters by assigning them a voice of their own so that they become strong enough to express their choices and by living their own bodies vis-à-vis lives. The mystifying feminine psyche of the mythical women characters is unfolded before the readers and many unknown crevices of the inner mind are laid bare. These impressions and explorations of the epic characters were actually a hidden trope for self-discovery and articulation. The Palace of Illusions is a re-creation of the illusionary, magical world of Draupadi and her dream destination and how this world gets shattered in front of her eyes is not only literal but metaphorical in course of the novel. In an attempt to re-work the epic, the contemporary women writers deviate from the usual phallocentric thrust of the epic and make Draupadi the hero of the novel; subverting the stereo-typed gendered version of an epic. Divakaruni's fiction strives to subvert the gendered binaries looking at the epic and its magnificent characters and events through Panchaali's gaze. Thus, the Western model of the male gaze is repudiated and the female gaze is celebrated in an altogether new form. Is the story of Mahabharata a familial clash between fraternity or a woman's personal desire and Panchaali's revenge which drenched the country and its inhabitants in the blood is the question that is left open-ended for the readers who revisits Mahabharata through the eyes of Draupadi vis-a-vis Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.


This article examines questions of how elements of musical traditions are reproduced in new social contexts, and what kind of music-making processes are involved when Los Kjarkas, an urban folk music group from Bolivia, encounters a diasporic community in Europe.42 Transnational experiences and opportunities for new forms of communication are significant for this urban folk music culture, which travels between places and spaces, as will be discussed in this article. This essay also focuses on the relationship between representations of Bolivian urban folk music and spaces where old and new meanings of identity and relationships are based on a sense of community. Aspects concerning relationships between Andean popular music, Latin American music and Bolivian folk music and their relationships to the audience are explored. Issues such as how relationships between a musical culture and a globally marginalised musical culture are articulated on the Internet, and new as well as old identities are also studied. Furthermore, issues about how cultural events are organised in diasporic formations and staged in new media relating to a tour in Europe will also be addressed. I will attempt to show how Los Kjarkas and Andean diasporic groups contribute to the construction of a relationship between folk, popular, rural and urban music as well as a relationship between a local and a global scene. The theoretical approach in the essay is based on popular music theory, social studies about diasporas, and studies about Andean music cultures. As pointed out in previous studies relating to Andean music, music is an important part of


The vascular flora of talus slopes in the Mt. Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, is discussed in the context of edaphic and geomorphic conditions. Thirteen talus slopes were sampled systematically for the presence of vegetation, and vascular plants were identified to the species level. Such talus slopes are generally considered relatively sterile and too unstable for the development of distinctive flora. The presence of vegetation is usually taken as an indicator of slope stability. A total of 77 species with boreal and arctic affinities was identified. Most plants display growth forms suitable to the unstable and xeric talus substrate with Schroeter's Schuttstrecker and Schuttdecker forms being most common. Although areal coverage by plants is sparse, a large number of species with morphological characteristics suitable for the talus environment suggests that the presence of plants should not be regarded as an absolute indicator of slope stability. Rather, these plants may represent a long-t...


In this paper we establish a new class of a-priori estimates for stationary mean-field games which have a quasi-variational structure.
In particular we prove $W^{1,2}$ estimates for the value function $u$ and that the players distribution $m$ satisfies $\sqrt{m}\in W^{1,2}$.
We discuss further results for power-like nonlinearities and prove higher regularity if the space dimension is 2. In particular we also
obtain in this last case $W^{2,p}$ estimates for $u$.


In May 2017, we carried out an electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) survey of the downslope embankment of a state highway in central Illinois where creep failure has been observed for over 50 years. The fill is over 15 meters (~50 feet) at its deepest point and sits partially in an old stream bed. Water is currently conveyed through the channel in a box culvert underneath the embankment. The fill has been steadily creeping since initial construction and has caused severe damage to the highway above on several occasions. The purpose of this study was to image the failure associated with the subsurface creep in the fill and to identify the subsurface engineering works that may be interacting or moving with the creep. We surveyed 10 parallel ERT profiles using an ABEM Terrameter SAS 4000. Nine profiles were 80 meters long and one was 40 meters long, with 10 meter spacing between each profile. We used an inline dipole-dipole array with electrodes spaced 2 meters apart (with a minimum 'a' spacing of 2 meters and a maximum was 4 meters; the minimum 'n' value was 1 and the maximum was 8). These 10 profiles were processed using Geotomo's Res2DInv software. Topographic corrections were made using GPS and elevation data collected the same day as the ERT survey. The data was interpolated between the survey lines using ArcScene to create a pseudo 3-dimensional model to identify key components of the slope creep. Several underground objects were identified, including metal and plastic drainage pipes, a chimney drain, the box culvert, and possible groundwater plumes from recent rainfall events. The failure surface associated with the creep was also identified, and mapped in three dimensions. Figure 1: Study Area in Context. Elevation contours show elevation before construction of the embankment around 1961 Source: ESRI, QGIS


∗ This paper is an edited version of an inaugural lecture delivered at the University of Southampton on 22 February 1983.


Based on the concept of "integrated transportation", this paper utilizes the collaborative theory, complex system theory and transport economics theory to analyze the matching relationship between the transportation hub and corridor from a macro perspective. Meanwhile, it also explores the coordination of their transport capability, transport organization, etc., from the microscopic point of view, ultimately achieving the theoretical integration and harmonization of the connection and layout of the integrated transport hub and corridor.


We assessed anterograde conduction electrogram parameters at successful ablation sites according to accessory pathway (AP) location and compared them to the most favorable electrograms at unsuccessful sites. A median of three radiofrequency energy impulses was applied to ablate 97% of 136 APs versus four impulses to ablate 90% of 65 concealed APs. Electrograms at successful sites showed variable A/V ratio (0.04‐7), and a QS pattern of unipolar ventricular wave in 90%. Electrograms were different in right versus left AP: AV time 29 ± 7 versus 38 ± 10; and timing of ventricular deflection: 17 ± 9 versus 2 ± 9 msec, respectively. Analysis in each patient of the mapping parameters at successful versus "most favorable" unsuccessful sites showed an improvement in at least one parameter in 55%, no apparent change in all parameter values in 30%, and even less favorable parameters in 15% of patients. In patients with manifest AP, overall comparison of elecfrograms at successful versus unsuccessful sites showed no difference in A/V ratio (1.3 ± 1.5 vs 2.2 ± 1.6), unipolar pattern distribution, and AV time (34 ± 10 vs 35 ± 9), but earlier bipolar main ventricular potential (‐4 ± 12 vs ‐1.5 ± 10 msec) and unipolar intrinsic deflection timings (‐5.2 ± 11 vs ‐1.8 ± 10 msec). In patients with concealed AP, a retrograde continuous electrical activity was recorded in 72% of successful versus 38% of unsuccessful sites (P = 0.03). Conclusions: Electrogram characteristics at successful radiofrequency ablation are different in right and left manifest AP. The timing of the ventricular potential is the only predictive electrogram parameter. Individual analysis of electrograms in each patient shows the better criteria in 55% of successful sites but no improvement in criterion values in 45%.


Research ovet the past three decades has atteropted to link the patient's fee/payment JEor psychotherapy with length of treatment and other treatment outcpme variables. Dembgraphic yariables have aiso bepn exajniped with respect to length of treatment. This study investigated the relationship between source of payment, divided into pay and no-pay groups, as well as demographic factors upon length of treatment and improvement in assessment ratings. The sample consisted of 2,385 outpatients who received treatment from a County Mental Health Department during a two year period from July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1983. The degree of the primary therapist, (i.e., the educational/ professional degree) was also examined as to its effect upon the clients' length of treatment and the improvement of the clients as reflected in changes in global assessment ratings. Results indicated that the pay group had fewer visits than the nb-pay group but improvement, as measured by global assessment difference rating scbtes, was hot significantly different between the pay/no-pay groups. After the demographic Variables wefe entered in a regression equation, pay/no-pay Still accounted for a


Growth studies of subterranean clover seedlings grown in water culture solutions revealed that the seedlings quickly exhausted the seed supplies of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The seedlings had depleted their initial mineral reserves and were in need of additional supplies within 7 days for calcium, approximately 10 days for phosphorus, 14 days for nitrogen and magnesium, and 21 days for potassium. Nitrogen-deficient plants recovered quickly after being transferred to a complete nutrient solution. Calcium-deficient plants did not recover. Plants grown in nutrient solution that lacked phosphorus had longer roots than those affected by deficiency of nitrogen, potassium, calcium, or magnesium. For the first 45 days after germination, seedlings in phosphorus-deficient solutions developed longer roots than control plants.


Artistic Dress was the Victorian sartorial practice through which individuals communicated their identification with artistic circles, life, and philosophies that challenged the boundaries of mainstream ideals. While it is a category that is acknowledged in current fashion histories, Artistic Dress has had limited and at times conflicting treatment, often conflated with other terms like Aesthetic Dress and Dress Reform without clarity or differentiation between them. The term Pre-Raphaelite Dress has also been used to describe this style, especially in relation to the idea that those associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Circle often went about publicly in unconventional clothing that expressed their Bohemian lifestyle. This paper will offer an in-depth discussion of so-called 'Pre-Raphaelite Dress' to scrutinise how and when Pre-Raphaelite women flouted sartorial convention – if they did at all. Focusing on comparative object analysis between images to extant garments, it presents an analysis that re-evaluates key examples – particularly Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, and Jane Morris – and offers new cases, to conclude that Artistic Dress was rooted in the practice of artists and models styling themselves and their clothes to express artistic fantasies for both creative production and everyday life – rather than the wholesale wearing of alternative garments, as previous scholars (such as Stella Mary Newton) have suggested.


Spin-torque oscillators (STOs) are the candidates for a novel class of magnetic field sensors, suitable especially for magnetic media read head purposes. While a number of investigations on the STO readout ability have been reported, comparatively little attention has been paid to the issue of its behavior in highly inhomogeneous magnetic fields, i.e., generated by densely stored magnetic media. We examine the theoretical limits for the STO technology usage for sensor applications, using both a general auto-oscillator model and a micromagnetic simulations framework. We find that the deterioration of the output signal may lead to significant readout errors already for the bit width of a few nanometers, which is close to the current state-of-the-art in the data storage industry.


Each year over 40 000 Americans are infected with HIV, and dirty needles are responsible for up to 30% of these new cases (I, 2). Needle-exchange programmes, besides preventing the spread of HIV, also prevent hepatitis transmission and can bring addicts into contact with drug rehabilitation services, instruction in condom use and general health care. In addition, dean needles reduce the transmission of HIV to the sex partners and children of drug users. In September 1995, a National Academy of Sciences panel issued a report concluding that needle-exchange programmes for i.v. drug users reduce the spread of HIV without encouraging more drug use in society (2). Actually, the efficacy of such programmes had been known for some time, but certain politicians and policy makers belonging to the 'just say no' or zero tolerance camp succeeded in getting Congress to pass legislation barring federal funds for needle-exchange programmes (3-6). In 1992, however, health minded legislators were able to pass new legislation ordering the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to request the above mentioned report from the National Academy of Sciences. The legislation also stipulated that if the report found needle-exchange programmes to be effective (it did), and if these programmes did not cause a higher prevalence of drug use (they did not), then the Surgeon General was empowered to lift the ban on federal funding. Lifting the federal ban on funding, however, would still leave a plethora of state and local anti-needleexchange laws that would have to be rescinded in order to have an effective national needle-exchange programme. Some of these state and local laws criminalize needle-exchange programmes outright, while others criminalize the purchase and possession of needles and syringes without a prescription.


OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to compare the differences in the prevalence of hypertension in relation to the physical activity grade and to analyze differences in the days of hospitalization of hypertension patients, drug expenses and personal medical expenses. METHODS The Korea medical panel data was used in 2016, with a total of 13,276 adults and 3,470 hypertension patients. Physical activity was measured with IPAQ and converted to MET-minutes per week. The days of hospitalization, monthly average for hypertension drug expenses, and personal medical expenses were investigated, and frequency analysis, logistic regression, and ANOVA were performed. RESULTS The prevalence of hypertension based on the inactive group were decreased both minimally active group (odds ratio [OR] = 0.89) and the active group (OR = 0.77, p<0.01). The days of hospitalization, drug expenses, and personal medical expenses for hypertension were all significantly different among each physical activities group (p<.01). Days of Hospitalization and medical expenses have increased by 4.1 to 28.6 % in minimally active group compared with active group, while inactive groups have increased by 23.6 to 65.7 %, increasing more rapidly in inactive groups. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of hypertension was further reduced in the order of minimally active and activity groups compared to inactive groups, and it makes lower the medical use and medical expenses associated with the level of physical activity of hypertension patients.


An alternative method was developed for the quantification of the residues of Diuron, Linuron, Neburon, Propanil and Swep via their common metabolite 3,4-Dichloroaniline. The up to now utilised method by Hemmerling is not very useful because starchy samples have the disposition to foaming even with the use of anti-foaming agents. For the alternative method Hemmerling's Principle was divided into two steps. The first step is an alkaline hydrolysis of the herbicide with an automatic simultaneous steam-distillation in a steam-distillation unit. The second step is an alkaline steam-distillation with a simultaneous extraction of the metabolite by using a Clevenger. The recoveries of the investigated phenyl urea herbicides Diuron, Linuron and Neburon as well as of the anilide Propanil and of the carbamate Swep are between 65% and 100%. These recoveries are comparable with Hemmerling's results.


Filamentation of ultra-short laser pulses in gases is an emerging technique for versatile applications reaching from pulse-compression in the few-cycle regime to frequency generation into the THz regime. Moreover, radiation in the short wavelength range is generated by filaments. Especially, the third harmonic (TH) is generated within a filament usually on a cone [1,2]. In this paper, we demonstrate on-axis TH generation in a filament in air by establishing a pressure gradient. We report on an increase of the on-axis conversion efficiency by 2.5 orders of magnitude.


Through methods of literature strategy,investigation on spot and interview,this thesis investigate living patterns of temporary population in the new district of Hailin area of Taizhou city in Jiangshu province and effect on local public security situation.The result shows that there lies in a regular pattern between temporary population of those in middle sized cities and small sized cities and there's effect on social public security.According to this regular pattern,to manage those temporary population respectively and classified on the basis of "governing citizens by using their houses",to some extend,can improve efficiencies of managing them.There will built harmonious communities and promote the development of social harmony.


In this paper we develop a normative model that is built on an empirically relevant foundation. We observe that decision makers, among them advertisers, rely on estimated relationships in reaching resource allocation decisions, and we investigate the normative implications of this process. In particular, we explore the effects of uncertainty stemming from the use of sample estimates of population parameters. In general, we find that ignoring this estimation-related uncertainty leads to suboptimal decisions.


The lunar polar regions are key areas for future exploration due to the long-term continuous illumination and persistently shadowed regions that can cold trap abundant water and other volatiles. However, the complex terrain, dynamic lighting, and solar wind-induced electric-field environment present multiple challenges for polar investigation and sampling missions. China's Chang'E-7 (CE-7) will explore the Moon's south polar region in 2026. One of the scientific goals is to drill samples in a wide area with a rover for in situ analysis. This study analyzes the engineering constraints of the polar illumination condition, slopes, and electric field for landing and sampling-site selection. Then, we create a 3D model of CE-7's lunar rover in three operating environments by employing the Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software, with the rover sampling (i) on a flat surface, (ii) in a shadow, and (iii) near a meter-scale crater under different solar altitude angles. The results show that the rover can be charged to different potentials under the combined effects of solar wind incident angles and surrounding terrains. We find that a favorable traversing and/or sampling site of the rover for future polar exploration is in the upwind direction of a bulge (positively elevated terrains, such as the lander or boulders) or crater, which will cause a minimum charging effect on the rover. Our results have important implications for minimizing the risk of charging effects and guiding the lunar polar region exploration.


Without application of an external electric field, the temperature dependence of the shear angle uxy, which is proportional to the spontaneous polarisation and therefore to the order parameter, has been measured by means of Bragg scattering of 412 keV gamma -radiation in KH2PO4 and RbH2PO4. Simultaneously, optical observations of the domain structure were performed. The shape of the rocking curve of KDP and RbDP are compared and discussed. The ferroelectric transition in RbDP is of second order in contrast to KDP which exhibits a first-order one. The modified Slater's theory provides for RbDP a good fit to the experimental data uxy(T) in the whole temperature range investigated. The fact that beta =0.5 near Tc can be understood as an effect of the dipolar interaction; so this system exhibits a cross over from a Slater behaviour to a dipolar behaviour.


Tethering proteins at ER–plasma membrane contacts may have specific functions in addition to tethering. This study shows that the yeast TMEM16 tethering protein Ist2 recruits the phosphatidylserine-transporting proteins Osh6 and Osh7 to ER–PM contacts, with this interaction being required for aminophospholipid metabolism in the absence of the phosphatidylserine decarboxylase PSD1.


Aim: To analyze the effects of surface tissue compression on the muscle activity of elderly patients with stroke and hypertonia of the upper limbs. Methods: Fourteen male individuals, 10 with right spastic hemiparesis and 4 with left spastic hemiparesis, aged 60 to 80 years (± 72.33-years-old), with clinical diagnosis of stroke were selected to participate in the study. The muscle activity of the participants was detected by surface electromyography before and immediate after the application of the surface pressure device. For the treatment procedure, the surface compression equipment used was made of plastic and was similar to a buoy, with a lateral opening to couple the equipment to the upper limbs of the individual. The EMG signal normalized values obtained during MVC were tabulated and analyzed using the t-test of paired samples. Results: In the analysis, it was observed that, following the application of the surface pressure technique, the evaluated muscles, showed a decrease of muscle activity. However, the results obtained were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that the surface compression technique did show statistically significant differences when the muscle activity values were compared before and after treatment intervention. The reduction in myoelectric activity of the brachii biceps and triceps brachii muscles was observed.


The socio-economic importance of trypanosomosis and ancylostomosis in both humans and animal necessitated the investigation of the clinical signs of single and conjunct infection of both parasites in dogs. Sixteen dogs grouped into 4 of 4 members each were used in the study. GROUP I was uninfected dogs (control), GROUP II was infected with Ancylostoma caninum GROUP III was infected with Trypanosoma brucei ( T. brucei ), GROUP IV was mixed infections of Trypanosoma brucei and Ancylostoma caninum ( T. brucei / A. caninum ) . Post acclimatization, Ancylostoma caninum infection was done on GPII and GPIV. Two weeks later Trypanosoma brucei infections was done on GPIII and superimposed on GPIV. Three weeks post trypanosome infection; GPIII and GPIV were treated with 7 mg/kg diminazene aceturate (Veribin ® , CEVA Sante x intramuscularly x once. Mebendazole at 100 mg x per os twice daily for 3 days was used only on GPII and GPIV and a repeat treatment given 2 weeks later. Prepatent period of T. brucei infection was 5.00±1.30 days in single infection and 3.00±1.40 days in conjunct infection of T. brucei and A. caninum. Persistent parasitaemia resulted in repeated treatment with diminazene aceturate at 7 mg/kg and mebendazole at 100 mg twice daily for 3 days . The predominant signs revealed include; fluctuation in weight, lethargy, vomition, enlargement of popliteal lymphnodes, pyrexia, oedema of lower jaw and ocular discharges, enlarged abdomen, anaemia, cornea opacity and slight emaciation. The clinical signs were most severe in GPIV compared to GPIII. The egg per gram of faeces (EPG) in GPII was significantly higher than the mixed infection (GPIV). Treatment only slightly improved clinical manifestations. In conclusion, most signs shown were consistent with trypanosomosis in dogs except abdominal enlargement which is a complication of A. caninum . Clinical signs therefore could serve as a diagnostic tool in the treatment of both conditions in dogs.


Realizing that a current smart-mobile device such as a cell phone and a tablet can be considered as a pocket-size computer embedded with a built-in digital camera, this paper reviews and demonstrates on how a mobile device can be specifically functioned as a portable optical instrument for agricultural applications. The paper highlights several mobile device-based optical instruments designed for searching small pests, measuring illumination level, analyzing spectrum of light, identifying nitrogen status in the rice field, estimating chlorine in water, and determining ripeness level of the fruit. They are suitable for individual use as well as for small and medium enterprises.


A new instrument, "chain tags," has been devised for getting measurable data on message diffusion. A dramatic and controllable method of starting the diffusion process, it can isolate, vary, or hold constant the maximum for each of the following varibles, alone or in combination as desired: number of starters; number of eventual hearers; the acts-per-actor-per-remove or period, area, and population within which diffusion takes place; the number of removes; the interperson distances and periods. This study illustrates the usefulness of the chain-tags technique in testing a theoretical model of one-way human interacting and comparing the strength of different motivations to diffuse a message.


Iron ore out of mineral processing tailing,red mud,smelting tailing,roasting middling ore can be effectively recovered by Slon magnetic separators and centrifuge.The experimental results revealed that the technology could make iron concentration by removing much of Gangue mineral with magnetic field strength in 0.7 T to 0.9 T coarse separation of the Slon magnetic separators.Fe reate could reach 60% or more by centrifuge in rotational speed at 400 r/min and the speed of washing water attains 2400 to 2600 mL/min.


The recently launched TATIN-PIC Project at the University of Technology of Compiègne is a multi-modal collaborative work environment for teams performing preliminary design. In this paper, we present the design and reasoning for the plans of our groupware system. Effective preliminary design teamwork requires alternating stages of discussion, exploration, and diverging ideas, coupled with stages of focus, decision-making, and convergence. We believe providing a design team with an interactive tabletop can fulfill the first role and an interactive whiteboard can satisfy the second. Users will be able to switch seamlessly between the two, shifting content from one to the other when necessary. In this paper, we begin with a discussion of the advantages and characteristics of preliminary design. We continue with a review of the state-of-the-art in interactive, board-sized surfaces. We discuss experiments and results from TATIN, the precursory project to TATIN-PIC. Finally, we introduce our plans for an innovative work environment. Its multi-agent software architecture will be capable of supporting voice commands, tablets, smartphones, and personalized assistants capable of ontological reasoning about the project work.


Under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, the U. S. Coast Guard is charged with the responsibility to conduct surveillance of ocean dumping activities. In the past, several methods of surveillance have been used by the Coast Guard which have met with varying degrees of success. The Coast Guard's Office of Research and Development has developed an electronic surveillance system which will be required equipment on all vessels engaged in ocean dumping activities. This system uses Loran-C to determine the vessel's position, a dump sensor which interlocks the dump controls or mechanisms, a real time clock and various other data which is internally generated and can be used for data analysis. All of the required data will be recorded on digital cassette tape on board the dumping vessel. The Coast Guard will collect the recorded data tapes and through analysis determine where, when and at that rate the dumping occurred.


Abstract Scattering and emission models for multilayered inhomogeneous media are developed based on the matrix doubling method. They are made applicable to media closely packed with scatterers by using the complete scattered field expression in the derivation of the scattering phase function. These models are applied to sets of multifrequency, multiangle, multipolarization, active and passive measurements from simulated sea ice prepared under laboratory conditions and from field experiments on sea ice where ground truths were gathered. It is found that identical surface and ice parameters in agreement with ground truth information may be used to predict both emission and scattering. Such a combined approach can give an indication as to the consistency between active and passive data levels and angular trends. Furthermore, it is found that for thin lossy ice above a water surface, scattering and emission from water could be significant.


In this article, a methodology for analysis of neural network generalization in control systems is presented. Rigorous definitions to quantify the generalization ability of a neural network in the context of system control are given. Utilizing these definitions, it is proved that a successfully trained neural network always generalize "well" to some extent. It is then shown that (i) specific conditions under which a neural network is guaranteed to generalize "well", and (ii) the performance of the control system operating under those conditions, can be analytically determined using techniques from system sensitivity theory. The results of this work provide new tools for performance analysis of neuro-control systems, and represents a first step towards a rigorous framework for performance-oriented analysis and synthesis of neural networks for control.


Use of a large, annular dark-field (ADF) detector in a scanning transmission electron microscope is shown to give images that can allow direct structure determination, being a convolution between the illuminating probe intensity and an object function localized at the atomic column positions. The ADF image is also shown to resolve crystal spacings more than twice smaller than the phase contrast point resolution limit of the microscope used, with sub-angstrom structural information being retrieved. ADF image of several semiconductor materials are studied.


The need to operate in extreme environmental conditions (ultra high vacuum, high temperatures, aerospatial, etc.) and the miniaturisation toward microelectromechanical system is demanding new materials in the field of low‐level electrical contacts lubrication. A dry and chemically immobilised layer avoiding the traditional wet lubricating fluids would have many advantages.


Due to its acute toxicity, and its tendency to bioaccumulate, mercury (Hg) has been of prime interest. 5> Mercury is \videly distributed in nature, almost always in such a quite low concentration as in ppb (parts per billion) Jevel. 1 > However, indeterminable, yet potentially large source of environmental Hg contamination results from natural processes as well as inadverent release of HG through the exploitation of the world's mineral resources other than Hg. 7> Furthermore, Hg is lost into the environment as a result of man's utilization of Hg, and Hg-related t echnology.5> In this category, the agricultural use of organic mercury fungicides including phenylmercuric acetate contributed widely to the Hg burden to the soil environment, especially to paddy fields in Japan.6> Nose gave total consumption figure for the agricultural use of the fungicides in this country, 2,416 tons as Hg, from the year 1953 to the ban of their use in 1968.0 > Field sampling of soils has generally indicated only slight movement of Hg in undisturbed soils.6> However, information has been needed concerning the Hg distribution in soil profile, together with its amounts, as . affected by Jong-term movement of Hg added to soils. Like other heavy metals, Hg which accumulated in the root zone could be absorbed by plants to constitute a hazard to the food chain. On the other hand, a possible drastic movement of added Hg through soi l


61 Received August 12, 2020; revised and accepted December 28, 2020. Published online January 21, 2021; doi: 10.1620/tjem.253.61. Correspondence: Satoru Ebihara, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ©2021 Tohoku University Medical Press. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). Anyone may download, reuse, copy, reprint, or distribute the article without modifications or adaptations for non-profit purposes if they cite the original authors and source properly. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Correlates with PatientReported Outcomes and Physical Performance in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis


An essential outcome of the cognitive development process is the ability to integrate all source understanding, knowledge and available data and apply such resources to novel problems, unique dilemmas, or other situations where the outcome cannot be arrived out through referential or known algorithmic means. Learning to think critically involves understanding the problem (or being agitated enough [cognitive dissonance] to believe that one's world view is in error which in itself is the problem), having enough acumen to apply to the problem and being able to evaluate the validity of the solution. How we are able to synthesize a solution to a unique problem demands, at the onset, an understanding of the problem. This literature presents some opposing views on how we understand the problem, what one needs to do in order to grow to not only develop critical thinking skills or social consciousness, and examines the metrics we use to determine if a course of action facilitates the students development of this critical cognitive facet. As Willingham (2008) summarizes the difficulties involved in teaching critical thinking, I am led down a path that resounds with common sense, namely if we can agree that critical thinking arises from the need to solve a complex problem by observing and forcing perspectives of the problem from many angles then it should follow that being presented enough unique problems, forcing repetition of unique problem solving then I can become a critical thinker. It turns out not to be so easy as the broad stroke answer; the ability to critically think in fact is context dependent, are we talking, an art or music problem, a math problem or maybe even a historical problem. Critical thinking, after we can get past the question itself, which is not always a given, is not only context dependent, primed as it were for the answer to present itself within the context of the discipline but is also taught (or trained) and evaluated from the lens of the discipline and attempts to provide "general" critical thinking skills is cognitively difficult or impossible. A telling insight comes from studies of children (Turnbull, Carpendale, & Racine, 2008) and of those working with deaf adult individuals (Ortiz & Roch 2008). In the work of Turnbull, et al (2008) young children 3to 5years old are paired with their mothers and presented scenarios that are designed to assess their critical thinking development. What they found was in part due to how the mother presented the question, with both emotional and physical emphasis meaning could be derived not from the word of situational content but the interaction of the


We observe that the classical Grauert-Riemenschneider Vanishing Theorem is a direct consequence of basic results from the theory of modulus sheaves with transfers as developed by Kahn-Saito-Yamazaki. We also obtain a new characterization of rational singularities in characteristic 0.


Social finance is an approach to managing investments that generate financial returns while including measurable positive social and environmental impact. practice, social finance typically involves investments in some forms of socially sensible equity or debt financing, microfinance, and social impact bonds.


JAKARTA, Indonesia: Being held for the first time this September, the Indonesia Dental Exhibition and Conference (IDEC) is anticipated with great interest from international dental companies and local distributors alike. Featuring regional pavilions from China, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Switzerland, the organisers expect the event to be an important business-to-business platform for the dental industry.


Dust counts were made in different parts of a pottery with and without natural and induced ventilation. Thc hoods installed at the benches of the finishers and setters and the remodeled stoveroom air-circulating system are described and illustrated.


moting engagement, participation, and recovery. Key elements include shared decision making, assistance in education and employment, social skills training, outreach, crisis services and, for families, engagement, psychoeducation, family nights, and as-needed consultation. RAISE is collaborative, person-centered and sensitive to cultural and developmental issues. It improves symptoms and occupational/social function among participants. Families benefit as well. Families' experiences with RAISE were assessed in a recent qualitative research study, using similar methods as our studies from a decade earlier, also with an ethnically diverse cohort of mostly mothers, a few fathers, a sibling and a cousin. The contrast in themes over time was dramatic, illustrating the beneficial effects of caring also for the carers. In RAISE, families described fear, worry, guilt, and a sense of helplessness before they arrived. They were relieved to meet RAISE staff, who were warm, friendly and supportive, putting them at ease. Staff were seen as responsive, going above and beyond to help, showing they really cared, and increasing trust. Families in RAISE valued the outreach and support, frequent communication, flexibility and individualization of care, including concrete and practical assistance, and expressed a desire for individual counseling. And they wanted even more of this, in what the authors describe as "yes but more". Families in RAISE also valued the flexibility and tailoring of services to client and family needs, including time and location, and the shared decision-making, including for medications, which were provided onsite without cost. Families described that it made a big difference to be listened to. As in the earlier studies, families also grappled with the tension of respecting autonomy, while also wanting to help and protect their loved ones, but now they were actively engaged in care and the promotion of recovery. From these and other studies in Australia, Europe and the Americas, and now also Asia, we know that, for early psychosis, we can succeed in caring for families as well. The question then is how to broaden access to early psychosis services. It is important to demonstrate to policy makers that early psychosis programs are cost-effective, and RAISE Connection now has many sites across New York State. Also, barriers to access, including stigma and geographical distance, must be addressed. In Australia, Orygen has moved its youth mental health services, including early psychosis services, out of medical centers and into the community, with great success (see oyh.org.au). Another proposal is to engage religious institutions, including churches, temples, mosques and synagogues. Religious centers provide support for young people and families, including activities and networks, and often exist where mental health resources are minimal, including rural areas. Another promising option is to use manuals or web-based services to help families of individuals with early psychosis. This has proven effective in Hong Kong, with the delivery of psychoeducation to a large number of families, in a culturally sensitive manner that reduces stigma, leading to reduced family burden and improved patient outcome. In lowand middle-income countries, including in Africa, families might best be helped through a public health approach of population-level psychoeducation to reduce stigma, integration of services into existing health care, free access to medications, and practical support and training that enables families to care for their loved ones. In Chile, for example, the GES (Garant ıas Expl ıcitas en Salud) program, backed by a state law, has provided global access to free care for schizophrenia, including "suspected cases", leading to lower rates of rehospitalization, and better outcomes for patients and families. These are successful and promising approaches to caring for families of young people with early psychosis. Our task is to broaden access to these services worldwide in a culturally sensitive and cost-effective manner. As clinicians, we must be willing to listen to patients and families and learn from them, and provide them with material support and information, doing so in a flexible, respectful and empowering manner. We must also fight stigma, and advocate for and promote recovery for our patients.


This paper explores the growing field of Sino-Christian theology (Hanyu Jidu shenxue 漢語基督神學) in mainland China since its origins in the late-1980s. Born in a context of social unrest, many of the earlier voices within Sino-Christian theology have been interested in questions around theological anthropology. However, these scholars have tended to rely upon Western or Latin Christian resources. This paper proposes that Eastern Orthodox theology and, particularly theosis (θέωσις) or deification, can have a significant role to play in the future of Sino-Christian theology. Alexander CHOW (Cao Rongjin 曹榮錦) is a PhD candidate in theology at the University of Birmingham, UK.


Investigations on inhibition mechansims of copper corrosion in aqueous solutions by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy have been reviewed. SERS spectra of species adsorbed on the iron surface can be measured by using an activated silver electrode completely covered with a thin layer of electrodeposited iron. In-situ SERS studies on inhibition mechanisms of iron corrosion in acid solutions are described in this review.


This book reports on a fascinating research project, a comparison of Dutch and Balinese interpretations of their relations culminating in the destruction of the royal house of Klungkung in 1908. From the Dutch side Margaret Wiener had a richness of written sources: diaries, memoirs, private and official correspondence, government reports, newspaper stories. From the Balinese she had official history constructed by Indonesia's New Order government, chronicles from the nineteenth century, and stories told her by a segment of Bali's population with whom she was much in contact. Margaret Wiener had, then, a variety of sources and the requisite linguistic skills for her research. She moves easily in languages ancient and modern, bringing to her investigation varieties of Balinese and Javanese, and a knowledge of Dutch and French. This impressive background is fortified by wide reading and lengthy periods of fieldwork. Margaret Wiener argues the case for considering Balinese interpretations of their past. She


ABSTRACT

A Key management system plays an important role in the process of wireless communication between the nodes of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). Unlike the wired networks, WSNs are more vulnerable to attacks from the malicious nodes. To overcome the shortcomings of the existing key management systems, this paper proposes an adaptive multilevel location-based key management system (AML-KBS), in which the keys are generated dynamically and shared among the nodes of the wireless networks. Since the proposed approach follows a location-based system for key management, the attackers can be differentiated based upon their location. Also, the proposed system has proven its withstanding against node capture attacks. Comparing with the existing approaches, the memory requirement of the proposed system has shown better improvement. Moreover, the proposed methodology provides better security mechanism than the existing key management systems.


considered. These two chapters provide an overview of theories and methods of pediatric neuropsychological evaluation that would be especially useful to students and trainees. The expertise of the chapter authors is considerable. They communicate considerable knowledge and sophistication in their respective fields and have been well chosen to review existing knowledge and theory and also to project directions for future investigation. The within-chapter organization is strong. A very nice feature is the consistent organization of chapters into a format that first reviews definitions of terminology specific to the condition (e.g., types of seizures) and then reviews data on epidemiology of the condition under consideration, the underlying neural substrate or neuropathology, mechanisms of injury if applicable, clinical features, and developmental outcomes (including predictors, mediators, and moderators of outcome), and interventions. Chapters generally conclude with a section on directions for future research. Issues related to measurement and other methodological factors that bear on interpretation of research are included as well. The regularity of the chapter format facilitates locating specific information within each chapter and increases the ease of integrating information across chapters. Writing style in the individual chapters varies from clear and easily accessible (appropriate for graduate students as well as for seasoned practitioners seeking to update their knowledge about specific conditions) to highly detailed and technical (likely more appropriate for content specialists). Is there a need for a second edition of this book at this time? The level of sophistication in discussions about predictors and outcomes of childhood conditions in the chapters of this book certainly justifies a second edition. First, the domain of outcomes of acquired and developmental conditions in the second edition go beyond neurocognitive variables to include psychosocial, behavioral, and emotional sequelae, factors that were rarely considered a decade ago. Second, outcomes of pediatric conditions are considered across the lifespan (i.e., adult outcomes), another welcome change that reflects recent thinking in the field of pediatric neuropsychology. Third, the book includes discussion of genetic factors that may be predictive of or associated with outcome (see chapters on Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, and Brain Tumor), which is an emerging area of interest and investigation in pediatric neuropsychology. In relation to other books in the field, this volume is unique in its broad coverage of both medical conditions and developmental disabilities. Most of the existing child/pediatric neuropsychology texts deal specifically with diagnoses or conditions that focus on one or the other area (e.g., Baron, Fennel, and Voeller's Pediatric Neuropsychology in the Medical Setting, 1995 vs. Tager-Flusberg's Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 1999) and, therefore, only appeal to people in particular practice settings. The organization and goals of the book are such that each chapter stands alone, allowing the reader to pick and choose depending on individual needs and interests. However, whether broadening the focus to encompass developmental disabilities in addition to medical conditions makes the book appealing to a wider range of readers or dilutes the usefulness of the book remains to be seen; and, for the sake of a more complete overview of the field of pediatric neuropsychology, it may be useful to own both editions. The second edition of Pediatric Neuropsychology: Research, Theory and Practice makes a valuable contribution to the field and deserves a prominent place on the bookshelves of both generalist and specialist pediatric practitioners. It is unique in its successful integration of developmental neuropsychological theory, review and critique of current research, and applications to clinical problems. As a result, it will appeal to a broad readership spanning pediatric specialists in psychology, medicine, and psychiatry. It will be useful to trainees (clinical neuropsychology graduate students, interns, and fellows), and pediatric neuropsychologists who practice in a variety of settings as well as other pediatric medical specialists such as child neurologists and developmental pediatricians. If the first edition, published in 2000, reflected the state of pediatric neuropsychology in ''middle childhood,'' and the second edition reflects its state in ''adolescence'', I will eagerly await the third edition, in which the state of the art of pediatric neuropsychology can be expected to have reached ''maturity''.


Background Non-penetrating glaucoma surgery (NPGS) has been developed to avoid post-operative complications of trabeculectomy but with a relatively lower IOP lowering effect. Several modifications have been introduced with NPGS to improve its efficacy. Objective To evaluate the efficacy of IOP lowering effect and post- operative complications of deep sclerectomy with collagen implant (DSCI) in our centre. Methods 11 eyes of 10 patients with medically uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma with DSCI done by a single surgeon in our centre from Janurary 2014 to June 2015 were reviewed and analysed. Results The complete success rate, defined as IOP lower than 21mmHg without medications, was 27.2% (3 out of 11 eyes). The qualified success rate, defined as IOP below 21mmHg with or without medications, was 72.7% (8 out of 11 eyes). One case of DM perforation was recorded. Conclusion DSCI was a safe and effective way to lower IOP in open angle glaucoma.


The basic purpose of this article is to demonstrate the relevance of the study of the Cash Flow Statement (EFE) for the analysis of the comUtilitat de l'Estat de Fluxos d'Efectiu per a l'anàlisi empresarial NÚRIA ARIMANY SERRAT Universitat de Vic SOLEDAD MOYA GUTIÉRREZ EADA CARME VILADECANS RIERA Universitat de Vic Data de recepció: 6/2/2015 Data d'acceptació: 15/5/2015 194 N. Arimany, S. Moya i C. Viladecans: Utilitat de l'Estat de Fluxos d'Efectiu... pany and the need for complementarity between this analysis and that derived from conventional analysis performed until today (balance sheet and income statement). This article emphasizes the content of this statement, his utility, in the study of business solvency and identification the stage of the life cycle of the business from the signs of different cash flows. It has also been conducted an empirical study on three samples of companies from various industries (commercial, industrial and services) in order to demonstrate the relevance of economic activity in the study and analysis of the cash flow statement.


Measurements of mechanical damping (tan δ) in the temperature range of −120° to +120°C at 110 Hz, of uniaxial tensile creep at 25.0° ± 0.5°C covering creep times from 10 to 1000 sec, and of impact strength at 21°C have been carried out for a series of physical PVC/PCL blends in the composition range of 0%–12% by weight of PCL in the blend. With increasing PCL content in the blend, the α-peak of PVC was shifted to lower temperatures and became broadened. The β-peak of PVC was also shifted to lower temperatures and was markedly suppressed. The tensile creep compliance of approximately linear viscoelasticity showed a maximum decrease of 10%, and the impact resistance was reduced 3.5 times when 5% and 12% by weight of PCL, respectively, was blended with PVC. There was also a considerable increase (25%) in stress level at which the transition from approximately linear to markedly nonlinear viscoelasticity occurred when up to 5% by weight of PCL was added to the PVC. These results are attributed to the antiplasticizing effect of PCL on PVC. They support the importance of β-mechanism in the stress-activated processes proposed to be responsible for the appearance of nonlinear viscoelasticity in glassy polymers, and they are in agreement with the pseudocrosslinking concept of antiplasticization. By comparing the antiplasticization behavior of PVC/PCL blends with that of PVC/DOA and PVC/DOS from reported data, it was possible to obtaing an idea of the level of compatibility in the PVC/PCL blends. The results suggest that PCL is partially compatible with PVC.


The author is about to undertake a Masters degree in book conservation. Here she opens a window on this complex subject. Ethical and cultural considerations must be balanced with the need for use and access. Conservators face increasingly complex challenges, balancing advances in technology with traditional materials and methods in the quest to preserve and correctly interpret artefacts of the past.


In this work an effort has been made to fabricate and compare the properties of ex situ formed Al/SiCp and in situ formed Al/TiB2 MMCs containing equal amount of reinforcements of 6 wt % of SiCp and TiB2 particles and cast in permanent and sand moulds. The mechanical properties considered are fracture toughness, Tensile strength and Hardness. The mechanical properties are found to be better in the case of Al/TiB2 MMCs compared to Al/SiCp MMCs. The mechanical properties were predicted using FEA and validated by experimental values. The formation of TiB2 is good as per the XRD results. A good number of SiC and TiB2 particles can be observed in the respective SEM micrographs


Just three years ago the civil legal assistance system funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) consisted primarily of full-service providers, each serving one geographic area, with the responsibility and capacity to provide high-quality legal assistance in all forums and to ensure access of all clients and client groups to the legal system.3 Today, instead of one full-service provider, there are two newly organized direct service


The Food Marketing Department at SJU provides access (PDF files on a secure server) to many of the industry reports and market profiles in this resource presented by Progressive Grocer. Most recent years of market data from Marketing Guidebook.


ABSTRACT This study examines how engagement signing auditors' career concerns affect audit fees and audit quality. Based on a sample of listed companies in China, we find that audit fees and audit quality are lower for firms audited by auditors in their early years of being signing auditors. Moreover, we find that the results are more pronounced for signing auditors in local Chinese audit firms than those in Big 4. These results may be attributed to differential quality control mechanism and incentive systems. Our results have implications for regulators and audit firms in formulating standards and guidelines on monitoring newly promoted signing auditors.


Rituximab (RTX), as a B cell-depleting agent, is indicated in treating several malignancies and autoimmune diseases. The management of patients currently receiving RTX and patients starting the medication raised concerns in the pandemic era. Theoretically, suppressing the immune response at the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) enhances viral replication, but it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome as the disease progresses. This review aims to investigate the results of RTX administration in patients during the pandemic era. There is insufficient evidence to definitively conclude on the safety of RTX during the pandemic. For this purpose, high-quality controlled cohort studies, as well as registry-based studies, would be helpful.


Capparis spinosa contained many biologically active chemical groups including, alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, phenolics, flavonoids, triterpenoids steroids, carbohydrates, saponins and a wide range of minerals and trace elements. It exerted many pharmacological effects including antimicrobial, cytotoxic, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cardiovascular, bronchorelaxant and many other effects. The present review will designed to highlight the chemical constituents and the pharmacological effects of Capparis spinosa.


The influence of the Bauschinger Effect (BE) on the three dimensional, Mode I, Combined Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) distributions for arrays of longitudinal coplanar, surface cracks emanating from the bore of a fully or partially autofrettaged thick-walled cylinder is investigated. The combined SIFs, KIN , that depend on both the "realistic" - Bauschinger Effect Dependent Autofrettage (BEDA) and "ideal" - Bauschinger Effect Independent Autofrettage (BEIA) are obtained and compared for crack to wall thickness, a/t = 0.01–0.25; crack ellipticity, a/c = 0.5–1.5; crack spacing ratio, 2c/d = 0.25–0.75; and autofrettage level, e = 30, 60 and 100%. The 3-D analysis is performed via the finite element (FE) method and the submodeling technique, employing singular elements along the crack front. Both autofrettage residual stress fields, BEDA and BEIA, are simulated using an equivalent temperature field. The KIN is found to vary along the crack front with the maximum determined by the crack ellipticity, crack depth and crack spacing ratio. For a partially autofrettaged cylinder, the influence of the BE on the combined SIF, KIN , is considerably reduced as the level of overstrain becomes smaller. For some cases, when comparing like crack distributions, the KIN values obtained from the BEDA model are found to be as much as 100% higher than the KIN values that are computed using the BEIA model. A pressurized thick-walled cylinder with BEDA can be most dangerous when small cracks have small spacing ratio, i.e., when the cracks are farther apart. As crack length increases, or, for increased spacing ratio when the spacing between cracks is smaller, the SIFs increase. Though the differences in the BEDA SIF, KIA , between e = 100% and 60% are small (7–15%, in most cases), the increased level of autofrettage produces a 23–30% decrease in the combined SIF values, KIN . In certain cases, the BEIA model implies an infinite fatigue life, whereas the BEDA model for the same parameters implies a finite life. Therefore, it is important to perform a full 3-D analysis to determine the real life cycle of the pressurized cylinder for materials that exhibit the Bauschinger effect.Copyright © 2006 by ASME


The experiments were conducted to study the effects of different selenium source on fresh meat color and drip loss in finishing pigs. One hundred and eight pigs (Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire) with body weight of 60 kg were allotted to three groups by weight and sex. Every group included three replicates of twelve pigs each. The groups received the same basal diet supplemented with 0, 0.3 mg/kg selenium from sodium selenite or selenomethionine. The results showed that after pigs slaughter supplementation of selenomethionine increased the Hunter a value of meat color at 0.75~(th), 8~(th), 16~(th) hour (P0.05) and decreased the drip loss of loin at 8~(th), 16~(th) hour (P0.01) respectively. Supplementation of sodium selenite elevated the Hunter a value of meat color only at 0.75~(th) hour (P0.05), but had not significant effects on drip loss of loin (P05). Selenomethionine or sodium selenite treated group increased the selenium content of serum and tissues (P0.01) and the GSH-Px activities (P0.01), and decreased the MDA contents of liver and muscle (P0.01) compared with the control group, these effects of the selenomethionine were better than that of the sodium selenite.


We consider the dimerized spin-1 XXZ chain with single-ion
anisotropy D.
In absence of an explicit dimerization there are three
phases: a large-$D$, an antiferromagnetically ordered and a Haldane
phase. This phase structure persists up to a critical dimerization,
above which the Haldane phase disappears. We show that for weak
dimerization the phases are separated by Gaussian and Ising quantum
phase transitions. One of the Ising transitions terminates in a
critical point in the universality class of the dilute Ising
model. We comment on the relevance of our results to experiments on
quasi-one-dimensional anisotropic spin-1 quantum magnets.


Motor vehicles are inherently noisy and as such a continuing source of community annoyance. Of the many means of minimizing this, legislation (which is enforceable) and advocatory policy (which is not enforceable) are two that directly affect vehicle design. Current legislation and directions are discussed along with future scenarios for direct and indirect control of noise originating from vehicles.