This study experimentally investigated the effect of surface roughness of cylindrical weirs and upstream sedimentation on discharge coefficient (Cdw), pressure distribution, and energy loss under free and submerged overflow conditions. The tests were carried out for a non-sedimentation upstream channel bed and sedimentation levels of 2/3 of the weir height (P). Three different weir diameters and four degrees of weir surface roughness were used with a broad range of flow discharge. The comparison of Cdw of weirs indicated that Cdw can be reduced by 8 percent with the increase in the surface roughness from almost 0 to 4.5 mm height. Moreover, Cdw was increased up to 4 percent with the increase in the upstream sedimentation level to 2/3P. In addition, Cdw was reduced by 3-7 percent with the increase in roughness to 4.5 mm at the upstream sedimentation level of 2/3P. Cdw was also increased up to 5 percent and the energy loss was decreased to 15 percent as the weir diameter was increased from 0.15 to 0.25 m. It was found that, in all the studied weirs, the energy loss was increased up to 14 percent with the increase in surface roughness, whereas it was reduced by approximately 22 percent with the increase in the upstream sedimentation level to 2/3P. The comparison of the results showed that the pressure variation along the weir at the sedimentation level of 2/3P followed a similar trend to that obtained under non-sedimentation level conditions. However, the magnitude of pressure was reduced with the increase in the upstream sedimentation level. In addition, the effect of roughness on the pressure distribution over the weirs was greater at the downstream face than at the upstream face.


The mathematical models of 2-D irregular long crested waves and 3-D irregular short crested waves are establish,and obtain a perfect real wave effect base on Matlab.Exploit a interface base on Visaul C++,so we can observe the change of the ocean waves by wind velocity.In the end,finish the vision of 3-D ocean waves.Large amount of simulation experiments indicated that the methods presented in this paper are feasible and effective,which can successfully simulate the real ocean wave.


The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of one-way and two-way tasks, as two various techniques for teaching vocabulary, on Iranian intermediate EFL learners' phrasal verb learning. The participants in this study were sixty EFL learners majoring in TEFL, all of whom were in the second semester of academic year 2015. In order to establish a homogenized group, a test of proficiency titled CELT was administered to ninety sophomore students, and sixty were selected to serve the purpose of the study.  They were intermediate students with the age range within 18 to 29. After the administration of the proficiency test as the homogeneity, they were then divided into two equal comparison groups, either of whom comprised thirty participants: one-way task (OWT) and two-way task (TWT) groups. A pretest, comprising forty multiple-choice phrasal verbs, was administered to the both groups. Then both groups underwent twelve sessions of treatment (treatment for the TWT group, and placebo for the OWT group). The OWT group was taught phrasal verbs by means of one-way task, and the TWT group was taught vocabulary via two-way tasks as input. After the treatment period, the same version of phrasal verb test was administered to both groups as posttest to examine the effectiveness of the treatment. Both groups in this study were taught by the same researcher and through the same methodology. The data were analyzed through running paired-samples and independent samples t-tests, the outcome of which revealed that both the OWT group and the TWT group had vocabulary gains but the effect of two-way tasks on phrasal verbs learning was more salient than that of the one-way task group. The implications and recommendations were also presented.


This study explored English Learners' individual identities within the context of their social world at school and was conducted as part of a larger study on the ways English Learners navigate their social environment. A focus group of nine English Learners met on a weekly basis for a period of about five months to discuss and write about their social identities. These students ranged in age from twelve to fourteen years old and were diverse with regard to gender, race, nationality, home language(s), time spent in the U.S., and proficiency level in English. The primary finding from this study was that these nine adolescent English Learners recognize and possess a wide variety of social identities amongst themselves. Additional studies of this nature, conducted with English Learners in other school settings, would add meaningfully to the current understandings that exist surrounding English Learners' social identities.


Tibor Cseres's 1960 novel Cold Days ('Hideg Napok'. Budapest: Corvina, 2013), and its 1966 film adaptation directed by András Kovács, are two fictionalised treatments of an act of mass violence during the Second World War, that give us a rare glimpse of the political and ethnic fault lines that were covered over during the cold war between Hungarians, Jews and Serbs. This reading of both texts, their reception, and their afterlives in the post-socialist period, focuses on the trope of 'recognition', which functions within the texts as the fabric of loose ties that binds a community together, but is also vital to its destruction. On the meta-textual level, it corresponds to the waves of acknowledgement, denial and polarisation that haunt acts of interethnic violence, and the centrality of artistic expressions like Cold Days in navigating these waters. Lastly, parallel conversations in Holocaust Studies, Lukács' aesthetics of film and recent public debates throughout the region give us a new context to understand these texts in film history and public memory.


Abstract: The underlying principles of acoustic scanning/acoustic microscopy are reviewed, underpinning a discussion of the operation and application of acoustic microscopy and scanning to food materials. The construction of a versatile scanning acoustic platform (VSAP) capable of imaging over a wide range of scales, from centimetres to micrometres, is described in detail. Applications of the technique to the study of meat, food emulsion stability, and in-vivo study of plant cells are described. Future developments in conjunction with optical techniques (acousto-optics) are also reviewed.


ZnO films embedded with Ag nanoparticles are deposited at 750 °C with a reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The films are found to have a large enhancement in the intensity of photoluminescence emission and in the extinction of incident light. The enhancement is assigned to be from the interaction between the localized surface plasmons in the Ag nanoparticels and the light. The surface plasmons in the films can be excited in a wide range, from ultraviolet to near infrared wavelength of light.


Objective
The present experiment aimed to determine standardized ileal digestible (SID) lysine (Lys) requirements for pregnant sows individually housed under commercial farm conditions.

Methods
Two hundred multiparous sows (parity = 5.1±2.0) on day 42 of gestation were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments with a balanced parity. Experimental diets were formulated to contain 0.22%, 0.32%, 0.42%, 0.52%, and 0.62% of SID Lys for the mid-gestation period (days 42 to 76) and 0.36%, 0.46%, 0.56%, 0.66%, and 0.76% of SID Lys for the late gestation period (days 77 to 103). All indispensable amino acids except Lys were provided at 110% of their requirement estimates. Daily feed allowance per sow was determined based on the back-fat thickness and body condition score at the second pregnancy check and on day 90 of gestation. Three different statistical models were used to estimate the SID Lys requirement.

Results
Total born piglets alive per litter increased linearly and quadratically (p<0.001) as dietary SID Lys increased. For total born piglets alive per litter, the SID Lys requirement estimates ranged from 9.69 to 12.4 g/d for the mid-gestation period (1.19 to 1.52 g/Mcal metabolizable energy; 0.39% to 0.49%) and 14.6 to 17.4 g/d for the late gestation period (1.62 to 1.93 g/Mcal metabolizable energy; 0.52% to 0.62%).

Conclusion
The mean values of the SID Lys requirement for the mid-gestation period and the late gestation period are 11.1 and 16.1 g/d (1.36 and 1.79 g/Mcal metabolizable energy; 0.44% and 0.58%), respectively, for maximal total born piglets alive per litter.


This article reviews Paul Huebener's Nature's Broken Clocks, which asserts the current climate crisis as a "a crisis of time," critically engaging the criss-crossing temporalities imbricated with natural and cultural time.


What part do newspapers play in helping us understand the experiences of migration and displacement? This paper will examine this question by exploring the representation of the displacement of some of the 800,000 Jews from 'Arab lands' in the period immediately after the emergence of the state of Israel and, more specifically, the experiences of Jews from Iraq in 1949–1951 and Egypt in 1956–1957, as reported in the New York Times, The (London) Times, and the Manchester Guardian. Despite the underlying and well-known threats to Jewish communities in these, and other, countries and their displacement from these lands, these newspapers rarely discussed these migrations as being 'Jewish refugees'. Why this was so is one of the key questions that this paper seeks to ask.


Diesel prices have risen more than double since year 2004. For this reason, road transport services companies spend more than twice as much for the fuel. Companies have to resolve this problem immediately if they want to stay profitable in today's market. Fuel cost reduction can be achieved through innovations exploitation within a few years by using biodiesel in this case. Article presents analysis of the value of this innovation and the investment costs. It demonstrates the financial and social value of innovation exploitation for road transport services company.


Today, older psychiatrists still have memories of lobotomy, and if the memories are not necessarily agreeable they are at least not always negative. People recall that lobotomy did seem to work, and that in desperate cases it often gave individuals respite from fierce mental illnesses for which there was no other recourse. These memories were jarred by the entirely negative account of lobotomy that Eliot Valenstein published in 1986 (Great and Desperate Cures: the Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery). After the Valenstein book, lobotomy found no defenders among historians. In 1986, Jack Pressman completed the doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania that was to become this book. The corridor gossip among historians of medicine was that Pressman, who had subsequently taken a post at the University of California at San Francisco, had a big positive account of lobotomy coming out, but such a feat seemed inconceivable in view of the general prejudice against the operation. Yet the big news about Pressman's book is that it is both positive and convincing. Pressman makes the case that, basically, the psychiatrists, neurologists and neurosurgeons of the day were right to do as they did. From the masses of statistics Pressman has compiled from manuscript records in state hospitals, it is clear that the operation often did rescue individuals who otherwise would have languished in back-wards, and that it conferred benefits as well in certain kinds of depression and obsessive–compulsive disorder. Did it get results? he asks. 'Over and over again, hospital psychiatrists watched in disbelief as their most intractable and wretched patients were visibly transformed' (p. 142). One review of 618 lobotomies showed that over a third of the patients had been discharged from hospital and had gone back to work, either partor full-time. The great majority of others had improved or 'recovered' (p. 139). The conclusion is 'At multiple levels, psychosurgery worked – then' (p. 428). The somewhat obscure point is that maybe it would not have worked later. Subsequent chapters examine the politics of lobotomy, the evolution of the operative technique, and observers' later trashing of the operation that gave its historical memory the same therapeutic status as chaining patients to the wall. In a detailed study of records at McLean Hospital, Pressman finds the identical surplus of female lobotomy patients that Joel Braslow has identified in his recent book (Mental Ills and Bodily Cures: Psychiatric Treatment in the First Half of the Twentieth Century, 1997). Why women were preferentially selected for lobotomy, however, remains a mystery. Pressman's book, then, is a full-bore history of lobotomy in the United States from its beginning in the mid-1930s to its demise in the mid-1950s as chlorpromazine and other antipsychotics made the operation unnecessary. Many readers will ask, had it really been necessary before? One is familiar with the statistics on 'recoveries ' in lifelong psychiatric illnesses. The destruction of brain tissue really did rob patients of part of their personality, though it may have improved their clinical illness. These are philosophical questions. This reviewer still feels uneasy about the whole business, though Pressman has demonstrated that the physicians of the day were acting on scientific principles rather than on rogue agendas. My only quarrel with the book is its relentless provincialism. Pressman is entitled to confine himself to the United States, but to insist that all developments in 20th century American psychiatry were the result of indigenous forces – such as the influence of the Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Adolf Meyer – is to ignore the tremendous European and British influence on the US. Pressman, for example, sees a 'new eclecticism' in American psychiatry in the 1920s,


Fall 2011 Journal of Reading Recovery Most of us learn best when supported by a friendly, more-expert person . As a teacher and Reading Recovery trainer of teacher leaders, I value opportunities to learn from and with teachers as we problem solve how to support children's literacy learning . Thus, school visits in Reading Recovery have emerged as one of my favorite parts of the training model . Reading Recovery teacher visits are very similar to coaching experiences promoted in the broader professional development field and valued as a current hot topic by members of the International Reading Association (Cassidy, Ortlieb, & Shettel, 2011) .


Chordomas are rare tumors originating from the remnants of the primitive notochord. Their deep location and patterns of extension and the proximity of structures such as the brain stem, upper cervical spine, hypophysis, and cranial nerves make their treatment a challenge. Even if gross total removal has been achieved, the malignant histologic patterns, the presence of isolated islands of tumor into normal bone, the extension of the lesion through the skull base, and the deep and central location preclude an en bloc oncologic resection. During the past decade, several new surgical approaches and new modalities of radiation therapy have been developed for treating these lesions. In this review, the diagnosis and management of skull base chordomas are discussed, with emphasis on radical surgery treatment with radiation therapy with heavy particles. Despite the absence of malignant pathologic findings, the uncertain behavior of some lesions makes the management of skull base chordomas a "no-man's land." A review of the current literature allows the conclusion that radical surgical removal associated with adjuvant radiation therapy with heavy particles is, up to now, the best way to treat chordomas of the skull base.


Thin metal films have been present in microelectronic packaging for a long time as e.g. RDL and BEOL structures, terminal metal or shielding layers. In most use cases, thin metal layers will be thermo-mechanically loaded, leading e.g. to disruption due to high thermal transients, or to fatigue cracks due to periodic sub-critical bending, thus causing reliability problems. In order to understand, describe and model the underlying failure mechanisms within a physics-of-failure approach, it is important to characterize thin metal films for their thermo-mechanical properties. It is known, that thin metals are highly process dependent in their properties. Also, the small thickness introduces size effects, so methods requiring thick or bulk samples are not of much use. This paper discusses the applicability and challenges of combining nanoindentation (NI) on thin metal films with FE simulations to obtain material properties. To that end, nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements on Ni, Cu, and Al are investigated together with finite element simulations to obtain elastic-plastic material properties. As there are some differences observed between experimental and simulated loading curves, the potential influence of creep on the simulation results is considered.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject new material having blood clot dissolving activity useful for prevention of thrombus formation and treatment of thrombus patient such as of arterial thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, cranial thrombus, coronary thrombosis by substituting a lysine with arginine on a specific position in an amino acid sequence. SOLUTION: This is a new plasminogen activator of human tissue, having a substitution at position 277 from lysine to arginine in an amino acid sequence, showing improved properties such as relative activity as a plasminogen activator, fibrin dependency of the activity, sensitivity to inhibitory agents and useful for prevention of thrombus formation and treatment of thrombus patient such as of arterial thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, cranial thrombus, coronary thrombosis. This new plasminogen activator is obtained by converting a codon corresponding to 277 amino acid of a gene coding plasminogen activator of natural human tissue from lysine to arginine by a site specific mutation forming treatment, amplifying this mutant gene and incorporating it into a vector and manifesting in a host cell. COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO


Ultrathin (250 A) initial deposit of copper on glass substrates were used for the subsequent deposition of ZnTe films under a pressure of 10 -5 m.bar by thermal evaporation method. The decrease of atomic percentage of copper with increase of the ZnTe film thickness is confirmed by EDAX analysis. The phase change from hexagonal to cubic structure is observed by XRD analysis. The strain ( 


Influenza vaccination reduces rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza and symptomatic influenza-like illness in healthy children, healthy adults, and older adults. There is no consistent evidence that influenza vaccination reduces school absenteeism in children, parental absenteeism from work, or adult hospitalizations, nor is there conclusive evidence that influenza vaccination decreases mortality.


Mesh slicing is one of the most common operations in additive manufacturing (AM). However, the computing burden for such an application is usually very heavy, especially when dealing with large models. Nowadays the graphics processing units (GPU) have abundant resources and it is reasonable to utilize the computing power of GPU for mesh slicing. In the paper, we propose a parallel implementation of the slicing algorithm using GPU. We test the GPU-accelerated slicer on several models and obtain a speedup factor of about 30 when dealing with large models, compared with the CPU implementation. Results show the power of GPU on the mesh slicing problem. In the future, we will extend our work and standardize the slicing process.


This paper presents a combination of two well-known metaheuristic algorithms, particle swarm optimization (PSO) and ant colony system (ACS), based on a framework design named A-B-Domain. We take the travelling salesmanpsilas problem as the benckmark problem. ACPS2, as we name this combination, works as a metaheuristic for the TSP. When considering deviations to lower bounds, ACPS2 shows an improvement over the simple ACS with a high computational cost. Proposed policies are able to reduce, significatively, running times. As a final conclusion we observe that a guided search through ACS possible sets of parameters obtains better results than the basic ACS with an extended number of trials.


The role of JAK-3 in TLR-mediated innate immune responses is poorly understood, although the suppressive function of JAK3 inhibition in adaptive immune response has been well studied. In this study, we found that JAK3 inhibition enhanced TLR-mediated immune responses by differentially regulating pro- and anti- inflammatory cytokine production in innate immune cells. Specifically, JAK3 inhibition by pharmacological inhibitors or specific small interfering RNA or JAK3 gene knockout resulted in an increase in TLR-mediated production of proinflammatory cytokines while concurrently decreasing the production of IL-10. Inhibition of JAK3 suppressed phosphorylation of PI3K downstream effectors including Akt, mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1, glycogen synthase kinase 3 b (GSK3 b ), and CREB. Constitutive activation of Akt or inhibition of GSK3 b abrogated the capability of JAK3 inhibition to enhance proinflammatory cytokines and suppress IL-10 production. In contrast, inhibition of PI3K enhanced this regulatory ability of JAK3 in LPS-stimulated monocytes. At the transcriptional level, JAK3 knockout lead to the increased phosphorylation of STATs that could be attenuated by neutralization of de novo inflammatory cytokines. JAK3 inhibition exhibited a GSK3 activity-dependent ability to enhance phosphorylation levels and DNA binding of NF- k B p65. Moreover, JAK3 inhibition correlated with an increased CD4 + T cell response. Additionally, higher neutrophil infiltration, IL-17 expression, and intestinal epithelium erosion were observed in JAK3 knockout mice. These findings demonstrate the negative regulatory function of JAK3 and elucidate the signaling pathway by which IL-1 effects of on TLR4-mediated pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production, and the function and role of JAK3 remains to be determined.Inthisstudy, we report that JAK3 negatively regulates TLR4-mediated inflammatory responses through differentially regulating pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production. Inhibition of TLR4-mediated activation of and then suppressed the of and active kinase 3 (GSK3 augmented cytokine level and IL-10 production via enhancing B activity and decreasing CREB activity, inhibition resulted in the increase of CD4 + T cell responses in vitro along with enhanced polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) infiltration, IL-17 expression, as well as erosion of the intestinal epithelium. Col-lectively, these results identify the negative regulatory role of JAK3 in TLR4-mediated inflammatory responses and characterize the role of PI3K–Akt–GSK3 b signaling pathway in JAK3-mediated control of inflammatory responses.


This work is concerned with the contouring control problem of robotic manipulators using the method of equivalent errors. The method was previously proposed for multi‐axis motion systems with emphasis on machine tools applications. It is shown in this paper that the method of equivalent errors is equally applicable to robot manipulators. For robotic systems, a desired path usually is described in terms of the position of the end‐effector (task space), but the system dynamics are described in generalized coordinates (joint space). The proposed method utilizes the forward kinematics to transform the desired path in the task space into that in the joint space. As such, the equivalent errors can be defined easily. Two examples contouring free‐form paths are studied numerically to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. One is a two‐link robot manipulator, and the other is a 6‐DOF Stewart platform. Three controllers for the system with and without uncertainty are considered. The simulation results demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed method and verify the effectiveness of its application to the contouring control problem of robotic systems, even with uncertainty and higher degrees of freedom.


The article examines the links between the social organization of caregiving and factors in health and education for infants and adolescents that are required, especially of mothers who benefit from policies for income transfers. With this objective, we focus on the Universal Assignation for Social Protection by Child (AUH, for its abbreviation in Spanish) in Argentina, which has received little study within a gender focus and, even less so, from a view of caregiving and the differentiated responsibilities in a couple. Taking into account interviews of state actors and receiving mothers, as well as an analysis of norms, institutional documents, and other studies about this policy, the analysis concentrates on the impact of AUH on women and the dynamics of caregiving. Among the principal findings of the study, tensions are identified among academic critics of appointments and of conditions and the form in which the receiving women live and evaluate the design.


In the future, PhotoVoltaic (PV) modules might overcome the current efficiencies by including crystalline silicon layers and layers of different materials, with different absorption properties. One of the most promising materials to reach this goal is the perovskite, an organic material capable to absorb radiation with wavelength between ~ 300 nm and ~ 800 nm. However, the major issue of such a material is its stability over time, as well as the stability of the electrical performance of Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs). This work investigates the degradation of the electrical performance at Standard Test Conditions (STC) of 4 PSCs using data collected in an experimental campaign carried out in 2022 at Torino (Italy). Since these modules were prototypes, their electrical performance at STC was determined in the first day of the campaign. In addition, the degradation of maximum power and efficiency over time was investigated. Finally, the temperature coefficients for power were estimated in the first day of the campaign.


Background: Hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) can occur in patients with negative HBV serological antigens. Little is known about the treatment of seronegative HBV-GN (sn HBV-GN). The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of corticosteroids in the treatment of sn HBV-GN. Methods: Twenty-six patients with nephrotic syndrome induced by seronegative HBV-associated membranous nephropathy were enrolled. The patients were given methylprednisolone (0.8 mg/kg/day) for 12–24 weeks, tapered by a 2-mg reduction every 1–3 months. Patients were followed up for 6–36 months. Complete remission (CR) was defined as proteinuria <0.3 g/24 h. Partial remission (PR) was defined as proteinuria of 0.3–3.5 g/24 h that was reduced ≥50% of the baseline level. Results: The effective remission (including CR and PR) rates of nephrotic syndrome were 23.1%, 61.5%, 73.1%, 76.2%, 90.5%, and 81.0%, respectively, after 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months. Nineteen patients achieved effective remission after 11.68 ± 7.15 months. The level of serum albumin improved from 24.34 ± 6.71 g/L at baseline to 39.61 ± 7.45 g/L at the 36th month significantly. After treatment, the level of serum Cr was similar to the baseline. Only 2 patients relapsed. The primary adverse reaction was infection. None of the patients showed evidence of HBV replication. Conclusion: The long-term middle-dose corticosteroid therapy without antiviral drugs is effective and safe for membranous sn HBV-GN patients. For sn HBV-GN patients, the monitoring of HBV DNA and HBV markers in the serum is necessary during the corticosteroid monotherapy. Trial Registration: The Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR1900022518).


In this paper, an attempt has been made to obtain the solution of linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations by applying an analytic technique, namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The fractional derivatives are described by Caputo's sense. By this method, the solution considered as the sum of an infinite series, which converges rapidly to exact solution with the help of the nonzero convergence control parameter ℏ. Some examples are given to show the efficiently and accurate of this method. The solutions obtained by this method has been compared with exact solution. Also our graphical represented of the solutions have been given by using MATLAB software.


A test device for testing a device under test includes: a test signal generation unit for generating a test signal to be supplied to the device under test; a driver circuit for supplying the test signal to the device under test; and a judgment unit for judging whether the device under test is good according to an output signal outputted by the device under test in response to the test signal. The driver circuit has: a main driver and a sub driver for outputting drive signals in accordance with the test signal; a differentiation circuit for outputting a differentiated signal obtained by differentiating the drive signal outputted from the sub driver; and an addition unit for supplying a signal of a waveform based on the test signal obtained by adding the differentiated signal to the drive signal outputted from the main driver.


A rehabilitation agency and a youth opportunity center of a state employment service cooperate to provide comprehensive services to young persons


The Gulf Coast Protein Crystallography Consortium (GCPCC) is developing a beamline at the LSU/CAMD synchrotron. This beamline will be capable of standard macromolecular MAD phasing experiments over an energy range of 7-17.5 keV. The optical configuration uses a vertical collimating mirror, a channel-cut Si (111) monochromator and a focusing toroidal mirror. Built off of the CAMD 7 T superconducting, energy-shifting wiggler, this beamline will deliver a flux comparable to an NSLS bending magnet PX beamline. The beamline delivery and commissioning timetable calls for full 24/7 user operations by October 2001. The beamline design, with supporting calculations and ray tracing, is presented to substantiate the expected performance of this beamline for efficiently collecting accurate MAD data from macromolecules.


BACKGROUND
Chronic foot pain (CFP) is a widespread condition worldwide; however, few studies that relate CFP and foot health-related quality of life have been reported.

OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to describe the impact of foot health and health in general in a sample of adult people with CFP compared with a control group.

STUDY DESIGN
This study was designed as a retrospective case-control study.

SETTING
Podiatric section of a care center.

METHODS
Two hundred adults were included in the study. Patients were divided into CFP patient (n = 100) and control groups (n = 100). All of them regularly attended a private podiatric clinic to take care of their foot health. Self-reported data and medical histories for people with and without CFP were evaluated. All findings were compared with quality of life (QoL) scores based on the Foot Health Status Questionnaire, Spanish version.

RESULTS
Adults with CFP (compared to the control group) showed reductions in QoL linked to overall health and foot health in particular and were statistically significant with respect to several domains: (1) foot pain, (2) foot function, (3) general health, and (4) physical activity. These differ-ences were evaluated with a t-test for independent samples, and statistical significance was consid-ered a P value of P < 0.05.

LIMITATIONS
The study was not a randomized controlled trial. Although primary outcome data were self-reported, the assessor was not blinded.

CONCLUSIONS
CFP patients, regardless of gender, recorded a negative influence on QoL-related foot health that seems to be linked with the presence of this chronic condition.


Illustrated introduction by Susanne Lange 61 photographs taken by the Bechers in Europe and the USA from 1961 to 1997


PATIENT, a male, aged 34. By occupation, a labourer. Duration of disease not known. History.-Vision on enlistment, April, 1915. Right eye, -; left eye, Wound over right frontal sinus (kick from mule), November, 1918. Vision failing since. The points of special interest in connexion with this case of monocular retenitis pigmentosa are the following: Wavy disc, atrophic arteries, but rather large masses of pigment. Post-polar cataract. Field contracted to 5° circle. Right vision e,u (-1 (1 1.) Left vision, . Left fundus normal. Full peripheral field. No ring scotoma.


This project was triggered by a toxic dinoflagellate bloom along the Tasmanian East coast in Oct 2012 that resulted in a $23M loss to the Tasmanian economy. A key deliverable will be development, testing, and calibration of rapid toxin screen tests ($15 each) using a platform similar to the home pregnancy test kit. This will provide an on-site tool to manage seafood harvest (e.g. avoid toxic scallop beds) and create a major cost-saving for the Tasmanian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program (TSQAP) by reducing submission of non-toxic samples for costly Sydney-based High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses (7-10d turn around). This work will limit complete closures of fisheries, significantly reduce the risk of unsafe product reaching domestic and export markets, and thereby enhance the reputation of the Australian seafood industry.


Confocal laser microscope (CLM) has been widely used in the fields of the non-contact surface topography, biomedical imaging, and other applications, because the confocality gives two-dimensional (2D) optical-sectioning or threedimensional (3D) imaging capability and the stray light elimination. One potential method for scan-less 2D CLM is a combination of the line-focused CLM with the 1D spectral encoding CLM. In this paper, we constructed such scan-less 2D CLM with the image acquisition time of 0.23 ms, the lateral resolution of 1.2 μm, the depth resolution of 2.4 μm, and apply it for in situ imaging of plant leaf to investigate a potential for plant health monitoring.


Scope and Purpose---Multicast routing refers to delivery of the same message from a source node to an arbitrary number of destination nodes. Multicasting in point-to-point networks can be implemented as a virtual multipoint connection consisting of a set of point-to-point connections with an appropriate routing mechanism implemented in the nodes. The problem of determining a minimum cost multipoint connection which can be modelled as a minimum cost connected subgraph that spans a given subset of nodes, is known as the Steiner tree problem in graph theory. As there is no central node with global information about the network connections in wide-area point-to-point networks, execution of the algorithm for a Steiner tree construction has to be distributed across the network nodes in such a way that each node can contribute its local information about the network connections. This article describes a distributed heuristic algorithm for the construction of a minimum cost multipoint connection in point-to-point networks that substantially surpasses earlier used algorithms as regards time complexity.


Five hydroxylated derivatives of glycyrrhetinic acid by Mucor polymorphosporus were isolated. Among them, 6β, 7β‐dihydroxyglycyrrhentic acid (2) and 27‐hydroxyglycyrrhentic acid (3) are new compounds. Their chemical structures were identified by spectral methods including 2D‐NMR. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Device for testing a movement rate of a drive element, the operating element executed for holding a as a window handle (3, 14) of a building window is formed, wherein the apparatus has a sensor, with which an angle-torque diagram for movement of the window handle (3, 14) detected and wherein the force exerted by a part connected to the drive element actuating the motor to the drive element can be detected over an entire path of movement of the drive element, characterized in that the device for mobile use as an attachment to an electric screwdriver or a drilling machine is to be mounted as an actuator.


The urban space foundation database is the important component of "The Digital City" construction, and is the important data platform and essential guarantee of the construction "the digital city". This article elaborated "digital Yinchuan", constructs the storehouse goal and the basic principle in the construction space foundation database, and discusses the content of the construction of the database, takes the Yinchuan space foundation database as the example of the application and introduces the urban space foundation database.


BACKGROUND
Limited information is available about the short and long-term outcomes in electrical storm (ES)-induced cardiogenic shock (CS) and its predictors.

METHODS
This is a retrospective, single-center cohort study of consecutive patients with ES admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit between 2015 and 2020. The proportion of ES patients who developed CS was adjudicated, and clinical predictors of in-hospital ventricular arrhythmia (VA)-related mortality and one-year all-cause mortality were investigated.

RESULTS
Of the 214 patients with ES, 33.6% developed CS. Left ventricular ejection fraction, admission lactate, absence of an implantable-cardioverter defibrillator, and admission central venous pressure were independently associated with development of CS (p < 0.03 for all). Based on these variables, a FLIC-score was developed (https://riskcalc.org/FLICscore/) to predict ES-induced CS (AUC = 0.949, with AUC = 0.954 in a validation cohort, both p < 0.001). Patients who developed CS had a 11.3-fold (95% CI 2.7-12.8) increased odds for in-hospital VA-related mortality and 9.4-fold (95% CI 4.0-22.4) increased odds for in hospital all-cause mortality. A FLIC-score above 0.62 was associated with a 6.2- and 5.8-fold increased odds for respectively similar endpoints. Patients with ES-induced CS received more treatment modalities to manage the ES (4.5 ± 1.8 vs 2.3 ± 1.2, p < 0.001) and had longer length of stay (14 [8-27] vs 8 [5-13], p < 0.001) than patients without CS. Interestingly if patients with ES-induced CS survived to discharge, their outcomes were similar to those without CS at one year.

CONCLUSION
Cardiogenic shock in ES is a frequent and potentially life-threatening complication with high short-term mortality. A novel risk score could identify patient at risk, generating a potential for early risk-based interventions.


Abstract This essay explores the influence of Shakespeare on Anne Brontë, and follows on from my earlier study in Shakespeare Survey 62 (see below for a full bibliographical reference). It seems clear that Anne read more Shakespeare between her work onAgnes Grey and her writing of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the particular focus here. I identify two kinds of literary allusion, the 'unambiguous' and the 'submerged', and collate all nineteen references to Shakespeare in Anne's two novels made available through the major critical editions (see Table 1). To these I add nineteen more and present them through reference to Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies and sonnets. I conclude by making the case that Shakespeare was important to Anne in her final lines of poetry, and in Charlotte's own later appropriation of them.


This article presents a study into the shape variation of thermokarst lakes coastal boundaries carried out on six test sites in Eshtykol in the Altai Mountains. The authors describe the methodological issues of the statistical analysis of lake boundary variability with the help of satellite images. The authors show that the degree of lake shoreline variability is increasing with time. The study results can be used in modeling the fields of thermokarst lakes and research on thermokarst dynamics on permafrost territories in the conditions of climatic changes.


At present, stone veneer decoration of interior wall generally adopt traditional welded steel keel structure; there are some disadvantages in the steel structure such as low utilization rate of steel and poor labor environment. New process of fabricated steel keel has the characteristics of factory batch production, high steel recycling, big improvement of the working environment, more specification in construction, etc. Through the comparison and analysis of steel quantity and project cost between traditional welded structure and fabricated structure, we come to a conclusion that fabricated steel keel not only has the advantages, but also when moderate amounts of decoration, project cost has decreased, so it has popularization value.


Global optical flow estimation methods based on variational calculus contain a regularization parameter which controls the tradeoff between the different constraints on the optical flow field. The counterpart to the regularization parameter are the hyper-parameters in the Bayesian framework. These hyper-parameters have distinct physical meanings and thus can be inferred from the observable data. We derive a combined marginal maximum likelihood/maximum a posteriori (MML/MAP) estimator for simultaneously estimating hyper-parameters and optical flow for all differential variational approaches directly from the observed signal without any prior knowledge of the optical flow. Experiments demonstrate the performance of this optimization technique and show that the choice of the regularization parameter is an essential key-point in order to obtain precise motion estimation.


A Special Meeting of the Massachusetts APTO was held on October 23, 1974 under the presidency of Dr. Nicholas Rizzo to initiate she 20th year of the Massachusebts Court Clinic program. A number of specially invited guests were present and prominent members of the legal, psychiatric and sociological professions who have been deeply involved in the Court Clinics Program were honoured with Citations of Merit and Awards of Distinction. The Meeting was opened with an Invocation prepared and delivered by Fr. Angelo Rizzo, who also gave the final blessing. -


Electronic shell structure of icosahedral and cuboctahedral sodium clusters with 300 to 1500 atoms has been studied using a potential-well approximation for the effective one-electron potential. The results show that icosahedral clusters yield the same shell structure as spherical clusters up to the cluster size of about 500 atoms and that similarities persist until the cluster has about 1000 atoms. The shell structure of a cuboctahedral geometry begins to deviate from that of a sphere when the cluster size is about 100


The surface mass balance determines the growth or decay of an ice sheet, by taking the difference between accumulation and ablation. In this thesis snow and ice ablation is related to 2m-temperature through the positive degree day method. The positive degree day method takes into account the ablation rate of snow and ice and the number of measurements with temperature above freezing level in order to compute the proportionality constant between the two. Positive degree day factors for snow and ice are computed using data obtained from EC-Earth model simulations. The factors are computed for the present day climate and the Eemian in order to exploit their variability. The results demonstrate positive degree day factors to be visibly variating with the climate. (Less)


We report on the measurements of reliability of 0.25 μ m 15F2 cell FRAM using novel MOCVD PZT technology. The MOCVD PZT capacitors were prepared using a pre-purging process and successfully integrated into the 32 Mb FRAM process with double EBL technology and optimal ILD/IMD scheme. After full integration, the 0.44 μ m2 MOCVD PZT capacitors with a 2Pr value of 35 μ C/cm2 at an applied voltage of 2.7 V show superior retention properties. The MOCVD PZT cells have large sensing windows of 420 mV at an operation voltage of 2.7 V. The sensing windows show only a slight decrease during 100 hours of baking at a temperature of 150°C, after which not a single cells is observed to fail. Therefore, it is clearly demonstrated that using the novel MOCVD PZT capacitors, high reliability of 0.25 μ m 15 F2 cell FRAM can be achieved.


Background/Purpose: Hajj and Umrah are one of the most significant and long-standing recurring religious mass gatherings events across the world. The mass gathering in Hajj and Umrah may provide potential environment for transmission of viral respiratory infections. Therefore, rising awareness of the Holy Mosque visitors could be helpful in reducing the risk of infections transmission.


A new genus of Compositae, Shangwua, is described to accomodate all species formerly placed in Saussurea sect. Jacea. This genus is distinct from the other genera of tribe Cardueae in its unique combination of states of characters including involucral bracts, receptacle, paleae, anther, style, achene and pappus. Phylogenetic analyses based on molecular data suggest that this new genus belongs to the Xeranthemum group, a lineage of the Carduinae that diversified early, with only distant relationships to Saussurea and related genera. The genus Shangwua consists of three species occurring in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas.


Conservation of waterlogged archaeological wooden artefacts from the Nydam Bog in the southern part of Denmark was investigated by Raman spectroscopy. Two different conservation methods were used: the cellosolve/petroleum method and the polyethylene glycol (PEG)/freeze-drying method. Conservation with cellosolve/petroleum at both room and elevated temperatures was used to preserve archaeological arrows made from pinewood and ash wood. The double bonds in lignin were affected by the warm treatment. Holocellulose in the archaeological wooden arrows had decomposed completely. A band around 180 cm−1 in the R(v)-representation of the low-wavenumber Raman spectrum was used to monitor the presence of water in PEG2000 with a structure like the one in 'free' bulk water. The lignin/PEG2000 relative band intensities were used to make a quantitative estimate of the wood/PEG2000 ratio in a PEG2000 impregnated piece of hardwood. A decreasing degradation of holocellulose was observed from the surface to the centre of an oak piece from the Kolding Cog, built around 1200 A.D. A broad background was observed in the spectra recorded close to the surface of the plank. A similar, very intense, broad background was seen in untreated collapsed ash wood from the Nydam Bog. This broad background, most probably arising from fluorescence, was too intense to allow a Raman spectrum to be seen. In these cases, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy is a valuable complementary tool in studies of waterlogged archaeological wood, confirming that holocellulose degrades more rapidly than lignin. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


2-step floating catchment area(2SFCA) series methods were successfully applied in measuring the accessibility of the health care facilities, green space and other public services. As a common advantage,these methods consider the balanced demand-supply relationship of service seekers and providers. If treating the jobs/positions as public services, the job accessibility is very similar to the issues of medical accessibility or green space accessibility. The case study demonstrated the effectiveness of Gaussian based 2SFCA in the study of job accessibility, and analyzed the spatial pattern of job accessibility in Shenyang and its formation mechanism at the mean time. Referred to the spatial pattern of the job accessibility, the spatial distribution of job accessibility in Shenyang is unbalanced, and presents core-periphery structure apparently. Besides, we also found that the job accessibilities of old districts are higher than new districts, northern part are higher than southern part, and eastern part are higher than western part. In addition, we also have an interesting finding that the core area of high job accessibility has an apparent trend to extend to the south of the city. And the shape of the core area forms a corridor shape due to the extending process, which coincide the shape, position and the scope of the spatial strategy of "golden corridor" promoted by the city government of Shenyang.Four reasons result in this pattern, including:1) the monocentric urban morphology; 2) the function oriented layout of urban planning; 3) Residential suburbanization; 4) old city reconstruction and policy-related house;5) the spatial block of geographical features such as river or railway. Finally, this paper proposed four advices to alleviate this problem and promote the balance between jobs and housing.


Extraordinary events in Asia (such as the East Timor experience) have challenged Australia's defence strategy and demanded an urgent policy review. Rapid strategic change has highlighted the critical importance of lateral thinking and readiness to analyse alternative scenarios based on reliable intelligence. It has brought into relief the complacent attitude towards the US alliance and the defence spending. The new regional security environment has also highlighted the importance of Australia's proactive engagement with the region for promoting arms control and stability.


Static local displacements of ions in disordered face-centered cubic Fe50Ni50 alloy are studied from first principles in the framework of the density functional theory. The disordered alloy is mode ...


A method of one aspect, the generating RTIT packets (Real Time Instruction Trace, real-time command tracking) on for a first logical processor of a processor. The RTIT packets indicate a flow of a program that is executed by the first logical processor. The RTIT packets are stored in a RTIT queue corresponding to the first logical processor. The RTIT packets are transmitted from the queue to the memory RTIT mainly with firmware of the processor. other methods, apparatus and systems are also disclosed.


Previous research has suggested that the children of teenage parents are at a high risk of developing both internalising and externalising behaviour disorders. The current study aimed to explore pathways through which children of teenage mothers show more externalising and internalising psychopathology than their peers whose parents were older. The present study used data from the first wave of the 'Growing Up in Ireland' 9-year-old cohort and employed structural equation modelling to assess the explanatory value of a model informed by previous research findings. Goodness-of-fit indices indicated that many aspects of the familial environment of Irish teenage families did indeed place children at a substantial risk of problematic developmental outcomes. In particular, the results implicated the influential power of economic stability and familial conflict on the well-being of teenage families and related child outcomes, results similar to those reported in international studies.


In the paper one of control methods of electrical systems is presented. In this particular case the electrical system has been precision wide-band power electronics current source. This source has been fundamental part of flexible Reference Current Generator for testing of energy meters and other laboratory purposes. The control module of Generator utilizes floating point DSP microcomputer for power electronics applications. This module controls directly H-bridge, IPM based, power electronics inverter with passive low-pass filter at the output. This type of controlled current source is able to generate current, that shape strictly responds the reference signal waveform. Following parts of the paper describes: structure, control algorithms and investigations results of laboratory model of Generator.


Tool life of the traditional cutting tools is comparatively lesser on machining the martensitic stainless steel AISI 416 which is one of the hardest materials. In order to increase the tool life, wear-resistant nanocoatings on the cutting tools have been explored. This study enunciates a comparison of tool life between PECVD (plasma-enhanced CVD multilayer nanocoated) and PVDMNC (PVD multilayer nanocoated) cutting tools on turning a martensitic stainless steel AISI 416 by experimental and theoretical investigations in addition to exploration of the machinability studies of cutting tool flank wear, tool hardness and surface roughness of work material. An orthogonal design, signal-to-noise ratio and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) methods were employed to confirm the parameters like cutting speed, tool hardness and feed rate that are involved in the study to estimate the cutting tool- life. The investigations confirmed that cutting speed was the most dominant factor in determining tool life while comparing with other parameters. It was observed from the ANOVA results that the cutting speed, tool hardness, and feed rate have contributed 41.44%, 33.79%, and 24.35% respectively in determining the tool life of PECVD cutting tools whereas the contributions of the same parameters were found to be 40.01%, 32.90%, and 26.63% respectively for PVDMNC cutting tool. It is evident from the results that the cutting performance of the PECVD cutting tool is superior in terms of cutting speed and hardness which were enhanced by 1.43% and 0.89% respectively in addition to lesser wear rate when compared to the performance of PVDMNC cutting tools.


Neutron and proton driplines of single-Λ and double-Λ hypernuclei, Ξ- hypernuclei as well as normal nuclei are studied within a relativistic mean field approach using an extended form of the FSU Gold Lagrangian density. Hyperons are found to produce bound nuclei beyond the normal nuclear driplines. Radii are found to decrease in hypernuclei near the driplines, in line with observations in light Λ hypernuclei near the stability valley. The inclusion of a Ξ- introduces a much larger change in radii than one or more Λ's.


Background and Aim: Tandem Spinal Stenosis (TSS) can be defined as simultaneous stenosis of two distinct spinal (cervical, thoracic and lumbar) areas. Characterized by an association of the spinal, radicular and medullary signs of the limbs, the planning of his surgery remains controversial. We reported the one that was set up on the cases observed at the Brazzaville Academic Hospital.  Methods and Materials/Patients: A retrospective study of 16 patients operated for TSS, from June 2009 to May 2019, was conducted. We analyzed the demographic, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary data of these patients. Results: For ten years, a total of 16 patients (9 men and 7 women) with SST have been received. The average age was 57 years (ranged 41-72 years). The signs evolved for 17.6 months (13 and 30 months). These were lombo-sciatalgias in 15 cases, signs of medullary compression: cervical in 14 cases and thoracic in 2 cases. Medical imaging had objective 13 cervico-lumbar associations, two thoraco-lumbar associations and one cervico-thoracic. The surgery was performed in one stage in two cases and two stages in 14 cases. These were laminectomies for lumbar and thoracic disorders, discectomy or somatotomy in the cervical segment. The order of surgical management was cervico-thoraco-lumbar (cranio- caudal order). Signs improved in 13 patients and stabilized in 3 patients. Conclusion: TSS is not uncommon. It should be researched in a patient with bifocal spinal and radiculo-medullary signs. Their early surgical treatment, in one or two stages, yields satisfactory results.


We describe a technique for determining the set of input variables that are significant with respect to a set of fabrication process output variables. Our technique uses a Bayesian analysis approach to focus only on the "active" factors while ignoring those that are statistically insignificant. Macromodels are then built using those "active" factors. This approach results in reduced simulation models with high accuracy.


Three flowers of a fossil angiosperm preserved in amber from Myanmar (Burma) are described as the new genus and species Dispariflora robertae. Although joined in a single cymose inflorescence, the flowers are variable in size and, in addition, they possess an unusual perianth in which 1 sepal is much enlarged and leaf-like, while the remaining 4 are smaller and unequal. The flowers each have 1 superior pistil with a peculiarly plumose and bristly ovary. The number of stamens is uncertain because most were lost before floral preservation, but scars on the receptacle suggest that at least 15 were present. The bithecal anthers open by longitudinal slits and basal glands may have been present on the filaments. Taken as a whole, the floral features that characterize Dispariflora suggest an affinity with members of Laurales, especially several Southern Hemisphere families allied with the Monimiaceae.


Background: Penile fracture is a not an unusual encounter in urological emergency. The condition results from disruption of the tunica albuginea which envelops the corpora cavernosa as a result of any condition which leads to the sudden rise of intra-cavernosal pressure. The study was designed to analyse the clinical spectrum and complication of penile fracture.Methods: This is a prospective observational study undertaken from April, 2019 to March, 2021on 18 patients. The demographic profile of all the patients, aetiology of penile fracture, management strategies and pre-operative sexual functions were documented. Erectile function was evaluated using international index of erectile function (IIEF).Results: Seventeen out of 18 patients (94.44%) gave a history of injury during sexual intercourse. Out of the seventeen patients with history of injury following sexual intercourse, only 9 (52.94%) were married. 15 (93.75%) had disruption of the tunica albuginea in the ventrolateral position with 10 patients (66.66%) on the right side. Patients were followed up in the OPD after 2 weeks and then at 6 month and 1-year intervals. At 12 months postop, none of the patients complained of sexual inactivity. Average time to return to sexual activity was 3.2 months. Two patients complained of penile curvature >20 degree. Six patients complained of penile nodule at the site of repair.Conclusions: Penile fracture is a urological emergency which is primarily diagnosed clinically. Prompt diagnosis and surgical exploration gives good outcome in terms of preservation of sexual function.


The purpose of this study is to describe the level of community satisfaction as a service user based on the Ministry of Education and Culture No. 14 of 2017. Nine elements that are used as indicators of measuring community satisfaction with public service providers are requirements, systems, mechanisms and procedures, completion time, fees / rates, Product specifications for types of services, Competence of implementers, Behavior of implementers, Handling of complaints, Suggestions and input, Services and Infrastructure. This study uses a descriptive method with a quantitative approach, the study population is outpatient poly patients who redeem prescription drugs and meet the sampling criteria in the Pharmacy Installation, sampling techniques using non-probability sampling methods by means of purposive sampling where the determination of the sample with special consideration so that it is suitable to be made sample. Calculation of the Community Satisfaction Index of service units in the Bojonegoro Youth Main Inpatient Clinic obtained a value of 74.49 that falls into the category of service quality C and the performance of the service unit falls into the unsatisfied category.Keywords: health services, community satisfaction index.


For prompt germination, the achenes of the nodding beggarticks (Bidens cernua L.) required 6 to 12 weeks of afterripening at 2 C and exposure to light. Without cold afterripening, a slow but complete germination was obtained after 2 weeks when the achene and seed inside, or the seed excised from the achene, were clipped at the distal end and germinated in light at 24 C. The embryo behaved like a clipped seed. Complete germination within 7 days, in light or dark, of the clipped seed was obtained by treating with gibberellic acid (GA) or N-6-benzyladenine (BA). The barriers to germination in the non-after-ripened seed appear to be first in the achene, the coverings of the seed itself and in a metabolic factor.


3q26.33‐3q27.2 microdeletion can be classified as a clinical entity characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, feeding problems in infancy, short stature, intellectual disability, hypotonia, dysmorphic facial features (medially sparse eyebrows, narrow horizontal palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, flat nasal bridge and tip, short philtrum, and downturned corners of mouth), and teeth and feet abnormalities.


—In this paper, we propose the physics-informed supervised residual learning (PISRL) which is a general framework for electromagnetic forward modeling based on deep learning. PISRL is designed to solve a system of linear matrix equations and not limited to a specific electromagnetic problem. Stationary and non-stationary iterative PISRL neural networks (SIPISRLNN and NSIPISRLNN) are designed based on the mathematical connection between residual neural network (ResNet) [1] and stationary or non-stationary iterative meth-ods. With convolutional neural network mapping residuals and modifications, SIPISRLNN and NSIPISRLNN can improve the approximated solutions via iterative process, which mimics the procedure of solving linear equations by stationary and non-stationary iterative methods. The generalities of SIPISRLNN and NSIPISRLNN are validated by solving different types of volume integral equations (VIEs) with non-lossy and lossy scatterers. In numerical results of non-lossy scatterers, the mean squared errors (MSEs) of SIPISRLNN and NSIPISRLNN finally converge below 3 . 152 × 10 − 4 and 4 . 8925 × 10 − 7 ; in results of lossy scatterers, the MSEs converge below 1 . 2775 × 10 − 4 and 1 . 567 × 10 − 7 . The generalization abilities of SIPISRLNN and NSIPISRLNN are verified by testing them on the data sets of contrast shapes and different incident frequencies that are unseen during the training process.


The causes of inverted nipples include lack of tissue bulk at the nipple base, shortened and underdeveloped lactiferous ducts, and retractile collagen bands at the base of the nipple. The authors review recent techniques for correcting inverted nipples and describe their own technique with twisting and locking principles. There were no cases of recurrence, or complications during the long-term follow-up period were seen. This simple method is highly recommended, especially considering the minimal injury inflicted on the ductal and sensory nervous systems.


Thymallus thymallus has been studied from three Swedish localities. The species has 2n = 102 with 34 pairs of metacentric and 17 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes. Its N. F. value is 170, the highest known until now in the vertebrates. The meiosis is regular with 51 bivalents.

Coregonus albula has been studied in two arms of lake Malaren in Sweden. Its chromosome number is 2n = 80 with 8 pairs of metacentric and 32 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes. Its N. F. value is 96. In the meiosis one quadrivalent regularly appears, probably caused by a reciprocal translocation.


While the formalism of isolated horizons is known for some time, only quite recently the near horizon solution of Einstein's equations has been found in the Bondi-like coordinates by Krishnan in 2012. In this framework, the space-time is regarded as the characteristic initial value problem with the initial data given on the horizon and another null hypersurface. It is not clear, however, what initial data reproduce the simplest physically relevant black hole solution, namely that of Kerr-Newman which describes stationary, axisymmetric black hole with charge. Moreover, Krishnan's construction employs the non-twisting null geodesic congruence and the tetrad which is parallelly propagated along this congruence. While the existence of such tetrad can be easily established in general, its explicit form can be very difficult to find and, in fact it has not been provided for the Kerr-Newman metric. The goal of this thesis was to fill this gap and provide a full description of the Kerr-Newman metric in the framework of isolated horizons. In the theoretical part of the thesis we review the spinor and Newman-Penrose formalism, basic geometry of isolated horizons and then present our results. Thesis is complemented by several appendices.


The invention belongs to the technical field of mobile terminals, and provides a photographing method and device of a mobile terminal. The photographing method comprises the steps that picture recognition is conducted on a preview picture of a camera of the mobile terminal, and the position of a face in the preview picture is determined; the rotation angle is calculated based on the position relation between the position of the face and the golden section ratio of the preview picture; the camera of the mobile terminal is controlled to rotate by the rotation angle so as to accomplish photographing. By the adoption of the photographing method of the mobile terminal, when a user conducts self photographing operation through the mobile terminal, the camera of the mobile terminal can rotate according to the position relation between the position of the face and the golden section ratio in the framing process, and therefore the good picture composition effect is automatically generated, the phenomenon that due to the fact that photographing operation is repeatedly conducted when taken pictures are poor in composition, meaningless energy consumption of the mobile terminal is caused is avoided, and energy consumption is reduced.


A new MAVRIC-Shift sequence has been implemented and tested within the SCALE Code System to provide parallel computing capabilities for radiation transport and shielding analysis with automated variance reduction. This new sequence provides the most widely used capabilities of the MAVRIC sequence and also features the highly scalable Shift Monte Carlo solver, thus enabling faster time-to-solution when run on multiple cores. This report provides a summary of the theory of variance reduction approaches in MAVRIC and the integration of Shift into the MAVRIC sequence of SCALE. Similarities and differences in methodologies between the traditional MAVRIC sequence and the new MAVRIC-Shift sequence are discussed. Validation cases are presented with models of radiation shielding experiments and verification is provided with a series of practical application cases of interest to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the sponsors of this work, including spent nuclear fuel transportation and storage systems.


T he VIth Congress of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) was held in The ssaloniki, Greece, 1-4 October 1992. This publication of selected topics from the The ssaloniki ISPD Congress in Peritoneal Dialysis Inter national (PDl) is the first of its kind and is hoped to set the pace for publishing the Proceedings of all subsequent ISPD Congresses in the official journal of our Society. Table 1 shows the record high number of abstracts submitted and the participants who attended the Thessaloniki Congress, reflecting the continuing growth of interest in the field of peritoneal dialysis.


Adenocarcinomas of the colon were chemically induced with 1,2‐dimethylhydrazine in 6 of 10 inbred Buffalo strain male rats. The tumor has been successfully transplanted by intraperitoneal and/or subcutaneous inoculations through five successive passages with preservation of the original histologic appearance.


Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Two Genealogies of Modernism Part 1. Acting, Not Speaking: Three Moments of Modernism Part 2. Pre-Modernism: The Right Turn that Went Wrong Epilogue: Words and Dogmas Notes Bibliography Name Index


IN the long-term care of children with convulsive disorders we have become increasingly aware of the frequent occurrence of a significant degree of anemia in those who have breath-holding spells. Such a correlation has not previously been reported. The primary purpose of this study was to test the validity of this observation and to determine its significance. Methods and Materials One hundred and sixty records of children with breath-holding spells were reviewed. This number included all patients seen at St. Louis Children's Hospital from 1934 to 1961 (51) and all registered in the convulsive outpatient clinic from 1951 to 1961 . . .


The structure of semantics is still largely unknown territory. Semantic fields appear to be the building blocks of semantic structure, but most semantic fields remain unmapped. This paper analyses the structure of one of those, which I call the "quantifier system," although only one small part of it is filled with well known quantifiers. The system is explained in the same way as I explain it to my ESL students. Several ideas in this paper may be of use in analyzing other semantic fields. Firstly, I analyze the field in terms of distinctive features, rather as in phonology. Secondly, the semantic terms are sometimes words and sometimes phrases. Thirdly, each semantic term is a group of synonyms. Fourthly, synonyms and antonyms can be understood not just as lists, but as the building blocks of a larger system. Fifthly, semantic groups in English can include words drawn from different parts of speech.


Aiming at the three-dimensional path planning problem of UAV in complex urban environment, the improved grid method is used to simulate the flight environment, and the safety of path planning is improved by building a safe flight area and introducing a navigation safety cost function. In order to solve the problems of A* (A_Star) algorithm in path planning, such as large number of nodes, large amount of computation and low planning efficiency, we can reduce the redundant checking process in the path search process by expanding the line of sight strategy, improve the algorithm search efficiency and smooth the planned lines. Analyze the characteristics of each stage of path planning, adaptively adjust the weight factor, design the flight cost function, shorten the length of path planning, and improve the speed of path planning. As a result of the experiment, the improved A* algorithm clearly decreased over the time of the path planning, the number of nodes and the total cost of the flight, and it was clarified that the planned route was smoother and more feasible than the traditional algorithm. The performance of the improved algorithm has been fully verified under the complexity of different cities, which provides a reference for the research of UAV path planning in urban environment.


The study aimed to investigate the ability of biological treatment to decontaminate pharmaceuticals wastewater in terms of removal capacity and efficiency using indigenous and/or exogenous bacteria. Water samples were collected from Pharmaceuticals Factory, Jeddah during the course of the study. One indigenous bacterium isolated from final effluent of the Pharmaceuticals factory and 5 exogenous bacteria were identified using traditional biochemical profiling as well as molecular characterization and used in the remediation of that effluent as free living (batch mode) either individual or as mixed culture and also as biofilm (fixed mode). Wastewater quality parameters including pH, DO, TSS, TDS, BOD, COD, FOG, phenol , NH3, NO3 and bacterial TVC were determined before and after treatment and the removal efficiencies were calculated. Results indicated that the raw pharmaceuticals effluents used during this study recorded high levels of all the tested parameters. This makes it one of the strongest industrial effluents that has high pollution potential and dangerous effects on the receiving environments and creates many difficulties in its treatment. Batch treatment of Pharmaceuticals effluent for 6 days was time and bacterial species-dependent with Pseudomonas fluorescens (PF) considered the most efficient for all the tested parameters. However, although high removals were achieved, the residual levels of all the parameters still slightly above the maximum permissible limits (MPL) for the safe discharge except FOG that reached safe limit. Therefore, this bacterium was selected, fixed on white stone as supporting material and used as biofilm system to enhance the treatment of the Pharmaceuticals effluent and to bring it to the safe limits for discharging into the environment. Fixation of the bacterium has many advantages over its planktonic free-living counterpart. It enhances the bacterial growth, reduces wastewater toxicity, increases bacterial resistance, remarkably increases removal efficiencies towards the involved contaminants and reduces the treatment time, a character which is extremely important in wastewater treatment. However, most of the parameters except phenol still had high residual concentrations due to the very short time (5 h) of the treatment. To overcome this problem, it is recommended to 1) using of 2 or 3 biofilm units in sequence, 2) increasing the exposure times and 3) using a pre or post oxidation step that helps the biological treatment to reach acceptable limits for safe discharge. Finally, results of the present study confirmed that the proposed biofilm system with the highly active bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens represents a very promising, renewable and cheap biotechnology for the treatment of wide range of contaminated effluents not only in the industrial sector but also for domestic and agricultural wastewater.


Background: To study the incidence, management and to determine maternal and perinatal outcome in cases of twin pregnancy with one twin demise in the second half of the pregnancy.Methods: This retrospective study was carried out at Cheluvamba Hospital, a tertiary care hospital attached to Mysore medical college and research institute between September 2009 and 2014. 19 twin pregnancies complicated by single intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) after 20 weeks of gestation were identified from the hospital records. Data collected included maternal age, parity, antenatal complications, cause of IUFD, gestational age at diagnosis, time interval between diagnosis of IUFD and delivery, mode of delivery, birth details, type of placentation and neonatal complications.Results: The incidence of twin with one twin demise was 2.056%. Mean gestational age at presentation was 33.86 weeks. Most common cause of death was growth discordance in 7 cases followed by placental insufficiency in 4 cases. 57.89% of cases had monochorionic placentation. Neonatal course was most commonly complicated by prematurity. Maternal course was uneventful in majority (63.15%) of cases with two maternal deaths due to intravascular coagulopathy sequelae.Conclusions: Single fetal death occurs more often in monochorionic twins. The main problem for the surviving twin is prematurity. It is very important to identify the chorionicity by ultrasound examination in early pregnancy and implement specific surveillance of monochorial pregnancies.


Liver cancers consist primarily of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as promising therapeutic agents against liver cancers. Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‐1) is an immunoinhibitory receptor present on T cells that interacts with its ligand programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) found on cancer cells. Blocking PD‐1/PD‐L1 binding improves T‐cell survival, proliferation and cytotoxicity, which enhances their antitumor activity. Better understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing PD‐1/PD‐L1 response is essential to the development of predictive markers and therapeutic combinations that could improve the efficiency of anti‐PD‐1/PD‐L1 treatment. Chemokine‐like factor (CKLF)–like MARVEL transmembrane domain–containing 6 (CMTM6) has been recently identified as a major regulator of PD‐L1. Another member in the CMTM family, CKLF‐like MARVEL transmembrane domain–containing 4 (CMTM4), has been shown to compensate for the effects of CMTM6 when CMTM6 is lost. Interestingly, we found that CMTM4 is the major regulator of PD‐L1 in the context of liver cancer. Up‐regulated CMTM4 in patients with HCC and ICC is associated with poor patient survival, potentially due to its function in stabilizing PD‐L1 expression, hence facilitating escape from T cell–mediated cytotoxicity. We confirmed the role of CMTM4 as a positive regulator of PD‐L1 in multiple HCC and ICC cell lines and demonstrated that CMTM4 stabilizes PD‐L1 through posttranslational mechanisms. In vivo, suppression of Cmtm4 inhibited HCC growth and increased CD8+ T‐cell infiltration in immunocompetent mice. Furthermore, we found that depletion of CMTM4 sensitized HCC tumor to anti‐PD‐L1 treatment compared with control. This suggests that CMTM4 expression level could be a predictive marker for patient response to anti‐PD‐L1 treatment, and CMTM4 depletion can potentially be used to enhance the clinical benefits of anti‐PD‐L1 immunotherapy in patients with liver cancer.


Introduction. The propagation of light in photonic lattices has attracted a lot of interest in recent years. It is possible to engineer photonic lattice configurations such that the flow of light may be predicted, giving rise to possible applications. The discrete coupling or tunneling process between periodically arranged potential wells is a fundamental topic that has been extensively investigated [1]. In optics, arrays of weakly coupled waveguides and resonators are excellent examples of such systems, where the coupling dynamics can be directly observed and investigated [2–5]. The similarities between wave optics and quantum mechanics lead to judiciously established analogies in photonic structures [6, 7], since the electric field and the wave function obey the same equation: the paraxial equation and Schrödinger equation. For instance, and of particular interest, when the refractive index is constant but different in each waveguide, the dynamics of the light in the photonic lattice exhibits Bloch oscillations [8], and even more, as long as the optical potential is periodic (complex or real), the dynamics of an atom within a crystalline lattice can be mapped to these types of evanescent structures [9–11]. Significantly, when a two-level atom interacts with two counterpropagating light fields (standing field), that is, a periodic optical potential, it is well-known that atomic Bragg diffraction obeys systems of differential equations [12–16] resembling the ones obtained in classical light propagation in photonic lattices [17–19]; in fact, although they are time dependent, sets of unitary (similarity) transformations (see below) may lead to differential equations commonly obtained for light propagating in in-homogeneous media [5] making both systems analogous. In this Letter, we show that an infinite array having a square law distribution for the transversal refraction index can be a platform to emulate the Bragg diffraction processes. To increase the index of refraction in a lattice, as the one shown in Fig. 1, may be a difficult task, as the coupling has to grow quadratically; therefore, ways of simulating such waveguide array may be of interest. The purpose of the present contribution is to introduce a photonic lattice where light propagation models Bragg


study uses the PartMC-MOSAIC model to evaluate the influence of the treatment of the BC mixing state on aerosol optical properties. The authors show that averaging the mixing state ("composition averaging") overestimates absorption coefficient and underestimates scattering coefficient. In addition, the authors evaluated the dependence of these optical properties on relative humidity.


Quite a number of recent works have concentrated on the task of recommending to Twitter users whom they should follow, among which, the WTF (Who To Follow) service provided by Twitter. Recommenders are based either on the user's network structure, or on some notion of topical similarity with other users, or on both. We present a method for analysis of Twitter users supported by a hierarchical representation of their interests, which we call a Twixonomy. The use of Twixonomy casts both problems of user classification and recommendation as one of itemset mining, where items are either users' authoritative friends or semantic categories associated to friends. In addition to evaluating our profiler and recommender on several populations, we also show that semantic categories allow for very fine-grained population studies, and make it possible to recommend not only whom to follow, but also topics of interest, users interested in the same topic, and more.


An improved compensating current circuit for making the current-comparator-based capacitance bridge insensitive to frequency fluctuations when used for measuring shunt reactor loss is described. An estimated accuracy of 1 percent can be achieved for loss measurements of shunt reactors operating at power factors as low as 0.001. There are no phase adjustments in the circuit, only gain (or magnitude). Most of the errors introduced by the circuit are, therefore, confined to the inductive balance of the bridge which has a much larger error budget than that of the loss tangent. The loss tangent balance is affected by errors of the second order only.


Based on the basic principles of current models and air-gap flux and excitation current control implementation of the motor speed adjustment,builds the corresponding principles of the simulation model in Matlab-Simulink.In the simulation model using "From" and "Goto" module to achieve the various parts of the modular design,reducing the variety of feedback circuits and interconnect lines cross;each module corresponds with the basic principles of motor control,easy to understand analysis.This model will lay the foundation for further complex research.


Taking into account the quasi-continuous fragmen- tation of meteor particles, the formulae describing the variation of both light and ionization along the atmospheric trajectory of meteoroids, are derived. Two methods of data processing are presentedenablingthedeterminationoftheparametersofquasi- continuousfragmentation,R0,andR1,characterizingtheparent bodyandthefragmentationproducts,aswellasthebulkdensity of the parent meteoroid from the light and/or ionization curve. The use of these methods is shown by means of two examples of processing of model curves.


Summary and Conclusions A strain of Salmonella typhimurium, RIA, unable to grow-in the presence of high concentrations of bile salts was less virulent for mice than 3 mutants which were not inhibited under the same conditions. Two of these were isolated on inhibitory medium, the third independently from a mouse which died following infection with avirulent strain RIA. A sensitive reversion from one of the resistant mutants exhibited a virulence pattern similar to that of the sensitive parent strain. Resistant bacteria produced greater damage to internal organs and were able to persist for longer periods of time in host animals although the incidence of fatal infection was only somewhat higher than in mice infected with bile sensitive organisms. Limited studies comparing bile sensitive and resistant strains of Salmonella paratyphi B yielded similar but less striking results(7). These observations indicated that salmonellae able to withstand the effect of bile salts were also better able to establish chronic infection in mice leaving relatively large numbers of survivors as carriers of the organisms.


For Canadian diploma to retain its credibility and effectiveness, some hard choices will have to be made. On the basis of this logic, Canada has a great incentive to specialize. The core theme of this article is that Canadian diplomacy should concentrate on specific niches. This approach may well be a politically sensitive in the sense that it limits or disciplines Canada's international activity. Yet the targeting of Canadian diplomacy towards an efficient and equitable process of niche‐selection has a number of solid rationales. Historically, it builds on the functional principle, which underpinned the constructive reputation of post‐war Canadian diplomacy. In contemporary circumstances, niche‐building allows Canada to direct attention to issue‐areas where it can best make a difference. In some cases, this will mean Canada must clearly and openly say that it will not perform certain tasks. In other cases, however, this dynamic will enhance the forms of Canada's creative statecraft.


The hereditarian theory of race differences in IQ was briefly revived with the appearance of The Bell Curve but then quickly dismissed. The authors attempt a defense of it here, with an eye to conceptual and logical issues of special interest to philosophers, such as alleged infirmities in the heritability concept. At the same time, some relevant post-Bell Curve empirical data are introduced.


The theory of norm residue symbol in algebraic number fields has been variously treated. An explicit formula of the local norm symbol has been given as the \v{S}afarevi\v{c} symbol by \v{S}afarevi\v{c} [8]. Hasse [5] and Kneser [7] improved the result of \v{S}afarevi\v{c} and supplied a link for the $2^{n}$-th symbols. As for a more special case than that of \v{S}afarevi\v{c}, Yamamoto [11] has proved the local reciprocity law of Kummer-Hilbert, on which the present author gave a note [9]. The structure of norm group of Kummer extension of prime degree was characterized to a certain extent by Hensel-Hasse [6]. The specially important formula of Hasse


The Weihai Echelle Spectrograph (WES) is the first fiber-fed echelle spectrograph for astronomical observation in China. It is primarily used for chemical abundance and asteroseismology studies of nearby bright stars, as well as radial velocity (RV) detections for exoplanets. The optical design of WES is based on the widely demonstrated and well-established white-pupil concept. We describe the WES in detail and present some examples of its performance. A single exposure echelle image covers the spectral region 371–1100 nm in 107 spectral orders over the rectangular CCD. The spectral resolution changes from 40,600 to 57,000 through adjusting the entrance slit width from full to 2.2 pixels sampling at the fiber-exit. The limiting magnitude scales to V = 8 with a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 100 in V for an hour exposure, at the spectral resolution R ≈ 40,000 in the median seeing of 1.″7 at Weihai Observatory for the 1 m telescope. The RV measurement accuracy of WES is estimated to be <10 m s−1 in 10 months (302 days) and better than 15 m s−1 in 4.4 years (1617 days) in the recent data processing.


The aim of this paper is to obtain new criteria for the existence of the dichotomies of dynamical systems on the half-line. We associate to a discrete dynamical system an input-output system between two abstract sequence spaces. We deduce conditions for the existence of ordinary dichotomy and exponential dichotomy of the initial discrete system, by using certain admissibility properties of the associated input-output system.
 We establish the axiomatic structures of the input and output spaces, in each case, clarifying the underlying hypotheses as well as the generality of the proposed method. Next, we present a new and direct proof for the equivalence between the exponential dichotomy of an evolution family on the half-line and the exponential dichotomy of the associated discrete dynamical system. Finally,
 we apply our main results to the study of the exponential dichotomy of evolution families on the half-line.


Resolvent super-operator techniques are used to establish a formal expression for the exact nonlinear response of nondegenerate semiconductor electrons to an arbitrary high d.c. electric field in the presence of arbitrary phonon and impurity scattering. The theory is based on the Liouville equation and is exact in the thermodynamic limit. Infinite-order perturbation expansions of the field-dependent resolvent lead to a simple kinetic equation for the one-electron density matrix. The steady-state Boltzmann high-field transport equation is derived exactly under the assumptions of weak scattering and point collisions, that is for zero collision broadening and neglecting the influence of the field within the collisions. Collision broadening corrections are derived for arbitrary scattering processes.


The Memphis Main Street Trolley/Riverfront Loop heritage trolley is an 8 km (5 mi.) circulator system developed and operated by the Memphis Area Transit Authority. The route forms a complete loop that serves the central business district (CDB), as well as adjacent areas to the north and south and the riverfront. Service is provided with 14 restored antique trolley vehicles. The system is anchored on the north and south by intermodal transportation terminals. The trolley system was a strategic public investment designed to provide a transportation link and help spur development in downtown. Since service began in 1993, unprecedented new development has occurred in the CBD core and redevelopment has spread outward. Ridership has grown steadily and will reach 1 million annual riders in 2000. The system has been successful in connecting points of activity along a pedestrian mall in the core of the CBD; helping transform the South Main neighborhood into a prime location for residential development, commercial ventures, and art galleries; improving access to the 20,000-seat Pyramid Arena; and making the riverfront more attractive to visitors and residents. An eastward extension to the Medical Center is being designed and long-range plans include integration of the heritage trolleys with a regional light rail system.


Objective To explore the application effect of mechanical ventilation in the treatment of severe asthma. Methods 36 patients with bronchial asthmaticus treated in our hospital from May 2011 to May 2012 enter into the ventilation group,30 patients with bronchial asthmaticus treated in our hospital from February 2007 to February 2008 enter into the control group. The curative effect was compared between two groups. Results 32 patients were rescued successfully in 36 cases of ventilation group,1 patient was rescued invalid death due to multiple organ failure. 25 patients were rescued successfully in 30 cases of control group,but the stability of the indicators was not strong,5 cases died. Breathing rate and heart rate of ventilation group were lower than the control group after treatment,the oxygen partial pressure,CO 2 partial pressure and pH value were higher than the control group( P 0. 05). Conclusion Mechanical ventilation technology has good effect in severe asthma treatment,which can timely relieve respiratory muscle fatigue,reduce the negative impact of respiratory secretions on the patients breathing,so that the condition has been effectively controlled.


Fiscal policy is a crucial government tool for influencing and managing the national economy and creating a strong incentive for low carbon investment. Previous literature has reputable evidence that improving fiscal policy enhances environmental quality. However, the literature fails to classify the exact turning level (threshold point) below/above which the association may be negative or positive. In this regard, this research investigates the nexus between fiscal policy, foreign direct investment, financial development, trade openness, urban population, gross capital formation, labour force, and CO2 emissions in the era of globalization. The panel data set contained 105 countries over the period from 1990 to 2016. The empirical findings are estimated through linear and nonlinear panel data approaches such as fully modified ordinary least square and panel threshold regression. The subsequent findings are established: first, fiscal policy and globalization significantly increase environmental pollution. Second, the empirical results confirm the existence of the pollution haven hypothesis (PHV). Third, financial development and gross fixed capital formation are also considered some of the most crucial indicators to increase pollution levels. Fourth, trade openness, urban population, and labour force improve environmental quality. Fifth, panel threshold regression discovers that countries maintain a minimum level of fiscal policy at −1.2889. Based on these empirical findings, this study suggests that policymakers and governments of these countries should take steps to restructure their industrial sector and design macroeconomic-level carbon-free policies to support the implementation of low-energy-intensive and lower carbon production technologies.


This paper begins a series of synoptic taxonomic treatments on the Miridae known from Minas Gerais, Brazil, by subfamily, beginning with the Bryocorinae. We provide diagnoses, host-plant information, distribution data, and illustrated keys to four tribes, 24 genera, and 56 species. For most species, illustrations of the adults, selected morphological characters, and male genitalia are provided to facilitate identification.


With the popularity of the network in recent years,researches aiming at the network traffic analysis increase sharply.All kinds of algorithms whose final goals are to identify the component of the network bandwidth are proposed.It is found that the process of split-flow considered as the fundamental work to the classification algorithms plays an irreplaceable role during the traffic classification based on the analysis on different traffic classification algorithms and with different definitions of the flow.Therefore,via an offline classification model of a certain campus network traffic,a process of the traffic split-flow based on the five-tuple of the packet and its several solutions are put forward to the problems during the split-flow process.


This study investigates delamination damage mechanisms during the double cantilever beam standard test using the strain energy release rate. The acoustic emission parameter is used to replace the original calculation method of measuring crack length to predict delamination. For this purpose, 24-layer glass/epoxy multidirectional specimens with different layups, and interface orientations of 0°, 30°, 45°, and 60°, were fabricated based on ASTM D5528 (2013). Acoustic emission testing (AE) is used to detect the damage mechanism of composite multidirectional laminates (combined with microscopic real-time observation), and it is verified that the strain energy release rate can be used as a criterion for predicting delamination damage in composite materials. By comparing the AE results with the delamination expansion images observed by microvisualization in real time, it is found that the acoustic emission parameters can predict the damage of laminates earlier. Based on the data inversion of the acoustic emission parameters of the strain energy release rate, it is found that the strain energy release rate of the specimens with different fiber interface orientations is consistent with the original calculated results.


In the plasma display device, to generate a stable address discharge is improved and the contrast of the display image. Therefore, one of the early and forced initializing operation in the immediately preceding subfield and selective initializing operation for selectively generates initializing discharge in the discharge cells having undergone the address discharge for causing an initializing discharge in the discharge cells performing a reduction operation in the initialization period. And, the provision of the particular cell initializing sub-field having a setup period in which the selective initializing operation is performed in one field in other discharge cells perform forced initializing operation at a specific discharge cell. Then, in the discharge cells having undergone the selective initializing operation in the initializing period of the specific-cell initializing subfield, than the discharge cells having undergone a forced initializing operation in the initializing period of the specific-cell initializing subfield, a specific cell initializing the scan pulse and the write pulse lengthening the period being applied simultaneously discharge cell in the address period of the subfield.


The generalization of results of research of the reader and reading allowed proving prospect of application of the terms «understanding» and «perception» in various forms of literature. The division uses of definitions, taking into account the features of a particular type of literature allows the editor to clarify the concept of «the reader's address», which promotes optimal functioning of books in society. As a result of theoretical generalizations the concept formulation «the reader's address», including need of realization of functions of the reader (motives of a choice, the reading purpose, productivity of reading, etc.), reading functions (reader's interest, reader's installation, etc.), book functions (socializing, communicative, etc.) is offered. The knowledge of functional essence of the book is necessary for experts of redaktsi-onno-publishing first of all for deeper analysis of the book from knigovedchesky positions that will allow to predict more precisely ways of its advance to the reader.


The article discusses the thermal processes undergone by the sand mould in contact with the liquid casting alloy. Depending on the character of the atmosphere in the mould, this can be the process of combustion or pyrolysis (when there is no oxygen). These processes, especially when the sand mould contains compounds with carbon, (e.g. sand moulds with resins or bentonite and lustrous carbon formers (LCF)), generating the proper atmosphere inside the mould, have a significant effect on the presence of such casting defects as: veinings, burn-ons and liquid metal penetration. In order to avoid these defects, a reducing atmosphere should be formed inside the mould cavity. The article provides a comprehensive review of the studies, including the authors' own works, in the scope of the pyrolysis process taking place in sand moulds with the addition of a carbon-containing substance. Diagrams of the mechanisms of the thermal decomposition of resins and lustrous carbon formers (LCF) given by various authors are presented. The pyrolysis processes generate many hazardous compounds from the group of the so-called Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), including those from the BTEX group (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) as well as from the PAH group (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), which create risks for the health of the foundry workers.