Objective To evaluate the changes of retinal nerve fiber layer in a sample of adult eyes after ocular contusion.MethodsA sample of 16 contusive eyes of 16 adult patients underwent RNFL scan with GDx-VCC algorithm in scanning laser polarimetry at 1 week and 3 months after injury respectively.The other healthy eye was as a control.GDx parameters included:TSNIT(Temporal-superior-nasal-inferior-temporal) avarage,superior average,inferior average,and nerve fiber indicator.(Results Mean) values of TSNIT average,superior average,inferior average,and NFI under GDx-VCC algorithm at 1 week were 56.12±5^25 μm,68.77±6.20 μm,67.32±4.04 μm,18.35±5.66,while at 3 month the GDx-VCC plarameter values were 52.45±5.26 μm,61.21±1.11 μm,59.51±1.06 μm,31.77±2.17.The corresponding mean values of the other healthy contrcl eye were 57.45±6.33 μm,69.21±2.56 m,68.14±3.06 μm,17.27±7.15Conclusions The scanning laser polarimeter nerve fiber analyzer is a valuable tool for follow-up of optic nerve trauma.Scanning laser polarimeter may be useful to estimate the severity of damage and the effectiveness of therapeutic treatment in ocular contusion.


In this paper, the writer has described an analytical results on the lake sediments ofsix ancient lakes, namely, Baikal, Obrid, Biwa, Yogo, Kizaki, and Suwa. As the resultof analyses in both surface sediments and core sample, it is concluded that no remarkableaccidents which cause the change of trophic degree took place in these lakes during nearpast.


OBJECTIVE
To study the mechanism of multidrug resistance and its reversal by mdr-1 ribozyme in human ovarian cancer.

METHODS
The expression of mdr-1 and p-glycoprotein (p-gp) was studied by confocal laser microscope (Confocal), RT-PCR and Western blot analysis in adriamycin-resistant human ovarian cancer cell line (A2780/ADM) and adriamycin-sensitive one (A2780). The mdr-1 ribozyme was transfected into the A2780/ADM by Lipofectamine 2000 to overcome the multidrug resistance in ovarian cancer.

RESULTS
The expression of mdr-1 mRNA and p-gp in A2780/ADM was significantly higher than that in A2780. The expression of mdr-1 mRNA and p-gp in A2780/ADM was lowered after being transfected by mdr-1 ribozyme.

CONCLUSION
Multidrug resistance of A2780/ADM, possibly being caused by overexpression of mdr-1 gene, can be partially reversed by mdr-1 ribozyme.


Infrasound is generated by a range of natural and engineered sources. The measurement of infrasound at low levels requires a specific methodology, as it is readily affected by even light surface breezes on the microphone. Such a methodology, based on measurements below the ground surface in a test chamber, has been developed to measure infrasound at two Australian wind farms and also in the vicinity of a beach, a coastal cliff, the city of Adelaide and a power station. The measured levels have been compared between each source and against the infrasound audibility threshold of 85 dB(G). The measured level of infrasound within the wind farms is well below the audibility threshold and is similar to that of urban and coastal environments and near other engineered noise sources.


Occipital encephaloceles is a rare congenital defect in which meninges and the brain protrude out as a sac‐like structure through opening in the skull. The condition can result in neurologic complications as well as structural abnormalities of the skull. To the best of our knowledge, no genetic variant has been identified as an underlying cause of non‐syndromic occipital encephaloceles.


PURPOSE: To well mix fine particulate raw materials of a phosphor prior to firing by making at least one of the materials present as a sol and homogeneously mixing the sol with the rest of the materials. CONSTITUTION: In the process for producing a phosphor by firing a mixture of the raw materials of the phosphor, the mixture is prepd. by a process comprising the step of mixing the raw materials in the state of fine particles in an aq. medium while causing at least one of the raw materials to exist as a sol, the step of converting the sol into a gel while homogeneously mixing the sol with other raw materials, and the step of drying the gel to form a xerogel. Pref. the sol is one of colloidal silica pref. having an average particle size of 70 nm or lower and a specific surface area of 40 m 2 /g or higher. COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO


Reliable operation of high voltage insulation systems is still one of the main issues of electric power systems, allowing for uninterrupted power delivery. High voltage tests on large capacitance objects like cables are carried out mainly using DC, oscillating or AC voltage at lower frequency, due to required power of supply source. That fact leads to combine simultaneously low frequency test with partial discharge (PD) measurement. However, the verification of diagnostic usefulness of this approach should be confirmed by laboratory investigations. This paper presents influence of testing voltage frequency on registered phase-resolved PD images occurring in high voltage insulation. Both method and specialized measurement system for PD patterns registration in wide frequency range of testing voltage are described. Results of measurements at frequencies from 0.1 Hz up to 50 Hz performed on different objects are presented. Changes of selected discharge parameters and their analysis based on equivalent circuit models are discussed.


Objective: The objectives of the study were to describe and compare the perception of doctors, nurses, faculty of nursing and nursing students on ideal clinical learning environment and to find the association between the perception scores and selected variables. Materials and Method: A descriptive comparative survey design was used. Data were collected from 324 samples (81 doctors, 81 nurses, 81 faculty of nursing and 81 nursing students) in selected teaching hospitals of Karnataka state by using structured questionnaire. Result: There was no significant difference between the mean perception scores of doctors, nurses, faculty of nursing and nursing students on how an ideal clinical learning environment should be. There was significant association between the total perception scores with teaching experience (x2 =5.294) and educational status (x2=9.430). Conclusion: Clinical experience for nursing students is a very important aspect of their professional education. A supportive clinical learning environment is of paramount importance in securing the required teaching and learning process


Background: Fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been inconsistently associated with disruption of specific brain circuitries. Temporal fluctuations of fatigue have not been considered. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of fatigue with brain diffusion abnormalities, using robust criteria for patient stratification based on longitudinal patterns of fatigue. Methods: Patient stratification: (1) sustained fatigue (SF, n = 26): latest two Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) ⩾ 38; (2) reversible fatigue (RF, n = 25): latest MFIS < 38 and minimum one previous MFIS ⩾ 38; and (3) never fatigued (NF, n = 42): MFIS always < 38 (five assessments minimum). 3T brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to perform voxel-wise comparison of fractional anisotropy (FA) between the groups controlling for age, sex, disease duration, physical disability, white matter lesion load (T2LV), and depression. Results: SF and, to a lesser extent, RF patients showed lower FA in multiple brain regions compared to NF patients, independent of age, sex, disease duration, and physical disability. In cingulo-postcommissural-striato-thalamic regions, the differences in FA between SF and NF (but not between RF and NF or SF) patients were independent of T2LV, and in ventromedial prefronto-precommissuro-striatal and temporo-insular areas, independent of T2LV and depression. Conclusion: Damage to ventromedial prefronto-precommissuro-striatal and temporo-insular pathways appears to be a specific substrate of SF in MS.


An autonomous assistive robot needs to recognize the body-limb posture of the person being assisted while he/she is lying in a bed to provide care services such as helping change the posture of the person or carrying him/her from the bed to a wheelchair. This paper presents a data-efficient classification of human postures when lying in a bed using a hybrid fuzzy logic and machine learning approach. The classifier was trained using a relatively small dataset containing 19,800 annotated depth images collected using Kinect from 32 test subjects lying in bed. An overall accuracy of 97.1% was achieved on the dataset. Furthermore, the image dataset including depth and red-green-blue (RGB) images, is available to the research community with the publication of this paper, with the hope that it can benefit other researchers.


Summary form only given. The response times of photorefractive polymers have been reduced by an order of magnitude, to milliseconds, over the past two years. It is generally agreed that photoconductivity and not orientational dynamics are the chief obstacle to even faster materials. Photogeneration efficiency, which is of order 1% in many materials described to date, is therefore a critical area of research. C/sub 60/, for instance, is a good candidate to enhance photogeneration. It has been found, however, that chromophores with ionization potentials smaller than that of the transport manifold can stabilize a population of C/sub 60//sup -/ and it has even been suggested that a photorefractive grating may be written in the distribution of C/sub 60//sup -/ and C/sub 60/. The accumulation of C/sub 60//sup -/ has been documented to occur under simultaneous electrical bias and optical excitation. We report measurements that show that the build-up of C/sub 60//sup s/ accompanied by large increases in the response-time of index-modulation in transient-grating experiments. This observation suggests that the response-time may be stabilized by increasing the chromophore ionization potential, and we have experimentally confirmed this expectation.


The authors present the experiences of Wyatt, a nine-year-old whose mother described him as a struggling writer, in a summer digital writing camp. The authors consider how Wyatt was positioned as a writer at camp and how this may have differed from his experiences at school. They found that for Wyatt, being able to compose with digital tools along with the freedom to collaborate with peers and the autonomy to have choice over his writing helped him see himself as a writer and have positive experiences with writing.


Hashing has emerged as a popular technique for large-scale similarity search. Most learning-based hashing methods generate compact yet correlated hash codes. However, this redundancy is storage-inefficient. Hence we propose a lossless variable-length hashing (VLH) method that is both storage- and search-efficient. Storage efficiency is achieved by converting the fixed-length hash code into a variable-length code. Search efficiency is obtained by using a multiple hash table structure. With VLH, we are able to deliberately add redundancy into hash codes to improve retrieval performance with little sacrifice in storage efficiency or search complexity. In particular, we propose a block K-means hashing (B-KMH) method to obtain significantly improved retrieval performance with no increase in storage and marginal increase in computational cost.


Even with an increased research focus on competing demands, we still understand little about how institutional logics play out at the organizational level. As such, this paper explores conditions, ...


Grazing animals are widely used as biological control agents, but only in systems supporting crop /pasture and animal species rotations. Their main use is for food or fibre, and weed control is incidental. To be successful, weed control must become, temporarily, the main objective. The species, intensity and duration of grazing animals can be controlled by fencing, allowing selectivity between weeds and desirable species. Many examples of successful biological control by grazing animals are given. Sustainability of control is offered by increasing the control methods, and reducing their predictability.


Permutations in the image of the pop-stack operator are said to be pop-stacked. We give a polynomial-time algorithm to count pop-stacked permutations up to a fixed length and we use it to compute the first 1000 terms of the corresponding counting sequence. Only the first 16 terms had previously been computed. With the 1000 terms we prove some negative results concerning the nature of the generating function for pop-stacked permutations. We also predict the asymptotic behavior of the counting sequence using differential approximation. 1 Pop-stacked permutations The abstract data type known as a stack has two operations: push adds an element at the top of the stack; pop removes the top element from the stack. A pop-stack is a variation of this introduced by Avis and Newborn [2] in which the pop operation empties the entire stack. Let π = a1a2 . . . an be a permutation of [n] = {1, 2, . . . , n}. An ascending run of π is a maximal sequence of consecutive ascending letters ai < ai+1 < · · · < ai+d−1, and a descending run is defined similarly. For instance, the ascending runs of π = 617849235 are 6, 178, 49 and 235; its descending runs are 61, 7, 84, 92, 3 and 5. Let P (π) be the result of greedily sorting π using a pop-stack subject to the constraint that elements on the pop-stack are increasing when read from the top to the bottom of the stack. In other words, if we factor π into its descending runs π = D1D2 . . . Dm, then P (π) is obtained by reversing each of those runs: P (π) = D 1D r 2 . . . D r m. For instance, P (5321764) = 1235467 and P (617849235) = 167482935. A permutation π is said to be sortable by a popstack if P (π) is the identity permutation. More generally, π is said to be sortable by k passes through a pop-stack if P (π) is the identity permutation. Claesson and Guðmundsson [3] showed that the generating function for the number of permutations of [n] that are sortable by k passes through a pop-stack is always rational. Asinowski et al. [1] defined that σ is pop-stacked if σ = P (π) for some permutation π, and gave the following theorem. Theorem 1 (Asinowski et al. [1]). A permutation is pop-stacked if and only if for each pair (Ri, Ri+1) of its adjacent ascending runs minRi < maxRi+1. They further showed that the generating function for pop-stacked permutations of [n] with exactly k ascending runs is rational for each k. Enumerating popstacked permutations without this restriction is, however, an open problem. Asinowski et al. initiated an investigation into this by calculating the number of pop-stacked permutations of length n = 1, . . . , 16, adding the resulting sequence to the OEIS [11] as A307030 and noting that "this sequence is hard to compute". In the following section, we give an efficient algorithm for counting pop-stacked permutations, expanding the sequence up to n = 1000. While the algorithm and the augmented sequence could give additional insight into the structure of popstacked permutations, finding a generating function or a closed form solution to their enumeration remains an open problem. Section 3 gives experimental data in this direction. 2 Polynomial-time counting algorithm A ballot, alternatively known as an ordered set partition, is a collection of pairwise disjoint nonempty sets, referred to as blocks, where the blocks are assigned some total ordering. Any permutation can be seen as a ballot by decomposing it into its ascending runs. The permutation π = 617849235 would then be viewed as the ballot {6}{1, 7, 8}{4, 9}{2, 3, 5}. Conversely, a ballot B1B2 . . . Bk represents a permutation in this manner if, and only if, maxBi > minBi+1 for each i in [k − 1]. Thus, the ballots corresponding to pop-stacked permutations are precisely those such that maxBi > minBi+1 and minBi < maxBi+1. In other words, the intervals between the smallest and largest elements of each pair of adjacent blocks overlap, [minBi,maxBi] ∩ [minBi+1,maxBi+1] 6= ∅, and we call these ballots overlapping; here, [a, b] denotes the interval {a, a + 1, . . . , b}. Let F [U ] be the set of overlapping ballots whose underlying set is U .


Purpose
In this study, AlCoCrFeNi–Cu (Cu-based) and AlCoCrFeNi–Ti (Ti-based) high entropy alloys (HEAs) were fabricated using a direct blown powder technique via laser additive manufacturing on an A301 steel baseplate for aerospace applications. The purpose of this research is to investigate the electrical resistivity and oxidation behavior of the as-built copper (Cu)- and titanium (Ti)-based alloys and to understand the alloying effect, the HEAs core effects and the influence of laser parameters on the physical properties of the alloys.

Design/methodology/approach
The as-received AlCoCrFeNiCu and AlCoCrFeNiTi powders were used to fabricate HEA clads on an A301 steel baseplate preheated at 400°C using a 3 kW Rofin Sinar dY044 continuous-wave laser-deposition system fitted with a KUKA robotic arm. The deposits were sectioned using an electric cutting machine and prepared by standard metallographic methods to investigate the electrical and oxidation properties of the alloys.

Findings
The results showed that the laser power had the most influence on the physical properties of the alloys. The Ti-based alloy had better resistivity than the Cu-based alloy, whereas the Cu-based alloy had better oxidation residence than the Ti-based alloy which attributed to the compositional alloying effect (Cu, aluminum and nickel) and the orderliness of the lattice, which is significantly associated with the electron transportation; consequently, the more distorted the lattice, the easier the transportation of electrons and the better the properties of the HEAs.

Originality/value
It is evident from the studies that the composition of HEAs and the laser processing parameters are two significant factors that influence the physical properties of laser deposited HEAs for aerospace applications.


In order to solve the problems which existed in the DOS application program,such as the user interface being monotonous,the management of memory being complex,the display of image being burden,a general software system for data acquisition, which can be compatible to the data acquisition of 3 D physical modeling and the data acquisition of field seismograph instruments, has been developed. The system has the functions of the integrity of hardware control, data acquisition, data display, and data processing. The system also implemented a large amount of data reading and writing, fast displaying, and real time data processing by using the one way linked list and the visual MDI(multiple document interface) of Borland C++ Builder 5 0; can be helpful to the development of similar software package for data acquisition.


The COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019 required a complete shift to online learning across all educational institutions, including universities. The rapid transition to online learning globally meant that many educators were suddenly tasked with adapting their classroom-based pedagogy to the online space. While this was undoubtedly challenging for teachers and students, it also opened up possibilities for reimagining the delivery of content, along with creating increased access for students who had barriers for studying remotely before the impact of COVID-19. The study discussed in this paper examines the experiences of students studying at a regional Australian university that already offered online courses, and whose instructors were already using a diverse range of online delivery tools. Specifically, the study sought to investigate how instructors used interactive strategies to promote student engagement, and how the interaction between learner and content influences student engagement. With research showing that online students typically have higher attrition rates than their on-campus counterparts, engagement has been identified as an important factor in online learning. Online interaction in particular is considered to be instrumental in influencing student engagement and positively impacting student satisfaction, persistence, and academic performance. Data collected from interviews conducted with two different cohorts of students, studying two different courses (mathematics education and Chinese language) at the same university, demonstrated ways instructors utilised interactive online pedagogies to engage students with potentially challenging course content. The study has implications for online educators who are looking for ways to adapt their on-campus courses to online delivery, with a focus on engaging and maintaining online students' interest and ongoing participation in their courses.


Designing a point cloud upsampler, which aims to generate a clean and dense point cloud given a sparse point representation, is a fundamental and challenging problem in computer vision. A line of attempts achieves this goal by establishing a point-to-point mapping function via deep neural networks. However, these approaches are prone to produce outlier points due to the lack of explicit surface-level constraints. To solve this problem, we introduce a novel surface regularizer into the upsampler network by forcing the neural network to learn the underlying parametric surface represented by bicubic functions and rotation functions, where the new generated points are then constrained on the underlying surface. These designs are integrated into two different networks for two tasks that take advantages of upsampling layers -- point cloud upsampling and point cloud completion for evaluation. The state-of-the-art experimental results on both tasks demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The implementation code will be available at https://github.com/corecai163/PSCU.


MOCH. ARIEF CAHYONO. Effectiveness of Rabies Vaccination on Dogs that Imported into Soekarno Hatta Airport. Under direction of DENNY W. LUKMAN, ZAHID ILYAS, and MARTHEN BM MALOLE. Rabies is one of zoonotic diseases in the world. Number of rabies cases are very common and finished with the dead of animals and human after they showed any clinical symptoms. The case fatality rate is 100%. The main aim of this research is to study the correlation between antibody titer of rabies on dogs and cats which imported into Indonesia through Soekarno Hatta Airport and some factors influence the titer. Some blood samples were collected from all dogs which came from June 2007 until June 2008. The blood serums were tested in the reference laboratory of animal quarantine by ELISA test and the data was analyzed descriptively and using multivariate statistic. The result of this study showed that antibody titer of rabies were strongly influenced by subcutaneous application of vaccination, the dog age of above 6 month, the country status of endemic, and the dog was male. Those factors should be taken into account to develop the policy and requirements of dog importation due to the quarantine measures.


It is shown that second order bifurcation problems with a positive, autonomous nonlinearity have a smooth branch of positive solutions which tends to infinity. Moreover, this branch satisfies a stability rule saying that the solutions are stable if the branch turns to the right and unstable if it turns to the left.


We present the results of investigation of the characteristics of a nanosecond-barrier-discharge-pumped multiwave lamp based on a gas mixture of , which emits in the spectral range of . The main emission bands in the lamp spectrum are near near and near . The lamp intensity with respect to pressure, working mixture composition and pump regime is optimised.


This article describes how the use of the strut-and-tie method (STM) to model the behavior of dapped-end beams can be very useful in the design process. However, the choice of an appropriate STM truss model is very important. Logically, the STM truss model chosen should be consistent with the observed behavior of dapped ends, modeling the flow of forces in the dapped end. The use of STM models in design is based on the assumption that a selected truss model behaves plastically at loads approaching its nominal strength. An appropriate STM model will minimize the redistribution of internal forces and the inelastic deformation necessary for a member to develop its design nominal strength. STM models that closely approximate the flow of forces naturally occurring in a member will lead to the selection of more efficient reinforcement and the resulting member will have narrower service-load cracks. Two widely published STM models for the dapped end are examined and compared with the behavior observed in tests of 16 dapped ends subjected to a variety of combined vertical and outward horizontal reactions. The article shows that these STM models lead to overestimates of the amount of reinforcement required for a given combination of vertical and horizontal reactions. A simplified STM model for the dapped end is proposed and corresponds to the flow of forces observed in dapped ends and requires a smaller amount of reinforcement than the two other models.


We aimed to identify, explore and describe the resiliency factors that enable remarried families to adjust and adapt. The Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation was used to conceptualize the factors that contribute to the families' adaptation process. Triangulation of method — with an exploratory, descriptive correlation design was used in this study. A biographical questionnaire with open-ended questions, in conjunction with a number of structured questionnaires, was used to gather the data. Non-probability purposive and snowball-sampling techniques were used to obtain the participants. Participants consisted of 19 parents and 16 adolescents, equalling a total of 35 participants. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the biographical information. Correlation analysis was used to analyse the quantitative data; and content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. Family hardiness, problem-solving communication, and family time and routines showed a positive correlation with the FACI8 for both adults and adolescents; while acquiring social support, a subscale of the F-COPES showed a positive correlation with the FACI8 for the adults, and social support as measured by the SSI showed a positive correlation for the adolescents. The results of the qualitative component of the study revealed that various common themes emerged between the adult and adolescent participants' responses. These themes included spirituality, boundaries, communication, flexibility, and tolerance.


Objective The objective of this article is to research the feasibility that P-FUE 's application in the restoration of large scarring alopecia of head.Methods Since 2009,author has used the P-FUE autologous hair transplantation technology to retreat the large scarring alopecia,through the treatment of 50 patients.Author found the P-FUE technology can curtail surgery time,injury rate reduced to the below of 5% and about 1000 hair follicular units can be extracted per hour.Results 50 patients of the group,after application of P-FUE technology,all achieved the purpose of repair in one-time,6 months after surgery,the transplanted hair all have a good growth.Scar was covered,the patients all had natural appearance and regained self-confidence.Conclusions The P-FUE autologous hair transplantation technology can be applied to the restore of large scarring alopecia,it is a simple,safe and effective method,and can be widely used in clinical.


Asphalt cement is a viscoelastic substance that operates like an elastic solid at low service temperatures or under rapid loading. Whenever loaded slowly or at high temperatures, it behaves like a viscous liquid. This classic duality necessitates enhancing the efficiency of an asphalt binder to decrease stress cracking at cold temperatures (fatigue) and plastic deformation at hot temperatures (rutting). The use of polymer-modified asphalt binder is one solution for satisfying today's pavement performance standards. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of asphalt cement modifiers on the physical and rheological properties of asphalt cement. This study used asphalt cement with a penetration grade of 40-50, modified with styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) at four different levels of modification, specifically 0%, 2%, 4%, and 6% by weight of asphalt cement. Depending on Rotational viscosity and dynamic shear rheometer, and the traditional test. The mixes modified with SBR polymer showed enhanced physical and rheology characteristics, with decreased penetration and ductility and increased viscosity and softening point, as well as a lower rutting factor, indicating an increase in rutting resistance, according to the experimental data. The performance grade for original asphalt cement was 64-16, and for SBR at 2% additive, the original PG was improved to PG70-16. Adding 4% additive to asphalt cement improved the performance grade to PG76-16, and using 6% increased the performance grade to PG82-16.


This essay examines some aspects of the making of middle class identity in Argentina during the first half of the 20th century. Its main argument is that this identity only crystallized when it was articulated through racial discourses accompanying the empowerment of the Peronist working class during the 1940s and 1950s. If a middle class identity was not clearly articulated earlier, it was due, in part, to 'common sense' understandings of the nation as homogeneously white, European, and socially mobile, notions that did not favor the circulation of the concept of a middle class. This paper thus analyzes two processes–the profound and persistent identification of the Argentine nation with Europe, and the racialization of the social and political 'Other' performed by anti-Peronist forces–in order to better understand the relatively late appearance of an unambiguously middle class discourse, as well as the intertwined construction of whiteness and middle class identity in Argentina.


Abstract This article examines some of the consequences of value for money audit systems on professional practices in general and those of teachers in particular. The article argues that value for money audit actually prevent professionals from evaluating their practices. This is because it confuses outputs with outcomes and fails to empirically validate the former as indicators of effectiveness in particular contexts of action. The article also argues that the shift from external to internal audit and evaluation processes should not be misunderstood as a move towards greater professional autonomy and a higher trust form of accountability. It is argued that internal audit is a more exacting expression of power over the activities of professionals than external audit.


This thesis consists of an introductory chapter followed by five papers.

In the first paper, expanding maps on the unit interval are considered. The set of points for which the forward orbit is bounded away from a given point is studied. It is shown that this set has full Hausdorff dimension and that it has large intersection properties.

In the second paper, expanding maps on the unit interval with bounded distortion are considered. The set of points for which certain Birkhoff averages accumulate at a given value is studied. It is shown that this set has large intersection properties. As an application, it is shown that the set of points for which these Birkhoff averages do not converge has full Hausdorff dimension, even for countably many different maps simultaneously.

In the third paper, non-integer base expansions of numbers on the unit interval, are studied. For a dense set of bases, these expansions are generated by expanding maps for which the results from the first two papers of this thesis apply. In this paper, approximation arguments are used to extend these results to all bases.

In the fourth paper, attractors of conformal iterated function systems are considered. A family of classes of sets with large intersection properties, introduced by K. Falconer, is extended from Euclidean spaces without holes to this new fractal setting. As an application, the results from the second paper of this thesis are generalized.

In the fifth paper, a family of hyperbolic maps, similar to the fat baker's transformation, is studied. Depending on the parameters, these maps either expand or shrink area. It is shown, using the SRB-measures of the maps, that in the expanding case the attractor has positive Lebesgue measure for typical values of the parameters, while in the contracting case it tends to have Hausdorff dimension according to a certain formula. A key part of the proofs is the transversality of certain power series with coefficients from non-integer base expansions of real numbers.


Abstract This study explores the dynamic nature of language in context, utilizing two sets of comparable Chinese discourse data of telephone service encounters collected in the same community a decade apart. It describes and characterizes current business practices and identifies shifts in discursive practices in light of the patterns observed in the past. Observed changes include constitutive components of the global structure, local realization of the structural elements, and interaction dynamics as a result of changed, redefined contexts and realigned footings. I propose that observed shifts may represent and constitute in part the emergence in the community of the reconstruction, or reshaping, of a more distinctive telephone service encounter (TSE) spoken genre and related discursive features. With the adoption of more recognizable boundary markers, shifts in discursive practice of telephone service encounters in Shanghai may result in openings with distinguishable features from calls made to residences. (Discourse analysis, service encounter, practice, telephone in business, China, spoken genre)*


We present a case of priapism, an urological disorder and medical emergency with a variety of known etiologies, including the use of psychotropic medications. We report here on the first instance to our knowledge, a case of priapism, which occurred following trazodone use in a patient who was actively using alcohol, opiates and benzodiazepines. It is unclear if these drugs act in additive or synergistic manner to cause priapism. Since trazodone is frequently prescribed as a hypnotic in drug abusers, clinicians should be cautious regarding the risk of priapism in this population.


In this paper, a numerical procedure for probabilistic slope stability analysis is presented. This procedure extends the traditional limit equilibrium method of slices to a probabilistic approach that accounts for the uncertainties and spatial variation of the soil strength parameters. In this study, two-dimensional random fields were generated based on a Karhunen-Loeve expansion in a fashion consistent with a specified marginal distribution function and an autocorrelation function. A Monte Carlo simulation was then used to determine the statistical response based on the generated random fields. This approach makes no assumption about the critical failure surface. Rather, the critical failure surface corresponding to the input random fields of soil properties is searched during the process of analysis. A series of analyses was performed to verify the application potential of the proposed method and to study the effects of uncertainty due to the spatial heterogeneity on the stability of slope. The results show that the proposed method can efficiently consider the various failure mechanisms caused by the spatial variability of soil property in the probabilistic slope stability assessment.


This study aims to determine the kinds of women's struggles to get their love in the novel Sing Me to Sleep. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods and a theory focused on the character of Virginia Woolf. The author uses note-taking as a research instrument. The author found that there are three kinds of women's struggles. Namely, first the struggle to accept the reality of life, the second the struggle to achieve dreams, and finally the struggle in the form of love, and the struggle to get love


It is shown that the concept of concentration is of potential interest in the sensitivity study of some parameters and related estimators. Basic ideas are introduced for a real parameter θ>0 together with graphical representations using Lorenz curves of concentration. Examples based on the mean, standard deviation and variance are provided for some classical distributions. This concentration approach is also discussed in relation with influence functions. Special emphasis is given to the average concentration of an estimator which provides a sensitivity measure allowing one to compare several estimators of the same parameter. Properties of this measure are investigated through simulation studies and its practical interest is illustrated by examples based on the trimmed mean and the Winsorized variance.


The motif discovery problem is becoming increasingly important for molecular biologists as new sequencing technologies are producing large amounts of data, at rates which are unprecedented. The solution space for DNA motifs is too large to search with naive methods, meaning there is a need for fast and accurate motif detection tools. We propose MotifGP, a multiobjective motif discovery tool evolving regular expressions that characterize overrepresented motifs in a given input dataset. This thesis describes and evaluates a multiobjective strongly typed genetic programming algorithm for the discovery of network expressions in DNA sequences. Using 13 realistic data sets, we compare the results of our tool, MotifGP, to that of DREME, a state-of-art program. MotifGP outperforms DREME when the motifs to be sought are long, and the specificity is distributed over the length of the motif. For shorter motifs, the performance of MotifGP compares favourably with the state-of-the-art method. Finally, we discuss the advantages of multi-objective optimization in the context of this specific motif discovery problem.


The Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) species complex is defined and revised and two new sibling species are described and figured: T. briesei (type locality: San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria, Spain) and T. mortadelo (type locality: Canberra, Australia, introduced). The existence of these siblings could explain the different food preferences observed between the different populations or strains of the supposed single species T. horridus.


The review contains information about the importance of endothelial dysfunction in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children. The potential mechanisms for the development of endothelial dysfunction in CKD are described, including oxidative stress, defects of arginine metabolism and the reversely connected nitric oxide metabolism, as well as the increased levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine.


Structure for installing a console (13) on a washing machine (1), comprising: - a top cover (7) which is formed at the top of the washing machine (1); - a bracket (13) which is adapted to be installed on the top cover (7), wherein at least two sides of the console (13) with the top cover (7) are connected; - a first connecting structure which is provided on a front side of the console (13), and a second connecting structure, which is provided on at least one other side of the console (13); and - corresponding to a third connecting structure and a fourth connecting structure, which on the top cover (7) are formed and the first and second connecting construction for installing the bracket (13) to the top cover (7).


In the present study turbulent wind flow field around inline surface-mounted and supported buildings has been investigated numerically. In order to model turbulence, re-normalization group k‐ε and realizable k‐ε turbulence models are employed. According to the numerical simulations, stream-wise velocity profiles around single surface-mounted and supported buildings are compared with the experimental data. Consequently, the validated model with realizable k‐ε turbulence models is used to simulate flow field around two inline surface-mounted and supported buildings. Results have been reported for two Reynolds numbers (17000, 170000). Approximately, same velocity field was observed for non-supported buildings at two flow Reynolds numbers. Although, for supported buildings small difference is observed in the velocity profile under and above the building. Comparison of results for non-supported and supported buildings shows that behind the supported buildings the near ground reversed flow region was removed and lead to the lower drag force on such building. Moreover, supports increase the reattachment length on the upstream building. Review History: Received: 20 April 2017 Revised: 5 July 2017 Accepted: 16 July 2017 Available Online: 24 July 2017


Trismethylene-trinitrobenzene I undergoes ring contraction when oxidised under mild, alkaline conditions to give stereoisomeric hydroxy-acids IVa and IVb. Both isomers yield the same cyclic ketone V when oxidatively decarboxylated. This ketone can be subjected to a similar rearrangement as I by successive treatment with selenium dioxide and copper sulphate in pyridine, resulting in another pair of stereoisomeric hydroxy-acids, VIIIa and VIIIb. Both these isomers are oxidatively decarboxylated to the cyclic ketone IX. V and IX, both α-nitro-ketones, undergo ring fission with alkali. The resulting carboxylic acids are identical with acids obtained previously from I by different routes.


This study analyzed the coping strategies adopted against the effects of climate change by small scale cassava and yam farmers in Delta State, Nigeria. It examined the socioeconomic characteristics of yam and cassava farmers and identified the various climate change factors that are prevalent in the study area. It also ascertained the coping methods adopted by the farmers in adjusting to the impact of variations in climate and also estimated the effect of the farmer's socioeconomic characteristics on the number of coping methods adopted. 180 respondents made up of 90 cassava farmers and 90 yam farmers were randomly sampled for the study. Data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that the majority of the farmers (82.8%) fell below the age of 50 years, 71.6% are married and mostly females (66.7%). Majority (53.9%) had post primary education, 33.9% had farming experience of 16-20 years, 53.9% had 1-5 household members and 39.4% had farm size between 0.1- 1 hectare. Most of the farmers observed high temperature (81.8%), less rainfall (77.8%) and shorter rainy season (22.2%) as signs of climate change. Four variables including farm size (0.05), farming experience (0.05), education (0.01) and income (0.01) have significant positive effect on the number of strategies adopted. Government policies and programmes should be geared towards addressing imperfections such as access to information and linking farmers with extension services. Keywords: climate change, coping strategies, rainfall, temperature, small scale farmers


Background: Hemodynamic instability is common during tracheal intubation. The primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of different doses of remifentanil added to propofol on the hemodynamic profiles during tracheal intubation. Methods: Ninety patients, 40 to 70 years old, undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery under general anesthesia were randomly allocated into control, low (2µg/kg) and high (4ug/kg) dose groups. Baseline heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded and documented again on intubation and 1, 2 and 4 minutes after intubation. Cough status before and after intubation was also recorded. Results: The basic characteristics of participants in all the three groups were similar. Heart rate and blood pressure decreased in all three groups after intubation. There was no difference in the intubation conditions and mask ventilation or coughing between the three groups. Conclusion: There was no significant difference observed between hemodynamic changes with high and low dose of remifentanil to attenuate the rise in MAP on intubation.


In order to estimate the breakage and mass loss of kapok fiber textiles in production and use,several experiments are carried out. The number ratio of kapok fiber and cotton fiber in kapok yarns and fabrics treated before and after were tested. Wear breakage characteristics,kapok fiber and other fiber number ratios of kapok blended towel treated before and after were tested. Kapok fiber fragments' length distributions in kapok quilt wadding were tested. The result of the research shows that the wear amount of kapok fibers is obviously larger than that of cotton fibers. Obvious crease will be appeared on kapok fiber,the smallest crease interval is about 20 μm. Cross section of kapok fragment is not uniform. It is considered that about 20 μm structure weak lines exist on kapok cell wall,breakage of kapok fiber is a gradually developed process from the part to the whole instead of one-off brittle fracture.


Photoluminescence of InGaN structures for green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with multiple quantum wells as an active medium was studied with spatial and spectral resolution using confocal microscopy. Bright spots of ∼200 nm diameter were observed. Emission from these bright areas was up to 8 times more intense than from the rest of the sample surface and the band peak position in these areas was blueshifted with respect to the band position in the background surface of lower photoluminescence intensity. The data on emission properties in bright and dark areas and the dependence of these properties on the excitation power density were interpreted by assuming inhomogeneous distribution of defects acting as nonradiative recombination centres.


The analysis of racialised police attitudes has been frequently addressed in academic articles, but the application of a Neo-Durkheimian approach has been largely overlooked. This article will apply Durkheimian theory to illuminate the need for a shift in crime and punishment policy and practices to avoid the present societal moral stagnation. In order to do so it will address both, the recent Black Lives Matter protests in America and the 2011 Riots in London. The use of the two case studies signifies the continuity of problematic police behaviour and political address. It is evident that such an article is embedded in an extremely sensitive topic, therefore it does not presume to provide a solution to the overwhelming circumstances. Rather, in illuminating the relevance of Durkheimian theory it signifies that current global circumstances demand a moral shift in societal understandings of solidarity and "the cult of the individual", providing pivotal foundations for police practices. However, this requires participation of criminologists alongside practitioners and activists.


SiO2 modified fluorosilicone acrylic copolymer hybrids were synthesized via seeding emulsion polymerization in the presence of conventional nonionic and anionic surfactants, in which methyl methacrylate (MMA) and butyl acrylate (BA) were used as main monomers, small amount of methacrylic acid (MAA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) were used as functional monomers to confer adhesion, hardness and strength upon the latex film, while trifluoroethyl methacrylate (TFMA) and vinyl triethoxy silane (VTES) were used as fluorine- and silicon- containing monomers respectively. Meanwhile, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) used as the precursor to prepare in-situ SiO2 nanoparticles, was added during the polymerization process, which resulted in SiO2 enhanced fluorosilicone acrylic copolymer latexes. SiO2 nanoparticles were produced in-situ during the polymerization. The nanocomposite latex film revealed better thermal resistance and wear resistance properties as compared with the counterpart free of SiO2 nanoparticles prepared under similar polymerization conditions.


Purpose of the study. The purpose of the study was to compare the effect of spinal and general anesthesia on the incidence of postoperative complications aſter hernioplasty and on the dynamics of the frailty index (FI) in elderly patients with inguinal hernia.Patients and methods. 78 patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia were involved in the study (average age was 70.1 ± 0.8 years). Patients underwent open hernia repair and Lichtenstein plasty of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the type of anesthesia: spinal anesthesia (SA; N = 65) and general anesthesia (GA; N = 13). At the time of admission, 30 days aſter the surgery, the FI was calculated using the Edmonton questionnaire.Results. In the SA group, 39 patients (60 %) had a FI ≥ 7; 9 patients (13.8 %) had a FI ≥ 9; 8 patients (12.3 %) had a FI ≥ 11; and 9 patients (13.8 %) had the highest FI ≥ 12. At 30 days aſter surgery, 20 patients (30.8 %) showed a decrease in FI values (FI from 7 to 9 decreased almost 2-fold). In the GA group, on the day of admission, 6 patients (46.2 %) had FI ≥ 7, 5 (38.5 %) had FI ≥ 9, and 2 (15.4 %) had FI ≥ 11. At 30 days aſter surgery, no changes were observed in patients with FI ≥ 7.Conclusion. In the spinal anesthesia group, urinary retention was predominant among complications, while in patients aſter general anesthesia, pulmonary atelectasis prevailed among complications. The use of spinal anesthesia for hernioplasty was accompanied by a decrease in the frailty index within 30 days aſter surgery in individuals with a FI ≥ 7. In the GA group, decrease in the index within 30 days aſter surgery was observed in patients with FI ≥ 9.


To measure the efficacy of the Glucose-Insulin Infusion–Parkland Protocol (GIPPr) compared to subcutaneous (SC) insulin, blood glucose readings were reviewed in diabetic adults admitted for surgical intervention of a soft tissue or bone infection in Dallas, Texas. Hypoglycaemia occurred in 0.69% of readings in GIPPr-treated patients compared to 4.52% in SC-treated patients. The GIPPr maintained a higher proportion of blood glucose readings between 3.89-10mmol/L compared to SC insulin (85.40% versus 50.68%).


Kaja Dunn, Sharrell D. Luckett, and Daphnie Sicre are US theatre professors whose current research investigates underrepresented ways of training theatre students. Specifically, their work advocate...


Using 10 aman varieties, 11 aus varieties, 6 boro varieties, 8 bulu varieties, 8 tjereh varieties, 100 Korean paddy rice varieties and 16 Japanese paddy rice varieties, degree of grain shedding (breaking tensile strength) and morprology of abscission region in longitudinal sections of pedicel at harvest time were examined. The results obtained were summarized as follows. 1. Breaking tensile strength was weakest in both aus and boro, followed in ascending order by aman, tjereh, Korean paddy rice, Japanese paddy rice, and bulu (Table 1). 2. All the varieties belonging to aman, aus, boro, bulu and tjereh had abscission layer. In aman, aus, boro and tjereh varieties, parenchymatous cells presented in the abscission layer had completely cracked (Table 2 and Fig. 1-A). The parenchymatous cells of bulu varieties, however, had not cracked (Table 2 and Fig. 1-C). On the other hand, in both Korean and Japanese paddy rices, one group of varieties had abscission layer of bulu type and the other had not abscission layer (Table 2 and Fig. 1-C and D). Therefore, from the viewpoint of cracking of abscission layer, bulu varieties appeared to be situated closely to Korean and Japanese paddy rices.


Aulický R., Stejskal V. (2015): Efficacy and limitations of phosphine "spot-fumigation" against five Coleoptera species of stored product pests in wheat in a grain store – short note. Plant Protect. Sci., 51: 33–38. Field validation of spot-fumigation with phosphine (PH 3 ) applied by a subcontracted pest-control company in a farm grain store infested by pests was conducted. Inside and outside of the fumigated grain spot, containers with adults of 5 species of coleopteran stored-product pests were regularly spaced. The beetle pests were the internally feeding Sitophilus granarius and Rhyzopertha dominica, and the externally feeding Tribolium castaneum, Oryzaephilus suri namensis, and Cryptolestes ferrugineus . A 100% mortality of all pest species inside the fumigated spot under the sheet used for the application was stated. The efficacy (maximal) sharply declined with the increasing distance from the fumigated spot: 50% mortality was observed at 5 m from the spot, 38% mortality at 10 m, and a mortality of 23% was observed at 15 m. Mortality was different among the species, and the most sensitive was O. surinamensis, whereas the most tolerant were S. granarius , R. dominica, and T. castaneum. Although an efficient fumigation within the spot was found, the efficacy was low in the grains surrounding the spot. The practical implications of the findings are discussed.


The central sectors of the Pyrenees have experienced a significant increase in the average and extreme daily temperature during the last 80 years, as well as a downward trend in precipitation totals (Perez-Zanón et al., 2016). This article addresses the evolution of the number, magnitude and duration of drought events in the Spanish Central Pyrenees from 8 decades of temperature and precipitation records integrated into the high-quality Central Pyrenees data set (Perez-Zanón et al., 2016 ), using the Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) index (Begueria et al., 2014; Vicente-Serrano et al., 2010). Series of monthly mean temperature, monthly maximum temperature, monthly minimum temperature and accumulated monthly precipitation corresponding to 15 quality controlled and homogeneity adjusted meteorological observatories have been used. This index has been calculated for 3, 6, 12 and 24 months, in order to analyse its behaviour for different types of drought.

The analysis of SPEI index series indicates a tendency to increase in the frequency of drought events and in their maximum magnitude in the 4 time scales of the SPEI index analysed, especially since the 1980s. This increase in the number of events is also accompanied by an increase in their duration, especially in the case of SPEI3 and SPEI6, although not in the case of SPEI12 and SPEI24

The spatial patterns calculated from the series of the indices also show a clear east-west pattern differentiated between the index signal for the eastern Pyrenees and the western Pyrenees.

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Beguería, S., Vicente-Serrano, S.M., Fergus Reig, Borja Latorre. Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) revisited (2014): parameter fitting, evapotranspiration models, kernel weighting, tools, datasets and drought monitoring. International Journal of Climatology, 34: 3001-3023

Pérez-Zanón, N., Sigró, J. and Ashcroft, L. (2016), Temperature and precipitation regional climate series over the central Pyrenees during 1910–2013. Int. J. Climatol. DOI:10.1002/joc.4823

Vicente-Serrano S.M., Santiago Beguería, Juan I. López-Moreno, (2010) A Multi-scalar drought index sensitive to global warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index - SPEI. Journal of Climate 23: 1696-1718.


Despite the increasing need for food parallel to the increasing population, Turkey is a country where agricultural production is gradually declining as a result of erroneous agricultural policies that are carried out in rural areas. This is exacerbated through the effects of climate change. From all these dynamics, women are affected the most in rural areas. Rice is an important species that meets the carbohydrate needs of the growing population. In rice production, women participate more actively in the workforce than men and have a lot of local knowledge about production. This study discusses the case of Celtikdere village, which produces rice in Bolu province. During the research process, qualitative techniques were used, and the dynamics of rice production and regular emigration from rural areas were discussed in focus groups from a gender perspective. The results show that while women are more active in the labor force in the intensive periods of rice production, in today's declining production conditions, gender roles have a more egalitarian structure and production is made by both sexes, however, product sales and land management decisions are still male-dominated. As a result of the study, it is observed that the producers in Celtikdere village experienced the effects of climate change with droughts and floods, but the most intense effect was due to the loss of water resources with 2 HEPPs established on the stream feeding the village in 2013. Climate change and energy projects are taking the power of managing local resources away from women.


The design scheme and technical details for Distance Examination and Computer Aided Grading System for Computer Aided Drawing are presented in this paper. The distance examination is managed by a central server and examination site servers, being connected by internet and local networks. The questions and answers are stored in data banks of SQL Server, and the program in the client is encoded by C# Based on analysis of AutoCAD object model and establishment of specific algorithm, the ActiveX automation is used to realize the grading for drawing file. The grading results are accurate and efficient. The software is shown to reach design requirements after testing.


Money laundering and the financing of terrorism are financial crimes that have economic consequences which may undermine the integrity and stability of the financial sector. These crimes may adversely affect the financial stability and the macroeconomic evolution of a country by reducing welfare and diverting resources from more productive economic activities. In Mexico there are records (SHCP1 and PGR2) of such practices in the sector of Multiple Purpose Financial Companies in (SOFOMES3). Due to the importance of the latter in the Mexican financial market, this is an issue that must be addressed from different fronts, in order to maintain a healthy and solid financial system. Therefore, this research paper aims to create a model of risk management that allows the SOFOM fight in the prevention of such crimes within the applicable legal framework and according to international best practices. It also seeks to promote the professionalization of the participants in this sector with the development of skills and capabilities of identification, quantification, measurement and risk management in its various business lines. For this purpose, a diagnosis of the SOFOM will be carried out, through representative surveys and focus groups that allow reliable information about their current situation, to propose a risk management causal model with a Bayesian network approach and Monte Carlo simulation.


Data is the new oil for firms. Hence, firms collect data. However, they struggle to identify beneficial business cases. Missing capabilities such as knowledge on relevant business processes or on how to use analytics worsen the situation. In specific, firms have to cope with various issues such as data management, usage of appropriate tools, managing business processes, or identification of opportunities to generate revenues. Therefore, we present a structured approach that uses data to identify and realize performance gains by using business analytics. Further, applying our approach allows firms to identify possibilities for enhancement in different disciplines such as the Internet-of-Things, supply chain management, or autonomous driving.


Ly49E is an unusual member of the Ly49 family that is expressed on fetal NK cells, epithelial T cells, and NKT cells, but not on resting adult NK cells. Ly49E bgeo/bgeo mice in which the Ly49E gene was disrupted by inserting a b -geo transgene were healthy, fertile, and had normal numbers of NK and T cells in all organs examined. Their NK cells displayed normal expression of Ly49 and other NK cell receptors, killed tumor and MHC class I-deficient cells efficiently, and produced normal levels of IFN- g . In heterozygous Ly49E +/bgeo mice, the proportion of epidermal T cells, NKT cells, and IL-2–activated NK cells that expressed Ly49E was about half that found in wild-type mice. Surprisingly, although splenic T cells rarely expressed Ly49E, IL-2–activated splenic T cells from Ly49E bgeo/bgeo mice were as resistant to growth in G418 as NK cells and expressed similar levels of b -geo transcripts, suggesting that disruption of the Ly49E locus had increased its expression in these cells to the same level as that in NK cells. Importantly, however, the proportion of G418-resistant heterozygous Ly49E +/bgeo cells that expressed Ly49E from the wild-type allele was similar to that observed in control cells. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that Ly49E is not required for the development or homeostasis of NK and T cell populations or for the acquisition of functional competence in NK cells and provide compelling evidence that Ly49E is expressed in a probabilistic manner in adult NK cells and T cells. The Journal of Immunology , 2011, 186: 2013–2023.


A titanium material 1 for hot rolling is provided with a titanium cast piece 3 and titanium plates 4 welded to the surfaces of the titanium cast piece 3 that are brought into contact with rolling surfaces 3a. The titanium cast piece 3 and the titanium plates 4 have a similar chemical composition. The titanium material 1 for hot rolling makes it possible to maintain good surface properties after hot rolling even if a blooming step or a refining step is omitted.


OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of Danshen on liver regeneration capacity of carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury rats.

METHOD
Computer retrieval of data from CJFD, CBM, Chinese science & technology journal full-text database and Chinese medical association digital journals, and such foreign databases as PubMed, EMBASE and SCI was included in the randomized controlled trials (RCT) of rat liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride,with the search as at May 2012. A Meta analysis was made using Rev-Man 5.1 software. Using the GRADE system to addess five outcomes in stuay.

RESULT
Two hundred and fourteen rats got involved in seven randomized trials. Meta analysis showed there were statistical differences between the Danshen group and the control group in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and hyaluronic acid (HA) after rat liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride. When we used system to each outcome, because of serious limitations and indirect, they are all very low quality.

CONCLUSION
Danshen shows certain promoting effect to liver regeneration in carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury rats.


The main objective of this paper is to develop a simple technique for contrast enhancement of monochrome and color images using Discrete Dual Hahn (DDH) moments. The basic idea of our approach is to measure a local contrast at each band of a DDH moment matrix and use it to modify them. These modified moments are used to construct the enhanced image by taking the inverse DDH moment transform. For color images only luminance image was enhanced using the above procedure. Hence, other components are not changed. We compute image entropy, coefficient of information content and universal quality index for verifying the results with alpha rooting, Kratchouk moment and Tchebichef moment based approaches.


The past 50 years witnessed the inventions of more than one thousand power electronic topologies. However, we still lack a common standard to compare and classify various topologies. Moreover, topologies are often created through intuition rather than systematic approaches. The intuition of voltage and current sharing, along with modularity and scalability, gives rises to cascaded-bridge and multi-paralleled converters, respectively. Nevertheless, power converters with both high-voltage and large-current capabilities are still obscure yet important. This paper first investigates the symmetries of circuit topologies through group theory. Notably, symmetries lie in twofold—individual modules and connections. Symmetries not only help to classify topologies but also play an important role in creation of new topologies. Based on wallpaper groups, this paper proposes the lattice converters that can theoretically undertake infinite voltages and currents. The proposed lattice converters will find applications in 1) high-voltage dc/ac transmissions; 2) renewable energy generation; 3) power quality conditioning equipment; 4) electric vehicles; 5) marine and aircraft propulsion; 6) medical applications such as noninvasive magnetic stimulators; 7) high-frequency high-power power supplies; 8) plasma applications; 9) future power grids. For validations, simulation results are presented, demonstrating that the lattice converter related to p4m operates well as high-power inverters.


DESCRIPTION TEVETEN HCT 600/12.5 mg and TEVETEN HCT 600/25 mg (eprosartan mesylate hydrochlorothiazide) combine an angiotensin II receptor (AT1 subtype) antagonist and a diuretic, hydrochlorothiazide. TEVETEN (eprosartan mesylate) is a non-biphenyl non-tetrazole angiotensin II receptor (AT1) antagonist. A selective non-peptide molecule, TEVETEN is chemically described as the monomethanesulfonate of (E)-2-butyl-1-(p-carboxybenzyl)-α-2 thienylmethylimidazole-5-acrylic acid. Its empirical formula is C23H24N2O4S•CH4O3S and molecular weight is 520.625. Its structural formula is:


The accumulation of the displaced mass of a landslide is defined as that portion of the displaced mass of a landslide that overlies the original ground surface. The depleted mass is the portion of the displaced mass that overlies the rupture surface but underlies the original ground surface.These terms are useful in discussing the dynamics of landslides. We show that knowledge of the topography and density of the displaced mass before and after sliding can lead to estimates of the coefficient of friction of the sliding mass. A section through the Frank Slide is analysed as an example.


Abstract The background position of this paper is that an excessive economic inequality between the most and the least advantaged citizens in a liberal democracy has a relevant effect on exposing the latter to the risk of material domination. In this respect, this paper argues that even the most sophisticated and ambitious version of the so-called "insulation strategy" recently proposed by Julia Cagé is an insufficient remedy for the influence of money on politics. Moreover, it sustains that we have strong reasons to maintain a noncommittal view about the choice of ideal types of social systems. Being committed in principle to only one specific ideal social system restricts our political imagination and democratic autonomy of political societies. By contrast, this paper suggests coupling the noncommittal view with a "pluralistic distributive approach", the main purpose of which is to focus on a set of distributive proposals concerning the most crucial areas of socioeconomic structures in liberal democracies.


Quasi-optical diplexers have low-loss and high power-handling capability at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. This paper reviews several types of quasi-optical diplexers. Theoretical as well as experimental results will be discussed.


In this chapter attempts have been made to get the self stable quick cooking vegetables (moringa leaves, green peas, carrot) to be used in soup as ingredients. The concerned objective "To develop shelf stable quick cooking carrot, peas and drumstick leaf powder to be used in instant soup mix" is further divided in three sections as following: 1. Moringa oleifera leaf as functional food powder: Characterization and uses. 2. Development and characterization of shelf stable quick cooking carrot. 3. Development and characterization of shelf stable quick cooking green peas. 4.1 MORINGA OLEIFERA


An analysis of the aeronautical engineering situation and the relationship to the U.S. aircraft industry is presented. Some of the problems encountered in undergraduate aeronautical engineering education are explained. A reorganization of the educational structure for aeronautical engineering is proposed. The human factors aspect of aeronautical engineering discipline is described.


Humanists use a wide variety of textual, graphic, and aural materials in their research. Each type of material presents special indexing challenges. Research into the nature of these materials and humanists' information seeking behaviors indicate that indexing and surrogation models from the sciences are no longer adequate to meet the humanist's information access needs. New controlled vocabularies and indexing frameworks that reflect the nature of humanistic scholarship are needed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Along with the development of modern information technology,modern logistics in developed countries has become a pillar industry,after emerging reduce resource consumption and improve production efficiency,called "after third profits source" the role of the third party logistics is also more and more attention by people,in this paper,according to enterprise management mode and combining enterprise logistics system present situation and operation mode,from third-party logistics concept and mode of enterprise development,starting third party logistics needs sex and necessity of preliminary studies.


City is a place of the mankind sojourn,its development history is a mankind develop history,we look back all the city development history,many of cities there were vitality and life,but many of cities were dull and dry.Our architects and planners have to solve a major issue that we can create to be provided glamour and sustained development city new space.This article elaborates a implication,put forward humanity principle of creating of the city new space and creating way of the new space conception.


This essay offers a case study that examines how the history of reading can provide an ideal entrée to doing historicist work in the eighteenth-century literature classroom. Seeking to connect recent scholarly innovations in book history with classroom practice, the author discusses how teaching a set of texts by William Cobbett and Hannah More illuminates both the debate about lower-class literacy in late eighteenth-century Britain and the contemporary student's practice of reading. Manifestly, the texts raise the question of what "literacy" meant in late eighteenth-century Britain, and what the political implications might be if lower-class readers were taught not merely to read, but also to write. But because these texts are less than canonical, they also raise the question of why the debate over lower-class literacy does not constitute part of the literary canon today—a question that helps students to think not just about standards of canonicity, but also about the relationship between those standards and the kinds of reading practices that are privileged in our literature classrooms.


3- ion and three ruthenium forms (Ru(II), Ru(III) and Ru(IV)), characteristic of ruthenium oxide compounds. The modified electrode displayed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards ethanol oxidation in the potential region where electrochemical processes Ru(III)-O-Ru(IV) and Ru(IV)-O-Ru(VI) occur. Impedance spectroscopy data indicated that the charge transfer resistance decreased with the increase of the applied potential and ethanol concentration, indicating the use of the RuHCF modified electrode as an ethanol sensor. Under optimized conditions, the sensor responded linearly and rapidly to ethanol concentration between 0.03 and 0.4 mol L -1 with a limit of detection of 0.76 mmol L -1 , suggesting an adequate sensitivity in ethanol analyses.


This paper describes historical trends of electric power system simulation technology. The first paper concerning power system simulation study was published in 1916, sixteen years later after the year 1900 when a practical high voltage three-phase ac power transmission line was constructed and put into operation in USA. Historical trends of power system simulation technology can be divided into three stages from the viewpoint of epoch-making progress. The first stage is to simulate the power system behaviors by using a miniature power system circuit called as artificial transmission line. The second stage started from simulations of transient behaviors by the differential analyzer which enables to simulate transient behaviors by calculating mathematical representation model without using miniature machines and circuits. Many simulation tools were developed for calculating the transient and dynamic behaviors by mathematical models. The third stage is the digital simulation technology. This paper introduces the developed simulation technologies and describes the background and needs of the developed technology, furthermore observes on simulation technologies to be developed in the future from the viewpoint of historical trends of simulation technology.


A large-scalable wet-chemical approach to create networked Pt-Pb nanowires (NWs) with tunable compositions is reported. Due to their 3D networked structure, alloy effect, rich defects/steps, and antipoisoning property of Pb, the networked Pt-Pb NWs exhibit the best activity and durability towards ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR), compared with the networked Pt NWs and Pt/C.


Computing the classical capacity of arbitrary quantum channels is a computationally expensive task. We first review a recently proposed lower bound on the classical capacity of the generalized Pauli channel. Then, we evaluate another recent result that upper bounds the classical capacity of quantum channels. These two bounds together allow us to characterize the capacity regions for generalized Pauli channels. We present numerical examples and propose some future works.


One of the next challenges for modular multilevel converters (MMCs) is how to the size the critical components to its limits with reduced design margins, while at the same time fulfilling the reliability target. To do it confidently, better thermal modeling with quantitative uncertainty analysis is necessary to support the decision-making during the product design stage. Regarding conversion of long-term mission profiles into thermal profiles for reliability evaluation, this paper proposes a computational-efficient thermal modeling method for IGBT modules in MMCs. The proposed method considers the impact of the inherent thermal unbalance and has minimum computation with quantitative error analysis. Finally, both simulations and experiments have verified the theoretical results.


Figure 4 should be replaced by the following figure. In the article there is an error in the presentation of the experimental spectra in panels (c)–(g). However, this correction in no way affects our conclusions since the experimental spectra, which are presented correctly in Fig. 1 are only presented additionally in Fig. 4 in order to make the comparison of the theoretical and the experimental results more convenient.


A class of problems of wave propagation in waveguides consisting of one or several layers that are characterized by linear variation of the squared refractive index along the normal to the interfaces between them is considered in this paper. In various problems arising in practical applications, it is necessary to efficiently solve the dispersion relations for such waveguides in order to compute horizontal wavenumbers for different frequencies. Such relations are transcendental equations written in terms of Airy functions, and their numerical solutions may require significant computational effort. A procedure that allows one to reduce a dispersion relation to an ordinary differential equation written in terms of elementary functions exclusively is proposed. The proposed technique is illustrated on two cases of waveguides with both compact and non-compact cross-sections. The developed reduction method can be used in applications such as geoacoustic inversion.


Models of party systems should predict their survival or disintegration, as well as their internal functioning. But most models of the Italian party system would not have predicted its survival over the last 30 years. Such survival can be explained by three variables: the social bases of the governing coalition, the policy strategy of the dominant party, and the nature of the Italian state. These led to an inter-class coalition for patronage maintained through a dispersed bureaucratic system. Two main elements of political exchange resulted: limited horizontal exchange between Communists and Christian Democrats, and extensive vertical exchange between center and periphery. The current Italian crisis has resulted from the contradictions in this system, as exacerbated by the international economic crisis. A future coalition may be based on the reform of the state, but its policy directions are far from clear and its leadership not yet established.


The digital content wave has proliferated the financial and industrial sectors. Moreover, with the rise of massive internet-of-things, and automation, technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have emerged as prominent players to drive a range of applications. Currently, sixth-generation (6G) networks support enhanced holographic projection through terahertz (THz) bandwidths, ultra-low latency, and massive device connectivity. However, the data is exchanged between autonomous networks over untrusted channels. Thus, to ensure data security, privacy, and trust among stakeholders, blockchain (BC) opens new dimensions towards intelligent resource management, user access control, audibility, and chronology in stored transactions. Thus, the BC and 6G coalition in future AR/VR applications is an emerging investigative topic. To date, authors have proposed surveys that study the integration of BC and 6G in AR/VR in isolation, and hence a coherent survey is required. Thus, to address the gap, the survey is the first-of-its-kind to investigate and study the coalition of BC and 6G in AR/VR space. Based on the proposed research questions in the survey, a solution taxonomy is presented, and different verticals are studied in detail. Furthermore, an integrative architecture is proposed, and open issues and challenges are presented. Finally, a case study, BvTours, is presented that presents a unique survey on BC-based 6G-assisted AR/VR virtual home tour service. The survey intends to propose future resilient frameworks and architectures for different industry 4.0 verticals and would serve as starting directions for academia, industry stakeholders, and research organizations to study the coalition of BC and 6G in AR/VR in industrial applications, gaming, digital content manufacturing, and digital assets protection in greater detail.


The inverse problem of Galois theory is concerned with the question whether every finite group occurs äs a Galois group over the rationals Q or, more generally, over at most abelian extension fields of Q. An important step towards the solution seems to be the realization of all simple groups äs Galois groups over such fields. The inverse problem for arbitrary finite groups then reduces to solving embedding problems for Galois extensions. The main source of Galois realizations for finite groups (with trivial center) äs Galois groups over the maximal abelian extension field Q of Q is the sufficient rationality criterion proved in different generalizations by Belyi [3], Matzat [33], and Thompson [43]: Let G be a finite group with trivial center having a class structure G = (C1? C2, C3) which contains just one generating System of elements modulo conjugation. Then G occurs äs a Galois group over a suitable abelian number field. (For notation, see the first paragraph.)


Objective To assess the effect of cerebral infarction at different localizations on cardiac autonomic balance and cardiac damages. Methods Time domain and power spetral components of heart rate variability (HRV) and plasma CK-MB level were measured in 130 patients with hemisphere cerebral infarction in the acute phase and in 130 control subjects.Results The measured components of HRV, i.e., HF, RMSSD and PNN50, were significandy lower, while LF/HF was significantly higher in group of right insular infarction in acute phase as compared with those in other groups. Rise in plasma CK-MB level was seen only in insular infarction, and was similar between right and left. Conclusio1 The effect of hemispheric cerebral infarction on cardiac autonomic balance and heart is mainly related with lesion in insula.


As even a cursory glance at the vast amount of periodical and pamphlet literature of the second half of the nineteenth century would confirm, all new literary endeavours in modem Hindi were shot through with an urgent sense of history. Not only were the claims to antiquity and to nationhood staked historically, but also all spheres of social activity, and here I include literature, were fast acquiring 'history'. The authors of each literary genre, newly created or assimilated, sought to prove their linear descent and legitimacy by establishing links with ancient texts. The most obvious


This paper describes the mechanics of flow over and through a Coanda-effect screen, a unique type of self-cleaning screen constructed from wedge-wire panels installed on supercritical slopes. The paper presents a numerical model for determining the flow rate through a Coanda-effect screen and discusses the variation of screen discharge capacity as a function of screen geometric parameters and the Froude number of the flow over the screen. The model was developed and calibrated using data collected in laboratory tests of several different screen configurations, and can be used to evaluate the hydraulic performance of custom designs, which should facilitate future application of Coanda-effect screens.


In order for automatic test equipment of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness to the shielded room moving in shielded room in accordance with the given path,a two-wheel differential drive vehicle with Open-loop control was designed.The kinematics of the vehicle was analyzed,and the vehicle moving in accordance with the given curve was achieved by using the method of double-arc curve fitting.Verified by a large number of moving experiment,using this method can guarantee the horizontal and vertical deviations are less than 30 mm when the vehicle moves 3 m,and this result could meet the requirements of the system.At last,the using scope of the method was shown,and an idea for further reducing error was proposed.


In this edition our authors remind us that although the scourge of organised crime and political violence remains part of societies in Africa, popular views are not always helpful when it comes to finding solutions for sustainable peace and security. For instance, one popular perception is that illicit and criminal activities are always linked to political opposition and insurgency; another is that immigrants are the cause of violent crime in society. Although we accept the evidence that shows a link between the drivers of insecurity such as crime, political resistance and illegal immigration, research shows that this is not always the case in all spaces. However, what does show a strong correlation is the link between government-driven peace initiatives with local ownership, non-governmental organisations and non-violent political movements that bring agency to the quest for assured, sustainable peace. In their article 'Piracy as a result of IUU fishing: Challenging the causal link', Sasha Jesperson and Rune Henriksen demonstrate that illicit activities such as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and piracy as organised crime can take place in the same space (in this case the Gulf of Guinea). However, although both piracy and IUU are drivers of insecurity, there is not necessarily a causal link between the two activities. Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa, in his article 'The Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission: Towards an integrated national infrastructure for peace?', presents a solution to security challenges which aims to overcome the limitations of the 'statist, top-down approaches' that are not sufficient to build peace. A mechanism such as the Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission can be effective if it is part of a 'broad peace infrastructure, weaving horizontal and vertical relationships with various local stakeholders with the assistance of international partners'. The principles of the initiative are national and local ownership, inclusivity, gender mainstreaming and cooperation and capacity-building for sustainability, with external support where necessary. In the same context, Simbarashe Gukurume emphasises non-violent resistance as a form of political opposition in his article 'Youth and the temporalities of non-violent struggles in Zimbabwe: #ThisFlag Movement'. He points out that young people with 'techno-savviness' present agency and social navigation for mass mobilisation to defy a government in a nonviolent way. In his article 'Peace agreements with no peace: A critical review of peace agreements in the Central African Republic', Robert Kosho Ndiyun identifies the different 'paths of peace' available to societies. In this regard he identifies the sustainability of peace as an essential element of any pathway adopted by communities that aims to guarantee assured peace, prevent a reversion to conflict and authoritarian rule and create an opportunity to repair harm after violent conflict. Matthew Kimble and Shannon Bosch argue for the value of private military and security companies (PMSCs) as instruments of foreign policy implementation in their article 'Private


The polysaccharide sulfate was extracted from La minaria japonica by water extraction and enzyme extraction.The result showed that enzyme extracting method was more effective than that of water extraction,the extracting rate of crude LPS and pure LPS was increased by 85.9%and 43.6% respetively,compared with that of water extraction.The crude LPS was precipitated using CTAB as precipitant. Through orthogonal experiments,we obtained the optimal technological parameter:ratio of 1% LPS and 5%CTAB 3:2,precipitation time 6h,centrifugal time 12 min.Decolorizing experiments were carried out by single experiment.The best conditions for decoloration were deter mined as follows:D315 resin,ratio of 1%LPS and resin was 100:1(V/W),Time = 6 h,pH=5.0,T=40℃.


ln the new period,attention should be paid to the modern management as well as the traditional one so far as the library's continual development and construction of collecting books are concerned.ln this way the library can make greater use of the limited fund for the transformation from the traditional management to the modern one in the light of electronic information.


Background: Diabetic mellitus affects roughly 8.3% of the population in the United States, with more than 79 million people being pre-diabetic. Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the most serious and difficult consequences of diabetes mellitus to manage. Since the dawn of time, several therapy approaches have been tried. The treatment of diabetic foot ulcers has changed dramatically as technology and research have progressed, and the use of collagen dressings in diabetic foot ulcers remains one of them. In diabetic foot ulcers, a comparison of conventional and collagen dressings was made to determine the efficacy.Methods: A prospective study was undertaken with 50 diabetic foot ulcer patients. Out of the 50 patients, 25 patients were subjected to collagen treatment and 25 patients to conventional treatment with normal saline.Results: 80% granulation was observed in collagen treated group while there was no granulation was observed in the normal saline-treated group on day 7. The 62% epithelial tissue was present in the collagen treated group whereas 10% epithelial tissue was present in the normal saline-treated group on day 7.Conclusions: Collagen dressing speeds wound healing in diabetic foot ulcer patients, lowering hospital stay and the necessity for split-thickness skin transplantation. Our research has led us to the conclusion that collagen dressings are superior to conventional dressings.


Analytical solutions of the motion through the Earth and suitably shaped gravity tunnels are derived so that inertial forces caused by the Earth's rotation are eliminated and the journey takes place in complete weightlessness. The inhomogeneity of the Earth is represented by the one-dimensional Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM). A piecewise linear approximation of the model is used to obtain an analytical solution that corresponds very well to the solution obtained numerically for the PREM.Analytical solutions of the motion through the Earth and suitably shaped gravity tunnels are derived so that inertial forces caused by the Earth's rotation are eliminated and the journey takes place in complete weightlessness. The inhomogeneity of the Earth is represented by the one-dimensional Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM). A piecewise linear approximation of the model is used to obtain an analytical solution that corresponds very well to the solution obtained numerically for the PREM.


The genus Chlorolepiota Sathe & Deshpande is a monotypic genus represented by C. mahabaleshwerences Sathe & Deshpande. In this paper, a new species, Chlorolepiota brunneotincta, is described, based upon macroscopic, microscopic, and molecular studies undertaken on the collection from Solan Himachal Pradesh (India).


Reconnaissance and detailed geologic and radiometric investigations were conducted throughout the Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, to evaluate uranium favorability using National Uranium Resource Evaluation criteria. Surface and subsurface studies were augmented by aerial radiometric, hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance, and emanometry surveys. Results of the investigations indicate four environments favorable for uranium deposits: In the Precambrian metamorphic terrain of the Reading Prong, magmatic-hydrothermal and anatectic deposits may occur in the northwestern massif; contact metasomatic deposits may occur in a portion of the southeastern massif. The alluvial-fan environment at the base of the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation appears favorable for deposits in peneconcordant channel controlled sandstones. Seven environments are considered unfavorable for uranium deposits: the southeastern massif of the Reading Prong, exclusive of that portion denoted as a favorable contact metasomatic environment; the lower Paleozoic sedimentary units; the Beemerville nepheline syenite complex; the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation, exclusive of the favorable basal alluvial-fan facies; Mississippian and Pennsylvanian units; and peat bogs. Two environments were not evaluated: the Spechty Kopf Formation, because of paucity of exposure and lack of sufficient data; and the Newark Basin, because of cultural density and inadequate subsurface information.


RSM modelling has been applied in this study to understand the effects of inter-electrodes on the performance of the electrochemical reactors in the removal of pollutants. RSM has been selected because it has the ability to predict the effects of more than one parameter on the targeted variable. Thus, the RSM has been used in this article to model the effects of inter-electrodes spaces (IES) (4 to 10 mm) and treatment time (TT) (5 – 55 min) on the ability of the electrocoagulation (EC) cells to remove phosphate from water. The results showed the best removal of phosphate was 92.5% at I-ES of 4 mm and TT of 50 min. High agreement was noticed between experimental and predicted removals (R2= 0.984).


In order to get rid of the blindness in series injection transformer design because of lacking of national standards,t his paper,based on the analysis of the work principle of injection transformer,establishes equivalent circuit and deduces transfer function and analyses the effect of parameters of injection transformer on the compensation characteristic of the unified power quality conditioner(UPQC) . T he selection principle of parameters including injection transformer capacity,r atio,loss and impedance voltage drop based on minimum energy provided by series side is proposed,which provides reference and theoretic basis for UPQC researchers and transformer manufacturer .F inally,product cost analysis and experimental results verify the feasibility and rationality of the principle.


The idea behind starting this dissertation would be to identify the areas in the financial sector where data analytics and in particular predictive analytics is being used to improve the businesses in terms of revenue, operational efficiency, customer-base, customer satisfaction, tailored business models to meet specific requirements of individual customers, etc. while exploring further possibilities and also understanding the crucial challenges and limitations faced by the financial organisations in implementing these disruptive technologies. The methodology would require an extensive literature review ofwith a qualitative research approach that includes research papers, articles and blogs published from authentic sources.


Parkinsonia is one of Australia's worst weeds. It already infests nearly a million hectares and threatens the agricultural and environmental value of over three-quarters of the Australian mainland.
This manual provides a timely review of our existing knowledge of parkinsonia management, in addition to presenting a variety of case studies drawn from the geographic range of the weed.


Since the appearance of publications by Franceschetti, Zwahlen and Klein in 1944 and I949 respectively, in which the mandibulo-facial syndrome was established, abnormal developments of the first branchial arch have been the object of considerable attention. On the basis of a series of publications by many authors Thier (1959) has attempted to classify the dysplasias morphologically into two main groups, depending upon the normal formation or the malformation of the eye-ball, and devised these groups into six well-defined sub-groups. This classification by Thier is shortly described in the following.


EnglishA study on the Freudian approach to hatred in three classic texts. Reflection on Freudian thought on the basis of hostility, ambivalence and identification in the constitution of the subject. Hot topic facing the rising of hate speech in contemporary society. portuguesUm estudo sobre a abordagem freudiana acerca do odio em tres textos classicos. Reflexao acerca do pensamento freudiano sobre as bases da hostilidade, a ambivalencia e identificacao na constituicao do sujeito. Tema candente diante da ascensao do discurso do odio na sociedade contemporânea.


In this report we discuss ongoing research in the area of object-oriented database systems at the CWI. The central theme of this paper is the friction encountered when using an object-oriented (O-O) language, such as Smalltalk, in the database arena. A series of (open) database issues is given for which the object-oriented paradigm does not provide an elegant solution. A refinement of the O-O concepts is given which emphasizes the dynamic classification of objects through its characteristic properties. Our approach is illustrated by a description of the object-centered database language Godel and its use. A central language concept is the guardian, which is a high-level declarative description of a process which algorithmically reacts to states and to state changes of an object base. A prototype implementation of Godel has been implemented in C-Prolog.


The invention relates to a method for predicating a stress-strain behavior of a composite, in particular to a method for predicating the stress-strain behavior under arbitrary loading and unloading of a one-way ceramic matrix composite. The invention aims at overcoming the defects of the prior art to provide the method capable of quickly predicating the stress-strain behavior under arbitrary loading and unloading of the one-way ceramic matrix composite. The invention provides the method for predicating the stress-strain behavior under arbitrary loading and unloading of the one-way ceramic matrix composite, and considers failure mechanisms, such as matrix cracking, fiber breakage, interface slip and interface abrasion. Generation and coverage rules for forward and reverse slip regions are provided, and the stress distribution and the strain are given in the presence of any number of forward and reverse slip regions. Most of formulas given by the method have analytical solutions, so that the stress-strain behavior under arbitrary loading and unloading of the one-way ceramic matrix composite can be quickly predicated.


According to the characters of multimedia transport, the technology of combing RTP Protocol, H. 263 Protocol and put right errors is discussed in this paper. A new method to put right errors is put forward based on establishing receiving cache and playing cache. Visual Chat System validates its availability and efficiency. It will have wide applications in the Internet.