Condensation of the dilithio-derivative of oct-7-yn-1-ol with 8-bromo-octanoic acid gives 16-hydroxyhexadec-9-ynoic acid which is semihydrogenated to cis-16-hydroxyhexadec-9-enoic acid. Cis-and trans-hydroxylation processes then give erythro- and threo-9,10,16-trihydroxyhexadecanoic acids respectively. Infrared spectra and chromatography show that aleuritic acid is the threo-isomer but it is suggested that natural aleuritic acid is optically active.The threo-configuration of aleuritic acid is also demonstrated (a) by conversion into trans-16-hydroxyhexadec-9-enoic acid with phosphonium iodide, (b) by transformation into erythro-9,10,16-tribromohexadecanoic acid and thence into trans-hexadec-9-enoic acid (palmitelaidic), and (c) by conversion through the bromo-acetoxy-acid into 16-hydroxy-trans-9,10-epoxyhexadecanoic acid. Erythro-9,10,16-trihydroxyhexadecanoic acid and 16-hydroxy-9,10-dioxohexadecanoic acid are prepared from aleuritic acid.


In this paper, parameter studies on the engine cooling performance using CFD tools, UH3D. are presented, Heat exchanger and fan modeling was considered in UH3D. Various conditions of a SUV engine was investigated at different operating points concerning air flow rate into radiator and top water inlet temperature difference. Parametric studies which are excluding engine components, fan shroud thickness and engine locations were studies and evaluate their effect for engine cooling performance.


The present revaluation of Southern writers of the last century is likely to concern itself with a more precise assessment of their cultural equipment: their libraries, their reading, their travel, their knowledge of languages. The monumental five volume edition of William Gilmore Simms's letters 1 (of which Volume I has just appeared) will compel revision of the old stereotyped portraits of this author as merely the James Fenimore Cooper of the South, a slap-dash narrator of adventure stories 2 of the American Revolution. Vernon L. Parrington was the first to throw down this picture from the walls, and substitute that of a bold, free-ranging intellect, with a touch of genius.3 Guy Rivers (1834), The Yemassee (1835), The Partisan (1835), or The Sword and the Distaff (1852), with its brilliant comic character, Captain Porgy, have now more meaning as we learn of the twelve thousand volumes in Simms's library (in 1860), most of which were burned in 1865 by stragglers from General Sherman's army. We are


In addition to the theoretical value of challenging optimal control problmes, recent progress in autonomous vehicles mandates further research in optimal motion planning for wheeled vehicles. Since current numerical optimal control techniques suffer from either the curse of dimens ionality, e.g. the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, or the curse of complexity, e.g. pseudospectral optimal control and max-plus methods, analytical characterization of geodesics for wheeled vehicles becomes important not only from a theoretical point of view but also from a prac tical one. Such an analytical characterization provides a fast motion planning algorithm that can be used in robust feedback loops. In this work, we use the Pontryagin Maximum Principle to characterize extremal trajectories, i.e. candidate geodesics, for a car-like robot with one trailer. We use time as the distance function. In spite of partial progress, this problem has remained open in the past two decades. Besides straight motion and turn with maximum allowed curvature, we identify planar elastica as the third piece of motion that occurs along our extr emals. We give a detailed characterization of such curves, a special case of which, called \emph{merging curve}, connects maximum curvature turns to straight line segments. The structure of extremals in our case is revealed through analytical integration of the system and adjoint equations.


Experirnents on a new edge-guided mode isolator are reported. In this isolator, one edge of a wide strip is shorted to the ground, and no lossy electrical materials are used. Large isolation and small insertion losses were obtained.


Objective To evaluate the relationship between lymph node micrometastasis and biological behavior and prognosis of gastric cancer.[WT5"HZ] Methods[WT5"BZ] Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the micrometastasis of lymph nodes from 60 cases of gastric cancer.[WT5"HZ] Results[WT5"BZ] Micrometastases were found in 96 lymph nodes (3 1%) of 35 cases (58 3%). The presence of micrometastasis was significantly correlated with the depth of invasion and lymphatic invasion ( P 0 05). Micrometastases were more frequently found at stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ than those at stage Ⅰ( P =0 005).Carcinomas with micrometastasis had a poorer prognosis than those without at stage Ⅰ ( P 0 05). Multivariate analysis indicated that micrometastasis was an independent prognostic factor.[WT5"HZ] Conclusions[WT5"BZ] Lymph node micrometastases play an important role in the prognosis of gastric cancer.


M.B.A -- Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Notre Dame University, Louaize, 1996; "A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration"; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49 ).


We present results from a 1D2V kinetic simulation of the transition from attached to detached flow in a tokamak scrape-off-layer (SOL) plasma. To model this we use our collisional hybrid PIC code W1. It is known that SOL plasma detachment can be initiated by either dropping the heat flux into the scrape-off-layer or by increasing radiative impurity concentration. Both mechanisms are studied in this work. In the first part of our work we show results from the kinetic modelling of a SOL plasma with Knudsen neutrals for a range of midplane energy fluxes that can produce both detached and attached solutions. The important new feature added to the present model not contained in the previous one is the use of the actual real electron/ion mass ratio. To make this improvement possible a significant modifications of the W1 code was carried out. This code modifications will also be discussed in the work. In the second part of our work we give results from a kinetic simulation of impurity radiation induced SOL plasma detachment. We study this phenomena in more detail and use a more advanced experiment-related model than was implemented in our preceding investigation.


Giassi KS. Epipericardial fat necrosis: clinical and radiological analysis of an unknown entity [Thesis]. Sao Paulo: "Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo"; 2016. Introduction: Epipericardial fat necrosis is characteryzed by an acute onset of pleuritic chest pain in previously healthy patients. There are less than 50 cases described in english literature. The diagnosis is made by chest tomography and the deffinitive finding is a small ovoid fat attenuation lesion with mild to moderate surrounding strandings inside the epipericardial fat. The treatment is symptomatic, by relieving the symptoms with analgesics, and the radiological findings tend to disappear in a few weeks. There is an important raise of the diagnosis in the last years, what suggests that epipericardial fat necrosis is probably underdiagnosed. The objective of the study is to estimate the frequency of the necrosis in a group of patients and to compare clinical and laboratorial data with a control group. Material and Methods: The Ethics Committee approved this study. The 7463 chest tomography were performed in the emergency department of a quaternary hospital from July 2011 to December 2014. One radiologist read the images of all chest tomography and sought for image findings compatible with epipericardial fat necrosis. Twenty patients were diagnosed with epipericardial fat necrosis and compared with a control group paired by age and sex. The control group consisted of 100 patients with non-coronary chest pain who performed a chest tomography in the same period. The clinical and laboratorial data were compared using linear regression models. The imaging findings and the radiology reports were evaluated. The frequency of epipericardial fat necrosis in this group of patients was estimated. Results: The mean age of the necrosis group was 42 ± 13 years (25% women). Epipericardial fat necrosis was present in 2.15% of the patients who performed a chest tomography because of chest pain and in 0.26% of all patients that performed a chest tomography for any reason in the emergency department in the period. Epipericardial fat necrosis is more frequent in the left side (p = 0.01, IC = 0.56–0.94). It is associated with ipsilateral pleural effusion (p=0.01, IC 0.36–0.80) and atelectasis (p=0.01, IC 0.58–0.99). Epipericardial fat necrosis is more likely to occur in the absence of other symptoms (p=0.005, IC −5.83, −1.27) and in patients who are not in use of any medication (p= 0.01 e IC−3.33, −0.40). The radiological reports demonstrated increased rates of the diagnosis of epipericardial fat necrosis over the years. Conclusion: Patients who are in the emergency department with isolated atipical acute chest pain and are not in use of medications are more likely to have epipericardial fat necrosis. The frequency of the necrosis in this population was 2.15%. The knowledge of the entity leads to an increased rate of radiological diagnosis. Descriptors: Pericardium. Necrosis. Chest pain. Tomography. X-ray computed. Linear models.


It's the time of the year when most of the online mags seem compelled to give their 'best of' lists, often coming as rankings (yuck!). Were not ...


A common-path Zeeman interferometry technique has been developed and applied for the measurements of refractive index gradients of the fluids to an accuracy of An = 9.4 × 10 -9 . The Zeeman interferometry technique has over 100 times better resolution than the other interferometry techniques. A linear refractive index profile of the solution at the interface of the growing L-arginine phosphate crystal from solution was measured successfully using a scanning Zeeman interferometry technique.


Previous pharmacological studies have provided conflicting results regarding the relevance of PPARγ in photobiology. In these current studies, we utilize a cytokeratin 14 promoter driven CRE‐LoxP strategy to examine how loss of epidermal PPARγ (KO mice) alters ultraviolet B (UVB) responses in mouse skin. We first demonstrate an increase in PPARγ ligand production in lipid extracts of mouse epidermis irradiated with 1500 J/m2 of UVB. We next show that after 24 hrs, KO mice exhibit a marked increase (> 4‐fold) in UVB‐induced apoptosis as measured by epidermal caspase 3 activity. We next assessed UVB‐induced inflammatory responses. At 24 and 72 hrs post‐irradiation, KO mice exhibited increased inflammation as determined by significant increases in skin thickness, myeloperoxidase activity and inflammatory cell infiltrates. Given that inflammatory infiltrates typically occur at 36–48 hrs post‐UVB, these studies suggest an earlier onset of inflammation in KO mice. Finally, in data unrelated to UVB irradiation, adult KO mice also exhibited almost complete loss of sebaceous glands. This data provides compelling evidence that epidermal PPARγ serves an important role in regulating the acute epidermal photoresponse and is necessary for sebaceous gland development and/or maintenance. Supported by funding by the National Institutes of Health and the Prevent Cancer Foundation.


A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a type of device which is an electrochemical, after technology that is being to recover electricity from wastewater. This study's objective was to measure the potential difference from sludge collected from El-Sheikh Zayed water purification plant (Egypt in April 2021), isolate and identify bacteria present in sludge: Also, determine the effect of adding some metabolites on such physical and chemical properties. Potential difference measurement showed (192 mV) by using MFC. Pantoea spp., Aeromonas salmonicida, Comamonas testosteroni and Staphylococcus lentus were isolated and identified by biochemical reaction tests. A. salmonicida gave the highest potential difference (13mV). After adding some metabolites separately (albumen, dextrose, gelatin and casein), casein recorded 196Mv, a mixture was done between A. salmonicida and four metabolites measuring 50 mV. Physical and chemical analysis showed that biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) (55.0 P.P.M.), chemical oxygen demand (COD) (112.0 P.P.M.), and many minerals and heavy metals were also detected. Green synthesis of electricity from electrogenic bacteria using wastewater like sludge is a promising way to generate electricity by a cheap method.


I appreciate the work that Professor Lowry has put into the evaluation of the credible apologies argument presented in my article, "Non-Electoral Responsiveness Mechanisms." Lowry states that I assume, "a causal arrow running from poor economic performance to credible apologies." I am obliged to point out that this is inaccurate - I make no such assumption. What does cause the government's credible apologies? It is the need for the economic resources of labor quiescence and production investment from the respective resource owners. Theory and empirical studies suggest that the withdrawal of such resources follows less-than-optimal economic performance; it follows, then, that governments in the less-democratic countries who need these resources are forced to pay attention to economic performance, and offer credible apologies following sub-optimal economic performance.


Voids that are formed by gas injection in a packed bed play an important role in metallurgical and chemical furnaces. Herein, two-phase gas–solid flow in a two-dimensional packed bed during blast injection was simulated numerically. The results indicate that the void stability was dynamic, and the void shape and size fluctuated within a certain range. To determine the void morphology quantitatively, a probabilistic method was proposed. By statistically analyzing the white probability of each pixel in binary images at multiple times, the void boundaries that correspond to different probability ranges were obtained. The boundary that was most appropriate with the simulation result was selected and defined as the well-matched void boundary. Based on this method, the morphologies of voids that formed at different gas velocities were simulated and compared. The method can help us to express the morphological characteristics of the dynamically stable voids in a numerical simulation.


Written evidence of stress reactions to trauma is relatively new, dating back to the 17th century ([Trimble, 1985][1]). I would like to present the oldest post-traumatic reaction in recorded history. This historical evidence is based on a cuneiform tablet describing the death in battle of King


We report a new silicon Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer based on differential frequency modulation (FM) with experimentally demonstrated thermal compensation over a dynamic temperature environment and μg-level Allan deviation of bias. The sensor architecture is based on resonant frequency tracking in a vacuum packaged siliconon-insulator (SOI) tuning fork oscillator. To address drift over temperature, the MEMS sensor die incorporates two identical tuning forks with opposing axes of sensitivity. Demodulation of the differential FM output from the two simultaneously operated oscillators eliminates common mode errors and provides an FM output with continuous thermal compensation. The first SOI prototype with quality factor of 350000 was built and characterized over a temperature range between 30 °C and 75 °C. Temperature characterization of the FM accelerometer showed less than a 0.5% scale-factor change throughout a temperature range from 30 °C to 75 °C, without any external compensation. This is enabled by an inherently differential frequency output, which cancels common-mode influences, such as those due to temperature. Allan deviation of the differential FM accelerometer revealed a bias instability of 6 μg at 20 s, along with an elimination of any temperature drift due to increases in averaging time. After comparing the measured bias instability with the designed linear range of 20 g, the sensor demonstrates a wide dynamic range of 130 dB. A second design iteration of the FM accelerometer, vacuum-sealed with getter material, was created to maximize Q-factor, and thereby frequency resolution. A Q-factor of 2.4 million was experimentally demonstrated, with a time constant of >20 min.


Translation is about the transfer of a meaning or a cultural aspect from one language or culture to another. Translation has been participative in the development of international cultures. The main aim of translation is to facilitate communication between people from different socio-cultural backgrounds. Translators played pivotal roles to transmit ideas, social practices, customs and traditions between nations across the world. There are several stages, which marked the historical development of translation. Covering these stages equips translators with useful information they need during the process of translation. Translation started orally before the invention of writing and continued to develop after the advent of writing and the emergence of technology. Adopting a descriptive approach, this article contextualizes the historical emergence of translation as a means of bridging two or more cultures. It highlights three of the major stages marking the development of the field of translation. It includes three sections on oral translation, translation after the advent of writing and translating religious texts. It concludes that the first form of translation, oral or interpretation, remained a critical form of translation and maintained its popularity up to now in the era of advanced technology.


The experimental discovery of a novel acoustic loss mechanism in SAW filters at RF frequencies is reported. The phenomenon is characterised by an unexpected spatial distribution of the surface-acoustic wave field. The observation and measurements were performed with a specially constructed scanning laser-interferometric probe. Current simulation methods and known phenomenological models applied to SAW resonators have no predictive ability to describe the discovered effect.


This study was conducted to determine the coping behaviours and life practices of seafarer's wife. Based on the results, generally the seafarer's wife-respondents were 41 to 50 years old, Roman Catholic, college level, married for more than six (6) years, with 1 dependent, self-employed and with more than 20,000 pesos income; The seafarer's wife have a very high degree of practice of the common coping behaviour during the family recreation, work and religious activities; and high degree during community involvement activities; They have a very high extent of coping behaviour in terms of the emotional aspect; and high extent in terms of the social and spiritual aspect; When grouped according their age, number of dependent / children, length of married years, occupation, income and religion, there was no significant difference between their degrees of practice of the common coping behaviour as well as between their extents of coping behaviour during the departure of the husband; however when grouped according to educational attainment, there were significant differences; There was a very high significant relationship between the degrees of practice of the common coping behaviours of seafarers' wife according to their lifestyle practices and their extents of coping behaviour during the departure of their husband.It was recommended that: Seafarer's wife must know how to positively cope behaviourally during the different activities where they practice their personal lifestyles as well as during their husband's departure for sail; the husband of the respondents must identify the different factors that might influence their wife's way they coping; Shipping Industry administrators must increase their awareness in determining which part of their present programs for seafarer and their wife can be enhanced to be able to help them cope with the realities of seafaring life; Future researchers to use this study as reference. Article DOI:  https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/lijhls.2017.32.266292 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, US


On October 22-24, 2003, about 40 experts involved in various aspects of homeland security from the United States and four other Pacific region countries meet in Kihei, Hawaii to engage in a free-wheeling discussion and brainstorm (a 'fest') of the role that technology could play in winning the war on terrorism in the Pacific region. The result of this exercise is a concise and relatively thorough definition of the terrorism problem in the Pacific region, emphasizing the issues unique to Island nations in the Pacific setting, along with an action plan for developing working demonstrators of advanced technological solutions to these issues. In this approach, the participants were asked to view the problem and their potential solutions from multiple perspectives, and then to identify barriers (especially social and policy barriers) to any proposed technological solution. The final step was to create a roadmap for further action. This roadmap includes plans to: (1) create a conceptual monitoring and tracking system for people and things moving around the region that would be 'scale free', and develop a simple concept demonstrator; (2) pursue the development of a system to improve local terrorism context information, perhaps through the creation of an information clearinghouse formore » Pacific law enforcement; (3) explore the implementation of a Hawaii based pilot system to explore hypothetical terrorist scenarios and the development of fusion and analysis tools to work with this data (Sandia); and (4) share information concerning the numerous activities ongoing at various organizations around the understanding and modeling of terrorist behavior.« less


This essay examines the variants that were caused by the interchange of letters bearing graphic similarity between the Masoretic text and the Samaritan Pentateuch. Through a paleographic analysis of the shapes of the interchanging letters, it aims to carefully propose a paleographic framework for the interchanges. This process reveals that the scribal activity in the transmission of the Pentateuch increased after the middle of the second century BCE, reaching its peak in the middle of the first century BCE. This essay discusses the significance of these findings in light of further material and textual evidence for the role that the Pentateuch played in Second Temple Judaism.


Regional NHS leaders in England have been ordered to immediately organise a primary care management service to care for covid-19 patients who "do not require immediate admission" to hospital.

In a letter sent on 8 March, seen by The BMJ , NHS England and NHS Improvement's strategic incident director for coronavirus, Keith Willett, has ordered regional primary care and public health directors to set up a 24 hour, seven day a week service to manage patients in the community. This service should be delivered by an out-of-hours provider, and every part of England must be covered by Tuesday 10 March, the letter said.

The service will be used to manage patients who are deemed well enough to be isolated at home, with active …


On June 2, 2005, a special honoring ceremony, sponsored by the Journal of Family Nursing, was held at the 7th International Family Nursing Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The Distinguished Contribution to Family Nursing Award was created to recognize outstanding contribution to family nursing through cumulative career achievement or a single contribution that has played a seminal role in the field. At this conference, the award focused on substantive publication in family nursing and acknowledged the sustained efforts of authors and editors of family nursing textbooks that have been published in more than a second edition. Numerous textbooks and monographs about the nursing of families have been published during the past 25 years (see the appendix)—a tribute to the growth of empirical knowledge and clinical scholarship within the field. However, there are a small handful of authors whose diligent efforts have had a significant influence on shaping family nursing theory and practice through their writing and revising of family nursing textbooks throughout many years. These distinguished authors are listed in order of the publication date of their first edition:


The fiber composites were impregnated at different times and bonded to metal materials; the mechanical properties of the bonded composites were measured. In this article, two kinds of materials, the carbon fiber fabric and the Kevlar fiber fabric, were compounded with epoxy resin E51 to form the fiber fabric composite material. The composite material was bonded to the surface of 45 steel by modified epoxy resin adhesive. The bond strength of composites were measured by the tensile method of determination of the bond strength between vulcanized rubber and metal, the shear strength of composites were measured by Four-plate shear method of determination of the bond strength of vulcanized rubber and rigid metal sheets by the international standard ISO 1747-1976, to obtain the maximum bond strength and shear strength of the composite material, and the corresponding optimum immersion time of the carbon fiber fabric.


Agri-food supply chains have a multitude of roles for the mankind. Among others, they encompass the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy; they are responsible for feeding the planet; they are associated with various environmental and social impacts. Therefore, their operation, efficiency and performance are crucial in many contexts. In this paper we investigate the transitions of agri-food supply chains towards two different goals: circular economy and resilience. Circular economy has been a focal priority in the EU and global agenda, which aims at redefining the patterns that have been associated with linear economy models in order to meet environmental, social, and economic challenges of our era. On the other hand, supply chain resilience is the capacity of supply chains to be prepared for unexpected risk events, act and recover promptly to probable disruptions, and return to their original position or move to a better ideal condition. In particular, we focus on the enablers and barriers for both goals and identify possible convergences and deviations. The former are expected to lead to win-win opportunities, whereas the latter will lead to trade-offs.


Different kinds of the inlet and outlet boundary conditions were studied in theory and different specifications of the endwall boundary condition were compared.The impacts of the inlet,outlet,endwall boundary conditions and the series truncation errors on the blade design by a steady Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) solver were studied numerically.The results show that the impacts of the inlet and outlet boundary conditions on the blade design are neglectable,while those of the endwall boundary conditions are relative large.The impacts of the series truncation errors could be neglected if the number of Fourier series terms is more than 15.


Summary This paper proposes new conceptual models of groundwater flow systems, depending on the elevation ranges of south-west catchments. We now recognise that ANCIENT landscapes comprising Tertiary sediments have persisted further west within a largely REJUVENATED and forested south-west Western Australia. Widespread inset-valley sedimentary profiles, rather than eroding completely, remain variously dissected and show some common hydrostratigraphic attributes. Their lithology, age and elevation are also factors in these landscapes responding differently to key salinity and catchment management actions. For example, reforestation in the REJUVENATED landscape can raise stream salinity by reducing streamflow that is diluting large salt loads from these ANCIENT landscapes.


Tudor chronicles regularly presented Edward III and Henry V as exemplary English monarchs, celebrated for their famous military victories against the French. During the last two decades of the Elizabethan period, these monarchs featured in a variety of new texts: as part of a flurry of war manuals that explore the conduct and experience of war and in plays for the professional stages. Together, the war manuals and stage plays make up an important body of texts that reveal the intertwined popular appeal of Edward III and Henry V and their application to contemporary politics, including the state of ongoing military preparation and engagement that marked the end of the Elizabethan period. This article offers a contrastive analysis of the monarchs' representations in selected war manuals and in Shakespeare's Henry V and the apocryphal Edward III. It argues that, while the war manuals examine the legacies of Edward and Henry, they are less detailed and critical than the plays, which offer potential for radical deconstruction of monarchical authority. Mediating between celebration and criticism, the plays question two aspects that had been closely associated with the popular reputations of these monarchs: a model of kingship that relies significantly on the person of the monarch and the legitimacy and expediency of foreign conquests. As the most sustained, individual accounts of Edward III and Henry V from the last decade of the Elizabethan period, the stage plays form an important part of the historiographical tradition and evaluation of these monarchs.


Background: Plaque composition rather than degree of luminal narrowing may be predictive of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The purpose of the study was to compare plaque composition and distribution with multi‐slice computed tomography (MSCT) between patients presenting with either stable coronary artery disease (CAD) or ACS. Methods: MSCT was performed in 22 and 24 patients presenting with ACS or stable CAD, respectively. Coronary lesions were classified as calcified, non‐calcified or mixed while signal intensity (SI) was measured. Results: In patients with stable CAD, the majority of lesions were calcified (89%). In patients with ACS, less calcifications were observed with a greater proportion of non‐calcified (18%) or mixed (36%) lesions (P<0.001). Accordingly, mean SI of plaques was significantly less in ACS (320±201 HU versus 620±256 HU in stable CAD, P<0.001). Dividing lesions in the ACS group according to culprit versus non‐culprit vessel location resulted in no significant difference in average SI between these two groups while still lower as compared to stable CAD (P<0.001). Conclusions: In patients with ACS, significantly less calcifications were present as compared to stable CAD. Moreover, even in non‐culprit vessels, multiple non‐calcified plaques were detected, indicating diffuse rather than focal atherosclerosis in ACS.


Marketers of Personal Care Products are increasingly trying to cater the changing demands of the modern consumer who has information at their dispense, which is just a click away. The technology savvy connected consumers are constantly been updated through the extensive pool of information accessed by them on a daily basis. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Digital Content Marketing on the Purchase Intention of connected consumers towards natural ingredient based personal care products. Furthermore, Perceived Trust is positioned as a mediator within the context of this study to enhance the understanding of whether Perceived Trust contributes to mediate the relationship between Digital Content Marketing and Purchase Intention. Moreover, the researcher also attempts to understand the age group differences for the relationship highlighted above. Data were collected from 469 respondents via a structured questionnaire and such data were analyzed through quantitative means using SPSS with the conclusion that the direct relationship between content marketing and purchase intention has been accepted while the impact of content marketing on purchase intention mediated by trust was also accepted. Moreover, it was found that age acts as a moderator within the mediated relationship of trust between content marketing and purchase intention while also acting as a moderator within the simple linear relationship between content marketing and purchase intention.


The linearity of atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry (API-MS) response in mixtures of aroma compounds was determined for a 'homogeneous' system (four esters) and a 'heterogeneous' system (five compounds of different chemical functionality). All combinations analysed within each system followed a saturation pattern as concentration increased. Total linear responses were determined by the linear behaviour of individual compounds. Ionization patterns within each mixture were explained by proton affinity data (i.e. the species' ability to accept protons), molecular reaction rates (defined by molecular weight), and product ion distribution (according to fragmentation of the corresponding parent ion).


The differential cross section for the reaction p(n,d)..gamma.. has been measured for center-of-mass angles between 0/sup 0/ and 65/sup 0/ at a neutron kinetic energy T/sub n/ = 185 MeV. Assuming time-reversal invariance, our result is in essential agreement with the deuteron photodisintegration measurement at theta/sub p/ = 0/sup 0/ performed by Hughes et al. at Mainz. In addition to this confirmation of the absolute magnitude, our results, for the first time, provide information on the shape of the cross section distribution near 0/sup 0/, i.e., the region where existing theories show the largest differences. This paper contains a detailed account of the experiment and a comparison with relevant experimental information. A discussion of some theoretical implications is also included. The best agreement with our data is obtained from these theories where relativistic corrections to the charge density are taken into account.


Objective To evaluate the outcome of patients with hyperthyroidism and atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with trans-catheter ablation. Methods 18 highly symptomatic patients with hyperthyroidism and antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) refractory AF had been rendered euthyroid for more than 3 months. Ablation was guided by 3-D electroanatomic mapping combined with circumferential pulmonary vein ( PV) mapping. The endpoints of the ablation were defined as the PV isolation. Results The procedure endpoints were achieved in all patients. During 12.6±6.8 months follow-up, 13 patients were free of atrial tachyarrhythmias without any AADs. AF relapsed in 5 patients. No procedure-related complications were observed. Conclusion Complete isolation of PVs using circumferential ablation approach guided by 3-D electroanatomic mapping may be a potentially choice for the treatment of AADs resistant and symptomatic AF in patients with post-hyperthyroidism.


This paper focuses on the problem of cross curricular of the national curriculum and the roles of teaching literature in the cross curricular learning. The themes of cross curricular have consistently increased but it was hard to find clear principles in selecting them, As a result, the themes have not been received in positive response by the teachers. We should establish the strict principles for selecting and categorizing the themes and many experts of relevant subjects should work together on the project form the beginning to decide on a direction. As park of the trial, I attempted to categorize the themes in six higher categories, ``democracy and state``, ``character and ethics``, ``sustainable development and environment``, ``economy and career``, ``health and safety``, ``information and media``. In this paper, I tried to embody the ideas that literature could integrate the various contents from many subjects in the cross curricular learning, and I focused on several important themes as ``state``, ``minorities``, ``farmers`` through the emotion and imagination of literary works.


Complete cast crowns are good alternatives for the restoration of damaged posterior teeth. They have the best longevity of all fixed restorations. Their incomplete fit remains a critical problem for dentists, leading many researchers to study this problem. Gold alloys complete crowns can prove to be extremely long-lived restorations because of the excellent properties of these alloys. The geometry of tooth preparation has been the subject of many debates without clear evidence that one type of tooth preparation or method of fabrication provides consistently superior marginal fit. Three margin designs may be used for complete cast crowns: shoulderless, chamfer, and shoulder. The objective of this study was to evaluate, by finite element analysis, the influence of different marginal geometries (shoulderless, chamfer, shoulder) on the stress distribution in teeth prepared for cast metal crowns and in the gold alloy restorations. A 3D model of a molar was created: intact teeth, unrestored teeth different marginal geometries: shoulderless, with chamfer, with shoulder preparations; the same tooth restored full cast metal crowns. These were exported in Ansys finite element analysis software for structural simulations. Maximal equivalent stresses were recorded in the tooth structures and in the restoration for all preparation types. In all cases the values were higher in the crowns. Chamfer preparation is the recommended preparation tooth design for cast gold alloy crowns, from biomechanical point of view. It is followed by the shoulder preparation. Consideration should be given to the designs also from prophylactic and biological points of view. Chamfer margins are also favorable from this point of view.


Force distribution during progressive slope failure is an important element in slope stability analysis. In this study, five mechanical failure modes are proposed for thrust- and pull-type slopes, respectively, and five field forms of thrust-type slopes are described. The properties of progressive failure are evaluated quantitatively: the failure mode of slope obeys the geo-material rule under the peak stress state, and the instability range is gradually developed. The critical stress state zone is in the process of dynamic change with the development of deformation. It appears that the driving sliding force is greater than the frictional resistance along the sliding surface. When rock or soil stabilizing stresses are at maximum, the vector sum of the driving sliding stress and stabilizing stress is equal to zero at the critical state. The frictional resistance is equal to the driving sliding force in the stable and less-stable regions, and the normal pressure is wherever equal to the counterpressure. Rigid, flexible, and rigid-flexible design theories are proposed for slope control. New terms are defined and used to evaluate the stability. The conventional local and surplus stability factors of slopes and their calculation are explained. The force distribution rule is analyzed during progressive failure, and the conventional stability factor definition is discussed. The geological settings and monitoring data of landslides are used to analyse changes in the critical stress state. An example is given to illustrate the failure process analysis. The results show that progressive failure can be well represented and the safety factor can be well described by the main thrust method (MTM), comprehensive displacement method (CDM), and surplus displacement method (SDM), which can be used to feasibly evaluate slope stability.


Microstructure leading to optical diffraction effect, in this method, is produced on the target surface (120). Thermoplastic transfer foil made from material (100) is used in the process, the original microstructure on the surface (102) is first created, the original microstructure (102) leads to optical diffraction effect . Original microstructure, electron beam lithography, chemical etching, can be produced by plasma etching, or screen printing or various printing techniques, such as hot embossing. Transfer foil is placed on the target surface, is caused to heat to a temperature close to the glass transition temperature of the material of the transfer foil. At the same time, the transfer foil can be lightly pressed against the target surface during or immediately after heating the heating, by this, the material from the transfer foil to adhere to the target surface. When the transfer foil is removed from the surface of the object, the material of the transfer foil adhered to a target surface, constitute a replicated microstructure (104), replicated microstructure mirror images of the original microstructure of the transfer foil is there. Microstructure leading to optical diffraction effect, replicated microstructures provide light decorative effect, or for other purposes, such as the replicated microstructure serves as coupling grating for the light beam, in the process it can be produced.


Data of electron microscopic analysis of meristem and root cap of pea seedlings grown aboard the Salyut-6 orbital research station in the Oazis apparatus and in the laboratory are presented. The main morphological and anatomical characteristics of the test and control plants are shown to be similar. At the same time, some differences are found in the structural and functional organization of the experimental cells as compared to the controls. They concern first of all the plastic apparatus, mitochondria and Golgi apparatus. It is assumed that cell function for certain periods of weightlessness on the whole ensures execution of the cytodifferentiation programs genetically determined on the Earth. Biochemical and physiological processes vary rather markedly due to lack of initially rigorous determination.


This study estimates the utility of lotteries and the degree of loss aversion applying the parametric method proposed by \citet{abde08} to preferences observed in a computer-based experiment conducted at Universidade de Bras\'{i}lia. Most participants displayed risk aversion for gain prospects and risk propensity for loss prospects. Real incentives for loss prospects led to a greater concavity of the utility function than the one estimated by \citet{abde08}. We observed reversals in behavior toward risk in the presence of a certain gain or loss in the prospect. Moreover, three different measures of loss aversion are discussed and, when applied to the experimental data, they were more appropriate with its theoretical definition than the most widely used measure of \citet{tver92}


FIELD: medicine; pharmacology. SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicinal agents and concerns pharmaceutical formulation for nasal absorption containing biologically active acidic polypeptide with isoelectric point 7 and lower; carrier which is water-insoluble or weak-soluble and contains particles of average size 100 mcm and less; and adjuvant for dispersion and consolidation of polypeptide on carrier surface, which is water-insoluble or weak-soluble, where average size of particle contained in specified adjuvant is lower than average size of carrier and is within the range 1 mcm to 20 mcm. EFFECT: improved biological acceptability of biologically active polypeptide. 6 cl, 4 dwg, 11 tbl, 47 ex


Abstract This paper evaluates the in-plane mechanical behaviour of masonry walls strengthened by basalt fibre-reinforced polymer composite material. Based on the seismic performance tests of three masonry walls without any strengthening scheme and three walls with basalt fibre-reinforced polymer strengthening directly under increasing cyclic lateral loading and constant vertical compression loading, the damage characteristics of each specimen were observed. Besides, the ultimate shear strength and deformation performance, ratio of residual deformation, hysteretic behaviour, energy dissipation behaviour, degradation characteristics of bearing capacity and stiffness, fibre strain were analysed. The study results show that the strengthening technique of bonding basalt fibre-reinforced polymer composite material can effectively improve the ultimate shear strength and deformation performance, and the improvement extent of the latter is much larger than that of the former. Those basalt fibre-reinforced polymer-strengthened masonry walls show a distinct slowdown degradation of bear capacity and stiffness, and have better energy dissipation capacity as well as deformation recovery capability.


Objective:To investigate the effect of anti-CD134 mAb or CTLA4Ig on ConA induced splenic cell proliferation,Th cytokine secretion and production of anti-dsDNA antibody from splenic lymphtocyte in vitro in lupus-prone BXSB mice. Methods:Eighteen male lupus-prone BXSB mice model and 6 syngeneic normal C57BL/6 male mice were used in the experiment. The model mice were divided into three groups:un-treated group,Lupus recipe(LR) treated group and prednisone(pred. ) treated group. The mice's splenic cell suspension from above groups was culture stimulated by ConA respectively. The splenic cells from un-treated model mice were further divided into Anti-GD134L mAb,CTLA4Ig or Anti-CD134L mAb + CTLA4Ig treated subgroups. The ConA induced splenic cell proliferation was measured by MTT colorimetric assay. The levels of IFN-γ, IL-6 and anti-dsDNA antibody in cell supernatant were measured by ELISA. Results; (1 )The splenic cell proliferative reaction and contents of IFN-γ,IL-6 and anti-dsDNA antibody in cell supernatant of either spontaneous or ConA induced culture in the un-treated model group were obviously higher than that of the normal control or other groups. (2) The splenic cell proliferative reaction and production of IFN-γ,IL-6 and anti-dsDNA antibody in the CD134L/CTLA4Ig treated group,LR treated goup or pred. treated group was not different from the normal control significantly. (3)To compared with CD134L treated group or CTLA4Ig treated gruop,the CD134L/CTLA4Ig and prednisone reduced significantly the splenic cell proliferative reaction and production of IFN-γ,IL-6 and anti-dsDNA antibody in cell supernatant of either spontaneous or ConA induced culture,while no difference was found between CD134L treated group and CTLA4Ig treated proup. Conclusion:The lupus-prone BXSB mice might present abnormal lymphocyte proliferation,spontaneously express cytokines and secrete high level of autoantibody during the SLE development. LR and corticosteroids could obviously inhibit the abnormal lymphocyte proliferation;reduce the Th cytokine formation and antoantibody production Blockade of CD134-CD134L or B7-CD28 costimulatory pathway by Anti-CD134L rnAb or CT-LA4Ig could inhibit the activation of T cells and B cells like LR and corticosteroids. Furthermore, by blockade of both CD134-CD134L and CD28-B7 pathways,the frequency of alloreactive T cell was markedly reduced and was maintained at low levels so as to treat SLE effectively.


This project studied the effect of inorganic bone components on the differentiation of bone cells and immune regulation. The research findings have led to the development of a composite material for tissue engineering. The material contains almost all essential elements from the bone, exhibiting good biocompatibility and bioactivities to promote bone tissue repair and regeneration. Compared to current bone grafts on the market, the material developed in this project shows better bioactivities for tissue regeneration.


Since previously reporting preliminary findings concerning lower lip and jaw velocity and displacement during the production of labial consonants by four children and three adults [B. L. Smith and T. Gartenberg, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 75, 1599–1605 (1984)], we have collected additional data from ten children in each of three age groups (5, 8, and 11 years of age) and from ten adults. Subjects produced five repetitions of each of the consonants [p, b, f, v, m] in different vowel environments (N = 100 utterances/subject). Velocity and displacement were measured for closing and opening gestures for upper lip, lower lip, and jaw. Based on results from six subjects/group, the children were found to move their articulators about 15%–25% more slowly than the adults, but this was due primarily to differences in mandibular velocity. Offsetting this difference in mandibular velocity was a tendency for the children to move their lower lips somewhat faster than the adults. Two issues raised in the pilot study concerning...


This article described the advantages state commissioning social services as a mechanism to implement regional social and economic policy and emphasizes the need to apply criterion-based approach to choosing tender winners.


Finding upper bounds for character ratios is a fundamental problem in asymptotic group theory. Previous bounds in the symmetric group have led to remarkable applications in unexpected domains. The existing approaches predominantly relied on algebraic methods, whereas our approach combines analytic and algebraic tools. Specifically, we make use of a tool called `hypercontractivity for global functions' from the theory of Boolean functions. By establishing sharp upper bounds on the $L^p$-norms of characters of the symmetric group, we improve existing results on character ratios from the work of Larsen and Shalev [Larsen M., Shalev A. Characters of the symmetric group: sharp bounds and applications. Invent. math. 174 645-687 (2008)]. We use our norm bounds to bound Kronecker coefficients, Fourier coefficients of class functions, product mixing of normal sets, and mixing time of normal Cayley graphs. Our approach bypasses the need for the $S_n$-specific Murnaghan--Nakayama rule. Instead we leverage more flexible representation theoretic tools, such as Young's branching rule, which potentially extend the applicability of our method to groups beyond $S_n$.


The result shows that multimedia CAI courseware is useful to basketball bilingual teaching about ball passing and receiving.Using multimedia CAI courseware in basketball bilingual teaching puts forward higher request to the teacher and students.Application of multimedia CAI courseware teaching and conventional teaching method are complementary to each other.And we cannot exaggerate the function of anyone unilaterally.


Reactive oxygen species (ROS) that accumulate during metabolism may act as signaling molecules, or when in excess, may cause oxidative stress. ROS react with and can damage important biomolecules, leading to dysfunction and disease. Antioxidants react with ROS so that cellular components are not damaged. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), a polyphenolic lignan found in the long‐lived desert plant Larrea tridentata, inhibits lipoxygenases and may reduce ROS. NDGA has been shown to have potential medicinal benefits for the cardiovascular, immune, and neurological systems, including anti‐tumorigenesis. Levels of oxidative stress in the presence or absence of NDGA can be quantified in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans using a microplate reader to measure green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression. C. elegans strains expressing GFP driven by the oxidative stress‐responsive promoters of heat shock protein (hsp‐16.2), superoxide dismutase (sod‐3), and glutathione‐S‐transferase (gst‐4) were exposed to heat and chemical oxidants to induce oxidative stress. Fluorescence was quantified using a suppressor of activated let‐60 Ras (sur‐5) promoter‐GFP fusion as a negative control, since this strain showed no increased in GFP accumulation after heat shock. Preliminary data demonstrate the expected, strong increase in GFP expression for the hsp‐16.2‐ and sod‐3‐regulated strains between ten and sixteen hours after exposure to a forty five minuteheat shock at 37oC, while the gst‐4p::GFP strain showed a more moderate response. Ongoing experiments include NDGA treatment of C. elegans to determine if it alters oxidative stress responses.


A case of total destruction of the femoral head over a period of eight weeks is described. The diagnosis of avascular necrosis was made on the pathological examination. In the literature, four mechanisms of rapid destruction of the femoral head are mentioned.


The carbon isotope composition of alkane component in biogenic gases of China has the following characteristics:with the increase of carbon number of the alkane molecules in biogenic gases, (i) the distribution range of the δ13C values and their main frequency sections become narrower, and both the heaviest and the lightest δ13C boundary values shift to their heavier end; (ii) the δ13C values of ethane and propane in biogenic gases present a positive linear relationship and (iii) the values of δ13C1, δ13C2 and δ13C3 tend to become heavier with the increase of heavy alkane component (C2+3) in biogenic gases. The authors studied the relationship between the δ13C values and the amount of heavy alkane components in biogenic gases (δ13C1 -C2+3(%). δ13C2 -C2+3(%) ,δ13C3-C2+3(%) for the first time and set up the interrelated regression equations between δ13C and C2+3 content (C2+3%), and advance that δ13C1< -55‰ and C2+3<0. 5% are two fine marks for identification of biogenic gases of China. δ13C2-δ13C3< -10‰ can be used as a new mark for the biogenic gases identification.


Conventional radiographs of sacroiliac joints from two independent cohorts of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) were used to develop and validate an artificial neural network for the detection of definite radiographic sacroiliitis as a manifestation of the disease. The first cohort consisting of 1669 radiographs labelled by three experts was used for training. From the second cohort 100 radiographs labelled by two experts were randomly selected for the test dataset. The neural network achieved an excellent performance in detection of definite radiographic sacroiliitis with an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.97 and 0.96 for the validation and test datasets, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for the cut-off weighting both measurements equally were 0.90 and 0.93 for the validation and 0.87 and 0.97 for the test set. The Cohen's kappa between the neural network and the reference judgements were 0.80 for both validation and test sets, and the absolute agreement on the classification yielded 91% and 90%, respectively.


Conflicts between the good of each and the good of all are often presented in terms of freedom versus equality, with liberals pulled one way by libertarians and the other by social democrats. When we distinguish between negative and positive notions not only of freedom but also of equality, the liberal freedom 'to pursue our own good in our own way'is a positive freedom involving a negative idea of equality (or 'equity'). Yet 'equity'is not strong enough to deal with the problem of public goods. Trust is a public good, essential if markets are to work and dependable only where there is a moral commitment to a positive basic equality among citizens.


Dissemination of agriculture in the late 19th early 20th centuries in the Baikal and Transbaikal regions among the local non-Christian population was inevitably connected with change in world view of the Buryats Buddhists and shamanists. The governments administrative methods were supplemented by the ideological influence of the Russian Orthodox Church that introduced charity in its practice of missionary work under the policy of Russification. Parish trusteeship for the poor baptized non-Russians used to get money from spiritual consistories, and the money were delivered among the poor for plowing the ground, planting the garden crops. The orthodox Church was carrying out monitoring and analysis of further agriculture spread possibilities.


To determine the relative importance of water and food as cadmium (Cd) sources for juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens, age 1+), fish were caged for up to 30 days in either a reference (Opasatica) or a Cd-contaminated (Dufault) lake and offered prey (zooplankton) from one of these lakes. We established four Cd-exposure regimes: a control, Cd-contaminated water only, Cd-contaminated food only, Cd-contaminated food and water. The 64 µm mesh cages used allowed the free exchange of water with the surrounding lake while retaining the added zooplankton prey for the perch. Cd in the gills and kidney of caged perch was taken up largely from lake water, whereas liver and gut Cd appeared to come from both dietary and aqueous sources. At the subcellular level (liver), the majority of the background Cd in control perch was associated with metal-sensitive fractions (organelles and heat-denatured proteins), whereas in perch exposed to waterborne or diet-borne Cd, the majority of the Cd was found in a metal-detoxifi...


With the rapid growth of grid connected wind power, the safety problems of wind turbine equipment in the wind power industry occur frequently. Among them, the frequent occurrence of unit fire accidents in recent years has attracted the attention of the industry. The frequent occurrence of fire accidents in the wind power industry has caused great hidden dangers to the operation of wind farms and personnel safety. In order to address the issues, the fire accident process of wind turbine, and the mechanism and main factors causing the accident is analyzed. Finally, A grid-connected circuit intelligent protection system is proposed.


The invention relates to a press casting method for a heterogeneous metal used for a radiator. The press casting method is provided by preplacing the thin copper plate with the thickness of 0.1 to 2.5mm in a forming mould and fastening the copper plate by using the slide block in the mould; heating the surface of the copper plate to the temperature in a range of between 500 C. to 1100 C. by press casting; pouring the molten aluminum alloy into the forming mould, which can form diffusion joint action on the interface of the thin copper plate and the molten aluminum alloy; and after cooling formation of the molten aluminum alloy, obtaining the base plate of a radiator with integrated copper and aluminum heterogeneous alloy.


This article takes the position that knowledge and opinions about language and the intersections between language and society don't belong merely to the academic world but also are alive in, and activated by, the community. It considers Internet memes as folklore, and memes about languages in Sri Lanka and the English language in particular as expressions of folk linguistics — the field that investigates what non-linguists know and feel about language topics and any area of linguistics that non-specialist folk engage with — since everyone has an opinion about language in general or about particular languages and how languages should be used. Such attitudes can privilege some varieties and/or accents and languages over others, sustaining and re-creating power structures. Therefore, this article, drawing on the theoretical lens of Folk linguistics and Language Ideology, and taking the position that memes posted on the Internet depict grassroots level prescriptivist views about language, uses discourse analysis to examine a corpus of memes published on the social media platforms Facebook and Twitter between 2018 and 2022 in order to reassess the complexities and tensions as well as attitudes towards English in Sri Lanka. It was found that while old divisions related to English still exist and attitudes toward English are still complex and contradictory, there are more nuanced and complex views related to the learning of and speaking English in Sri Lanka.


Lothian Health Board, in Edinburgh has set up a three year partnership with doctors from Zambia to try to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The partnership, which is partially funded by Lothian Health Board from an endowment, will be run by a part time coordinator and a multidisciplinary steering group.

It will facilitate trips to and from Zambia by Zambian and Lothian clinicians, community support planners, academics, and public health and IT personnel to support those living with HIV and AIDS in Zambia and in Lothian, and to share lessons on prevention, adherence, and voluntary counselling and testing in the two areas.

Clinicians from Lothian will visit two particular sites in Zambia where the country's antiretroviral therapy programme is being rolled out. They will support their Zambian colleagues in training trainers to deliver antiretroviral therapy.

The joint initiative follows an initial visit by members of the Lothian team to Zambia and a return visit from four senior Zambian doctors to …


D. J. Wolford, B. G. Streetman, R. J. Nelson, and N. Holonyak Jr. Citation: Applied Physics Letters 28, 711 (1976); doi: 10.1063/1.88646 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.88646 View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/28/12?ver=pdfcov Published by the AIP Publishing Articles you may be interested in Annealing of nitrogenimplanted GaAs1x P x by a swept line electron beam J. Appl. Phys. 51, 4399 (1980); 10.1063/1.328260 Photoluminescence of nitrogenimplanted GaAs1x P x J. Appl. Phys. 45, 974 (1974); 10.1063/1.1663358 Laser operation of GaAs1x P x :N (x = 0.37, 77 °K) on photopumped NN3 pair transitions Appl. Phys. Lett. 22, 369 (1973); 10.1063/1.1654677 Spontaneous and stimulated photoluminescence on nitrogen Aline and NNpair line transitions in GaAs1x P x : N J. Appl. Phys. 43, 4148 (1972); 10.1063/1.1660889 Stimulated Emission in an Indirect Semiconductor: N Isoelectronic TrapAssisted Recombination in GaAs1x P x(x > 0.44) Appl. Phys. Lett. 19, 256 (1971); 10.1063/1.1653908


Crime poses a major threat to human life and property, which has been recognized as one of the most crucial problems in our society. Predicting the number of crime incidents in each region of a city before they happen is of great importance to fight against crime. There has been a great deal of research focused on crime prediction, ranging from introducing diversified data sources to exploring various prediction models. However, most of the existing approaches fail to offer fine-scale prediction results and take little notice of the intricate spatial-temporal-categorical correlations contained in crime incidents. In this article, we propose a tailor-made framework called CrimeTensor to predict the number of crime incidents belonging to different categories within each target region via tensor learning with spatiotemporal consistency. In particular, we model the crime data as a tensor and present an objective function which tries to take full advantage of the spatial, temporal, and categorical correlations contained in crime incidents. Moreover, a well-designed optimization algorithm which transforms the objective into a compact form and then applies CP decomposition to find the optimal solution is elaborated to solve the objective function. Furthermore, we develop an enhanced framework which takes a set of pre-selected regions to conduct prediction so as to further improve the computational efficiency of the optimization algorithm. Finally, extensive experiments are performed on both proprietary and public datasets and our framework significantly outperforms all the baselines in terms of each evaluation metric.


Author(s) Title François Trochon How and to what extent green bonds are a key component of the fight against climate change? Number of Pages Date 35 pages + 3 appendices 30 April 2019 Degree Metropolia Business School Degree Programme International Degree Programmes Specialisation option European Business Administration Instructor(s) Patrik Pehrsson, Supervisor In this paper, we examine the green financial product name green bonds, by answering the question "How and to what extent green bonds are a key component in the fight against climate change?" The green bond market has seen exponential growth past years and continue its development, thanks to the increase of awareness of investors towards ecological issues. After explaining features of green bonds and its market, this research shows the differences of the product compared to other kind of green investments. Green bonds returns are less impacted by the financials ups and downs because it is a low-risk investment, which also means that the return is often lower when the market is in good health. Green bonds studies show different results for the same sample period, which demonstrate that this market need more time and data to get high-quality analysis. However, the results indicate that we have reason to believe green bonds do not outperform compared to conventional bonds. It exists a wide range of ways to promote green bonds in order to make it continue its growth, like pressuring companies, avoiding taxes, increasing investors reliance and communicating about the product. Green bonds thus represent an efficient way to both make an efficient investment and participate in the funding of green projects.


Some of the most recent developments in the field of stress analysis were highlighted at the annual conference of the Stress Analysis Group of the Institute and Society at the University of Surrey, Guildford, in September. Developments in photoelasticity include its wider use in providing high quality experimental stress data for the purpose of confirming theoretical and numerical data, particularly that derived from the growing range of finite element computer programs.


This Native American Symposia Articles is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Law Review by an authorized administrator of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Recommended Citation Raymond I. Orr, Liberal Defaults: The Pending Perception of Special Financial Rights among American Indian Nations, 47 Tulsa L. Rev. 515 (2011).


The purpose of the paper is to explore the possibility of applying existing formal theories of description and design of distributed and concurrent systems to interaction protocols for real-time multi-agent systems. In particular it is shown how the language PRALU, proposed for description of parallel logical control algorithms and rooted in the Petri net formalism, can be used for the modeling of complex concurrent conversations between agents in a multi-agent system. It is demonstrated with a known example of English auction on how to specify an agent interaction protocol using considered means.


Medical X-ray imaging is an important tool in diagnostic radiology. The ionising-radiation dose to the patient is justified by the clinical benefit of the examination. Nonetheless, detectors that o ...


In the field of maternity and newborn care there has been a long tradition of monitoring outcomes of care and a growing interest in ensuring that care given to women and their babies is effective and efficient. The methods for achieving this have not, however, been a formal part of national and local health policy and management. Recent changes in the NHS have been accompanied by policy statements placing particular emphasis on the need for effective and efficient health care provision. Clinical audit is one of the mechanisms through which it was envisaged that this would be ensured.' In this paper, we briefly discuss the meaning of audit and some of the recommendations and corresponding initiatives to encourage audit at national and health authority level. We then review the background to audit in perinatal care, and illustrate from our own work some of the implications of recent changes at unit level. Finally, we consider what further developments may be expected.


Medical simulations have proven to be highly valuable in the education of healthcare professionals. This significance was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, where simulators provided a safe and effective means of training healthcare practitioners in the principles of lung ultrasonography without exposing them to the risk of infection. This further emphasizes another important advantage of medical simulation in the field of medical education. This paper presents the principles of ultrasound simulation in the context of inflammatory lung conditions. The propagation of sound waves in this environment is discussed, with a specific focus on key diagnostic artifacts in lung imaging. The simulated medium was modeled by assigning appropriate acoustic characteristics to the tissue components present in the simulated study. A simulation engine was developed, taking into consideration the requirements of easy accessibility through a web browser and high-performance simulation through GPU-based computing. The obtained images were compared with real-world examples. An analysis of simulation parameter selection was conducted to achieve real-time simulations while maintaining excellent visual quality. The research findings demonstrate the feasibility of real-time, high-quality visualization in ultrasound simulation, providing valuable insights for the development of educational tools and diagnostic training in the field of medical imaging.


Objectives: Emotional intelligence is non-cognitive intelligence that includes recognizing emotions and using them correctly. The use of emotional intelligence in libraries can be vital to librarians' success in dealing with users. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the components of emotional intelligence in librarians working in libraries of selected medical sciences universities in Tehran.
Methods: The study method is a survey. The study population included all 110 librarians working in 27 libraries of the faculties of Tehran, Iran, and Shahid Beheshti Universities of Medical Sciences. The standard questionnaire of Bradberry and Greaves emotional intelligence was used to collect the data. The mean and standard deviation were used to present the emotional intelligence score, student's t-test was used to examine the difference in emotional intelligence between male and female. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and age.
Results: The results revealed that the average score of self-awareness is 83.5, self-management is 69.7, social awareness is 72.1, relationship management is 67.5, and the overall emotional intelligence is 73.3. There was no significant difference between male and female librarians in terms of emotional intelligence, but there was a positive and significant relationship between emotional intelligence and age.
Conclusion: The results showed that emotional intelligence and its components in librarians working in medical universities are at the favorable level, but significantly are far from the ideal score. Consequently, the use of practical methods and workshops in universities is recommended to boost librarians' emotional intelligence.


In recent years,in order to improve work efficiency and simplify business process,colleges in China have developed a variety of related application systems with their own business on the premise of the computing and network technology.Along with the increase of colleges' application system,the desire of the data integration of different business system is becoming more and more urgent so as to avoiding the emergence of the "information island".This article introduces the research and the difficulties on data integration in college application system.It analysis the key technologies about NOVELL Identity Manager 3and makes a detailed explanation on the system.


Across diverse insect taxa, the behavior and physiology of females dramatically changes after mating – processes largely triggered by the transfer of seminal proteins from their mates. In the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, the seminal protein sex peptide (SP) decreases the likelihood of female flies remating and causes additional behavioral and physiological changes that promote fertility including increasing egg production. Although SP is only found in the Drosophila genus, its receptor, sex peptide receptor (SPR), is the widely-conserved myoinhibitory peptide (MIP) receptor. To test the functional role of SPR in mediating post-mating responses in a non-Drosophila dipteran, we generated two independent Spr-knockout alleles in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Although SPR is needed for post-mating responses in Drosophila and the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera, Spr mutant Ae. aegypti show completely normal post-mating decreases in remating propensity and increases in egg laying. In addition, injection of synthetic SP or accessory gland homogenate from D. melanogaster into virgin female mosquitoes did not elicit these post-mating responses. Our results indicate that Spr is not required for these canonical post-mating responses in Ae. aegypti, indicating that unknown signaling pathways are likely responsible for these behavioral switches in this disease vector.


Distributed resource allocation is a central task in network systems such as smart grids, water distribution networks, and urban transportation systems. When solving such problems in practice it is often important to have non-asymptotic feasibility guarantees for the iterates, since overall-location of resources easily causes systems to break down. In this paper, we develop a distributed resource reallocation algorithm where every iteration produces a feasible allocation. The algorithm is fully distributed in the sense that nodes communicate only with neighbors over a given communication network. We prove that under mild conditions the algorithm converges to a point arbitrarily close to the optimal resource allocation. Numerical experiments demonstrate the competitive practical performance of the algorithm.


OBJECTIVES
To describe the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors associated with curative-intent surgery for oral tumours in a large series of dogs.

METHODS
Retrospective review of records for dogs with oral tumours treated with curative-intent surgery. Data collected included signalment, weight, surgical procedure, lymph node staging results, computed tomography results, tumour size, histopathology results including margin evaluation, complications, adjunctive therapies, local recurrence or metastasis, date and cause of death and owner satisfaction.

RESULTS
Median cause-specific survival was shortest for malignant melanoma (206 days) and osteosarcoma (209 days). Local recurrence rate was highest for fibrosarcoma (54·2%) and distant metastatic rate was highest for malignant melanoma (30%). Curative-intent surgery resulted in complete surgical margins in 85·2% of cases.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Results suggest tumour type, completeness of excision, tumour size, and age may affect disease-free interval and cause-specific survival. Fibrosarcoma had a higher risk of recurrence compared to other tumour types.


ABSTRACT The extraction of fibroin (degumming) from the silk fibers impacts the properties of silk fibroin. However, the effect of the degumming method on structures and properties of regenerated Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin (ASF) biomaterials has not been investigated in detail. In this study, Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 are selected to remove sericin of Antheraea pernyi silks. The results show that the silk fibroin prepared by NaHCO3 degumming possessed a higher molecular weight, demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and viscosity testing. Na2CO3 degumming produced more low molecular weight silk fibroin protein below 40 kDa, whereas NaHCO3 processing produced more silk fibroin protein above 70 kDa. The increased molecular weight significantly improved the mechanical properties of ASF film. The enzyme degradation results indicated that the degradation rate of ASF film prepared by Na2CO3 degumming was faster in the early stage due to the presence of low molecular weight silk fibroin. After 21 days, the two silk fibroin films showed approximate degradation ratios. These results showed that the degumming conditions have a significant effect on the structure and properties of ASF biomaterials, and provide options for regulating the mechanical properties and degradation rate of ASF biomaterials.


The utilization of plastic was increasing as well as the increasing its demand in wide range application. Consequently, the number of plastic litter will increase and make more serious environmental problems. This research concerns to minimize waste problems by designing biodegradable plastic. In this research, biodegradable plastic was made of poly lactic acid (PLA) and gondorukem (Gum rosin, Resina colophonium) as the plasticizer. The effect of gondorukem towards PLA properties such as rheology and degradability was investigated. The research divided into two steps: (i) the polycondensation of lactic acid (LA) and (ii) modification of obtained poly lactic acid. In the first step, polycondensation was done in N2 atmosphere (138°C) for 30 hours and added 0.1 %w of SnCl2 as catalyst. Bulk modification was conducted by blending of gondurukem in varied weight (0.5, 1, and 2 g in 10 g of PLA). Furthermore, the modified PLA was analyzed its molecular structure, biodegradability and rheological property. The pr...


If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.-Baha'u'llahA Sensible DefinitionA broadly accepted definition of "sustainability" is that put forward by the Brundtland Commission (formally known as the World Commission on Environment and Development) convened by the United Nations a quar- ter of a century ago, which states that sustainable development "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Report 43). To those who attempted to give operational meaning to this intuitively sensible definition in the following years, it soon became clear that sustainability was not a goal to be reached, but rather a balance to be maintained across space and time, in which there are complex interactions at play between the environment, the economy, institutions, and human values.A good practical example of sustainability at work can be seen in the Nordic countries' approach to budgetary management. These countries have been running budget surpluses for many years because they face the emerging problem of an aging population. If the state is to provide pensions and social protections in the future that will be broadly equivalent to those enjoyed by its citizens today, it must begin to save now. Citizens of Nordic countries have agreed to have their governments spend less than they collect in taxes today so that the standard of living of future generations will not be jeopardized. Thus, contrary to the habits of many other industrialized countries, which over the past twenty years and with particular intensity during the latest financial crisis have sometimes run sometimes large budget deficits and accumulated rising levels of public debt, the Nordics have firmly integrated into public financial management the policy that present generations cannot compromise "the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" [Report 43) and have done so with the full support of voters. This example highlights the importance of good governance that has earned public trust in finding solutions appropriate to specific problems of sustainability.More recently, environmental concerns have figured prominently in discussions about sustainability and sustainable development, with economists and policymakers highlighting the importance of economic growth for promoting rising living standards and further reducing poverty, and environmentalists arguing that the benefits of growth should be viewed against the background of pressures on limited resources. A senior British economist recently wrote: "With the environmental situation reaching crisis point, however, it is time to stop pretending that mindlessly chasing economic growth is compatible with sustainability" (Jackson 43). This debate raises a complex set of issues concerning sustainable consumption and production, the distribution of wealth and increasing income disparities, the distinction between growth and development, and the extent to which growth is necessary for prosperity. Underlying all of these factors is the issue of governance, how we manage the planet we live on within the diverse societies and cultures into which humanity has evolved, and the globalized economy that provides for our material needs, in all their complexity and at their multiple levels of operation, to go from the present situation toward a sustainable and equitable future.Two Key Questions about DevelopmentTwo questions are at the heart of the debate on the meaning and the implications of sustainable development. Taking as a starting point the period immediately following the creation of the United Nations in 1945, the questions are: What have been the fruits of economic development, and is humanity better off today according to some objective criteria? The first one deals with the issue of what has actually happened to development during the past half century. …


Despite linkage to 16q in 1996, the mutation for spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4), a late-onset sensory and cerebellar ataxia, escaped detection for 25 years. Using long-read PacBio-HiFi and ONT-Nanopre sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, we identified expansion of a GGC DNA repeat in a >85% GC-rich region in exon 10 of the ZFHX3 gene coding for poly-glycine (polyG). In a total of 15 nuclear families from Utah and 9 from Europe, the repeat was expanded to >40 repeats in SCA4 patients accompanied by significant phenotypic variation independent of repeat size compared to the most common normal repeat size of 21 repeats. The RE event likely occurred in a frequent Swedish haplotype shared by cases from Utah and Germany. Six characteristic ultra-rare SNVs in the vicinity of the RE in cases from Utah and Lubeck (Germany) indicate a common founder event for some of the patients. In fibroblast and iPS cells, the GGC expansion leads to increased ZFHX3 protein levels, polyG aggregates, and abnormal autophagy, which normalized with ZFHX3 siRNA. Increasing autophagic flux may provide a therapeutic avenue for this novel polyG disease.


This paper considers the application of constant-amplitude, partial-response, continuous-phase modulation with simple near-optimum receivers to cellular digital mobile radio systems. These smoothed modulation schemes have low spectral sidelobes and narrow main lobes. A combiner for time-division retransmission systems with space diversity is given for continuous-phase modulation. Cochannel interference and adjacent-channel interference are calculated for continuous-phase modulation in cellular systems with frequency reuse. The efficiency of 3RC and 4RC modulations with space diversity is evaluated for conventional cellular systems.


Time-domain electromagnetic data collected for discrimination of unexploded ordnance (UXO) span one spatial component in one time gate to three spatial components and multiple time channels. The relative merits of additional temporal and spatial-component information were assessed by analyzing decimated data from the Geonics EM61-3D. The responses of 25 unique ordnance- and scrap-like objects buried in 45 depth-orientation states were modeled as triaxial time-dependent dipoles and were classified using the properties of the inferred model parameters. Performance was measured by the fraction of false positives for ordnance-like objects at 91% true positives. The best false-positive rate for the full multicomponent, multichannel data was 5%, which was achieved using the power-law slope of the time decay of the secondary-field EMF: ordnance-like items remain in "intermediate" time longer and display a characteristic −3∕2 slope, whereas scrap-like items (even those made of steel) transition to "late" time and...


Did you know that all dogs are named Dubs? It's true. Maybe. Let's prove it by induction. The key is talking about groups of dogs, where every dog has the same name. Let P (i) mean "all groups of i dogs have the same name." We prove ∀n P (n) by induction on n. Base Case: P (1) Take an arbitrary group of one dog, all dogs in that group all have the same name (there's only the one, so it has the same name as itself). Inductive Hypothesis: Suppose P (k) holds for some arbitrary k. Inductive Step: Consider an arbitrary group of k + 1 dogs. Arbitrarily select a dog, D, and remove it from the group. What remains is a group of k dogs. By inductive hypothesis, all k of those dogs have the same name. Add D back to the group, and remove some other dog D′. We have a (different) group of k dogs, so the inductive hypothesis applies again, and every dog in that group also shares the same name. All k + 1 dogs appeared in at least one of the two groups, and our groups overlapped, so all of our k+1 dogs have the same name, as required. Conclusion: We conclude P (n) holds for all n by the principle of induction. Recalling that Dubs is a dog, we have that every dog must have the same name as him, so every dog is named Dubs. This proof cannot be correct (the proposed claim is false). Where is the bug? Solution:


Chaos has been one of the most effective cryptographic sources since it was first used in image-encryption algorithms. This paper closely examines the development process of chaos-based image-encryption algorithms from various angles, including symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, block ciphers and stream ciphers, and integration with other technologies. The unique attributes of chaos, such as sensitivity to initial conditions, topological transitivity, and pseudo-randomness, are conducive to cross-referencing with other disciplines and improving image-encryption methods. Additionally, this paper covers practical application scenarios and current challenges of chaotic image encryption, thereby encouraging researchers to continue developing and complementing existing situations, and may also serve as a basis of future development prospects for chaos-based image encryption.


The lack of consumption of vegetables and fruits is happening in Indonesia at this time. Cauliflower and strawberry are vegetables and fruits that contain nutrients and antioxidants which can play an important role in reducing the risk of various health problems. One effort to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables can be done by utilizing cauliflower and strawberries that are processed into food such as pudding. This study aims to analyze the nutritional content, antioxidant activity and organoleptic tests on cauliflower and strawberry-based pudding. This research used research and development methods using 4D model. This research applied mixture of 30% cauliflower and 25% strawberry in pudding. Nutrients analysis wer done on water content, ash content, protein, fat, calcium, potassium, sodium, antioxidant activity. Organoleptic analysis was also conducted in this research. The results of the analysis of water, ash, protein, fat, carbohydrate, sodium and potassium content were 80.82%, 2.35%, 8.20%, 0.18%, 89.18%, 380.59 mg, 278.09 mg, respectively, while the antioxidant activity achieved 229.23%. This pudding could be accepted by panelists with a total value of 3.7. In conclusion, cauliflower and strawberry could be used in making vegetable and fruit rich pudding.


We performed systematic experiments to study the morphologies and microstructures of silver (Ag) films grown on different substrates and annealed at different conditions. It was found out that Ag microstructure varies widely versus the surface onto which Ag is plated and versus annealing conditions. The substrates used in this study include alumina/TiW(40nm)/Au(2.5μm), Bi2Te3/Pd(100nm)/ Au(100nm), Cu, Si/Cr(30nm)/Au(100nm), Si/Pd(100nm)/ Au(100nm), and 304 stainless steel(304SS)/Ni(2um). The annealing conditions are from 250°C to 550°C for 5 to 30 hours. The microstructures and grain size are evaluated using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD). The grain size ranges from 13nm to 15μm. Ag surface morphology looks pretty similar on all these substrates expect Si. Ag films plated on alumina, Bi2Te3, Cu and stainless steel show smooth and flat morphology. However, Ag plated on the Si has dome-shaped morphology. This is true even when Ag is grown on the same adhesion material. These Cr, Pd, and Au adhesion layers are all coated on the substrates by thermal evaporation in high vacuum. All Au layers demonstrate same morphology. But the Ag films grown on these Au layers show different morphologies. XRD results indicate that Ag has preferred orientation on (111) plane; the preference is especially manifest on Si. Ag grain sizes on Si/Cr(30nm)/Au(100nm) and alumina/TiW(40nm)/Au(2.5μm) were studied before and after various annealing processes by either XRD analysis or SEM observation. The grain size growth seems to follow the grain growth law. The activation energy is calculated to be 134∼140kJ/mol and 118∼128kJ/mol, respectively at 523K to 723K.


Objective: To evaluate the functional and radiological outcome of the distal femur fracture treated with a retrograde locking nail.
Methods: This is a descriptive study conducted at the Orthopedic department Dibba Hospital Fujairah, United Arab Emirates for one-year duration from March 2019 to March 2020. All patients who met the inclusion criteria were treated with femoral retrograde nailing technique. The postoperative functional score was assessed according to Schatzker and Lambert criteria, which were rated excellent, good, and poor. Radiological union was assessed by X-rays.
Results: There were 103 patients with a mean age of 35.20 ± 10.66 (range, 20 to 50 years). There were 78 men (75.72%) and 25 women (24.27%). Most of the fractures (68.9%, n = 71) were caused by car accidents. Fracture of the right side occurred in 70 (67.96%) patients, and the left side fracture in 33 (32.03%) patients. Excellent results were obtained in 75 (72.81%) patients and good results were obtained in 28 patients (28.20%). The nonunion has been documented in one patient.
Conclusion: Excellent and good functional and radiological results were obtained in patients with distal femur treated with retrograde locking nails. For some distal femoral fractures, we recommend the use of a retrograde locking nail.


Purpose of reviewTransforming growth factor β (TGF-β) has emerged as pivotal cytokine in the induction and establishment of tolerance to self- and nonself-antigens. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent observations of the role of TGF-β in the assessment of tolerance. Recent findingsThere is compelling evidence of the role of TGF-β in the development of tolerance to self- and nonself-antigens and prevention of autoimmune disease and allograft rejection. TGF-β is one of the main mediators of T regulatory cell–dependent active immune regulation, including CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells that likely mediate their immunoregulatory function by a surface-bound latent TGF-β in a cell contact–dependent mechanism. Lately, latent TGF-β–positive graft-infiltrating cells have been shown to correlate with the development of metastable tolerance in allografts with TGF-β–mediated peripheral active immune regulation. SummaryData implicating TGF-β in the development of active peripheral tolerance by T regulatory cells is increasing. In organ transplantation, the peripheral and intragraft TGF-β status as well as the functional and histologic characterization of intragraft T regulatory cells by TGF-β may provide important steps toward a tolerance assay to monitor allograft recipients.


A pollinating machine for use with plants growing in a row and having blossoms pollinated by compressing transversely of the row, the machine being mounted for movement along the row and having a pair of axially upright, cylindrical rollers spaced transversely of the row and provided individually with peripheral layers of resiliently yielding material, a pair of paddle wheels spaced transversely of the row ahead of the rollers, and mechanism rotationally driving the rollers and the wheels so that, as the machine moves along the row, the wheels gather the plants centrally of the row for compressing between the rollers.


Benthic habitats in Antarctica differ from those in other parts of the world in severa l important characteris lies. Most of the Southe rn Ocean overlies the abyssal plain, whe re the sediments are primarily siliceous. Icc-rafted debris provides isolated patches of hard substra tum but otherwi se littl e is known of the biology of the deep-sea in Antarctica . Shallow WOller habitats are heavily influenced by icc, with typical intcrtidaJ habi tats be ing almost devo id of life . Continental shelves are unusually deep arou nd Antarc ti ca and the sed iments are predominantly glacial -marine. Antarctica lacks typical flu vial habitats such as rivers. eS lu aries and has very few intertidal mudfl ats, and away from the immediate sublittora l the habitats suffer less physical and biological disturbance than the conti nental she lve s of th e Arctic .


In the previous paper a practical method has been applied for an analysis of non-isothermal crystallization in terms of data of isothermal crystallization. The fundamental equation was written on the assumption of the isokinetic conditions in the following form:

where X(t) is the degree of phase transformation at time t, and n is the Avrami index determined in the isothermal experiments; K(T) is connected with the crystallization rate constant of the isothermal crystallization, k(T), through the relation K(T) = k(T)1/n. The equation is derived on the basis of the well-known theory of phase transformation. Experiments of nonisothermal crystallization of high-density polyethylene were carried out under various cooling conditions. The change in crystallinity during the process was followed by using the above equation in the course of the primary crystallization. A procedure of the analysis of the whole, including both the primary and secondary processes, is suggested as an eminently practical one on a more general assumption.


[Name removed] was sentenced to 10 years in jail and an additional 10 years probation for aggravated battery, robbery, and burglary. When [name removed], an HIV-positive prostitute, attempted to rob a 91-year-old man and he resisted, she bit his arm to the bone. The man seroconverted 6 to 8 weeks following the attack. This is only the second fully documented case of HIV transmission through biting. Due to the particularly atrocious and cruel nature of the crime, the three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals, Fourth District, upheld the Palm Beach County judge's increase of [name removed]'s sentence beyond the usual penalty.


Extra-anatomic bypass between the axillary and femoral arteries was first described'.' in 1963 and in 1971 Sproulj used reversed axillofemoral reconstruction to treat stenosis of the innominate artery. Axillofemoral bypass is used as an alternative to aortofemoral reconstruction in patients with lower-limb ischaemia for whom intra-abdominal grafting presents an unacceptable risk. Indications are absolute when there is aortic sepsis, or relative because of technical factors or medical problems. The improved patency rate provided by externally supported polytetrafluoroethylene ( PTFE)4 led to the suggestion that the technique is a viable alternative to aortofemoral reconstruction in patients with uncomplicated occlusive disease. This paper is the first to report femoroaxillary reconstruction using externally supported PTFE for the relief of cerebral ischaemia caused by occlusion of the innominate artery.


Among the many overseas sources from which France . and Britain will be able to draw strength during the long and trying test which now seems to loom ahead, not the least important will be their colonies and dominions in the western and Safe southwestern Pacific. Australia, New Storehouses Zealand, Indo-China, British Malaya and the myriad islands of Oceania over which the Allied Powers divide control form reservoirs


Classifying moving objects to semantically meaningful categories is important for automatic visual surveillance. However, this is a challenging problem due to the factors related to the limited object size, large intra-class variations of objects in a same class owing to different viewing angles and lighting, and real-time performance requirement in real-world applications. This paper describes an appearance-based method to achieve real-time and robust objects classification in diverse camera viewing angles. A new descriptor, i.e., the multi-block local binary pattern (MB-LBP), is proposed to capture the large-scale structures in object appearances. Based on MB-LBP features, an adaBoost algorithm is introduced to select a subset of discriminative features as well as construct the strong two-class classifier. To deal with the non-metric feature value of MB-LBP features, a multi-branch regression tree is developed as the weak classifiers of the boosting. Finally, the error correcting output code (ECOC) is introduced to achieve robust multi-class classification performance. Experimental results show that our approach can achieve real-time and robust object classification in diverse scenes.


In former investigations of quinizarin (Q) adsorbed on the surface of γ-alumina , the glasslike character of this system could be demonstrated [1,2,3]. Also, a binding model has been assumed, which is in accordance to a well known condensation reaction between surface hydroxyl (OH)groups and the OH groups of Q, leading to a stable adsorbate complex[1]. The temperature dependence of the Debye-Waller factor was found to be determined by one dominant low-frequency mode of the chromophore environment. This frequency corresponds to the spectral distance between the peak of the zero-phonon-hole(ZP) and the phonon sideband-hole (PS).


The vector analysis method is applied to the transmission drive unit of the automatic transmission to determine the shifts and the cluch's rotation direction rapidly, and is certified by a living example.