A 44-year-old man with hyperlipidaemia and chronic hepatitis C infection presented with a 48 h history of diplopia and occipital headaches. On neurological examination, he was alert and afebrile. There was right oculomotor palsy consisting of right medial rectus, inferior rectus and inferior oblique weakness; without ptosis or superior rectus weakness and with intact pupillary and consensual reflexes; otherwise the rest of the examination was unremarkable. CT of the head and neck showed normal extracranial and intracranial vessels. Transthoracic …


Part 1 The life of Clara Schumann: the Wiecks of Leipzig Clara's career begins Robert Schumann and the Wiecks the break with Wieck the marriage the Dresden years Dusseldorf and the death of Robert Schumann the later years. Part 2 Themes from the life of Clara Schumann: Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms other friends and contemporaries Clara Schumann as composer and editor the concert artist Clara Schumann as student and teacher.


Except for a couple of insertions and other minor changes, the first and third-and-final chapters of Dorothy Sherrnan Severin's latest monograph, Witchcraft in "Celestina" (1995)) are pretty much the same as in "Celestina and the Magical Empowerment of Women," an article she had published previously (Severin 1993). The second chapter, "Witchcraft Themes in the Text of Celestina," offers much new material, however. This short monograph concludes with an extensive bibliography (49-55) and an analytical index (57-58). In essence, Severin weaves together ideas from Peter Russell's seminal article on magic in Celestina (1963 and 1978) and Alan Deyermond's two pieces (1977; 1978) on the relationship between Celestina's skein of yam, Melibea's girdle, and Calisto's gold chain. To these ideas, she adds her own feminist interpretation of Rojas's work.


Omar Dheyauldeen Salahdin et al 2022 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 37 095015 This article has been retracted by IOP Publishing following an allegation that positions of authorship on the paper may have been sold and purchased. IOP Publishing has investigated in line with the COPE guidelines, and agree that there is sufficient evidence to hand that supports several author positions were purchased. During this investigation, the journal became aware of additional concerns relating to this article, which includes portions of previously published works [1, 2] by different authors being drawn upon without sufficient attribution, and further indications that demonstrate the article was created, manipulated, and/or sold by a commercial entity. Despite numerous attempts to receive further information, the journal has not received any conclusive evidence from the authors that refutes the concerns raised, including any materials that demonstrate the research was conceptualised and drafted by the author group. The evidence gathered by IOP Publishing to date considerably reduces confidence in the work, to the extent that IOP Publishing has made the decision to retract the work. IOP Publishing wishes to credit PubPeer commenters [3] for bringing the issue to our attention.


In order to study the Mn macrosegregation in accelerated crucible rotation Bridgman (ACRT-B) growth of Hg1-xMnxTe crystal, a mathematics model was established for the evaluation of the solute (Mn) distribution in the growth direction based on quantitative analyses and several assumptions. The results reveal that in Hg1-xMnxTe crystal grown by ACRT-B method, Mn content is much higher than the average value in the initial region and reduces gradually to a lower value in the final region because of solute redistribution. Only a section of the crystal fit the required composition with the acceptable error. The crystal section with acceptable composition can be also obtained in Hg1-xMnxTe ingot grown from the melt with no stoichiometric compositions. The length of the section increases with decreasing in x0 value. Meanwhile, it moves toward the initial region. To grow Hg1-xMnxTe crystal with a certain composition, such as x=0.11 ,it is preferable to use the melt with a lower average Mn content, so that the crystal with the acceptable composition will be longer and located in the early region where the crystalline quality is better. A 5mm-diameter Hg0.89Mn.011Te ingot was grown by ACRT-B method for the comparison. A single crystal is obtained in the early part of the ingot after the competitive growth of several grains in the initial region. However, the single crystal is blocked by several new grains, which were nucleated on the ampoule wall after about 1 cm. The composition distribution along the growth direction was analyzed by electron microprobe. The experimental data are essentially coincident with the calculation result in the main part of the ingot, but lower than it in the initial region and higher in the final region. These errors may tem from the approximation of homogeneous mixture in the liquid in the mathematical model, which is not true in the initial and final regions because the convection there is limited.


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The expressive power of graph neural networks is usually measured by comparing how many pairs of graphs or nodes an architecture can possibly distinguish as non-isomorphic to those distinguishable by the $k$-dimensional Weisfeiler-Lehman ($k$-WL) test. In this paper, we uncover misalignments between graph machine learning practitioners' conceptualizations of expressive power and $k$-WL through a systematic analysis of the reliability and validity of $k$-WL. We conduct a survey ($n = 18$) of practitioners to surface their conceptualizations of expressive power and their assumptions about $k$-WL. In contrast to practitioners' opinions, our analysis (which draws from graph theory and benchmark auditing) reveals that $k$-WL does not guarantee isometry, can be irrelevant to real-world graph tasks, and may not promote generalization or trustworthiness. We argue for extensional definitions and measurement of expressive power based on benchmarks. We further contribute guiding questions for constructing such benchmarks, which is critical for graph machine learning practitioners to develop and transparently communicate our understandings of expressive power.


Random copolymers of styrene and methyl methacrylate, prepared by free radical polymerization in bulk at 60°C, were irradiated under vacuum at 35°C with 60Co gamma rays to doses up to 200 Mrad. The flexural strength, with failure occurring in all cases by brittle fracture, decreased with radiation dose; the rate of this decrease increased with increasing methyl methacrylate content. Compressive strength measurements showed a transition from yield to fracture after a radiation dose which increased with styrene content and then a rapid fall in fracture stress for higher doses. Viscometry measurements showed a good correlation between changes in flexural strength and molecular weight.


INTRODUCTION: Identifying drugs that can reach brain cancers in effective concentrations has been a serious challenge. There has been a body of evidence implicating anti-cancer mechanisms and utility for antihelminthics benzimidazoles, and preclinical and clinical development of repurposed mebendazole is gaining momentum. Mebendazole has been used safely as an anti-parasitic drug, and in high doses, in humans starting in 1972. METHODS: Multiple intracranial models of glioblastoma and medulloblastoma have been used for efficacy studies on intracranial tumors. Studies with orally administered mebendazole demonstrate favorable pharmacokinetics with 70 to 80% of mebendazole serum levels measured in the in the mouse brain and brain tumors. RESULTS: Our laboratory serendipitously identified benzimidazole anti-cancer activity in brain cancers and found that of the approved benzimidazoles, mebendazole showed the best survival benefit. We observe in preclinical testing it reaches effective concentrations in intracranial tumors, acts to prevent tubulin polymerization, has an additional anti-VEGR2 and anti-angiogenesis mechanisms and significantly improves survival in a variety of intracranial malignancy models. We have translated our preclinical findings into a Phase I trial, using mebendazole for upfront therapy, concurrent with temozolomide therapy for newly diagnosed patients with a high grade glioma. We have further improved mebendazole with drug combinations. CONCLUSION: The preclinical and phase 1 clinical findings are consistent with safe and possibly effective use of an improved formulation of oral mebendazole. We provide evidence that continued optimization of mebendazole based oral therapy and planning of future clinical trials may yield an additional tool for therapy of GBM and other intracranial tumors.


High-temperature titanium matrix composites reinforced with hybrid reinforcements are synthesized by common casting and hot working technologies. Tensile properties are tested at different temperatures and strain rates. Ultimate strengths of the composites are significantly enhanced under all conditions and decrease when the strain rate is lower. Equicohesive temperature of the matrix is around 873 K at the strain rate 10^−3s^−1 and well below 873 K at 10^−5s^−1. At higher temperature or lower strain rate, interfacial debonding is more drastic and reduces the strengths of composites. The materials are embrittled under creep-rupture conditions. Strict reinforcement morphology is required for more complex service conditions at high temperatures in metal matrix composites.


Isothermal annealing of electron‐irradiated Czochralski silicon samples (n‐type) has been performed at 335 °C. The annealing process was studied using deep‐level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and photoluminescence (PL). The dominating level in the DLTS spectra directly after irradiation is located ∼0.18 eV below the conduction band and has previously been assigned to a vacancy‐oxygen center by other authors. During the anneal the concentration of vacancy‐oxygen centers decreases, and simultaneously a new level, ∼0.20 eV below the conduction band, grows up. It is shown that the defect giving rise to this new level may be vacancy related. The PL spectra directly after irradiation are dominated by the G line (969 meV) and the C line (790 meV). The G line disappears rapidly, while the C line is still present after 320 min at 335 °C. During the heat treatment some new lines appear, e.g., the P line (767 meV) and a line at 950 meV. Based on the annealing kinetics, it is speculated that the 950‐meV defect may be vacancy related.


The invention relates to the preparation of electrocatalytic gas diffusion electrodes. These electrodes include an anisotropic gas diffusion layer made of a carbon matrix with respect to the direction of gas flow, and porous to gas asymmetrically in the direction of the gas flow, the porosity decreasing in the direction of the gas flow, such that it is porous homogeneously in a transverse direction, and a catalytic layer of a suspension "d ink "coagulated containing catalytic carbon particles and a thermoplastic polymer. Use for fuel cells.


One-dimensional (1-D) particle-in-cell simulation is used to study the propagation of dark envelop solitons described by the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) in electron-ion plasmas. The rational solution of the NLSE is presented, which is proposed as an effective tool for studying the dark envelope soliton in plasma. It is demonstrated by our numerical simulation that there is dark envelope soliton in electron-ion plasmas. The numerical results are in good agreements with the analytical ones from the NLSE which is obtained from the reductive perturbation method. The limitation of the amplitude of dark envelop solitons in plasma is noticed.


The femur is a common site for skeletal bony metastases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of femoral intramedullary nailing in prophylactic versus therapeutic treatment in femoral metastases. All femoral nails between April 2011 and November 2015 at a district general hospital were assessed. Intramedullary nailing performed for prophylactic or therapeutic management were included. Outcomes include mortality, survival time and length of stay in hospital. A total of 40 cases were included. In the prophylactic group there were 25 patients and in the therapeutic group there were 15 patients. In the prophylactic group, mean age was 70 years (range 41–91); male to female ratio is 23:17 and 26 patients of this group was deceased. In the therapeutic group, mean age was 76 years (range 56–92); male to female ratio 15:10 and 10 patients were deceased in this group. The most common primary was prostate carcinoma followed by breast carcinoma. In the prophylactic group, mean survival was 25 weeks (range 2–147) and in the therapeutic group mean survival was 20 weeks (range 2–39). The length of stay was 21 days (range 3–80) in the prophylactic group and 28 days (range 7–63) in the therapeutic group. Femoral nailing for metastases helps improve quality of life and we observed a mean survival time of 20–25 weeks postoperatively in both therapeutic and prophylactic nailing.


We examined the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) within the periaqueductal gray mater (PAG) on cardiovascular responses and glutamate and GABA concentrations during mechanical, thermal, and cold nociception in anesthetized rats. Mechanical stimulus was applied by bilateral hindpaw pinch (10 sec) that increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR). Bilateral microdialysis of a selective aminoguanidine (AGN; 10 μM) into the PAG for 30 min potentiated MAP and HR during a mechanical stimulation. Cardiovascular responses recovered following discontinuation of the drug. Heat stimulus was generated by immersing both hindpaw metatarsus in a water‐bath at 52°C for 10 sec. MAP and HR were increased, but administration of AGN into the PAG also augmented cardiovascular responses during the heat stimulus. Cardiovascular responses recovered following discontinuation of the drug. In contrast, application of a cold stimulus by immersing both hindpaw at 10°C for 10 sec resulted in decreases of MAP and HR. However, following microdialysis of AGN into the PAG, a cold stimulus had no effect on the cardiovascular responses. Results demonstrate that iNOS within the PAG plays a differential role in modulating cardiovascular responses during mechanical‐, heat‐, and cold‐mediated nociception.


The time factor establishes an essential category of a viewpoint which identifies not only the urban morphology, but also ways of using dwelling space connected with everyday experience and perception as traits that are indispensible to the comprehension of cities. Architectural design is not intended to be the final solution of a stable condition, but is part of a dynamic, knowledge of which is vital for the functioning and effectiveness of a redevelopment project. The more its relative aspect is designed the more a project will be able to adapt to variable use over time transforming itself in turn and thereby assuming the character of an operation which supports a process which passes beyond it. The complexity of the processes of urban transformation imply a design action regulated by discrete phases that accompany the long periods of sedimentation.


Methods used to design coating materials for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are unsystematic and time-consuming because current materials research relies on scientific intuition and trial and error experimentation. In this study, a feasible and more efficient scheme of screening and designing coating materials is established based on density function theory (DFT) utilizing the fast-growing computing capacity. The scheme consists of four steps: Elements selection by calculation of Pilling–Bedworth ratio and electrical resistivity, corrosion resistance assessment leveraging the Pourbaix diagram approach, running BoltzTrap code to calculate electrical conductivity ( σ / τ ), and interface binding strength evaluation by calculation of separation work. According to the calculation results, TiCo and TiCo3 are proposed to be the two most promising candidates because of relatively better properties required by harsh working environment of PEMFC. The high-throughput screening strategy established in this study makes the ideal of rapidly evaluating hundreds of thousands of possible coating materials candidates into reality and helps to indicate the direction of further synthesis efforts.


The field of this research is a specific part of electronic commerce called group buying on the Internet or online group buying in terms of theoretical assumptions and key determinants of customers behavior in online group buying. The basic theoretical concepts of customers decision making in online group buying are analyzed: social exchange theory, equity theory and heuristic model. The basic characteristics of competitive environment are established and customer behavior in online group buying is analyzed in terms of website performance and heuristic factors of customer decision making within national markets of selected countries of the Western Balkans.


The assessment of commercial bank performance normally resorts to financial analysis or non-financial analysis.A review of last two years'published literature thereabout and a contrastive study of the performance of 12 Chinese commercial banks in 2003 and 2004 by means of the two methods DEA and PN,typically used in financial analysis and non-financial analysis respectively show that the two analyses are completely different.It is believed that in the assessment the two approaches are equally important with their own advantage and should be further integrated.


OBJECTIVES :
1. To correlate serum testosterone levels in middle aged males with angiographic
severity and extent of coronary artery disease.
2. To correlate serum testosterone witha)
Flow mediated dilation of brachial artery (BAFMD)
b) Clinical profile and risk factors of CAD.
METHODS :
This prospective cross sectional study included 92 consecutive middle aged male
patients admitted for coronary angiogram, in our Department. History and physical
examination pertaining to cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular system was
performed. Patients underwent blood tests, ECG, chest x-ray and echocardiography.
Serum total testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, free and bioavailable
testosterone levels were determined. Coronary angiography was done. Severity of CAD
was scored according to GENSINI angiographic score. Additionally BAFMD was
determined.
The analysis was done on the total population as a single group and also after the division
of the population into two groups: Normal CAG (controls) and CAD (cases). Then the
patients with CAD were further divided into 3 subgroups according to the Gensini scores
(Low score : 54) and analysed.
RESULTS :
This study demonstrated a statistically significant negative correlation between severity
of CAD and serum total, free and bioavailable testosterone levels. This study also
showed that levels of total, free and bioavailable testosterone correlated positively with
BAFMD % in a strong and statistically significant manner.
The correlation between testosterone levels and traditional coronary risk factors was also
negative but statistically insignificant except for fasting and post prandial sugars. In the
CAD group, levels of total, free and bioavailable testosterone varied significantly in the
3 subgroups. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that even after adjusting for
traditional risk factors, low serum testosterone was independently associated with
severity of CAD. Also after adjusting for all coronary risk factors, low serum
testosterone was associated with BAFMD % i.e. endothelial function independently.
CONCLUSION :
This study showed that there is a statistically significant negative correlation between low
serum total, free and bioavailable testosterone and severity of coronary artery disease.
There is also a positive correlation between the testosterone levels and BAFMD %- a
marker of endothelial function. The correlation between various coronary risk factors and
serum testosterone was also found out to be negative. This study showed that serum
testosterone is independent risk factor for CAD. It has also shown that testosterone is
positively associated with endothelial function independently.


A high degree of correlation is shown to exist between the mean water equivalent of the snow pack on March 1 at snow courses in the Snake River region and the mean annual precipitation at nearby precipitation stations. Attempts were made to improve the correlation by introducing various additional parameters, but the resulting changes were not significant. In attempting to introduce length of snow-accumulation season as a parameter, a relation between elevation, latitude, and average beginning date of continuous winter snow cover with at least one inch of snow on the ground was developed.


Objective: To measure the mean length and width of NPC in patients reporting to Fatima Memorial hospital Lahore, for implant surgery. Methods: This crossectional study was conducted at Department of Periodontology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore. Fatima Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care dental hospital affiliated with University of Health Sciences. After taking informed written consent history was taken, clinical examination was done and CBCT from SIRONA CBCT machine will be taken to assess the outcome i.e the mean length and width of NPC. Result: Total of 72 patients requiring CBCT for dental procedures were included. 38 patients were males (52.8%) & 34 patients were females (47.2%) with the mean age of 40.944+7.507 years. The mean length and width of Nasopalatine canal (NPC) was 8.787+1.534 mm and 3.919+0.738 mm respectively. Conclusion: Significant differences in nasopalatine canal length and width were observed among the patients and CBCT was useful in determining nasopalatine canal length and width before implant placement Key words: Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; nasopalatine canal, length, width


Submitted for the MAR09 Meeting of The American Physical Society Parquet approximation calculation for the 2D Hubbard model1 SHUXIANG YANG, HERBERT FOTSO, JUN LIU, MARK JARRELL, University of Cincinnati, EDUARDO D'AZEVEDO, THOMAS MAIER, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, KAREN TOMKO, Ohio Supercomputer Center, RICHARD SCALETTAR, University of California Davis, THOMAS PRUSCHKE, University of Goettingen, Germany — We present a numerical solution of the parquet approximation on a half-filled 4x4 Hubbard cluster. The parquet formalism is a two-particle self consistent set of equations relating the reducible, irreducible, and fully irreducible vertieces. The simplest approximation from this formalism is the so-called parquet approximation, in which the fully irreducible vertex is approximated by the bare interaction. Our results are compared with results from Self-Consistent 2nd-order approximation, Fluctuation Exchange (FLEX) approximation and the Determinental Quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) calculation. 1We would like to acknowledge the support from SciDAC and NSF PIRE


The paper,through the investigation of some of country and town libraries in Dazhu county,analyzes the condition and issues of the country and town libraries at present,and discusses the way to develop the town and country libraries in economically underdeveloped area,and also gives some good suggestions.


Tufte's (1983, 1990) splendid books on data portrayal effectively challenge the reader to go out and to do likewise. A major intent of the present paper is to answer Tufte's challenge in the context of the rich geopolitical information inherent in the 1992 British general election; an appropriate choice since Tufte himself is a political scientist. Several of the types of diagram presented here have appeared already in the political literature, but others represent new possibilities made possible by modern technology. Missing from this paper are the colour diagrams which greatly assist the interpretation of multivariate data of this type. In addition to the representation of the election data, the paper also brings together and summarizes various of the author's analytical studies of election data, updating the earlier results in the context of the 1992 data. For simplicity, in this paper the phrases 'Liberals', 'Liberal party', etc. will be used without distinction for the Liberal Democrats, the Social Democratic party and the Liberal/Social Democrat Alliance.


The devastating effect of mental illness on family life is not the most likely material for a rock musical (or a great night out), but Next to Normal is one of the best productions all year.


The title of the study is Analysis of Distractor Quality of Multiple Choice Items of the Mid Term Test in SMP N 2 Demak. The purpose of the study is to find out how the quality of distractors of multiple choice items of the mid term tests. A qualitative discriptive research was designed to gather the data. The sample of this study was the eighth grades students of SMP N 2 Demak. The data gained by the test-taker answers and the questionaire of two classes. From the result of the mid term test, almost 5% of total test-taker from two classes were selecting the distractors in each items. It means the distractor of multiple choice items of the mid term test works well based on its funcion to distract or confusing test-taker for choosing the correct answer. From the questionaire, the reseacher found that the mid term test using multiple choice items is an objective test with easier to do and it is practically with time efficiently. However, the mid term test using multiple choice items also has time consuming for test-writer if they have not a good skill and the test-taker have the opportunity to cheat.
It is concluded that the distractor quality of multiple choice items of the mid term test work well based on its function and multiple choice form could still be used in english test. It is suggested that the teacher should has a good ability in making the test and give more exercises to know students' understanding about the material.


The gas separation mechanism of supported ionic liquid membranes was analyzed.The ways for ionic liquid used as liquid phase in supported liquid membranes and the effects of different materials of membrane,different kinds of ionic liquids,hydrophilic and hydrophobic of membrane on the instability of supported ionic liquids membrane were summarized.The application of supported ionic liquid membranes in gas separation were reviewed.In the end,the prospects for the industrialization of supported liquid membranes were presented.


Objectives: This study evaluated the impact of a one-day mental health Wellness Workshop on participants' mental health and attitudes towards mental health. Design: Convergent, longitudinal mixed-methods approach. Setting: The study evaluated Wellness Workshops which took place throughout the Republic of Ireland. Method: Questionnaires measuring hope, mental health self-efficacy, attitudes towards mental health and perceived impact on wellbeing were administered to participants before the workshop (n = 415), 1 week after (n = 221) and 3 months after (n = 110). Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 24 participants to generate a more in-depth understanding of the impact of the workshop. Results: Quantitative findings relating to hope, mental health self-efficacy and attitudes towards mental health did not identify statistically significant changes; however, participants' perceptions of the effect of the workshop on wellbeing suggested a positive impact which was maintained over time. Qualitative findings, however, suggested that hope and self-efficacy were improved and the simplicity and utility of the wellness strategies disseminated in the workshop, in addition to the warmth and openness of the narrative approach used by the facilitators, were central to the perceived positive impact. Conclusion: This evaluation demonstrates the potential for wellness interventions to have a subjective improvement in wellbeing in members of the general public.


The embodiment of the invention provides a control information transmission method and control information transmission equipment. The method comprises the following steps: respectively configuring control information associated with multiple component carrier waves at a base station; respectively sending data to user equipment from the multiple component carrier waves, wherein the data at least comprises the control information associated with the corresponding component carrier waves; receiving acknowledge information of the data from the user equipment in a subframe for time division duplex, wherein the control information is configured for indicating the time sequence of sending the acknowledgement information of the data received on the corresponding component carrier waves for frequency division duplex to the user equipment, and the time sequence is consistent with the time sequence of sending the acknowledgement information of the data received on the corresponding component carrier waves for time division duplex.


This " Jus Mengkudu" quality control system is developed to increase the ability of the current quality control system used by MARDI. The system upgrading is needed to makes sure that systematic process being conduct and the level of the quality control effectiveness and efficiency being increase in order to make sure that the product is well competitive in market and to maximize the profit. This case study has identified the weakness points of the current quality control system.It also identified the idea to solve the problem. Acceptance Sampling Control and Statistical Process Control are the identified suitable techniques in order to optimize the quality control of "Jus Mengkudu" by MARDI. The suggested quality control system has the ability to producing an effective,efficient and consistent of the product's quality control.


This work presents an overview of data acquisition, data logging and supervisory control of different parameters in a greenhouse. Raw measurement data from various parameters (surrounding temperature, pH of liquid, CO2 gas concentration) are acquired using DAQ and logged in a database for further analysis and supervisory control. For sensing the physical parameters, LM 35, pH probe, CO2 gas sensors are used. These sensors and DAQ needs uninterrupted power supply. For this purpose renewable energy is used to generate clean energy. Solar radiation can be used to generate electricity using PV (photo voltaic) cell and power conditioning circuit. This thesis is used to study the electrical characteristics of PV cell, which can be used to generate electricity from solar radiation for greenhouse purpose. Simulation studies have been carried out to know the electrical characteristics of PV cell for various irradiation levels. The sensors, which are mentioned above are mostly linear sensors. To use a nonlinear sensor suitably for data acquisition purpose, first of all the sensor linearization is done. In this work a thermistor is considered and its nonlinear characteristics are linearized using two methods (curve fitting method, Steinhart-Hart equation).


The philosophy of the functional activity of the vital force thinks that everything is in the functional activity of the vital force.The process of artistic creation is the process of combining and changing of the vital force of universe and the vital force of man.It includes these phases:the chance of artistic creativity;the aesthetic state of mind before creativity;let fancy go;the live composition is created.


Emergency procurement strategies have attracted significant attention from academicians and practitioners with the increase of supply disruptions in the past two decades. We study a manufacturer's contingent sourcing strategies under supply disruption and competition using Stackelberg game. We investigate a two-stage supply chain consisting of two competing manufacturers and two suppliers, where the wholesale prices offered by the two suppliers are different. Supplier 1 is unreliable and cheap, while supplier 2 is reliable and expensive, and moreover, supplier 2 has capacity limits. Manufacturer A uses a dual-sourcing, manufacturer B uses a single-sourcing. According to two manufacturers' order sequence, we established two manufacturers' expected profit function under three scenarios. We obtain the optimal order quantities and expected profits of the two manufacturers in different scenarios, and show that supply disruption and procurement time have effect on the manufacturer's purchasing decisions.


This paper utilized the proposed PCABPN based on PSO model constructed a innovation model. The influential variables are selected based on the 27 original variables by Chang et al. model (2009) and screened through the analysis of the principal components. Principal component analysis (PCA) is performed on the original ten variables chosen from PSO model. Different variable compositions are formed so as to eliminate number of variables in order to extract 3 principal components. There are 4 variables with first component and 7 variables with the second component and 9 variables with the third component, then the variables in the different components are treated as the BPN input layer neurons. The predicted results were used to compare with GARCH and PSOBPN model, the result found the self-developed PSOPCABPN model has best prediction model.


Actualities of water and land resources utilizations and causes of ecological environment worsening in the Heihe River basin were analyzed thoroughly,and limits and effects of hydrological condition and water resources to ecological environment of the basin were emphasized. The results indicate that salinization and the desertification of land have become the most serious ecological environment problems of the basin along with the degeneration of vegetations which not only affects the suvival of the natural oasis in the lower basin but also restricts the development and the stabilization of the artificial irrigation oasis in the middle and lower basin. Besides waters being polluted in partial area is a quite serious environment problem too. All above problems relegate to the ecological problem centering around on water resources, which is an ill domino effect leading by water resources gross shortage and unbalanced distributing to water resources. So protecting of ecological environment,especially vindicating of the oasis in lower basin, looks even more important. Hereby, some advice and countermeasures ameliorating ecological environment of the Heihe River basin are presented.


The response of thin films of fullerene (C60) to energetic ion impact is investigated. The diagnostics employed include Fourier-transform infrared and Raman spectroscopies, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. By combining the information obtained from these diagnostics with that from the dependence of the conductivity on ion dose, it is concluded that each C60 molecule completely disintegrates when hit by an energetic ion. The cross section for the destruction is about 6×10-13 cm2 for irradiation with 620-keV Xe ions. The disintegration occurs when C atoms are knocked out of the molecule either directly by the impinging ion or by an energetic knock-on C atom within the damage cascade. This process is quite different from the Coulomb-explosion mechanism previously proposed in the literature. For very low ion doses (<1×1011 Xe/cm2) most of the C60 molecules remain intact; however this dose is sufficient to completely disrupt the ordering of the C60 molecules in the van der Waals bonded C60 solid. Disruption of the lattice ordering at such low doses is considered to be attributable to the weakness of the van der Waals forces which bind the C60 clusters together into the molecular solid.


Objective: Analyzing the characteristics of perceived hope (PH) in a crisis situation regarding oneself, relationships with others and transcendence. Method: The data was collected in Spain throughout March, April and May 2020, under the state of emergency due to the global pandemic. 1048 individuals answered an online questionnaire (77% females and an average age of 51 years old). This questionnaire was designed ad hoc for the study, gathering information on five aspects: socio-demographic information, pandemic's impact, and PH regarding oneself, relationships with others and transcendence. Results: Average PH was 8 (SD = 1.66). Statistically significant differences (p < .001) were found between groups with differing levels of PH in terms of age, perception of desire and illusion, personal inclusion, coping attitude, life satisfaction, security, belief in the afterlife, trust, spiritual support, comfort, and peace and serenity. The group with a PH greater than 9 had higher scores in all of these variables. In regard to the predictors of PH the following regression equation was established: PH = .396 + .578 (Peace and Serenity) + .309 (Purpose) + .142 (Coping Attitude). Conclusion: The attributes of hope are strongly supported by the transcendent dimension of life, without ignoring the aspects of relationship with oneself and with others. Far from being an exclusively individual dynamism, hope seems to be within the scope of human relationships.


Salt bridges form between pairs of ionisable residues in close proximity and are important interactions in proteins. While salt bridges are known to be important both for protein stability, recognition and regulation, we still do not have fully accurate predictive models to assess the energetic contributions of salt bridges. Molecular dynamics simulations is one technique that may be used study the complex relationship between structure, solvation and energetics of salt bridges, but the accuracy of such simulations depend on the force field used. We have used NMR data on the B1 domain of protein G (GB1) to benchmark molecular dynamics simulations. Using enhanced sampling simulations, we calculated the free energy of forming a salt bridge for three possible ionic interactions in GB1. The NMR experiments showed that these interactions are either not formed, or only very weakly formed, in solution. In contrast, we show that the stability of the salt bridges is slightly overestimated in simulations of GB1 using six commonly used combinations of force fields and water models. We therefore conclude that further work is needed to refine our ability to model quantitatively the stability of salt bridges through simulations, and that comparisons between experiments and simulations will play a crucial role in furthering our understanding of this important interaction.


This paper describes modeling and simulation of reverse logistics networks for collection of used computers in one of the company in Selangor. The study focuses on design of reverse logistics network for used computers recycling operation. Simulation modeling, presented in this work allows the user to analyze the future performance of the network and to understand the complex relationship between the parties involved. The findings from the simulation suggest that the model calculates processing time and resource utilization in a predictable manner. In this study, the simulation model was developed by using Arena simulation package.


C omputer Science (CS) education has become a major focus both locally and nationally. Seventeen states have joined the Governors for CS partnership [2] and I am sure many more will follow. The White House has directed the Department of Education to commit $200 million each year for K–12 CS education and tech firms including Amazon, Facebook, and Google have pledged an additional $300 million for this initiative. All that money is a start to increasing the number of schools that offer CS and providing professional development for current and new CS teachers although it doesn't ensure increased enrollments by female and minority students. Increasing female and minority enrollment is one specific goal of Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland where I work. I spent the first two weeks of December 2017 celebrating CS Education week at four different high schools presenting Hour of Code tutorials to students in the schools' Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) classes whose goal in this instance is to change the demographics of CS classes. AVID is a global non-profit organization with the mission of closing the achievement gap by preparing students for college readiness. Students enroll in one class period of AVID each year in high school and receive tutoring assistance, organizational and study skills lessons, and assistance applying to colleges. The AVID website states that: The AVID Elective class targets students in the academic middle, who have the desire to go to college and are capable of completing rigorous curriculum using the will to work hard. Typically, AVID Elective students will be the first in their families to attend college, and many are from low-income or minority families. In the AVID Elective, students are routinely required to enroll in their school's toughest courses, such as honors or Advanced Placement®. [3]


Abstract * The research for this paper was supported in part by the Sloan Research Fund of the School of Industrial Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. William J. Taylor is largely responsible for the mathematical methods used in the paper. The authors benefited from the advice of G. Dannerstedt. T. M. Whitin, and the referee on earlier drafts of the paper.


In this paper, we investigate a posteriori error estimates of the hp-finite element method for a distributed convex optimal control problem governed by the elliptic partial differential equations. A family of weighted a posteriori error estimators of residual type are formulated. Both reliability and efficiency of the estimators are analyzed.


In 2005, Colombia performed 16.5% of its organ transplants in foreign patients. The total of organs transplanted was 756, out of them, 124 in foreigners. The numbers by organ were: Kidney (598 citizens/95 foreign), Liver (115/22), Heart (37/3) and Lung (6/4). Colombia changed its policy, and created the Transplant Network Organization a subdivision of the National Health Institute (INS). According to the new legal framework, each program must ask to the INS for a written permission to transplant a foreign patient, and the INS should demonstrate that there is not a suitable Colombian receptor for that specific organ. Otherwise the health system increases the waiting list for each organ and set the network to share organs for one region to another. Several laws, executive orders and a declaration of the Council of State were made in these years to apply the law to the clinical practice. Over the last years the number of foreign patients transplanted in Colombia decreased and by 2012 it represents less than 0.27% out of the total of organs transplanted. This number is favorable compared with same percentages for other countries.


The technological potentialities of laser alloying are considered for operation properties increase of supporting prisms in machine equipment. The information on techniques used is shown: methods for alloying component introduction, a lute structure, modes of laser working are presented. Test results of coatings obtained and recommendations for their use are presented.


Objective of research to study the decentralization of the agricultural sector, namely agriculture, is the model VECM (Vector Error Corrections Model), data time series 1981/1982-2012. Research results found in the long term agriculture is significant and positively associated with local revenue. Plantation significant and negative effect local revenue. Livestock significantly and negatively local revenue. Fisheries significantly positively related to local revenues and Forestry significantly and negatively local revenues. While agriculture, farming, livestock, fisheries and forestry is insignificant and does not form relationships Granger cause in the short term. Thus, local revenues in Aceh only influenced by agriculture, plantation, livestock, fisheries and forestry in the long term.

Keywords: Decentralization, Local Revenues and Agriculture Sector


Monitoring the health of the elderly people through wearable equipment helps to reduce the health and medical expenses associated with falls in the elderly people. The technology of falling detection is analyzed, and a fall detection and alarm system based on triaxle acceleration sensor and gyroscope is proposed. Three-axis acceleration sensor and gyroscope real-time collect data from the elderly people in the daily activities of the acceleration and angular velocity data. The software running on the mobile phone to analyze the data received and determines the movement of the elderly people state. When the system detects a fall occurs, the ringing tone to remind the elderly, the elderly people can confirm the alarm or cancel false positives. If there is no response within 20s, the system will notify the contact according to the set alarm by means of messages and call. The elderly can also alarm when feel ill. Introduction In recent years, wearable equipment and telemedicine has become a hot topic of research. With a wide variety of wearable equipment appeared, the IT industry and the media pay more attention on this area. Healthy bracelets as the representative of the medical health wearable equipment is one of the most sought. People's demand for personal health care has been existed, and with the development of embedded technology, cloud computing technology and sensor technology in recent years, the development of services to individuals in the small wearable equipment environment gradually mature [1] [2]. Wearable health monitoring technology is an effective way to achieve combination of hospitals, communities, families and individuals. It is an effective way to alleviate people's need for health monitoring and limited medical resources. Wearable health monitoring system has become one of the emerging international hotspots in today's international concern. Based on the wearable fall detection system, a lot of research had been done in domestic and abroad [3] [4] [5], basically through a variety of sensors to collect human activity data, and through a certain algorithm to determine whether the elderly people fall. And take the appropriate measures to play a role in health status and location confirmation.


Apparatus for performing floating and stabilizing strips, preferably metal strips, by means of blowing with treatment gas on at least one band side for the purpose of heat treatment by convective heat transfer a) arranged with one, (on at least one side of the belt 1) the radial fan (7, 8) with 360 ° spiral housing, b) with a flow guide (5o, 5u; 6o, 6u) (on at least one side of the tape 1) of the (from the centrifugal fan 7, supplied 8) treat gas, and c) to the flow guide (5o, 5u; 6o, 6u) connected levitation nozzle (11) (for blowing and stabilizing of the strip 1), characterized by the following features: d) the flow guide (5o, 5u; 6o, 6u) (on one side of the tape 1) corresponds in each case arranged a (parallel to the belt 1) U; e) the strip (1) facing the legs of each U is (with the levitation nozzle 11) equipped; f) in the other leg of the U is a radial fan (7, 8) with 360 ° spiral housing, ...


A f i sh barrier and the associated gabion structure in Crooked Creek were removed in June 1992. Fisheries surveys in 1992, 1993, and 1994, following removal of the barrier documented use of upstream habitat by Arctic grayling, juvenile chinook salmon, a n d slimy sculpin. Loss of pool habitat in the disturbed area resulted in a reduction in the number of Arctic grayling. Juvenile chinook salmon use was highest in the lower part of the sample area which contained mainly shallow r i f f le habi ta t wi th minimal cover.


This paper analyzed the requirements of timber forest assets evaluation system.It was designed and implemented of evaluation practice,data management,and reports print.The system helps to make the work of evaluation more effective and veracity.


Objectivity is a central tenet of the scientific process. That is, in order for science to be a successful tool for understanding the nature of reality it must be free from bias. This idea is so core to science that cases of explicit bias (e.g., data fabrication and false reporting of results) are both mystifying and sensational. In principle and (we hope) in practice, instances of bias can be detected and corrected through the scientific process itself (e.g., replication). Other forms of researcher biases (e.g., expectancy effects, confirmation bias) can also plague science; additional safeguards are employed tomitigate these effects, such as double blind study designs or coders who are blind to condition or study hypothesis. Still other protections are in place at the publication level with double-blind review processes, in which both reviewers and author(s) are anonymous to each other, although this practice is not uniform across scientific disciplines. Clearly, scientists are committed to rooting out bias, whether intended or not, in order to uphold the objectivity of the scientific process. In this vein, Medin and Bang argue in their book, Who's Asking? Native Science, Western Science, and Science Education, that it is crucial to consider who is and, perhaps more importantly, who is not engaging in science, and the consequences this may have on scientific understanding and science education. Central to their concern is the idea that, "culture and cultural values affect what problems scientists choose to study and how they choose to study them" (p. 162). This book can therefore be understood as a wake-up call to a threat to objectivity in science that may not be fully recognized or appreciated. Because scientists engage in the scientific process, which is value-free, there is a perception that science is also neutral. But, as Medin and Bang argue, science is not neutral because the questions asked reflect the scientist's (or their culture's) way of seeing the world. Therefore, in order for science to more accurately and completely describe the nature of reality (i.e., to decrease the threat to objectivity), greater diversity among scientists, which presumably entails greater diversity of worldviews and values, is needed. In developing the above argument, Medin and Bang provide a wideranging analysis of the history of science, philosophy of science, reductionism, the unity of science, and evidence and implications of values in science. Their conclusion is that the predominant scientific worldview comes from a Western perspective that more accurately reflects "Western science" than "science," much in the way that research with U.S. undergraduate students does not generalize to all people (for a review, see Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010). Instead for effective science, Medin and Bang argue for plurality of worldviews in scientific approaches and levels of analysis. As others have argued (e.g., Bauer, 1992), the scientific method is not a uniform process; rather the application of the scientific method depends upon the discipline and the questions asked. In other words, there is not just oneway to do science.


. In this paper an analysis of ARX stochastic algorithms based on related keys is considered. Analysis based on this approach is carried out using the selected open text and the keys linked by some function. A special case of using related keys is the analysis of an algorithm consisting only of the operations of modular addition modulo 2 n , modulo 2, and cyclic shift. Such algorithms are so-called ARX stochastic algorithms. The common method of analysing the algorithms based on related keys is the rotation analysis method. This method allows formulating requirements only for the number of addition operations modulo 2 n . The considered properties of the rotation analysis method demonstrated the need to develop requirements for ARX algorithms in terms of the number of cyclic shift operations. Based on the properties of the mathematical operations used in the ARX stochastic algorithms, a non-cyclic related key function was proposed. Among ARX operations, only the cyclic shift function affects the probability of such relation. The complexity of the analysis based on non-cyclic related key function has been estimated. It is proved that the complexity of relation key analysis of ARX algorithms is determined by the


Corporate social responsibility (CSR) encompasses activities through which a firm ultimately achieves sustainable management by improving the society and environment. Contrary to the general perception that CSR activities can improve only the enterprise value (EV), they can also be strategically deployed based on agency problems (situational factors). Specifically, by focusing on the nature of related party transactions that exhibit high tendencies to introduce agency problems, this study analyzes whether South Korean firms that engage in such transactions perform CSR activities more actively than those that do not. The empirical analysis reveals that firms that engage in related party transactions exhibit increased CSR activity scores, indicating that managers are more likely to deploy CSR activities as a tool for managing their image and concealing or embellishing illicit corporate transactions. Hence, CSR activities undertaken at the expense of shareholders may be opportunistically exploited as a tool for positively embellishing a firm's image. However, it is observed that chaebol companies do not strategically exploit CSR activities, despite being engaged in related party transactions. Thus, chaebol companies that are registered with a large business group and under the supervision system of the government are unlikely to opportunistically exploit CSR activities.


The invention discloses a numerical value transferring method and device, and belongs to the field of the network technology. The method comprises the following steps: when a numerical value transferring operation on an appointed page is detected, generating a message abstract used for describing the numerical value transferring operation; according to stored fingerprint information, verifying the obtained appointed fingerprint information; when the appointed fingerprint information is successfully verified, processing the message abstract according to a digital certificate to obtain a signature data packet; and sending the signature data packet and the numerical value transferring request to a target server, and processing the numerical value transferring request by the target server according to the digital certificate and the signature data packet. Since the digital certificate and a fingerprint verification technology are combined to realize numerical value transferring, a local fingerprint verification result can be guaranteed to be integrally uploaded to the target server, a risk that the numerical value transferring request is processed under a condition that data is maliciously tampered by other people or other people pretend to be a user self to initiate the numerical value transferring request can be avoided, and safety is high.


Abstract Under the guise of Swiss neutrality, the Swiss-based company Crypto AG for decades manufactured and supplied manipulated cipher machines to governments in over 120 States. The company was controlled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND). The Swiss intelligence services had known about this intelligence operation since 1993 at the latest, had access to relevant information, and allowed the foreign intelligence services to continue their operation until 2018. For the permanently neutral State of Switzerland, this raises the question of how Operation RUBICON is to be assessed with regard to Switzerland's duties under the law of neutrality. This author finds that it was unlikely that Switzerland, in its complicity in Operation RUBICON, violated its duties under the law of neutrality. However, if—and this is unlikely but cannot be completely ruled out—Crypto AG exported rigged cipher machines or offered maintenance services during (or immediately before) the Kosovo War in 1999 to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or during (or immediately before) the Iraq invasion in 2003 to the Republic of Iraq, Switzerland would have violated its duties under the law of neutrality. At the very least, Switzerland's complicity in Operation RUBICON plays into its image as a Western neutral and is therefore relevant in terms of Swiss neutrality policy. In any case, it is crucial for Switzerland to refrain from complying with intelligence operations such as Operation RUBICON and to preserve (guided by equidistance, international law, and Switzerland's humanitarian tradition) its permanent neutrality, even during today's challenging circumstances.


Acute myocardial infarction is a rare condition in young athletes. One of the causes could be a hypercoagulable state due to congenital antithrombin III deficiency, together with a prothrombotic state soon after strenuous physical training. We present the case of myocardial reinfarction in young football player with antithrombin III deficiency, treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention and drug eluting stent, as well as the functional repercussions of continuous intensive physical activity.


In conformity with the trend of the compilation and translation of learners' dictionaries due to great increase in foreign language learners,this paper attempts a discussion of some problems in translation.These problems are interpretation without real understanding;mechanical translation and servile translation;under-translation and over-translation;alienation and domestication in the translation of English idioms and proverbs;unsuitable style and the overuse of passive voice.In the discussion,examples and translation theories are combined,and improper translations are pointed out and advice for correction is offered.


test for achlohydria ⁄ hypochlorhydria and faecal elastase tests to exclude chronic pancreatitis as causes would have strengthened the study. Although not stated in our article, none of patients were taking H2-antagonists. We recognize that folate deficiency may result in falsely low serum cobalamin levels and these figures from our cohort will be included in a comprehensive paper describing the outcome of all haematological parameters following restorative proctocolectomy, currently being prepared for submission to Colorectal Disease. We will also be describing our results using the more sensitive indicator, plasma homocysteine, to diagnose subclinical cobalamin deficiency in our cohort.


The present research tried to demonstrate how the curricular execution is related to the teaching performance regarding the fulfillment of what is programmed in the respective university syllables and in the different thematic areas according to a schedule, methodology, materials and evaluation. The methodology used is to basic type, non-experimental design of hypothesis contrast level, descriptive - correlational, because a relationship is established between the variables of Curriculum Execution and Teaching Performance, according to the perspective of the students of the Faculty of Education. The technique used was the survey. The sample consisted of 80 students; the sampling was carried out by random selection. The results were, p = 0.000. So there is enough statistical evidence to reject H0. Consequently, it was shown that there is a relationship between the variables and not random. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between curriculum execution and teaching performance, according to university vocational training students. (r = 0.895 and p = 0.000); it is important because the better the curriculum execution, the better the teaching performance.


Research purposes: Nowadays the construction projects face the limitations of environmental uncertainty and constrained resource,so the method for traditional network planning can not satisfy the demands of increasingly complex construction projects for the feasibility and steadiness.Thus,it is necessary to use fuzzy critical chain for making the construction project schedule.Research conclusions:Based on the consideration of the constraints and uncertainties of resources to the construction projects,the new method is offered for making construction project schedule with critical chain method,namely using improved genetic algorithm to identify critical chain,determine the optimal start time of each activity under a desirable schedule and present the algorithm for determining the sizes of the project buffer area and feeding buffer area.The feasible and stable project schedule can be made with this method,because this method integrates the advantages of critical chain method and focuses on the whole project.This method is especially suitable for making the project schedule under the constraints and uncertainty of resources and can be as an effective tool for making the project schedule.


We have fabricated superconductive Nb‐(fine Nb wires)‐NbN short weak links. We find that their quasiparticle characteristics can be well explained using the theory of T. M. Klapwijk, G. E. Blonder, and M. Tinkham [Physica B and C 109 & 110B 1657 (1982)] based on the Andreev reflection phenomenon at two independent normal metal‐superconductor interfaces for the case of a negligible effective barrier potential. For such devices, there is found no measurable excess noise associated with the Andreev reflection itself and device voltage noise clearly exhibits both thermal and shot noise limits. Although the device structure is fundamentally different, in the whole studied range of bias voltages, the voltage noise properties of our short weak links are found to be qualitatively comparable to those of small‐area tunnel junctions.


Introduction Volatile substance use (VSU) is an issue of concern to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians. In locations where it is occurring, it impacts considerably on families and broader communities [1, 2]. An increasing number of reviews, reports and inquiries have been conducted over the past three decades, highlighting VSU as a critical issue [3-8]. In decades past the 'lack of progress in implementing recommendations contained in these reports created much frustration and despair in communities' [9 p.xv]. In recent years, however, there has been significant progress, particularly in remote Indigenous communities, though there is still work to be done [10-12]. About this review The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive synthesis of key information on VSU for people involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Australia, and draws on a number of substantial reports and other key documents. This review expands on the previous version of the Review of volatile substance use among Indigenous people [13], which itself drew on work conducted in preparation for Volatile substance misuse: a review of interventions [14]. The current review is focused on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and does not substantially examine VSU among other Indigenous peoples, or other populations in Australia or internationally. After a brief overview of the nature of volatile substances, the effects of VSU and current approaches to VSU are described. Specifically, supply and demand reduction approaches, and treatment responses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are discussed, followed by concluding comments. Although there are numerous terms to describe inhalant use and misuse, often interchangeably, VSU is the term preferred in this review. The HealthInfoNet produces a wide range of publications and narrative reviews of specific health topics. In these publications authors summarise and present data from other sources. It is often difficult to determine whether original sources are referring to Aboriginal people only, Torres Strait Islander people only or to both groups. In these instances the authors are ethically bound to utilise the terms from the original source unless they can obtain clarification from the report authors / copyright holders. Readers may see these terms used interchangeably with the term 'Indigenous' in some instances. If they have any concerns they should be advised to contact the HealthInfoNet for further information. About volatile substances What are inhalants and volatile substances? Volatile substances are chemical compounds that vaporise …


Using 10 to 40% (by weight) diluents, e.g. porous silica together can greatly enhance the effect of the vinyl ethers (such as CHVE, DVE3) and the acrylate (HDDA, TPGDA, DPGDA) with the alicyclic epoxy, It may produce a mixture of matte or cations based (cationic / free radical cure) and a semi-gloss paint, without impairing the other desirable properties of the film.


Heat treatment of Oriental-beech (Fagus orientalis) wood was carried out by hot air in an oven for 2, 4, and 8 h at 140, 170, and 200°C. After heat treatment, some physical characteristics such as surface roughness, color, glossiness, and mass loss of Oriental-beech wood specimens were measured. Our results showed that heat treatment caused decrease in surface roughness, glossiness, and mass loss values of Oriental-beech (Fagus orientalis) wood specimens. The decrease in lightness at all temperatures indicates that the specimens become darker with the treatment time.  While, a* coordinate (red component) decreased as temperature increased, b* coordinate (yellow component) initially increased at 140°C and then decreased at 170°C and 200°C.


The case study that we are reviewing in these papers has a detail description for an organizational conflict situation in the Moon Tire Company. Both owners of the company have a disagreement about saving the company and gaining profit. The conflict started to affect company progress and productivity. In the next few pages, we will try to diagnose the conflict using the Circle of Conflict models as one of the Conflict Analysis Models that for the presence of common factors with other models, which may help to more understanding and more precise analysis of the conflict, and thus might help find solutions to solve the dispute. Furthermore, we will review the intervention strategy, how will we work with the parties, what challenges do we anticipate, and explain the importance of confidentiality in this process.


We investigate the relative computational power of three classes of pointer algorithms by comparing time and space usage. These classes include two from Tarjan's original paper and another class which we introduce which is related to another long standing problem.


The networking equipment market is being transformed by the need for greater openness and flexibility, not only for research purposes but also for in-house innovation by the equipment owners. In contrast to networking gear following the model of computer mainframes, where closed software runs on proprietary hardware, the software-defined networking approach effectively decouples the data from the control plane via an open API (i.e., OpenFlow protocol) that allows the (remote) control of packet forwarding engines. Motivated by this scenario, we propose RouteFlow, a commodity routing architecture that combines the line-rate performance of commercial hardware with the flexibility of open-source routing stacks (remotely) running on general purpose computers. The outcome is a novel point in the design space of commodity routing solutions with far-reaching implications towards virtual routers and IP networks as a service. This paper documents the progress achieved in the design and prototype implementation of our work and outlines our research agenda that calls for a community-driven approach.


Ubiquitous Healthcare environment materializes the patient-centric paradigm providing healthcare services without spatial and temporal limitations. However, the nature of Ubiquitous Healthcare services requiring exchange of sensitive personal data raises trust issues. In this paper, we propose a profile-based Trust Management scheme that enables the patient to select the most trustworthy Healthcare Provider in a Ubiquitous Healthcare environment. Furthermore, we propose an extended User Profile structure integrating trust-related information in order to enhance the functionality of the proposed Trust Management scheme.


Applying information technology to state budget management is one of the solutions to improve transparency in public financial management, limit disadvantages in using budgets and ensure financial security in the process of national development and integration. In particular, implementing the treasury and budget management information system (TABMIS) is an important orientation in the treasury development strategy by 2020 of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam. This study aims to analyze the critical factors affecting the effectiveness of TABMIS in state treasuries in Ho Chi Minh City. Using quantitative research method, the findings reveal that key factors included top management commitment and support; vendor support; implementation team; ERP user involvement; Data quality; infrastructure quality; TABMIS software quality; The management policies of TABMIS system, monitoring and control environment have a positive impact on the effectiveness of the TABMIS system, in which the monitoring and control environment factor has the strongest impact.


This thesis investigates the different factors influencing man's personality and the development of societies in the scope of XXth century modernist fictions. I will demonstrate a line of progress, along which an innocent being r eaches the 1 evel o f s ociety, and the p ossible drawbacks of being isolated and alienated. Using William Golding's Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors, and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, we will have a deeper insight into their symbolism and ideas about the secrets of human soul.


The replacement for synthetic fiber and other materials with natural fiber in the brake pad has become a key research area in many industries. Many production industries are always focused on natural fiber over synthetic fibers because of its advantage of biodegradability, less expensive, availability, and environment friendly. However, natural fibers cannot be used directly in composites because of its poor adhesion behavior between matrix and fiber and observe high water content in the fiber. Further, the excess water content in the inside fiber has been removed by using alkaline, benzoylation, and acetylation treatment. It has been achieved by the same chemical concentration but with different time duration. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis revealed that the amount of cellulose content after chemical treatment was improved and decrease in other substances like hemicellulose, lignin, and wax content. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis study confirmed that the rise in the crystalline index (70.41 from 52.7) of alkali-treated SEFs at 30 min. The thermogravimetric analysis study has confirmed that the increase in the degradation temperature of Benzoyl-treated SEFs (387 °C) at 60 min when compared with untreated fiber (320 °C). The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) results have confirmed that the elimination of impurities from the fiber surface after chemical treatment. Further, the acetyl- treated fibers have shown that better hydrophobic properties than other treated fibers. In the above tests have been concluded that the chemically treated fibers, as one of the suitable materials for the development of the brake pad application.


465 Background: TURBT is the standard surgical procedure for diagnosis, staging, and initial treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. This study aimed to identify current geographic trends associated with the use and cost of TURBT in Medicare beneficiaries. Methods: The Medicare Limited Data Set 100% sample of outpatient and 5% sample of carrier claims data from Q1 2019 to Q3 2020 was used for analysis. Patients who underwent TURBT were identified using CPT codes (55234, 52235, 52240). An analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was run comparing the difference in average claim payment amount, average beneficiary payment to physician, and average allowed charge amount between each region (West, Midwest, Northeast, and South). If the ANOVA test found a significant difference between regions, a t-test was run for all combinations of regions. Results: In the outpatient setting, we identified a total of 92,938 TURBT procedures between 2019 and Q3 2020, including 23,039 (Midwest), 19,890 (Northeast), 33,379 (South), and 16,630 (West). The average Medicare claim payment amount was $2,755 overall, $2,566 (Midwest), $2,866 (Northeast), $2,497 (South), and $3,092 (West). Beneficiaries paid an average of $605 in the Midwest, $673 in the Northeast, $572 in the South, and $697 in the West. The average total charge was $7,343, $7,189, $8,510, and $10,028 in the Midwest, Northeast, South, and West respectively. In the outpatient setting, there were no statistical differences for any cost related variables between the four regions. In the physician office setting, we identified 8,035 TURBT between 2019 and Q3 2020. There were 1,776, 1,577, 3,153, and 1,529 TURBT procedures in the Midwest, Northeast, South, and West, respectively. The average Medicare claim cost was $383 (Midwest), $372 (Northeast), $423 (South), and $417 (West). The average total allowed charges on the claim was $415 overall, and $392, $404, $430, and $432 in the Midwest, Northeast, South, and West, respectively. There was a significant statistical difference (p = 0.0154) for the average claim payment amount between the South and the Northeast. The two regions differed in average claim payment amount by $51 (95% CI: $15, $87). There was a significant difference in the average allowed charge amount between the South and Midwest (p = 0.019) and the West and Midwest (p = 0.016). Compared to the South, the Midwest had a lower average charge amount by $37 (95% CI: $9, $66). The West had a higher average charge amount than the Midwest by $40 (95% CI: $12, $68). Conclusions: This analysis demonstrated a significant difference in the cost of TURBT between regions in the physician office setting. The South had a significant higher claim payment amount than the Northeast. The allowed charge amount in the physician office setting for the South and the West were significantly higher than the Midwest.


Artemisinin is a natural compound that is extracted from the plant Artemisia annua. While it was used to treat fever and pain in the past, it is currently approved by World Health Organization (WHO) to be used in combating malaria. It is an effective anti-malarial drug because of its high efficacy even towards multi-drug resistant Plasmodium strains and exhibits no significant side effects in humans. However, artemisinin has poor solubility in water or oil, poor bioavailability and a short half-life in vivo . Therefore, derivatives of artemisinin consisting of semi-synthetic and fully synthetic compounds with improved properties have been synthesized. Semi-synthetic derivatives include artesunate, artemether and dihydroartemisinin. Artemisinin and its derivatives are sesquiterpene lactones that contain a unique endoperoxide bond in its trioxane ring, which is essential for their anti-malarial activity. The importance of this bond is shown by the findings of studies that the abrogation of the endoperoxide bond led to a significant reduction in toxicity of the drugs. For example, the removal of one O-atom in the endoperoxide moiety was associated with a complete loss of anti-malarial activity. The activation mechanism of artemisinin is hypothesized to involve the reduction of the endoperoxide bond by Fe2+, which is a catalyst that can generate free radicals from peroxidic structures. The selective toxicity of the drug towards parasite-infected cells as compared to non-infected cells is attributed to the higher heme level in parasite-infected cells. In malarial parasite-infected red blood cells, the parasites break down hemoglobin in the food vacuole to gain amino acids for synthesis of their parasite-specific proteins. As a result, heme is released, which can be further degraded into iron in the vacuole. Therefore, hemoglobin degradation gives rise in an increase in both heme and free iron level in infected erythrocytes. As a result, whether heme or iron is the crucial activator of the drug is yet to be elucidated. One of the pleiotropic effects of the drug is that the reduced endoperoxide bond forms cytotoxic carbon-centered radicals that can alkylate target proteins and affect their functions. Other effects include the alkylation of heme, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inhibition of PfATP6, which is the P. falciparum ortholog of the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump. Some studies have also found that artemisinin builds up within neutral lipids and damage the parasite membrane. The combination of these toxic effects of artemisinin and its derivatives result in parasitic death. Artemisinin is used to relieve pain and fever in the older days. Today, artemisinin is widely used as an anti-malarial drug as our first line of defense to combat the emergence of drug resistance malaria parasite. Besides its anti-malarial properties, artemisinin is being investigated in other diseases. It is found to possess a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities, including anticancer, anti-asthma etc. However, its mechanism of action (MOA) is still not fully understood. Recently, "omics" approach has been used in identify the targets and unravel the mechanism of action of artemisinin. This review will summarize the recent progress in artemisinin target and mechanism study.


The reality of resource limitation during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has deeply challenged established approaches to healthcare system emergency response. Early preparation during the pandemic focused on defining algorithms to ration life-saving resources in crisis capacity settings when person-centered decision-making must give way to population-level priorities (Committee on Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations, and Institute of Medicine 2012; Emanuel et al. 2020). Thus far, few regions of the US have formally declared crisis capacity. Rather, healthcare resource availability has been characterized by a drawn-out and dynamic intermediate state between "usual" and "crisis" capacity. Our work and that of others have illuminated the complex experiences of front-line clinicians who were left to grapple with unexpected types of resource limitations and other unprecedented pressures on usual approaches to care with little guidance or preparation (Butler et al. 2020). Clinicians found themselves responsible for in-the-moment decisions about resource allocation and changes in practice that could feel arbitrary, morally ambiguous, or risky (Butler et al. 2020). These roles could feel alienating for clinicians and likely contributed to moral distress and burnout (Butler et al. 2021; Shanafelt, Ripp, and Trockel 2020). These experiences early in the pandemic have drawn increased attention to the challenges of "contingency capacity" and triggered deliberation about how to determine appropriate adapted care practices. Contingency capacity is marked by heterogeneous and dynamic degrees and types of resource limitations. In this setting, established and fixed algorithms for resource allocation—primarily designed to support scarce resource triage in crisis settings—are insufficiently flexible to accommodate ethically and operationally relevant situation details. Alfandre and colleagues propose a standardized set of questions to guide leaders in developing ethically justified policies and practices for contingency capacity tailored to the specific needs of their institution (Alfandre et al. 2021). Herein we reflect on this proposed framework from the perspective of front-line clinicians, including delineating its value and also exploring residual challenges for supporting clinicians practicing in contingency capacity settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Early surgical treatment is the main treatment of the underlying penis, should carry out surgical treatment in preschool children generally advisable, Devine, Shiraki and Johnstons diorthosis is the common way of operation, including Devine surgery is regarded as the classic operation for treatment of occult penis, but there are more disadvantages: less intraoperative view, operation more difficult; Repair the penis foreskin after stretching shortage and poor appearance, intraoperative need to protect the penile dorsal neurovascular, otherwise due to the superficial vein and lymphatic circumfluence obstacle, postoperative penile swelling. Aiming at these deficiencies, we used the improved Devine surgery, used the penis to take off the set of technology, effectively reduce the postoperative penile swelling; Sufficient to remove the penis lining poor development under the superficial fascia, effectively improve the penis pull retraction; Keep the pubic fat pad; At the same time the circumcision cuts wrapping appearance. To sum up, improve the Devine surgery can be effective in treatment of pediatric conceals the penis, and in the maximum extent, reduce the postoperative complications, worthy of clinical application widely.


Abstract : This research effort developed a computational theory for the control of human attention in two-dimensional visual tasks. Theory and experiments focused on the role of the spatial modulation transfer function for human vision, and on the characteristics and limitations of cortical receptive field processes.


This community service aims to increase knowledge, understanding and be able to practice Clean and Healthy Behavior (PHBS) –day. The method used is a lecture while playing with a group or group educational approach. The name of the game used is the squad game which consists of several posts. The first post is a game of snakes and ladders that has prepared questions and challenges. The second post is demonstrating 6 steps of washing hands with music modified with trending tiktok songs. The third post is a puzzle game that contains keywords about hand washing and hand hygiene. The last post is practicing hand washing with soap under running water and practicing nail care and hygiene. Rewards are given when completing missions and at the end of the game the best PHBS squad game participants are obtained. From the game, the total participants for health education were 40 participants who were in grade 2 at SDN 2 Imbanagara Raya.


Abstract: Infectious disease constitutes a substantial threat to the viability of endangered species. Population viability analysis (PVA) can be a useful tool for directing conservation management when decisions must be made and information is absent or incomplete. Incorporating epidemiological dynamics explicitly into a PVA framework is technically challenging, but here we make a first attempt to integrate formal stochastic models of the combined dynamics of rabies and canine distemper into a PVA of the Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis), a critically endangered canid. In the absence of disease, populations in habitat patches of every size were remarkably stable and persistent. When rabies virus was introduced, epidemics, assumed to arise from sporadic dog‐to‐wolf transmission, caused extinction probabilities over 50 years to rise linearly with the force of infection from the dog reservoir and particularly steeply in smaller populations. Sensitivity analysis revealed that although the overall pattern of results was not altered fundamentally by small to moderate changes in disease‐transmission rates or the way in which interpack disease transmission was modeled, results were sensitive to the process of female recruitment to male‐only packs. Completely protecting wolf populations from rabies through vaccination is likely to be impractical, but the model suggested that direct vaccination of as few as 20–40% of wolves against rabies might be sufficient to eliminate the largest epidemics and therefore protect populations from the very low densities that make recovery unlikely. Additional simulations suggested that the affect of periodic epidemics of canine distemper virus on wolf population persistence was likely to be slight, even when modeled together with rabies. From a management perspective, our results suggest that conservation action to protect even the smallest populations of Ethiopian wolves from rabies is both worthwhile and urgent.


Kim Young Shin ? Director of Multicultural Families Project(Center for Vietnam ? Korea cultural exchange) said: I came to Vietnam in 1993. At that time, I could not imagine that there would be such many Korean men getting married with Vietnamese women like this. At the beginning of 2000, I heard that some Korean men got married with Vietnamese women just only in 3 days. This news made me disappointed. I ask myself "How can a man get married with a woman just after 3 days without understanding of het?" That`s why I study international marriage between Korea and Vietnam. I had the same concern to start my research on 80 women who intended to get married with Korean men and 20 parents of them at My Son My Son hamlet, Ngu Lao commune, Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong province


Natural fiber reinforced composites are increasingly being used in various applications area. Therefore, the processing method and physical properties of these composites are very important parameters in product quality and quaranty. This paper focused on the tensile properties, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and water absorption of cogon grass (CG) with low density polyethylene (LDPE)/soya spent flour (SSF) composites. The tensile strength and elongation at break (Eb) of uncompatibilized CG with LDPE/ SSF decreased significantly with increasing of fiber content. However, the Young's modulus increased with increasing of CG loading. The presence of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR 50) as a compatibilizer increased the tensile strength, Eb and Young's modulus of the composites when compared to uncompatibilized composites. Fourier transform infrared results show distinguishable peaks for compatibilized and uncompatibilized composites. The water absorption for both uncompatibilized and compatibilized composites increased from day 1 until day 21. The presence of ENR 50 as compatibilizer showed lower water absorption percentage compared to uncompatibilized composites.


Objective To discuss the MRI feature and clinical significance of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia(VBD). Materials and Methods The radiographic data of 21 patients with VBD were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were performed with MRI scan, 4 patients with enhanced MR scan, 13 patients with MR angiography, 12 patients were underwent spiral CT examinations. The diameter, height and most lateral position of the basilar arteries were assessed on MRI scans. Results Dilatation and elongation of the basilar artery was very pronounced in 21 patients, the diameter of the basilar artery were in size from 5 to 10mm. 13 of which tortuous basilar arteries were courses from left to right, 8 arteries were courses from right to left. 14 patients had symptoms of involvement of the Ⅶ、Ⅷ、Ⅺ、Ⅴ cranial nerves. The 8 patients had ischemic lesions in posterior circulation on MRI scan.Conclusion MRI and MRA have the ability to display basilar artery anatomy and its relation to posterior fossa structures,to delineate mural thrombi and dissections, MRI is first choice to the diagnosis of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia.


Sinus node recovery times and the premature atrial stimulus test were studied in 36 patients, seven with gross sinus node disease, 25 with possible sinus node disease and four with no clinical evidence of sinus node disease. The corrected sinus node recovery time proved of most value in predicting which patients needed and would benefit from permanent pacemaker implantation, though there was one false negative diagnosis and two patients with abnormal corrected sinus node recovery times were asymptomatic. The premature atrial stimulus test usually proved to be of no practical value once severe sinus node disease was present and, in the group of patients with suspected sino‐atrial disease, only 13 of 25 graphs could be analysed due to gross "scatter" in the others.


et al. Characterization and clinical impact of antinuclear antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98:431–7. 5. Zuchner D, Sternsdorf T, Szostecki C, Heathcote EJ, CauchDudek K, Will H. Prevalence, kinetics, and therapeutic modulation of autoantibodies against Sp100 and promyelocytic leukemia protein in a large cohort of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology 1997;26:1123–30.


Relationship between plankton assemblage and environmental factors in a semi-closed Chunsu Bay was examined. Temporal changes in phytoplankton assemblage was rather drastic than those found in most Korean coastal area in the Yellow Sea primarily due to the seawater temperature (T) and nutrient input from the dikes nearby. Freshwater discharge seemed to cause winter time increase of Diatoms (February) and summer time increase of Dinoflagellates at surface (July to August). Structural change in cell size with time was also found in Diatom. Zooplankton community structure was also changed with season probably due to the food concentration, seawater temperature and salinity (S). From principal component analysis (PCA) of zooplankton distribution, it was postulated that seasonal environmental changes such as T and S could explain about 32% of variability in zooplankton distribution along with phytoplankton cell numbers, while freshwater discharge could explain about 17%. Comparing with past data of 1985-1986, 1991-1992, the distributional patterns and percent composition of major species, Acartia hongi, Paracalanus parvus sensu lato and Centropages abdominalis, were similar. However, the abundances have been increased more than three times. The composition of other taxa than copepods showed significant changes.


At present, much attention is paid to the study of traditions and innovations. In the domestic humanitarian thought has accumulated a wealth of experience in the study of traditions and innovations. But, despite this, the problem of traditions and innovations, as well as their interaction only becomes the subject of independent philosophical research.


The Beowulf class of parallel computing machine started as a small research project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS). From that work evolved a new class of scalable machine comprised of mass market common off-the-shelf components (M/sup 2/COTS) using a freely available operating system and industry-standard software packages. A Beowulf-class system provides extraordinary benefits in price-performance. Beowulf-class systems are in place and doing real work at several NASA research centers, are supporting NASA-funded academic research, and operating at DOE and NIH. The NASA user community conducted an intense two-day workshop in Pasadena, California on October 22-23, 1997. This paper provides an overview of the findings and conclusions of the workshop. The workshop determined that Beowulf-class systems can deliver multi-Gflops performance at unprecedented price-performance but that software environments were not fully functional or robust, especially for larger "dreadnought"-scale systems. It is recommended that the Beowulf community engage in an activity to integrate, port, or develop, where appropriate, necessary components of the software infrastructure to fully realize the potential of Beowulf class computing to meet NASA and other agency computing requirements.


C3H/HeJ mice bearing MC-80 fibrosarcomas were given immunotherapy consisting of multiple injections of a Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase (VCN)-treated tumor cell vaccine at a site remote from the established tumor. In five separate experiments we were unable to show either partial or complete tumor regression or prolongation of survival for vaccine-treated mice compared to appropriate controls. Further, the use of BCG in addition to VCN-treated tumor cells failed to show any therapeutic efficacy. We could not confirm the successful immunotherapy results reported by others despite multiple efforts of reproduce the immunotherapy model as carefully and precisely as possible.


This is a study for the deformation and contact pressure of the squeezing roller used in the sizing processing industry. The deformation(roller bending) of a squeezing roller will affect the fiber property, the squeezing roller design insuring uniform contact pressure is very important. The improved squeezing roller model was obtained by changing the roller diameter, coating rubber thickness, sizing roller length and sizing roller support plate gap. As a result, the design parameters at which the deformation(roller bending) of roller was nearly uniform was found.


Long-span bridges are constructed to cross oceans or rivers. With the rapid growth of waterway transportation, vessel–bridge collision incidents now occur in large numbers. In order to provide bett...


According to the definition of supply chain management, giving its connotation in detail. Analyzing the real estate enterprise impact on the environment protection and sustainable development, reviewing the implementation of the supply chain management in developed countries and regions construction industry, studying on how to implement supply chain management in the real estate enterprise.


In the last eight years, scientific literature on the effects of the tutorial system on beginning teachers has brought to light two trends: first the dyadic tutor-student teacher relationships evolve to a broader and collective conception of tutoring; second, research works show methodological weaknesses which make assessing the effect of tutoring on the development of the student teachers' professional activities more difficult. This double assessment questions the theoretical conceptions and processes stated in Anglo-Saxon studies and leads us to turn to a French-speaking ergonomic approach centered on true activities in order to understand the impact of the tutorial system in student teachers' training.


The Aim of present study is to Design, Evaluate & Compare studies between fast dissolving Oral thin films (OTF) & Edible gel (EG) loaded with Antihistamine drug for Geriatrics and Pediatrics. The Anti-Histamine Drug called Desloratadine is a tricyclic antihistamine, which has a selective and peripheral H1-antagonist action used to treat allergies. Twelve Formulations (F1–F12) of OTF were prepared by casting method using different concentrations of polymers i.e, Sodium alginate (1, 1.5, 2w/v %) and Xanthum (0.4, 0.7w/v %), as the conc. of polymer increased tensile strength and folding endurance were improved with more dissolution time. Ten Formulation (EG1-EG10)of EG were prepared by varying concentrations of Gellan Gum (0.1-0.5%), 0.3% and above concentration of polymer showed good physical and Rheological properties. Optimized Formulation among OTF was F4 with 1.5% Sodium alginate showing good folding endurance, tensile strength, disintegration time and 98.9% drug release with no casting problem and appearance. Optimized formulation among EG was EG8 with no syneresis showing 99% drug release with good consistency and viscosity increasing the mouth feel. Comparative study parameter of F4 and EG8 clearly revealed the instability of OTF and stability of EG at room temperature and also due to its high patient compliance based on appearance and ease of administration, EG was preferred as better dosage form for geriatrics and paediatrics.


The invention relates to a metarhiziumanisopliae compound insecticide composition and use thereof. The metarhiziumanisopliae compound insecticide composition is characterized in that: the active ingredients of the composition include metarhiziumanisopliae and a new neonicotinoid insecticide; the density of the metarhiziumanisopliae in the composition is 1 to 10 billion spores per gram; and the new neonicotinoid insecticide content of the composition is 20 mass percent; and the rest content of the composite are pesticide auxiliary ingredients. The composition has an obvious synergistic effect on grubs and is suitable for preventing and controlling plant pests, particularly grubs. The composition can be used on various crops such as lawns, peanut, sweet potatoes and vegetables or in various places and has the advantages of stable insecticide effect, high quick-acting performance, long efficacy duration, safety and environmental protection.


This document describes the Autonomic Distributed Node Consensus
Protocol (ADNCP), a profile of Distributed Node Consensus Protocol
(DNCP) for autonomic networking.


Stroke unit is a new Management Pattern of the cerebral disease, and is the most effective clinical treatment of cerebrovascular disease.Many studies has demonstrated that stroke unit could effectively reduce mortality rate, decrease complication, increase life quality, and shorten inpatient time for the patients with acute stroke. The main medical modelin China is the drug-based treatment,the establishment of the stroke unit with Chinese characteristics is the most urgent task of cerebrovascular disease in clinical practice.