A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of certain plant products against Citrus leaf miner, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton. The study indicated that Neem Seed Kernel Extract (NSKE) @ 5 per cent, tobacco leaf extract @ 5 per cent and azadirachtin 10,000 ppm @ 1 ml and 2 ml/L recorded high larval mortality ranging from 82.68 to 86.25. However, the other plant products viz., azadirachtin 1500 ppm, pongamia oil, parthenium and calotropis leaf extracts were found to be moderately effective against citrus leaf miner.


This thesis deals with the novel of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice and with its adaptations. It concentrates on the age of some characters, time setting, observance of the sequence of events and on the actors´ performance. At the beginning of the thesis is introduced the life of the author and the time in which Jane Austen lived. The other chapters deal with the novel itself and its adaptations. In the end there is a comparison of the adaptations, pointing to the best one and explained why it is so.


Novel carbon nanotube actuator – capability and fabrication) Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are molecules that possess outstanding electromechanical properties. To use these properties in macroscopic actuators many SWCNTs must be connected in series and in parallel. Theoretically, compared to a piezo actuator an elongation which is about nine times higher and comparable forces can be generated at a voltage of 0.7 V with the developed actuator concept. For the realisation of such actuators a process chain with industrial potential was designed, prototyped on the laboratory scale and tested successfully. 1 Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhren


PURPOSE: To prepare a nonpermuted retrovial vector by including, as exogenous expression gene, a DNA sequence encoding Bryan high titer polymerase and bovine growth hormone gene. CONSTITUTION: This nonpermuted retrovial vector is synthesized by introducing, an exogenous expression gene, a DNA sequence including genes gag, pol, env, LTR necessary for infecting fowl cells, at least one direct reiterated sequence, and integration, replication and control elements, and encoding Bryan high titer polymerase and bovine growth hormone gene. Specifically, a typical example of this vector is pNPBGH85 substituted with env gene imparting infectious power to fowl species deleted or differing in Rous sarcoma virus structural gene env. COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO


The Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (OTH; Peterson, Park in Seligman, 2005) measures three routes to happiness: life of pleasure (hedonism), life of meaning (eudemonia) and life of engagement (flow). The questionnaire was adapted to Slovene in several steps (two independent translations by experts, reaching agreement, retranslation; modification) and its psychometric properties were examined with 1064 participants, aged 18 to 91 years. The participants also rated their satisfaction with life. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated adequate fit of the expected three-factor model. Results showed satisfactory internal consistency of the three scales (alpha coefficients ranged from 0.70 to 0.83) and satisfactory itemtotal correlations. Inter-correlation coefficients suggested low associations between orientation to pleasure and orientation to meaning, while orientation to engagement was moderately related to the other two orientations to happiness. Men and women did not differ statistically significantly in their self-reported orientations to happiness, while age of the participants had a significant, though small negative effect on orientation to pleasure. After accounting for demographic characteristics orientations to pleasure and engagement significantly improved the prediction of subjective life satisfaction. Results also indicate that satisfaction with life was highest in participants relatively high on all three orientations to happiness.


The seeking north principle of magnetic suspension gyroscope and the noise characteristics of gyro are introduced firstly. A method of eliminating disturbances based on heuristic threshold selection is put forward. Through contrasting the data, it indicates that this method is effective, and the north-seeking precision of gyroscope is improved.


A large segment of the elderly, more than one-third of those aged above 65 years, are edentulous.1 The relationship among dentition status, masticatory function, and nutrient intake is of importance. The effect of edentulous state on nutritional and health status is an important but an overlooked public health issue.2 As the age progresses, it is a much accepted fact that there exists some relationship between health of oral tissues and general health. Absence of teeth due to any reason affects the health of oral tissues and the body in a huge way by altering the quality of life along with nutrition and food habits.3 As far as dental implants are concerned, reports of initial analysis involving both functional and esthetic components of life have been proved to be in favor of both patients and the dentists.4 To improve oral health outcomes, an adequate knowledge of the way the individuals use health services and the factors predictive of this behavior is essential. In this modern era of information and technology, we may comprehend the ever-increasing awareness and heightened consumer rights regarding overall health issues. Commonly quoted motives for making a complaint within dentistry are: Poor treatment quality, negligence, overcharging, misconducts, etc. Also, with increasing clinical governance and patient partnership in delivering high-quality oral health care, it is necessary that patients' concerns are dealt with appropriately.5 Among older patients, diet also plays a key role in disease prevention, as poor diets have been linked to illnesses, such as osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, and bowel disease. Although nutritional state is influenced by factors, such as age, socioeconomic status, and general health, it would appear that dental status is also significant. Poor oral health and loss of teeth can have very 1,6Senior Lecturer, 2Professor, 3,4Reader, 5Postgraduate Student 1-3Department of Prosthodontics, Educare Institute of Dental Sciences, Malappuram, Kerala, India 4Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Educare Institute of Dental Sciences, Malappuram, Kerala, India 5Department of Prosthodontics, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, India 6Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Educare Institute of Dental Sciences, Malappuram, Kerala, India


Results of laser-driven shock wave experiments for equation-of-state (EOS) studies of gold metal are presented. A Nd : YAG laser chain (2 Joule, 1.06 μm wavelength, 200 ps pulse FWHM) is used for generating shocks in the planar Al foils and Al + Au layered targets. EOS of gold in the pressure range of 9-13 Mbar is obtained using impedance-matching technique. Numerical simulations performed using onedimensional radiation hydrodynamic code supports the experimental results. Experimental data show remarkable agreement with results from studies using the existing standard EOS models and with other experimental data obtained independently using laser-driven shock experiments.


An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montague), with a damaged dorsal fin was observed by the author on November 1, 1953, at approximately 0900 at Cedar Key, Florida. The healed injury, the absence of the upper two-thirds of the fin, served as a natural "tag" and permitted ready identification of this individual, even in the brief period of a normal breathing roll. This dolphin was again seen in mid-afternoon on January 24, 1954, and a third time at 1430 on March 20,1954. The first observation was made in the main ship channel between Atsena Otie and Grassy Keys, approximately 1600 yards SSW of the main pier. On the second observation, the dolphin was again in the main ship channel about 200 yards east of the main pier, and approximately 600 yards WSW of the pier in the same channel on the third sighting. Joining these reference points …


In this paper we consider approximate solutions for optimal control problems for systems governed by a class of nonlinear functional differential equations of neutral type. The class of equations studied here is motivated by equations arising in the modeling of initial-boundary value problems for lossless transmission lines terminated by lumped nonlinear elements. Numerical findings on several selected test problems are included.<<ETX>>


This book exposes the history of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the National University of San Marcos, from when it was named as Faculty of Arts in the sixteenth century, until the beginning of the new millennium. In this diachronic review, we study the university process and the academic life of the intellectuals who passed through this center of studies throughout its 450 years. The most distinguished names of the San Marquina tradition are recorded, as well as their contributions to the scientific community and the national culture. This contribution shapes the symbolic capital that sustains the prestige of the university.


We report on the design of the photocathode laser for a superconducting RF gun, which is presently under development at the Forschungszentrum (FZ) Rossendorf. This laser is foreseen to drive the RF gun in CW mode with up to 1 nC bunch charge. It generates pulses of 12...14 ps duration with 500 kHz repetition rate and 0.8 μJ pulse energy at 263 nm wavelength. This should provide sufficient pulse energy for generation of bunches with 1 nC charge using caesium telluride photocathodes. Due to two active modelockers in the laser oscillator, the latter operates in tight synchronism to the RF master oscillator of the linac. The laser consists of a short-pulse oscillator, a pulse picking Pockels cell, a regenerative amplifier and a wavelength conversion unit. The latter converts the infrared laser radiation to the ultra-violet (UV). This unit turns out to be a particularly critical element of such a photocathode laser driving a RF gun in CW mode.


If the top of Mount Everest sounds a safe bet for those in search of solitude and tranquility, think again. On May 12th this year so many climbers were waiting to reach the summit that a queue formed. By the end of the day 32 people had stood on top of the world. More climbers conquered Everest this year than in the quarter century after Hillary and Tenzing's first ascent in 1953.
 Base camp at the foot of the mountain was particularly crowded and squalid; unseemly fights broke out between mountaineers from different countries. Even halfway up the mountain the squabbling continued. Leaders of teams from New Zealand and America complained that a group of Russians had strayed from their designated route and cut in front of them.


Three‐dimensional in vitro cancer models have emerged as a promising tool for various cancer‐related applications. However, the limited availability of the in vitro model capable of adequately recapitulating the active interactions between the cancer cells and the surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME) hampers their use for therapeutic applications. Here, it is demonstrated that the proteins adsorbed on the culture substrate significantly influence the characteristics of the cancer cells, thereby suggesting that the modulation of cell–protein interaction can be a powerful tool to construct an advanced cancer model. A series of polymers are prepared for the precise control of the surface hydrophobicity of the culture plate. Cancer cells cultured on the polymers exhibit distinct morphological transitions ranging from monolayer to spheroids with entirely different characteristics depending on the surface hydrophobicity. The poly (cyclohexyl methacrylate) surface of the highest hydrophobicity tested in this study strongly attracts albumin from the media for enhanced adsorption and induces conformational changes in albumin upon binding, leading to the formation of spheroid with the most enriched tumorigenic properties. It is believed that this finding can provide new insights when selecting the experimental strategy to appropriately mimic the complex interplay between the cancer cells and the TME.


Background Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a nationwide health problem in China; there were a reported 1,045,000 people living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS by the end of October 2020, and the proportion of individuals aged 50 years and older living with HIV has also increased from 8% to 24% over the past two decades. Methods A cross-sectional study and an 1:2 matched case-control study were conducted from July to August 2016, in Wuxi city, eastern China. A total of 1,000 men aged 50 years and older completed a face-to-face interview regarding their AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes, as well as risk behaviors. Results Prevalence was 0.1% for HIV and 2% for syphilis. The awareness rate of AIDS-related knowledge among elderly men was 48.9% (range 40.7%-63.9%). The 1꞉2 matched case-control study indicated that only the AIDS-related attitudes were different between the two groups (χ2=8.726, P=0.013), the conditional logistic regression analysis indicated that scores of AIDS health knowledge were the only significant prognostic factor for the infection (HR=0.754 (0.569-0.999), P=0.049). Conclusion It was crucial to prevent HIV/AIDS and syphilis infections by improving the awareness of AIDS-related knowledge and changing related attitudes among the elderly. Further research aimed at identifying how these factors impact their sexual decision-making can shed valuable insight into further prevention program in this population.


Facing deregulation and e-business era, the operating environment of financial service industries had a great change. Financial institutions attempting to survive and grow will need continuously to create new ideas and launch new financial services. However, empirical researches show that the success rate of new financial service was not high all the while. The financial loss directly caused by unsuccessful new services may not be great, but still with the hidden costs. How to improve the performance of new service development (NSD)? This is a subject to be concerned with financial institutions superior chief and academia. So far, there have been many studies empirically examined the determinants of new service performance. However, most studies measured the new service performance by only asking single question without capturing the multidimensional characteristics of new service performance. Besides, these researches examined the relationships of determinants with new financial service performance by exploratory statistical analysis method. Moreover, most research, examining the relationships of NSD activities and effectiveness (such as product-market fit and effectiveness of marketing communication) to new financial service performance, have generally not verified this causal relationship of NSD activities to NSD effectiveness. Through literature review, the author firstly induces the dimensions of new service performance into direct results and indirect results, and the determinants of new service performance into NSD activities (including market research, personal training, marketing test, and preparation and launch) and NSD effectiveness (i.e. product-market fit, unique/superior service, and effectiveness of marketing communication). And then, the author infers the influence of executive quality for NSD activities on NSD effectiveness, the effects of NSD effectiveness on new financial service performance, and the moderating effect of service-market characteristics on the relationships of NSD effectiveness to new financial service performance. Ninety-three NSD projects from domestic banking and insurance industries were sampled as empirical subjects. The results of regression analysis indicate that preparation and launch has most influence for NSD effectiveness, the next was market studies, marketing test has a less influence. The findings also show that effectiveness of marketing communication has better influence for new financial service performance, the next was product-market fit, but unique/superior service was not important. Moderated regression analysis shows that the relationships of NSD effectiveness and new financial service performance are moderated by service newness to market, market competition and market newness to company. Finally, managerial implications for new financial service development and recommendations for future research are presented.


Except for the noble gases, all the elements in the Periodic Table form chlorides, often in several oxidation states, and chlorides generally are among the most important and common compounds. In chlorides, the oxidation state of chlorine atom is -1. There are many ways of classifying chlorides: e.g. on the basis of their constitution or of the partial charge on chlorine atom. On the basis of partial charge: 1. Covalent chlorides: partial charge on chlorine atom is small. They are usually liquids at room temperature, e.g. SiCl4, CCl4, but also gases, e.g. HCl, or solids, e.g. PCl5. They form molecular lattices in solid state. 2. Metallic chlorides: partial charge on chlorine atom is medium. They form polymers with chlorine ion bridges, e.g. BeCl2. 3. Ionic chlorides: charge on Cl is large (-1). They form ionic crystals, e.g. NaCl.


In recommender systems, the user uncertain preference results in unexpected ratings. Previous approaches (e.g., BiasMF) only adjust the rating value based on the bias vector, ignoring the uncertainty of rating. This paper makes an initial attempt in integrating the influence of user uncertain degree and user rating bias into the matrix factorization framework, simultaneously. An approach based on fuzzy set, called fuZzy Matrix Factorization (ZMF), is proposed. Specifically, a fuzzy set of like is defined for each user, and the membership function is utilized to measure the degree of an item belonging to the fuzzy set. Then, the user uncertain preference matrix is obtained, which could explain and represent the user bias and uncertainty effectively. Furthermore, to enhance the computational impact on sparse matrix, the uncertain preference is formulated as a side-information for fusion. Besides, the proposed approach could be extended to others due to independency on additional data sources. Experimental results on three datasets show that ZMF produces an effective improvement.


Using simple geometrical structures, a group of novel three-dimensional (3-D) cubic loop antennas for operation at around 915 MHz ISM Band are proposed to achieve the omnidirectional patterns at compact electrical size (about 36% smaller than square loop antenna), due to the fact that cubic loop or cubic meander antennas have smaller sizes than the planar ones. The antennas are feasible as receiving antennas for applications in wireless sensing base stations, RFID, multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communications, and electromagnetic energy harvesting for mostly orientation-independence. The prototypes are fabricated and measured.


The multicopper oxidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum (McoP) was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The enzyme consists of a single 49.6 kDa subunit, and the combined results of UV–visible, CD, EPR and resonance Raman spectroscopies showed the characteristic features of the multicopper oxidases. Analysis of the McoP sequence allowed its structure to be derived by comparative modeling methods. This model provided a criterion for designing meaningful site‐directed mutants of the enzyme. McoP is a hyperthermoactive and thermostable enzyme with an optimum reaction temperature of 85 °C, a half‐life of inactivation of ∼ 6 h at 80 °C, and temperature values at the midpoint from 97 to 112 °C. McoP is an efficient metallo‐oxidase that catalyzes the oxidation of cuprous and ferrous ions with turnover rate constants of 356 and 128 min−1, respectively, at 40 °C. It is noteworthy that McoP follows a ping‐pong mechanism, with three‐fold higher catalytic efficiency when using nitrous oxide as electron acceptor than when using dioxygen, the typical oxidizing substrate of multicopper oxidases. This finding led us to propose that McoP represents a novel archaeal nitrous oxide reductase that is most probably involved in the final step of the denitrification pathway of P. aerophilum.


It is proved that all the universal laws of nature are co-variant, and none of the special laws is co-variant.


Background: Biopsies submitted to dermatopathologists are becoming increasingly smaller in size and thus the available diagnostic material is reduced. The distinction between trichoepithelioma and basal cell carcinoma remains challenging, particularly if tissue is limited. Merkel cells, which can be highlighted by means of cytokeratin‐20 (CK20) immunostaining, are used as a surrogate marker for the diagnosis of trichoepithelioma, as Merkel cells commonly colonize trichoepithelioma but are generally lacking in basal cell carcinomas. In the current study, we examined the expression of a recently characterized follicular stem cell marker, PHLDA1 (pleckstrin homology‐like domain, family A, member 1), also known as TDAG51 (T‐cell death‐associated gene 51).


This report contains the results of a preliminary assessment of the impact of lowering the illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) per se limit to 0.08 in five states (California, Maine, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont). The report provides a brief introduction to the rationale for encouraging the states to adopt the lower limit of 0.08 BAC. Six different measures of driver involvement in alcohol-related fatal crashes were examined for changes in the proportion of alcohol-related fatal crashes occurring before the 0.08 BAC limit became effective. These comparisons suggest that significant decreases occurred following implementation of the 0.08 BAC legislation. The report concludes that this preliminary assessment appears to indicate that implementation of 0.08 BAC laws (and other associated activities, such as public information campaigns) are associated with reductions in fatal crash driver alcohol involvement. The report also states that "additional and more in-depth analytical work is underway to further understand..." the nature of these reductions.


Based on the research and analysis on the train structure and installation of aerial passenger device, this study puts forward a kind of simple and reliable train structure with flexible installation. It can provide convenient, efficient and reliable installation and maintenance for the underground aerial passenger device, to avoid the trail rope and rope-falling accidents, also ensure the safety operation of aerial passenger system.


People play a key part in the energy performance of buildings, through design, operation control and management (Mahdavi, 2011). A building's energy use can be 40 % above expectations (Yu et al., 2011) due to occupant behaviour. Occupants might heat empty rooms, open windows rather than turn down heating, and forget to turn the heating down when they leave the building (Parker et al., 2006). The eViz project presented here is a multi-centre project between four UK Universities that takes an integrated interdisciplinary approach between behaviour and building scientists to reduce energy use and thus carbon in buildings. Addressing the behavioural dimension allows for urgently required immediate responses, whereas many technological solutions have a time horizon of 10 years or more (Dietz et al., 2009). Additionally, behaviour change approaches do not require significant capital investments. A major obstacle in addressing the behavioural dimension is the abstractness and invisibility of energy (Darby, 2006; Fischer, 2008). If people see a tap running, they can turn it off to save water; but they cannot see heat escaping through a draughty door. If the problem is invisible, sustainable intentions are less likely to be translated into behaviour change of daily routines and habits. People feel psychologically distant from the problem (Pahl & Bauer, 2013). eViz uses energy visualisations to overcome this distance. Pilot data from three early stages will be reported. First, a mental models approach will report on occupant perceptions of energy in the home. Second, pilot data and a feasibility analysis will focus on an in-depth case study of three residential homes. Third, progress on a visualisation intervention in a student hall of residence will be reported. We use both psychological measurement of energy understanding and attitudes and building monitoring data. The eViz project is designed to help influence the complex interaction between people and buildings to meet the carbon emission and energy efficiency targets needed to tackle climate change and ensure a sustainable future.


The optical rotational strengths of the methyl derivatives of cyclohexanone were calculated by means of various types of molecular orbitals, which were converted from those used in the CNDO/2 method. One of them is represented as a Sla ter-basis atomic orbital transformed from molecular orbitals on a CNDO basis by using the overlap matrix. Another was obtained only by modifying the normalization coefficient of the molecular orbitals. From the results, the two-center matrix elements in the calculation of rotational strengths was found to be not negligible, hence, the above-mentioned transformation was indicated to be indispensable. Good agreement with the experimental results was found for the transformed molecular orbitals, especially for those with a modification of the normalization coefficient. The theoretical grounds for these transformations are discussed. The formulae for the matrix elements of the gradient operator which are necessary for the calculation of the rotational strength are given in the ...


The method for determination of water soluble P2O5 and effective P2O5 with ultrasonic extraction was established,the method was faster,good repetitiveness,and fine accurate than standard method.May apply the method in determination of P2O5 in fertilizer.


There are several methods for the gas hydrate production such as spraying water with countercurrent gas flow, stirring water-gas mixture, and flowing water with micro-bubble, etc. These days it has been widely studied for the gas hydrate production method, having low energy consumption and high efficiency. In this paper, patents in the gas hydrate production method were gathered and analyzed. The search range was limited to the open patents of USA, European Union (EP), Japan (JP), and Korea (KR) from 1991 to 2007. Patents were gathered by using keywords searching and filtered by crucial criteria. The trends of the patents were analyzed by the years, countries, companies, and technologies.


BACKGROUND
Banana fruit undergo rapid metabolic changes following ripening induction, which results in excessive softening, chlorophyll degradation, browning, and senescence during postharvest life. As part of a continuous effort to extend fruit shelf life and maintain the best possible quality, this study examined the effect of 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) and chitosan (CT) composite coating on 'Williams' bananas ripening at ambient conditions. Fruit were soaked in 20 μM EBR, 10g L^-1 CT (w/v), and 20 μM EBR + 10g L^-1 CT solutions for 15 min and kept at 23 ± 1C° and 85%-90% (RH) for 9 days.

RESULTS
The combined treatment (20 μM EBR + 10g L^-1 CT) clearly delayed fruit ripening, showed lower peel yellowing, weight loss, total soluble solids, and higher firmness, titratable acidity, membrane stability index, and ascorbic acid content compared to the untreated control. After the treatment, the fruit also presented higher radical scavenging capacity, total phenol, and flavonoid contents. The activities of polyphenoloxidase and hydrolytic enzymes were lower, and those of peroxidase were higher in both the peel and pulp of all the treated fruit than in the control.

CONCLUSION
The combined treatment (20 μM EBR + 10g L^-1 CT) is suggested as an effective composite edible coat to retain quality of 'Williams' bananas during ripening. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


The locus of value creation and innovation in the
software industry is shifting more and more to platform
ecosystems on which numerous developers create
extensions with additional functionalities based on the
platforms core architecture. While such
complementors may strongly profit from platforms,
there are considerable costs. Recent studies therefore
examined the costs of fitting apps to the specifications
of certain platforms; however, these works largely
neglect costs arising from the transactional
relationship between platform and complementor. In
order to shed light on this, our work examines how
design choices of platform governance and app
architecture impact the emergence of four types of
cost-inducing hazards within the transactional context
of the ecosystem. By using a configurational approach
based on fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
(FsQCA), we display complex interactional effects of
the causal conditions on complementors' perception of
hazardous environments and thus provide valuable
insights for both practice and theory on platform
ecosystems.


Observations of capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, males that do not mate with soliciting females are rather common. Here I present circumstantial evidence that the delaying of copulation is voluntary and propose a hypothesis to explain it. Males of lekking species may delay copulation voluntarily if females copy the mate choice of others, i.e. females around a male may attract females arriving later at the lek. The benefits of delayed copulation depend on the tendency of females to copy each other and the males' risk of losing copulations. Widely scattered display territories in dense forests and longevity are factors that may promote the delaying behaviour of capercaillie and other species with similar characteristics.


Basically a ship has a variety of conditions, namely cargo handling, anchoring, maneuvering, and sailing its requires large electricity consumption. The quality of the voltage is not good will cause damage to electrical equipment on board. Disturbances that occur in electrical system of MT. X may result in a decrease in the performance of existing electrical equipment on the vessel and affect a certain condition as in loading-unloading conditions the time required for loading and unloading becomes longer due to interference with the electrical system. The MT.X tanker system has 5 (five) main busbars: BUS 1, FEEDER PANEL, DSB 2, DSB 3 & 4, and DSB 6. The MT tanker. X has a generator of 3 units with a power of 680 kw each, a frequency of 60 hz and a voltage of 450 V. Transient disturbance analysis under loading-unloading condition occurs transient response due to starting ballast pump where the voltage rises and then drops within 0.5 seconds with the highest value of 100.44% at 4.01 seconds and the lowest value is 99.50% to 4.81 can then reach steady state conditions at 99.9%, which does not exceed the IEEE standard limits. In harmonic disturbances under loading-unloading conditions, in the feeder panel connecting the harmonic source with load at the 5th order, the value of VIHD is 8.77%, which exceeds the IEEE standard of 5%. While the value of VTHD in loading and unloading conditions also exceeded the predefined standard limits. After installation of the filter, it can be seen that the value of VIHD at the 5th order in loading-unloading condition decreased to 3.6% after the installation of filter on feeder panel, or equal to decrease as much as 5.17%. The decline in the value of VIHD has fulfilled the IEEE 519-2014 standard of 5% on each individual order. Meanwhile, VTHD value in loading-unloading condition also decreased, from 11.18% to 7.02%.


The Boundary Element Method is characterized by its excellent capacity to deal with local problems that arise in the boundary of the domain under consideration. In this paper the local problems studied are associated to two tests currently used for the determination of the intralaminar shear modulus G\2 in composite materials. The fundamental solution corresponding to orthotropic materials is used in the Boundary Elements formulation, a contact algorithm allowing non conforming discretizations of the contact zone having been used. The analysis developed shows the presence of some local effects (singular contact stresses in the losipescu Test and eccentricity of the load in the modified Off-axis test), which could be the origin of wrong results obtained running both tests.


Pseudomonas aeruginosa has sets of sensory genes designated che and che2. The che genes are required for flagella‐mediated chemotaxis. The che2 genes are expressed in the stationary phase of growth and are probably also involved in flagella–mediated behavioural responses. P. aeruginosa also has 26 chemoreceptor genes, six of which are preferentially expressed in stationary phase. Subcellular localization experiments indicated that Che proteins form signal transduction complexes at cell poles throughout growth. Cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)‐tagged McpA, a stationary phase‐expressed chemoreceptor, appeared and colocalized with yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)‐tagged CheA when cells entered stationary phase. This indicates that P. aeruginosa chemotaxis protein complexes are subject to remoulding by chemoreceptor proteins that are expressed when cells stop growing. CheA‐CFP and CheY2‐YFP tagged proteins that were coexpressed in the same cell had separate subcellular locations, indicating that Che2 proteins do not enter into direct physical interactions with Che proteins. Che2 protein complex formation required McpB, another stationary phase induced chemoreceptor that is predicted to be soluble. This implies that Che2 complexes have a function that depends on just one chemoreceptor. Our results suggest that motile P. aeruginosa cells have signal transduction systems that are adapted to allow non‐growing cells to sense and respond to their environment differently from actively growing cells.


Adsorption isotherms were measured experimentally for Zn(II) adsorption onto wood based carbon and coal based carbon.Although the wood based carbon has smaller surface area,it has larger capacity for Zn(II) adsorption.Zn(II) adsorption onto activated carbon was significantly affected by pH,and the adsorption isotherm increased as pH increased from 2 to 7.


Corona poling of a 1.2 μm-thick stack of phosphorus-doped and undoped silica glass layers on silica leads to a 14-fold enhancement of the SHG relative to poling of the substrate alone.


Archaea belonging to the DPANN superphylum have been found within an expanding number of environments and perform a variety of biogeochemical roles, including contributing to carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen cycling. Generally characterized by ultrasmall cell sizes and reduced genomes, DPANN archaea may form mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic interactions with various archaeal and bacterial hosts, influencing the ecology and functioning of microbial communities. While DPANN archaea reportedly comprise 15–26% of the archaeal community within marine oxygen deficient zone (ODZ) water columns, little is known about their metabolic capabilities in these ecosystems. We report 33 novel metagenome-assembled genomes belonging to DPANN phyla Nanoarchaeota, Pacearchaeota, Woesarchaeota, Undinarchaeota, Iainarchaeota, and SpSt-1190 from pelagic ODZs in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific and Arabian Sea. We find these archaea to be permanent, stable residents of all 3 major ODZs only within anoxic depths, comprising up to 1% of the total microbial community and up to 25–50% of archaea. ODZ DPANN appear capable of diverse metabolic functions, including fermentation, organic carbon scavenging, and the cycling of sulfur, hydrogen, and methane. Within a majority of ODZ DPANN, we identify a gene homologous to nitrous oxide reductase. Modeling analyses indicate the feasibility of a nitrous oxide reduction metabolism for host-attached symbionts, and the small genome sizes and reduced metabolic capabilities of most DPANN MAGs suggest host-associated lifestyles within ODZs. Importance Archaea from the DPANN superphylum have diverse metabolic capabilities and participate in multiple biogeochemical cycles. While metagenomics and enrichments have revealed that many DPANN are characterized by ultrasmall genomes, few biosynthetic genes, and episymbiotic lifestyles, much remains unknown about their biology. We report 33 new DPANN metagenome-assembled genomes originating from the 3 global marine oxygen deficient zones (ODZs), the first from these regions. We survey DPANN abundance and distribution within the ODZ water column, investigate their biosynthetic capabilities, and report potential roles in the cycling of organic carbon, methane, and nitrogen. We test the hypothesis that nitrous oxide reductases found within several ODZ DPANN genomes may enable ultrasmall episymbionts to serve as nitrous oxide consumers when attached to a host nitrous oxide producer. Our results indicate DPANN archaea as ubiquitous residents within the anoxic core of ODZs with the potential to produce or consume key compounds.


Are β-blockers effective in treating small infantile hemangiomas (IHs)?

One small RCT and several observational studies found that oral propranolol stops growth and induces regression of IHs by 4 weeks. Similar evidence suggests topical timolol stops IH growth and induces regression by more than 5


Current waveform optimization for colocated Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar focuses on pulsed radar. In this paper, we study waveform design for continuous waveform MIMO radar that steers transmit beams toward different directions in a time-division mode. A waveform design criterion is formulated, which tends to fit a given transmit beampattern and to suppress auto/mutual correlation sidelobes of angular waveforms illuminated into different spatial directions. Numerical results are given for transmit beampatterns with one and two peaks to verify the effectiveness of the waveform design criterion. Different from pulsed-radar, angular waveforms associated with continuous-waveform MIMO radar does not bear a bell outline.


In this paper, discusses Raleigh distribution, gives the expression of Pearson-χ^2 distance and Pearson-χ^2 maximum distance between two Rayleigh distribution, discusses the gradual properties by maximum distance of Pearson-χ^2, compares Pearson-χ^2 distance between two Rayleigh distribution with Pearson-χ^2 distance between two Normal distribution, obtains their relationships.


Uppsala University Library offers a range of workshops and lectures for students and researchers in order to help them improve their information seeking skills, academic writing and critical scientific thinking. Our library education program mainly focuses on sources such as books or scholarly articles but students in many subject fields often face additional challenges since they have to handle large amounts of data. We identified the fact that we were hardly incorporating data management in our library education as a potential weakness.  This project was developed in order to determine if the library should get involved in teaching data literacy. The project involved gathering knowledge on how data is being taught at the university by conducting a student and teacher survey. A data module was developed and incorporated to the existing framework focusing on information literacy. The module was tested and evaluated by a pilot group of students. Our findings indicate that the University Library should begin teaching data literacy. We believe data to be one of the current challenges for Academic libraries and a key for staying relevant for students and researchers.


Background Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is necessary for positive treatment outcomes. The objectives of this study were to determine adherence levels and their determinants in persons living with HIV on second line therapy. Methods A cross-sectional study was undertaken at a HIV clinic within Kenyatta National Hospital in October, 2017. Data were collected through interviews and application of the Morisky Medication Adherence and then analyzed in R. Results One hundred and ten patients were enrolled; 46 (41.8%) males and 64 (58.2%) females. The mean age was 39.8 years (± 11.8). Most participants, 96 (87.3%), had moderate adherence while 14 (12.7%) had low adherence. None were highly adherent. Age (aOR = 1.10, 95% CI; 1.04, 1.19) and depression (aOR =0.17, 95% CI 0.04, 0.64) were independently associated with adherence. Conclusion None of the treatment experienced patients on second line regimens were highly adherent to therapy. Younger patients and those with depression require additional adherence counselling.


Alfonso de la Torre (ca.1417–60), a person of somewhat obscure background, wrote Visión delectable de la filosofía artes liberales, metafísica y filosofía moral (or Visión deleytable as Girón-Negrón insists) ca. 1440 at the urging of the prior of Navarre, who was close to the crown prince Carlos de Viana. An unusual philosophical work for a Christian author, it does not conform to standard Scholastic doctrine, but is clearly dependent to a very great extent on the Guide for the Perplexed (Moreh nevukhim) of Maimonides. As such, the work, and this detailed analysis of it, is of particular interest to students of Jewish philosophy. At the outset, let it be said that Girón-Negrón has done a thorough and brilliant job in this book, a revision of his doctoral dissertation. He was aided by Jewish advisors in understanding and translating Hebrew texts, but one assumes that, as is the case with many Spanish scholars, his knowledge of Arabic is his own. He also has done an extensive amount of reading in secondary Jewish literature. (There are some errors, nevertheless; e.g., the philosopher Abraham Bivagch, not "Bibago," did not engage in a "philosophical discussion" with Juan II of Aragón; rather, it was with an unnamed Christian "sage," and it was a polemical debate, not a philosophical discussion.)


The purification of pea isolate by Ultrafiltration from pea protein pre-filtrate was also studied. Through the single factor experiment, the effects of temperature, pressure, pH value on flux of membrane were described. And through perpendicular experiment, the best conditions of UF were 45 ℃,0.8 MPa, pH8.0.


The enterprise culture is the utmost important software in the modern enterprise management,and the value concept,enterprise spirit and the professional ethics of the enterprise workers being reflected by the enterprise can truly embody the whole quality of the enterprises,so,in particular,establishing the advanced and unique enterprise culture at the institution units is also the objective requirement of the era.


In insomnia, classical sleep scoring parameters are often uncorrelated with symptom severity and may not fully capture more subtle alterations in the polysomnogram (PSG) that could contribute to clinical symptoms. The odds ratio product (ORP) is a well-validated, continuous index of sleep depth (range 0=deep sleep; 2.5=full wakefulness) that offers an alternative to traditional staging. It is unknown whether ORP is related to self-reported insomnia severity. We hypothesized that individuals with insomnia would exhibit higher ORP values than healthy controls (reflecting less deep sleep) which would be associated with greater insomnia severity.

 This is a secondary analysis of data from a study in which n=15 participants with chronic insomnia disorder and n=15 age- and sex-matched healthy controls completed an in-laboratory protocol (N=30; 66% female; 36±8 years; 63% White). Participants had their sleep monitored with in-lab PSG. The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) was used to estimate sleep disturbance severity. PSG were used to calculate classical sleep scoring parameters as well as the average ORP in each sleep stage. Independent samples t-tests compared means between the insomnia and healthy control groups and Pearson's correlations assessed relations between PSG/ORP outcome measures and ISI scores.

 The insomnia group's mean (SD) ISI score was 14.13 (6.00) and significantly higher than the control group's (1.73 (2.37); corrected p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant between-group differences for classically-scored sleep parameters or average ORP values after correcting for multiple comparisons. Interestingly, means for the insomnia group's average ORP values tended to be higher than those of the control group's. ISI scores were not significantly associated with average ORP values across or within groups.

 Insomnia does not appear to be associated with alterations in global sleep depth when measured in a laboratory setting, but there is a need to conduct more detailed analyses on patterns across the night.

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In many organizations, non-work-related web surfing is discouraged. In this research we propose non-work-related web surfing replenishes attentional resources, much like restful legitimate breaks. We tested our prediction in two studies: a controlled experiment vigilance task and a nationwide survey. The results of the experiment suggest that Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing replenishes attentional resources more than less enjoyable types of breaks. The nationwide survey finds a correlation between Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing and perceived productivity for those brought up with the Internet (those younger than 30). Our results add to attention resource theory by providing evidence suggesting enjoyable breaks enable greater continued task vigilance than less enjoyable breaks. We also identify attitudinal differences toward non-work-related web surfing between older and younger workers.


Measuring ploidy level is of highest importance in the final stages of haploid induction programs. For breeding purposes, a large number of haploids usually need to be tested, so an efficient ploidy analysis is a prerequisite for successful application. Methods to determine ploidy level may be direct (chromosome counting) or indirect (flow cytometry, stomatal size, chloroplast number of the guard cells and morphological observations). Various opinions about the usefulness of the mentioned techniques can be found. Sari eta!. (1999) for instance, comparing various ploidy measurement methods in haploid watermelons concluded that "counting chromosomes is cumbersome, producing plants for morphological observations requires a long time and flow cytometry is expensive and labour intensive." They proposed that "measurement of stomata and chloroplast counting methods are simple to use and less labor intensive, and hence can be considered a practical alternative to the others." The author's experiences are based on flow cytometric measurements of a large number of haploid regenerants obtained mainly by androgenesis (cabbage), gynogenesis (onion) or distant fertilization (potato), as well as on genome size analysis of various species. Several points will be made to explain why, in the author's opinion, for ploidy analysis of haploid regenerants, flow cytometry is of much higher relevance than any other proposed method. The main aim of this article is to explain the basic features of flow cytometry and to propose optimized protocols for rapid and simple flow cytometric evaluations using either a HBO lamp or laser equipped flow cytometers.


Incineration of chlorobenzene in a small laboratory incinerator was monitored by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) coupled with a heated long-path cell (LPC) to analyze and quantify flue gas emissions in near real time. The effects of operating conditions under stable and decreasing incineration temperatures on the destruction of chlorobenzene were studied. The results from the decreasing temperature experiments were found to be consistent with those from experiments at stable temperatures. This finding demonstrates that the FTIR/LPC, as a continuous emissions monitor, can effectively detect dynamic changes in the incinerator emissions and can contribute significantly to the safety of incinerators.


For the student or teacher of drama and theatre studies, the two-dimensional space of the multimedia screen is both unfamiliar and uncomfortable. It takes a leap of creative thought to find ways of making the multimedia environment simulate the immediacy of live performance and become useful in the theatre studies classroom. This paper has three aims: to give an overview of the digital projects currently available for the study of theatre; to discuss the problems facing producers of digital resources in this area; and to look at the work currently going on at Royal Holloway, University of London as a concrete example of the way in which the challenges of this work might be faced. The goal of this paper has been to give the reader a realistic understanding of what is possible for future research in this area


Background: Type III Acromioclavicular joint injuries poses a management quandary to the orthopaedic surgeons owing to lack of consensus regarding its management. A multitude of fixation techniques have been devised, used and rejected as per clinical and experimental studies. In this study, we aim to evaluate the efficacy of closed loop double endobutton technique in the management of acute Rockwood Type III AC joint injuries. Materials and Methods : A total of 17 patients were included in our study operated using double endobutton and polyester no. 5 suture. Subjective shoulder value and Constant-Murley score was used to evaluate the functional outcome. Follow up was done till a minimum of 1 year.Results: The Constant -Murley score at final follow up was 95.4 and the subjective shoulder value was 93.2 %. No major complications were seen in our study. Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that the closed loop double endobutton technique is an excellent surgical modality in the setting of acute type III AC joint dislocation and is associated with minimal complications.


The eye's blinking is a significant indicator of the sleepiness. The existing systems of blink detection and sleepiness analysis require usually to fix camera on spectacle frame or a special helmet that is not convenient and can affect the obtained result. In this paper, the infrared camera-based contact-less system is proposed to evaluate the human's sleepiness. The infrared light switching is used to detect the pupil in each frame and, as a result, the blink event. The active pan-tilt unit is used to make possible free head movements. The algorithm is pointed out to process the camera frames in order to distinguish the involuntary blinks from voluntary ones. Preliminary experimental tests are shown with the intent to validate the proposed hardware and software system pointed out.


Fritjof Capra, PhD., physicist and systems theorist, is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California. He is a Fellow of Schumacher College (UK) and serves on the Council of Earth Charter International. Capra is the author of several international bestsellers, including "The Tao of Physics (1975), "The Web of Life" (1996), and "The Hidden Connections (2002). He is co-author, with Pier Luigi Luisi, of the multidisciplinary textbook, "The Systrems View of Life" (2014). Capra's online course (www.capracourse.net) is based on his textbook.


In superconductors, cracks (of width w ≳ ξs) are effective in enhancing local supercurrent, and we calculate the size of these supercurrent hot spots as a function of the crack length a and the London penetration depth λ using the two‐dimensional (2D) London theory. In the λ→∞ limit and constant injected current density, we show that this 2D solution is also exact for the current flow in a thin film containing a through crack. We argue that large local supercurrents near a surface crack nucleate vortex creation. If flux pinning is weak enough these vortices flow under the influence of the large local Lorentz force. The dissipation so produced can lead to a reduction in observed critical current. If flux pinning is moderate, the first additional vortices nucleated near the crack tip are pinned, in a region we label ρ, the flux pinning zone. In the case of a through crack in a thin film, we then argue that jc(a) reduces as jc(a)/jc(0) ∼ (ρ/a)x (for a/L≪1), where L is the film width and x =1/2 for the simple...


In reaction to the academy's heavy use of adjunct professors, Dr. Joseph Sora argues that the Arts & Sciences doctoral cohort faces a genuine crisis. English Ph.D. holders, in particular, face a tricky job-market where the perils of failing to land a tenure-track position are year-to-year contracts and piecemeal work. Insecurity, poor pay, no benefits. In answer to these long-standing issues, Sora proposes that graduate English programs pay a renewed focus to the master's degree--a strong and diverse degree that really warrants more attention in light of the problems facing Ph.D. programs. Master's programs have a much better chance of succeeding where doctoral programs have failed. Master's programs can be something other than stepping stone to Ph.D. programs--they can connect their students to gainful employment and a more secure future. In this book, Sora discusses the history of the Ph.D. in English, placing it in the context of today's challenges and offers a curricular template universities and colleges might consider as a source for changes to their own graduate English departments.


Two electrocardiographic (ECG) aberrations encountered daily in ECG interpretation/overreading, which appear to be either unknown or ignored, by all caring for patients, are described herein: the 1st is the transient increase in the amplitude of QRS complexes in the right precordial ECG leads, leading to the erroneous diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy, often encountered in patients with episodes of supraventricular tachycardia, rapid sinus tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation; the 2nd is the spurious ST-segment elevations in lateral and/or inferior ECG leads in patients with right bundle branch block, interpreted by the automated ECG diagnostic algorithms as due to "acute myocardial infarction," "ischemic injury," "pericarditis," and "early repolarization," in the absence of such pathologies or electrophysiological explanations.


Through analyzing the status quo of physical distribution in bonded areas in our country and discussing the existing problems, this paper puts forward some countermeasures of developing physical distribution in bonded areas.


Presents the development, modeling, analysis and performance evaluation of an optimal neural network based call admission control (CAC) protocol for high-speed Broadband Integrated Services Digital Networks. Thus neural network based CAC protocol simultaneously satisfies two quality of service (QoS) parameters, namely cell loss ratio (CLR) and delay. The protocol presented is suitable for "on-line" application and provides efficient network resource (buffer space and link capacity) utilization. The end-to-end delay and CLR values are divided among the nodes of the connection. For Poisson and ON-OFF sources, M/D/1/K and MMPP/D/1/K queuing models are developed. Analytical expressions at nodes for CLR and delay have are developed based on these models. These analytical expressions are used to develop a CAC protocols. The principles behind the Kohonen neural networks were used in the development and software implementation of this CAC protocol.


A proportion of abdominal aortic aneurysms are found at laparotomy to have thick white walls and extensive peri‐aneurysmal adhesions. Graft replacement in these patients is often difficult and associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. In this study 103 patients with a clinical diagnosis of aortic aneurysm were scanned with computerized tomography to determine whether this condition could be diagnosed preoperatively. Of these, 15 showed diagnostic radiological criteria of peri‐aortic fibrosis. Laparotomy revealed no false negatives and only one false positive. Clinical, serological and pathological findings have been compared to those with 'normal' aneurysms.


Domain-Specific Modeling Languages (DSMLs) can offer assistance to domain experts, who may not be computer scientists, by providing notations and semantic constructs that align with abstractions from a particular domain. In this paper, we describe our design and application of a DSML in the area of data composition and interoperability. In particular, we introduce our recent effort to design a DSML to assist with interoperability issues across scientific software applications (e.g., composing scientific data in different file structures and integrating scientific data with data gathering devices). Currently, several different scientific data file specifications have been proposed (e.g., CID, netCDF, and HDF). Each file specification is optimized to manage a specific data type efficiently. Thus, each file specification has evolved with slightly different notions and implementation technologies. These differences led to the need for an environment that provides interoperability among the different specification formats. In this paper, we introduce our framework, supported by a DSML, that provides functionality to visually model the data composition and integration concepts independent from a particular data file specification.


This article examines the effects of particulate loading on filter integrity test measurements using a suspension of Brevundimonas diminuta as the contaminant. The authors investigated the influences of both low and high bacterial loadings on bubble-point, single-point diffusive airflow (forward-flow), and multipoint diffusive airflow tests. Integrity testing is used critically at the end of an aseptic filtration process to determine the filter's functional integrity and, therefore, the sterility of the filtered fluid, Bacterial loading, particularly at higher levels, plugged the pores sufficiently with a concomitant decrease in porosity, which significantly reduced diffusive airflows and elevated the bubble points. The relationship between bacterial loading and diffusive airflows, particularly when derived from multipoint tests, suggests hypothetical conclusions regarding membrane pore structures that may be of interest in the filtration validation exercise.


Abstract Latex films have been prepared by annealing pyrene (Py)-labeled poly(methyl methacrylate)–polyisobutylene particles at the glass transition temperature (100°C). These films were then irradiated by γ rays from 60 Co in a γ cell at room temperature at various dose rates (rad/h). Before dissolution the films were annealed at 200°C for a 30 min time interval to complete the film formation process. Steady-state fluorescence techniques were used to monitor the dissolution of irradiated latex films. Dissolution of films in a chloroform–heptane (80%–20%) mixture was monitored in real time by the Py fluorescence intensity change. Relaxation constants, k 0 , and dissolution coefficients, D d , of polymer chains were measured. Two different regimes of D d values were observed during dissolution, which are related to two different molecular weight distributions caused by scission and branching of polymer chains when they were irradiated and annealed.


The spread of Covid-19 disease since early year 2020 which caused by coronavirus has made the world in great pandemic. Besides the vaccine has not been discovered yet, it is also the cost for doing rapid test or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are expensive. By using the information technology that is expert system, so the aim of this research is to develop expert system to detect Covid-19 disease based on the confirmed symptoms of Covid-19. This expert system will be using the algorithm of forward chaining.


In imperfect information problems, board game is a class of special problem that differs from card games like poker. Several characters make it a valuable test bed for opponent modeling, which is one of the most difficult problems in artificial intelligence decision systems. In card games, opponent modeling has proved its importance on improving agents' strength. In this paper, a method of building opponent models in imperfect information board games is introduced systematically. Formalized evaluation method of arrangement strength in board game in proposed. Risk dominance is suggest as the classified criterion of building opponent models and basing that, classified primary probability tables are built as opponent models. Last, Siguo game is chosen as the application for opponent modeling and shows its advantages in the experiments. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i3.4113 Full Text: PDF


We introduce a technique to obtain local (bracketing) metric en- tropy bounds for subsets of a normed vector space from global entropy bounds. Using this method, we establish that for q � 1, the class of convex combina- tions of q translates of a probability density has finite local doubling dimension under a smoothness assumption. The proof requires a detailed investigation of the local geometry of mixture classes, which is of independent interest.


ATutritional problems in the tropics I97 In conclusion, I have tried to present an appraisal of the present state of knowledge in this field. Whether this is interpreted as indicating that nutrition is an imprecise science or a fascinating but complex multidiscipline depends upon one's point of view. Certainly in the evaluation of diets there are still many problems to be solved, but to quote Professor Platt, who initiated much of the work, 'the ability to ask the right questions is three parts of the way to solving them'.


The field of disability studies is growing in size, sophistication, and sweep, with its own research association and a few interdisciplinary programs scattered around the country. As with its predecessors and to some extent models, black studies and womens' studies, disability studies is partly concerned with taking the perspective of a previously marginalized subject seriously. But besides uncovering what has been ignored, researchers in disability studies, perhaps even more than their colleagues in ethnic and gender studies, must confront and recast what has been studied before: whole fields of research that have developed particular ways of seeing people with disabilities.


Caecal volvulus is a very rare clinical entity and it constitutes less then 1% of all intestinal occlusions in adult. But, prompt diagnosis is crucial due to the possibility of ishaemia and necrosis in case of a delay in treatment. 22-year-old male patient was admitted to our department with the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. His past medical history included the diagnosis of metastatic Ewing sarkoma and he took radiotherapy to whole body before admission to general surgery. Physical examination revealed abdominal distension with decreased bowel peristaltism, but guarding was not obtained. Radiologic imaging methods demonstrated a markedly caecal dilatation with absence of gas in the remaining colon and a single air–fluid level in the right lower quadrant. Despite a 48-hour conservative treatment with nasogastric tube decompression and fluid-electrolyte resuscitation, abdominal distension did not resolve and patient's labaratory tests including LDH detoriated. As the muscular rigidity developed, surgical exploration was decided. Upon entry into the abdomen, we confirmed dilated caecum that had twisted 270 degrees on its mesentery. Surgical detorsion and caecopexy was performed since there was not any signs of ischemia and peritonitis. The patient's postoperative period was uneventful and he was discharged 7 days later. Although caecal volvulus is a rare entity, its clinical results can be fatal in case of a delay in diagnosis and treatment. So, clinicians should be aware of this life-threatening issue.


In foundation pit engineering,the deformation of pile-soil is the most important reason for producing force on the supporting structure. The real-time monitoring of pile-soil can help accurately grasp the deformation law of soil and ensure construction safety. The measured data of deep horizontal displacement of soil in anchor-pile bracing structure for deep foundation pit is researched and analyzed,and the distribution diagram about deep displacement of soil is received. As a result,it is shown that the deep displacement of pile-soil increases constantly in the process of excavation,with the increase of excavation deep,the distribution law is that the value of middle is larger than others along the depth direction and the maximum displacement stabilize at 1 /3 along the depth of lateral deformation. In addition,the depth of excavation has a significant effect on the maximum point of soil's deep displacement,and the displacement at the position of maximum value presents"stepladder"growth rule. The analysis results can provide guidance for the analysis of stress and deformation of support pile and the stress of pile-soil,it also provide guidance for next step in the foundation pit construction.


We solve the Dirichlet problem for acoustic scattering from a surface which has been perturbed by the addition of one or more bumps. We build the solution for the bumpy case using the Green's function for the unperturbed surface, and the solution of a local integral equation in which the integration is carried out only over the added bumps. We conclude by giving an alternative formulation of our method for the special case of a bump on a plane.


DW was a born in China with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. She was placed in an orphanage shortly after birth. At 19 months of age, a family in the United States adopted her, and shortly thereafter, she underwent uneventful cleft lip repair. At 20 months of age she had a positive Mantoux Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) test and was begun on Isoniazid monotherapy for possible latent tuberculosis. She was brought to the operating room a second time at 22 months of age for a palatoplasty. She was noted to have abnormal bleeding intraoperatively. Her platelet count was found to be 43,000 per microliter; she was diagnosed as having drug-induced thrombocytopenia (DITP). Her palatoplasty was completed, albeit with less extensive dissection that


In the majority of the electron-exchange models, it is assumed that the charge state formation processes of atoms sputtered (scattered) from a solid do not depend on projectile parameters. This means that an electronic subsystem excitation produced by projectiles in the impact region does not affect on the ionization probability P + of ejected atoms. In the present work this basic assumption has been subjected to experimental examination. To study it the clean surface of a silicon sample was bombarded by the following atomic and molecular projectiles: Al - ions with the energy of E 0 =9 and 18 keV; Au - ions with E 0 =18 kev; Al - 2 ions with E 0 =4.5 and 9 keV/atom. The kinetic energy distribution f(E) of sputtered Si + ions were used to obtain information on P + . It was found that the ionization probability P + depends on the projectile parameters increasing with the rise of energy E 0 , mass M 0 , and the number m of atoms in projectile. The results obtained are discussed in the framework of the simple model in which the charge state formation occurs in the electron exchange between the sputtered atom and a local surface area where the relaxation of the electronic subsystem excited by the projectile impact takes place.


The curriculum ideological and political evaluation system is an important part of the construction of curriculum ideology and politics, and the evaluation results of curriculum ideology and politics can directly reflect the construction effect of curriculum ideology and politics. This paper firstly analyzes the adequacy and necessity of constructing the system of curriculum ideology and politics in colleges and universities, then analyzes the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and threats of constructing the evaluation system of curriculum ideology and politics through SWOT analysis, and constructs the evaluation system of curriculum ideology and politics which contains 5 primary indicators, 16 secondary indicators and 46 tertiary indicators, including organizational management at all levels, professional construction and development, curriculum teaching implementation, teacher team construction and student growth and development. Finally, main subjects, objects and evaluation methods of the evaluation of curriculum ideology and politics are analyzed.


We investigated original plant of the medicinal herbs in Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Korean medicine(TKM). For the purpose of studying this, we took reference of major publications related to Ayurvedic medicinal herbs such as Indian Herbal Remedies, Prime Ayurvedic Plant Drugs. The results were summarized as follows 1. Original plants of Cyperi Rhizoma(香附子), Draconis Resina(血竭), Euryales Semen(검實) used in TKM did exactly correspond with those of Ayurvedic medicine. 2. Original plant of Sinapis Semen(白芥子) used in TKM is Brassica juncea Czern. & Coss. such as that of Ayurvedic medicine. In addition to this, B. napus and B. campestris Hook. f. & Thoms. var. sarson Pram, also are original plants which have the same efficacy in Ayurvedic medicine. 3. Original plant of Foeniculi Fructus(小茴香) used in TKM is Foeniculum vulgare Mill. such as that of Ayurvedic medicine. In addition to this, F. capillaceum Gilib. and F. officinale All. also are original plants which have the same efficacy are in Ayurvedic medicine. 4. In Ayurvedic medicine, Sinapis Semen(白芥子), Cyperi Rhizoma(香附子), Draconis Resina(血竭), Euryales Semen(검實) and Foeniculi Fructus(小茴香) reveal varied efficacies according to additives, dosage forms, parts of medical herb.


National guidelines for the treatment of asthma recommend anti-inflammatory corticosteroids or cromolyn in patients with mild to moderate disease. A comparison of different bronchodilators demonstrates that beta-adrenergic-receptor agonists, specifically those selective for beta 2 receptors in the airways, are the safest and most effective agents for "rescue" during acute attacks. Because rapid onset of action is a clear advantage for the reversal of bronchoconstriction, a fast-acting agent such as albuterol is preferable to a slow-acting agent such as fenoterol or salmeterol.


Departing from Ranganathan's Facet analysis, this aricle reviews the literature to find elements which may help the conceptual organization in hypertext systems. It presents the principles of this theory, theoretical studies and experiments.


The update on the WHO classification of central nervous system (CNS) tumors incorporated molecular signatures for a more accurate diagnosis. Recently, DKFZ has demonstrated the utility of DNA methylation profiling(MP) for molecular classification of CNS tumors. We performed a prospective clinical study over the last three years to evaluate the clinical utility ofDNA MP on FFPE samples of 66 challenging CNS tumor cases using online DKFZ classifier. Eleven samples were excluded due to low tumor DNA content or low calibration(predictive) scores(CS)< 0.3.DNA MP confirmed the original pathology diagnoses in 15(27%)cases. The integrated molecular diagnoses were changed in 38/55(70%) including establishment of a new diagnostic entity, change in molecular signature and subtyping. TheWHO grades were changed in 16(27%) of the tumors; about two-thirds resulted in upgrading. We detected non-canonical IDH mutations in 9 diffuse gliomas and the CNV plots revealed false positive FISH results for 1p/19q co-deletion in two diffuse gliomas. The CNV plots contributed to the final diagnosis in 40(72%) patients. The molecular subtypes of medulloblastoma, ependymoma and glioblastoma subclasses were determined in 36(65%) cases. Seventy-five percent of cases with confirmation of initial diagnosis or change in molecular diagnosis had CS > 0.5, among which 51% had a CS >0.9. The median and range CS of cases with new diagnostic entity and confirmed cases were 0.86(0.37–0.99) and 0.98(0.42–0.99), respectably. Furthermore, we detected higher CS in IDH-mutant gliomas in comparison to glioblastoma IDH-wild type(P=0.04). We also observed lower CS in mesenchymal glioblastoma in comparison to other subclasses. The MGMT promoter methylation was determined in 17/20(85%) glioblastoma cases. While the DKFZ group established CS of 0.9 as a cut-off for matching to methylation classes, our findings suggest lower threshold values in challenging CNS tumor cases. Our experience indicates clinical utility of MP of challenging CNS tumors as a reliable ancillary diagnostic tool in routine neuropathology practice.


In addition to the previously published growth theory based on the relation of μˆ to k s , the paper deals with an accumulation-regeneration theory of microorganisms selection. The accumulation-regeneration phenomenon can play a role in population dynamics only in the systems where the accumulated substrate can be subsequently oxidized and thus the accumulation capacity restored in one feeding cycle. This condition can be realized in properly designed systems with the substrate concentration gradient along the reactor. As a criterion of accumulation capacity restoration it is suggested to use the oxidized proportion of the substrate removed in one feeding cycle. Extensive laboratory experiments have shown a significant relation between the SVI and the percentage of the substrate oxidized. Practical consequences of these findings for the control of filamentous activated sludge bulking are also discussed in the present paper.


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This study examined the associations among experiencing bias-based bullying on multiple social identities, fear, and school avoidance. The sample included 1177 adolescents who experienced bullying in a nationally representative dataset. Results indicated that 42% of students who were bullied reported that this was due to biases. We found a significant moderating effect of bias-based bullying between fear and school avoidance. We present suggestions for school counselors, including multitiered systems of support and trauma-informed approaches.


Aim:To evaluate the application value of Swartz sheath during mapping and ablation of right-side accessory pathway(RAP).Methods:A total of 25 patients with failed RAP ablation or recurrence after prior ablation were undergone second ablation via Swartz sheath.The acute success rate of ablation,operation time,fluoroscopy time and complication were observed.The long term efficacies of ablation were also studied.Results:The ablation was performed successfully in all the patients,in whom 24 were RAP of free wall and one was posteroseptal RAP.The operation time,blocking time and fluoroscopy time were(2.1±1.1) h,(6.2±0.4) s and(20.0±2.8) min,respectively.No recurrent patients were observed during 6-month follow-up.Conclusion:Mapping and ablation via Swartz sheath will improve the efficacy of RAP ablation,and reduce fluoroscopy and operation time.


We report on the successful synthesis of fiber-like nanostructured Ti4O7 (NS-Ti4O7) by multistep method. The specific surface area of this NS-Ti4O7 was 26 m2 g−1. The synthesized NS-Ti4O7 was platinized and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical testing. It was found that the monodispersed Pt nanoparticles supported on NS-Ti4O7 with a uniform size of 4.8 nm. The prepared Pt/NS-Ti4O7 catalysts exhibited superior durability as well as enhanced Pt mass activity in comparison to commercial Pt/XC-72 catalyst. After undergoing accelerated durability tests (ADT), the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mass activity of Pt/NS-Ti4O7 was nearly thirty times higher than that of Pt/XC-72. The superior durability of Pt/NS-Ti4O7 is attributed to the high stability of Ti4O7 and the strong metal–support interaction between Pt and Ti4O7.


Three processing methods of ArtCAM software are summarized. The eight steeds relief is the research example of one method of using ArtCAM software as a platform. The general process of ArtCAM software in relief modeling, simulation, processing is outlined. Working out the model using the shaped stone milling machine, the HTM50200, verifies that this method is feasible and effective. The method provides technical support to the digital development of the relief industry and promotes the modernization of the relief industry.


Determination of Heavy Metals in Various and Products, and Abstract Objective: In this present study twelve metals were analyzed in various Dokha and Shisha products. The analysis was carried out using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). All the metals were found in each sample and at various concentrations. Furthermore, the concentration of various heavy metals with e-cigarette is compared in the discussion. Results: Dokha tobacco contained very high metal concentrations compared to Shisha and Marlboro brand cigarette tobaccos. The highest level of aluminum(Al) (421.235 μg/g), boron(B) (219.815 μg/g), Cobalt(Co) (25.050 μg/g), copper(Cu) (24.000 μg/g), lead(Pb) (468.620 μg/g), and zinc(Zn) (342.740 μg/g), were found in Alward Alahmar Green Dokha tobacco. Due to the significant toxicity of these metals, it is very important to control and quantify their concentrations in the tobaccos.


Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) is emerging bio-inspired computer science techniques which embody the principles of biological immune systems for tackling complex real-world problems such as pattern recognition. Among the several immune-computing models, Clonal Selection Classification Algorithm (CSCA) is used for several classification problems. Meanwhile, the issues related to writer identification are currently at the heart of numerous concerns in our modern day's society. Writer identification for Arabic text is receiving a renewed attention. Many popular machine learning techniques have been used in writer identification systems but only one limited attempt has been done with AIS. In this paper, we apply CSCA algorithms to perform Arabic writer identification based on a set of features extracted from Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrices. Some feature selection techniques are applied to improve computation time. Four traditional classifiers have also been used in our experiments for performance comparison. The obtained results show the promising ability of CSCA-Based Classifier in Writer identification.


Around the globe, policymakers have long been concerned about the social and economic effects of an ageing population, and in particular the impact of a decline in labour market participation on pensions and other forms of income security. Technological improvements in medical diagnosis and treatment, better nutrition and other factors have increased healthy life, and this, coupled with a lowering birth rate, has led to an increase in consumption of health services and a decrease in the number of people entering the labour force. The proportion of people retired to those in work (the 'dependency ratio') is steadily increasing, and this affects how a society finances healthcare, long-term care, pensions and other social services. In 1987, The Geneva Association, in response to these trends created the 'Four Pillars' research agenda for rethinking healthcare and social security. In addition to the three pillars of contributory public pension, private occupational pension and individual savings, the Association identified the need to extend working life through a re-visioning of employment and retirement. Somewhat later, the Association launched another research project, Health and Ageing, to study interventions that maintain an active and healthy life after 65, as well as ways of organizing and financing long-term care. The complementary objectives of extending working life, and extending healthy life for work are based on the single social strategy of increasing the participation of older people in the workplace in order to spread the costs of ageing more equitably across the entire population. At the same time, increasing work participation and lowering unemployment are human rights objectives that underscore the importance of ensuring that everyone, regardless of age or functional capacity, participates fully in fundamental life activities. But both objectives also presume our ability to identify age-related functional decrements, to assess and measure them, and armed with this information, to devise interventions, strategies and policies that increase work participation. More is involved here than mere data collection. There is an important, and radical, conceptual reorientation that needs to be made. The relationship between an individual's functional capacities to work - his or her inherent work capacity - and the work environment and its demands is both interactive and negotiable. We normally think of people being 'fit for work' ; but we need also to think of work being fit for people. Although decrements in functional capacity can be ameliorated, or even


With the aim of evaluating the management ofgreen manures in the mycorrhized coffee seedling productionon Distric Nitisol soil, Sorghum vulgare, Crotalaria j...


ions and lowering the percent impervious surface. All of these parameter changes result in more water being trapped by the surface and kept from becoming runoff. Since runoff values are changed, the amount of flow entering any stream or junction downstream is also changed. 2) The effects of changing reach attributes are more subtle. While changes may not be obvious in elements immediately downstream, they will be manifest further down in the system. Muskingum K specifies the time of travel through a reach. Altering K values may also dislocate peak flows so that they are occurring either too early or too late within the time period. Reducing a K-value means the water velocity increases. Flow volumes are increased for a given period of time and the hydrographs reflect this in steeper peaks and recessions. A higher K value may smooth out the hydrograph by extending peaks over a longer period of time. However, once extremes are reached, high or low, the routing becomes unstable and the resulting hydrographs may appear erratic. 3) Muskingum X affects the general shape of the hydrograph peak. High X values, meaning complete translation, cause peaks to reach wide plateaus. For little or no wedge storage resulting from low X values hydrograph peaks tend to reach a more pointed peak and may be slightly will be with a higher X. The effects of changing the X parameter may not be obvious with certain flows, for example with extremely low K values (and therefore comparably high velocities). Flow may be moving at a rate such that wedge storage effects are negligible. 4) Applying these trends to model calibration is complicated for a large basin, since any changes made upstream may have varying effects on the downstream


Using pumpkin,ginseng fruit and sugar as raw material,the fruit wine was obtained by the processing of pumpkin and ginseng fruit pasting,enzyme hydrolysis and alcoholic fermentation,and clarification.The optimum alcoholic fermentation determined by orthogonal experiments were as follows: pumpkin and ginseng fruit 2∶1,inoculum of yeast 6%,initial sugar content 20%,initial pH 3.8,and the main fermentation at 24℃ for 6d.The wine produced with the optimum conditions is bright yellow with pumpkin and ginseng fragrance,alcoholic mellow,stable and nutritious.


Expanded bed adsorption (EBA) chromatography was investigated for clarification and capture of high‐concentration refold pools of Escherichia coli‐based therapeutics. Refolding of denatured inclusion bodies (IBs) at high protein concentration significantly improved product throughput; however, direct filtration of the refold materials became very challenging because of high content of protein precipitates formed during refolding. In addition, irreversible protein precipitation caused by high local concentration was encountered in packed bed capture during cation exchange chromatography elution, which limited column loading capacity and capture step productivity. In this study, the two issues are addressed in one unit operation by using EBA. Specifically, EBA can handle feed streams with significant amount of particles and precipitates, which eliminated the need for refold pool clarification through filtration. The relatively broad EBA elution profile is particularly suitable for proteins of low solubility and can effectively avoid product loss previously associated with on‐column precipitation during capture. As the EBA resin (RHOBUST® FastLine SP IEX) used here has unique properties, it can be operated at high linear velocity (800–1,600 cm/h), while achieving a selectivity and impurity clearance largely comparable to the packed bed resin of the same ligand chemistry (SP Sepharose FF). Furthermore, the filtration of the EBA elution pool is easily manageable within facility capability. Overall, this study demonstrates that the EBA process helps debottleneck the purification of high‐turbidity refold pools by removing precipitates and concurrently capturing the product, which can be applied to other E. coli‐based therapeutics that also requires refolding of IBs. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 30:113–123, 2014


Dear Dr. Ellis,

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a Reply Letter to the Letter you received regarding terminology used in our manuscript entitled "Maternal Immunization: Clinical Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities in Vaccine Acceptance".

 We thank the Letter's astute reader for this insightful comment. We agree that "maternal immunization" connotes a breadth of activities related to optimizing the immunization status of women of reproductive age who may be contemplating pregnancy, currently pregnant, or postpartum. We also agree that "maternal immunization" is often used in writings that focus primarily on vaccination during pregnancy, as in ACOG's Committee Opinion #608 on Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy (http://acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice/Influenza-Vaccination-During-Pregnancy) and the CDC's Information for Providers regarding Tdap for Pregnant Women (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/tdap-pregnancy-hcp.htm). As with these publications, our manuscript hopes to frame vaccination as an integral component to preconception, prenatal and postpartum care, and this is our rational for using the broader terminology "maternal immunization" in our writing. This framing may, in fact, be important to normalizing vaccination for adult women and embracing an ethos of integrating vaccination practices into women's routine health care.

Respectfully yours,

Michelle H Moniz and Richard H Beigi


Fast, reproducible, and quantitative performance evaluation of monomolecular energetic materials (EMs) is a significant challenge that limits the tailored applications of EMs and the development of new high-energy-density materials.


A narrow-linewidth, dual-wavelength laser system is vital for the creation of ultracold ground state molecules via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) from a weakly bound Feshbach state. Here we describe how a relatively simple apparatus consisting of a single fixed-length optical cavity can be used to narrow the linewidth of the two different wavelength lasers required for STIRAP simultaneously. The frequency of each of these lasers is referenced to the cavity and is continuously tunable away from the cavity modes through the use of non-resonant electro-optic modulators. Self-heterodyne measurements suggest the laser linewidths are reduced to several 100 Hz. In the context of 87Rb133Cs molecules produced via magnetoassociation on a Feshbach resonance, we demonstrate the performance of the laser system through one- and two-photon molecular spectroscopy. Finally, we demonstrate transfer of the molecules to the rovibrational ground state using STIRAP.


Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Department of Architecture and Ocean Space, Busan, 49112, Rep. of KoreaABSTRACT It is possible to achieve high strength ranging from 40 MPa to 70 MPa in alkali-activated slag concrete (AASC), and AASC is also known to have a finer pore structure due to its high latent hydraulicity and fineness of slag cement, which makes it difficult for chloride ions to penetrate. Electrophoresis is mostly used to calculate the effective diffusion coefficient of ch loride ions, and then to evaluate resistance to salt damage. Few studies have been conducted on the fixation capacity of chloride ions in AASC. For this reason, in this study the chloride fixation within the hardened paste was evaluated according to the type and the amount of alkaline activators. As a result, it was revealed that among the test specimens, the chloride fixation was greatest in the paste containing Na


The paper examines iconography of the Bronze Horseman, of the building of the Art Academy, and of the Greater Theater in the art of R. Ker Porter, A. Martynov, and A. Ostroumova-Lebedeva. The semantic shift of the images occurring when a piece of art heritage is used as an attribute of Art hypothesized. A classical compositional analysis is combined with a wide historical context description.


We demonstrate an improvement in short-term stability by a factor of 10 over a previous generation miniature buffer gas cooled trapped ion clock. We describe the enhancement to detection SNR that has enabled this improvement, the method of clock operation, and the measurement of clock short-term stability. Additionally, we numerically investigate the magnitude of the Dick effect in our pulsed ion clock.


In simulation of solidification processes, an open issue is the concurrent modelling of fluid flow and solid mechanics. This is critical for the prediction of cracks formed in solidified regions during the filling stage of ingot casting, or in the mould during continuous casting. The proposed approach consists of a partitioned two-step resolution strategy.


The major British fen and lowland drainage schemes implemented by John Rennie and his contemporaries in the latter half of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth century were, of course, major engineering works in their own right. It should not, however, be overlooked that these schemes, in bringing into arable production large areas of hitherto unproductive but potentially prime agricultural land, played a vital and timely role in feeding a burgeoning urban population in the manufacturing areas of northern England and were, in their own way, as important as coal in fuelling the industrial revolution.


This study disclosed the mediating role of creative self-efficacy (CSE) between climate for creativitydimensions and creativity. The dyadic relationship between boss-subordinate is considered to assess the constructs in time lags. The study sample was drawn from 408 research and development (R&D) employees from information technology (IT) sector, Pakistan. The adopted and adapted questionnaires were utilized to collect the data. The data were analyzed through partial least squares, structural equation modeling technique through SMART PLS 3.2 software. The findingsrevealed significantly positive effects of major dimensions of climate for creativity on employees' creativity. Moreover, creative self-efficacy is proved as a mediator between various dimensions of climate for creativity and creativity except for organizational encouragement, challenging work andorganizational impediments. Thus, practical and theoretical implications are provided for academicians and managers; particularly related to IT sector and generally related to other sectors in Pakistan.
Keywords: Creativity, Climate for creativity, Creative Self-Efficacy


Received August 23, 2020 Revised 1 August 30, 2020 Revised 2 August 31, 2020 Accepted September 1, 2020 This study examined the relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and beta-cell function (HOMA-B) in nondiabetic Korean adults. This study included 4,380 adults aged 20 or older (50.32±16.14) using the 2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) data, which represents the national data in Korea. The present study had several key findings. First, in terms of HOMA-IR, after adjusting for the related variables (Model 4), the HOMA-IR (M±SE, 95% confidence interval [CI]) in group 1 (G1; estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR], ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m), group 2 (G2; eGFR, 60∼89 mL/min/1.73 m), group 3a (G3a; eGFR, 30∼59 mL/min/1.73 m), and ≥group 3b (≥G3b; eGFR, <30 mL/min/1.73 m) were 1.78±0.03 (1.73∼1.83), 1.87±0.03 (1.81∼1.93), 2.16±0.13 (1.91∼2.42), and 2.59±0.24 (2.12∼3.06), respectively. The HOMA-IR was positively associated with the progression of CKD (P<0.001). Second, in terms of the HOMA-B, after adjusting for the related variables (Model 4), the HOMA-B (M±SE, 95% CI) in G1, G2, G3a, and ≥G3b were 87.46±1.21 (85.08∼89.84), 89.11±1.38 (86.40∼91.81), 104.82±5.91 (93.23∼116.42), and 123.97±10.87 (102.66∼145.29), respectively. HOMA-B was positively associated with the progression of CKD (P<0.001). Both insulin resistance and the beta-cell function were positively associated with CKD in non-diabetic Korean adults. Copyright C 2020 The Korean Society for Clinical Laboratory Science. All rights reserved.


The invention belongs to the technical field of relay protection, and relates to a sequence component longitudinal direction protection method of a six-phase power transmission line. The method comprises the following steps of: collecting six-phase current and voltage data through protecting a current transformer and a voltage transformer at the mounting part; respectively converting into six sequence voltage components and six sequence current components; calculating a reverse sequence fault component and a positive sequence fault component; determining movement criteria of T1, F0 and F1 fault components, and if more than one of the three criteria is determined to be a positive direction fault, protecting the generation of the determined positive direction short circuit of the side; protecting a determined reverse direction generation circuit of the side, if the three criteria are all of reverse directions; protecting tripping operation of movements if the side and the opposite side are both determined to be the positive direction short circuit; and protecting failure to actuate if one side of the two sides are determined to be the reverse direction short circuit or two sides are both determined to be reverse direction short circuits. According to the invention, the criteria are simple, the protection method is easy to realize and can reflect all faults of a six-phase system, and the method is an ideal main protection scheme.


This paper proposes a new algorithm based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate CPV impact on the dispatch-ability of power systems. Power systems behavior is affected by the new complex CPV generation and loads that have uncertain and variable nature. The proposed technique measures the current power system flexibility index and checks its ability to operate the power system safely. It also determines the desired reserve sources or storage that must be added to improve the system flexibility for real-time operation. Future Middle East sun-rich Egyptian grid is taken as an example to validate the proposed algorithm.


ContentsIntroduction: Wow! Part I: The Lively Arts1 Games, the New Lively Art 2 Monstrous Beauty and Mutant Aesthetics: Rethinking Matthew Barney's Relation to the Horror Genre Part II: The Immediate Experience3 Death-Defying Heroes 4 Never Trust a Snake: WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama 5 Exploiting Feminism in Stephanie Rothman's Terminal Island 6 "You Don't Say That in English!": The Scandal of Lupe Velez Part III: Welcome to the Playground7 "Going Bonkers!": Children, Play, and Pee-Wee 8 "Complete Freedom of Movement": Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces 9 "Her Suffering Aristocratic Majesty": The Sentimental Value of Lassie Notes Index About the Author


Certain kinds of spatial light modulators (SLMs) can be used in a mode where the phase transmittance at a given point has the desired value, measured modulo-2pi, and the magnitude transmittance has approximately the desired value. Computer simulations, based on a specific model of a deformable-mirror SLM, show that these phase-with-coupled-magnitude SLMs perform better for the particular cases studied, in terms of discrimination and signal-to-clutter ratio, than phase-only and binary phase-only SLMs in coherent optical pattern-recognition correlators where the input is distorted by variable illumination, rotation, and noise relative to the template pattern.


Algebra in school, - a study on students` algebraic knowledge of the field equations in ninth grade.International (TIMSS) and national mathematics studies detects that Swedish pupils math skills is ...