The invention discloses a daffodil-essence plant nanometer dyeing and hairdressing gel. The daffodil-essence plant nanometer dyeing and hairdressing gel comprises the following components in parts by weight: 6-10 parts of henna extract, 8-12 parts of indigo extract, 6-14 parts of daffodil extract, 3-8 parts of a compound extracting solution consisting of mulberries, cacumen biotae, angelica sinensis, fleece-flower root, ginseng and clove, 1-5 parts of emulsifying agent, 21-47 parts of a surfactant, 0.4-4 parts of a co-surfactant and 105-120 parts of water. The dyeing gel disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being mild in characteristics and harmless to the human body. In addition to a dyeing effect, the dyeing and hairdressing gel further has the effects of preventing ageing, reinforcing the hair and tonifying qi, and being convenient to use.


The fan-out packaging technology has recently been adopted in mobile application processors due to its advantages in form factor, fine pitch traces, and efficient thermal dissipation. This paper demonstrates heterogeneous integration on a fan-out redistribution layer (RDL) interposer. The package has a full-reticle size Si die and two HBMs. Si die and memory modules are attached to a fanout RDL and are then attached to a multilayer substrate. This advanced package meets both electrical and mechanical requirements. The fanout RDL interposer is comprised of polymer and copper traces, and it is relatively mechanically flexible. Such flexibility enhances C4 joint integrity, and allows the new package to scale up its size to meet more complex functional demands.


Background: To examine whether stress management mediates the relationship between purpose in life and self-rated health status (SRH). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 6840 teachers in 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Purpose in life was assessed through the Purpose in Life Subscale of the Psychological Well-being Scale. Stress management was assessed using the eight-item questionnaire adapted from the Health-promoting Lifestyle Profile II. SRH was assessed by the Suboptimal Health Measurement Scale Version 1.0. The mediation hypothesis was tested by the structural equation model for path analysis. Results: It was found that purpose in life had direct and indirect effects on SRH. The path analysis showed the total effect (β = 0.563) of purpose in life on SRH was comprised of a direct effect (β = 0.319) and an indirect effect (β = 0.244), which was mediated by stress management. Conclusions: By supporting the mediation hypothesis, our results indicate that stress management mediated the effect of purpose in life on SRH. Enhancement of teachers' purpose in life and improvement of training skills of stress management should be incorporated in the strategy of improving teachers' health.


The use of tetraphenylarsonium chloride for the detection and determination of perchlorate in sea water has been investigated. An aqueous solution of this reagent gives a visible precipitate of tetraphenylarsonium perchlorate with sea water containing 5 μg ClO4-/ml. within 10 min. For the quantitative determination of traces of perchlorate, potassium perrhenate is added to the water sample, and the tetraphenylarsonium perrhenate, which is precipitated by addition of the reagent, co-precipitates tetraphenylarsonium perchlorate. Perchlorate is determined in the mixed precipitate by infra-red absorption spectrophotometry. Using 100 ml. of sea water, a sensitivity of 0·03 μg ClO4-/ml. can be attained, with a coefficient of variation of ca. 10%. No interference is caused by the ions normally present in sea water.


Identification tests of synthetic speech stimuli can provide a more direct and accurate estimate of the impairment of speech perception in hearing‐impaired subjects than those provided by the pure‐tone audiometry and discrimination tests using nonspeech stimuli [H. Fujisaki et al., Ann. Rep. Eng. Res. Inst., Fac. Eng., Univ. Tokyo 28, 74–79 (1968)]. The present study utilizes synthetic speech sounds for measuring the accuracy of identification for stationary vowels, a semivowel or a liquid, and voiced stop consonants, and compares the performances of hearing‐impaired subjects with medium‐to‐severe hearing losses to those of normal subjects. The difference in the identification accuracy between normal and hearing‐impaired subjects is found to increase as the stimuli become less stationary. While in normal subjects no significant differences are found among identification accuracy for the three kinds of stimuli, a marked deterioration is observed in hearing‐impaired subjects for less stationary stimuli. A comparison of the identification accuracy and the articulation score also reveals that the former is more sensitive than the latter as a measure of speech perception.Identification tests of synthetic speech stimuli can provide a more direct and accurate estimate of the impairment of speech perception in hearing‐impaired subjects than those provided by the pure‐tone audiometry and discrimination tests using nonspeech stimuli [H. Fujisaki et al., Ann. Rep. Eng. Res. Inst., Fac. Eng., Univ. Tokyo 28, 74–79 (1968)]. The present study utilizes synthetic speech sounds for measuring the accuracy of identification for stationary vowels, a semivowel or a liquid, and voiced stop consonants, and compares the performances of hearing‐impaired subjects with medium‐to‐severe hearing losses to those of normal subjects. The difference in the identification accuracy between normal and hearing‐impaired subjects is found to increase as the stimuli become less stationary. While in normal subjects no significant differences are found among identification accuracy for the three kinds of stimuli, a marked deterioration is observed in hearing‐impaired subjects for less stationary stimuli. A c...


The recent outbreak of industrial cyberattacks indicates that the current industrial network security architecture is under serious challenges. As one of the critical industrial networks, the heterogeneous and real-time substation network lacks compatibility with the conventional cryptography architecture represented by secure sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) and public key infrastructure (PKI). To enhance the security of smart substations under the premise of low latency, in this article, we present a novel encryption-as-a-service architecture based on fog computing in this article. The architecture offloads encryption to dedicated devices and makes certificate and key management available through unified web services on the fog and cloud layers. Based on this architecture, we propose MX-SORTS, maximizing security on real-time communication of different services, an algorithm for adaptive configuration of encrypting and signing substation network traffic. By the contrast experiments with the conventional cryptography architecture, we prove that the encryption-as-a-service architecture can significantly improve the real-time and security performance of substation networks.


The invention relates to a device for limiting the noise in the "zeros" of the RZ optical signals; the device comprising a birefringent fiber for shifting spectrally the signals with each other according to their intensity, and a filter for filtering the shifted signals. The filter attenuates the pulses corresponding to "zeros", but passes the pulses corresponding to "ones". The invention makes it possible to limit the noise in the "zeros" of an RZ signal.


Restrictions on easy access to paracetamol have reduced death from paracetamol overdose in the UK. However, figures from Newcastle show that hanging and jumping deaths have become more common.[1][1] Since paracetamol overdoses are usually not instantly fatal, second thoughts are possible. This is


The geodynamic reconstructions of the Apennine-Tyrrhenian system strongly rely on chronological and P-T data derived from the study of ophiolite-bearing units accreted in orogenic belts, frequently affected by HP-LT metamorphic overprint. Consequently, we carried out a detailed geological survey, combined with the study of calcareous nannofossils and the analysis of mineralogical and petrographic features of low-grade metamorphic rocks, in order to reconstruct the tectono-stratigraphic relationships among different formations of the Liguride Complex and perform a critical review of the existing literature on the P-T evolution of the Liguride accretionary wedge exposed in the Pollino area of the Southern Apennines.

A geological-structural survey allowed us to distinguish four major tectonic units, characterized by an overall decrease of metamorphic grade from top to bottom. The tectonic units consist of: i) slices of continental crust rocks consisting of Albitic gneisses, Garnet gneisses and Amphibolites; ii) the Frido Unit Auctorum p.p. with a variable intensity of deformation and HP/LT metamorphic grade. This unit consist of a typical ophiolitic assemblage, including serpentinites with metadoleretites or alterated peridotites, pillow lavas, foliated metabasites, metalimestones and metabreccias, quarzites, and jaspers. The upper part of the succession is made up of calcschists and low-grade metapelites, displaying variable PT conditions from about 7 kbar and 200 °C to 12 kbar and 350 °C. A wide variation of P-T conditions suggests that the Frido Unit consists of different thrust sheets, showing a progressive increase of the metamorphic grade moving from north to south;  iii) the Seluci-Cogliandrino Unit, consisting mainly of metapelites and slices of an upper Jurassic seafloor succession with pillow lavas;  iv) the non-metamorphic Nord Calabrian Unit represented, from the bottom, by ophiolites, shales with pencil cleavage (Crete Nere Formation) and by a prevailing calciclastic unit (Saraceno Formation), topped by thrust top deposits (Albidona Formation).

Calcareous nannofossil assemblages were studied in samples coming from the main successions of the investigated area, in order to provide age constraints for the deformation of the Liguride accretionary wedge. Results show that Frido Unit did not preserve calcareous nannofossils in all analyzed samples, because of the strong deformation produced during the HP-LT metamorphic overprint. In the upper part of the Seluci-Cogliandrino Unit, Eocene inf. CNE4 biozone has been documented. On the other hand, in the lower part of the Saraceno Fm a late Albian age (CC9 p.p.) was documented, based on the occurrence of Eiffellithus turriseiffelii and Hayesites irregularis. Moreover, the occurrence of Discoaster lodoensis, Reticulofenestra dictyoda and Toweius callosus framed the lower stratigraphic interval of the Albidona Fm to the early Eocene (Ypresian; CNE4 p.p.). Based on the above data, the current views on the Cretaceous-Paleogene geodinamic evolution of the southern Apennine thrust and fold belt should be substantially revised.


In many network communications it is crucial to be able to authenticate both the contents and the origin of a message. Digital signatures based on public key schemas are used for such authenticatio...


The identification of dispersed phase droplet in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image is the heart of the process polymer blends, especially for the development of the polymeric materials and improvement of the polymer properties. Manual identification is the hard work and inaccurate method. To solve this problem, a digital image processing (DIP) method based on Hough transform is proposed for automatically identifies the dispersed phase droplet in SEM images. By combining the characteristics of SEM images and the DIP method, this method performed hierarchical Hough transform on the circular droplet to detect the object boundary in the SEM images. The DIP method has been experimented on variety of SEM images and very promising results have been achieved given more accuracy. Experimental results show that the proposed method with high adaptability is more accurate and rapidly than the traditional method.


Postmodern research and theorizations have continued to transform the ways in which identities and social constructs have come to be created and understood. Moreover, they have come to challenge the taken-for granted assumptions that lie behind terms and definitions commonly used to describe these constructs. This thesis examines the extent to which individual agency, socio-cultural integration and freedom of outcome, as given designation by the terms freedom, fusion and endless possibilities, reflect the contestation of the primordial/traditional, the modern and the globalized postmodern influences on social modalities in Trinidad.


Present electronic ballast with dimming controls all share one disadvantage, the stability of the lamps changes as the dimming level changes. Therefore, a dimming stabilization method using both frequency modulation and voltage modulation is proposed here to remedy the aforementioned shortcoming. This technology makes the dimming range of gas-discharge lamp wider and lets the lamp maintain a stable lighting state within the whole dimming range. From the standpoints of both theoretical reasoning and practical test results, the proposed method overcomes the problem of dimming instability.


In this article the basic information about the whispering gallery modes (WGM) concerning questions of mathematical description, properties of whispering gallery resonators (WGR), methods of radiation coupling into resonators, resonators manufacture methods, and possible applications in the field of optical communication systems is considered. A brief history of WGM discovery is presented, and the main properties and characteristics of such resonators and modes are discussed. The main goal of this work is to survey the field of WG modes that is becoming more and more attractive due to their interesting and exciting properties with accordance to possible applications in passive optical components development as well as in design of active components such as lasers and modulators.


Bacillus thuringiensis is well known for the production of parasporal inclusions (crystals) toxic for lepidopterous, dipterous and coleopterous insects. B. thuringiensis strain AF101, belonging to H-serotype 4a : 4b, produces crystals which are slightly toxic for the silkworm, Bombyxmori, but highly toxic for the commoncabbageworm, Pieris rapae crucivora, the fall webworm,Hyphantria cunea, and the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella.1] This strain is advantageous for use for microbial control of insect pests in sericultural areas. In this paper, we describe the selective induction of two temperate phages, J7W-1 and KK-88, in B. thuringiensis strain AF101. Phage induction with ethidium bromide as an intercalating agent for DNAmolecules2'3* was performed by cultivating cells of B. thuringiensis strain AF101at 27°C in LB broth4) containing 1 fM ethidium bromide. Cell lysis usually occurred after culturing for about 6hr. The induction of phage by UV irradiation was attempted as follows: cells cultured until the mid-log phase were suspended in PBS (10mM phosphate buffer containing 0.7% NaCl, pH 7.0) and then 10ml of the cell suspension was transferred to a petri dish (90mmin diameter). Cells were exposed to UVirradiation for 30sec, using a 15 WToshiba germicidal lamp (model GL-1) at the distance of 50cm.


~bstract: Infantile Autism, particularly in the nature of social impairment, which is a characteristic feature. The A yealS Old who the for with Aspergerls disorder is intelligent, able to Aspergerr disorder is presented. The 'lose use language, clumsy, pursuer of idiosyncratic relationship between Asperger's disorder and and wimdrawn. There may be more ChNdhood Autism is discussed. The patient was marked preservative play. to Autism, seen by the neurologist and was diagnosed as these children may have a later age of onset of having Hereditary Ataxia-variant. Magnetic abnormalities than 30 months. (Dahl, Cohen and monance jmaging studies shOwedgrOss Provence ,986). This could be related to the of the cerebellar vemis and mild atrophy of the intelligence of the child. (&lrtek and Rutter 976). cerebellar hemispheres. Is Asperger's disorder, a variant of Infantile Autism.


AbstractThe tamping energy or tamping momentum usually is adopted to evaluate the efficiency of dynamic compaction (DC), meaning that the same tamping energy or tamping momentum leads to the same s...


Measurements of the time rate of energy exchange between a two-dimensional wing and the freestream flow were obtained during static and dynamic maneuvers. The change in the freestream speed in a wind tunnel is used as an indirect method for determining the time rate of energy exchange. A static calibration is first obtained by measuring the reduced freestream speed while changing the angle of attack of the wing from α = 0 o to 20 o . Two dynamic cases were examined, a vertically oscillating (plunging) maneuver with the wing at a fixed angle of attack, and a stationary wing with an oscillating freestream. The measured time rate of energy transfer and the period-averaged energy from flow to the wing is compared to resulting change in freestream speed. The static calibration of the change in flow speed to the rate of energy exchange is ineffective at predicting the change in energy during the dynamic cases. Although qualitative agreement between velocity time series and the time rate of energy change are observed.


South Sumatra is among 11 provinces that have experienced outbreaks of Dengue Fever. The most effective and efficient prevention of dengue fever with the elimination of mosquito nests (PSN). Pineapple fruit grows in Indonesia, especially South Sumatra. Bromelin is an enzyme in pineapple that can degrade and lyse the skin walls of the larvae and the digestive tract so that the larvae will die. Part of pineapple meat is more widely used. Problems: how to eradicate mosquitoes by breaking the life cycle of mosquito larvae through safe ways for human health and environmentally friendly through the use of skin waste and pineapple hump. Research objective: to determine the effect of pineapple fruit juice (skin, meat, humps / stems), variations in concentration on the level of morphological damage to larvae resulting in death. Research method: pure experimental, post test only control group design. The population of 2404 Aedes agypti larvae has fulfilled the inclusion, a sample of 2100 larvae, randon simple sampling. Analysis of simple linear regression test data, 95% confidence level. Results: There is an effect of concentration on the morphological damage level with a sig value of 0.000 and a percentage of influence of 78.9% and there is an influence of pineapple parts on damage to morphological levels with sig values. of 0,000 and a percentage of influence of 67.6%. Conclusion: The higher the concentration, the higher the morphological damage level, the skin has a detrimental quality morphology of the larvae as well as the flesh and is better than the hump/stem.


Inthis paper, acomplete analysis ofaddress decoder de-_-Cross talk noise Inoue, layfaults duetocapacitive coupling between address lines -u-Wiring delayIEEE]&T 93 layfaults ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---Vss bounce ispresented. Detection conditions areusedtoexplore the 100


After being away from the traditional teaching model,English teaching in vocational education has implemented curriculum reform based on working process-oriented and competency-based strategies.In view of the analysis of typical working task,the project teaching in Hotel English has developed in teaching,which can effectively expose the implicit curriculum essence and overt teaching techniques.In the teaching model,both of students′ knowledge and competency can be closer to the needs and demands of vocational posts.


The purpose of this paper is to determine the characteristics of properly functioning capacity remuneration mechanism, analyze the inefficiency of most popular mechanisms, and propose the novel concept of effective and controllable subsidy. The proposed mechanism guarantees differentiated remuneration depending on the technologies' contribution to the power system. It rewards higher the technologies that are more flexible, ecological and have more valuable location. The suggested change has a potential to solve missing money as well as missing capacity problem without distorting competition on the energy market. The mechanism is subjected to simulations with three randomly chosen technologies to prove its effectiveness.


Database replication has been researched as a solution to overcome the problems of performance and availability of distributed systems. Full database replication, based on group communication systems, is an attempt to enhance performance that works well for a reduced number of sites. If application locality is taken into consideration, partial replication, i.e. not all sites store the full database, also enhances scalability. On the other hand, it is needed to keep all copies consistent. If each DBMS provides SI, the execution of transactions has to be coordinated so as to obtain Generalized-SI (GSI). In this paper, a partial replication protocol providing GSI is introduced that gives a consistent view of the database, providing an adaptive replication technique and supporting the failure and recovery of replicas.


Summary Live strain Ad-169 vaccine was prepared in human diploid cell strain WI-38 and studied clinically in 43 adult male priests and seminarians. All seronegative persons who were vaccinated developed antibody, and the immune adherence and neutralizing antibodies persisted at high levels for at least one year. Clinical reactions were minor consisting mainly of soreness, induration, and erythema at the injection site and mild systemic reaction including headache, chills, fatigue, myalgia, and fever in a few persons. It was not possible to recover virus from the peripheral leukocytes, urine, or throat of seronegative persons who were vaccinated. Susceptible persons who were in contact with the vaccinated persons failed both to excrete virus and to develop antibody indicating lack of contagious spread of the vaccine virus. Continuing investigations to measure the safety and efficacy of the vaccine seem highly justified in view of the importance of the virus in fetal damage, transfusion disease, and organ transplantation.


Abstract Human behavior has generated a series of threats to human security throughout history, generating major violence at the time when it was doubled by an exaggerated religiosity. Religious fanaticism has manifested itself in all societies, regardless of their forms of organization. The consequences of the phenomenon deeply marked inter-human relationships, both within the community, but especially in communities that have other religions. The article shows the characteristics of religious fanaticism and the factors that cause people to adopt such a behavior of exacerbating religious zeal doubled into intolerance towards those of opponents, both of other faiths and those within their own confession. The issue is not generated by the religious phenomenon or religiosity that such sectarians or religious organizations and religious fanaticism have with some of the members of such religious entities. They are transformed into perfect soldiers because they respond to clergy 'requests, even with the sacrifice of their own lives, without counting for these individuals, the feelings for their own family members or the duty to support them. In such situations the phenomenon mentioned can not be prevented until it is truly understood from the religious point of view. Therefore, particular attention must be paid to the motivations that lead some individuals to such behavior, as well as to the characteristics of such religious fanatics, and to the way they create risks to human security. In this article we will only address the religious fanaticism manifested by Christianity and Islam, because these are the ones that can have an impact at European and national level. To this end, we will look at some elements of religious fanaticism that indicate this kind of behavioral pattern. After that we will clarify and show the reader the connection between religious fanaticism, the behavior of the followers influenced by this phenomenon, and the inter-human relationships determined by this type of actors.


Given a polynomial with integral coefficients, one can inquire about the possible residues it can take in its image modulo a prime $p$. The sum over the distinct residues can sometimes be computed independent of the prime $p$; for example, Gauss showed that the sum over quadratic residues vanishes modulo a prime. In this paper we provide a closed form for the sum over distinct residues in the image of Dickson polynomials of arbitrary degree over finite fields of odd characteristic, and prove a complete characterization of the size of the image set. Our result provides the first non-trivial classification of such a sum for a family of polynomials of unbounded degree.


Harmonic is an important factor threatening the safe and stable operation of HVDC system. This paper firstly analyzes the mechanism of harmonics caused by converter transformer. Then., the whole process that harmonics transfer back and forth between the AC system and DC system through the converter is studied by switching function method., which shows the frequency of harmonics is changed systematic after commutation. The analysis method of Harmonic Multi-infeed Interaction Factor for harmonic transmission characteristics in multi HVDC(DC/DC) system is proposed in this paper. Research shows the induced harmonic magnitude from remote DC converters are relative to the electrical distance. PSCAD simulations verify the methods and conclusions.


The present invention is adsorbent for adsorbing six-valent chromium ion and its preparation process. The adsorbent includes silicon-base porous carrier and functional heterocyclic compound group supported through grafting reaction onto the surface of the silicon-base porous carrier. The silicon-base porous carrier is porous silica gel or ordered mesoporous silica; and the heterocyclic compound is nitrogen-containing piperidine, imidazole, triazole, triazo sodium or their salt. The preparation process includes the steps of: adding silicon-base porous material into toluene, adding organosilane coupler to react under the protection of N2, filtering and washing. The adsorbent is suitable for adsorption, separation and elimination of six-valent chromium ion in chromium containing solution.


Abstract We present a very rare case of a metastasising pleomorphic adenoma with spinal cord compression and review the small handful of cases with central nervous system (CNS) involvement in the literature. This case is unusual as most other reported cases are preceded by local recurrences; also, there is only one previous case of an MPA presenting with spinal cord compression. Metastasising pleomorphic adenoma is a rare malignant salivary gland tumour which, despite "benign" histological appearances produces secondary deposits in distant sites.


This report evaluates conceptual dredging and disposal alternatives for the Acushnet River Estuary, a part of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Dredging for removal of the highly contaminated sediment and subsequent disposal in upland or nearshore confined disposal facilities or disposal in contaminated aquatic disposal facilities are alternative considered in the Engineering Feasibility Study of Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal Alternatives. Sediment testing and sediment-transport modeling performed as earlier tasks of the study form the basis for evaluation of the alternatives. The technical feasibility of conceptual design options is based on site availability, capacity, and characteristics and on sediment physical characteristics and dredged-material settling behavior as defined by laboratory testing. Contamination releases during dredging and disposal operations are estimated for each disposal option. A preliminary cost estimate for implementation of each option evaluated is alo presented.


In the article is proposed a new and improved data acquisition system for breathing monitoring. This system consist of a new type of transducers, data packages transmitter and receiver and the software for theirs in real time processing.


This work re ports on the spa tial rain bows oc cur ring in trans mis sion of 10 keV pro tons through hexapole lens. Pos i tive po ten tials of the lens elec trodes are set to be 0.9, 2, and 5 kV. The spa tial rain bows and cor re spond ing pro ton dis tri bu tions are cal cu lated by us ing an ac cu - rate an a lyt i cal ap prox i ma tion of the nu mer i cally ob tained lens po ten tial. Fur ther, for the pos i tive po ten tial of the lens elec trode equal to 0.9 kV, it has been shown that ap pli ca tion of ca tas tro phe the ory leads to a sim ple poly no mial non-lin ear map ping, gen er at ing ac cu rate spa tial rain bows at the exit and in the drift space be hind the lens.


The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for stripping the hydrocarbon gas from the particulate matter. Stripping method of the present invention includes the step of contacting in countercurrent flow the particles and the stripping steam containing the hydrocarbon to form the stripped particle to remove at least a portion of the hydrocarbons using a stripping vapor. The step of contacting includes the step of advancing the particles down the ramp element of the structured packing towards the reinforcing rod is placed along the lower portion of the inclined channel element. Particles proceeds over the reinforcing rod. Particles are contacted with a stripping vapor rising adjacent to the lower channel portion.


Concrete represent the various well-known and extensively worked material to possess very high strength and adequate workability characteristics. The formation of cracks is due to environmental and structural factors but most of the cracks are formed due to the underlying weakness of the material to resist tensile forces and inbuilt internal micro cracks and drying shrinkage. To overcome these deficiencies, fibrous materials were added. The present study examines the effect of Nylon fiber and SBR latex on the strength and durability of concrete for M40 grade. The dosage of fiber used in this study was 0.05%, 0.1% and 0.15% to the volume fraction of the concrete and SBR latex was varied at a percentage of 5%, 10% and 15%. The acid attack test was preformed to evaluate the durability performance of concrete. The result says that with the use of only SBR latex there is decrease in compressive strength whereas tensile strength and flexural strength increases. It has been concluded that the combination of both Nylon fiber and SBR latex increases the compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength. From the experimental testing results the maximum strength values can be founded at 0.1% nylon fiber with 10% SBR latex. The results indicate that weight loss is more due to acid attack with increase in fiber volume fraction.


OBJECTIVE
To study the occurrence, management and prognosis of fatal pulmonary embolism in patients underwent coronary intervention in our department.

METHOD
Seven patients had fatal pulmonary embolism after coronary intervention in six years, we analysis each patient by the occurrence, prognosis, management of the disease.

RESULTS
During the last 6 years, 7 [five males, mean age (55.9 +/- 11.7) years, 5 after coronary angiography and 2 after percutaneous coronary intervention] patients developed fatal pulmonary embolism after PCI. All 7 patients presented respiratory and cardiac arrest within 24 hours post coronary intervention. Three patients died, one patient experienced brain death and another three patients survived and are alive without complication till now.

CONCLUSION
The fatal pulmonary embolism is a scarce complication after coronary intervention with high acute mortality and satisfactory outcome for survivors.


In today's era, technology is growing rapidly, many of the latest technologies are in great demand by the Indonesian people, one of which is social media. Various social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, have become very popular applications for various ages, including teenagers, adults, and the elderly. Social media has a positive impact that can help people convey the latest information through posts on their respective accounts. Social media can disseminate information in a short time, this is why social media is an interesting application to research. The problem of road traffic congestion is strongly influenced by the number of vehicles that pass every day. A large number of private vehicles and public vehicles that pass greatly confuses the atmosphere of highway traffic. Congestion often occurs during working hours. Road congestion also often occurs when an unwanted incident occurs. Sentiment analysis algorithms and data mining algorithms can be combined to find information on traffic jams through social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media. The results show that sentiment analysis methods and data mining algorithms can be used to find information about current traffic jams through social media. The conclusion from this literature study can be seen that the K-Nearest Neighbor data mining algorithm is the best choice to overcome road traffic congestion, which will then be further developed in the form of highway traffic management modeling.


A homologous series of cellulose oligomers from two to eight repeating subunits have been isolated and size-fractionated from the hydrolysis products of microcrystalline cellulose. Chemical modification of cellotriose (1), cellotetraose (2), cellopentaose (3), and cellohexaose (4) to the corresponding β-methyl glycosides 13−16 proceeded in three steps in overall yields of 16−46%. Peracetylation produced oligomers 5−8 in 70−75% yield, and subsequent formation of the β-methyl glycosides gave 9−12 in 42−89% yield. Removal of the acetate-protecting groups employing guanidine provided 13−16 in 73−79% yield. This modification eliminated anomeric equilibration and permitted a detailed NMR solution study of these oligomers. The complete 1H and 13C chemical shift assignments of each peracetylated and deprotected oligomer were obtained through a combination of DQF−COSY, HMQC, HMBC, and HMQC-TOCSY experiments. All the resonances in methyl cellotriose (13) and methyl cellotetraose (14) were readily distinguishable fr...


The cryogenic flow regime in a downcomer of reservoir may change from single-phase natural convection to natural-circulating two-phase flow because of heat leakage to the downcomer. This results a periodic sequence of vapour-bubble buoyancy, agglomeration and condensation, which cause the transition of two-phase flow regimes, including bubble flow and slug flow. Basing on the drift-flux model of two-phase flow and the dynamic boundary condition concept, dynamic models of flow regime transition in this downcomer have been established. These models may conduce to simulation of flow regime transition, and investigation of stability of flow regime.


Previous to the introduction of heparin it had been discovered that certain mammalian tissues contain one or more anticoagulants. McLean, 1 in Howell's laboratory in 1916, first isolated an active fraction which in 1918 Howell and Holt 2 named heparin and which was at first isolated exclusively from the liver tissue of the dog. Later, Charles and Scott 3 showed that this substance is present in varying amounts in the lung, liver and skeletal muscles of the ox, the lung containing the largest amount. During the past five years the anticoagulant properties of heparin have been available for use outside the laboratory, owing to the work of Best 4 and his co-workers in Toronto, Canada, and also to that of Jorpes and his school 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Jorpes described heparin as a polysaccharide of high molecular weight which also contains nitrogen and sulfur. The purest preparation contains 40 per


This research describes a multivariate model predicting leadership style, organizational commitment and turnover of information systems professionals. The proposed model integrates established antecedents of organizational commitment such as job involvement and job satisfaction with two systems related variables, user satisfaction and user involvement and adds two group level factors, team-member exchange quality and leadership style tc a causal network of relationships. The proposed model is currently being tested in a large federal agency which employs approximately 2500 information systems professionals. The data will be analyzed using linear structural equation modeling techniques (EQS). The results are predicted to reveal recursive relationships among some of the antecedents and shed some light on the nature of the relationships among a complex set of constructs drawn from the @1992ACM089791-501-l/92/ooo4/0171 $1.50 organizational behavior and management information literature.


The diagnosis of coronary arterial disease may often be difficult. In most ambulant patients with such disease, clinical examination reveals no abnormal signs. Although a high proportion of patients who give a history regarded as classical of cardiac pain will show an abnormal electrocardiogram, it is known that a number have a normal tracing and that in some of these, the subsequent progress has proved that the pain had a non-cardiac source. Moreover, some patients whose subjective symptoms do not exactly conform with those identified with coronary arterial disease are later proved to have the disease. Having regard, therefore, to the not infrequent unreliability of the history, the sparsity of physical signs, and the uncertainty of some cardiographic changes while the patient is at rest, the exercise electrocardiogram has sometimes been regarded as a way of judging the real contribution that each can make to the diagnosis. The exercise test is intended to determine the adequacy of the blood supply to the myocardium at a time when the demand for such a supply is increased temporarily by exercise. As its main purpose lies in the objective confirmation of the diagnosis of coronary arterial disease, it is imperative to know the natural changes that occur in healthy subjects after exercise. Because opinion is at variance on the interpretation of tracings recorded after exercise, there is need to define the kinds of change that unequivocally denote ischvmia of the myocardium and constitute a positive test. In this connection it is essential to recognize the effects that physical effort with its associated tachycardia can produce in electrocardiograms from normal subjects, and, on the other hand, to be familiar with the slight abnormalities that signify cardiac ischemia. The purpose of this investigation is to contribute to the solution of this problem.


Aberrant expression of Fos-related antigen-1 (Fra1) is commonly elevated in various malignant cancers and is strongly implicated in invasion and metastasis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying its dysregulation in human glioma remain poorly understood. In the present study, we demonstrate that up-regulation of Fra1 plays a crucial role in the glioma aggressiveness and epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) activated by Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway. In glioma cells, activation of Wnt/β-catenin signalling by Wnt3a administration obviously induced EMT and directly activated the transcription of Fra1. Phenotype experiments revealed that up-regulation of Fra1 induced by Wnt/β-catenin signalling drove the EMT of glioma cells. Furthermore, it was found that the cisplatin resistance acquired by Wnt/β-catenin signalling activation depended on increased expression of Fra1. Analysis of clinical specimens verified a positive correlation between Fra1 and β-catenin as well as a poor prognosis in glioma patients with double-high expressions of them. These findings indicate that an aberrant Wnt/β-catenin signalling leads to the EMT and drug resistance of glioma via Fra1 induction, which suggests novel therapeutic strategies for the malignant disease.


Finding, transforming or integrating information on the Web and Semantic Web often involves matching a structured query with semi-structured data. In logic programming languages, this notion of matching is formalized by unification. With the plethora of different data formats available on the Web, there is no single sensible notion of matching or unifying queries with data. We introduce the notion of rich unification, which generalizes standard unification in logic programming, matching SPARQL query patterns with RDF graphs, evaluation of XPath or XQuery expressions on XML documents, and simulation of Xcerpt terms with RDF or XML data. On top of rich unification, we introduce a rule language Xcerpt with recursion and negation as failure which is a variant of Xcerpt. We present an evaluation algorithm, called Subsumption-Based Resolution for rule languages with rich unification (SBR) resolving a query w.r.t. a locally stratified program with the bounded-term-size property. With the help of numerous Xcerpt resolution examples we explain the main features of the algorithm and its differences to some other evaluation strategies such as SLD-, OLDTand SLG-resolution. SBR maintains the advantages of the locally stratified SLG-resolution, such as soundness of the evaluation, completeness of the answer set, termination for programs with the bounded-term-size property. Besides, thanks to rich unification SBR is generic and because of subsumption-checks more efficient than locally stratified SLGresolution. We also suggest some possible improvements of the algorithm. Since SPARQL is the most important RDF query language we pay special attention to this language. Usually SPARQL rules are evaluated independently from each other and the semantics of muli-rule SPARQL programs has not been defined until now. We extend the semantics of SPARQL from single rules to possibly recursive SPARQL programs with negation as failure. Thanks to this extension SPARQL becomes Turing-complete. We define the notions of the well-founded semantics and local stratification for SPARQL programs. Local stratification is a syntactic feature of a program which guarantees that the well-founded model of the program is two valued, with other words the truth-value of each query w.r.t the program can be determinated.


Abstract:  Pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating polypeptide (PACAP) effects on intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and excitability have been studied in adult guinea pig intracardiac neurons. PACAP increased excitability, but did not elicit Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. Exposure to a Ca2+‐deficient solution did not deplete [Ca2+]i stores but did eliminate the PACAP‐induced increase in excitability. We postulate that Ca2+ influx is required for the PACAP‐induced increase in excitability.


A number of tube-ivells in North Gujarat have good quality of waters suitable for irrigation. There are, however, a substantial number of tube-ivells which yield waters outside the conventional safe limit of total saltcontents of l,000p.p.m.(parts per million). The farmers in arid and semi-arid areas have a natural craving for utilising tube-well waters and ground waters of high salt contents. There are various formulae evolved by Indian and Foreign Scientists to appraise the quality of water. These formulae have been examined in classifying of waters examined in this paper. The investigation carried out shows a way of classification of water quality including a single value test. The results also show that in fixing criteria for suitability of irrigation water, water quality, the nature of soil and sub-soil and crops should be collectively considered. Sandy to sandy loam soils produce satisfactory crops even with waters of total salts from 2,000 to 3,000 p.p.


This paper sought to find out the students' misconceptions about bonding and chemical structure in
Chemistry at secondary school level. Simple descriptive survey was the main design. Participants were
comprised of eighty (80) randomly sampled out Form 3 and Form 4 pupils. A 15 point Likert Scale
(test) and a group interview were used as data collection instruments. There was a concordance in the
sets of findings using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and interviews showing that students
had misconceptions in strengths of chemical bonds (89%, F4df=11.35;p<0.05), shapes of molecules
(75%; F1df =10.39; p<0.05), coordinate bonding (68%, F2df =14.56; p<0.05), molecular / ionic charges
(61%, F 2df=11.33; p<0.05) and hydrogen bonding 60%, F4df=10.49;p<0.05). It was recommended that
ways of minimizing students' misconceptions could include use of conceptual chemical models, use of
e-learning for example Cyber School. Learning environments should be more visual than conceptual.
Science teachers should be equipped with the various strategies for teaching skills so as to improve
teaching and learning in science.


In an international collaboration of planners, geographers and political scientists from the Universities of Birmingham and Zurich in 2017, we set out to explore the implications of the ideal of 'the just city' (Fainstein 2010) for evaluating and guiding urban planning and for identifying its democratic underpinnings by means of a comparative study of three cities across Europe. The scene was nicely set, with Fainstein's principles for planning seeking to defend and further equity, enhance recognition of diversity, as well as encourage citizen participation against a global tendency towards policies that only benefit the interests of global capital. More generally, Fainstein refers to the capabilities approach, putting individuals' opportunities with regard to life chances at centre stage. Complicating things, however, are the possible tensions between the dimensions of equity, diversity and democratic participation, leading Fainstein to prioritise the substantial dimensions of equity and diversity over the procedural dimension of democracy. In particular, she considers that participatory arrangements do not per se lead to equitable policies (notin-my-backyard attitudes, resistance to social mixing by homeowner associations, etc.), and participatory planning is therefore valued only as far as it contributes to equity and diversity. Her scepticism about the ability of democratic institutions more broadly to adequately represent various minorities and to forge meaningful coalitions (Fainstein 2010: 29, 52) leads her to direct her book at planners rather than politicians, where planners are to use participatory arrangements to press for egalitarian and inclusive solutions (Fainstein 2010: 173, 181). In this paper, we take Fainstein's observations as a starting point but depart from her approach in two important ways. First, Fainstein's planning principles seem to be intended primarily for the evaluation of single upcoming development projects and general social policies rather than for the guidance of citywide plans responding to spatial developments at the scale of the city or city region. Locational choices are already taken as a given, while spatially differential outcomes of general policies are not considered. Accordingly, the planning principles give little advice as to where a planning intervention is actually needed. In our approach, therefore, we take a decidedly spatial perspective, where urban planning primarily responds to citywide patterns of 'spatial injustice' (Soja 2009: 3), understood as lasting spatial structures of privilege and disadvantage that are being politically and societally produced and reproduced. Secondly, while sympathetic to Fainstein's view that recognition of diversity does not preclude the existence of rather homogeneous neighbourhoods, we worry that accepting current concentrations of disadvantaged people in many city regions across the world does not serve their recognition but rather undermines their capabilities in terms of access to education and opportunities to reach advantageous social positions. This is why, in our approach to the just city, we see a strong role of urban planning in not only limiting further segregation, but proactively counteracting the already existing patterns of spatial injustice, positioning ourselves closer to the 'equity planning' approach (Krumholz, Forester 1990).1 In the following sections, we will summarise Fainstein's principles for just city planning, followed by our spatial critique and an alternative framework for planning inspired by Soja, before we turn to key insights from our case studies on the selected domains of housing and urban renewal in the cities of Birmingham, Lyon and Zurich – cities coming from different traditions of planning, housing and local government. While the study also included extensive interviews with key stakeholders in all three cities, we here focus on summarising local efforts in urban renewal and housing policies in the context of ongoing processes of segregation and exclusion. We discuss how housing policies in Birmingham keep reproducing concentrations of deprivation, how Zurich's reliance on non-profit housing associations limits its capacity to steer social mixing in the neighbourhoods, and how metropolitan efforts for spatial equity in Lyon is enhanced by the institutional setup and planning regulations in France. Against this Dr. Oliver Dlabac Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau, University of Zurich


The invention discloses a light emitting apparatus, which comprises at least a light emitting element structure, a lead structure and a space body with volume. The light emitting element structure is arranged inside the space body with volume, electrically coupled with the lead structure and can emit the light in the first frequency range driven by moderate voltage. The light discharge surface of the light emitting element structure is covered with a first reflection layer relative to the light of the first frequency range. The space body with volume is filled with sealing material which at least includes light emitting matter and can produce the light of the second frequency range excited by the light of the first frequency range. A total reflection layer is arranged on the light discharge surface of the light emitting apparatus so as to reflect the light of the first frequency range back to the space body with volume in all direction or most parts totally, and the excited light of the second frequency range can pass the total reflection layer.


In this paper, we obtain new existence results for multiple positive solutions of a delay singular differential boundary-value problem. Our main tool is the fixed point index method.


The interstage seal divulging in centrifugal compressor is a chief factor affecting efficiency resulting in a power loss amounting to 3%~12% of a total compressor power;with the practice and theoretical calculation a better effect is obtained with the improvements made on the original design basis.


Thermionic energy conversion (TEC) can contribute effectively through high-temperature high-power production of electricity in space and on earth. Among its other advantages TEC offers great Carnot efficiencies while operating with no moving parts. In space-power and terrestrial-topping applications TEC environmental conditions differ drastically. But for high levels and densities of space nuclear power (SNP) as well as economy and efficiency of power-plant augmentation on earth the desirable internal TEC characteristics and capabilities exhibit significant similarities. Therefore related TEC power projections and problem solutions discussed in this paper impinge on important industrial and political implications of the future. Such discussions should derive from professional qualifications. In that vein both authors participated for many years in national R&D activities emphasizing TEC: the pre-1973 SNP, post-1973 NASA NEP, DOE Fossil Energy, Air Force and DOE SP-100 programs. The first author served as national Technical Manager for the NASA-NEP and DOE-Fossil-Fuel TEC R&D programs. These backgrounds form the basis for the present paper.


... for males less than twenty years old, fluoride level in drinking water during growth is associated with an increased risk of osteosarcoma, demonstrating a peak in the odds ratios from ages six to eight years of age (OR=7.20, 95 percent CI 1.73-30.01 at age 7). All of our models are remarkably robust in showing this effect during the mid-childhood growth spurt, which, for boys, occurs at ages seven and eight years....


This study was initiated to identify the rural livelihood strategies choices with special emphasis to Humbo Woreda of Wolaita Zone of SNNPR of Ethiopia. The main objectives of the study were, to identify the existing livelihood strategies choices in the study area and to identify the determinants of rural households` choice of livelihood strategies. Both primary and secondary data sources were used and a total of 140 rural households were contacted. The study results reveal that majority (57.9%) of the sample households participated in agriculture plus non/off-farm livelihood strategies choices to pursue their livelihood. Out of the total sample households, 42.1% households derive their livelihoods from agriculture 19.3% households combined agriculture and nonfarm livelihood strategy  activities, 25 %  of households combine agriculture and off farm livelihood strategies choices and the rest 13.6 % of households combined agriculture, off farm and nonfarm  livelihood strategies choices. The result of this study shows that drought, crop pests and diseases, livestock diseases are the most common problems raised by the respondents. About 45% respondents reported that drought is the major challenges in their area. About 8 strategies choices were being practiced by the households in the area as a reaction against vulnerability. Among all households, 28.6% of the households participate in different petty trade 18.6% of households participate in different forms of daily labor in the nearby town Humbo. The multinomial logit model analysis shows that out of the total sixteen explanatory variables entered into the model three variables including age, family size (AE) and annual income were influencing rural household choice of livelihood strategies choices of agriculture plus nonfarm activities at different significant level. Out of the sixteen total explanatory variables entered for determining agriculture plus off farm livelihood strategies choices seven variables includes age, sex, family size, total land size, access to training, Cosmopoliteness and participation in social leadership had influenced rural household choice of livelihood strategies choices of agriculture plus nonfarm activities at different significant level. Furthermore from sixteen explanatory variables entered to the model eight variables including age, sex, family size (AE), total land size, distance to market, annual cash income, dependency ratio and remittance had influenced the rural household choice of livelihood strategies choices of agriculture plus nonfarm plus off farm activities at different significant level. Factors which were influence the livelihood choice of household needs attention from concerned bodies for alleviating the situations in the area. Therefore Woreda office of agriculture and concerned bodies in the woreda and around improve the livelihoods of rural households through creating conducive environment for non/off farm activities Keywords : Livelihood Strategy, Choice, Multinomial, Humbo


Abstract New measurements have been made of the electrical resistivity of high quality pyrolytic graphite. It is shown that the very large anistropy of the resistivity, near T=0, can be qualitatively understood in terms of the scattering of carriers from the highly anisotropic strain fields produced by ribbons of stacking fault.


The approximation of tight binding is employed to determine the width and the depth of the oxygen band in MgO. A width of about 9 ev and a depth of about 7.8 ev are obtained. The agreement between theory and experiment seems to be only good. (auth.)


A novel longitudinal, lateral, and vertical integrated stability control system is proposed for distributed electric vehicle in this paper. The integrated stability control system is based on model predictive control and takes advantage of its multi-objective optimization feature to takes manipulability, stability and comfort requirements into consideration at the same time, and realize the optimal longitudinal<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$/$</tex-math></inline-formula>lateral<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$/$</tex-math></inline-formula>vertical forces distribution with constraints overall considered. The advantage of the proposed integrated control system is that it can solve the control objective conflict of the cooperative motion control subsystems and the interference of the actuators compared to distributed control system. Finally, the simulation and comparison analysis are given in several different driving conditions under Carsim and Matlab<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$/$</tex-math></inline-formula>Simulink environment. Results show that an improvement of over 80<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> in the pitch angle and roll angle is realized compared to the simple control strategy.


An engine control system to provide a convenient environment for easier engine experiments has been developed. This system is able to control ignition (Timing & Dwell) and fuel injection (Timing & Duration) of each cylinder individually. A Crank shaft encoder was used for event-based control and various types of engines and shaft encoders can be applied. It mainly consists of a hardware which is a 2-layer PCB compatible with the IBM-PC AT slot and a software that is easy to use. By using this system, precise engine control to meet severe emission standards could be achieved


Training qualified personnels is the fundamental task of the institutions of higher learning,which is manifested in the basic means of teaching activities.The quality of teaching in colleges and universities forms the very core of the quality of higher education.With the continuous increase in enrolment of college students,the central problem with which the institutions of higher learning is confronted is how to guarantee the training quality of students.The author,based on the condition,basis and purpose of the guarantee system of teaching quality,raises the points of view.


Abstract : The purpose of this experiment was to examine the degree to which the TA-341 telephone set picks up background conversation and to test some alternative handset and headset configurations to determine whether hardware either currently in use by the Army or other commercially available equipment could offer a practical solution to the problem. Eight passive devices were examined in detail and were evaluated in terms of their ability to reject background conversation without affecting the intended communication. None proved successful. Therefore, an active device-an electronic program expander (EPEX)-was built and tested. It demonstrated a high degree of success in meeting the requirements against which the passive devices had been tested. Details both of the operational characteristics and of the circuit design of EPEX are reported. (Author)


Pigmentations can be commonly found in the mouth which are presents in various clinical patterns rangingfrom physiological changes to oral manifestations of systemic diseases and malignancies. Oral pigmentationcan be focal,multifocal or diffuse. Oral pigmentation can be exogenous, endogenous, physiological andpathological. Oral pigmentation is more likely to have a multifactorial etiology


The changes in Turkish geography curriculum in 2005 have placed geography teachers to adopt completely different approaches from what they were used to throughout their careers. This study attempts to explore to what extent teachers of geography have adopted the new curriculum and how they are dealing with the recent curricular changes in Turkey. The primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 24 geography teachers based in the cities of Kayseri and Nevsehir. According to our findings, the new curriculum is not entirely adopted by teachers because of the lack of teachers' ownership, of the features generated by the Turkish centralised educational system, of the lack of continuous professional development as well as the lack of their professionalism.


Information that includes first information identifying integer quotients obtained by divisions using prediction residuals or integers not smaller than 0 that increase monotonically with increases in the amplitude of the prediction residuals, as dividends, and a separation parameter decided for a time segment corresponding to the prediction residuals or a mapped integer value of the separation parameter, as a modulus, and second information identifying the remainders obtained when the dividends are divided by the modulus is generated as a code corresponding to the prediction residuals, and each piece of side information that includes the separation parameter is subjected to variable length coding.


In this paper, we describe the set up and procedure followed in an initial study where we observe a small group of primary school children interact with a vocal assistant or a standard GUI interface, while looking for online resources that can help them answer a set of predefined questions. We examine log files, observations, and feedback provided by the young users via an elementary interview at the end of each search section. Results from our analysis prompt us to consider how to evaluate the search process, specially one initiated with a vocal assistant, while considering both correctness of results, children preferences, and context of the search.


The present status of quantity difference between supply and marketing for Chinese gas companies is analyzed.Combined with the practical situation of quantity difference between supply and marketing for enterprises,the method of solving the quantity difference between supply and marketing that is caused by using big meter to measure small flow with submetering is introduced.A good result in re- duction of the quantity difference between supply and marketing is obtained by taking tangible improve- ment measures,such as installation of submetering meter and tracking analysis,correction of temperature and pressure,hierarchical management of flow meter,regular survey of network and so on.


The point-based registration technique of F.L. Bookstein (1989) can be seen as an interpolation problem. With this technique an elastic transformation based on thin-plate splines is determined which maps the source and target landmarks exactly to each other. However, in real applications the positions of the landmarks can only be determined approximately. Therefore, in this case an interpolation scheme is inadequate and should be substituted by an approximation scheme to take into account the localization errors. In this paper, the authors describe an approach for extending Bookstein's method in this direction.


Digital rights management of the 3D contents is a crucial open issue in the 3D video industry. A novel robust fingerprinting algorithm is proposed for protecting the copyright of the 3D video. Unlike the existing algorithms extracting visual features separately from the 2D videos and the depth maps, in our algorithm a novel local stereo space is constructed according to the depth information of the pixels around the extracted local feature points in the 2D videos, and the 3D videos are processed in a holistic manner. In the proposed space, the 3D-transform-feature is extracted and aggregated into a feature matrix, and then the compact 3D video fingerprints are obtained from the eigenspace of the matrix. Our comprehensive experiments are conducted on a 3D video database, and the results have demonstrated the robustness and discrimination of the proposed algorithm. Moreover, our fingerprints cost less storage spaces than the existing approaches.


We introduce the problem of computing a human-perceived softness measure for virtual 3D objects. As the virtual objects do not exist in the real world, we do not directly consider their physical properties but instead compute the human-perceived softness of the geometric shapes. In an initial experiment, we find that humans are highly consistent in their responses when given a pair of vertices on a 3D model and asked to select the vertex that they perceive to be more soft. This motivates us to take a crowdsourcing and machine learning framework. We collect crowdsourced data for such pairs of vertices. We then combine a learning-to-rank approach and a multi-layer neural network to learn a non-linear softness measure mapping any vertex to a softness value. For a new 3D shape, we can use the learned measure to compute the relative softness of every vertex on its surface. We demonstrate the robustness of our framework with a variety of 3D shapes and compare our non-linear learning approach with a linear method from previous work. Finally, we demonstrate the accuracy of our learned measure with user studies comparing our measure with the human-perceived softness of both virtual and real objects, and we show the usefulness of our measure with some applications.


Type 2 diabetes mellitus is correlated with systemic atherosclerosis. Statin therapies have been proved to reduce low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) level, protecting type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from cardiovascular events. Recently, more interest has been focused on the regression of lower extremity atherosclerotic disease (LEAD) for the potential prevention of amputation. However, the effects of pitavastatin and atorvastatin on LEAD in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients have not been directly compared.


Thermal stability of structural and soft magnetic properties were investigated for Fe/Co92Zr8 multilayers made by sputtering technique. Thermal stability of the coercive force is improved by using very thin bilayers. The good thermal stability is attributed to the suppression of the grain growth in the film plane. When the Fe layers are made thinner than 10 nm, a low coercivity less than 2 Oe can be obtained even after annealing at 600°C and an effective permeability of about 2000 after annealing at 500°C.


Introduction: Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 (MTHFD1L) is a mitochondrial enzyme involved in the folate cycle by catalyzing the reaction of formyl-tetrahydrofolate to format and tetrahydrofolate (THF). THF is crucial for de novo purine and thymidylate synthesis and is also involved in the regeneration of methionine. Cancer cells rely on purines derived from the de novo pathway for the nucleotides whereas normal cells favor the salvage pathway. Thus, MTHFD1L could be a valuable therapeutic target for anticancer drug design. This study aimed to examine MTHFD1L expression in bladder cancer (BLCA). Material and Methods: Applying the publicly available cancer transcriptome database UALCAN, we searched for overexpressed genes in bladder cancer associated with survival probability. These in silico analyses indicated a high expression of MTHFD1L in bladder cancer. Furthermore, MTHFD1L expression was analyzed in different molecular subtypes, stage and race groups. Survival probability in MTHFD1L low-and high-expressing tumors was also assessed using UALCAN. Additionally, by searching the publicly available data base Human Protein Atlas we analyzed MTHFD1L immunostaining patterns in bladder cancer. Results: We analyzed data for 19 normal bladder tissues and 408 primary bladder cancers from the TCGA dataset. MTHFD1L was significantly (p Conclusions: Our preliminary findings on MTHFD1L suggest that its overexpression is associated with poor patient survival in bladder cancer. These results suggest that MTHFD1L could be important in the biology of BLCA and a potential target for therapy. Future studies will investigate the functional significance of MTHFD1L and its regulation in bladder cancer. Citation Format: Marie-Lisa Eich, Maria D. Rodriguez Pena, Darshan S. Chandrashekar, Jennifer B. Gordetsky, George J. Netto, Sooryanarayana Varambally. Overexpression of methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 like (MTHFD1L) in bladder cancer: A potential therapeutic target [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5247.


We present a model for optimal execution of the financial derivatives. We show that if rehedging of the underwriter of the derivative is considered, the optimal strategy is generally non-deterministic even for deterministic price impact functions. This approach can be utilized for optimal execution of the risky asset when the price impact functions are measurable with respect to the filtration generated by the risky asset.


The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (10) for the simulation of fault conditions in a line with two high-frequency enabled signal lines having two terminals (12a, b) for a first signal line and two terminals (14a, b) for a second signal line, wherein the two terminals ( 12a, b; 14a are connected, b) (in each case by means of a line section 12, 14). It is envisaged that in each line section (12, 14), an error circuit relay (24, 42) is arranged for providing an error, an output of each fault circuit relay (24, 42) to the line section (12, 14) and a further output connected to a first error selection relays (26, 44) is connected so that the outputs of the first error selection relays (26, 44) each with second error selection relays (28, 40, 46) are connected.


New designs for silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and new methods of manufacturing such SiC BJTs are provided. The SiC BJT comprises a collector region (220), a base region (240) and an emitter region (260) arranged as a stack. The emitter region forms an elevated structure defined by outer sidewalls (265) on top of the stack. The portion of the base region interfacing the emitter region defines the intrinsic base region (245). Further, the intrinsic base region comprises a first portion (246) laterally spaced away from the outer sidewalls of the emitter region by a second portion (247) having a dopant dose higher than that of the first portion. The present invention is advantageous in that SiC BJTs with improved blocking capabilities and still sufficiently high current gain are provided.


━━ Background. Lung cancer metastasis to the small bowel has a poor prognosis, and long-term survival is extremely rare. We herein report a case of long-term survival after surgical resection for small bowel metastasis of lung cancer. Case. A 68-year-old man underwent left upper lobectomy for lung cancer, which was diagnosed on pathology as pleomorphic carcinoma, T1bN0M0, Stage IIA. He subsequently developed bloody stools and anemia six months after pulmonary resection. Abdominal computed tomography revealed intussusception of the small bowel, and a small bowel tumor was detected on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Partial resection of the jejunum was consequently performed. On pathology, the tumor was diagnosed as a metastatic lesion of the lung pleomorphic carcinoma; therefore, four cycles of platinum doublet chemotherapy were administered postoperatively. The patient remains alive without recurrence four years and nine months after undergoing resection of the small bowel tumor. Conclusions. Patients with small bowel metastasis of lung cancer have a poor prognosis. However, it has been reported that resection of the lesions may improve the quality of life (QOL) and prolong survival in extremely rare cases. Therefore, the possibility of surgical treatment in patients with bowel metastasis of lung cancer should be discussed positively. (JJLC. 2014;54:784-789) KEY WORDS━━ Pleomorphic carcinoma, Small bowel metastasis, Long-term survival Reprints: Hidefumi Kita, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center, 617-1 Takabayashi-nishi-machi, Ota, Gunma 373-8550, Japan (e-mail: email@example.com). Received May 20, 2014; accepted July 24, 2014. 要旨━━背景.肺癌の小腸転移は非常に予後が不良で あり,長期生存を成し得た症例は極めて稀である.今回 我々は肺癌術後に小腸転移をきたした症例に対して外科 的切除を施行し,長期生存が得られた症例を報告する. 症例.68 歳,男性.左上葉切除術を施行し,最終病理検 査結果にてT1bN1M0,Stage IIA の肺多形癌と診断され た.肺癌術後 6カ月後に血便と貧血を認めた.腹部CT 所見にて腸重積を認め,小腸内視鏡検査にて空腸腫瘍と 診断され,小腸部分切除術を施行した.病理検査にて肺 癌の転移腫瘍と診断されたため,プラチナダブレットに よる化学療法を 4クール施行した.小腸転移腫瘍切除後 4年 9カ月経過したが無再発生存中である.結論.小腸 転移病変の外科的切除後の予後は極めて不良であるが, 病変の外科的切除により quality of life(QOL)の改善と, 極めて稀に長期生存した報告もある.したがって小腸転 移の治療については,外科的治療の可能性を積極的に検 討するべきであると思われた. 索引用語━━肺多形癌,小腸転移,長期生存 群馬県立がんセンター 1呼吸器外科,2臨床病理検査課;3複十字 病院呼吸器外科. 別刷請求先:喜多秀文,群馬県立がんセンター呼吸器外科, 〒373-8550 群馬県太田市高林西町 617-1(e-mail: hikit@gunma-cc. jp). 受付日:2014 年 5 月 20 日,採択日:2014 年 7 月 24 日. (肺癌.2014;54:784-789) 2014 The Japan Lung Cancer Society Long-term Survival of Lung Cancer with Small Bowel―Kita et al Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer―Vol 54, No 6, Oct 20, 2014―www.haigan.gr.jp 785 Table 1. Laboratory Data on Admission Hematology Blood chemistry WBC 7910/μl Na 141 mEq/l RBC 260×104/μl K 4.4 mEq/l Hb 6.7 g/dl Cl 103 mEq/l Ht 23.2% BUN 11 mg/dl Plt 28.9×104/μl Cr 0.76 mg/dl AST 11 IU/l Serology ALT 7 IU/l CRP 5.43 mg/dl ALP 162 IU/l LDH 110 IU/l Tumor markers T-Bil 0.2 mg/dl CEA 1.5 ng/ml TP 5.5 g/dl SCC 0.2 ng/ml Alb 3.1 g/dl NSE 11.6 ng/ml Glu 141 mg/dl はじめに 肺癌術後経過中に小腸転移を認めることは稀である. また,小腸転移は出血や腸閉塞,穿孔をきたして外科的 切除が行われているが,その予後は極めて不良である. 今回我々は肺癌術後に小腸転移をきたした症例に対し, 小腸転移病変の外科的切除を施行し,長期間の無再発生 存をした症例を経験したので報告する.


Studies were carried out to understand the effect of mepiquat chloride (1,1-dimethyl piperidinium chloride) on some important physiological and yield characteristics of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Mepiquat chloride was sprayed at the concentration of 100, 125 and 150 ppm on 25 DAS (days after sowing), 35 DAS and 45 DAS respectively and compared with CCC (2-Chloro ethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride) which was sprayed at 100 ppm on 45 DAS. Response of the crop for both chemicals was almost similar but varying in magnitude. Among the treatments application of mepiquat chloride at 125 ppm on 35 DAS was found to be the best which reduced the shoot length and Leaf Area Index (LAI) and enhanced the root length and Crop Growth Rate (CGR). Yield characteristics such as Total Dry Matter Production (TDMP), number of flowers, and pod yield were also increased by the application of mepiquat chloride at 125 ppm on 35 DAS. This treatment recorded the maximum pod yield of 2611 Kg per hectare accounting for 24 % increase over CCC which is currently recommended to improve the yield of groundnut. The results of the present investigation indicated that foliar spray of mepiquat chloride at 125 ppm concentration on 35 DAS was optimum and improved the physiological efficiency of groundnut leading to higher yield.


There has been rising attention in the study of formation flying system (FFS) and how to control the circular orbit Formation Flying of satellite cause when the satellite is located in the ideal orbit, it will not remain in this desired orbit because of external forces. In this paper modeling and Analysis orbit Formation flying of a micro satellite, stability assessment and control of it using pole placement, suitable actuator and experiment and error to decrease overshoot and optimize its response and transient to bring back the satellite into the desired orbit are proposed. We evolved a design based on modeling and simulation of an orbit controller for a satellite orbiting into a circular orbit by pole placement method around the earth in the inverse square Gravitation on the MATLAB software.


This article deals with experience of piloting the Project Hatchery (PH) method in Yogyakarta State University. The method was implemented in the second semester as compulsory activity in entrepreneurship and translation courses in French Language Department of YSU. A central issue in the learning process is to what extent change can be made to encourage critical and creative thinking in favour of student's innovation capacity. Two courses were simply chosen among others because both direct the students to be autonomous and equip them with life skills. The PH piloting and implementation was held during the second semester of 2017 and the first semester 2018 at the Faculty of Languages and Arts at YSU.


ABSTRACT The 2015–2016 South African higher education students' movement proved historical for our country in bringing to our dinner tables: issues of higher education transformation and decolonisation; institutional culture(s); curriculum reform; the need to foreground and make inclusive assessment in education; the coloniality in our knowledge production, and more. Influenced by the emergence of the student movements and the critique they have brought to South African higher education, we bring to the fore the often silent critical reflections on the purposes of higher education in general, and in South Africa especially, as they relate to teaching and learning. We propose that the purposes of higher education in relation to teaching and learning ought to respond to (1) context, (2) democratic difference, and (3) cosmopolitan perspectives. We argue that discourses, phases and logics about South African higher education have tended to disregard and, at times, blur the context and differences as well as cosmopolitan perspectives. Using the notion of Ubuntu-Currere, we re-imagine how teaching and learning could respond to context, difference and cosmopolitanism with examples from the South African higher education experience.


Recently developed inferential database systems face some common problems: a very fast growth of search space and difficulties in recognizing inference termination (especially for recursive axioms). These shortcomings stem mainly from the fact that the inference process is usually separated from database operations. A problem-oriented inferential system i8 described which refers to the database prior to query (or subquery) processing, so that the inference from the very beginning is directed by data relevant to the query. A multiprocessor implementation of the system is presented based on a computer network conforming to database relations and axioms. The system provides an efficient indication of query termination, and is complete in the sense that it produces all correct answers to a query in a finite time.


Since 1990s Honeybee Robotics has been developing and testing surface coring drills for future planetary missions. Recently, we focused on developing a rotary-percussive core drill for the 2018 Mars Sample Return mission and in particular for the Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher, MAX-C mission. The goal of the 2018 MAX-C mission is to acquire approximately 20 cores from various rocks and outcrops on the surface of Mars. The acquired cores, 1 cm diameter and 5 cm long, would be cached for return back to Earth either in 2022 or 2024, depending which of the MSR architectures is selected. We built a testbed coring drill that was used to acquire drilling data, such as power, rate of penetration, and Weight on Bit, in various rock formations. Based on these drilling data we designed a prototype Mars Sample Return coring drill. The proposed MSR drill is an arm-mounted, standalone device, requiring no additional arm actuation once positioned and preloaded. A low mass, compact transmission internal to the housing provides all of the actuation of the tool mechanisms. The drill uses a rotary-percussive drilling approach and can acquire a 1 cm diameter and 5 cm long core in Saddleback basalt in less than 30 minutes with only ∼20 N Weight on Bit and less than 100 Watt of power. The prototype MSR drill weighs approximately 5 kg1,2.


Objective To investigate the effect of intensive psychological nursing on cardiac function and heart rate variability in anxiety and depression patients with coronary heart disease(CHD).Methods 58 anxiety and depression patients with CHD were randomly received conventional therapy alone or combined with intensive psychological nursing for 3-week.Anxiety and depression were eluvated by SAS and SDS,cardiac function by Echo-Doppler,and heart rate variability by holter moniter.Results Compaired with control group,scores of SAS and SDS decreased significantly(P0.01);the left ventricular ejection fraction and shortening fraction for cardiac functional parameter increased significantly(P0.05);the SDNN,SDANN,rMSSD for heart rate variability parameter increased significantly in study group after psychological nursing(P0.01).Conclusion Not only anxiety and depression,but also cardiac dysfunction,decreased heart rate variability are all improved after intensive psychological nursing intervention in patients with CHD.


Objective To analyze the properties of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells(Tregs) in AIH patients' blood and liver tissues.Methods We collected 68 blood examples(25 normal people,25 AIH patients and 18 chronic type B hepatitis) and 43 liver tissues(25 AIH patients,3 patients with hemangiomas of liver and 15 chronic type B hepatitis) to analyze of properties of Treg cells by flow cytometric and immunohistochemical assays.Results There was no significant difference in the percentages of Tregs in the peripheral blood among AIH patients,normal control and chronic hepatitis B.However,in the liver tissues,the ratio of Foxp3+ Tregs/CD3+ T cells decreased significantly in AIH patients,when compared to that of CHB patients.Therefore,the deficiency of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+Tregs in situ may contribute to overwhelming autoimmune reaction in the liver.Conclusion The deficiency of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in situ in autoimmune hepatitis may contribute to overwhelming autoimmune reaction in the liver.


COilsiderillg the l'iews of three prominent adl'owtes of a "wallo/separation" between church anti state (Roger Williams, james Burgh, and Thomas jeffirson), this article critiques some modern Ameriwm' lise of the lVallofseparation metaphor as an arguII1mt agaillSt religious influence Oil political opinion. Inasmuch as some Americam argue the wall 0/ separation between church and state demands purely secular politiwi views, their arguments are ill unjUJtijiab/e colltrtldictiOiI with the three most promillellt early adlJocates of church-state sepamtioll mid the wIdl metaphor itself


Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis and vascular headache share similar signs and symptoms, which includes nasal symptoms, facial pain and headache. The aim of the study was to evaluate incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis in patient with vascular headache . Methods: A group of 100 patients aged between 25-45 who presented to our OPD with complaint of headache were included in our study. Patients were assessed with rhinosinusitis disability index (RSDI) for major and minor criteria of rhinosinusitis . Results: The criteria of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery were applied to diagnose 82 cases of headache attributed to chronic rhinosinusitis.   Out of 100 subjects who were asked to fill the rhinosinusitis disability index 70 subjects (34 men and 36 female) had functional score (F) of 0- 45, physical score (P) of 0-35 and emotional score (E) of 0-25 and total score of 0-105, whereas 12 subjects (5 men and 7 female) had functional score (F) of 0-22, physical score (P) of 0-30 and emotional score (E) of 0-20 and a total score of 0-72. Conclusions: Out of total 100 patients with headache (62 men and 38 female), 82 subjects (54 male and 28 female) had chronic rhinosinusitis and 18 (10 men and 8 female) had vascular headache .


: The effect of calmodulin antagonist W7 and Ca 2 + on chilling resistance of eggplant seedlings were studied. Seed soaking with W7 distinctly enhanced the contents of electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde (MDA) , reduced the activities of superoxid dismutase ( SOD) , catalase ( CAT) and the content of soluble protein of eggplant seedling leaves under chilling stress , seed soaking with Ca 2 + solution obviously decreased the contents of electrolyte leakage and MDA , increased the activities of SOD , CAT and the content of soluble protein of leaves. The result suggests that Ca 2 + · CaM messenger system plays an important role in controlling chilling resistance of eggplant seedling.


Objective To investigate the relationship of oxidative damage mechanism in hepatical toxical injury caused by different components from Cortex Periplocae in mice.Methods Mice were administrated with water extracted and alcohol extracted components repeatedly for 7 days.The general conditions of mice were observed,and the level of MDA、SOD、NO、NOS、GSH、GSH-Px in serum and hepatic tissue were detected,as well as the activity of ALT,AST in serum.Results The different components can cause the activity of MDA in serum and liver increased,the level of SOD corresponding induced,however the level of NO and NOS were increased.In addition the activity of GSH and GSH-Px reduced.All the changes were aggravated in accordance with the dosages.Conclusion The continuous administration of different components from Cortex Periplocae to mice can induce obvious hepato-toxicity injury;the approach of hepatic damage is related with the peroxidative damage mechanism.The degree of hepatotoxicity damage caused by the alcohol extracted composition is more serious than that by the water extracted composition.


It has not been disposed completely on the neuro-physiological system of anxiety defect.Presently,it is thought that anxiety defect is relevant to some nervous substances.its a rhythem of the brain wave is less,and its central nervous system involves cerebral cortex,cingulate cortex,amygdaloid body,cerebral ganglion,hippocampus Hypothalamus and brainstem,etc.This paper summarizes the progress in research of anxiety defect.


AUTHOR Craig, James R.; Kacer, Barbara A. TITLE Using an Innovation Configuration Component Map To Assess the Relationship between Student Achievement and the Degree of Implementation of Extended School Services in a Sample of Kentucky Middle Schools. SPONS AGENCY Kentucky Inst. for Education Research, Frankfort. PUB DATE 2000-11-00 NOTE 27p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (28th, Bowling Green, KY, November 15-17, 2000). PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative (142) Speeches/Meeting Papers (150) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; *Ancillary School Services; *Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; *Maps; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; *Program Evaluation IDENTIFIERS *Innovation Configurations; *Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990


Several studies have suggested a potential role for ultrasonography (US) in detecting enthesitis in children, thus enhancing the accuracy of the classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and improving the therapeutic approach. Because of no consensual definition of ultrasonographic enthesitis in children, the pediatric sub-taskforce of the OMERACT working group posed the research question of whether there are sufficient data to support the role of US in the diagnosis and follow-up of enthesitis in JIA, particularly enthesitis related arthritis (ERA).We performed a systematic literature review (SLR) to assess the value of US for detecting enthesitis in JIA. The main objectives were to determine: i.which elementary lesions have been evaluated by US in JIA patients; ii.which definitions and scoring systems were used; and iii.the measurement properties of US in evaluating enthesitis in JIA according to the OMERACT Filter 2.1 Instrument Selection Algorithm (OFISA).PubMed and Embase databases were searched for articles published from January 1966 to May 2022; we selected those meeting the inclusion criteria according to the US definition of enthesitis and metric properties studied. We assessed the clinical features of the population, study design, the type and number of entheses examined, the definition and scoring system of US enthesitis and metric properties according to the OMERACT filter (truth, discrimination, feasibility). The quality of the studies was evaluated with the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2.Five publications met the inclusion criteria (26 to 146 patients and 1 to 10 bilaterally examined entheses)[1-5]. All studies focused on lower-limb entheses. The elementary lesions included in the definition of adult enthesitis were generally assessed. Few studies reported US reliability, and none evaluated sensitivity to change of US. US revealed entheseal abnormalities in 9.4% to 53% of JIA patients and 20% to 83% of enthesitis-related arthritis cases. No significant abnormalities were found in healthy children. US findings were poorly correlated with clinical examination. The overall quality of the studies was low, mainly because of the lack of a reference standard.US could be a sensitive tool to detect entheseal abnormalities in JIA. Nevertheless, the current evidence highlights that a standardized US definition of enthesitis in children is lacking and US criteria and discriminant validity have not been established.[1] ousse-Joulin S, Breton S, Cangemi C et al. Ultrasonography for detecting enthesitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Jun;63(6):849-55.[2] Shenoy S, Aggarwal A. Sonologic enthesitis in children with enthesitis-related arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Jan-Feb;34(1):143-7.[3] Guo R, Cao L, Kong X, Liu X et al. Fever as an initial manifestation of enthesitis-related arthritis subtype of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: retrospective study. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 1;10(6):e0128979.[4] Laurell L, Court-Payen M, Nielsen S et al Ultrasonography and color Doppler of proximal gluteal enthesitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a descriptive study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2011 Aug 11;9(1):22.[5] Weiss PF, Chauvin NA, Klink AJ et al. Detection of enthesitis in children with enthesitis-related arthritis: dolorimetry compared to ultrasonography. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Jan;66(1):218-27.NIL.None Declared.


This paper examined the accounting practices of SMEs drawing on a survey of 100 SMEs in Palestine. The results revealed that majority of SMEs failed to keep proper accounting records pertaining to their businesses. Consequently, it was difficult for the owner-managers to determine the profit earned or loss suffered in the business during a particular accounting .The major reasons for the entities failure to maintain proper accounting records and prepare a complete set of financial statements included inability to prepare financial reports as a result of poor records keeping, Lack of skills, inability to prepare financial Reports, Distrustful attitude of owner /manager, Cost of hiring qualified employees, finally fear to disclose all information to government. It is recommended that training programs must be organized to sensitize owners/managers on the need to maintain proper books of accounts. The government should also come out with the necessary legal instruments to make the preparation of proper books of accounts mandatory in order to improve SMEs practice of accounting in Palestine.


There are vast advantages of using a SAW device based micro-valve in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (NEMS) such as secure, reliable and low power operation, small size, simplicity in construction and cost effectiveness. In this paper, a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) based microvalve that generates micro actuations for micro-fluidic and similar applications is presented. The microvalve is batteryless and can be actuated wirelessly. The security of the device is enhanced by using a coded SAW correlator that is integrated as part of the microvalve. A theoretical analysis of how the actuation mechanism operates is carried out and simulation results of the new micro-valve structure are discussed. ANSYS simulation tool is used to design and simulate the micro-valve structure. Characteristics of the microvalve actuator in terms of displacement for different operating conditions are also discussed.


Nano-cluseter of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIOs) is an attactive materials with highly relaxivity for magnetic resonance imaging, The stabilizers of clusters were commonly used in ionic form. However, these surfactant may reveal cytotoxicity for biomedical applications. In this study, a non-ionic polymeric surfactant TPGS formulated superparamagnetic iron oxides were prepared for magnetic resonance imaging and the structure and composition of the SPIO@TPGS clusters were characterized by transmission electron microscope and magnetic measurements. Our results show that the SPIO@TPGS clusters with a hydrodynamic diameter around 100 nm led to a significant advantage in terms of T2 relaxation and dose-dependent darkening of MR images as compared with a commercial SPIO contrast agent (Resovist®). TEM images reveal that the SPIOs aggregated and stabilized by TPGS in the water solution. This nonionic surfactant stabilized SPIO cluster may have a great potential for further biomedical applications.


Awing & Son represent one of the company which active in effort songkok, handling of inefficient distribution represent main problem in this industry which cause the expense of high product distribution. Of the condition needed by an method to overcome the problem. Alternative of I is Method Transportation represent one of the technique used for the allocation of product to customer by considering the expense of product distribution, capacities of[is source of and request of customer. As for its delivery route is network shipping direct. Especial target of this method is to plan the amount of proposal product allocation so that is later expected by minimization can the expense of product distribution. Alternative of II is Method of Saving Matrix represent one of the method which studying process delivery of goods to customer covering each allocation of retail at vehicle at the same time sort route to pass by vehicle. Especial target of this method is with order allocation every retail at vehicle also minimization can the expense of product distribution. As for its delivery is runs milk with shipping direct. Before we apply transportation method goodness and also method of Saving Matrix, is beforehand done by plotting and forecasting of request data 2 months come. Forecasting of demand by using method matching with result plotting of data, and then selected [by] smallest MAPE. After that result of the forecasting processed by using transportation method and of Saving Matrix. From data processing obtained by result for the allocation of product with transportation method got by retail for the allocation of warehouse of Gresik is to product allocation to Kediri, Ponorogo, Blitar, Banyuwangi, Probolinggo, Situbondo, Sidoarjo, Lamongan, Krian. and Jombang. While for the warehouse of Surabaya product allocation to Malang, Madiun, Jember, Asem Bagus, Madura, Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Krian. By using method of Saving Matrix obtained by cost-saving of distribution equal to Rp130,500.00/period of delivery or equal to 5.17% from Rp2,654,375.00 becoming Rp2,523,875.00.


Collaborative information processing in camera (imaging sensors) networks is becoming a very attractive field of research. In this PhD thesis, the camera network processing objective is to detect and track a moving object in hostile environments. One can also mention the use of camera networks for the monitoring of the houses for safety or the house automation, the air and transport control in general, intelligent alarms for the prevention of the natural disasters and in military applications. With such systems, the automatic control of an event or an incident rests on the reliability of the network for an efficient and robust decision-making. The PhD candidate will be in charge of developing and implementing distributed detection and tracking techniques in a camera network. A part of the PhD thesis will be devoted to the algorithm implementation on hardware platforms.


The utility model discloses an antenna feeding structural improvement aiming at overcoming the disadvantage of uneasy electric connection of existing structure, which consists of a dielectric carrier, an antenna component surrounds the dielectric carrier and a feeding structure drilling through the axial channel of the dielectric carrier and electrically connected with the antenna component, wherein, the feeding structure comprises an insulating substrate material with a conductive part to make the feeding structure electrically connect with the antenna component and electronic circuit component needed by electronic equipment more easily.


Abstract The discovery of a complex-induced proximity effect and scope of regioselective ylide formation on acetal- and ketal-functionalized trialkylphosphine-derived phosphonium salts is explored as a route to homologated unsaturated carbonyl derivatives.


For the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School, man's mastery of nature has always been double-edged, an ideology which often extended to the domination of men. Marcuse has argued for a new science and technology which would avoid this repressive double mastery; but another member of the school, Jürgen Habermas, rejected his proposal and others as mysticism. Are we then precluded from conceiving liberation in terms of a nonrepressive mastery of nature, "a mastery guided by human needs that have been formulated by associated individuals in an atmosphere of rationality, freedom and autonomy?" The increasing evidence of the ecological problems attendant to advanced technology's 'successes' also demands the development of a nonrepressive standpoint toward our natural habitat.