The Italian Chamber of deputies approved in June 2002 a bill now to be submitted to the scrutiny of the Senate. The present paper examines first the history of the bill from the IXth legislature, recording not only the parliamentary passages but also the contributions of the jurisprudence, of the Govern, of several Committees and social movements. The bill is then examined in its most important features. The principle of the priority of the interest/right of the unborn child is consistently applied: in the protection of the new human being from the fertilisation to the birth (right to life), during which period every manipulation of its genetic characteristics is forbidden (right to genetic identity); then in the protection of its right to a family, according to which biological, affective and legal parenthood must coincide (right to psychological and existential identity). Some ethical reservations however remain with regard to the dignity of the procreating act and to the inadequate protection of the unborn's right to a family founded on marriage, whose respect would have given a better guarantee of the stability of parental affection (the bill, on the contrary, gives access to cohabiting couples). Some reservations remain also with regard to the loss of embryos due to the low percentage of success of riproductive techniques. Still, in its main features, the bill deserves appreciation. One must also remember the possibility of conscientious objection, which the bill foresees and which gets all its importance with regard to the significance of giving and been given birth.


The U.S. Geological Survey is studying the wind sheltering effects of vegetation in the Florida Everglades. In order to test both the flow resistance and wind sheltering effects of sawgrass, uniform dense stands of sawgrass were grown in a tilting flume at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. In June, 1997, one end of the flume was covered with a wind cowling with a removable top, and a series of experiments were conducted between June, 1997 and July, 1998. During each set of experiments, the sawgrass was sampled for vegetative characteristics, biomass, and leaf area index. The results of the analyses of the vegetation samples are summarized in a series of appendixes.


European climate and energy policies are under stress. The Emissions Trading System (ETS) of the EU suffers from a severe over-allocation of emission permits, leading to a very low CO 2 price. In almost all European countries, wholesale electricity prices are declining and are already too low to trigger investments in new generation and network assets. Such investments are essential to prepare for the coming transition towards a more sustainable global energy system. Estimates of conventional generation reserve margins between now and 2020 suggest low electricity prices and a problematic investment climate for the next years. As the energy transition is a gigantic investment project, the current disincentives to invest are likely to significantly delay the pace of decarbonisation efforts in Europe. Meanwhile, the production of coal and its use for electricity generation is increasing in Europe. In 2011, the consumption of coal in the EU increased by 3.6%, while demand fell by 1.1% in all other countries of the OECD (Rühl and Giljum, 2012). In the UK, the share of coal in electricity generation increased from 30% in 2011 to 42.8% in 2012, leading to an increase in coal consumption of 32.5% in 2012 (Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2013). Similar evolutions in Germany and Spain conflict with decarbonisation scenarios for Europe. In the period between 2000 and 2010, greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 5.7% in the US, but by only 4.4% in the EU-27 (EC-JRC, 2012). As the very complex European climate and energy policy architecture is outperformed by a country without explicit climate policy targets – but with a higher economic growth rate – how sustainable is the perception that the EU holds the leadership in international climate policy?


Waste, byproduct of human activity is generated in large amount and its disposal by landfilling is the most popular method. Landfill is a solid waste disposal facility comprises of liner system at the base, cover system at the top, leachate collection facility, gas collection system, surface water drainage system and environmental monitoring system. Lining systems in the landfill play a key role in forming a barrier between the waste and environment. Barrier layers are traditionally constructed using locally available clay soil. If clay is not available locally, available local soil is mixed with bentonite to form an amended soil barrier layer. Locally available soil in Trivandrum city is laterite and red soil with a permeability of 1 x 10 -5 cm/sec. This paper presents an attempt made to produce amended soil barrier by mixing local soil with bentonite at different mass ratios. The bentonite used is commercially available calcium bentonite with liquid limit 294% and hydraulic conductivity 3x10 -8 cm/sec. The percentage of bentonite varied from 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15% by weight. The variation in properties such as dry density, optimum moisture content, unconfined compressive strength, void ratio and hydraulic conductivity of different mixtures of soil found are reported in this paper. With increase in percentage of bentonite, hydraulic conductivity is reduced. Also a correlation is made between the void ratio and coefficient of permeability of soil.


Correction of Omission: In the previous issue of Basic Income Studies, 11(2), it should have been announced that the Research Note, "A National Dividend vs. a Basic Income – Similarities and Differences," by M. Oliver Heydorn, was the winner of the 2015 Basic Income Studies Prize, chosen from papers submitted at the 2015 North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, held in New York City, February 26–March 1, 2015.


In this article, we consider the entanglement between three identical qubits resonantly interacting with a thermal field of an Q-infinite resonator. We derived the exact solution of the evolution equation for density matrix of the considered system. On it basis we calculate the negativity as a criteria of entanglement between pairs of qubits for biseparable and entangled W-type states of qubits. The results showed that for considered initial qubits states the effect of the entanglement sudden death occurs for all values of the average number of thermal photons.


The present invention provides porous titanium tibial sleeves and their use in revision knee surgery. A monolithic foam sleeve comprises titanium or titanium alloy foam having a porosity of 50 to 85%. The sleeve has possess a proximal end, a distal end, an interior wall that defines an interior channel and extends from the proximal end to the distal end. A terraced outer surface that tapers such that said sleeve is widest at the distal end and most narrow at the proximal end. The sleeve can be used in an implant component of a knee joint prosthesis.


Several phenomena are analyzed according to the temperature and salinity measurements at surface water along the Fujian coast in late August of 2006.The results show that:(1)As affected by the diluted water from the Jiulongjiang River,Jinjiang River and Minjiang River,there exist strong salinity fronts in the estuaries.(2)Upwelling are evident near both Dongshan and Pingtan.(3)Tide has shown effects on the sea surface temperature and salinity along Fujian coast.


The purpose of this study is to propose interventions on emotional labor and health issues through verifying the mediating effects of depression and anxiety on the relationship between emotional labor and somatic symptoms in medical workers. For this study, a sample of 200 medical workers completed the questionnaires of the Korean Emotional Labor Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire-15, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7. The data was analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 program. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. 1. Results showed a risk of emotional labor, depression, and somatic symptoms in medical workers. 2. The risk group of the emotional labor`s 4 factors (excluding organizational support and protection system) had a significantly higher level of depression compared with the normal group. Particularly in emotional dissonance and impairment, depression in the risk group was moderate, while depression in the normal group was normal. 3. Only emotional dissonance and impairment had a significant influence on somatic symptoms. Reflecting the results, the mediating effects of depression and anxiety on the relationship between emotional dissonance and impairment and somatic symptoms were verified. Results showed that depression had a partial mediating effect, whereas anxiety did not have a mediating effect. Finally, we discuss the necessity of dealing with emotional dissonance and depression in emotional labor and health issues.


Objective To study the community-based intervention of hypertension and its effects.Methods The hypertension patients who voluntarily participated the management in the community were divided into groups with different levels of risk factors according to the results of questionnaire investigation,physical examination and laboratory test.The participants were under two years management according to 《 China hypertension prevention and treatment guideline,2005》.Results(1)The average systolic blood pressure(SBP) of the patients was significantly decreased(Z=-7.624,P0.001) and the diastolic blood pressure(DBP) was also significantly decreased(Z=-6.717,P0.001).(2)The rate of taking medicine regularly was significantly higher than that of before the management(χ2=7.538,P=0.006).(3)The rate of smoking everyday was significantly lower than that of before the intervention(χ2=-7.021,P=0.008) and alcohol drinking was also significantly decreased(χ2=-7.280,P=0.007).The rate of physical activity was significantly increased(χ2=8.959,P=0.003).(4)Through the intervention,the awareness rate of risk factors of hypertension was significantly higher than that of before.(5)There was no significant improvement in SBP,DBP level and hypertention related knowledge rate among high risk group.Conclusion It is more effective to decrease incidence and mortality of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases by community-based management.


are supported by a recent multivariable logistic regression study on 1186 participants showing that having participated in cadaver laboratory classes most strongly increases the anatomical competencies of not only medical students, but also physicians (Hołda et al. 2018), implying the impact of dissection on long-term knowledge retention. A dissection laboratory does not mean wasting time for detailed step-bystep dissection, but with appropriate learning approaches, it can be used in problem-based and clinically oriented anatomy teaching in a way similar to medical and surgical approaches for diagnosis and patient management. What learning outcomes do instructors want their students to achieve from cadaveric dissection? A cadaveric body is not just an educational tool for knowledge acquisition. In supporting the "Yes we do" house and previous publications that dissection-based learning could foster students to develop professional competencies, a recent cohort study of 267 second-year medical students using open-ended questions indicated that most students believe dissection fosters teamwork, assists professional development and helps them come to terms with death and dying (Flack and Nicholson 2018). To make the argument more convincing, it might be interesting to have focused-group debates with a specific audience, particularly anatomy teachers and medical students. The impact of teaching anatomy without cadaveric dissection should not only be focused on the students, but also on whether it can put patients' safety at risk, which remains to be investigated.


In the last few years, we had devoted our time to the study of a sample of southern unclB[e] stars. For most of them, there are few works in the literature, and their physical parameters are still very uncertain. Our research was concentrated on the analysis of the optical and IR data, making use of high (FEROS) and low (B&C) resolution spectra, obtained by us at ESO (La Silla, Chile) and LNA (Brazópolis, Brazil) and using public ISO and IRAS spectra. In this work we present the results for a curious star: CD−42◦11721. This object has a doubtful evolutionary stage, being either a pre-main sequence star (HAeB[e]) or an evolved star (supergiant B[e] or sgB[e]). This confusion concerning its nature is caused by the complete absence of reliable physical paramenters for this object, especially its distance. Our optical investigation could be splitted in two parts, a qualitative study based on the identification of the numerous emission lines present in the spectra and the classification of their line profiles, which indicate a non-spherically symmetric circumstellar environment, and a quantitative analysis of numerous forbidden lines, e.g. [Oi], [Oii], [Nii] and [Sii]. Assuming a typical circumstellar scenario for a sgB[e], i.e. a fast, low-density polar wind and a slow, high-density disc forming equatorial wind, we can reproduce very well the line luminosities of the forbidden lines. From this analysis, we can determine the mass loss rate of the star lying in the range from Ṁ ' (4.4± 0.8)× 10−6 M ̄yr−1 to Ṁ ' (2.2± 0.4)× 10−5 M ̄yr−1, depending on the considered redenning. In addition, our IR study could also be splitted in two parts: the identification of several features in the SWS ISO spectrum, and the modeling of the SED of CD−42◦11721. The first part shows the presence of many unindentified features and specially the presence of a mixed chemistry, i.e. Cand O-rich dust in the same circumstellar medium. The presence of specially C-rich dust could in principle favour a young nature, however this is not so clear, since also other evolved stars like e.g. LBVs, show this kind of dust. We have tried to model the SED, by using a numerical code written by us which considers a spherical circumstellar scenario. Although the answer concerning


Particle formation processes in silane plasma have been studied by means of ab initio molecular orbital method and the Derjaguin–Landau–Verway–Overbeek (DLVO) theory. The results from a quantitative comparison between the Si–H bonding energy of negative species and that of neutral ones suggested the presence of the polymerization pathways via negative species. The DLVO theory has been applied to calculate the interaction potential energy between the charged particles. It was found that the heterogeneous aggregation accelerates the particle growth.


The aim of this study was to examine associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and ADHD at age 9 using longitudinal data and assess the extent to which ACEs during middle childhood are independently associated with ADHD at age 9.


In this article, monthly data on 30-year fixed-rate conventional mortgage rate and 10-year constant maturity Treasury yield for the period from April, 1971 to December, 2003 is used to test for the integration of the mortgage market with the broader capital markets. The article uses a more general concept of fractional heteroscedastic cointegration. Furthermore, an asymmetric errorcorrection model is used to model and test the possible non-linear relationship between the two series. The evidence indicates the presence of fractional heteroscedastic cointegration for the whole period as well as for both pre-deregulation (1971:04 – 1982:12) and post-deregulation (1983:01 – 2003:12) periods. The evidence from the asymmetric error-correction model indicates that the upward adjustment of the mortgage rate to disequilibrium is faster than its downward adjustment.


Ordered micro/nanostructured arrays have attracted much interest due to their important applications in microfluidic devices, optoelectronic devices, nanophotonics, field emitters, nanogenerators, sensors, nano-biotechnology, surface science, photocatalytic properties etc.111 The traditional routes to create periodic micro/nanostructured arrays are generally divided into two step. Microsized structure arrays are first fabricated by traditional lithographic techniques (e.g. photo-lithography, electron-beam lithography, ion beam lithography, x-ray lithography)12-15. as well as soft lithography (e.g. the techniques of replica molding, microcontact printing, micromolding in capillaries)16-19, the nanostructures are then modified on the microsized units in array,20 thus hierarchical micro/nanostructured arrays are finally achieved. However, they cannot be afforded due to the high costs and time-consuming in the most laboratories. Recently, the monolayered colloidal crystals (or called colloidal monolayers), ordered monolayer colloidal sphere arrays with hexagonal close-packed lattice structures on a certain substrate by self-assembly,21-35 can be used to prepare ordered structure arrays. 36-41 It has proved that it is a flexible approach to fabricate the periodic micro or nanostructure arrays (e.g. nanoparticle arrays,42-49. nanopore arrays,50-59 hollow sphere arrays60-65) based on colloidal monolayer templates by the different routes, solution/sol-dipping route, electrochemical deposition etc. Their properties are morphology and arrangement parameter dependent. Besides these periodic structure arrays, the colloidal monolayer template also can be used to prepare hierarchical micro/nanostructured arrays. For example, the hierarchical micro/nanostructured polystyrene (PS) sphere/CNTs composite arrays were obtained by wet chemical self assembling;66-68 hierarchical microsized PS sphere/silver nanoparticle composite arrays or microsized pore/silver nanoparticle arrays were made by thermal deposition of silver precursor;69,70 gold hierarchical micro/nanostructured particle arrays were created by electrochemical deposition based two step replication of colloidal monolayer template.71 However, these routes have been


The commencement of phenothiazine therapy in acute non-paranoid schizophrenic patients was associated with turbulent perceptual changes. This finding was discussed in terms of increased sensitivity or vulnerability to sensory stimulation. Introduction Two methodologies, one perceptual (kinesthetic and visual figural aftereffects) and the other an EEG measure called the average evoked response, have revealed two characteristic styles: augmenting and reducing (see Barnes, 1976 for a review). An augmenter increases what is perceived; a reducer decreases what is perceived. These two methods are regarded as a measure of stimulus intensity modulation involving all sense modalities. Using the kinesthetic figural aftereffect (KFA), the visual figural aftereffect (VFA) and average evoked response (AER), researchers have reported that acute nonparanoid schizophrenic patients are usually extreme reducers (Buchsbaum, 1975; Buchsbaum and Silverman, 1968; Kelm, 1962, 1968; Landau et al., 1975; Petrie, 1978; Schooler et al., 1976; Silverman, 1964; Wertheimer, 1954; Wertheimer and Jackson, 1957). Phenothiazine medication has been found to be associated with augmenting on both KFA and AER measures (Buchsbaum and Silverman, 1968; Inderbitzen et al., 1970; Petrie, 1978; Singer et al., 1969). The effect of phenothiazines on the VFA has not yet been investigated. The purpose of the present investigation is to study the effect of phenothiazine medication on the VFA and test Petrie's (1978) prediction that a drug which changes a reducer to an augmenter (or vice versa) can induce a stimulus-governed perceptual style. In terms of the VFA used in the present study, a stimulusgoverned style would be one in which a figure in the visual field (called the test or T figure) is phenomenally displaced a relatively great distance away from another figure (called the inspection or I figure) which the S had previously fixated. This is the usual figural aftereffect (see Koehler and Wallach, 1944) which Petrie (1978) has called augmenting because the phenomenal I T distance has increased. 1. Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.


In this paper, we introduce the Berger type deformed Sasaki metric on the cotangent bundle $T^{\ast}M$ over an anti-paraKahler manifold $(M, \varphi, g)$. We establish a necessary and sufficient conditions under which a covector field is harmonic with respect to the Berger type deformed Sasaki metric. We also construct some examples of harmonic vector fields. we also study the harmonicity of a map between a Riemannian manifold and a cotangent bundle of another Riemannian manifold and vice versa.


Big data analysis plays a crucial role in the health care for early diagnosis of fatal disease. The data mining techniques are widely used for data analysis problem to discover valuable knowledge from a large amount of data. This paper uses the data mining methods such as feature selection and classification to provide a predictive model for ovarian cancer detection. A huge amount of dataset is gathered to build knowledge based system. Rough set theory is utilized to find the data reliance and reduce the feature set contained in the data set. The Hybrid Particle Genetic Swarm Optimization (PGSO) is used to optimize the selected features to efficiently classify the ovarian cancer, either normal or early or different stages of ovarian cancer. Multi class SVM is adopted as the classifier to classify normal or different stages of ovarian cancer using the optimized feature set. The experiment is done on different ovarian cancer dataset and the proposed system has obtained better results for all datasets.


The negative health effects of smoking are substantial and well documented. There are, however, few studies that focus on another aspect of the costs of smoking, namely its impact on productive activities, specifically in terms of productivity loss as a result of smoking. Previous economic studies of smoking tend to focus on the effectiveness of various smoking control measures, and the externalities of smoking in the form of higher health care costs that smokers impose on the wider community. The present study make use of aggregate time-series and cross-sectional data to carefully examine the relationship between smoking and productivity as measured by a properly specified and estimated aggregate production function. The questions we examine are whether smoking affects productivity, and if so, by how much. The empirical analysis makes use of data of 14 OECD countries over a period of 23 years, from 1970 to 1992. The results indicate that smoking appears to be a statistically significant factor in explaining productivity, in both level and growth. There is, however, no firm evidence that smoking has an adverse effect on productivity, although results from the output growth model appear to indicate that the effects are mostly negative, especially for countries with high per capita tobacco use.


various issues. It would have been most worthwhile to hear both a debate on whether a theory of rights is the best symbol for inherent human dignity and a discussion on how religious communities regard the human rights of individuals in other religious communities. Still, because the book does emphasize how communal and environmental duties have priority over individual freedom and how individual autonomy does not necessarily enhance human dignity, I recommend it for graduate and upper level undergraduate library collections for the comparative study of religions and ethics.


In this paper, a differential quadrature method of high-order precision (DQ−Pade), which is equivalent to the generalized Pade approximation for approximating the end of a time or spatial interval, is used to solve nonlinear fully intrinsic equations of beams. The equations are a set of first-order differential equations with respect to time and space, and the explicit unknowns of the equations involve only forces, moments, velocity and angular velocity, without displacements and rotations. Based on the DQ−Pade method, the spatial and temporal discrete forms of fully intrinsic equations were derived. To verify the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed method for discretizing the fully intrinsic equations, different examples available in the literatures were considered. It was found that when using the DQ−Pade method, the solutions of the intrinsic beam equations are obviously superior to those found by some other usual algorithms in efficiency and computational accuracy.


Natural killer (NK) T cells are a lymphocyte subset with a distinct surface phenotype, an invariant T cell receptor (TCR), and reactivity to CD1. Here we show that mouse NK T cells can recognize human CD1d as well as mouse CD1, and human NK T cells also recognize both CD1 homologues. The unprecedented degree of conservation of this T cell recognition system suggests that it is fundamentally important. Mouse or human CD1 molecules can present the glycolipid α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) to NK T cells from either species. Human T cells, preselected for invariant Vα24 TCR expression, uniformly recognize α-GalCer presented by either human CD1d or mouse CD1. In addition, culture of human peripheral blood cells with α-GalCer led to the dramatic expansion of NK T cells with an invariant (Vα24+) TCR and the release of large amounts of cytokines. Because invariant Vα14+ and Vα24+ NK T cells have been implicated both in the control of autoimmune disease and the response to tumors, our data suggest that α-GalCer could be a useful agent for modulating human immune responses by activation of the highly conserved NK T cell subset.


When Russia's transition to a market-oriented economy began in 1992, detailed information about firm-level performance was not available, but there was widespread expectation that firm efficiency had to improve for the transition to succeed. Where were efficiency gains likely? Where were they needed? Did the Soviet development strategy of according high priority to firms in heavy industry give these firms an advantage during the first stage of Russia's transition to a market-oriented economy? That is, were firms in heavy industry more likely to exhibit industry best-practice production methods? Using firm-level data collected in 1992 and 1995 from Goskomstat, the state statistical agency, we estimate a stochastic frontier production function for eleven industries with inefficiency effects related to ownership, export experience, and location in Moscow. We find that in 1992 firms in priority sectors exhibited higher inefficiency than firms in non-priority sectors; by 1995, differences diminish. Our results generally support the proposition that non-state ownership improves efficiency, but the ownership effect varies by industry and over time. We reject the hypothesis that export experience increases efficiency during the initial stage of Russia's transition, and this result is especially strong in 1995. Location in Moscow proved to be an extremely positive factor, and the benefit grew over time.


Prolonged extracorporeal oxygenation with a membrane oxygenator has been accompanied by thrombocytopenia, an accumulation of platelet aggregates in the oxygenator, and, frequently, a progression in the underlying pulmonary disease. The importance of embolized platelet aggregates in the lung during and following five hours of partial (1 L/min) carotid artery to jugular vein perfusion through a Lande-Edwards 1 m2 oxygenator was studied in four groups of dogs: I — oxygenator only in the extracorporeal circuit, II — oxygenator plus a roller pump, and III and IV — oxygenator plus pump plus cyproheptadine, 1 and 5 mg/kg, respectively.Serial determinations of hematocrit, platelet count, platelet aggregation, pO2, pCO2, pH, plasma cortisol, and pulmonary artery and aortic pressures, as well as light and electron microscopic findings in lungs (control to 72 hours) and in membrane oxygenators, revealed several significant differences among groups. Thrombocytopenia developed in all but the group I animals. Platelet aggregates formed on the oxygenator membranes to a much greater degree in groups I and II than in groups III and IV. Similarly, platelet aggregation was reduced in animals receiving cyproheptadine (III and IV). No emboli were identified in the pulmonary vessels of dogs III or IV, but pulmonary lesions and emboli were identified and characterized in groups I and II.We conclude that the pump in the perfusion circuit contributed significantly to the loss of circulating blood platelets. Cyproheptadine had no effect on this thrombocytopenia. However, cyproheptadine in both dosages did prevent traumatized platelets from aggregating on the membranes and in the lungs and, therefore, may be indicated in patients supported with a membrane oxygenator.


This study aimed to develop a method for the assessment of allergic dermatitis by using the long‐wavelength near‐infrared spectrum (more than 1000 nm) to detect intracutaneous allergic type‐specific elements. Such a method was realized by establishing a spectral classifier for the spectra of type I and type IV allergic dermatitis reactions.


The paper investigates the current practices of cost estimation involved in tendering and invoicing of construction projects under execution for construction works in Saudi Arabia. It shows that most of the practices use standard methods established by several government agencies while rely on bidding based on unit price tender documentation. This paper proposes the adoption of KSU-ESTIMATE, a computerized estimation program developed in King Saud University, which can be used in associate with the available AutoCAD program. The KSU-ESTIMATE is able to be linked with related databases pertinent to cost indices of materials, labours, labourers, and personnel. The program helps architects, contractors, employers and other decision makers to calculate the cost estimate of a project. The program supply designers with guidance which allows manipulation of building material schedules and window and door schedules in relation to cost. The manipulated project attributes helps design contractor and project manager...


Computer peripheral device comprises a to a connected computer apparatus to peripheral devices of the fuel cell can be used to supply power. Peripheral device comprises a housing and a circuit within the housing for providing at least one computer peripherals. Data interface, to a computer system, and / or provides for data transmission from the computer device. The fuel cell power supply is incorporated into the peripheral device. Power interface performs power transmission to the computer apparatus during connection. Power controller is a fuel cell power supply to the power interface and capable of supplying power, is for supplying the power to the computer apparatus during connection. .FIELD 1


In this manuscript, a systematic procedure for investigating hybrid projective synchronization (HPS) scheme in two identical hyperchaotic systems has been designed. Based on Lyapunov stability theory (LST), an active control technique (ACT) has been presented to achieve the desired HPS scheme. The considered HPS scheme is a significant scheme for synchronization as it includes anti-synchronization, complete synchronization, projective synchronization and hybrid synchronization as its particular cases. Moreover, computer simulations are implemented to validate the efficacy and feasibility of the considered approach by using MATLAB. Remarkably, the analytic and computational results are in complete agreement. Also, the considered HPS scheme is very efficient as it has numerous applications in image encryption and secure communication.


Shear and extensional flows can have a significant effect on the miscibility for a blend of polystyrene with poly(vinyl methyl ether). The cloud point temperature in a planar stagnation flow is elevated by as much as 12 K; the magnitude depends on the extension rate, the strain, and the blend composition. Flow-induced miscibility is also observed in the shear flow between parallel plates which has been used to test smaller samples and to prepare solid samples for further characterization. At lower temperatures, as much as 30 K below the coexistence temperature, flow-induced phase separation occurs in both shear flow and extensional flows. The stress, rather than deformation rate, appears to be the most important parameter in flow-induced phase separation.


It is inevitable for human to bear the gravitational and inertial force when carrying loads. The impact force exerted on human body is originated from the inertial force which can increase the energy expenditure and cause injury to human body. This paper proposes a semi-active hover backpack with controllable air damper to minimize the inertial force. The skyhook damper model of hover backpack is established which is the dynamic target of the practical backpack. Sliding mode control is designed to eliminate the tracking error and the effectiveness of the control method is analyzed. Simulation and experiment are conducted and comparative results are stated. The results demonstrate that the semi-active hover backpack with sliding mode control can reduce the inertial force.


Introduction. Advances in treatment have improved prognosis after diagnosis with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). Understanding factors that impact long-term morbidity and mortality of lymphoma survivors is therefore of increasing clinical importance. Elevated risk for developing cutaneous melanoma after lymphoma is well-established, but the potential extension of this association for rarer NHL subtypes and other types of cutaneous malignancies is unknown. Methods. We identified a cohort of 129,850 non-HIV infected adults (age ³20 years) who were initially diagnosed with one of the seven most common types of lymphoma (Table 1) during 2000-2013 and who survived ³1 year, as reported to 17 United States population-based cancer registries from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) quantified risks for second primary melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, and sebaceous carcinoma, comparing the observed number of cases to that expected in the general population based on age-, race-, sex- and calendar period-specific incidence rates. Results. Melanoma occurred in 258 survivors of CLL/SLL, nearly two-fold more often than expected in the general population (SIR=1.94, 95% CI=1.71-2.20). Risk also was significantly elevated among survivors of follicular lymphoma (N=108, SIR=1.32, 95% CI=1.08-1.32) and peripheral T-cell lymphoma (N=22, SIR=1.68, 95% CI=1.05-2.54), whereas SIRs were non-significantly greater than unity after other NHL subtypes except marginal zone lymphoma (N=37, SIR=1.06, 95% CI=0.74-1.46). Merkel cell carcinoma and sebaceous carcinomas were much rarer but were associated with substantially higher risks compared with melanoma. Merkel cell carcinoma also occurred most commonly after CLL/SLL (N=20, SIR=3.90, 95%CI=2.38-6.02) with significantly elevated SIRs after follicular lymphoma (N=8, SIR=2.99, 95%CI=1.29-5.89) and mantle cell lymphoma (N=7, SIR=16.04, 95% CI=6.45-33.04). In contrast, the risk patterns differed for sebaceous carcinoma, with elevated risks after CLL/SLL (N=10, SIR=5.04, 95% CI=2.42-9.27), DLBCL (N=7, SIR=5.13, 95% CI=2.06-10.57), marginal zone lymphoma (N=4, SIR=7.67, 95% CI=2.09-19.63), and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenstrsm macroglobulinemia (N=3, SIR=14.15, 95% CI=2.92-41.35). Conclusions. Survivors of specific lymphoma subtypes have differential risks of developing a range of subsequent cutaneous malignancies. CLL/SLL is the lymphoma subtype most closely associated with cutaneous malignancy risk, whereas DLBCL survivors only have strongly elevated risk for sebaceous carcinoma. Further studies should investigate potential roles for immune dysfunction, infection, and genetic susceptibility in the etiology of cutaneous malignancies developing after NHL. Survivors and clinicians should consider the importance of regular full skin examinations to maximize opportunities for early detection of cutaneous malignancies to reduce morbidity. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Pomegranate (POM) juice may benefit the erectile process, but the scientific evidence is lacking. This study evaluates the molecular characterisation and confirmation of POM's action on human corpus cavernosum (HCC) obtained from patients (n = 16) undergoing penile prosthesis implantation. After phenylephrine contraction, the relaxant effects of POM with various inhibitors in the presence and absence of palmitic acid (PA)‐induced acute oxidative stress were investigated. Electrical field stimulation (EFS)‐ and acetylcholine (ACh)‐induced relaxation were performed using organ bath preparation. Expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), endothelial (eNOS), phosphodiesterase (PDE)‐5A and cGMP levels were assessed in cells from ex vivo organ cultures of HCC, using RT‐PCR, ELISA and immunohistochemistry techniques. POM induced marked relaxation of HCC (maximum response: 97.0 ± 3.1%) and reversed the PA‐induced decrease of EFS (20 Hz). nNOS transcription was increased by 7‐fold in POM‐treated cells without influencing eNOS and PDE5A expressions. We conclude that POM induced marked relaxation of HCC via: (i) nNOS stimulation, and (ii) downstream relaxation stimulated by nNOS and cGMP and bypassing the NO and PDE5. This action provides a rationale for the therapeutic or preventative use of POM in men with erectile dysfunction who do not respond well to PDE5 inhibitors.


BACKGROUND - Tailgut cysts or retrorectal cystic hamartomas are unusual cystic lesions, typically found in the retrorectal (presacral) space. Due to its rarity, diagnosis is often delayed. They can present as painless masses or with symptoms of mass effect or complications such as infection and recurrence. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice as malignant transformation within the cyst, although atypical, can occur. AIM AND METHODS - Here, we present a case of a tail gut cyst which illustrates the diagnosis and management. CONCLUSION - Tailgut cysts are rare lesions with variable clinical presentation. It should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis for a retrorectal mass. CT or MRI is the investigation of choice. Complete surgical excision is indicated


The aim of this study was to encapsulate the oleoresins rich in carotenoids extracted from sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) fruits into a blend of sodium-alginate and κ-carrageenan microbeads (2% w/v) coated by a sodium-alginate (2% w/v) layer prepared using an ionotropic gelation technique with calcium chloride (2% w/v) by dropping method. The fresh obtained coated microbeads had a "fried eggs" like appearance with a size distribution ranging from 4 to 6 mm. The coated microbeads were analyzed for their SEM and fluorescence. The encapsulation efficiency was 92%. Their stability was investigated by evaluation of the physical integrity performance in aqueous media with different pH to mimic the gastrointestinal tract for 24 h at 37 °C under laboratory conditions. The results demonstrated the limitation of the coated microbeads swelling ability under pH 7. The coated microbeads could be a good tool to guarantee oleoresins rich in carotenoids stability and colon delivery. The present study shows an attractive encapsulation system of oleoresins, in order to obtain stable products for further applications.


Plasma thrusters propel spacecraft by the application of Lorentz forces to ionized propellants. Despite evidence that Lorentz forces resulting from magnetic reconnection in solar flares and Earth's magnetopause produce jets of energetic particles, magnetic reconnection has only recently been considered as a means of accelerating plasma in a thruster. Based on theoretical principles, a pulsed magnetic reconnection thruster consisting of two parallel-connected slit coaxial tubes was constructed. The thruster was operated in argon plasma produced by RF energy at 13.56 MHz. A 1.0 ms current pulse of up to 1500 A was applied to the tubes. Three results provide evidence for magnetic reconnection. (1) The production of high-energy electrons resembling the outflow that is observed in the reconnection of field lines in solar flares and in laboratory experiments. (2) The high-energy electron current coincided with the rise of the magnetic field in the thruster and was followed by a large ion current. (3) In accordance with known physics of magnetic reconnection, ion currents were found to increase as the plasma became less collisional. The Alfvén speed of the outflowing ions was calculated to be 8.48 × 103 m s−1 corresponding to an Isp of 860 s.


Economic evaluation method for project decision was used to analyze feasibility of rural household biogas digester on project aspect and national economy aspect.The result showed that rural household biogas digester has very high value of popularizing,both from project aspect and national economy aspect.


Properly planned and effectively implemented education provides an opportunity to change human behavior, which in turn may lead to an improved quality of life worldwide, including by means of realizing a cleaner environment. This article presents the results of research on the integration of environmental protection issues into curricula by Polish teachers. It was assumed that the environmental protection issues included the challenges related to the sustainable management of natural resources. The sample consisted of 337 teachers of general subjects who were employed in schools in the Małopolska region (southern Poland) and working with students in lower-secondary (13–16 years old) and upper-secondary (16–20 years old) schools. The results of the research show that many teachers know how to integrate environmental protection issues into their curricula. However, there are still many teachers who ignore key issues in the education of sustainable development in their teaching process.


The measurement of space-time rainfall fields is of great importance for several purposes including weather forecast, water resource management, evaluation of hydrological risk and monitoring of hydrologic extremes. Conventional methods for rainfall measurement include rain gauges and weather radars, both types of sensor having their own advantages and limitations. A different and not fully tested methodology exploits the power loss (namely, the attenuation) experienced by microwave radio signals when travelling across rain along either terrestrial or ground-to-satellite links. Indeed, it is well known that microwave attenuation due to rain can be calculated from the rain rate along the propagation path. The inverse problem can be solved once the disturbances affecting the radio signal and not induced by rain have been identified and removed.

In this contribution, we present the first results of the experimental campaign carried out in the framework of MOPRAM (MOnitoring Precipitation through a Network of RAdio links at Microwaves). MOPRAM is a scientific project funded by Fondazione Cariplo, which aims at assessing the potential of Commercial Microwave Links (CML) for rainfall estimates and rainfall field retrieval in areas of hydrological interest located in Northern Italy. A network of CMLs, owned by a major mobile operator in Italy, has been exploited to estimate the average rain rate along each link. The available data are the minimum and maximum values of the transmitted and received signal power across each link (two-ways), measured during 15-min time slots.

We start by describing the procedure adopted for the estimation of the baseline, i.e. the received power level immediately before and after a precipitation event. Rain attenuation is subsequently calculated by subtracting the received power during the event from the baseline level. To this aim, every 15-min slot of each link is classified in advance as either wet or dry by taking advantage of the spatial correlation of rain. Path-averaged rainfall intensity can be retrieved from rain attenuation by formulas based on well-known electromagnetic models. Finally, CML-based rainfall is compared with the one obtained from co-located rain gauges and disdrometers.

Despite the CML setup is not optimized for rainfall measurements, preliminary results highlight a good correlation between the occurrence of wet periods detected by CMLs on one side and by rain gauges and disdrometers on the other, as well as a fair agreement between the corresponding time series of accumulated precipitation.


Field studies on development, larval dispersal, feeding establish feeding site during different months behavior and survival of Earias vittella (Fab.) during July to Month Fortnight Time taken (minutes) by larva during October 200 1 reveals mean incubation period of 3.19 (2-5) different crop phases days, egg hatchability of 82.9,74.6, 67.1 and 63.8 % during Vegetative phase July, August, September and October respectively and ab~ut Upper unopened Terminal end 28 % egg inviability. Mean larval duration was 10.15, 10.37 tiny leaves and 11.46 days during July, August and September July I 165.00 147.00 respectively while pupal duration was 10.06,11.28 and 12.56 I1 179.12 180.60 days during August, September and October respectively. August I 137.60 194.50 During the larval stage there was 72 % mortality from neonate Overall mean 172.79 up to pupation. Rate of mortality declined with increase in Reproductive phase larval age. The first instar larva crawled over the plant Squares Bolls surface for 173 (138-195) minutes during vegetative phase I1 186.12 221.12 and 204 (1 78-22 1) minutes during reproductive phase of the September I 177.88 211.37 crop and the larva covered a distance of 80-120 and 60-1 10 I1 210.00 215.12 cm,in the above 2 phases respectively. Under no choice Overall niean 203.60 conditions, a single larva damaged 2.8 (2-4) squares or 2.9 Sample size for each category : 24 larvae 1 fortnight (2-3) young bolls or 1.7 (1-2) older bolls before pupation.


There is a crucial difference between the advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and causing offense, be it in the form of criticism, ridicule or insult of religion, by denying religious doctrinal views, or indeed by blaspheming. Any human-rights-based approach tackling the issue of religious intolerance should take such distinctions into account. Failure to do so not only jeopardizes the fundamental right to freedom of expression but also the core right to religious freedom itself, for the simple reason that one person's way of exercising a religion may be offensive in the eyes of another. It is argued that from the fact that this is bound to happen all the time in a pluralist society we should not conclude that states must interfere, with a view towards curtailing all potentially defamatory expressions. People taking offence is too subjective a criterion to be used as a ground for limiting fundamental rights. The challenge we are facing is to identify neutral and objective indicators on the basis of which we can assess whether or not state interference is justified.


Sa Majeste I'Empereur d'Allemagne, Roi de Prusse; Sa Majeste l'empereur d'Autriche, Roi de Boheme etc. et Roi Apostolique de Hongrie; Sa Majesty le Roi des Beiges; Sa Majeste I'Empereur de Chine; Sa Majeste le Roi de Danemark; Sa Majesty le Roi d'Espagne et en Son Nom Sa Majeste la Reine-Regente du Royaume; le President des Etats-Unis d'Amerique; le President des Etats-Unis Mexicains; le President de la Republique Francaise; Sa Majeste la Reine du Royaume-Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, Imperatrice des Indes; Sa Majeste le Roi des Hellenes; Sa Majeste le Roi d'ltalie; Sa Majeste I'Empereur du Japon; Son Altesse Roy ale le Grand-Due de Luxemunanimously, saving some abstentionsIn faith of which, the Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Act, and have affixed their seals thereto. Done at The Hague, 29th July, 1899, in one copy only, which shall be deposited in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and of which copies, duly certified, shall be delivered to all the Powers represented at the Conference.


Objective:To observe the effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells phenotype changes before and after culturted with nano-Hydroxyapatite/Collagen(nHAC).Methods:Prepare bone formation material,and combined with human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro.To observe the phenotype by alkaline phosphatase staining and flow cytometry.Results:MSC could adhere,growth,proliferation and differentiate in nHAC.There were no change of phenotype after the combination.Conclusion:nHAC is easy to combined with MSC,and suitable for cells to adhere,grow,proliferate and differentiate.nHAC has no effects on MSC phenotype,it proves that nHAC is an excellent scaffold of tissue engineering.


. Recent literature repeatedly suggests that in the context of sustainable consumer behaviour the workplace has an important role. The workplace can influence consumer behaviour by providing knowledge and creating habits that stimulate sustainable consumption at home. According to existing research, it is a big probability that experience acquired at the workplace will be transferred and used in the working life determines a number of constraints for sustainable consumption as well. This paper examines the relationship between work-life balance and sustainable consumption in private life among university employees. Although the empirical results allow confirming the positive link, the relation is rather weak, opening the horizons for further exploration of other possible work-related determinants of sustainable consumption.


The paper focuses on the improved 2-D MUSIC algorithm that operates in beamspace for DOA estimation with a uniform circular array (UCA). The algorithm requires only real eigenvalue decompositions to obtain noise subspace estimates, so that it has many advantages, including reduced amount of computation and enhanced precision, especially in a series of dual coherent sources scenarios. These excellent performances are verified by computer simulations.


Effects of different heat treatment temperatures on properties of Chinese calcined flint clay based plastic refractories were investigated using Chinese calcined flint clay as starting material,aluminum sulfate and fireclay as binding system. The results showed that with temperature rising,Chinese calcined flint clay based plastic refractories shrinked firstly and then expanded. The modulus of rupture (MOR) and the cold crushing strength (CCS) increased firstly and then decreased from 110 ℃ to 600 ℃,then increased obviously. Thermal expansion coefficient increased from 110 ℃ to 760 ℃,decreased from 760 ℃ to 1 300 ℃,and increased from 1 300 ℃ to 1 500 ℃.


Abstract : It is imperative that the United States develop a more effective nuclear deterrence strategy with regard to the Iranian desire to obtain a nuclear weapon. Recent U.S. approaches have been ineffective as Iran progresses in its nuclear development activities. The United States cannot expect a change in results without a change in strategy. Promoting the GCC as the lead diplomatic face of the nuclear deterrence effort would be a significant change in strategy. This paper outlines the ability of the GCC to serve as the regional lead in conducting nuclear deterrence. It explains the requirement for the GCC to have a nested strong conventional military capability within the gulf region as part of the overall deterrence effort. Finally, this paper draws conclusions concerning the ability of the GCC to act as the lead agent and makes recommendations for supporting U.S. theater security cooperation activities to enable a GCC deterrence effort.


In our recent paper (Optik 101 (1995) 53-62), an expression was presented for reconstructing an optimal estimate of the complex specimen function from the images recorded with an arbitrary detector configuration in the STEM. An algebraic error in that derivation is corrected here. The conclusions of the original paper remain valid, as these were based on a simplified expression (resulting from the assumption of a symmetric detector configuration), to which the corrected expression also reduces.


FACTOR/AIM (AIM) is a simulation system designe specifically for use in manufacturing decision supp AIM has been successfully applied to engineering des scheduling, and planning problems within numer manufacturing organizations. AIM operates on the Windows platform and all mo data is stored in a Microsoft Access® database. This database structure provides many opportunities. Mo can be built faster by importing data from existing sou into AIM. Custom reports are easily created with Acce report wizards. In addition, simulation based decis support applications complete with menus and dia boxes can be developed with Access® application wiza Unlike language-based simulation products wh require modelers to learn specific syntax and then abs your system to fit this syntax, AIM uses the language manufacturing. Example AIM components inclu machines, operators, materials, parts, jobsteps, pr plans (routings), and conveyors. In addition, comprehensive set of pre-defined manufacturing rule available to you. Using AIM you can quickly a accurately build a model of any manufacturing proces your PC. Spending less time on modeling means m time to use the model to help you make decision improve your manufacturing operations. This paper provides an introduction to AIM includi AIM modeling constructs, the use of AIM for capac engineering, planning and scheduling, and costing AIM.


In this paper, the radiation noise and efficiency of the quasi-resonant converter are analyzed. A quasiresonant converter using the flyback topology can realize the soft switching with simpler circuit. However, switching devices with the high withstand voltage is necessary to achieve the complete ZVS and it causes the low power efficiency because a switching device with the high withstand voltage has the high on-voltage. On the other hand, the swithching device with the low withstand voltage and then the low on-resistance can be used with the non-ZVS. Therefore the performance characteristics such as the efficiency and radiation noise are analyzed on the quasiresonant converter with the ZVS and the non-ZVS. As a result, it is clarified that the low radiation noise and high power efficiency are achieved with the non-ZVS.


The agave papalote (Agave cupreata Trelease) which is endemic to the Guerrero state, Mexico, is propagated exclusively by seed, but it is overutilized and knowledge of its diversity is needed for its protection. Therefore, the study aimed to determine the morphological variation in wild and cultivated populations of Agavecupreata in five areas of Guerrero. Ninety one characters were evaluated in situ, and only 51 qualitative and quantitative morphological characters of the plant, leaf spine, flower, fruit, seed and flower stalk were selected. The work was carried out in five different altitud in all zones, according to the level of production of mezcal. In each area we selected 20 plants. We used multi variate and cluster analysis. The principal component analysis indicated that the first six principal components (PC) accounted for 60.1% of the total variation. The CP1 was related to plant height, and CP2 to growth habit and leaf shape. We identified five groups. Morphological characterization insitu allowed detecting morphological variation in wild and cultivated agave. This variation was detected in growth habit, rosette height, stem length, leaf shape, margin shape, number of ribs, terminal spine width, length and thickness of the marginal bone. We also propose 37 varietal descriptors that differentiate ecotypes of A. cupreata. This will contribute to perform the legal protection of this type of agave endemic to Mexico, and thereby promote its conservation and sustainable use.


Mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis (MSDO) is nothing but regular distraction osteogenesis (DO)performed at the symphysis wherein, the new bone formation occurs between bone segments that are gradually separated by incremental traction".Treatment planning decisions in the transverse dimension are based on the mandibular arch width and form. Mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis supplements orthodontic treatment to resolve mandibular anterior width deficiencies or dental crowding. This article focuses on indications, orthodontic preparation, surgical procedures, complications, long term effects and stability of mandibular symphyseal distraction osteogenesis.


Based on the theory of philosophy and with sum of the law of the development in things,it is found that new objects always appear the tendency of "the Variance Characteristic".By this tendency's effect,objects have to absorb other's advantages and then form evolutionary objects. The success of aerobics is also benefits from "the Variance Characteristic" and this tendency, which runs through the development of aerobic and will be more and more strong.


We propose quantifying the quantum gravitational back-reaction on inflation with an invariant measure of the local acceleration rather than the expansion rate. Our observable is suitable for models in which there is no scalar inflaton to provide a preferred velocity field with which to define the expansion. As an example, we use stochastic techniques to evaluate the local acceleration at one-loop order for Λ-driven inflation in pure quantum gravity.


Photoacoustic spectroscopy is a powerful optical biopsy technique that enables rapid tumor diagnosis in situ. It has also been reported that photoacoustic spectroscopy can be used to diagnose pre-malignant tissue based on the chemical differences between healthy and pre-malignant tissues. Since the acoustic signals obtained from tissues in these analyses suffer from minimum damping, photoacoustic spectroscopy can be highly sensitive. This paper focuses on the characterization of a novel multiphoton excited photoacoustic methodology for margining of malignant and pre-malignant tissues. The two-photon excitation process in tissues using nanosecond laser pulses produces ultrasonic signals that transmit through tissue with minimal attenuation. Additionally, the two-photon excitation process is highly localized since only ballistic photons contribute to the excitation process; thereby eliminating potential absorption events in tissue not of interest (i.e., along the beam path) and increasing the spatial resolution of the diagnostic technique to that achievable via optics. This work characterizes the two-photon excitation process for photoacoustic signal measurements on a model dye. Using gelatin phantoms to mimic real tissues, tissue penetration studies were performed, revealing chemical species as deep as 1.3 cm in the tissue can easily be detected using this methodology. Furthermore, the resolution of this multiphoton excitation process was determined to be as great as 50 μm (near cellular level resolution).


An optical metrology laboratory has been developed to characterize the optical properties of optical window materials to be used for aerospace applications. Several optical measurement systems have been selected and developed to measure spectral transmittance, haze, clarity, birefringence, striae, wavefront quality, and wedge. In addition to silica based glasses, several optical lightweight polymer materials and transparent ceramics have been investigated in the laboratory. The measurement systems and selected empirical results for non-silica materials are described. These measurements will be used to form the basis of acceptance criteria for selection of window materials for future aerospace vehicle and habitat designs.


Apparatus for dispensing water with - a fitting body (13) - an outlet (14), - a cold water supply line (1) and a hot water supply line (2), which are connected to a house connection, - and a mixing valve (3), which is connected to the cold water supply (1) and the hot water supply line (2), - and a further water duct (4) with an associated shutoff valve (6) which is connected to a house connection and to a boiler (5) and / or a filter device (10), characterized in that in the fitting body (13) and / or outlet (14) between the mixing valve (3) and an outlet (9a, 9b), a mixed water channel (8) and at least one further water guide passage (7) between the shut-off valve (6) and the outlet (9a, 9b) are provided.


ABSTRACT The objective was to identify lowering strategies for Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu in the beginning of the stockpiling period that increase forage production and improve the structure of stockpiled canopies. Three lowering strategies were evaluated: maintenance of marandu palisade grass with 15cm four months before the stockpiling period; maintenance of palisade grass with 30cm for four months, and lowering to 15cm before the stockpiling period; and maintaining of palisade grass at 45cm for four months, and lowering to 15cm before the stockpiling period. The experimental design was completely randomized, with four replications. At the end of stockpiling, the number of reproductive tillers and forage mass were higher in the canopy under 15/15cm than in the others; the percentage of live leaf was higher in the canopy under 45/15cm than under 15/15cm. Forage production during the stockpiling period was higher in the canopy under 15/15cm and lower in the under 45/15cm. Maintaining 15cm marandu palisadegrass for four months before the stockpiling period increases forage production during this period. The lowering of the marandu palisadegrass from 45 to 15cm at the beginning of the stockpiling period improves the structure of the stockpiled canopy.


This study presents a review of automatic traffic control and information systems. It focuses on the requirements of these systems which include: real-time information, anticipate and forecast, and incident detection.


In this paper,strong stability in terms of part variables for impulsive differential systems with variable impulsive perturbations is discussed.The methods of the stability analysis respect to part of the variables for ordinary differential equations and theory of impulsive differential systems are used to study such systems.By means of piecewise continuous Ljapunov functions,some theorems are established about the question on the stability.Finally as an application,the investigation of strong stability in terms of the variable for impulsive differential systems with variable impulsive perturbations is given.


This paper presents the second-coupling method,which is applied in reducing the electromagnetic coupling between resonators in a filter.A lumped-element model has been established to demonstrate the feasibility of this method.Moreover,a U-type second-coupling structure was introduced between two anti-spiral resonators.The software simulation showed that the structure could reduce the coupling strength by considerable amount.This work can provide another effective way to realize the miniature of filter.


Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is comprised of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) that was recognized by the inflammation in the colon. There are no proper medications are available to control the IBD in patients. NASIDs such as Aspirin, diclofenac, and ibuprofen are widely used to control the inflammation. On the other hand, the untreated prolonged inflammation leads to the development of cancer in the colon termed as colitis-associated cancer or inflammation-driven colon cancer. Oxidative stress and inflammation play key roles in the pathogenesis of colitis-associated cancer. Single dose of azozymethane (AOM) and three cycles of 2% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) induces colitis-associated cancer (CAC) in mouse. Hence, many natural products were tested in the preclinical model of colitis-associated cancer. Each of these natural agents modulate important signaling pathway to control the colitis-associated cancer (CAC). In this review, the authors tabulated all the natural agents that culminate the colitis-associated cancer in the preclinical models.


Fifty cases of herpes genitalia were included in the study following particular selection criteria. A placebo controlled trial of topical acyclovir (ACV) (5% ACV cream applied 5 time a day for 5 days) and oral ACV (200 mg ACV tab given 5 times a day for 5 days) was conducted. Significant differences between acyclovir and placebo patients were observed in the crusting time (CT), healing time (HT) and recurrence of attacks during the first six months


In optimization problems, it is significant to study the directional
derivatives and subdifferentials of objective functions. Using
directional derivatives and subdifferentials of objective functions,
we can establish optimality conditions, derive error bound
properties, and propose optimal algorithms. In this paper, the upper
and lower estimates for the Clarke directional derivatives of a
class of marginal functions are established. Employing this result,
we obtain the exact formulations of the Clarke directional
derivatives of the regularized gap functions for nonsmooth
quasi-variational inequalities.


"Flip classroom",a new teaching mode based on information technology,has become the hot topic of the education reform in recent years.It reverses the traditional teaching process through independent study,participation and experience,meaning construction,practice and application,and it changes the traditional teaching mode of "teacher centered " into "students center",and it also transforms the roles of teachers and students."Flip classroom"brings the innovation of teaching mode for teacher education courses through the interactive learning of the use of online and offline learning mode and also meets the need of the reform of Pedagogy courses on Primary English Teaching.


Janice Wade, Editor 3444Kinsey DesMoines, Iowa 59317 The Music Extension Division of the proaches and find them quite compatiNational Academy of Arts in Chamble. This article will provide a brief depaign, Illinois, includes a "Suzukiscription of what is meant by the label Rolland" string program. We violin "Suzuki-Rolland" and will outline the and cello teachers in this program have advantages of combining the ideas of extensive backgrounds in both aptwo such outstanding string pedagogues. The authors developed their combinaThe basic elements of any good tion program as faculty members of the American "Suzuki" program are National Academy of Arts, Champaign, present in our Suzuki-Rolland proIllinois. Three honorgraduates of the Unigram. We three teachers involved feel versity of Illinois, the authors bring distrongly about beginning musical acverse competencies to their work. tivities at an early age. However, we Cellist Frances Reedy (BMIOberlin, also want to ensure a successful string MMlIllinois) has studied in Suzuki proexperience for our students and begrams in the US and Japan. Sheattended lieve that some musical concepts such twoRolland workshops in Europe andwas as pitch, rhythm and timbre ought to on the faculty of the Rolland Workshop at be started before formal string lessons the Universityof Illinois in 1978. She has begin. published about her3-year Peace Corp tour The Music Extension Division of asa music teacher in El Salvador. She has the NAA has a "Tot Notes" program of been on the faculty at the Academy since musical activities for children ages five 1975, and is a member of the Champaignmonths to five years. The children in Urbana Symphony. this program come at least once a week Paulalynn Watt (BMIUniversity of Tah f hi . ronto, MSlIllinois) studied Rolland techwit a parent or t irty minutes to sing, move, listen, play instruments, niquewith Patricia Shand. A violist, Ms. and enjoy special guest performers, Watt is now teaching Suzuki violin and including young Suzuki-Rolland stupiano in Fort Worth, Texas with Gwen dents. Interested Suzuki-Rolland proRunyon. gram parents are strongly encouraged Carolyn McCall Meyer (BM-musicolto read Suzuki's Nurtured by Love; to ogylIllinois) studied Suzuki in John Kenbegin playing a recording of early Sudall's Edwar~svill~, IL program, and in zuki pieces; and to bring their children ~au~ Rolland s string ped~g?gy. class at !lto observe Suzuki-Rolland lessons and linois. She has taught ?lOlm m Aus~na, concerts. These activities as well as attended the Stevens ~omt, WI Suzuki ln"Tot Notes" (which we strongly recomstltu~e as a scholarship studen.t, and has mend to very young prospective Supublished two pedagogy ar!lcles. Mrs. zuki-Rolland students) will contribute Meyer ~urren~ly. te~ches privately, ~nd to a successful experience upon forplays f/~st violin 111 the Champaignmally entering the Suzuki-Rolland Urbana Symphony. program. Parent orientation sessions have included slides of the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, a talk about basic Suzuki philosophy, and a Rolland film. Once formal lessons have begun, we Suzuki-Rolland teachers stress the im-


The reliability of a high-throughput biological experiment relies highly on the settings of the operational factors in its experimental and data-analytic procedures. Understanding how operational factors influence the reproducibility of the experimental outcome is critical for constructing robust workflows and obtaining reliable results. One challenge in this area is that candidates at different levels of significance may respond to the operational factors differently. To model this heterogeneity, we develop a novel segmented regression model, based on the rank concordance between candidates from different replicate samples, to characterize the varying effects of operational factors for candidates at different levels of significance. A grid search method is developed to identify the change point in response to the operational factors and estimate the covariate effects accounting for the change. A sup-likelihood-ratio-type test is proposed to test the existence of a change point. Simulation studies show that our method yields a well-calibrated type I error, is powerful in detecting the difference in reproducibility, and achieves a better model fitting than the existing method. An application on a ChIP-seq dataset reveals interesting insights on how sequencing depth affects the reproducibility of experimental results, demonstrating the usefulness of our method in designing cost-effective and reliable high-throughput workflows.


An investigation has been made of the static friction of various resin-bonded fibre materials lubricated by water in a thrust-bearing rig.The static friction of water-lubricated phenolic resin-bonded asbestos materials mated with steel is initially low, μ = 013–0·3. This low friction is consistent with the composition of the bearing surfaces as it lies between that of asbestos and that of resin, on clean steel.On running-in, the static friction of these materials increases substantially to μ = 0·3–0·6. Evidence has been found that this is due to the formation of a surface layer on both the mating surfaces causing adhesion. It is concluded that the layer is thermoplastic in nature. Because of this behaviour static friction measurements in which the mating surfaces are not run-in give an unrealistically low value for the static friction.The suggestion that water is held by surface fibres and hence provides boundary lubrication is not borne out by the present results.Under the test conditions employed the st...


The present invention discloses a maskless exposure system and method. The system comprising: an array of optical engine; translating means for driving the array of the optical engine translation along a first direction; a scanning platform, and for driving the substrate carrier moves the substrate along a second direction, the second direction to the first direction vertical; motion control and data processing system, the motion translating means and the scanning platform for controlling and processing an exposure pattern data; the optical engine array comprises an optical engine for (M, N) arranged in an array, M and N are natural numbers, and M and N is greater than or equal to 2 product; the scanning platform further provided with at least one second direction, the position sensor, position information along the second direction when the movement detection scanning platform to synchronize the array included in the optical engine each optical engine. The maskless exposure system and method of embodiments of the present invention, a large area is exposed and can be aligned, thereby improving the productivity and quality of exposure.


AIM: To investigate the optimal time for bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: MI was induced by occluding the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in SD rats. MSCs were isolated from the rats, purified, proliferated and they (1 mL) were transfused through caudal vein into transplantation groups (n=10/group) at 1 d, 1, 2, and 4 weeks after MI; the same culture medium (1 mL) was transfused into the control group (n=10). Four weeks later, the heart function and myocardial ischemic size and infarct size were evaluated. RESULTS: The heart function and myocardial ischemic size and infarct size of 1-day group after MI had no difference from those of the control group (P0.05) . The improvement of heart function in 1, 2, and 4-week groups were more distinct than that of 1-day group (P0.05); myocardial ischemic size and infarct size were also smaller than those of 1-day group (P0.05). Among the transplantation groups, the treatment effect of 2-weeks group was the best. CONCLUSION: Subacute stage (1-2 weeks after MI) might be the optimal time for MSCs transplantation.


Polymer concrete is a composite material that consists of inorganic aggregates bonded together by a resin binder. The material can be used effectively in a variety of structural applications such as transportation, utility, marine, and building components. However, previous research on the shear behavior of steel-reinforced polymer concrete beams is limited, and no efficient design procedures have been proposed. In all the previous studies, it was generally assumed that the shear behavior of steel-reinforced polymer concrete is similar to the shear behavior of steel-reinforced portland cement concrete because both are composite materials consisting of a binder and inorganic aggregates. The objective of this paper is to study the behavior and to develop a design procedure in shear for steel-reinforced polymer concrete beams using unsaturated polyester resins based on recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate). Resins based on recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) was chosen because it can be used in the production of very good quality polymer concrete at a relatively low cost.


The article considers the term world image which is defined as a result of omniscient experience. World image is mainly revealed with the help of linguistic means. Linguistic world image has national characteristics. Thus, the analysis of the linguistic world image of a text (namely Australian ballad) gives an opportunity to understand the perception of the world peculiar to a definite nation.


The invention relates to a fireproof and heat-insulated heat retaining panel for an exterior wall of a building and a manufacturing method thereof. The heat-insulated heat retaining panel for the exterior wall of the building belongs to the technical field of architectural ornament and decoration materials, and comprises a surface layer toward outside at a use state, an inner layer toward one side of a wall body of the exterior wall of the building at a use state, and a gluing layer used for integrally combining the surface layer and the inner layer and located between the surface layer and the inner layer. The heat-insulated heat retaining panel for the exterior wall of the building is characterized in that the surface layer is a fireproof plate; the inner layer is formed by a modified phenolic foam layer, a first cement mortar layer combined to a surface of one side of the modified phenolic foam layer toward the surface layer, and a second cement mortar layer combined to one side of the modified phenolic foam layer toward the wall body of the exterior wall of the building; and the gluing layer is formed by epoxy modified organosilicone complex adhesives. The fireproof and heat-insulated heat retaining panel has the advantages that excellent fireproof effect and favorable perspectiveness are achieved, an outstanding heat-insulation and inflaming-retarding effect is realized; the effect for enabling the surface layer and the inner layer to combine durably can be played to the utmost; and a process step is concise, and the comprehensive reflection of the technical effects of the fireproof and heat-insulated heat retaining panel can be ensured.


We discuss an inverse problem of finding the sound speed c(x) and a damping coefficient σ( x ) in a second-order hyperbolic equation from two boundary observations. The coefficients are assumed to be unknown inside a ball in with n ≥ 2. On a suitable bounded part of the cylindrical surface, Cauchy data for solutions to a hyperbolic equation with zero initial data and a source located on the plane , are supposed to be given for two different unit vectors , k = 1, 2. We obtain a conditional stability estimate under a priori assumptions on the smallness of c(x) − 1 and σ(x).


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Abstract : With the discovery, in the last few years, of thousands of genes that produce small non-coding RNAs transcripts with no significant open reading frame named microRNAs (miRNAs), it has become evident that the genomic complexity of the cancer cell is far greater than expected. Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and over a third of women with BC will develop metastatic diseases. The broad goal of our research program is to develop an innovative approach of a novel microRNA-based targeted therapy in BC, on the hypothesis that small molecule inhibitors could target miRNAs and this targeting has functional consequences in malignant cells. This proposal focuses on the identification of novel small molecule inhibitors targeting miRNAs using virtual high-throughput screening (vHTS) approaches. We already accomplished the first aim, to identify in silico small molecules that target miRNA transcripts. The second aim is under development, the identification of the functional consequences of the interaction between miRNAs and small molecules in BC cells, including cell proliferation, cell death and invasion capacity. Our project already generate preliminary data useful for the basis of a new type of miRNA-based targeted therapy that will benefit BC patients mainly with metastases, by focusing now on hits that target all six proposed miRNAs. We also developed a new method to increase the amount of tested hits, namely a sensor vector for each of the miRNAs proposed to be tested that detects the amount of specific miRNA after cell treatment with the small molecule.


The EU proposal on liberalisation of the energy markets has been widely debated in policy, stakeholder and academic circles both for its content and the potential consequences to the gas and electricity markets. However, little has been said about the empirical evidence produced by the European Commission to support this legislative package. Since the Impact Assessment system has been in place, there have been concerns regarding quality and adequateness, especially when quantifying costs, benefits and risks. This paper analyses how these crucial issues were factored into the Impact Assessment on the third legislative package. It investigates the interaction between the legislative proposals on energy liberalisation and its Impact Assessment.


Correction: Physicians and Alzheimer Dementia: Past, Present, and Future In a recent article by Shah and Bennett (1), errors were discovered in the third paragraph. The paragraph should have read, "For brief cognitive tests, 57 studies were identified. Numerous standalone tests (such as Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Brief Alzheimer's Screen, list delayed recall, and category fluency) were LETTERS


This article discusses research that examined job stress related to job relocation in Great Britain. The author notes that pervious studies have shown that job relocations can have negative effects on employees even when the relocations present obvious improvements. The author notes that relocations often come with increased workloads, loss of control and a reduction in social support. These occurrences are often reflected in increased anxiety or physical disturbances. The author discusses some of the characteristics of employees who were found to cope more effectively with relocation as well as those who had a more difficult time.


The protease gene Arenicola cristata was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in E.coli and the activity of the recombinant protein was investigated. The full-length cDNA of 880 bp consisted of an ORF of 813bp encoding 270 amino acids. This protease contained highly conserved GDSGGP sequence and revealed high homology with trypsin-like proteases of serine family. The recombinant protein for the active form of the protease was purified by affinity chromatography. The activity analysis of the recombinant protein suggested that it was probably a plasminogen activator.


Maggi, a brand of instant noodles introduced in India in the late 1980s by Nestle, is now not only a popular snack, but the favorite comfort food of an entire generation of young urban Indians. What is the secret of Maggi9s success? And what does it tell us about taste and desire in a consumer economy in a deeply unequal society? At first glance, the fast-rising consumption of such "industrial foods" seems to be a familiar story about the commodification of diets by multinational corporations. However, this article shows that the success of global capitalism is not a foregone conclusion when it comes up against nationalist politics. At the same time, the popularity of processed foods is a form of "consumer citizenship" as poor and low-caste people who are discriminated against, in part due to their food practices, aspire to eat fetishized commodities that allow them to belong in the modern, affluent world. And, for young people, instant noodles speak to their desire for agency and fun, challenging power relations in the patriarchal family. This article shows how Maggi noodles are a useful device for understanding how industrial foods transform the simmering broth of social relations that is India9s cultural landscape.


For the first installment of the new column, "Problem Solved!," coedited by Kelly Smith and Scott Vieira, Vieira provides the first of two columns that will look into the nature of the problem surrounding author identity and how ORCID, a registry for author identifiers, may help resolve this challenge for researchers, publishers, and other institutions. Author identity remains a challenging problem for systems tasked with managing and analyzing bibliographical resources. Additionally, researchers and research institutions need more effective tools to manage their own scholarly production.


Symbolic Execution is a program analysis technique used to increase software reliability. Modern software often manipulate complex data structures, many of which being similar to arrays. We present a novel approach and implementation in Symbolic PathFinder for handling symbolic arrays in Java. It enables analyzing a broader class of programs that manipulates arrays. We also extend the Symbolic Pathfinder testcase generation to support numeric arrays.


A solar panel module is provided having a plurality of solar panels disposed in juxtaposed relation. Each of the solar panels has a positive ribbon at one side of said solar panel and a negative ribbon at the other side opposite to said one side. Two adjacent ribbons of two adjacent solar panels are both positive ribbons or both negative ribbons.


At present,the commodity prices around the world are rising generally.The price of commercial houses is rising on a large scale.The medium income group including the post-80s is confronted with the adverse situation of the gradual weak housing supporting ability and the press of purchasing house augmenting.It is worthy of thinking how to deal with the forthcoming period with relatively declining purchasing power.


Conditionally‐replicating adenoviruses (CRAds) infect and replicate in tumor cells, releasing viral progeny upon lysis of the cell. This is a dynamic and inherently exponential process and, thus, the assessment of CRAds should incorporate these dynamics. In vitro experiments are therefore prone to subjective assessment because no validated assay exists that truly appreciates the dynamics of the process. An objective assay could simplify experiments and reduce the number of CRAd variants required to enter a full preclinical evaluation.


An environmentally benign condensation of anthranilic hydrazide with cyclohexanone or N-benzylpiperidin-4-one in aqueous medium has been developed for the synthesis of benzoylhydrazones A. The thermal rearrangements of hydrazones A yielded 3′-aminospiro-quinazolinones B. When A or B was reacted repeatedly with cyclohexanone or N-benzylpiperidin-4-one, spiroquinazoline-hydrazones C were formed. From aqueous suspensions, products could be isolated in high purity by simple filtration.


Social media data contain various sources of big data that include data on drugs, diagnosis, treatments, diseases, and indications. Sentiment analysis (SA) is a technology that analyses text-based data using machine learning techniques and Natural Language Processing to interpret and classify emotions in the subjective language. Data sources in the medical domain may exist in the form of clinical documents, nurse's letter, drug reviews, MedBlogs, and Slashdot interviews. It is important to analyse and evaluate these types of data sources to identify positive or negative values that could ensure the well-being of the users or patients being treated. Sentiment analysis technology can be used in the medical domain to help identify either positive or negative issues. This approach helps to improve the quality of health services offered to consumers. This paper will be reviewing feature selection algorithms, sentiment classifications, and standard measurements that are used to measure the performance of these techniques in previous studies. The combination of feature extraction techniques based on Natural Language Processing with Machine Learning techniques as a feature selection technique can reduce the size of features, while selecting relevant features can improve the performance of sentiment classifications. This study will also describe the use of metaheuristic algorithms as a feature selection algorithm in sentiment analysis that can help achieve higher accuracy for optimal subset selection tasks. This review paper has also identified previous studies that applied metaheuristics algorithm as a feature selection algorithm in the medical domain, especially studies that used drug review data. Keywords—Sentiment analyis; drug reviews; feature selection;


This paper presents a hardware control-flow checking scheme for RISC processor-based systems. This scheme combines two error detection mechanisms to provide high coverage. The first mechanism uses parity bits to detect faults occurring in the opcodes and in the target addresses of branch instructions which lead to erroneous branches. The second mechanism uses signature monitoring to detect errors occurring in the sequential instructions. The scheme is implemented using a watchdog processor for an VHDL model of the LEON2 processor. About 31800 simulation faults were injected into the LEON2 processor. The results show that the error detection coverage is about 99.5% with average detection latency of 7 cycles. The performance loss of presented scheme is about 8.4%.


The strand comprises a group of twisted metal wires (2), a plastic sheath (4) and a pliant filling compound (3) fills internal interstices lying between the twisted wires of the group and a peripheral interstice between the periphery of the group and the inner face of the sheath. This presents peripheral gap, in a cross section of the strand, an area of between P × emin and 0, 6 × S2, where P is the external perimeter of the group of wires, emin = 0, 05 mm and S2 is the cumulative area interstices between the periphery of the group and the smallest circle within which the group is inscribed.


This paper describes a study into the fire behaviour of open‐web steel trusses supporting concrete floor slabs, exposed to a range of realistic design fires. This study is intended to give some insight into the possible structural behaviour of the floor trusses in the World Trade Center (WTC) towers. The analysis was carried out using a non‐linear finite element program SAFIR. The trusses were analysed with and without protective insulation for several different fires, each with three types of connections; pinned at both ends, simply supported, and simply supported with an axial spring. This paper shows that the likely failure mode of the floor truss depends on the connection strength, and emphasizes the importance of ensuring that the insulation remains intact. Unlike the actual event in the WTC with multiple floors exposed to fire, this analysis only considers a single floor, hence the results from this analysis do not confirm the actual behaviour of the buildings while they collapsed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This paper establishes the extension matter-element model of marine oil-gas industry by using Operations Research theory and methods,and assesses to the security of the offshore oil-gas industry from 2001 to 2007.Evaluation shows that: in 2001,so the industry is in a relatively safe condition;in 2003,it is in a critical safety status;security status in 2007 is relatively unsafe for;the overall level of industry safety turned out to be worse in eight years.The current security level of offshore oil-gas industry is relatively unsafe,and it remains unstable.The quantity of sewage in offshore oil-gas exploration,increasing rate of offshore oil-gas industry output and growth of employee are the major limiting factors to the security of China's offshore oil-gas industry.Finally,based on the establishment of offshore oil-gas industry safety indicators system,we establish early warning mechanism for the safety of China's offshore oil-gas industry.


We present a method for improving estimates of formation porosity and fluid distributions by simultaneously inverting seismic and electromagnetic (EM) measurements. Joint inversion results from EM and seismic measurements in marine environments are compared to those from separate full-waveform seismic and EM inversions. The comparison shows that the simultaneous joint inversion approach provides more accurate and reliable estimates of porosity and fluid distributions as compared to those derived from the separate inversions.


Purpose: To present the initial experience of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of inoperable primary lung cancer, and to assess the technical feasibility and potential complications. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with inoperable lung cancer underwent percutaneous RFA. Nineteen of 20 patients had stage III or IV non-small cell lung cancer, and the remaining one had stage I lung cancer with pulmonary dysfunction. The mean tumor size was 4.60.4 cm (range, 1.8-8.4 cm). RFA was performed with a single (n=18) or cluster (n=2) cool-tip RF electrode and a generator under CT guidance using local anesthesia and conscious sedation. Twenty tumors were treated in 28 sessions. Patients were assessed by contrastenhanced CT in all cases at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months. Eleven patients received chemotherapy (n=10) or radiotherapy (n=1) after RFA. Results: RFA was technically successful and well tolerated in all patients. Complete necrosis was attained in 7 lesions (35%), near complete (90-99%) necrosis in 10 lesions (50%), and partial (50-89%) necrosis in 3 lesions (15%). During the mean follow up of 202 days (21 to 481 days), tumor size was decreased in 13 patients, unchanged in 3, and increased in 4. In the latter four, additional RFA was performed. One patient underwent surgery three months after RFA and the histopathologic findings showed a large cavity with thin fibrotic wall suggestive of complete necrosis. During or after the procedure, pneumothorax (n=10), moderate pain (n=4), blood tinged sputum (n=2), and pneumonia (n=2) were developed. Chest tube drainage was required in only 1 patient due to severe pneumothorax. Other patients were managed conservatively. Seven patients died at 61 to 398 days (mean, 230 days) after RFA. The remaining 13 patients were alive 21 to 481 days (mean, 187 days) after RFA. Conclusion: RFA appears to be a technically feasible and relatively safe procedure for the cytoreductive treatment of inoperable, non-small cell lung cancer and warrants further investigation as a complementary treatment to chemotherapy or radiation therapy.


In mechanical fault diagnosis, it is impossible to collect massive labeled samples with the same distribution in real industry. Transfer learning, a promising method, is usually used to address the critical problem. However, as the number of samples increases, the interdomain distribution discrepancy measurement of the existing method has a higher computational complexity, which may make the generalization ability of the method worse. To solve the problem, we propose a deep transfer learning method based on 1D-CNN for rolling bearing fault diagnosis. First, 1-dimension convolutional neural network (1D-CNN), as the basic framework, is used to extract features from vibration signal. The CORrelation ALignment (CORAL) is employed to minimize marginal distribution discrepancy between the source domain and target domain. Then, the cross-entropy loss function and Adam optimizer are used to minimize the classification errors and the second-order statistics of feature distance between the source domain and target domain, respectively. Finally, based on the bearing datasets of Case Western Reserve University and Jiangnan University, seven transfer fault diagnosis comparison experiments are carried out. The results show that our method has better performance.


In this paper, we study the problem of storing an archive of versioned data in a reliable and efficient manner in distributed storage systems. We propose a new storage technique called differential erasure coding (DEC) where the differences (deltas) between subsequent versions are stored rather than the whole objects, akin to a typical delta encoding technique. However, unlike delta encoding techniques, DEC opportunistically exploits the sparsity (i.e., when the differences between two successive versions have few non-zero entries) in the updates to store the deltas using compressed sensing techniques applied with erasure coding. We first show that DEC provides significant savings in the storage size for versioned data whenever the update patterns are characterized by in-place alterations. Subsequently, we propose a practical DEC framework so as to reap storage size benefits against not just in-place alterations but also real-world update patterns such as insertions and deletions that alter the overall data sizes. We conduct experiments with several synthetic workloads to demonstrate that the practical variant of DEC provides significant reductions in storage overhead (up to 60\% depending on the workload) compared to baseline storage system which incorporates concepts from Rsync, a delta encoding technique to store and synchronize data across a network.


The title of the final project is Childrens'eating disorders as a social problem. This study theoretically analyses the problems with eating disorders. It is especially focused on its two basics forms, anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The theoretical part contains history of these diseases, basic information about these problems, characteristics of the main sorts of these diseases including their symptoms, the course of particular diseases and the following therapy. Then the work deals with the reasons of their genesis in society and prevention in the family. The practical part describes the studies of concrete cases, where children suffer from these disorders. Aim of this work is to describe problems of food-intake disorders. Practical part of work was ment to find out some analogies if there any.


In Merapi volcano mitigation, the cooperation within/between the local communities is a key strategy for effective evacuation. In the "sister village" scenario, the meeting area and shelter have been coordinated, but people's behavior has not been fully considered yet in the vulnerability assessment and government's contingency plan. The purpose of this study is to assess the people's behavior, mutual assistance, and social vulnerability index of pedestrian evacuation in four affected regencies. First, we measured the walking speed directly, conducted interviews with stakeholders, and focus group discussions with local communities. We used the multicriteria method and focused on two factors, social and age structure (young, vulnerable, and mutual assistance between them), and risk perception (work, rain, night, alert, and destination). The index reflects the distribution of actual walking speed, mutual assistance, and the government's plan. The result showed that mutual assistance groups have a higher walking speed than vulnerable people but lower than young people. Mutual assistance coordination is crucial to support vulnerable to effective travel time. The social and age structure of the social vulnerability index has a stronger risk influence than the perception factor in the evacuation process. However, these two factors have a minor impact on social vulnerability to the total population.