. Consistent linear inverse problems with finite domains appear in a number of contexts ranging from differential-privacy estimation problems to iteratively sketched consistent linear systems. These linear inverse problems can be restated in the streaming context, which can then be addressed using streaming solvers. However, a streaming solver's benefits can only be realized if it can be appropriately tracked and stopped—otherwise, the algorithm may stop before the desired accuracy is achieved, or it may run longer than necessary. Unfortunately, streaming solvers cannot access the residual norm, which is the traditional metric of progress. While streaming solvers have access to noisy estimates of the residual, such estimates need uncertainty sets to quantify their utility and reflect a user's risk preferences. Thus, in this work, we rigorously develop computationally-practical residual estimators and their uncertainty sets for a streaming solver. We then demonstrate the accuracy of our methods on a number of linear systems problems, including a large-scale collocation problem with over a million fixed points and randomly generated sampling points.


A high-efficiency pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) boost DC–DC converter with adaptive on-time (AOT) control method is proposed. A novel three-step startup procedure is proposed and applied on the boost converter, which makes the converter start up with a below-threshold voltage. Besides, adaptive on-time control method can reduce the output ripple dramatically. The proposed integrated boost converter is designed in an SMIC 0.18-μm standard CMOS process and occupied a chip area of 1.5×1.4mm2 without any low-Vt MOSFETs. In the adopted process, the threshold voltages of PMOS and NMOS are −0.45V and 0.48V, respectively. The simulation results show that the proposed converter can start up successfully at the input voltage of 0.25V, the output voltage is 1.8V with the ripple less than 33mV, and the peak efficiency can be up to 94.7%.


University library is a second classroom for students' autonomous learning,where good reading habits should be formed by means of guiding them to "read more books and read good books".With "reading more books" students' literary accomplishment and quality connotation can be improved,and with "reading good books" their positive attitude towards life can be got.Therefore,it is the duty of university library to do well in propagandizing and guiding so as to draw students to library.


In Sanfu, Qaidam basin, China, traditional geophysical methods have failed to find subtle hydrocarbon reservoirs. In an attempt to predict and delineate gas reservoirs, we used a type of magnetotelluric (MT) profiling called 3D continuous electromagnetic profiling (CEMP). Electric logs indicate that gas-bearing formations have high resistivity relative to nongas-bearing formations. Obvious resistivity anomalies derived from MT sounding curves are interpreted to come from gas-bearing formations; we observed no such anomalous resistivity away from gas-bearing reservoirs. For CEMP, five electric components were recorded at each station; the inline electric components of all stations were measured using dipoles placed end to end. Becausethe survey area was quite wide, we divided it into three rectangular blocks for data processing and inversion. After noise removal and static corrections, the data from each block were inverted with a 3D nonlinear conjugate-gradient inversion method to obtain the spatial distr...


Standard lightning impulsive dielectric strength tests were performed on cable model samples manufactured with the same technology and the same materials used for high voltage cable application. In particular four different commercial XLPE compounds are considered. Tests were carried out with the aim to investigate the impulsive strength behaviour at room and 90 degC of the compounds when they are subjected to both positive and negative testing wave polarities. The results have been compared in terms of Weibull scale and shape parameters.


This article is bout the data analysis and mining aspects of Granular Computing(GrC) and Rough Set Theory(RST). This subject involves four concepts, deductive data analysis and mining (DDAM), relational databases (RDB), rough set theory (RST) and granular computing(GrC). The results are quite far reaching.


The witness seminar "Att arbeta med 1950-talets matematikmaskiner" [Working with the Computing Machines of the 1950s] was held at Tekniska museet [The National Museum of Science and Technology] in ...


This article presents an approach to accelerated bridge design (ABC) that makes use of precast concrete components and is intended to be applied to common bridge types, such as freeway overpasses. Due to potential structural problems when the bridge is located in a seismic zone, the connection must be strong enough to resist the forces imposed by earthquake loading, as well as easy to assemble with ample allowance for site adjustment. Known as the bridge bent concept, this approach was developed by a team from the University of Washington (UW), the Washington State Department of Transportation, and engineering consultants. In order to investigate the structural properties, laboratory tests were conducted on column-footing subassemblies at UW, and the system was implemented on-site in the replacement of the I-5 Grand Mound to Maytown Interchange, U.S. Rte. 12 over I-5, Br. No. 12/118 Replacement, near Olympia, Washington.


We demonstrated by video display that a number of different objects making independent motions can simultaneously be recognized and tracked via coherent optical techniques.


In view of the deficiency of the current prevalent determining methods of spontaneous combustion period in China,thermo gravity technique was used to study the mechanism of coal self-heating oxidation from normal temperature to ignition temperature.A few kinds of reaction models have been discussed by the liner correlation calculation.The result suggests that the oxidizing decomposition of coal can be described as a first-order chemistry reaction.Activation energy and spontaneous combustion period can be obtained.A conclusion is drawn that the index of activation energy can be used to determine spontaneous combustion period.


How to cite this paper: Asha, S. K. & Sunitha, G. (2018) Mixed Convection Peristaltic Flow of a Eyring-Powell Nanofluid with Magnetic Field in a Non-Uniform Channel. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2(8), 332-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ jamc.2018.08.003 *Corresponding author : Asha, S. K., Department of Mathemat ics, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580003, India Email: email@example.com Abstract


This study was conducted to investigate reasons encountered in understanding concept in the study of general chemistry by undergraduate students in Burundi. Burundian University students were compared on (i) Teacher not leaving time for questions, (ii) no opportunity for group studies, (iii) syllabus wideness, and the using of a projector' as a reason for concept difficulty in the study of general chemistry. A Difficult Concepts in General Chemistry Questionnaire (DCGCQ) was administered to 817 undergraduate students to collect quantitative data for the study while a Difficult Concepts in General Chemistry Interview Guide (DCGCIG) was the qualitative instrument used to elicit responses from the 8 randomly selected participants from 2 public universities and 2 private universities. Among 23 concepts investigated, the results showed that pH and octet rule are perceived as the most difficult concepts in the study of chemistry. On the basis of chi-square test, a significant difference was noticed for concepts such as Octet rule, Electronegativity, Quantum number, Chemical equilibration,


The genetic laws of three traits,fruit number per plant,fresh weight per fruit and dried fruit weight per plant,were studied to offer reference for capsicum breeding selection.Chilli peppers of dry-type 9007-2 and dry-fresh-type 1110 B were selected as parents to build six generations,namely,F1,F2,backcrosses B1 and B2and the parents P1 and P2.Multigenerational joint segregation analysis was used.The results showed that isolated populations of three characters displayed quantitatively genetic characteristics with multimodal skewed distribution.The inheritance of fruit number per plant fitted the model of two additive-dominance-epitasis major genes(B-1),fresh weight per fruit fitted the model of two additive-dominance-epitasis major genes+additive-dominance-epitasis polygenes(E-0),and dried fruit weight per plant fitted the model of two additive-dominance-epitasis major genes+additive-dominance polygenes(E-1).The major gene heritability of segregating population B1,B2 and F2was 55.03%,57.05% and 71.03% in fruit number per plant,2.27%,24.79% and 57.13% in fresh weight per fruit,10.91%,78.92% and 80.04% in dried fruit weight per plant,respectively.In separating generations,B1,B2 and F2,the polygenic inheritance rate of fresh weight per fruit varied in range of 0-47.86% and that of dried yield per plant in 0-50.01%.Conclusions: in breeding practices,genetic selection of dried fruit weight per plant and fruit number per plant should be performed at earlier separate generations,while that of fresh weight per fruit in later generations.


Objective To discuss the breast damage caused by the x-ray scanning. Methods To calculate the chest and breast scanning layers of every case with GE 16 layer-CT machine on 38 female patients, choosing voltage 120KV, electric current 150mA、200mA、250mA and pitch 0.935 or 1.375. Then calculate the chest and breast scanning layers of every case, register the bar, where the scan program can be set, record the DLP and work out the DLP of the breast according to data noted above. Meanwhile, analyze the influence of mA、layer、 pitch on DLP. Results In the 38 cases, plane scanning layers of chest range from 19 to 33,and breast from 7 to 19,with the latter accounting for 27.59%~66.66% of the former. So was the DLP. When scanning the same ranges, choose different mAs and pitch, which exerts a great influence on the DLP. Conclusion Choosing 150mA, 1.375 pitch, 7.5mm layer on female of moderate bodily form can guarantee the quality of the picture sufficiently and a relative lower DLP. At the same time, make a good use of its software to rebuild in a variety of ways. Also, a better quality picture can be received. Choosing the parameters such as pitch, numbers of scan layer, slice and mA scientifically can reduce the quantity of X-ray the breast received.


FIELD: radio engineering. SUBSTANCE: transmitting side of adaptive radio communication system includes time-and-frequency mask shaping unit, unit for shaping commands of group of working frequencies and unit for combination of commands of working frequency group; receiving side is provided with time-and-frequency mask shaping unit and unit for shaping commands of group of working frequencies; at that, input of time-and-frequency mask shaping unit and the first input of unit for shaping commands of group of working frequencies are connected in parallel to output of unit for combination of commands of frequency coherence band; outputs of the unit for shaping time-and-frequency mask are connected to other inputs of unit for shaping commands of group of working frequencies, the first outputs of unit for shaping commands of group of working frequencies are connected to the first inputs of decision taking unit, and its other outputs are connected to inputs of the unit for measuring average margin of energy potential of the channel, the outputs of which are connected to the other inputs of the decision taking unit. EFFECT: improvement of interference resistance at availability coefficient of not lower than the required one. 2 dwg


Abstract The presence of convective motions in the atmospheres of metal-poor halo stars leads to systematic asymmetries of the emergent spectral line profiles. Since such line asymmetries are very small, they can be safely ignored for standard spectroscopic abundance analysis. However, when it comes to the determination of the 6Li/7Li isotopic ratio, q(Li)=n(6Li)/n(7Li), the intrinsic asymmetry of the 7Li line must be taken into account, because its signature is essentially indistinguishable from the presence of a weak 6Li blend in the red wing of the 7Li line. In this contribution we quantity the error of the inferred 6Li/7Li isotopic ratio that arises if the convective line asymmetry is ignored in the fitting of the λ6707 Å lithium blend. Our conclusion is that 6Li/7Li ratios derived by Asplund et al. (2006), using symmetric line profiles, must be reduced by typically Δq(Li) ≈ 0.015. This diminishes the number of certain 6Li detections from 9 to 4 stars or less, casting some doubt on the existence of a 6Li plateau.


The medical savings account model of health insurance in the United States combines a high-deductible health insurance plan 1 with a dedicated savings account used to pay expenses incurred below the deductible. Savings in the plan can roll over from one year to the next and, after some predefined period during which they are dedicated to health spending, can be used for non-health-related expenses. 2 In principle, this model combines the incentives for frugal use of health services that exist in high-deductible health insurance with assurance that the funds required in the event of true medical need will be available. In with this model began, scale, Beginning the use of this model voluntary health States was promoted through a series of tax The first of these incentives, a limited demonstration project (capped at a maximum of 750 000 enrollees), was passed as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, which allowed self-employed individuals and businesses with fewer than 50 employees who were covered under qualified high-deductible health plans to make tax-exempt contributions to medical savings accounts.


High viscosity asphalt is widely used in drainage pavement due to its excellent high and low temperature performance. The rheological properties and microstructure of high viscosity asphalt were studied by frequency scanning, temperature scanning, steady flow test and fluorescence microscopic observation. The results showed that in the range of test frequency and temperature, the loss modulus G" of high viscosity asphalt is larger than that of storage modulus G', and with the increase of the amount of high viscosity modifier, the storage modulus G', loss modulus G" and rutting factor G*/sin δ of high viscosity asphalt increase, and the difference between G' and G" decreases. Moreover, the addition of high viscosity modifier led to the appearance of shear thinning phenomenon, with the increase of the amount of high viscosity modifier, the degree of deviation from Newtonian fluid of high viscosity asphalt increased, and the zero shear viscosity η0 is significantly increased at 60°C. There was a linear correlation between the amount of high viscosity modifier and log(ω1.0), failure temperature and log(η0,60°C) of high viscosity asphalt. The high viscosity modifier was dispersed in the asphalt as a ball, the dosage of the high viscosity modifier increased, on the other hand, the particle size of the high viscosity modifier became smaller and the dispersion was denser.


: 1 Multiple exciton generation solar cells exhibit a low power conversion efficiency owing to nonradiative recombination even if numerous electron and hole pairs are generated per incident photon. This paper elucidates the non-idealities of multiple exciton generation solar cells (MEGSCs). First, we present mathematical approaches for determining the quantum yield (QY) to discuss the non-idealities of MEGSCs by adjusting the delta function. In particular, we employ the Gaussian distribution function to present the occupancy status of carriers at each energy state by Dirac delta function. By adjusting the Gaussian distribution function for each energy state, we obtain the ideal and non-ideal QYs. Through this approach, we discuss the material imperfections of MEGSCs by analyzing the mathematically obtained QYs. By calculating the ratio between the radiative and nonradiative recombination, we can discuss the status of radiative recombination. Furthermore, we apply this approach into the detailed balance limit of MEGSC to investigate the practical limit of MEGSC.


The 2-4-6 rule discovery task introduced by Wason (1960) elicits generally poor hypothesis-testing behaviour as reflected by the underwhelming effort and creativity participants invest in the process before announcing their "best" guess. The traditional task departs from real-world hypothesis testing in a significant respect: Reasoners proceed to discover the rule solely from an internal representation of the problem space. Two studies reported here examined representational effects in the 2-4-6 task by developing task isomorphs that offered external, physically manipulable, representations of the dimensions of the problem space. These isomorphs led to a significantly higher incidence of successful rule discovery, driven by significantly greater diligence and creative exploration of the problem space, compared to other task isomorphs that did not offer such an external representation. These results confirm the fruitfulness of a research programme that explores the contextual determinants of sound hypothesis testing.


A new approach to control the lateral-growth mechanism of polycrystalline silicon films through appropriate spatial modulation of the absorbed laser energy and with a two-pass excimer laser annealing process is presented. In the first pass, spatial modulation of the light intensity has been achieved by irradiating the precursor amorphous silicon films through a patterned mask in contact with the sample, triggering the lateral growth of grain in excess of 1 µm. During the second pass of the process, the film is reirradiated without the mask and the laterally grown grains can be used as seeds and can be propagated to crystallize the film uniformly. With optimized mask patterns the sample area can be fully covered with laterally grown grains.


We analyze local fields redefinition and duality for a vector gauge field in three dimensions. We find that both Maxwell-Chern-Simons and the Self-Dual models admits the same fields redefinition. In fact they are member of an equivalence class of gauge models, all of them having the same fields redefinition. We also establish a criterion such that two dual models have the same fields redefinition and construct an operator representation for duality. The linking number of two nonintersecting closed curves is derived from Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory for any mass regime. PACS: 11.15.-q, 11.10.Kk


It is a very important work to control the RF(Radio Frequency) board instrument in the automatic test system of RF board.However,which brings much of noise figure in commissioning process of some RF board.In this paper,the regression mathematics expression of between noise figure and devices,the best values and the combinations of the devices are obtained by matlab program.Results show:the DOE has guiding significance to solve the problem of low-noise RF board.


Abstract : The Air Force Medical Service strives to deliver a fit and healthy force, which ultimately translates to sustained and enhanced mission performance. In support of these goals, the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine's Performance Enhancement Division is pursuing a two-tiered approach to establishing physical fitness programs and standards. Tier I applies health-based standards, while Tier II standards will be (job) performance-based. Specifically, the Air Force is investigating a process to establish body composition standards that are specific to selected job categories. To this end, CSERIAC, the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center, produced this Review & Analysis which addresses issues regarding the advantages and disadvantages of establishing job-specific body composition standards. The main finding of this Review & Analysis is that the measure of body composition that would best predict military task performance is (total) fat-free mass. Also, the literature suggests that there would be a benefit to establishing job-specific body composition standards. However, the identification of specific cut-points relative to various job categories is a much more convoluted process. The sensitivity and specificity outcomes of any projected body composition metrics may be difficult to derive. Moreover, this approach may have less application for the Air Force compared with the sister Services. Volumes II and III of Health and Job-Specific Body Composition Standards for the US Air Force contain the output from literature database searches. Volume II contains non-copyrighted citations and Volume III contains copyrighted citations. A companion document, Workshop Proceedings-Health and Job-Specific Body Composition Standards for the US Air Force, documents the discussions and consensus among subject-matter experts on these topics.


A knife is one of the tools used in the size reduction process. The reduction process is very common, including the process of cutting, crushing and slicing and grinding. Grind the Burr Mill type using a knife in the size reduction process. The sharpness of the blade can be called by the strength of the material, hardness, material and angle of the blade. In this study the author conducted a study of how the number of pulses for the results of the mung bean mill. The variation used in this study is the number of blades with the number 2, 4 and 6 blades. Process results analysis, filtering and grouping. The number of blades to the results of the graft of green beans. There is a period of pastime entertainment according to the number of blades. The increase in mill mass is not too much, with a difference of 5.7 grams or about 5.2%. This is utilized by slots between various harvest grinders.


Special education programs that serve at-risk students are facing very real personnel needs that colleges and universities alone cannot meet. Alternative certification programs (ACP) may help meet these needs. Effective university-school district partnership programs that include critical teaching training components may offer an attractive alternative to traditional teacher training programs. Teacher retention and increased student learning are probable outcomes resulting from quality model ACP.


Objective.To explore the expression characteristic of fibronectin gene in hypertrophic scars and diabetic ulcer tissues.Methods.The biopsies from normal skins,hypertrophic scars and diabetic foot ulcers were taken.The technique of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to evaluate the gene expression of fibronectin in the above biopsies.Results.Fibronectin gene expression was enhanced in hypertrophic scars and decreased in diabetic foot ulcers compared with that in normal skins.Quantitative comparison showed about 2 fold increase of fibronectin mRNA level in hypertrophic scars and about 3 fold decrease of fibronectin mRNA level in diabetic ulcers as compared with that in normal skins.Conclusions.Fibronectin gene expression is influenced by the tissue environment.Different expression and synthesis of fibronectin may cause different outcomes in wound healing.


difficult to believe that a theory of underdevelopment can be built on such a fulcrum. The chapter on technological dependence broadens the analysis to encompass an explanation in terms of control over technology by developed capitalist countries. The risk for the author here is that by accepting an essentially Marxist explanation of underdevelopment, the central aspect of technology is relegated to a minor component in the method of exploitation, and, indeed, quite different explanations of the pattern of technological choice are possible see, for instance, Geoffrey Kay, Development and Underdevelopment (London, 1975), ch. 6. Finally, Frances Stewart, in two most interesting chapters, describes alternative techniques in grinding maize and manufacturing cement blocks in Kenya. She shows in both studies that the use of unskilled labour is determined by product quality. A hand-operated stationary machine produces cement blocks of more erratic quality than an imported vibrating machine, and the best choice of technique depends on the required product quality and the level of wage rates. As regards maize, she contrasts the rural hammer mill, which produces a flour containing the germ and bran called 'posho', with the roller mill, which manufactures the white flour distributed in urban areas. The latter technique uses more capital and less labour, and produces a product which is nutritionally inferior, but which is in heavy demand because, according to the author, urban consumer preferences have been dictated by massive advertising. While this supports her contention that product specification is an important variable in the analysis of technological choice, the assertion must be questioned that the taste for white flour, which leads to the use of an 'inappropriate' technology, is itself largely manipulated. The better storage properties of white flour means that it can be distributed through the retail network, and a switch to the production of' posho' may simply lead urban consumers to substitute bread or rice, for example, for white flour — see S. Uhlig and B. Bhat in World Development, September


Painting is fun activity, many which can learn, because painting
now can do it on digital media. The writer invites to learn painting with using
digital application for Linux operating system. The name of application is PintaImage-
Editor and My-Paint.


Readily accessible dibenzothiophene sulfoximine is an NH3 surrogate allowing the preparation of free anilines by copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with aryl iodides or amides followed by radical S-N bond cleavage. The one-pot/two-step reactions sequence leads to the aminated products in good yields.


Heavy truck of "Jiefang" brand from First Automobile that has had fame and taken the lead in internal automobile market has been exported in batch in recent days. On July 29, first batch of 100 "Jiefang" heavy trucks were shipped on Tianjin port to Middle East.


The purpose of the study is to identify emerging themes influencing U.S. Gen Z consumers' motivations toward secondhand shopping and their willingness to purchase secondhand clothing. A qualitative method approach was used to conduct 18 in-depth interviews as a data collection method. The interviews were semi-structured with the deliverance of open-ended/semistructured questions carried out in a conversational style. For understanding Gen Z consumer's buying behavior, theory planned behavior (TPB) is applied to explore their motivation for buying secondhand clothing. TPB includes three variables: attitude,subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control. Those three variables have an impact on behavioral intention, which consequently will influence the actual purchase behavior of consumers. The participants were motivated to shop secondhand clothing for the following values perceived: (1) financial benefit, (2) social value, (3) emotional value,(4) convenience value, (5) sustainability value, and (6) perceived behavior control.


The John Glenn Biomedical Engineering Consortium was established by NASA in 2002 to formulate and implement an integrated, interdisciplinary research program to address risks faced by astronauts during long-duration space missions. The consortium is comprised of a preeminent team of Northeast Ohio institutions that include Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, The National Center for Space Exploration Research, and the NASA Glenn Research Center. The John Glenn Biomedical Engineering Consortium research is focused on fluid physics and sensor technology that addresses the critical risks to crew health, safety, and performance. Effectively utilizing the unique skills, capabilities and facilities of the consortium members is also of prime importance. Research efforts were initiated with a general call for proposals to the consortium members. The top proposals were selected for funding through a rigorous, peer review process. The review included participation from NASA's Johnson Space Center, which has programmatic responsibility for NASA's Human Research Program. The projects range in scope from delivery of prototype hardware to applied research that enables future development of advanced technology devices. All of the projects selected for funding have been completed and the results are summarized. Because of the success of the consortium, the member institutions have extended the original agreement to continue this highly effective research collaboration through 2011.


Superfine spherical hollow hydrophobic ammonium dihydrogen phosphate(NH4H2PO4) fire-extinguishing particles were produced by a spray drying method and modified in situ with silicon oil emulsion.The results indicated that the particles prepared at the inlet gas temperature of 180℃,200℃ and 220℃ were composed of NH4H2PO4.In the absence of carboxy methyl cellulose sodium(CMC),some nonspherical particles were formed.When 0.5% or 1.0% of CMC was added,the resulting particles had a good spherical shape and hollow particles increased.With an increase in the mass fraction of CMC,the bulk density of particles decreased.9.0% silicon oil emulsion was the optimal proportion for improving the hydrophobic performance of particles.X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy(XPS) analysis suggested that the hydrophobicity of particles was attributed to the migration of silicon oil emulsion to the surface of particles during the spray drying process.Fire-extinguishing test showed the extinguishing capability of superfine spherical hollow NH4H2PO4 fire-extinguishing particles prepared by spray drying was improved.


Interference of digital noise with integrated linear dipole antennas was investigated for inter-chip ultrawideband communication in Si ULSIs (ultra-large scale integrated circuits). Gaussian monocycle pulse signals were transmitted from a linear dipole antenna fabricated on a Si substrate to a receiving antenna fabricated on a separate substrate. Rectangular pulses, as digital noise for interference, were radiated from a transmission line fabricated on another Si chip which was inserted between the transmitting and receiving antennas. The received Gaussian monocycle pulses were distorted by the digital noise radiated from the other chip. It is found that the differential mode Gaussian monocycle pulse was effective in preventing interference.


A patient with Philadelphia (Ph1)‐negative, breakpoint cluster region (bcr)‐positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is reported. Pulsed‐field gel electrophoretic analysis demostrated the comigration of both ABL and BCR sequences on the same Bss1–111 and Sac11 fragment. Moreover, in situ hybridization studies demonstrated that ABL sequences had been moved from band 9q34 to 22q11 and that the additional t(12;12)(q13;p12) was not involved in the ABL/BCR related translocation. Neverthless, a possible role of oncogenes or regulatory sequences activated or inhibited by the additional translocation cannot be excluded.


FIELD: information technology. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to information technology, specifically to technical means of facilitating meetings of participants, located at a distance from each other, using video conferencing. Disclosed is a method for virtual meetings. Method comprises interaction of a plurality of ARM members, as well as at least one ARM competent speaker, in which control is performed for meeting with ARM competent speaker by acting on keyboard. Method includes forming a screen layout with at least two subsets of user interface elements corresponding to images of participants and conclusion differing established and controlled degree of importance to elements with a higher degree of significance and elements with a lower degree of significance. EFFECT: technical result is to increase process efficiency of management of meetings due to that all participants comply with elements of screen layouts that have varying degrees of importance. 20 cl, 3 dwg


Although the city of Melbourne began to feature increasingly in Australian films during the 1960s and 1970s, the role of the architectural background in developing the narrative and visual qualities of films, and the ways in which these visions of the cinematic city were shaped by the changes to the urban environment, have largely been ignored by commentators on the cinema. It is my intention in this thesis to examine a range of films made in Melbourne from the late 1950s through to the mid- 1980s, in order to illustrate that filmmakers were increasingly engaging with the built environment around them and were making sophisticated and insightful observations on modern and high-rise architecture that both transfixed them and repelled them. As Melbourne's high-rise buildings were one of the most public manifestations of modernity, filmmakers responses to and interpretations of the new architecture can provide insights into the ways that modernity, place and identity came together in a debate within the cinematic format.


Human development and social development are inherently linked,but Marxism is concerned about the development of the human person which is the essence of the development of the force,that is,the human ability to work and the development of social relations,human development is a process of social history,is an ideal goal of social development,social progress,human productivity continued to rise in people's social relations between the evolutionary process.Practice is the point of view of both the key to understanding,that is,they have the identity,but also has contradictions and conflicts.It is an eternal movement.


The Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror by Li Ru-Zhen,a novel with distinct self-consciousness about time,begins with an intentional dislocation of time to carry out the whole narration.The variety and versatility in dealing with the span and sequence of narrative time shows the writer's excellent narrative skill.In light of contemporary narratology and from the perspective of narrative time,this paper endeavors to unveil the creating codes and its unique narrative style lying behind the novel.


In Holmium laser lithotripsy, usually, the surgeon is guided by a visible beam superimposing the infrared (IR) treatment radiation. It has been shown that a green aiming beam excites stone autofluorescence. This fluorescence signal can be used for calculi detection to check the correct fiber position before triggering the IR laser, thus preventing damage to soft tissue and application devices. However, also the directly reflected green light from the fiber tip gives valuable information on fiber position and its surface condition.


This chapter traces the rise of an international movement to protect sea turtles during the postwar period. It explains how the economic changes brought on by the Second World War led the Caymanian government to envision and develop an alternative economy for its subjects when the turtle industry showed signs of distress. It also charts the development of oceanography and marine science in the years during and after the Second World War. This shift spurred awareness of ocean ecosystems and shaped the nascent marine environmentalism of the first wave of turtle scientists, including Archie Carr. It concludes with Carr's sea turtle research in Costa Rica and, more broadly, the greater Caribbean. The chapter argues that macrolevel changes coupled with the depletion of sea turtles forced turtlemen to end their generations' pursuit of green and hawksbill turtles in the 1970s.


In order to investigate the influence of concrete strength, slenderness ratio, and eccentricity on the ultimate bearing capacity, initial stiffness, and other mechanical properties of square high‐strength steel tubular medium–long column, a total of 11 square column specimens were designed and made. The compression tests were carried out, and the load–longitudinal deformation curve, load–deflection curve, longitudinal strain distribution curve of mid‐span section, and several failure modes of the composite column were obtained. Numerical simulations were conducted, and the results are in good agreement with the experimental results. It is found that the concrete strength has little effect on the initial stiffness of the square high‐strength concrete‐filled steel tubular medium–long column, and the ultimate bearing capacity and initial stiffness decrease with the increase of slenderness ratio and eccentricity, and the eccentricity has a particularly significant influence on the bearing capacity.


When I was young at school, in Cambodia, I only learnt the history of Cambodia from books which were written by French clerks during their domination from II August 1863 to 8 November 1953. I did not know the truth until I received the Memoirs of my grandmother and my great grand father from my dearest mother on the day of a very significant event in my life. The documents which recorded Cambodian history of the period of French occupation were written only by the French and portrayed a very benign and distorted history of the French colonization of France. There is therefore a need to provide a Cambodian perspective on the events of this period. My study documents the rise of the Cambodian Nationalist Movement through the memoirs of my grandmother, Princess Bophaphuong, and my great grand father, Prince Hassakan. I have focused especially on the period from 1880-1920, and in this thesis on my grandmother's journal. She was active in the education of girls and the maintenance and transmission of Cambodian cultural knowledge and practices. In her journals she described the secret classes of children in rural areas for girls conducted by the Nationalist Movement. I undertook this research through a process of collective biography and memory work in which I evoked the circumstances of the handing over of the memoirs during the uprising of the 1970s. During this time I memorized the memoirs. For my research I wrote the memoirs down in Cambodian and then translated them into English. This process required also extensive consultation of archival documents and private collection in order to verify names, places, events from memoirs. Through the process I found that the women who worked for the Nationalist Movement sacrificed their life for the nation. I learnt how my grandmother struggled to provide education without self interest, risked her life, spent her money, and her time, and sacrificed her personal life. They achieved the literacy of girls and lower class children, who then filled middle level positions in the public service which were previously only for the rich. They educated people in the traditional cultural practices of the royal ballet and silk weaving and knowledge of their meanings. I have concluded that the princesses, and especially my grandmother, played an important role in maintaining Cambodian cultural knowledge and practices throughout the French colonization of Cambodia. This is the role that I have continued in Australia today.


The invention relates to a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) Portal authentication method and system and a Portal server. The method comprises the following steps: a BRAS (Broadband Remote Access Server) receives an HTTP request, which is sent out by a user terminal after the user terminal is connected with a WiFi network, and redirects the HTTP request to the URL (Uniform/Universal Resource Locator) address of a Portal login page, wherein a BRAS parameter is inserted in the URL address; the Portal server receives an HTTP session access request, which is sent out by the user terminal based on the redirected URL address, and judges whether the URL address carries with the BRAS parameter or not; the Portal server extracts the BRAS parameter from the URL address if the URL address carries with the BRAS parameter; the Portal server interacts with the BRAS based on the extracted BRAS parameter so as to finish login authentication of a user. The Portal server provided by the invention can directly locate the BRAS according to a bras parameter in a URL, thereby not only improving the authentication efficiency, but also solving the problem that the adjustment that an NAS (Network Access Server) mapping table is not flexible enough.


262. Clinical Aspects of Progesterone Metabolism. By A. KLOPPER. Ann. Osrer. Ginec., 82,421. Apr. 1960. 15 figs. A new and much more amuate method of estimation of urinary pregnanediol has been devised and this has been used to study the metabolism of progesterone. A surprising finding was the presence of appreciable It was decided that this was a by-product of corticosterone metabolism by showing that after a two-stage adrenalectomy pregnanediol was no longer found in the dso in the absence of the adrenals, administration of A.C.T.H. no longer stimulated increase of pregnanediol excretion. Studies of the conversion of progesterone to pregnanediol showed that when progesterone is injected 11 to 14 per Cent of it excreted as progesterone. No evidence could be found of the "progesterone priming" described by Some authors. In a few cases however the conversion rate falls well below the usual 1 1 to 14 per cent. Reduction of progesterone to pregnanediol and subsequent conjugation of the latter with glycuronic acid is believed to take place in the liver. Study of patients with severe liver damage such as acute hepatitis or metastatic carcinoma showed normal pregnanediol excretions. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY


This article focuses on the use of performance measurement in public budgeting. Based on a national survey of county governments, it finds that governments use performance measurement in a wide range of budgeting areas. The results also show that performance measurement users are experiencing technical obstacles in conducting performance analysis and obtaining support from legislatures and citizens. The article concludes that analytical competency and political support increase the use of performance measurement in budgeting, which leads to a more efficient, effective, and accountablegovernment.


BACKGROUND: Although there is advancement in the health-care system, the rates of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are still high. Poor hand hygiene (HH) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is identified as one of the major causes of HAIs. AIMS: The aim and objective of this study is to assess the awareness and attitude regarding hand hygiene (HH) among HCWs in a superspecialty hospital in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A cross-sectional, semi-structured, questionnaire-based study was carried out in a superspecialty hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India. Questionnaires were distributed on the training session of HH organized in the eve of World HH Day on May 5th, 2016. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total 104 questionnaires were distributed among various HCWs. Each questionnaire was composed of 14 questions to test the awareness and attitude regarding HH. Awareness regarding HH among HCWs was graded as excellent (>80% correct response), satisfactory (80%–50%), and unsatisfactory (<50%). Attitude was graded on the basis of their response: excellent (strongly agree), satisfactory (agree), and unsatisfactory (other response). RESULTS: Awareness was found to be unsatisfactory regarding the most frequent source of germs in hospital setting (39.42%) and effective time of proper hand rub (42.30%). Lack of awareness regarding adequate time of hand wash among doctors (85.71%) was an important issue.


Usage of Turkish folk dances of the amasya region in violin education, folk dances are traditional dances in which the common feelings and thoughts of the people have been reflected by movement, rhythm, melody and meaningful physical movements for centuries.The subject of the study is the use of the violin instrument, which has sound boundaries, technical capacity, impressive and powerful expression features within the scope of instrument education in the music education, in the violin education and teaching process and the non-verbal Turkish folk dance melodies which are inseparable parts of our cultural values.In this context, various works have been carried out to make folk music melodies, one of the components of our cultural heritage, suitable for violin education by adhering to the essence of original tunes in order to teach musical expression, left and right hand techniques within the framework of violin education. In this context, in order to teach folk songs melodies, musical expression, left and right hand techniques, which are part of our cultural heritage, various works have been done to make it suitable for violin education by adhering to the essence of original tunes. Turkish folk dance melodies of Amasya region, which are considered appropriate to adapt to violin training and suitable for violin training, constitute the sample group of the research.


The occurrence of running or laughing phenomena in the course of an epileptic attack has been known for many years. Erastus' in 1581 first described "an epileptic patient who ran for half an hour in a state of disturbed consciousness." I n 1619, Bootius2 used the term "epilepsia cursiva" for the first time to characterize the phenomenon of running as a symptom of a paroxysmal disorder. Trousseau3 and F&k4 are usually cited as giving the first reports of epileptic laughter. However, Erastus' described a girl, "if left to herself, she laughed, talked to strange things, and after the paroxysm had no memory of it." Daly and Mulder5 coined the term "gelastic epilepsy" to emphasize that laughter characterized the attacks. The occurrence of either gelastic or cursive phenomena is uncommon and the concurrence in the same patient is extremely rare. To establish the incidence of these forms of epilepsy we have reviewed a series of 5000 consecutive cases of epilepsy, studied at this epilepsy center over a 12 year period. We found that 16 or 0.32 percent of the cases had laughing or running epilepsy. This incidence of 0.32 percent of the cases is probably higher than the percentage that occurs in the total population of epileptics; the cases studied in the center are predominantly complex examples of epilepsy with a high incidence of temporal lobe seizures. The only earlier report in the literature of a patient having both running and laughing features is by Sisler, Levy and Roseman,'j but these components occurred in different seizure episodes. Of the 16 cases in our series, eight haa laughing epilepsy, six had running epilepsy and two had both laughing and running epilepsy. Table 1 presents the pertinent clinical and laboratory features of our 16 cases. There is


The problem of batch generation of orthonormal Hermite-Gaussian-like eigenvectors separately for each eigenspace of the DFT matrix F is reconsidered. The singular value decomposition (SVD) technique is applied to a matrix whose columns are nonorthogonal eigenvectors lying in one eigenspace. Moreover this key matrix is allowed to be rank-deficient which necessitates the adoption of the notion of matrix pseudoinverse in order to find optimal orthonormal basis of that eigenspace. The contributed Revised Direct Batch Evaluation by constrained Optimization Algorithm using the notion of matrix Pseudoinverse (RDBEOAP) has been shown to give reasonable results for large values of the order N of matrix F - where the key matrix becomes rank deficient - compared to a similar technique (RDBEOA) based on the assumption that the key matrix has full rank.


Forty-eight soybean varieties/lines along with resistance and susceptibility checks were grown at the National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand in a randomized complete block design with three replications. At physiological maturity, soybean pods were harvested and subjected to incubator weathering, controlled deterioration and electrical conductivity tests to evaluate the seed quality. Soybean seed physical characteristics, including seed coat percentage, seed weight and seed coat color were also investigated. Two sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) primers, Eaag/Mcac-233 and Eact/Mctt-157, previously reported to link with a quantitative trait locus (QTL) that controlled field weathering resistance, were used to amplify the DNA of the 50 soybean varieties/lines. The results revealed that 48 soybean varieties/lines were significantly different in seed quality and seed physical characteristics. They were classified into four groups: resistant, moderately resistant, moderately susceptible and susceptible to field weathering, according to the average germination percentage after incubator weathering and controlled deterioration. The overall field weathering resistance was found to correlate with seed quality and seed physical characteristics. The two highest correlation coefficients were found between field weathering resistance and germination percentage after incubator weathering (r = 0.898**) and controlled deterioration (r = 0.888**). The two SCAR primers were able to differentiate between resistance and susceptibility checks but were unable to classify field weathering resistance in 48 soybean varieties/lines. It was concluded that the two markers were not appropriate for evaluating field weathering resistance in the soybean varieties/lines.


This volume commemorates a century of Italia Pontificia by offering twenty-five contributions in German, Italian, and French on the history of the papacy in Italy. Each contribution ends with a summary, usually in a second language.Three articles compose the first of six sections.The first, by Michael Matheus, is on the German Historical Institute in Rome and Paul Kehr's study of papal documents.The second is a greeting by Cardinal Raffaele Farina of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.The third, by Klaus Herbers, considers the various geographical or boundary terms that bear on the contents of the Italia Pontificia, used in Italy in the early Middle Ages, particularly from the ninth through twelfth centuries.


Summary An attempt was made to reduce the microbial load of unpasteurized fresh egg white by using cross-flow microfiltration and a Tetra-Laval bactocatch installation. Cross-flow tangential microfiltration of liquid fresh egg white was not feasible as there was irreversible membrane clogging within a few minutes of operation. As membrane clogging could have been caused by ovomucin, this protein was removed from whole fresh egg white by increasing the salt strength and lowering the pH. Ovomucin-depleted egg white (ODEW) was successfully microfiltered on the same membrane. Compared to fresh egg white, ODEW had lower foaming and viscous properties, and these properties remained unchanged after bactofiltration. The reduction of microbial load was, however, relatively low.


The stable surrounding rock is the key to ensuring tunnel availability in weakly cemented strata. In recent years, the joint support scheme of "steel beam + anchor net rope + grouting" was proposed based on numerical analysis, laboratory tests, and field tests, which was efficient in the short term. However, the effect of time and environment on the support structure was neglected. The weakly cemented mudstone was sensitive to water, with disintegration soaking up water and consolidation losing water. In this paper, analogy-based remolded soil puts forward the structural restrengthening of damaged mudstone. It was believed that when the clay content of a rock mass exceeded the critical proportion, the restrengthened structure could be regained under certain conditions of consolidation stress and water content. On the one hand, the residual strength of broken mudstone can be improved; on the other hand, pores and cracks are filled with minerals, restraining further water absorption. The structural strengthening feasibility of damaged mudstone was verified based on the geological characteristics and microscopic and strength tests. It is found that restrengthening specimens form cementation on the contacts of broken blocks. The greater the consolidation stress and moisture content, the denser the structure and the higher the strength. The research contributes to supporting the construction of weakly cemented mudstone.


Internet services and applications have become an inextricable part of daily life, enabling communication and the management of personal information from anywhere. To accommodate this increase in application and data complexity, web services have moved to a multi tiered design wherein the web server runs the application front-end logic and data are outsourced to a database or file server. Presenting Double Guard, an Intrusion Detection System that models the network behavior of user sessions across both the front-end web server and the back-end database. By monitoring both web and subsequent database requests, it is possible to ferret out attacks that independent IDS would not be able


According to engineering and technical staffs' requirements in inter-multidisciplinary domains collaborative product design, design process modeling method and conflict resolution algorithm are both put forward. The actual needs are deeply analyzed for multidisciplinary collaborative product design. By means of a third-party data file conversion format-.3D, a collaborative design mode and its framework structure are respectively presented based on a product sharing view model. For the design schemes of multiple users' collaborative activities process, a conflict resolution algorithm of design requests is also implemented. Finally, based on the J2EE architecture, a lightweight virtual network environment is developed to support collaborative design process, and its application validation work is also discussed. The feasibility and effectiveness method and architecture proposed have been also testified reasonable.


The Departments of Energy and Defense have joined forces to devise an innovative approach to acquiring more efficient unitary air conditioners that minimize life-cycle cost through improved technology. The resulting procurement solicitation challenges manufacturers to offer products with reduced life-cycle cost, taking into account both the initial prices of their units and the costs of their ongoing electric consumption. Competing products are evaluated according to a formula that reflects both full- and part-load efficiencies under a simulated set of time-varying climate conditions. The authors will report on the progress of the procurement, including the choice of target product based on market prospects and technology readiness, development of the technical specifications and electric consumption simulator, approaches to administrative and procedural challenges, responses from manufacturers, and plans for product promotion in the future.


W ith the advent of the standards movement, most states have produced statewide tests that evaluate children's understanding of expository science text. Expository texts are designed to explain, describe, or present a logical argument. Usually, the purpose of expository texts is to present new information. Based on their review of numerous studies, McInnes, Humphries, Hogg-Johnson, and Tannock (2003) concluded that children do not have sufficient exposure to such informational text in the early grades (Caswell & Duke, 1998; Duke, 2003). Yet children learn to interact more productively with expository texts as they gain more experience with them (Duke & Kays, 1998). Therefore, educators are being urged to read not only storybooks but also informational books aloud to children, to discuss these books with children, and to guide children in understanding the different features and expectations for readers that are associated with expository texts (Jalongo, 2006, in press). Reading science expository texts is as important in the intermediate grades as it is in the primary grades. The pressure of state-mandated tests throughout the United States has compelled elementary school teachers to incorporate more expository text activities into the curriculum. This article describes a research-based strategy referred to as "Talking Drawings" (McConnell, 1993), which can be easily incorporated into science curricula in the intermediate grades. Talking Drawings enables children to combine their prior knowledge about a topic with new information derived from expository text. The students translate recently acquired understandings into illustrations and then further elaborate their understandings through discussion with partners. In this article, the Talking Drawings strategy is demonstrated through intermediate students' study of rain forests. In this scenario, a definition of Talking Drawings connects the symbol system of drawing with writing, develops oral language skills, and fosters listening comprehension. Additional Talking Drawings examples are included, which reflect students' misconceptions and understandings regarding topics of space and oceanography. Finally, a summary outlines methods of implementing Talking Drawings in intermediate science classes. The pressure of state-


Various compositions of cadmium-tin alloy electrodeposits were obtained from tetrafluoboric acid salt baths, to which several kinds of addition agents had been added.The compositions of these alloys depended upon bath composition, temperature, current density, and the condition of stirring.No red rust spots appeared on the cadmium-tin alloy deposits containing about 95% of cadmium, which had been electrodeposited on iron base. It was confirmed by salt spray test, CASS test, and exposure test that the same composition alloy had the highest corrosion resistance.In comparison between corrosion resistances of alloy electrodeposits of about 10μ in thickness and zinc or cadmium deposits having the same thickness, it was proved by all the corrosion tests that the former had the highest corrosion resistance.


Our objectives were to better define the rates and determinants of in‐hospital and 1‐year mortality after hip fracture. We studied a population‐based cohort of 3981 hip fracture patients. Using multivariable regression methods, we identified risk factors for mortality (older age, male sex, long‐term care residence, 10 prefracture co‐morbidities) and calculated a hip fracture‐specific score that could accurately predict or risk‐adjust in‐hospital and 1‐year mortality. Our methods, after further validation, may be useful for comparing outcomes across hospitals or regions.


The advancement and proliferation of computer networks nowadays have prompted for a concern on the issue of security of the whole network operation. The concern applies to both business and academic computer network environments. This paper describes our research about ranking possible network security threats in academic administrative local area network. In the research, the Delphi method which involve formation of a team of experts, is adopted to obtain the ranking order of the possible security threats. The network security threats are ranked in terms of severity and probability of happening. The response from the Delphi team is then sorted using two methods, namely the Comparison Risk Ranking and Simple Summation Method. The ranking of threats will then be used for further investigation regarding those network security threats.


Zeolite X were successfully synthesized from bentonite from Lopburi province, in Thailand using the two-step of hydrothermal method under optimum condition without calcination. The first step of hydrothermal were obtained at 200 °C for 3 h to remove unreacted impurity minerals such as quartz and muscovite. The secondary step of hydrothermal were obtained at 90 °C for 120 h for synthesis of zeolite X. The characterization of zeolite X were examined by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), respectively. The crystal structure of product was determined as zeolite X by XRD. The morphology of SEM images for zeolite X is octahedral shape. FTIR spectra are in accordance with the other characterization results.


'PANDEMIC': A word which shook the whole world due to the fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - coronavirus-2 (CoV-2) outbreak in Wuhan, China which affected myriad lives worldwide till date. These numbers are increasing rapidly causing an inevitable rise in autopsy cases. Many reputed organizations stepped forward and released guidelines regarding the post-mortem examination in suspected COVID-19 cases. At present we are equipped with various such guidelines. Centre of Disease Control (CDC), Royal College of Pathologists (RCP) and WHO guidance are considered worldwide which elaborate the risks, precautions and safety measures for the Health care worker. In India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has framed the guidelines on dead body management. The following article is a review of the guidelines given by various apex bodies with a pragmatic approach regarding applicability and feasibility in the Indian scenario with certain recommendations. © 2021. Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. All rights reserved.


Experimental results have confirmed the presence of impulsive (heavy-tailed) noise in different wireless communication channels. In direct sequence-code division multiple accesses (DS-CDMA) systems, the signals are transmitted over multipath channels that introduce fading. Multipath fading along with multiple access interference (MAI) and inter-symbol interference (ISI) in impulsive noise environment degrades the system performance. This paper presents a technique for blind multiuser detection in DS-CDMA communication systems over Nakagami-m fading channels with impulsive non- Gaussian noise. Expression for average probability of error of an M-decorrelator is derived for the demodulation of BPSK signals over single-path Nakagami-m fading channel. A new M -- estimator is proposed for robustifying the detector and its performance is studied and analyzed by evaluating probability of error with the derived expression. Simulation results indicate that the proposed blind multiuser detector performs better in highly impulsive noise environment.


Welcome to this special issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Characteristically, each new issue is devoted to a particular theme of relevance to thrombosis and hemostasis. The current issue focuses on new approaches to patient diagnosis and treatment monitoring of global hemostasis. The concept and application of global hemostasis has been with us for some time and is now undergoing resurgence due to renewed interest and improved methodologies and instrumentation. This is perhaps best reflected by thromboelastography (TEG), which considers most aspects of hemostasis, including coagulation as well as the fibrinolytic components. Hence this methodology is the primary focus of the current issue. In addition, global hemostasis can be represented by other methodologies, such as thrombin generation and overall hemostasis potential, and a selection of articles covering these topics is also included in this issue. Standardization is critical when it comes to global hemostatic tests, particularly in clinical scenarios where decision making regarding diagnosis and management is of utmost importance. Accordingly, this issue includes a selection of articles that deal with standardization issues, quality assurance, and quality control from different perspectives. These approaches, for global hemostatic tests as well as other tests of hemostasis, validate test performance and ensure that results are correct. Because tissue factor is a key player in triggering hemostasis, this issue also provides an article discussing the contribution of tissue factor to global hemostatic assays. In the area of global hemostasis, animal studies have contributed greatly to our understanding of TEG and other global hemostatic assays and have highlighted the value of such studies at both clinical and experimental levels, so this issue also includes an overview of the veterinary experience for TEG. Some of the more critical areas for TEG are its utilization in trauma patients, pregnancy and its complications, and potentially in hemophilia monitoring. Accordingly, this issue offers selected articles in cover these specific areas. As guest editor for this issue, I hope you make the most of this ''global dose'' of hemostasis and find this update both profitable and enjoyable. Wegner and Popovsky begin this issue with the critical statement that in hemostasis ''one size does not fit all.'' Indeed, using TEG (a vesicohemostatic assay [VHA] available since 1948) is quite different than other conventional tests because it monitors the various phases of clot formation and lysis time from the time of initial clot formation, including the rate of clot development, maximum clot strength, and clot lysis. This provides the clinician with a tool for making informed therapeutic decisions. Currently, two VHA devices are available for clinical use, the TEG (Thromboelastograph; Haemoscope Corp., Niles, IL, USA) and the ROTEM (Rotation Thromboelastometer; Pentapharm GmbH, Munich, Germany). Both devices measure the changes in a clot's physical properties by monitoring the movement of a pin suspended in activated blood, but with some small technical differences. Sample types and other modifiers play a role in the speed and type of kinetics of generation of a clot including tissue factor, kaolin and corn trypsin inhibitor. In addition to the standard technique, the TEG-based PlateletMapping assay (Haemoscope Corp., Niles, IL) discussed by the authors has helped predict the bleeding risk in acute cases by measuring platelet responsiveness to adenosine diphosphate while the patient receives drugs like clopidogrel. The article provides a rich overview of the clinical application of TEG in bleeding and thrombotic disorders and projects this to improved decisions regarding the appropriate treatment of those hemostatic abnormalities. The article that follows by Chitlur and Lusher discusses the first serious worldwide effort toward standardization of TEG with respect to preanalytical and analytical factors. Up until 2005, a major criticism of this technology was that it is not well standardized and that different investigators use different techniques and sample modifiers that make comparison of data difficult. Chitlur and Lusher update us on the work in progress in this regard. The article explains how the international TEG/ROTEM Working Group was formulated and provoked interest in performing standardization exercises. Twelve laboratories from


TIE anaerobic synthesis of creatinephosphate in unpoisoned, dialysed muscle extract was demonstrated by Ostern et al. [1935], Needham & van Heyningen [1935] and Lehmann [1935]. The mechanism suggested for this reaction is the transfer of organic phosphate from phosphopyruvic acid to adenylic acid and hence to creatine according to the following scheme:


readily ascertainable. We know how municipal law, the ordinary law of States, has been a development through centuries and how essentially it constitutes the ultimate codification of what the best practice through a period of time has already sanctioned. There is thus inevitably, in international relations, a period when one must look to the best practice as the test of what is proper, and when one cannot turn to some concrete codification such as our present statute law.


In this study, we first prepared 3 kinds of powders with different molecular masses from the crude protein-bound polysaccharide extract of Agraricus blazei Murill through ultrafiltration, followed by spray-drying. Then, the antitumor activities of the powders were analyzed. Size exclusion chromatography coupled with a multi-angle laser-light-scattering system showed the 3 powders had the following molecular ranges: below 10 kDa (SD-1), 10 to 150 kDa (SD-2), and above 150 kDa (SD-3), representing peak molecular weights of 8.26×10 3 , 9.65×10 4 , and 5.94×10 6 g/mol, respectively. All the powders stimulated macrophage RAW264.7 cells to produce nitric oxide, of which SD-2 and SD-3 were superior to the crude extract powder (CP-SD), while SD-1 showed the lowest activity. Similar results were found for their cytotoxicities against human cancer cell lines (A549, MCF-7, and AGS), where the highest activity was obtained with the SD-2 treatment for 72 hr at 1,000 μg/mL. The MCF-7 cell line was less sensitive to the powders than the other cells. From this research we found that ultrafiltration, in combination with spray-drying, is applicable for preparing protein-bound polysaccharide powders with higher antitumor activities.


I ,» S• • LBL-13341 NURtG/CR-2910 THERMAL IMPACT OF WASTE EMPLACEMENT AND SURFACE COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE J. S. Y. Wang, D. C. Mangold, R. K. S p e n c e r , Earth Sciences D i v i s i o n Lawrence B e r k e l e y L a b o r a t o r y U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a Berkeley, California and C. F. Tsang August 1962 P r e p a r e d for High Level Waste T e c h n i c a l Development Branch D i v i s i o n of Vvrfute Management O f f i c e of N u c l e a r M a t e r i a l S a f e t y and S a f e g u a r d s U, S. N u c l e a r R e g u l a t o r y Commission Washington, D. C. 2055S T h i s work was s u p p o r t e d by t h e U. S. N u c l e a r R e g u l a t o r y ro;niiiission, through NRC FIN No. B 3109-0 under I n t e r a g e n c y Agreement DOE-50-80-97, t h r o u g h U. S. Department of I n e r g y C o n t r a c t No. DE-AC03-76SF00098.


A statistical description of heavy particles suspended in incompressible rough self-similar flows is developed. It is shown that, differently from smooth flows, particles do not form fractal clusters. They rather distribute inhomogeneously with a statistics that only depends on a local Stokes number, given by the ratio between the particles' response time and the turnover time associated to the observation scale. Particle clustering is reduced when increasing the fluid roughness. Heuristic arguments supported by numerics are used to explain this effect in terms of the algebraic tails of the probability density function of the velocity difference between two particles. These tails are a signature of events during which particle couples approach each other very closely.


approved: Robert S.5 eats Hydroacoustic tertiary (T-) waves are seismically generated acoustic waves that propagate over great distances in the ocean sound channel with little loss in signal strength. Hydrophone recorded T-waves can provide a lower earthquake detection threshold and an improved epicenter location accuracy for oceanic earthquakes than land-based seismic networks. Thus detection and location of NE Pacific ocean earthquakes along the Blanco Transform Fault (BTFZ) and Gorda plate using the U.S. Navy's SOSUS (SOund SUrveillance System) hydrophone arrays afford greater insight into the current state of stress and crustal deformation mechanics than previously available. Acoustic earthquake information combined with bathymetry, submersible observations, earthquake sourceparameter estimates, petrologic samples, and water-column chemistry renders a new tectonic view of the southern Juan de Fuca plate boundaries. Chapter 2 discusses development of seismo-acoustic analysis techniques using the well-documented April 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquake sequence. Findings include a hydrophone detection threshold estimate (M 2.4), and T-wave propagation path modeling to approximate earthquake acoustic source energy. Empirical analyses indicate that acoustic energy provides a reasonable magnitude and seismic moment estimate of oceanic earthquakes not detected by seismic networks. Chapters 3 documents a probable volcanogenic T-wave event swarm along a pull-apart basin within the western BTFZ during January 1994. Response efforts yielded evidence of anomalous water-column 'He concentrations, pillow-lava volcanism, and the first discovery of active hydrothermal vents along an oceanic fracture zone. Chapter 4 discusses the detection of a NE-SW trending microearthquake band along the mid-Gorda plate which was active from initiation of SOSUS recording in August 1991 through July 1992, then abruptly ceased. It is proposed that eventual termination of the Gorda plate seismicity band is due to strain reduction associated with the Cape Mendocino earthquake sequence. Chapter 5 combines bathymetric, hydro-acoustic, seismic, submersible, and gravity data to investigate the active tectonics of the transform parallel Blanco Ridge (BR), along the eastern BTFZ. The BR formation mechanism preferred here is uplift through strike-slip motion (with a normal component) followed by formation and intrusion of mantle-derived serpentinized peridotite into the shallow ocean crust. The conclusion considers a potential link between the deformation patterns observed along the BTFZ and Gorda plate regions. Copyright by Robert P. Dziak June 2, 1997 All Rights Reserved Acoustic Monitoring of Earthquakes Along the Blanco Transform Fault Zone and Gorda Plate and Their Tectonic Implications


The Israel–Palestine conflict is one of the most tenacious and polarizing conflicts in the world and, according to some analysts, one that is seemingly impossible to solve given the current input v...


Letter biscuits have been around for many decades, but digital image analysis are only beginning to find applications in the real world. Typing with letter biscuits is joyful for children, using image analysis one could create electronic activities that involves these biscuits, such activities could improve literacy among children. This paper take a statistical approach to automatically classify alphabet biscuits, applying known techniques from image analysis. Using the classifier, we then create a word reader that extracts words from an image of letter biscuits. Result wise, the final classifier performs near-perfect in the cross-validation, however it doesn't always identify all biscuits in a clean 'word-image'.


Aim. A single-center prospective cohort study was conducted to identify the factors determining the survival of patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) who were on the waiting list for liver transplantation. Material and Methods. A total of 112 patients were examined including 28 individuals who died within six months of followup. The mean score of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) was 26.4 ± 3.72 (16–36) among the deceased. Results. Compared to survivors, the deceased patients with end-stage liver diseases had higher incidences of complex heart rhythm disorders. These conditions include runs of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia, episodes of ventricular trigeminy, a higher number of supraventricular extrasystoles, and the changes in QTc interval duration and QTc interval dispersion. The study showed that compared to the liver transplant recipients that survived, the casualties showed some common characteristics such as lower values of tricuspid valve annular plane systolic excursion; increased values of right heart size, inferior vena cava diameter, peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity, and systolic pressure in the pulmonary artery; decreased ratio of transtricuspid flow velocity in the early diastole to flow velocity in the right atrial systole phase; and higher values of troponin I [0.60 (0.14–1.00) ng/mL vs. 0.24 (0.095–0.465) ng/mL, p = 0.024] and NTproBNP [125.0 (74.0–187.5) pg/mL vs. 82.0 (25.0–125.0) pg/mL, p = 0.011]. Conclusions. Heart rate, troponin I level, and NTproBNP value were identified as additional factors determining the risk of adverse outcomes in liver failure patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. The study resulted in the development of an informative and efficient mathematical model allowing for assessment of sudden death risk in liver failure patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation.


Electronic commerce presently occupies a distinguished position in companies and has had a significant impact on accounting activities in an extremely competitive digital economy. It is surely known that electronic commerce has come to stay and that it will undoubtedly affects the lives of all accounting professionals. This fact has generated a demand for new knowledgeable professionals in this field. This work presents the results of an investigation based on the study carried out by Rezaee et all and involve 32 Accounting programs(undergraduate and graduate) and 169 accounting practitioners in Brazil and concerns the perceived importance of electronic commerce and how it can be integrated in the curricula of accounting graduate/undergraduate programs in Brazil. Although the respondents agree on the perceived importance of e-commerce education for accountants and the methods of delivery of e-commerce education, the results shows that there are some differences between academicians and practitioners regarding about how several e-commerce topics should be offered in Accounting Curricula. These results can be used as subsidies in the restructuration of accounting curricula in Brazil. Educational institutions must produce qualified professionals in both the accounting area and technology in a digital economy if they intend to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of professional life.


Urban resilience is a powerful guarantee to promote high-quality urban development, and there is a strong relationship between it and the level of new urbanization. Taking a total of 16 cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle as an example, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system based on the two systems of urban resilience and new urbanization, comprehensively measures the urban resilience and new urbanization level and change trend of Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle from 2011 to 2019 by using entropy method model, and analyzes the evolution characteristics of coupling coordination degree of different levels of cities with the help of coupling coordination degree model. The results show that: (1) the top two cities in the level of urban resilience from 2011 to 2019 are Chongqing and Chengdu, but compared with the level of urban resilience, the urbanization level of 16 cities in Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle can not be seen from the classification of urban grade and scale; (2) During the study period, the coupling and coordination degree of urban resilience and urbanization in Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle is mostly in the state of near imbalance and slight imbalance; (3) From 2011 to 2019, the coupled coordinated dispatching of urban agglomeration in Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle showed a fluctuating upward trend, but there were great differences among cities at different grades, and the development was unbalanced.


Starting with the results obtained in a previous paper in which classical local U(1) gauge invariance in terms of the electromagnetic field strenghts instead of the usual formulation mediated by the four potential was introduced it is shown that using the gauge freedom associated with the third component of the magnetic field, previously obtained spinor equations of motion describe the internal dynamics of a free 1/2 spin particle suggesting a kinematic origin of its rest mass and helicity. The controversial Zitterbewegung (trembling motion) appears in a natural way as internal motion with the velocity of light. Such an interpretation is in contrast with the usual quantum mechanical explanation of transitions between positive and negative energy states.


A 66-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve disease was hospitalized because of pneumonia of the right lung with bilateral pleural effusions. Antibiotic therapy was initiated, and a chest tube was placed into the right pleural cavity. The patient responded well to the treatment and was discharged 3 weeks later. Echocardiography performed during hospitalization showed that mitral valve replacement was indicated, and 7 weeks later, the patient underwent minimally invasive surgery with implantation of an artificial heart valve. The operation was successful, but due to postoperative bleeding, an emergency thoracotomy with medial sternotomy became necessary. On the following day, the patient developed septic shock. An empyema of the left pleural cavity was identified as the most likely focus of infection, and pleural aspirates showed growth of Enterobacter cloacae, Enterococcus avium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans. Surgical revision including the placement of additional chest tubes and multiple lavages of the pleural cavity led to a clinical and radiological improvement. However, during the following weeks, the condition of the sternotomy wound deteriorated. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed signs of sternum osteomyelitis, and again, drainage of a distinct pleural empyema was required. Sternal swabs grew Candida albicans in large numbers. Because conservative therapy with fluconazole and vacuum-assisted closure systems failed to improve the osteomyelitis and the empyema could not be removed by drainage alone, rethoracotomy was performed on days 91 and 105, respectively. Biopsy specimens were obtained during the surgical removal of pleural fibrosis, and histological examination revealed several egg-like objects (Fig. 1). The patient had lived all his life in Germany and had traveled once to South Africa, 10 years previously. The differential blood count showed no eosinophilia, and IgE levels were normal. Sonography of the abdomen showed a slight hepatomegaly and normal findings for spleen and kidneys.


Background : Creative insubordination in mathematics education has been instituted as a research field that favours the development of pedagogical and training practices that fight oppression and social exclusion. Objectives : This article seeks to theoretically develop the concept of creative insubordination as an ethical act, establishing the importance of collective insubordination actions for the maintenance of their creations in defence of the oppressed and exploited. Design : Research in the philosophy of mathematics education is articulated with reflections on pedagogical practices in mathematics teaching from a critical-ontological and ethical perspective. Setting and Participants : This work reports the experience of teachers who teach mathematics in a popular education project. Data collection and analysis : we analysed three examples of creative and collective insubordination seeking to understand how these are characterised as ethical acts and the learning that we can obtain from them for our insubordinate actions in the teaching of school mathematics. Results : We conclude that insubordination is only creative if —and creations are insubordinate only if— it is an ethical act, i.e., a collective act. Therefore, the collective factor needs to be reinforced in research and in insubordinate proposals in mathematics teaching.


To the Editor:

I read with interest the article titled "Contrast-Induced Coronary No-Flow Phenomenon during Diagnostic Coronary Angiography," which appeared in the October 2011 issue of the Texas Heart Institute Journal. 1

The authors of this article present a case involving the sudden cessation of flow in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), ramus intermedius branch, and left circumflex coronary artery, which occurred during an injection into the left coronary artery. Presumably, this event occurred with the first injection into the left coronary artery, and it was associated with severe hypotension, widespread ST-segment elevation, and severe bradycardia. Subsequent angiography showed a normal appearance of the coronary arteries, after the patient recovered from the initial event. The authors claim that there was "spasm" in the proximal LAD and "stagnation of contrast medium in the left circumflex coronary artery, probably indicating microvascular spasm."

I suggest an alternative explanation for this event, namely, initial coronary artery air embolus syndrome.2

The characteristic features of this syndrome are as follows:

Sudden cessation of contrast flow occurs in multiple coronary branches simultaneously.

Air embolism occurs only with the first injection into the coronary artery, and it occurs because air has not been flushed from the catheter when it is first inserted into the coronary artery.

Usually, no air bubbles are seen, because air is not mixed with the contrast medium; rather, it precedes the entry of contrast into the coronary arteries. The quantity of air in the catheter is generally sufficient to produce angina, hypotension, and ischemic electrocardiographic changes. These events subside within about 5 minutes with or without treatment.

Subsequent injections through the same catheter will not demonstrate any delayed flow, because the air has already been flushed from the catheter with the first injection.

In summary, I suspect that this is a case in which initial coronary air embolus has been confused with coronary artery spasm.

Frederick A. Heupler, Jr., MD, FACC,

Director, Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio


Objective
To investigate the effect of mild hypothermia combined with Xingnaojing on the treatment and cognitive function of acute cerebral hemorrhage.

Methods
A retrospective study was performed on 80 cases of patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage who were admitted in EICU from May 2016 to May 2018.Patients were randomly divided into the physiotherapy group and the combined treatment group, with 40 cases in each group.Patients in the physiotherapy group were treated with brain-located mild hypothermia therapy, and the patients of the combined treatment group were treated with Xingnaojing injection on the basis of treatment in physiotherapy group.The therapeutic effect and cognitive function changes of the two groups were compared.

Results
There was no statistically significant difference in the volume of anterior cerebral edema and cerebral hematoma between the two groups (P>0.05). After treatment, the combined treatment group showed significant improvement in cerebral edema volume [(8.94±2.90)ml] and cerebral hematoma volume [(6.21±2.11)ml] compared with the physical treatment group [(13.67±4.01)ml and (9.93±1.77)ml], with statistically significant difference (P<0.05). After treatment, NHISS score in the combined treatment group (8.12±2.93)was lower than that in the physical therapy group (12.39±3.27), and MMSE score (57.21±6.14)was higher than that in the physical therapy group (23.67±5.01), (P<0.05). After treatment, endothelin levels [(51.43±5.21)pg/ml] in the combined treatment group were lower than those in the physiotherapy group [(67.89±6.12)pg/ml], and NO levels [(56.79±4.21)μmol/L] were higher than those in the physiotherapy group [(42.12±5.26)μmol/L], (P<0.05).

Conclusion
The clinical effect of mild hypothermia combined with Xingnaojing in the treatment of acute cerebral hemorrhage is significant, which can improve the cognitive function of patients and is safe and reliable.

Key words:
Brain-located mild hypothermia therapy; Xingnaojing injection; Acute cerebral hemorrhage; Clinical effect; Cognitive function


As a first step in developing a system for monitoring in-service strains in power plant piping systems, SORI developed and laboratory tested a biaxial, long-life, high-temperature strain transducer. The transducer used a variable shield capacitance principle, and in laboratory tests had a resolution of 20 ue (0.01% full range) and a drift rate of 6 ue/hour (0.003% full range) at 1100F. Its resolution and drift compared favorably with the best characteristics of commercially available uniaxial strain transducers. Also, the differential capacitance design provided for in-service calibration of the transducer. Future development of the strain monitoring system will include field evaluations in operating fossil and nuclear power plants.


Rotating hooklift is a large-capacity garbage truck,in this paper mathematical model is established and optimization is used firstly, in which the maximal force and the smooth movement of the mechanism are used as objective function for it to improve its capability. The result and the way of research in this paper are of some instructional value for this type of hooklift.


Objective: Teachers are at high risk for vocal disorders due to their intrinsic occupational requirements. Numerous studies have reported on the prevalence and risk factors. Less is known about teachers' ideas and attitudes. We aimed to explore teachers': 1) attitudes towards voice problems and 2) health seeking behavior. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted by cluster sampling method across 6 primary schools in Singapore in 2008. 214 full time teachers were recruited. Self-administered questionnaires were answered during each school's teachers meeting after informed consent. Results: A total of 89.9% of teachers agree that losing one's voice is an occupational hazard. A total of 92.8% agree that their profession depends on the health of their voices. A total of 79.6% think that attending voice workshops will help to prevent voice problems. A total of 65.4% have had taken medical leave for voice problems in the past 12 months, of which 9.3% of them had taken 6 days or more of leave. A total of 81.7% consulted a general practitioner, 3.6% an otolaryngologist, 0% a speech therapist, and 14.8% others. Conclusion: The surveyed teachers have very similar demographics compared with the national teaching population and are hence broadly representative. The results showed that teachers do value their voices and deem them essential for carrying out their professional duties. Productivity losses to the education system and emotional losses are real entities.


With the rapid development of multimedia network technology, the traditional teaching modes and learning styles have undergone profound changes. Collaborative learning is just a new teaching mode that comes into being under contemporary teaching circumstance. It is important to train students' cooperative spirit and innovative consciousness. But current collaborative learning system faces with some issues such as security of document. In this paper, we present a model of document security management in cooperative learning system. This scheme provides joint-mode authentication. It can choose authentication mode according to the need of documents' security level and simultaneously provide learning resource authentication.


The analysis of results of operative treatment of 60 patients with infected pancreonecrosis which current has become complicated by development of colonic fistulas is lead. Patients were distributed on groups depending on type of purulent-necrotic retroperitoneal damage, a level of affection of a colon and mortality. Fistulography, a computer tomography were used in diagnostics of infected pancreonecrosis and its complications. The closure of a colon fistula with withdrawal of protective intestinal stoma is the optimal operative intervention in case of colonic fistulas in conditions of infected pancreonecrosis. We give preference to Brook's or Tornball's variant of ileostomia with the subsequent restoration of an intestinal continuity in the scheduled order in process of knocking over of purulent process and the termination of function of a fistula. It is possible to approve, considering data in groups of patients which carried out deducing ileostoma, colostoma and rraphia of fistulas (with the least mortality 41,9 % in group of patients with ileostoma), that withdrawal of a colon from a passage at its damage is the justified surgical maneuver which may prevent the further retroperitoneal contamination.


On the sample of five forest management units, we analysed horizontal structure of beech stands by prevalent stand types. We used several diversity indices to describe horizontal stand structure (spatial distribution of trees and differentiation of their DBH). We checked if spatial distribution is influenced by site parameters and cutting intensity. Data was used from measurements on permanent sample plots of the Slovenia Forest Service. The results show mainly average DBH differentiation and random tree positions withsome tendency to clustered and regular arrangement. Trees in younger stages are prone to clustered distribution and their DBH differentiation is smaller. Small DBH differentiation in younger stages is caused by higher intensity of cutting and clustered arrangement is more common on steeper slopes. Several diversity indices can be calculated based on data from PSP, which are suitable mostly for sampling method of reference tree and its four nearest neighbours. A pattern of horizontal stand structure gives a more precise insight in stand structure and is also important when assessing stand stability, biodiversity, stand density and management impact.


The study examined perceptions of issues associated with inclusive education of 437 parents from a midwestern state in the United States who have a child with a mild, moderate, or severe disability. Parents responded to a modified form of the Opinions Related to Mainstreaming (ORM) Scale (Antonak & Larrivee, 1995) and provided additional written comments. Parents gave strong support to the inclusion concept from a legal and philosophical standpoint. They identified social and emotional outcomes as benefits of inclusion, yet were concerned about possible social isolation, negative attitudes, the quality of instruction, teacher training and skills, and support from teachers and from other parents. Several background variables were related to attitudes. Stronger support for inclusion was given by parents of younger children, children with mild disabilities, parents who reported not knowing their child's education placement, and those with college education. Implications for practices and future research are discussed.


Ismail Fatagar Widayanto, 2010. BUILD SMS GATEWAY OF
HOSPITAL BILLING. D3 Studies Program Computer Science Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta.
Clients often have difficulty to find information about the hospital. This is
caused by the client must come to the hospital information to find important
information. SMS (Short Message Service) on mobile phones offer a low cost and
convenience can reduce above problems. This service is suitable to be applied in
the billing data search.
The aim of this thesis is to build a hospital billing SMS Gateway. This
system uses Gammu for bridging mobile phone with a computer server, using
MySQL as data storage, and to design interfaces using Delphi. The results from
the manufacture of hospital billing SMS Gateway is a system that can provide the
information contained in the hospital.
Keyword : SMS Gateway, Hospital billing


This paper estimates the numbers of larval herring and other larval fishes during 1965-68 in a constricted channel of the Sheepscot River estuary of Maine. The basis for the estimates is that the sampling gear (buoyed and anchored nets) was effective, the channel was the center of a persistent larval concentration and the sampling design examined those factors that were significant in the accumulation and concentration of the larvae. The average number of larval herring estimated to occupy the channel during a single over night sampling varied from 0.2 to 9*1 million. The total number of all larval fishes including herring varied from 9-7 to 35-1 million. An estimate of the value of the larval herring in the channel was made by assuming that the peak number within the channel in the spring became juveniles and were canned as sardine herring. Although there are objections to such an assumption these are countered by other factors, especially when the valuation is applied to the channel as a nursery ground. The average number of cases of canned sardines expected from the larval estimates would be 13,000 per year. At current wholesale and retail prices these sardines would be valued at $260,000 and $598,000 respectively. Introduction: Coastal embayments and estuaries may be referred to as nursery grounds because many species of young fishes and invertebrates inhabit these areas. One such species is the Atlantic herring, Ctupea harengus higu83 Linnaeus, which commonly inhabits the coastal waters of Maine (Fig. 1). In autumn, larval herring hatch along the coast between the headlands and the 50 fm. isobath and many subsequently enter the bays and estuaries. By early winter this inshore movement ceases, but with the onset of spring, a second movement begins involving the remaining larvae hatched the previous autumn along the coast and probably some which hatched beyond the coastal shelf. By late spring to early summer all of the larvae are inshore where they assume their juvenile form (Graham, Chenoweth, and Davis 1972, Davis and Graham 1970). These juvenile herring, about 5 to 10 cm long, are recruited to the sardine fishery of Maine for the first time the following autumn as one-yearold fish. The next summer, as two-year-old fish about 12 to 20 cm long, they are the major contributors to the fishery. Often large accumulations of larval fishes occur within the shore ward portions of lower estuaries where the channels become narrow and shallow, thus concentrating the larvae. Concentrations of larval herring have been studied in the Sheepscot and Damariscotta estuaries (Graham, Chenoweth and Davis 1972) and Sullivan Harbor (Graham and Bickford, unpublished), and catches have also been obtained indicating that larval herring may concentrate within the estuaries of the New Meadows and Piscataqua Rivers (Graham and Venno, 1968). To demonstrate the importance of one sucli concentration we estimated the number of larval herring within a channel of the Sheepscot estuary and approximated their monetary value to the sardine fishery of Maine and to the public.