The article provides the arguments in favor of interaction inclusion in the category of constitutional principles based on the analysis of doctrinal approaches, international acts and the constitutional texts of Western European countries and CIS countries. The comparison of the approaches of this group of states in the constitutional use of "cooperation" and "interaction" led to the conclusion that they often act as synonyms. At that, only the "cooperation" of states has the status of a formalized principle. It was revealed that the constitutions of the West European states associate interaction with the nonpublic sphere, in the constitutions of the CIS countries - with the state public institutions, which are mainly the functional triad of state power, but not limited by them. Considering that the interaction of the authorities divided by the principle of power separation, provides the unity of state power, we believe it is expedient to recognize the cooperation as a constitutional principle.


Objectives: To identify the factors that may influence survival in patients on chronic hemodialysis at a private hospital in Brazil. Methods: In this study, 99 patients in the CDE (Hemodialysis Unit of


ABSTRACT In this paper, our purpose is to investigate policy informing texts and discourses referencing transgender equality and gender diversity in the Western Australian education system. Drawing on scholarship from transgender, queer and policy studies, we highlight the interplay of progressive and conservative forces affecting the Western Australian education system's commitment to supporting transgender and gender non-binary students. Based on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) project, the paper constructs a Western Australian case study, which threads together the critical examination of policy informing texts, qualitative interview data and media discourses surrounding public narratives, such as the Safe School Coalition Australia's attempt to implement a school program, which builds awareness about gender and sexual diversity. Emerging through the material, discursive and spatial elements of locales and networks, our case study has the potential to deepen knowledge regarding the heuristic capacity of employing policyscape as an analytic category. In this vein, we draw attention to the possibilities and challenges for re-conceptualizing gender and providing trans-affirmative school spaces that promote equality.


Economic activities, population growth, as well as global climate change, have increased pressure on water resources in Nicaragua. This is reflected in a decrease in the availability and the loss of quality of these resources. Consequently, local governments have formed strategic alliances with international organizations and academic institutions to produce basic information necessary for the creation and implementation of land use plans, in order to prepare for future water demands. Tourism development in the coastal strip of the municipality of Tola has produced changes in land use, lack of protection of recharge areas of aquifers, the potential risk of seawater intrusion by over-pumping of groundwater in the coastal zone, and problems with solid waste disposal. The results of this study indicate water availability in both, surface and groundwater, in the three coastal watersheds studied, although its quality has been affected by the presence of fecal material in water wells, and carbamate pesticide residues in rivers. The Family Biotic Index by Hilsenhoff showed that the water is relatively poor in the upper and middle sections of the 3 watersheds. A new species for Nicaragua's South Pacific ( Theodoxus sp. ) was identified, and one first reported in 1972 in San Juan del Sur ( Trinectes fonsecensis ). Although water is available in quantity, problems of quality restrict its use for human consumption; so it is necessary to raise public awareness of the municipality in terms of protection, cleanliness and proper use of water resources. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/uyc.v5i8.314 Universidad y Ciencia No 8 Ano 5 2010 13-21


Starting from general requirements for repeatable measurements and correct assessment of current emissions which originate from low-voltage (LV) apparatus in the range 2–9 kHz, this paper proposes an artificial network (AN), addresses its manufacturing criteria and reports test results gained with a first prototype. The AN is expected to be connected between the test voltage (230 V/50 Hz), e.g. the common LV supply system, and the equipment under test (EUT). It comprises only three resistors, three reactors and one capacitor in each phase and causes only small losses. Moreover, the dampening of distortions in the range 2–9 kHz by the AN is high in both directions. Therefore, this circuitry both isolates the EUT from distortion of the power source and preserves the power quality of the supply system.


The recent ubiquitous/pervasive technologies allow general household appliances to be connected within the network at home. The home network system (HNS, for short) is comprised of such networked appliances to provide various services and applications for home users. The great advantage of HNS lies in integrating (or orchestrating) features of multiple appliances, which yields more value-added and powerful services. We call such services HNS integrated services. In developing and providing a HNS integrated service, the service provider must guarantee that the service is safe for inhabitants, house properties and their surrounding environment. As for the HNS integrated services, however, we have to consider the safety much more carefully. This paper presents a systematic method that can derive the verifiable safety properties from a given HNS model and hazard contexts. Specifically, we propose the HNS Hazard Analysis Model (HNS-HAM) for deriving safety properties with conducting a goal-oriented analysis. The analysis yields cause-and-effect chains from the abstract hazard contexts to the concrete attributes and operations of HNS objects (appliances, services, and environment). Then the safety properties and their responsible operations are derived from the complete model, which give the strong rationale of the safety of the HNS. On the other hand, to make the proposed method more practical, it is necessary to save the analysis cost while appliances and services in the HNS are added or changed. For this, we have also proposed the notion of the hazard template, which characterizes the generic portion of the HNS-HAM. For every hazard context, the hazard template is supposed to be constructed once by the safety experts. The template can be reused for various kinds of the HNS objects for the common hazard context. The reusable templates make it possible to save the analysis cost and improve the quality of the HNS-HAM.


This paper describes the Conversations Led by Clients (CoLeC) model as practiced at several Bulgarian and Russian helping institutions as a development of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). The model emphasizes therapeutic conversations as something that has to follow step by step from the clients' enquiries. The questions include the mind-activating Question (MAQ): What do you think is the most useful question you can hear from me now? (or at our next session?); the time-oriented question: What do you think is most useful to talk about now: past, present or future?; the multiple-choice question: Which of these questions do you think is best for you right now? (from a list provided by the therapist); and the delayed-answers question: If client has no current answer, ask them to think about the question until the next session and propose self-questioning activities. CoLeC, being a step beyond some therapeutic models, is an initial effort to assist helping professionals find answers to this quite different question, "How should this client's conversation with me be?" This makes it the beginning of a qualitatively new attitude to what we, as professionals, do. We hope that many, young and new to the profession, will not only join in, but also help further this way of thinking and doing as we see these types of conversations with clients, useful.


In numerical simulations studying preheating in the classical approximation there is the problem how to derive the classical initial conditions from the quantum vacuum fluctuations. In past treatments, the initial conditions often put an energy density into the classical field of order of the cutoff, lead-ing to a divergent temperature after thermalization. We suggest a solution to the problem which follows naturally from a Hartree ensemble approximation, introduced recently as an improvement over the standard Hartree approximation. We study the effects on particle numbers of the various treatments, within the context of 'tachyonic preheating' in 1+1 dimensional ϕ 4 theory.


The utility model discloses a high-power battery device assembled by single battery cores. The high-power battery device comprises a plurality of single battery cores and electric connecting pieces, wherein all the single battery cores are electrically connected through the electric connecting pieces; the high-power battery device is characterized by also comprising a battery core frame, wherein the single battery cores are defined in the battery core frame and are arranged at intervals; the battery core frame comprises an upper panel and a lower panel which correspond to the heads of the two ends of the single battery cores respectively; the upper panel and the lower panel are provided with through holes; the positions of the through holes are in one-to-one correspondence with the positions of the battery cores; the electric connecting pieces cover the upper panel and the lower panel and are electrically connected with electric output parts on the corresponding sides of the single battery cores. Compared with the prior art, the high-power battery device has the advantages that the shock resistance and the stability are improved, and the shedding of welding spots can be effectively avoided.


As evidenced by a recent analysis of the color SU(2) gauge model, three- quark forces may be important in the formation of baryons. These forces are derived from the self-interaction of the field quanta (gluons) that are being emitted or absorbed by the static sources (quarks). The resulting three-body potential is shown to be nonvanishing only if all three bodies are close together, and it is shown to be attractive if both quark and gluon masses are generated via the Higgs mechanism. (AIP)


Matrix multiplication algorithms are very common and widely used for computation in almost any field. There are many implementations for matrix multiplication on different platforms and programming models. GPU devices in the recent years have become powerful computational units that have entered the segment of high performance computing. In this paper we are analysing two approaches for the matrix multiplication algorithm with and without border conditions for parallel GPU execution.


The proportion of transgender population is growing. In Italy, the only available study dates back to 2011 and focuses on adult transgender population who underwent gender-affirming surgical treatment, thus underestimating transgender population size. Studies on the general population represent an urgent health issue.

 A population-based study using a self-administered on-line questionnaire filled out anonymously was carried out. The survey included assessments of socio-demographic characteristics. Gender incongruence (GI) was evaluated by using the 2-item approach assessing gender assigned at birth and gender identity (male, female, both, neither, other). For people who identified as transgender the survey also included questions about the age of first awareness of one's gender identity and the wish and/or history of gender affirming path.

 A total of 20.490 questionnaires were obtained online. Medium age of responders was 35.1±11.5 years old. The 9.9% of assigned male at birth (AMAB) and the 7.8% of assigned female at birth (AFAB) reported a transgender identity: among AMAB people, the 43.3% reported a full female gender identification, the 31% identified as both man and woman, 9.2% neither, and 16.4% other. Among AFAB people, the 39.3% reported a full male gender identification, the 26.4% identified as both man and woman, 19.4% neither, and 14.9% other. AMAB and AFAB trans people reported early awareness of GI. Among AMAB trans people, 46.2% does not wish legal name change, 35.6% hormonal treatment, and 41.7% surgical procedures. Among AFAB trans people, 40% does not wish legal name change, 39.1% hormonal treatment, and 34.5% surgical procedures.

 Our results show higher percentages of transgender people in the general population compared to previously published studies. The number of non-binary trans population was consistent with previous data. Overall, these results could be considered as a first step towards a more effective Italian health planning in order to properly address transgender health care needs.

 The authors declare no conflict of interest.


Previous studies report contradictory results on whether the symptoms of depression in Alzheimer's disease patients are the same as in cognitively normal persons. Thus, provisional criteria for depression in Alzheimer's disease (PDC‐dAD) have been developed.


In this paper I discuss the common pitfalls and misconceptions assocated with designing appropriate, useable and functional websites and how the end-user is affected by these errors. Topics discussed cover both technical and non-technical aspects of this subject, including the myriad of human issues associated with the use of online resources and interfaces.


Patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy walk with a well recognised characteristic gait pattern. They also commonly have a significant leg length discrepancy which is less well appreciated. The typical equinus gait in these patients is assumed to be an integral part of the disease process of spasticity and a tendency to develop joint contractures. However an alternative explanation for the presence of an equinus deformity may be that it is a response to the development of a significant leg length discrepancy in these patients. The development of such an equinus deformity would have the effect of functionally lengthening the short hemiplegic leg. We set up a study to examine the correlation between leg length discrepancy and equinus deformity. We reviewed the gait analyses and clinical examinations of 183 patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. While 22% had no significant leg length discrepancy, 65% had a measured discrepancy of greater than 1cm. There was a linear correlation between age and limb length discrepancy. We also found that there was a linear relationship between leg length discrepancy and ankle equinus at the point of ground contact. We propose that the equinus deformity seen in the hemiplegic cerebral palsy patient is multifactorial and is related not only to the disease state but also to the presence of leg length discrepancy. The equinus deformity functionally lengthens the short hemiplegic leg. Indeed it may represent an attempt by these patients to functionally equalise their leg lengths. This factor must be taken into account when considering correction of an equinus deformity in patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy in order to avoid either recurrence of the deformity or the production of functionally unequal leg lengths. We have also highlighted the presence of significant shortening of the hemiplegic leg in these patients.


The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of psychopathology, namely depression, and its correlation to periods of asthma exacerbation, treatmen...


Large networks, having thousands of vertices and lines, can be found in many different areas, e. g: genealogies, flo w graphs of programs, molecule, computer networks, transportation networks, social networks, intra/inter organisational networks ... Many standard network algorithms are very time and space consuming and therefore unsuitable for analysis of such networks. In the article we present some approaches to analysis and visualisation of large networks implemented in programPajek. Some typical examples are also given.


This descriptive study discusses two conceptual difficulties encountered by students in introductory programming courses regardless of the chosen language or pedagogical approach (e.g. objects, classes or fundamentals first). Firstly, students tend to learn programming by memorizing correct code examples instead of acquiring the programming thought process. Secondly, they tend to read code by "flying" over it at a comfortable altitude while thinking to its assumed intent. While relaxing, this practice fails to train students to develop the rigor to catch bugs in others' or their own code. Both trends result in an almost complete loss of intentionality in the programming activity; un-innovative code is generated by analogy with (or cut and paste from) existing solutions and is then almost randomly modified until "it fits" the minimal tests requirements without real analysis of its flaws. We review and evaluate pedagogical strategies which can be leveraged by instructors to address the above mentioned issues. Namely, we discuss the benefits of various forms of "Live coding" and test-driven pair programming active learning practices.


Female college students are increasing in universities.But stereotyped expression on social sex greatly influenced female college students'developing so as to their job-finding.Female college students have some defects in masculine sexual personality resulting into career's success.Harmoniously developing of modern society calls on females and female college students possessing new sexual personality.Androgynous sexual personality is the best sexual personality for female college students.Female college students possessing Androgynous sexual personality will succeed both in career and their lives


Thiobarbituric acid (TBA) determinations of malondialdehyde (MDA) in thermally preserved red turkey meat packed in high barrier plastic trays and in cans, were carried out as a function of product layer and storage temperature (15, 25 and 35C). Several types of plastic trays, with different oxygen permeabilities, were evaluated. In the most permeable plastic trays the product in the surface layer reached maximum TBA values at all storage temperatures after a certain storage period, followed by their decrease. In the higher barrier trays and in the cans, the TBA values decreased continuously with time. The peak TBA values, observed in the least barrier plastic trays declined with storage temperature. In the inner product layers, the TBA values decreased during storage in all types of packages and at all temperatures. The reduction in TBA values can be explained by the disappearance of TBA reacting substances (TBARS). The extent of TBARS disappearance was greater in the absence of oxygen than in its presence. The results of this study indicate that TBA determinations are not a reliable indicator for quality deterioration during storage of thermally treated meat products in plastic packages.


: Method of comparing binary raster images using information about the axes of symmetry of the shapes is proposed, which will allow to take into account the translation, rotation and scaling of a pair of images. The symmetry axis of the figure is searched by one of the previously developed methods: based on the skeleton representation of the figure (Kushnir et al., 2016), the adjustment of the skeleton axis or exhaustive search (Kushnir et al., 2019). Jaccard measure is used as a measure of similarity. Three comparison algorithms were developed. The paper demonstrates that using information about the symmetry of the shapes with simple principle of comparison as the Jaccard measure allows to obtain significant results. The possibility of using this approach for image classification is also investigated. The algorithms were experimentally studied on the "Flavia" and "Butterflies" datasets.


Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative bacterium that is the cause of the serious and sometimes fatal disease, tularemia, in a wide range of animal species and in humans. The response of cells o ...


The Raman spectra of ethanolic solutions of CCl4 of different concentrations were measured and de-noised by the wavelet transform method. The results show that noise can be filtered efficiently without changing the peak positions and the linear relationships between the peak intensity and the concentration can be maintained. It was demonstrated that the wavelet transform method can be used efficiently in quantitative analysis of Raman spectra with high noise levels. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


A variety of gravel packing techniques are used in deep water. There are no standardized offshore procedures, so companies tailor methods based on experience and philosophy. In 1990, Oryx Energy conducted an in-depth study of sand control techniques while preparing for a platform decision. Histories of existing deep-water projects were traced, with special emphasis on sand control. This article presents specific completion equipment, and wellbore preparation, perforating, stimulating and gravel packing techniques used by six companies.


Creatine phosphate as energy rich phosphate compounds is widely utilized in treatment of myocardial ischemia and infarction.It is demonstrated that it can also be available for improving anaerobic capacity,promoting microcirculation of muscle and protecting the membrane of cells during intensive workout.


Remarkable developments and improvements in laser source technology for industrial manufacturing have taken place recently. Different technologies have continued to compete with each other on the benefit of the manufacturing industry. These include the full utilization of fibre laser toward becoming the dominant technology in laser manufacturing. This paper reviews the recent trends in the development and industrial use of high power fibre, diode, ultrafast, and other industrial laser sources. It is seen that these lasers are slowly replacing CO2 and Nd-solid-state lasers that have dominated the laser manufacturing industry for decades.


An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of biofertilizers on growth and yield of blackgram in field condition. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with five replication. The different inoculation (single and duel) of biofertilizers Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Rhizobium, phosphobacteria were incorporated into the top 15 cm of the soil. During the experiment period the plant samples were analysed, such as root length, shoot length, fresh and dry weight, leaf number, leaf area, root nodules and the biochemical content such as chlorophyll 'a', 'b', total chlorophyll, carotenoid, protein content, nodules and yield were analysed. The results revealed that addition the combination inoculation of Rhizobium + phosphobacteria significantly increased growth and yield of blackgram compared with control (without biofertilizers).


The frequency of "it" in English is much higher than "它" in Chinese.It can be used as demonstrative pronouns,empty pronouns,indefinite pronouns,definite pronouns and so on.However,the frequency,meaning and functions of "it" in a specific discourse are different.The use of "it" in meaning and function has particularity according to the various style and highlight of information in chosen discourse.


Objective To explore the optimal surgical approach for carcinoma in the gastric cardia.Methods 158 patients with carcinoma in the gastric cardia were divided into two groups according to the surgical approaches adopted,transabdominal(100 patients)and transthoracic approachs(58 patients).The therapeutic effects of the two approaches were compared.Results In the transabdominal group,the average volume of intraoperative blood transfusion volume was(210.31±23.21)mL,average operative time was(2.35±0.74)min and average hospital stay was(9.40±1.23)d.In the transthoracic group,three parameters were(310.10±47.35)mL,(2.58±0.56)min,(14.25±1.82)d,respectively.There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of the therapeutic effects.Conclusion Transabdominal approach is the better alternative to transthoracic one for operation of carcinoma in the gastric cardia.


Disclosed are a control method and a device for scrolling page frames on a touch screen of a hand-held electronic device. The control method comprises steps of overlapping a liquid crystal display with a touch panel, wherein the area of the touch panel is larger than that of the liquid crystal display, the overlapped region is a first touch region, the non-overlapped region is defined into a second and third touch regions, further, judging whether a scroll is displayed in a picture of the display or not, if the scroll is judged displaying in the picture, then sensing a sliding path in the second touch region, controlling the page frame in the picture to scroll up and down according to the sliding path, executing functions of the selected page frame by pressing the first touch region, if the scroll is found not displaying, then sensing a sliding path in the third touch region, and controlling the page frame in the picture to slide left and right according to the sliding path, thereby executing functions of the selected page frame by further pressing the first touch region.


In this paper, we implement the SHA-256 FPGA hardware module for the security protocol of the IEEE 1609.2 vehicle communication (VC). VC requires high-throughput and low-latency hardware architectures. For fast and efficient design, we exploit parallel structures for preprocessing and hash computation in SHA-256. The proposed design is im- plemented in Vertex-5 and verified for correct hash operation. As a result, we can achieve up to 179.08 MHz with 2796 slices.


A giant cell granuloma suspected to be associated with cherubism in the bilateral mandibular molar regions is reported. The patient was a 12-year-old girl without a Cherubic look or familial history. However, deposits of collagenous material were noted around the capillaries by Masson trichrome stain.


Over the decades there has been increasing worldwide debate concerning the impact of human activities on the global climate system due to the emission of green house gases (GHG) such as carbon di oxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrogen di oxide (N2O) and some other particulare matters. The concentration of these gases has been increasing abruptly in the atmosphere since after industrialization. It is alarming that the increased rates of some of these gases are so high that within a few decades these will become double. We propose an energy chain for Bangladesh and it consists of all types of energy resources and techniques of resources extraction, transportation, installation, generation and uses of all form of energy. We apply the numerical model ENPEP (Energy and Power Evaluation Programme) to the energy chain to estimate the GHG emission level and to identify the energy generation technology and primary energy resources for mitigation of the GHG emission gaining a sustainable long term energy development of our country. By taking 10%-12% contribution of solar energy it is estimated that the emission of carbon-di-oxide gas will decrease up to 21% by the year 2033 comparing with the projection of non introducing solar energy.


CdSxSe1-x quantum dots were fabricated by a simple spin-coating heat volatilization method on InP wafer.Temperature dependent photoluminescence of CdSxSe1-x quantum dots was carried out in a range of 10-300 K.The integrated photoluminescence intensity revealed an anomalous behavior with increasing temperature in the range of 180-200 K.The band gap energy showed a redshift of 61.34 meV when the temperature increased from 10 to 300 K.The component ratio of S to Se in the CdSxSe1-x quantum dots was valued by both the X-ray diffraction data and photoluminescence peak energy at room temperature according to Vegard Law.Moreover,the parameters of the Varshni relation for CdS0.9Se0.1 materials were also obtained using photoluminescence peak energy as a function of temperature and the best-fit curve:α=(3.5 ± 0.1)10-4 eV/K,and β=210 ± 10 K (close to the Debye temperature θD of the material).


The effects of different sulfur levels on the content of sulfur in soybean was studied in this experiment.The results showed that different varieties reacted differently to the amout of sulfur application.Sulfur levels did not increase the content of sulfur in the seeds of Dongnong 42(high pro),while it increased the content of the sulfur in the seeds of Dongnong46(high oil) and Hefeng25(high yield).The content of sulfur in different organs of these three varieties showed different dynamics during the dynamic period according to various sulfur applied levels.The content of sulfur in three varieties seeds took on "V"changes from R4 to R8.


This study evaluated the implementation of NCE Primary Education Programme in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions and corresponding hypotheses. The population was made up of 127 Primary Education Studies lecturers in five colleges of Education in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The sample comprised of 83 lecturers in four colleges of education in the area. The instrument used for the study was Evaluation and Implementation of NCE Primary Education Questionnaire (EIPEQ). The Questionnaire was validated by experts and a coefficient reliability of 0.75 established using Crumbachs alpha method Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient was used in analyzing the data. Result indicated that their was a significant relationship between, structural facilities, teachers qualification and text on the implementation NCE Primary Education programme. The researchers recommended the provision of adequate facilities and employment of specialist in the teaching of primary education studies.


The effect of shear strain and accumulated damage on magnetic properties was studied on cylindrical steel rods subjected to torsion. The correlations obtained make it possible to evaluate the shear strain and current damage of metal, as well as to estimate the residual lifetime of an article under torsion, provided its magnetic parameters are available. Introduction: It is known that during plastic deformation, particularly in course of torsion, defects of metal continuity are generated (e.g. micropores, microcracks, vacancies, etc). The defects are observed as early as at early stages of plastic deformation. The formation of discontinuities is accompanied by partial relaxation of elastic energy [1], which leads to changes in the magnetoelastic energy of ferromagnetic material in the regions adjacent to the defects. This phenomenon is likely to affect the magnetic parameters of materials. Results: The influence of shear strain rate and torsion-induced damage on the magnetic parameters of metals was investigated. Analytical relationships were obtained for magnetic coercivity (from both major and minor hysteresis loops) as a function of strain and damage accumulated by a material. Commercial steel with 0.45% carbon content was studied. Measurements were made on hot-rolled rods 5mm in diameter. The test unit utilized made it possible to take magnetic parameters in the run of loading. Magnetic properties were determined from both major and minor cycles of magnetic hysteresis. As distinct from [2], all the magnetic properties were measured as a function of internal magnetic field. Measurements were made of the following magnetic parameters: maximum magnetic permeability μmax, coercivity Hc (hc) and residual induction Br (br) from major (Нmax= 60 kA/m) and minor hysteresis loops during magnetization in medium (bmax=0.4 T) and low (bmax=0.1 T) magnetic fields. The degree of shear strain Λ under torsion was estimated under the assumption that the sample cross-section radius is not subjected to distortion in course of loading [3], thus the shear strain degree on the surface of the sample is Λ = tgφ, (1) where φ is the angle between the printed mark on the sample surface and its generating line. The average degree of shear strain along the cross-section of the sample was calculated as [3] Λ = ⋅ = Λ ∫ ∫ 3 2 1 ~ 2 0 0 2 π φ φ π R dr d r tg R r R , (2) where R is the radius of the sample, r is its current radius ranging from 0 to R. The average integral degree of accumulated shear strain Λint was calculated by taking the summation over all the previous values of the strain degree. The parameter of material damage ω is used in mechanics to indicate the development of deformational microdefects. According to the phenomenological theory of fracture [4], ω = 0 before deformation, whereas ω = 1 when a fracture crack emerges. Since the state of strain was not subjected to changes in course of deformation, the parameter of material damage ω was calculated in accordance with the linear model by Kolmogorov for damage accumulation: [3] as


Abstract A characteristic of Heidegger was his contempt for German high culture. In particular he shunned eighteenth-century Humanity, Humanität. The idea that the beautiful work of art reconciled the human with the eternal belonged to an outdated metaphysics. Some of this ill-will was political in origin and counter-cultural in intent. The great names of the classical Weimar period—Goethe and Schiller in literature and Kant in philosophy—had become sterile middle-class institutions by the early decades of the nineteenth century. With the unification of Germany in 1871 they became props of an increasingly nationalist and authoritarian, predominantly Protestant state. Heidegger, raised Catholic, resisted the political and cultural dominance of Berlin by declaring himself a localist in his Germanic affiliations, and a philosopher rooted in his home provinces of Baden and Allemania, in the country's southwest. What this meant in practice was that, from a position of political reaction, he scoffed at the cultivated middle class whose ways were forced upon him by a university career. Disdaining the lofty myth of absolute beauty, goodness and truth, he wanted to remain, also in his practise of philosophy, a village craftsman like his father and grandfather.


This report describes the proposed mitigation plan for wildlife losses attributable to the construction of the Hungry Horse hydroelectric project. In this report, mitigation objectives and alternatives, the recommended mitigation projects, and the crediting system for each project are described by each target species. Mitigation objectives for each species (group) were established based on the loss estimates but tailored to the recommended projects. 13 refs., 3 figs., 19 tabs.


1. With freshwater ecosystems worldwide at significant risk from global change, there is an urgent need to understand the processes involved and to develop adaptive responses. Riparian management might offer a means of increasing resilience to global change in headwaters, but evidence is scarce. This thesis investigates the potential effects of riparian management on the storage, processing and downstream export of resource subsidies – dominantly as terrestrial litter – that enter streams from the riparian zone.
2. In a large scale field study over four years, natural and experimental systems were used to test the hypothesis that riparian woodlands enhance stream ecosystem resilience to climatically mediated changes in flow regimes. Specific work included assessments of benthic organic matter stocks and export in contrasting catchments (broadleaf woodland, conifer plantations or sheep-grazed moorland), flow manipulations in mesocosms, and a large-scale field experiment simulating riparian broadleaved tree planting.
3. Standing stocks of particulate organic matter (POM) were influenced by flow regime, and declined following larger and longer flow-events, but event frequency had no apparent impact. Experimental data showed also that coarse fractions of POM in transport were significantly elevated in the early stages of simulated floods.
4. Despite flow effects on POM dynamics, streams bordered by broadleaves maintained consistently higher standing stocks of POM than conifer or moorland streams. Broadleaved streams also transported the highest concentrations of carbon in the form of high-quality FPOM. Leaf litter additions of stream channels did not reproduce these effects, possibly because the scale was insufficient to mimic real riparian woodlands.
5. While predicted flow changes under a warmer climate might affect the storage and flux of organic matter, riparian broadleaves are likely to mitigate these effects in stream ecosystems. This project illustrates the value of blending catchment-scale studies with field-based mesocosms to understanding complex global change processes.


We first want to add our tribute to the chorus of encomia for Lee Sigelman, who died December 21 after a long battle with colon cancer. As members of the profession, we admire his scholarship, including six articles appearing in these pages between 1972 and 1999. As editors, we are in awe of his achievements as managing editor of the American Political Science Review from 2001 through 2007. Lee's editorship immediately preceded ours, and he could not have been more gracious or helpful in the transfer of editorial duties from George Washington University to UCLA. His advice both on manuscripts in process and on general points of policy was always swift and true. Although many more criticisms of us would have been justified, we can recall only one that he uttered, and which he hastened to say was predictable: He did not like the new cover design of the Review. We will very much miss his wise counsel. Both the Review and the discipline in general will be poorer for his passing.


Improving tax administrative permit system is a part of reform of administrative permit system in China, Reform of tax administrative permit system ought to follow the rule of basis law and theory and think over history,sociaty and legality on a full scale.


The continuous cooling transformation curves(SH-CCT) in the heat affected zone(HAZ) of F550 steel plate were established with thermal simulation,and the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the HAZ were investigated.Experimental results showed that fine Zr and Ti complex oxides dispersed in the steel weld,which have pinning effect on the austenite grain in the coarse-grained heataffected zone(CGHAZ) due to the combined deoxidation of Zr and Ti in the steel plate.Meanwhile,the low carbon content and proper addition of Ni,Cr,Cu and Mo were adopted in the design of high-strength steel.Consequently,the bainitic microstructure with small amount of dispersing M-A islands was obtained in the HAZ in a large range of heat input(25-100 kJ/cm).The results of V-notch impact test of CGHAZ welded by submerged arc welding with heat input of 50 kJ/cm indicated that the impact toughness of F550 steel was good at-60 ℃.


Reactions of methyl esters of sulphinic acids with appropriately substituted propargyl Grignard reagents yield allenic sulphoxides which are asymmetric at sulphur in these sulphoxides apparently occurs by sulphoxide–sulphenate equilibration but with preservation of asymmetry in the allene system.


A gradient-based multistart method based on a set of seventeen to thirty-three random initial geometries is used to examine the risk associated with multimodality when applying gradient-based optimization to aerodynamic shape optimization. Aerodynamic shape optimization problems typical of detailed, preliminary, and exploratory design are shown to consistently present design spaces with multiple local optima. In the case of detailed design, the risk of converging to a local optimum with performance significantly inferior to that of the best local optimum found is reduced due to the ability of a well-designed initial geometry, which is often available for such problems, to converge to a well-performing local optimum. In problems permitting increased geometric freedom typical of preliminary design the risk associated with multimodality is much higher. This risk is further exacerbated in exploratory cases where high geometric freedom is combined with limited knowledge of the design space in question and hence greater di erences between available initial geometries and the optimal geometry. Therefore, for preliminary and exploratory design, allocating resources toward addressing multimodality can significantly reduce the risk of overlooking a superior optimum.


Abstract A stochastic weather generator has been developed to simulate long daily sequences of areal rainfall and station temperature for the Belgian and French sub-basins of the River Meuse. The weather generator is based on the principle of nearest-neighbour resampling. In this method rainfall and temperature data are sampled simultaneously from multiple historical records with replacement such that the temporal and spatial correlations are well preserved. Particular emphasis is given to the use of a small number of long station records in the resampling algorithm. The distribution of the 10-day winter maxima of basin-average rainfall is quite well reproduced. The generated sequences were used as input for hydrological simulations with the semi-distributed HBV rainfall–runoff model. Though this model is capable of reproducing the flood peaks of December 1993 and January 1995, it tends to underestimate the less extreme daily peak discharges. This underestimation does not show up in the 10-day average dis...


This is a text which sets out to be unlike other business ethics texts. It succeeds admirably. The title – which is self-consciously discussed at the outset to the book – refers to a concern that most business ethics literature actually fails to thoroughly address either business or ethics. Consequently, business ethics is of no serious use to either business or to ethics in its present state. Why is this? What (if anything) can be done about this? This is the departure point for the monograph whose motivation is expressed early on:


A mild, fast, and sequence-independent method for controlled enzyme immobilization is presented. This novel approach involves the encapsulation of single-enzyme molecules and the covalent attachment of these nanobiocatalysts onto surfaces. Fast and mild immobilization conditions, combined with low nonspecific adsorption on hydrophobic substrates, enables well-defined surface patterns via microcontact printing. The biohybrid materials show enhanced activity in organic solvents.


Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury triggers a series of inflammatory responses in the microcirculation characterized by vascular leakage and leukocyte activation leading to organ dysfunction. In this study, we examine whether focal adhesion kinase (FAK) contributes to endothelial barrier dysfunction in response to I/R in splanchnic tissues. Using an in vivo model of intestinal I/R injury, we showed that the increase of microvascular leakage induced by I/R injury was greatly attenuated in endothelial specific, tamoxifen inducible, FAK knockout animals as well as wild type animals given pharmacological inhibition of FAK with PF‐573228. Using murine intestinal endothelial cells, we performed electric cell‐substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) assays with or without FAK inhibitor in the presence of H2O2. Results showed that FAK inhibition significantly attenuated endothelial barrier dysfunction induced by H2O2. Western blot analysis showed that H2O2 promoted FAK phosphorylation in a time course similar to that of endothelial barrier dysfunction. Confocal imaging analysis demonstrated that H2O2 increases the disruption of junctional proteins. The effect was blocked by FAK inhibitor. Taken together, the results suggested that FAK plays an important role in mediating intestinal vascular leakage during I/R injury.


A fault is a defect in a program, usually difficult to pinpoint .A faults may occur at single points or distributed points. In software testing, fault injection is a technique of introducing faults into the code for improving the coverage and usually used with stress testing for robustness of the developed software. When the fault-tolerance mechanisms detect an error, they may initiate several actions to handle the faults and contain its errors. The research objective is to survey fault injection techniques that are used to validate the dependability of a system by analysing the behaviour of the devices when a fault occurs. This paper presents an introduction to fault injection and techniques. In software testing, fault injection is a technique by introducing faults into the code for improving the coverage and usually used with stress testing for robustness of the developed software. Fault injection is done by introducing faults to test code paths in particular error handling code paths that might otherwise rarely be followed. A system may not always perform the function it is intended for. The causes and consequences of deviations from the expected function of a system are called the factors to dependability:  Fault is a cause of an error. It may be defined as imperfection or flaw, physical defect that occurs within some hardware or software component.  Error is a deviation from correctness and accuracy and is the manifestation of fault  Failure is deviation of the component or system from its expected delivery, service or result that is due or


A work vehicle having a front carriage (1) and a rear carriage (2) has arranged joint (3) for coupling the rear carriage (2) to the front carriage (1) on a between the front carriage (1) and rear carriage (2). The joint (3) makes it possible that the front carriage (1) and the rear car (2) around the vertical axis (8) of the work vehicle are movable relative to each other. A steering device (7) is used to set a steering angle (W) between the front car (1) and the rear car (2), a load receiving means (5) for carrying a load. A control means controls a steering angle limiter means in response to operating parameters, such that the respectively currently maximum allowable steering angle as a function of the working parameters can be adjusted. As the operating parameter, in particular the position of the load receiving means (5), the carried load or the position of the work vehicle relative to a horizontal plane are used.


As a narrative masterpiece,Lolita has its own artistic charm ascribed to the appropriate treatment of point of view. The author chooses the first person as the guiding narrative point of view dealing with the past events and adopts the skill of using "me" ,in the arrangement of Spation-temporal and perceptual point of view,as internal-focalization and external-focalization alternately between the past and present time. During the course of narration,ideological point of view is presented impliedly. It is through the analyses of narrative strategies in dealing with viewpoint in the narrative process that this paper,based on the narrative theories,utilizes the result of cognitive poetics to illustrate the features of narrating and focalization in Lolita and reveal the perceived effect of point of view in this works


PULLEY CONDUCTED BETWEEN HO DRIVE SPEED V, HO AND MAINSHAFT H IS WILLING A disengageable coupling K WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED DEVICES STOP WHEN POWER OFF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR M AND WHEN The OPERATING BRAKE B, B BRAKE IS WILLING TO ACT ON MAINSHAFT H. DEVICES ARE OFF IN CONNECTION WITH DYNAMIC CONTROL ELEMENT OF A PULLEY ADJUSTABLE V DRIVE BELT SPEED V HO TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR M CIRCUIT CAN BE EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF ITS iNERTIA, CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER OPERATION BRAKE B AND CLUTCH COUPLING K TO REDUCE THE VARIABLE SPEED ENABLE V, HO ITS REPORT TRANSMISSION HIGH IN PREPARING FOR THE NEXT START.


The effect of X-irradiation on extracellular matrix components was examined in cultured rat fetal osteoblasts and rat femurs. The osteoblasts were X-irradiated at 2 Gy or 5 Gy, and gene expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-13, type-I collagen and decorin were analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Hyaluronan in the medium was also determined after 48 h of culture. Expression of the MMP-13 gene was found to be increased, whereas those of the type-I collagen and decorin genes tended to be decreased. Synthesis of hyaluronan and expression of the MMP-2 gene were not significantly affected. We then subjected SpragueDawley rats to X-irradiation at 2 Gy or 5Gy. After 1-3 months, the rats were euthanatized and the glycosaminoglycan fractions were purified from their femurs. These fractions were analyzed for their uronic acid content, sensitivity to mucopolysaccharidases, glycosaminoglycan chain length, and unsaturated disaccharide units. It was found that the uronic acid content was decreased by X-irradiation. The main glycosaminoglycan in rat femur was identified as dermatan sulfate, and its chain length was not affected by X-irradiation. The unsaturated disaccharide unit of the glycosaminoglycan was found to be ∆Di-4S, and no apparent structural alteration of the glycosaminoglycan was observed after X-irradiation. The core protein and dermatan sulfate chain of decorin have been reported to bind with type-I collagen and to type-IX collagen, which binds to type-I collagen, respectively. The present results thus suggest that the decrease in both decorin and type I-collagen levels in rat bone after X-irradiation may contribute to a loss of mechanical strength.


The association between acetylation genetic polymorphism and drug-induced lupus erythematosus with use of isoniazid as the pharmacogenetic probe was studied. Acetylator phenotype of isoniazid (INH) was studied in 129 unrelated pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Urine samples were collected over 8 hr. INH and acetylisoniazid (AcINH) in urine were assayed by HPLC. From a frequency histogram and probit plot, the results of the loglo of the metabolic ratios (molar acetylation ratio) indicated the existence of two modes. The frequency of slow acetylators was 10%. And the antinuclear antibody was determined by indirect immunofluorescence. Thirty-five of 129 patients (27%) had development of antinuclear antibodies (homogenous). Two cases out of the 35 (8. 6%) were slow acetylators. The relationship between phenotype distribution and possible pathoetiologic factor is discussed.


A huge number of inter-connected computers run in data centers. These computers consume large amount of power. Server consolidation with virtualization is a popular method to address this problem. The more computers are consolidated, the more energy is saved. However, highly consolidating, wherein many servers are consolidated into one physical computer, may result in large performance decline. Achieving high consolidation without large performance decline is important. Container-based operating system virtualization is an emerging method for constructing low-overhead virtualized environment. In this work, we focus on Docker, a popular container-based virtualizing system, and investigate its performance, especially performance in highly consolidated environment. First, we compare the performance with and without container-based virtualization, then show that container-based virtualization can provide similar performance to that without virtualization in CPU processing and networking but cannot provide comparable performance in I/O processing with the default setup. Second, we explore the relationship between the number of containers and the obtained performance. We then demonstrate that the I/O performance severely decreases as the number of consolidated servers increase. Third, we discuss the reason why the I/O performance drops largely and applications of highly consolidated servers.


The Basel III Accord requires countercyclical capital buffers to protect the banking system against potential losses associated with excessive credit growth and buildups of systemic risk. In this paper, I provide a rationale for time-varying capital requirements in a dynamic general equilibrium setting. An optimal policy trades off reduced inefficient lending with reduced liquidity provision. Quantitatively, I find that the optimal Ramsey policy requires a capital ratio that mostly varies between 4% and 6% and depends on economic growth, bank supply of credit, and asset prices. Specifically, a one standard deviation increase in the bank credit-to-GDP ratio (GDP) translates into a 0.1% (0.7%) increase in capital requirements, while each standard deviation increase in the liquidity premium leads to a 0.1% decrease. The welfare gain from implementing this dynamic policy is large when compared to the gain from having an optimal fixed capital requirement.


Objective
To investigate the expression of the transcription factor forkhead box C1 (FOXC1) in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and its prognostic value.

Methods
TNBC patients who received modified radical mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital between March 2002 and March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed in this study. The last follow-up date was March 1, 2019. Archived specimens of primary breast cancer were collected for RNA extraction from those who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were recurrence-free for more than 10 years, and those who had an early recurrence or metastasis. RNA extraction was successful in specimens of 59 patients (27 without recurrence or metastasis, and 32 with recurrence or metastasis), excluding those with insufficient specimens or failure in quality control of RNA extraction. The FOXC1 mRNA expression of the specimens was determined by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The χ2 test or nonparametric test (Mann-Witney U test) was used in the comparison of enumeration data and the t test was used in the comparison of age and FOXC1 expression level (ΔCT value) between the recurrent and the non-recurrent groups. Multivariate analysis was performed by the Cox's proportional hazards regression model. The survival rate was compared by the log-rank test.

Results
There was no significant difference in age, tumor size, histological grade, P53 status, Ki67 expression and peritumoral vascular invasion between the recurrent and non-recurrent groups (t=-0.226, P=0.165; χ2=1.923, P=0.165; Z=-1.694, P=0.090; χ2=0.336, P=0.562; P=1.000; P=1.000). However, the rate of lymph node metastasis was higher in the recurrent group than in the non-recurrent group[75.0% (24/32) vs 40.7% (11/27), χ2=7.123, P=0.008]. The expression level of FOXC1 in the recurrent group was 2.7 times as high as that in the non-recurrent group (ΔCT value: 4.064±1.392 vs 5.510±1.581, t=3.737, P<0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that high FOXC1 expression was an independent risk factor of recurrence-free survival (RFS) in TNBC patients (HR=2.531, 95%CI: 1.211-5.290, P=0.014). The traditional pathological factors, except lymph node status (HR=2.453, 95%CI: 1.093-5.504, P=0.030), did not reach significant difference to predict recurrence and metastasis. The patients with high expression of FOXC1 had worse RFS and OS (RFS: χ2=8.419, P=0.004; OS: χ2=4.644, P=0.031).

Conclusion
Patients with high expression of FOXC1 are at increased risk of recurrence and metastasis, so FOXC1 can be used as a candidate prognostic marker for TNBC patients.

Key words:
Transcription factors; Breast neoplasms; Prognosis


Analysis and validation of drawing deformation and partieal thinning deformation the two kinds of deformation have deduced the calculation formular of forming height, drawed experimention curve. It is signinficant to guide production.


Aromatic thiols and 2-thiophenethiol react with ..beta..-chloro- and ..beta..-bromostyrene when heated to form the corresponding 1-phenyl-2-aryl(thienyl)thioethenes. The reaction begins at 80/sup 0/C and takes place effectively and strictly stereospecifically at 140-160/sup 0/C. The yield of the respective vinyl sulfides amounts to 70-95%. ..beta..-Bromostyrene reacts with thiophenol more slowly than ..beta..-chlorostyrene, and this is due to the inhibiting action of the hydrogen bromide, which acts as a trap for the thiyl radicals and gives rise to decomposition of the obtained 1-phenyl-2-phenylthioethene. Among the investigated thiols 2-thiophenethiol has the lowest reactivity.


The present study attempts to explore the application of task-based language teaching method in graded English teaching,which involves 73 non-English majors in graded English learning class.In the study,one class which the 73 students attend is the experimental class and the other is the control class.Task-based teaching method was employed in the experimental class,and traditional teaching method was employed in the control class.The experiment lasted for one semester.Analyses of the questionnaire show that the majority of students approve of the design of task-based language teaching,which canarouse students' learning interest,and improve their English communicative ability.The analyses of the two exams results yield that students in experimental class who take task-based language teaching training for the whole semester can enhance their listening and speaking abilities quickly after one-semester comparing with those in control classes.Moreover their integrated English language competences are better than those in control classes.The data,however,also indicate that students' vocabulary and writing abilities in experimental class are not as good as those in control classes,which should draw attentions of all language teaching teachers.


Introduction Hydrogen is involved in a large number of catalytic reactions and a significantly important class of catalytic material in hydrogen involving reactions consists of transition metal clusters anchored on a support, particularly a carbon based support. After (i) the sp type carbon based materials like nanotubes, activated carbon and activated carbon fibers have been recognized as potential hydrogen storage materials and (ii) transition metal doping has demonstrated an increase in the hydrogen storage capacities of such materials, the interaction of hydrogen with these materials has become the focus of interest for hydrogen storage. The nature of hydrogen bonding (physisorption or chemisorption) and the possibility of its dissociation and migration on the catalyst material are the key factors governing the functionality of these materials . Though of great importance, the interaction mechanism of hydrogen with metal-doped carbon materials is mostly studied by interpreting experimental data for a combination of sequential steps in the entire catalysis process and the deficiency of isolated studies of hydrogen interaction with these materials has left some doubts about its mechanism and dynamics, the existence of spillover, the energetics of the process and the process of desorption of monoatomic hydrogen in the form of diatomic hydrogen molecule. In the present paper, for the first time, we have attempted to model simultaneously the finite temperature dynamics and energetics of the interaction of hydrogen with a carbon supported Pd cluster.


Abstract This paper explores how the state employs digital technologies in its pacification of dissident political bodies, subjectivities, and communicative capabilities. It explores strategies of resistance to the surveillance practices which come to the fore as a state form, as a means of social control, and as a mechanism for creating manageable and disciplined crowds. Drawing upon ethnographic data, it focuses on the contemporary politics of the Kurdish movement in Turkey. In particular, it analyses the digitized surveillance and resistance of Kurds, both of which function as crucial components of contemporary power regimes in Turkey.


Objective: To investigate the change of renal Gq/11 protein in septic rats. Method sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). The expression of renal Gq/11 protein was measnred by immunoblot analysis. Result: it was found that the renal Gq/11 concentration showed no marked change in early sepsis,but it was increased significantly during late sepsis compared with sham operation(P 0.05). Conclusion: The elevation of renal Gq/11 level may play an important role in abnormality of phosphoinositides signal trasduction system during sepsis.


By introducing the combined hybrid finite element method for solutions to plate bending problems,this paper presents the corresponding variational formulation and discusses the intrinsic energy-adjusting mechanism.Numerical experiments show that the method is convergent and can attain high accuracy.


AbstractHydrodynamic pressures on a plunge pool floor due to submerged aerated jets are of interest in many engineering fields. For the present study, dynamic pressures on a deep plunge pool floor ...


A connector (1) is provided with a plurality of contacts which include signal contacts (24, 25) that form a differential signal pair, and ground contacts (23, 26). The impedance between the signal contacts (24, 25) and the ground contacts (23, 26) is matched.


Laser-crystallization of amorphous $Ge_{0.85}Si_{0.15}$ films is studied, using green laser scanning and preformed topography to steer the crystallization. Large crystals (8x2 $\mu m^2$) are formed with location-controlled grain boundaries. The obtained films were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. In addition, the activation of ion-implanted poly- $Ge_{0.85}Si_{0.15}$ films is compared after furnace annealing, rapid thermal annealing and green-laser annealing


Across the OECD, a process of financialisation of the economy can be observed. Defined as the increasing dominance of the finance industry over the real economy and workers, financialisation can take different forms, including: growing instability and opacity of financial markets, increasing focus on shareholder value and the rise of alternative investors. This article reviews in particular the challenges to trade unions posed by the rise of the shareholder value model of governance in listed companies – as seen during the review of the OECD Corporate Governance Principles in 2004 – and more recently the boom in private equity buyout transactions. The trade union response to financialisation has followed two tracks: (i) to engage in regulatory advocacy at national and international levels for stakeholder approaches to corporate governance and financial markets and (ii) to mobilise workers' capital managed by pension funds to ensure responsible and long-term investor behaviour.


In this work, we tackle the problem of assessing the Hilbert space dimension from the set of correlations obtained when measuring in a nonlocal black box scheme. The concept of a dimension witness and its recent applications are explored. We also extend these new ideas to the case of a single local box with measurements at different times, and provide some examples of dimension criteria for this case.


Laplace transform techniques have been used to compare the scavenger and the time dependences of e{sub aq}{sup {minus}}, OH, H{sub 2}, and H{sub 2}O{sub 2} produced following the electron radiolysis of water. A new empirical relationship for the variation of these yields on scavenger concentration is presented. Experimental data on the scavenging of e{sub aq}{sup {minus}}, OH, H{sub 2}, and H{sub 2}O{sub 2} have been fitted with the new function, and it is found that the inverse Laplace transform of the results for e{sub ag}{sup {minus}} and OH do not match the direct experimental measurements of the time dependences of these species. There is no apparent reason for this discrepancy. The accuracy of Laplace transform techniques in nonhomogeneous kinetics was determined by using a deterministic diffusion-kinetic model to calculate the time dependences of the yields of these species in pure water and the dependence of their yields on the concentration of a few selected scavengers. Numerical Laplace transforms of the time dependences of e{sub aq}{sup {minus}}, OH, H{sub 2}, and H{sub 2}O{sub 2} reproduced well the calculated scavenger concentration dependences. The inverse Laplace transform of the new function accurately reproduced the predicted time-dependent kinetics of diffusion-kinetic models even when verymore » different initial distributions of e{sub ag}{sup {minus}} were used. This function is shown to be an improvement on previous functions, especially at matching the yields at high scavenger concentrations. The parameters derived in the analysis of the available experimental data can be used with the new function or its Laplace transform to easily determine the scavenger concentration dependence or time dependence of any of these species with other scavengers for which the scavenging rate constant is known. The influences of various parameters used in the diffusion-kinetic modeling of the radiation chemistry of water are discussed.« less


Individual Social Security Accounts: Issues of Administrative Feasibility and Cost, 1998* The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), a nonpartisan organization with 20 years' experience in objective analysis of administrative policy issues for employer-based retirement plans, brought its expertise to bear on the issue of administering individual Social Security accounts. One of the major points of EBRI's overview of administrative considerations and trade offs involving individual accounts (IAs) is that, first, adding IAs with investment choice to Social Security could be the largest undertaking in the history of the U.S. financial markets. No system to date has the capacity to administer such a system, and it would take years to design, implement, and debug a new system and new software. Second, direct comparisons between employment-based retirement savings plans and Social Security reform proposals are tenuous at best. Social Security covers a substantial number of workers and businesses that have traditionally not participated in employment-based retirement plans. Another interesting and seldom recognized fact is that credit-based systems such as the current Social Security program are less difficult to administer than cash-based systems, which must account for every dollar in order to avoid lost retirement income. Moreover, Social Security IAs cannot be administered like 401(k) plans-that is, account contributions each pay period through payroll deduction-without adding significant employer burdens, especially on small businesses. Another issue that deserves further attention is that, if legally subject to personal property claims-such as in divorce cases-IAs could pose significant administrative challenges. Finally, IA benefits would be highly sensitive to administrative costs, according to results using the EBRI-SSASIM2 Policy Simulation Model. The Importance of Administrative Forethought Examining policy administration is an integral part of basic public policy analysis,' as history is replete with examples of inconsistencies between ideological intentions and administrative practices. Today's debate centers largely over whether to add individual investment accounts to Social Security, similar to savings vehicles currently found in the form of employmentbased "defined contribution" retirement plans.2 Although adding individual accounts (lAs) to Social Security is a highly political issue, an objective examination of how to administer such accounts raises concerns that cut across ideology. Consider the following: Social Security policy directly affects 96 percent of the US. work force and their employers every pay period (Committee on Ways and Means 1998). Over twice as many workers are covered by Social Security as the number of individuals in the United States who own shares in mutual funds (Investment Company Institute 1998). Administering IAs for almost 148 million workers covered by Social Security would be possibly the largest undertaking in the history of the U.S. financial services industry (Lussier 1998). No unified system currently has the capacity to administer 148 million IAs. A system of IAs with full participation would include at least seven times the number of currently active 401(k) accounts.3 Because Social Security is such a large program, dissatisfaction (for example, from over- or under-regulation) with administering an IA system could reverberate through major economic markets and virtually every U.S. household. Hence, far from being unrelated to the social, political, and economic dissatisfactions with the current system that are precipitating interest in IAs,45 administrative issues will determine whether such accounts could actually be implemented, at what cost, and over what time period. Uncertainties Abound Providing Social Security IAs to all covered workers would impose uncertain administrative costs. …


The papers based on talks 3 and 4 can be read in the Conferences and Symposia section further in this issue (seeUsp. Fiz. Nauk 187 (9) 1022 (2017) [Phys. Usp. 60 (9) 949 (2017)] andUsp. Fiz. Nauk 187 (9) 1028 (2017) [Phys. Usp. 60 (9) 954 (2017)], respectively.) Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk 187 (9) 967 (2017) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNr.2016.12.038010 CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA PACS number: 01.10. ±m, 01.10.Fv


This book is designed to fill this cultural and communicative gap by discussing a selection of topics related to urban biodiversity, as well as its benefits for people and the urban environment.


the provisions of Islam. In the preparation of the article, the studies and works written in regard to this subject were benefitted from. The studies and works utilized in the form of articles and books were shown in the bibliography.


Objective:To approach the relationship between the size of liver and spleen and the portal vein haemodynamics in patients with different traditional Chinese medical syndromes of liver cirrhosis.Methods:One hundred and fifty cases of liver cirrhosis with different syndromes were included in the study.The largest oblique diameter and anteroposterior diameter of right hepatic lobe,the length and anteroposterior diameter of left hepatic lobe,diameters and blood flow velocity of the potal vein and splenic vein,and the size of spleen were tested by color Doppler sonarography.Results:The length of left hepatic lobe in patients with the blood stasis syndrome was significantly different to that of stagnation of liver Qi,or internal accumulation of damp-heat,or hepatic and renal Yin deficiency,respectively(P0.05).The thickness of spleen in patients with internal accumulation of damp-heat and the blood stasis syndrome were significantly different(P0.05).Diameter of the main portal vein in patients with internal accumulation of damp-heat were significantly different to that of the hepatic and renal Yin deficiency,or the asthenic splenonephro-Yang,or the blood stasis syndrome,respectively(P0.05).The blood flow velocity of the portal vein with the blood stasis syndrome was significantly different to the stagnation of liver Qi(P0.01).Diameter and the blood flow velocity of the splenic vein in patients with different syndromes were not significantly different.Conclusion:Ultrasonograph has an important guide sense to the syndrome differentiation of liver cirrhosis,the size of liver and spleen and the blood flow velocity of the portal vein changed with the development of the syndromes.


From the composition of a practical supply chain system, the entity elements in the system and their action process were analyzed. And the entity objects, state properties, and state transformation in the system were discussed. Then, a simulation model describing the interaction of elements in the system was proposed. Based on the Holland's theory of complex adaptive systems (CAS), simulation model program for dynamic supply chain systems was developed with means of object-oriented software technology. By using the program, the dynamic change of a complex supply chain system can be reproduced after practical parameters of a complex supply chain system are inputted via the favorable human-computer interface of the program, providing a potent software work bench for the deep investigation of the dynamic variety regularity, information utilizing, and optimum control of a supply chain system.


Presently, most carbon-based compounds synthesized by the chemical industry are derived from petroleum. The limited supply, rising cost, environmental impact concerned with fossil feedstock shows the necessity of using biomass as an alternative renewable source for making chemicals and fuels. In this context, many catalytic conversion methods are developed for the catalytic conversion of biomass. A symposium on this topic was held at the National Taiwan University in Taipei in June 2016, which encouraged and opened many new advanced ideas for catalytic conversion of biomass.


Immunization is an important measure to protect people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) against certain vaccine preventable diseases. PLHIV often have an increased risk of infection and they could experience more severe disease compared to HIV uninfected persons. However as HIV infection alters immune function, vaccination of HIV-infected persons may not confer the same degree of protection gained by immunocompetent persons. The antibody response is frequently impaired in PLHIV, as the virus attacks the CD4 T cell, which is important in antibody formation. However, many of these vaccines still afford protection but the immunity may remain lower and decline more rapidly compared to HIV negative individuals. To overcome this issue, some vaccines could be administered with a modified schedule such as higher or more frequent doses which improves the immunogenicity. In addition certain vaccines enhance HIV virus replication and transiently increase HIV viral load but this does not preclude vaccination.


Abstract New non-destructive examination methods have been available for many years. These include time of flight diffraction and phased array methods. These are routinely used for inspection of welds. Work is ongoing at ISO and CEN for standardization of these methods. First the time of flight diffraction was drafted and now ISO and CEN are working on a standard for phased arrays. These drafts are used for welding inspections. The acceptance criteria is in draft form for time of flight diffraction which will be followed by that for phased array. Standards are already available for base material phased array inspection such as the ASTM document "Standard Guide for Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Phased Array Ultrasonic Examination Instruments and Systems". Several ASME code-cases have been issued in recent years on weld inspection. Qualification for the ASME code is also planned for this novel technique.


This picture was shot at Buckingham Palace, London. This symbolic picture stands as a metaphor for the confidence and strength characteristic of the feeling of being loved, cherished and nourished. Birds are imaginative creatures and have historically been a species of interest for research.


bcl-2 expression in 38 extrahepatic bile duct carcinomas was immunohistochemically investigated in order to clarify its clinical significance in this carcinoma. bcl-2 was expressed in 17 cases (44.7%), in which more than 10% of the carcinoma cells were positive for bcl-2. bcl-2 expression was more frequently absent in cases with advanced stages (p = 0.0642), lymph node metastasis (p = 0.0009), perineural invasion (p = 0.0647) and aberrant p53 expression (p = 0.0181). Furthermore, bcl-2 expression was inversely related to the incidence of apoptosis (p = 0.0002) and proliferating activity of the cells (p < 0.0001). These results suggest that bcl-2 plays a role in negatively regulating apoptosis and its loss can be significantly linked to the biological aggressiveness of this carcinoma.


Of the indices linked with the desert adaptation, body water turnover rate provides comparable eco-physiological information on adaptation of livestock of desert environment. Accordingly here in efforts were made to compare water use efficiency by sheep, goats and donkey. The body water turn-over rate was observed the lowest in Marwari goats and highest in the Marwari donkey. Marwari sheep occupied the middle position. Evidently the goat is better adapted to desert than sheep or donkey. The goat had the ability to resist fairly well the ill effects of dehydration than sheep and the donkey when animals were deprived of drinking water for periods exceeding days.


Summary Gas chromatography and GC/MS methods were used to detect volatile components of three home-made natural old plum brandy samples and one sample of industrially-produced plum brandy. Gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of this extracts led to the identification of 99 components, including 46 esters, 7 hydrocarbons (alkanes and alkenes), 3 aldehydes, 9 alcohols, 1 lactone, 1 ketone, 8 acetals, 14 terpenes, 8 acids and 2 phenols. Ethyl esters of C8–C18 acids were the most abundant in all samples. In addition, the content of methanol, ethanol and higher alcohols C3–C5 was determined.


FIELD: physics, control. SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to controlling technological processes and can be used to control operating field devices through a portable communicator. The portable communicator includes a controller, a processor, computer-readable memory, a communication interface and software stored in the computer-readable memory and configured for execution in the processor for transmitting data to the field device or receiving data from the field device through the communication interface, and configured to prevent the user of the portable communicator from changing parameters of the field device using the portable communicator when status of connection with the field device, displayed on the communication interface, is a maintenance status. EFFECT: high reliability of operations. 22 cl, 7 dwg


This paper proposed a novel thermal modeling analysis method of tubular permanent magnet linear synchronous motor(PMLSM) based on machine-leaning method. Firstly, the structure and main parameters and the finite element (FE) thermal modeling of motor are introduced. A small sample about the average temperature rise of permanent magnet, overall average temperature rise of PMLSM and coil temperature rise are obtained by FE method, corresponding to different heat source inputs. Based on the sample dataset, a powerful machine learning algorithm called Random Forest(RF) is employed to fit the function relationship between output design objectives and input sources parameters. The accuracy of thermal prediction model is verified by the remaining group of sample data. Comprehensive performance comparison shows that the motor thermal prediction model was established by RF is better than other methods such as KNN and SVM.


(57) Abstract: weight drill pipe member for use in drilling high-angle and horizontal wellbore is disclosed in corrosive environments. Weight drill pipe member, the longitudinal through hole made tubular member (10) having (29), and additional connectors attached to each distal end for connecting the weight drill pipe member or tool joint (20 , including the 22). The tubular member (10) and the tool joint (20, 22) is preheated, quenched with water and tempering has been improved in hydrogen sulfide environments the stress corrosion cracking resistance and hardness for the resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, obtaining a unique combination of yield strength and impact strength. The tubular member (10), in order to reduce bending stress in the tube by limiting the degree of bending when the tube is compressed at a high angle wellbore, along the longitudinal axis of the tubular member (10) spaced equidistant Te a plurality of wear pads or protector including (12, 14, 16). In order to decrease the chance of differential pressure sticking of the pipe when the pipe is used in a high angle or horizontal well bore, each wear pad or protector (12, 14, 16) is provided with a helical groove (24) . Each wear pad or protector (12, 14, 16) is off in order to reduce wear it is conditioned or rigid bands are hard surface.


Now, many softwares' management to the users' rights is limited to the reading and writings of the users. And a method that the manager allocate rights according to the users' levels and task is provided in this paper. So, different users can have different rights in the menus under the same forms. Meanwhile, the method can also be adopted to multiuser in the cooperative working environment.


Specific heat capacity (cp) is a property of materials that depends upon temperature and composition. The specific heat capacity of raspberries puree was determined as a function of temperature. The standard methods for determination of specific heat for food are not known and because of that the calorimeter for determination of specific heat capacity was constructed (B.Seruga i S.Budžaki, 2003.). The calorimeter is based on standard methods for determination of materials such as metals, and different construction and packaging materials. The apparatus is modified in way of heat transfer between food materials (which is subjected to specific heat determination) and substances for heat exchange. The method for determination of cp of raspberries puree were consist of immersing the sample, which was vacuuming in PVC bags, into water (substance for heat exchange) specified temperature. The temperature of water was measured until the thermal equilibrium between water and
sample was reached. The temperature of samples (before the measuring) was lower in comparation to temperature of water. Specific heat capacity of raspberries puree was determined thought temperatures interval from 35 to 95°C. The values of specific heat capacity of the raspberries puree
are in linear correlation with the temperature increase in investigated temperature range and were in range from 3.22 do 3.94 kJ/kg°C.


THE INVENTION RELATES TO A SENSOR OPTOELECTRONIC IMAGE CAPTURE. IT INVOLVES A PHOTOSENSOR 6 WHICH RECEIVES THE IMAGE OF A SUBJECT 1 AND COUPLE IS AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT 8 iSSUING AND LOGIC SIGNALS IT IS WHEREIN IT CONTAINS SEPARATOR 5 TO DIVIDE THE BEAM COMING FROM ABOUT TWO WAY 22, 23 ON ONE WHICH HAS SAID IS PHOTOSENSOR 6, 7 PHOTOSENSOR SECOND BEING AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER WAY AND THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL SYSTEM 3, 41, 42 CAPABLE OF THROWING A CLEAR PICTURE ON ONE photodetectors 6 AND FUZZY PICTURE ON THE OTHER pHOTOSENSOR 7, 8 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT IS MADE OF WAYS TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SIGNAL ISSUED BY THE rECEIVING PHOTOSENSOR 6 NET IMAGE AND SIGNAL ISSUED BY THE rECEIVING PHOTOSENSOR 7 IMAGE AND FUZZY LOGIC ISSUE SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT DIFFERENCE.


Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the tools that has strategic implications across the wide gamut of companies and industries. On one hand, the companies are investing in CSR initiatives either keeping in mind the strategic implications of CSR or to meet the regulations or to boost and embolden their image or to make the customers believe in the brand and the companies. On the other hand, it has been recognized by the academics and practitioners of marketing domain that consumers are on a regular look out for the brands that offer memorable and distinctive experiences to them. The main objective of the study was to study the effects of CSR advertising, awareness, satisfaction and trust on brand loyalty and for the same, a model was proposed to establish a relationship between corporate social responsibility and brand loyalty with an insight on the intermediary relationships. The present work also studied the mediation effect of trust on the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty. The study investigated the different relationships proposed in the model and it succeeded in establishing that CSR initiatives, awareness, satisfaction and trust are positively affecting brand loyalty. The data was collected from 150 respondents and the same was analyzed using PLS-SEM.


Daidzein and genistein are isoflavone compounds produced by soybean plants and have an important role in medical therapy. For the soybean crop itself, daidzein and genistein contribute as a defence mechanism against pathogen attack, and also as chemoattractants for Rhizobium bacteria. The development of black soybean varieties that have high levels of daidzein and genistein is required for functional food and industrial raw materials. The objective of this study was to identify the content of daidzein and genistein in local black soybean genotypes. Thirty-four black soybean genotypes were planted in a randomised block design. Daidzein and genistein content were measured in black soybean seeds using high-performance liquid chromatography. In the 34 black soybean genotypes, daidzein contents (0.01–0.21 mg g-1) were more variable than genistein (0.02–0.03 mg g-1). Compared to genistein, daidzein content was higher in 31 genotypes (0.03–0.21 mg g-1) and the other in three genotypes (0.01–0.02 mg g-1). The UP106 genotype showed the highest content of daidzein (2.06 mg g-1), while UP115 showed the highest genistein content (0.29 mg g-1). UP104 had the highest daidzein content per plant because it had a higher seed weight per plant. The UP106, UP104 and UP115 genotypes have potential to be developed as sources of daidzein and genistein.


Background:
 The regulatory associated protein of mTOR complex I (Raptor) is essential for the activity of the mTOR1 complex. Clinical and experimental evidence shows that the pharmacological inhibition of the mTOR complex reduces blood pressure (BP) and aldosterone (ALDO) levels. We have demonstrated in wild-type male mice that Raptor expression is regulated by ALDO and salt intake. The heterozygous raptor knockdown mice exhibited BP and ALDO changes based on age and sex.

 Hypothesis:
 Raptor genetic variants in humans are associated with sodium (Na
 +
 ) intake and BP.

 Methods:
 Study samples were obtained from the International Hypertensive Pathotype (HyperPATH) cohort. All 792 participants ( 449 male & 343 females) are of European descent with ages between (18-65) years old. Participants completed a cross-over intervention of liberal (LIB) and restricted (RES) Na
 +
 diets for 7 days each. Raptor genotyping by Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array using Illumina platform yielded 135 single nucleotide variants (SNV) and assessed their association with systolic BP (SBP) with salt intake using JMP software. SNV rs99001846 was selected for further analysis using multivariate linear regression analyses as shown in the table.

 Conclusion:
 Carriers of the risk versus non-risk allele were associated with considerable increases in BP measurements but not with salt-sensitive BP (SSBP) and ALDO levels. To our knowledge, and despite the well-studied Raptor/mTOR pathways, no previous work has shown associations with BP in humans.


The interaction of protein with solid surface is not only a fundamental phenomenon but also the key to several applications improtantly and novelly.The immobilization of functional proteins to a solid support is greatly important for biosensors and biochips.In this work,FITC labeled antibody was covalently immobilized on silicon surfaces modified by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane(APTES) and glutaraldehyde.The fluorescence spectra of absorption and covalent immobilization FITC labeled antibody was investigated.Subsequently,immobilizing human IgG bound FITC-goat anti-human IgG fluorescence immunoassay were obtained.The results showed that the fluorescence intensity of FITC labeled antibody on covalently immobilized surface was 6 times lager than that on absorption surface.9 nm and 4 nm red-shift at the peak of FITC fluorescence was observed on covalently immobilized surface and adsorption surface,respectively.But 3~4 nm red-shift at the peak of FITC fluorescence was obtained in the fluorescence immunoassay.Finaly,stability of covalently immobilized antibody was studied.The results indicated covalently immobilized antibodies larger than absorbed antibodies on fiber optic surface.And the interaction between immobilizing FITC-labeled antibody and fiber optic surface on covalently immobilization fiber optic surface stronger than that on absorption fiber optic surface.Combining this antibody covalent immobilization methods and the fluorescence spectroscopy analysis technology has the potential to be developed into the fast and simple fluorescence immunoassay and fluorescence multilabelling detection for biosensor.


Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic has placed many of our services under greater strain, raising challenges to maintain monitoring protocol and continuity of care for children and families. Social distancing measures were introduced in the UK in March 2020. Virtual clinics were identified as a potential way forward to ensure patient management was at the forefront of our care. Aim: To describe our experience of supporting children and families following intestinal transplant during a global pandemic. Method 1. All calls and emails reviewed from Nurse Led telephone advice service (March 2020 - January 2021) and key concerns identified. Discuss the need for face to face (F2F) appointments and admissions if circumstances require. • Virtual clinic platforms like Accurx, Zoom and Microsoft teams were used. Results: Increased telephone calls to our nurse led telephone advice service for reassurance and families' desire for information on shielding and safety within hospital environments. Providing information leaflets on accessing different platforms for virtual clinics has been essential to increase engagement to new systems. Initial feedback from the families was that virtual clinics/information sessions can feel overwhelming and distant. Reassuring patients and families has been essential for the MDT to acknowledge this while helping them develop new strategies to cope with the changes and challenges faced.Signposting families to support networks to manage their anxiety through practical support and providing up to date information. Enabling families to sign consent forms for transplant in collaboration with local teams. Discussion: Children and families were reassured that virtual clinics provide the same opportunities to discuss their child's/young person's clinical needs as well as emotional support. Involvement of MDT team members e.g. Clinical Psychologist, Dietitian in virtual clinic platforms restored confidence in families about our holistic delivery of care. Virtual clinics helped in reducing social and welfare issues for many families. Conclusion: New virtual technology has been embraced by families and many are keen to continue with a combination of virtual and F2F appointments in the future. Virtual clinics and information sessions can offer greater access and convenience to patients and their families, many of whom travel great distances to attend hospital appointments.


Passengers aboard short- or long-range VIP jets need never be bored thanks to a multitude of new innovations now equipping the cabins--with still more to come--.


This paper explores two beam steering systems for Infrared Countermeasures applications in the Mid-Wave Infrared range. One system involves the use of decentered achromatic doublet lenses to steer the beam of interest. The second system involves rotating achromatic prisms. The structure of each system is addressed along with the possible materials that could be used in constructing each system. Each system avoids an internal focus. The two systems are compared against one another in terms of their advantages and disadvantages.


ii Acknowledge iv Abbreviations vi List of tables viii List of illustrations ix Introduction 1 Chapter One From Caracalla to Macrinus 19 Chapter Two Macrinus, his background and career 48 Chapter Three The Legitimization of Macrinus' Reign 72 Chapter Four Macrinus' Program 104 Chapter Five The Severan Woman, Elagabalus, and the End of Macrinus 136 Epilogue Macrinus in the Third Century 162 Appendix I A Historical and Historiographic Commentary on Dio 78 180 Appendix II Macrinus' trip to the Danube? 292 Bibliography 307 Curriculum Vitae 317


Since the Supreme Court issued its controversial decision in Employment Division v. Smith, scholarly commentary has, for the most part, been harshly critical. Preeminent scholars of the Religion Clauses, including Michael McConnell and Douglas Laycock, consistently have attacked Smith as an entirely illegitimate - and largely indefensible - interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause. The critics suggest that Smith fails to protect religious liberty adequately and urge that it be reversed in favor of the prior regime of strict judicial scrutiny of neutral laws of general applicability that burden religiously motivated conduct. If one frames the Free Exercise Clause in terms of advancing religious autonomy, these criticisms have substantial merit. Autonomy, however, need not serve as the principal value of the Free Exercise Clause. Advancing the equality of religious sects could serve as an alternative vision for the clause. Perhaps paradoxically, empirical legal research clearly establishes that Smith actually reduced disparities between the religious liberties of dominant and minority religious groups. Moreover, if one considers the legislative history of the Free Exercise Clause, the relevance of psychological research on the construction and recognition of particular groups as legitimate "religions" (as opposed to "sects" or "cults"), and normative considerations about the proper role of free exercise in a democratic polity, an equalitarian approach represents a better means of framing and enforcing the Free Exercise Clause. However, the article also argues that even if Smith better advances equality values than did Sherbert and Yoder, an equalitarian approach to free exercise doctrine requires stronger efforts at preventing religious discrimination than Smith undertakes.


The issue of surgical treatment of patients with generalized periodontitis and osteopenia is particularly topical. Numerous studies have confirmed the benefits of surgical treatment procedures using osteoplastic material to stimulate repair process of periodontal tissues.The objective of the research was to improve the effectiveness of surgical treatment of patients with generalized periodontitis and osteopenia through the combined use of osteoplastic material and antiresorptive drugs. Materials and methods. Ninety-three patients underwent treatment and clinical observation. The patients were divided into 3 groups. Group I included 20 patients who underwent surgical treatment according to conventional procedure. Group II included 25 patients who underwent surgical treatment with topical application of osteoplastic material "Easy Graft". Surgical treatment in Group III (26 patients) was conducted using osteoplastic material "Easy Graft" and antiresorptive drug "Bonviva". The control group consisted of 22 apparently healthy individuals.Conclusions. The obtained results indicated that surgical treatment with the combined use of osteoplastic material "Easy Graft" and antiresorptive drug "Bonviva" leads to process stabilization being confirmed by clinical study indices both in early and in remote postoperative period.


Web pages generally contain a large amount of information that is not part of their main content, such as navigation panels, copyright and privacy notices, and advertisements. Such irrelevant information, known as Web page noise, can seriously affect the accuracy of search and other web mining applications; the act of removing it is called "cleaning." Previously published work on web page cleaning is based on the observation that Web pages tend to follow fixed layouts and presentation styles, which can be recognized and parsed. Structural trees were generated, mostly by sampling pages of a particular website, to identify noisy blocks and eliminate them. In this paper, we introduce a different approach based on heuristics that extract the main text on the basis of its characteristics rather than any previously recognized structural pattern. The key insight is that the main text consists of blocks of relatively long lines that include high-frequency (common) words, while headlines and "noise" consist of smaller amounts of text, isolated from each other, with a higher proportion of rare words.


Two cases of acute retinal necrosis syndrome (ARNS) were clinicopathologically investigated. They were both enucleated for pathological study after blindness. Necrotizing hemorrhagic retinitis, retinal vascular occlusion and choroidal lymphocytic infiltrations were noted. Multiple intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions could be histopatholgically found in the necrotic retina, and viral particles found electron microscopically. In one case, there was a focal granulomatous reaction surrounded by degenerated Bruch's membrane and internal limiting membrane. This finding was probably a valuable clue to previous herpetic infection.


The paper deals with n resultant stator-field-oriented vector control of a voltage-source-inverter-fed synchronous motor with variable excitation, controlled speed, and controlled flux, operating at unity power factor. These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing camera-ready papers for conference proceedings. Simulation (using Matlab/Simulink environment) and implementations (on an experimental rig based on a dSPACE DS1104 controller card) were carried out.


Here, we propose a low cost, energy efficient embedded solution for the management of solid wastage. The core of this solution is a portable device consisting of an ultrasonic sensor, a processor (NodeMCU) with integrated transmitter for communicating to cloud server (firebase) and a power source (battery). The device comes with most of the information (e.g. unique identity) preprogrammed into its processor meaning the end user will need little to no manual interventions. To increase battery life, intelligent wake-up system has been implemented into the device that significantly reduces the power consumption of the system. The proposed solution will be beneficial to authority responsible for cleaning as they can now track the place where they should go and clean first. Municipalities can also get the statistical information about the amount of garbage produced in the city.